Unlimited Supplies: Custody Minister with Space Supermarket

Chapter 514 Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy

Author: Meitong

Chapter 514 Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy

Fu Qionglin mentioned Su Jingchen, which solved Jun Tingye's urgent need.

If Fu Qionglin hadn't mentioned it, Jun Tingye would have almost forgotten that there was a person like Su Jingchen. There was nothing he could do. The northern border was too remote, and the Hu State was almost destroyed. There was no war in the northern border. He paid taxes on time every year, never delayed, and occasionally paid taxes.

The memorials coming up are also memorials about the change for the better in the north.

All in all, Su Jingchen managed Linzhou very well without the emperor having to worry about it. Therefore, what the emperor remembered deeply were those other provinces and counties that made him miserable.

Jun Tingye made the decision, and two months later, Su Jingchen, who was far away in the north, received the imperial edict.

There is no need to go back to Beijing and go directly to Yangzhou. The Lianghuai Salt Transportation Department can be said to be in chaos now, just waiting for Su Jingchen to take charge of the overall situation.

Yu Xiaolian wailed, "It's the twelfth lunar month of winter. They have to rush to Yangzhou. Emperor, can you do something good?"

They complained, but they did not dare to resist the order. They packed up their belongings, took the original servants of the Su family and the servants newly added in recent years, and set off.

Walking in the wind and snow, even though the carriage Yu Xiaolian was riding in had been specially thickened and sealed, it still couldn't stop the pervasive chill.

Fortunately, Yu Xiaolian had a cheating tool. From time to time, she would change to a charged baby warmer, and then take out the duvet and wrap it around her body.

On the way, Su Yuntong's child was hungry, so Yu Xiaolian simply carried the child into the space. Anyway, Cao Gen would not open the carriage door without her instructions.

After entering the space and feeling the comfortable and appropriate temperature, Yu Xiaolian sighed comfortably.

Before departure, Su Jinghua wanted to ride in a carriage with her, but she refused. The maid wanted to ride in a carriage with her and help her take care of the children, but she also refused.

Now it seems that rejecting them was the right thing to do. It is better to stay in the space and not be cold.

Since the upgrade of Yu Xiaolian's space, she can hear sounds within a few meters outside, and she is not afraid of anyone suddenly looking for her.

After feeding the baby, the baby fell asleep quickly.

Yu Xiaolian also lay next to the child and slept comfortably.

It wasn't until she arrived at the inn and Su Jingchen called her from outside the car that Yu Xiaolian hugged the child and left the room.

There was no way, it was too cold, it was an official inn, so they had to stop to warm up and make some repairs.

Although the maids and women also rode in the carriage, the people who drove the carriage could not stand the cold after spending so much time outdoors.

If it took four or five days to reach Bohai City by horseback, it took them twelve days.

As soon as Su Jingchen moved into the inn in Bohai City, Magistrate Liu of Bohai City immediately came to pay him a visit.

There is no way, Su Jingchen used to be the magistrate of Yangcheng County, and they were at the same level.

Later, Su Jingchen became the prefect of Linzhou. He was in the fourth rank and was his superior.

Now Su Jingchen is the salt transport envoy to the Huaihe River, a third-grade official, and a fat errand. How can he not come to pay homage to him?

Even though Su Jingchen had been threatened before and sent salt and sea food to Linzhou for three years, Magistrate Liu always hated Su Jingchen. However, from the county magistrate to the magistrate, Su Jingchen also helped him, and they also

It's mutual help and mutual benefit.

Magistrate Liu invited Su Jingchen's family to have a feast. Then he ordered the dock to leave a separate floor for Su Jingchen on the big ship, and even their horses and carriages were put on board.

Yu Xiaolian has traveled back and forth from Bohai City to Luzhou several times, but this is the first time she has enjoyed such a 'chartered boat' treatment.

It's better to be a high-ranking official, and people will support you wherever you go.

It took two days to get from Bohai City to Luzhou. Yu Xiaolian and his party lived on the third floor of the big ship, and the horses, carriages, etc. were all placed on the first floor.

"Xiao Lian, when we first set out, I was worried about Tongtong. I didn't expect this child to be so skinny. I was so cold that I got sick, but she was fine. Her little face is still so white and tender!"

After having solid food for dinner, Mrs. Gao came over to Yu Xiaolian's house to look after the children.

Seeing her getting closer, Yu Xiaolian stopped her and said, "Fifth Aunt, if you have a cold, don't wander around. Go back to your room and lie down to rest!"

You have a cold, don't come here!

What should I do if my daughter and I are infected?

Gao Shi smiled and said, "I forgot that wind and cold are contagious, I'll leave now!

Xiao Lian, you have to take good care of your children, Manyue and Jinhua are also feeling uncomfortable and their noses are starting to runny!"

Yu Xiaolian frowned, "Didn't you ask Sha Langzhong to show them?"

Sha Langzhong is a family doctor who was added to their family last year. The reason is that he is convenient and available at any time.

"Look, look, the decoction is being boiled in the ship's kitchen. I think it will be ready to drink in a while." Gao said as he withdrew.

"That's good. Let Fangcao cook some ginger soup for everyone. Each person will drink two bowls to warm themselves up. Once the ship docks, it will be much warmer in Luzhou." Yu Xiaolian said,

Close the door.

It's not that she is unkind, it's just that her daughter is too young. If she catches a cold, she will feel very distressed.

Su Jingchen is not in the same room as Yu Xiaolian.

When the imperial edict came, it also came with a large pile of files. Now Su Jingchen has to read these files when he has time to become familiar with the Lianghuai Saltworks.

The two Huaihe Salt Transport Envoys are really a poor man. Although he is only a third-rank official, even a first-rank official cannot live as well as him.

The previous salt transport envoy served for twenty years, and when he was about to retire, he was reported for corruption and had his house confiscated and executed.

In fact, we can't blame the person who reported it. The blame lies with Mr. Yin, the salt transport envoy. He is too greedy.

Daliang has extremely strict control over the salt industry. All salt production bases in the country are state-owned (monopoly operations), and all salt merchants must purchase salt with tickets and sell it.

In other words, under the strict monopoly of salt production, the imperial court invented a subscription ticket (salt guide, each ticket can buy 400 kilograms of salt). Only by holding it can merchants buy salt in the salt production area and make profits.

, and the salt policy controls salt merchants by controlling the circulation of salt.

Then, under the monopoly of the place of production (source of goods), salt has become a rare commodity that can be lived in, and each salt official distributes salt based on the amount of the salt merchant's "filial piety" (rebate).

This has almost become a ‘hidden rule’ that everyone is well aware of, and there is nothing surprising about it.

However, the previous salt transport envoy, Mr. Yin, was greedy and greedy. Not only did he report to the court to increase the annual salt transport volume (increasing his own corruption chips) on the grounds that the national population was increasing.

In the last year of his retirement, he creatively started "futures trading" (pre-selling the salt index for the next year) just to make one last profit before retiring.

The person who reported Master Yin was none other than Mr. You, the next salt envoy who took over his errand.

In order to obtain the lucrative position of Salt Administration, Mr. You spent too much on servicing all parties and was eager to make up for the shortfall as soon as he took office.

Like Mr. Yin, he is greedy and eager to get money.

After he first took office, Mr. You showed no hint of reservation or shyness. When he knew that Yan Yin, who was in the first year of his term, had been sold out in advance by Mr. Yin, the new Yan Zheng, he openly asked for bribes from various salt merchants.

Blatantly asking for bribes is an obvious violation of unspoken rules!

How can anyone disrupt the unspoken rules of government and business that have existed for more than 20 years?

In addition, these salt merchants have already received the new year's salt supply from Mr. Yin. Therefore, the "tyrannical" salt merchants did not accept Mr. You's direct request for bribes.

They obviously asked for bribes, which shows that Mr. You has no bottom line when doing things.

Since the salt merchants "don't give him food to eat," he will smash the pot.

Therefore, Mr. You decided not to do anything but light up the firecrackers, and thus he had the secret letter on the Junting Yelong case.

Of course, Mr. You just wanted to throw the blame and didn't want to involve himself in it, so he sent this secret letter anonymously and in a shady way.

Jun Tingye knew that someone had touched his cake, so he was naturally furious, but he also wanted to know who put this letter on his table without anyone noticing.

In the whole world, could it be the king's land? Since Jun Tingye came to the throne, in addition to strictly guarding the princes, his study did not allow anyone to approach, so he could put this letter on his desk without anyone noticing.

Either the cleaning maid or the accompanying eunuch, Jun Tingye picked out You with almost no effort.

After some investigation, I learned that You openly asked for bribes as soon as he took office, which made him extremely angry.

Clean it up, clean it up!

Cleaning up from top to bottom, cleaning up from the inside out, Jun Tingye was so angry that he killed and exiled nearly a thousand people.

Although he was temporarily facing a situation where no one was available, looking at the suddenly filled treasury, Jun Tingye still felt that it was worth killing him.

No one has anything to fear. Take the exam right away. Don’t wait three years. Take the exam next spring.

Su Jingchen flipped through the files for half a month before he memorized all the materials.

Only in this way, when he goes to Yangzhou, he will not be in a hurry and can deal with it calmly.

When they arrived in Luzhou, they finally left the cold north. The further south they went, the warmer the climate became.

It can be said that they went from minus 30 degrees to minus 56 degrees.

Yu Xiaolian and the Gao family separated in Luzhou. Yu Xiaolian and the others went to Yangzhou. Gao family, Sun Erji, and Sun Manhong went to Yuzhou, but they were not in the same direction.

Sun Manyue insisted on following Yu Xiaolian, but Yu Xiaolian's persuasion failed, so she let her go.

After they separated, Yu Xiaolian and the others walked for nearly a month before arriving in Yangzhou.

Just as they were about to enter the city, the carriage convoy was on a mountain road, blocked by a landslide. The carriage stopped, and the voices of local people came from outside, "Everything was fine here the past few days, and it didn't rain.

, How can this mountain collapse immediately?"

Yu Xiaolian lifted the curtain and looked out, only to see that the mud on both sides of the official road in front collapsed, blocking the official road.

"Sir, madam, this road is blocked. Should we go around the mountain, or should we ask someone to clean up the mud and rocks before we go?" He Jian came over and asked.

(End of chapter)