Chapter 210 A big gamble

The King of Han Dynasty, Zhu Gaoxu, was once a good fighter. In terms of bravery in single combat, even Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo, could not compare with him. He originally hated literati. After he was defeated in the battle to seize the throne in the East Palace, he

He hated those civil servants who played tricks even more, and the ones he trusted the most were a few of his personal followers who had gone to war with him, as well as a few officers in the Tiance guard. Although the crown prince Zhu Zhantan repeatedly persuaded him to be courteous to the virtuous corporal, he also had such

Several advisers, but in the end they all became estranged and useless.

"My wife, you can't conquer the world right away, but you can't rule the world right away. Why do you, my father, just don't understand this truth?"

In a room in the southwest corner of the Han Palace, various books are neatly stacked on the treasure shelves in the north and south. Against the east wall is a rosewood bookcase eight feet long and two feet wide, with a bookcase hanging behind it.

The wild grass with flying and graceful strokes is exactly Xie Jin's "Yan Shi Shi You Qixing".

Zhu Zhantan, who was sitting on the Taishi's chair behind the writing desk, sighed with emotion. The scribe in front couldn't help but glance at the cursive script, and then bowed and said: "If the King of Han could be as reasonable and reasonable as His Royal Highness, how could he have solved the problem in the first place?"

The group of people are not so determined to protect the prince. Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Prince of Han has praised the King of Han, and now hundreds of merchants in Le'an have gathered together to prosper. If Le'an were Qingzhou..."

"Don't mention the past, now it's time to look at the future!"

Zhu Zhantan sighed slightly. After all, Qingzhou was countless times stronger than Le'an, but it was ruined by his father's domineering. If they could gain a foothold in Qingzhou Mansion and implement some small plans, the people of Shandong Dusi could easily

I can control it in my hand, wouldn't it be much better than the current situation? However, everything has its disadvantages and advantages. There are salt fields in Le'an and Shouguang. If you can get the salt, it will be a great benefit. Fortunately, Zhang Yue asked someone to mention it,

Otherwise, he would not have known that his younger brother had plundered tens of thousands of pounds of salt.

"How is the progress in Shouguang? Did my second brother have someone bring the salt over?"

The scribe He Guangzhuang was once recommended to Zhu Gaoxu by Zhu Zhantan, but within a few days he became angry with Zhu Gaoxu. He almost lost his life, and now he followed Zhu Zhantan wholeheartedly. He then laughed and said: "The prince acts in the name of the King of Han.

How dare King Shouguang disobey? His Royal Highness the Prince sent a messenger to mention it. King Shouguang arranged the transportation of salt without saying a word, which was just right. When the messenger came back, he saw that the cart had already started transporting it. It should be

Already on the way."

"My second brother has always had a violent temper. Don't think he will give up so easily." Zhu Zhantan couldn't help but think of his resentful and sinister look when he released Zhu Zhanqi from the woodshed last time.

He frowned and said, "You know, this time I asked him to spit out what he put in his mouth. He must be unwilling to do so. After giving the order, he said it was the decree of King Han, ordering them to keep a close eye on the Shouguang Palace.

, except for necessary purchases, no flying insects are allowed to be released!"

He Guangming did not expect that Zhu Zhantan would actually decide to put Zhu Zhanqi under house arrest. He was stunned for a moment and asked quickly: "His Royal Highness, after all, King Shouguang is a county king conferred by the imperial court. What should we do if he makes a fuss?"

"

"With my father here, he is not so bold. Besides, if he does something unreasonable when he is angry, it will be more difficult to end it then, so it is better to be on guard now. Mr. He, you lead the people

Go down and think of ways to open up an opening from the Capital Salt Envoy. Or discuss with those merchants who have been waiting for salt. In their hands, it is waste paper, but in the hands of the palace, it is gold. It is better to do things for the palace than themselves.

A hundred times! Keep an eye on the two salt fields of Le'an and Shouguang. What does my father's thousand-hectare farm mean? This time it is no better than before, so go ahead and do it!"

As soon as He Guangming retreated, Zhu Zhantan sat on the Taishi chair for a while, then stood up and went out. Although he had wrapped himself in a thick mink fur cloak early, however, when the cold wind outside blew his warm body, he

Still feeling a bone-chilling chill, he couldn't help coughing several times. Seeing the little eunuchs on the left and right coming to help him skillfully, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

God gave my father such a good body that was invulnerable to cold and heat, so why did he give him such a weak body?

Although he was in poor health, Zhu Zhantan also took in many young and beautiful concubines in addition to his imperial concubines. However, he was well versed in human affairs at the age of thirteen. But until now, his concubines have not been able to give him a son.

That night, he really had no intention of flirting, so he directly motioned for his companions to carry him back to his bed. As soon as he entered the door, he saw his confidant, the little eunuch, winking at him, and sent everyone else who had followed him away.

Went on.

"He's here?"

"I have been waiting for a long time to come back to His Royal Highness."

Zhu Zhantan nodded slightly, letting the little eunuch take off his cloak, and then he opened the curtain himself and went to the inner room. Sitting on the first chair in the east of the inner room was a tall man with a mustache. When he saw him coming, the mustache

The big man stood up suddenly, took a few steps forward and bowed down. Zhu Zhantan was caught off guard, so he had to accept his salute and waved his hand again.

"Get up, you know I'm not well and can't help you, why are you so polite?" Zhu Zhantan sat unsteadily on the heated kang, looked at the bearded man for a while, and then sighed,

"It's only been a year, but your face has become a lot more weathered. It's really hard work. Those things you did are the most dangerous things. If it weren't for the fact that there was nothing I could do, I wouldn't have made such a move.

, let you go and mix with those mud-legged people."

The tall man with the moustache was already sitting on the half-filled chair with his back straight. At this time, his face showed an even more moved expression: "After all these years, the entire Qiu family has been relegated to Hainan, and the only one who can remember us is His Royal Highness. His Royal Highness is still here."

He sent someone to help me leave that place. I will never forget this kindness and kindness in my life, and I will never dare to talk about hard work."

"What I'm doing to help you is just a little effort. After all, if it weren't for Duke Qi's false talk about establishing a crown prince in the past, he would not have sinned against his family, and you would never have fallen into this situation. It is also the fault of the king."

Zhan Tan's eyes were blurry when he said this, and he didn't know whether he was talking to the bearded man or to himself, "Since there is a father in this land of Shandong, we naturally can't let those mud-legged people ruin the big thing.

As long as you can control them, things can be done. In other words, if you do well, then whatever title your grandfather had at that time will be what title you will get in the future. The Qiu family can make a comeback."

Since being whipped by Zhu Zhanqi, in the eyes of others, Sun Lianggan, the magistrate of Le'an County, seems to have become more easy-going. He no longer has the acrimonious temperament that doesn't please everyone. Even the servants are friendly when entering and leaving the Yamen.

He said hello. He paid no attention to his official duties and let the subordinates, Liufang, deal with their own affairs. He just stamped the seals. As for the subordinates who were enriching their own pockets or trying to take advantage of many cases, he did not care at all. So gradually, the officers saw that

He would also nod and bow and say "Master".

There was a ten-day holiday during the Lantern Festival. Sun Liang disappeared for ten days under the pretext of going out to visit friends. After he returned to the Yamen Kaoyin Board of Directors, he often went out on excuses. Others were happy that he didn't come to interfere, so he didn't care.

In the evening, I saw Sun Lianggan getting on his horse and leaving the county government office with an entourage. The two gatekeepers at the county government office bowed and continued chatting happily. No one thought about this cold night. Seeing the gate of the county town,

It's about to be closed down, why is the county magistrate still going out?

Although it has passed the middle of winter, the weather is still cold at night. Sun Lianggan and his entourage went straight out of the city and ran along the official road for a while. He felt that his whole body and heart were freezing. However.

Compared to the county government office, which looked warm but was actually cold, he would rather walk a long way to enjoy the breeze. After about half an hour, he arrived at the Gaojiagang Inspection Department.

"Master Sun is here!"

With a shout, the chief and deputy inspectors of the Inspection Department suddenly heard the sound. They were all smiling. The inspection inspectors were just miscellaneous workers, with a grade of only ninth grade, only half a step above the unqualified. No one cared about this person.

It's strange why the county magistrate likes them hanging out with the inspection department. They only know that when Sun Lianggan comes, he will generously spend money to let people go to Le'an Town to buy wine and food, and everyone will have good food and drink. Not only that, but also

Sun Liang was willing to sit in and support them, and their luck seemed to have come. They intercepted three illegal salt dealers and sent them all at once, and they also made a lot of rewards.

"Sir, thanks to you tonight, I hope we can have another profitable market!"

Seeing Inspector Chai nodding and bending down to greet him, Sun Liang nodded with a smile, and then followed him into the central room of the Inspection Department. After sitting down, he threw a silver coin to the serving archer as usual.

He ordered to buy food and drinks. He raised his hand to signal the chief and deputy inspectors to sit down. Seeing no one else around, he spoke mysteriously.

"Both of you, you have been at this inspection position for a day or two. Do you want to move up?"

"Move? Mr. Sun, are you kidding us? Who doesn't know that the inspector is a small official as big as a sesame seed, and it is difficult to move up a step in his life?" Inspector Chai sighed as he spoke, and slapped the table hard.

He slapped her hard twice and said, "If it weren't for you, Mr. Sun, to be in charge here, we wouldn't be able to keep those two groups of private salt dealers from the past few days. They all have a back-up!"

The deputy inspector who was a few years younger suddenly took off the crude sword from his waist, slapped it on the table, and said loudly, "Master Sun, you have known us for a long time. If you have a charter, just say it. As long as

If we can do it, we will risk it! Don’t you scholars say that a scholar will die for his confidant? Although we are not considered to be scholars, we still have loyalty!"

Seeing that the firewood inspector was also nodding his head, Sun Liang was relieved, thinking that his hard work here since the year before was indeed in vain. As a seventh-grade official, no matter how much effort he put in, he would make more efforts.

Money, as long as there is still a King of Han in front of him, it is useless to say anything, but this person from the inspection department can make it happen at a very small price. Thinking of the news he got today, he just felt that his heart and head were all spinning.

It was hot, so I took a deep breath.

It’s time to take a big gamble. If you win, your career will be a thoroughfare in the future!

"I got news that there is a huge amount of private salt coming here tonight. But the backstage is very important. You don't need to stop it. Just try to help me move a bag of salt down from above. Now the emperor is issuing an edict.

Frankly speaking, if it succeeds, I will be famous in the world, and my promotion will be just around the corner. I will have to guide you when the time comes. Of course, even if things don’t work out, I will never hinder you in the slightest!"

Having said this, Inspector Chai and Deputy Inspector looked at each other for a while, then nodded heavily and said: "Sir, you have taken care of us for so long, this little thing is nothing! Please wait here, we will definitely do it.

It’s appropriate!”

Sun Liang never expected that the two of them agreed so quickly, and he was overjoyed. When the food and wine arrived, he repeatedly held cups to persuade him to drink. Finally, he let go of his restraint and got very drunk. The two chief and deputy inspectors

The prosecutor waited until he was drunk, then quietly slipped out of the house, and started discussing intensively behind the scenes.

"How big is this quantity? Usually it's three to five hundred kilograms. If we intercept it, we can make a lot of money. Could it be that it's several thousand kilograms this time? If that's the case, if we intercept it and transfer it immediately through the Daqing River, we won't need it in the future.

Let’s go back to being a patrol inspector again!”

"We will decide at that time whether to intercept or not. However, didn't you listen to what Liu Yicheng of Qingzhou Prefecture came to say last time? This person surnamed Sun is the coldest one. That Mr. Zhang saved him last time.

He also made rude remarks, but tried hard to win over us. Sure enough, he asked us to do something. After we have done something for him, we will send a letter to the government office. After all, Mr. Xiao Zhang is also our superior. If he appreciates it, how can we?

Can't he climb a big tree? It's still early for this guy surnamed Sun to be famous!"

In the middle of the night, when everyone is supposed to be sleeping, countless torches were lit in the dark night, and dozens of large vehicles were traveling on the official road. The drivers were all listless, and the escorts were also absent-minded. We were approaching Gaojiagang.

When inspecting the department, they saw a fence blocking the road ahead. One of the leading guards raised his voice and shouted: "Move quickly, we are delivering goods from the Shouguang Palace to the Han Palace!"

There were dozens of archers in the Inspection Department. When they saw the bulk of the goods, they couldn't help but salivate and wanted to make a deal. When they learned that it was someone from the Shouguang Palace, they were dejected and gave up on the idea of ​​extorting money. Inspection Chai ordered people

He moved the fence blocking the road and said a few words as he stepped forward. Seeing that the people were ignoring them and the cars were all neatly packed with bags, he couldn't help but murmur in his heart. When the long motorcade passed by,

He kept counting to ten and his expression changed drastically.

Could this be that huge amount of smuggled salt? Oh my God, could it be the royal palace transporting smuggled salt?

After waiting for a long time after all the cars had passed, two archers suddenly tiptoed around on the way, carrying a bag in their hands. The firewood inspector took the torch and stepped forward. He squatted down and touched it hard, and all he could see was on his fingers.

It was snow-white salt. At this moment, his face suddenly changed drastically, and he could even hear himself swallowing his saliva.

Just when he was frightened, a voice suddenly sounded from behind him: "There are twenty cars in total... Each car weighs five hundred kilograms, so that's ten thousand kilograms! How dare you stamp the royal palace stamp on the bag? Hmm, it's really big.

You have the guts, I will sue you even if I give up this black gauze hat! Inspection Chai, you don’t have to worry about the rest of the matter, I will take this bag of salt with me!"

Taking the ingot of silver that Sun Liang willingly handed over, he saw Sun Lianggan and his entourage carrying the salt onto the horse. The master and servant left under the cover of night. The firewood inspector was stunned. However, after the initial fear, he thought:

He couldn't help but sigh at the huge profit of ten thousand kilograms of salt. That was ten thousand kilograms of salt. If he cut it off and sold it, he wouldn't have to worry about it in his life!
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