Turbulent Times Chapter 918: Secret Agent No. 7
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Master Taishou's convoy did not need to be inspected, and passed through the outermost salt field defense line in charge of the county soldiers without any hindrance. From a distance, Wang Junlin saw the endless salt fields. In this era, whether it is drying salt or boiling salt, it is only some initial and rough methods, so it is still inseparable from the sea.
The people in this large area were conscripted by the imperial court to work in the saltworks. There are tens of thousands of people. Many of them have been saltmen for generations. The sallow and thin body can be seen.
Wang Junlin took a deep breath, sniffed the smell of the sea in the air, and thought that he might kill some people again when he came to the salt field this time.
"My lord, many people in the salt field...many are Lu's cronies." Qian Zhengkuo hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to show his favor to the prefect in a limited way. Now my own life is still in the hands of the prefect. Although the prefect said that if the law is broken, there will be more people, but so far I am the only one who has been accused.
Wang Junlin frowned, and Qian Zhengkuo's incomprehensible chuckle appeared on his face, and he said, "I don't care who was in this salt field before, but now I am the prefect of Fanyang County, so it is mine." People, and if my people are disobedient, I have never been soft."
Qian Zhengkuo was taken aback, thinking that the prefect has a big appetite! I hope that Mr. Lu can share some of the dry shares of the salt company with the prefect, otherwise the two sides will fight, and they, the subordinate officials, may be caught in the middle and suffer!
Wang Junlin calmed down, looked at Qian Zhengkuo with a half-smile, and said, "Master Qian, what do you think?"
Qian Zhengkuo said with a smile on his face, "My lord, I think that my lord can sit down and talk with Lu Gong, the patriarch of the Lu family. With my lord's power, I don't dare to neglect my lord even if I want to come. I should give it to my lord." The benefits will not be less."
"It seems that you don't want me to quarrel with Mrs. Lu. Do all the officials in Fanyang County think so." Wang Junlin sneered and said, "Don't worry! I won't kill people casually."
Wang Junlin has been able to roughly guess some of the methods Lu can use to deal with him in the past few days. Wang Junlin is not worried about the attitude of the emperor and the court center. As an enemy, he will always be relied on by Yang Guang.
As for what Qian Zhengkuo said cautiously just now, it is not unreasonable. In the eyes of big figures who play politics, any past enmity can be discarded in the face of a sufficiently large profit chip, let alone him and Lu Shi. The relationship between them is far from the status of immortality. Perhaps in the eyes of the officials and nobles of Fanyang County, as long as Lu Shi is willing to make concessions, there is no reason for the prefect not to accept the reconciliation.
In fact, the Lu family has shown some concessions recently. At least in Fanyang County, the Lu family or the Lu family can control the officials. , but Wang Junlin never showed any intention of accepting it.
"My lord, the salt field is here." Qian Zhengkuo's humble voice awakened Wang Junlin from his contemplation, nodded, straightened his clothes, opened the curtain of the car, and jumped off.
Jumped off the carriage, which naturally didn't match his status as a prefect. Under normal circumstances, a prefect is a civil servant. He should maintain the appearance that an official should have. With the help of the servants beside him, he walked slowly and steadily. Just get off. But neither Qian Zhengkuo nor the saltworks officials who greeted him in front of the carriage pretended not to see him.
Standing on some hard ground, Wang Junlin looked at everything around him expressionlessly. Directly in front of him, there was a yamen covering an area of two or three acres. Although the street is a bit deserted, the surrounding buildings are well built.
After saluting respectfully to Wang Junlin, the three officials from the salt field explained cautiously: "The salt field is still far away from the office of the salt field. Let's go down to inspect tomorrow!"
"That's fine." Wang Junlin looked easy to speak. Right now, in front of him, the gates of the Salt Farm Office were fully open. Several adults from the Salt Farm Transshipment Department and Yingyang Mansion who were in charge of security work were divided into two lines to welcome the prefect. The arrival of adults.
Wang Junlin went in first, and Zhang Tiangang sent a team of guards to the front to control the inside and outside of the Si Yamen.
After all the officials greeted Wang Junlin, Wang Junlin directly held a banquet, and Qian Zhengkuo asked everyone to sit down on the yamen, waiting for Wang Junlin to speak.
Wang Junlin is not very familiar with the situation of the salt field, so he said some nonsense in an ambiguous manner, and then let everyone disperse first, and waited for the official opening of the office tomorrow. Today, he came from the county town and walked for a long time Time, but too lazy to do useless entanglement with these little characters.
Rejecting the invitation from the salt official Dong Kang to stay overnight at his residence, and returning to the post station in the salt field, after a brief meal accompanied by Qian Zhengkuo Zhang Luo and his company, he sent Qian Zhengkuo to go on his own, and then Zhang Tiangang took A twenty-seven or eight-year-old Xiaoshi from the salt field walked in.
When Xiao Shi saw Wang Junlin, his expression was agitated, he knelt down a little nervously, and said: "Secret Agent No. 7 Xu Xiaohu under the Fanyang County Branch of the Lanyiwei Mansion pays his respects to your lord."
Wang Junlin, the self-reported identity of Xiao Shi, is naturally not surprised.
"Xu Xiaohu, you've worked hard, get up! Didn't you meet any outsiders when you came in just now?" Wang Junlin waved his hand to excuse him, and asked casually.
"Report to my lord, with the cooperation of my lord Zhang, I climbed over the back wall, and the people in the saltworks didn't know about it." Xu Xiaohu said calmly.
"Very good, how long have you been a small history of the salt field?" Wang Junlin nodded and asked.
"When my lord was appointed as the prefect of Fanyang County by His Majesty, an order was sent from above to inquire about the information related to the Lu family in Fanyang County. .” Xu Xiaohu said respectfully.
Wang Junlin nodded, motioned Xu Xiaohu to sit down, stopped talking nonsense, and said directly: "Tell me! Tell me everything you know."
Xu Xiaohu had been preparing for today's interview for more than a month. Seeing Wang Junlin's questioning, he hurriedly told all the things he had worked so hard to inquire about for more than a month.
Wang Junlin nodded as he listened. The No. 7 agent of the Lanyiwei Mansion in Fanyang County spoke very neatly, with a clear voice and clear logic. Guo'er briefly mentioned that Qian Zhengkuo's words were more detailed and true.
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