Gu Huai could only let go, but how to fill out this official letter was a problem.
You can't fill it with salt, you have to hand it over if you have it, but if you don't fill it...
The salt they hid in the saltworks was either not found, or had to be moved to find another hiding place.
Yang Heshu predicted their prediction, deliberately forced them to make a choice, got into his knot's trap, and Yang Heshu received the news as soon as they moved.
The last time the crown prince left, he left a lot of people behind. He put some people on the bright side, and some people hid in the dark, and he used them all at this time.
The actions of the salt farms have not stopped. The procurement officials who have been staying in the post station and refused to leave received a letter from the chief. They saw that they were asked to go back and did not need to purchase official salt in the south of the Yangtze River. They immediately collected their luggage and took them with them. He just left without saying a word to Yan Yunsi on the Jiangnan side.
The other procurement officials who hadn't received the letter watched them leave enviously.
As a result, within two days, two more letters came, and another day, another letter came...
The procurement officials left one by one, and the Salt Transport Division was busy quietly transferring the official salt, without noticing it at all. In the end, the Gu and Lu families felt that they had been quiet recently, and they always wanted to get through their relationship with the Salt Transport Division. The person who asked for salt has not come to the door for a long time.
Lu Binghua didn't care, but Gu Huai couldn't help but ask one more question, and the servant went to the post station to take a look, his face changed drastically, and he ran back and said to Gu Huai, "Mr. There are only three adults left inside."
When Gu Huai heard this, his complexion sank, and he couldn't help sitting up straight, "Where did you go?"
"I heard they are going back."
Gu Huai had a bad premonition in his heart, "Ask the people who stayed behind, they must know the reason because they live together."
"yes."
The three people who stayed really knew, even if they didn't say anything, the people who came to buy salt walked away one after another, and many of them left with a relaxed face, so the three of them could guess some.
The reason why the three of them didn't leave was because two of them hadn't received the letter. Their official office was too far away from Jiangnan, and it might take some time before they received the letter;
The other one received the letter, but asked him to stay in Jiangnan. He didn't need to buy salt at a high price, just stay there, and just don't deteriorate the relationship.
As soon as he heard it, he understood that the boss had a backer, but the backer seemed to be undecided.
After inquiring some information from other purchasers who had already left, the three of them guessed that the imperial court was adjusting salt for them from other places, and it seemed that there was a lot of salt, which could completely replace the official salt in Jiangnan. Those buyers who are the state have received the salt.
But why did they tell Gu Huai this
Are they really happy when they beg grandpa to sue grandma during this period of time
So when the servants of the Gu family came to inquire, they still looked so arrogant, and the three of them didn't like him at all.
Gu's servant: ...
They could only change their attitudes, bent down and smiled flatteringly: "The boy is so shameless that the adults laughed at him, but the boy is really curious, didn't those adults come to buy salt? Why did they leave without buying salt? "
The three ignored him.
Gu's servant: ...
He was lucky, so he could only say: "I heard that the three adults want to buy two carts of salt. Although the younger one is a servant, he is a native of Wu County, and he has some contacts..."
The three continued to ignore him, hmph, who cares? Well, they are indeed rare, but he is just a servant, the news is given out, and people can forget you in a blink of an eye.
They want to give salt for the real reason, and they gave it when they made such a big fuss before.
Their official positions are low, lower state rank nine, Zhongzhou and Shangzhou are only eighth rank, even if they are angry, they have to tell the Shangguan first, and then the Shangguan writes a letter of impeachment, how much time it takes to come and go.
And during this time, they were the ones who got angry the most, almost every day. Hmph, they only have the eighth or ninth rank, but do they have no temper
The three of them managed to get rid of the Gu family's servants, and finally let out a breath of anger.
One of them sarcastically said, "The Gu family's eldest son still wants to be as famous as the eldest son of the Yang family, and he doesn't even think about whether he is worthy or not."
"That's right, at about the same age, Mr. Yang has already made great achievements, but he didn't even dare to take the imperial examination, and he still claims to be a son of a family." Another person said: "He is really a good man. Manipulate the salt administration to harm the people of the world."
He gritted his teeth and said, "It's the busy time of spring, all the places are busy, and the people have to work hard. If there is no salt to eat, they will be weak within a few days after going to the field, not to mention that they will get sick if they don't eat salt. A person who controls the Yan government only for selfish desires is worthy of being compared with Master Yang who dares to fight smallpox?"
This is the post station in Yangzhou, even if Gu Huai didn't specifically inquire, his eyes and ears would pass these words to his ears.
Embarrassment flashed across Gu Huai's face, but he quickly restrained his expression, and ordered with a blank expression: "Someone ask again, I don't care what method you use, I must know the reason for those people to leave."
The servant responded, bowed and retreated.
Naturally, these words would not only reach Gu Huai's face, the owners of other families also heard it, Lu Binghua couldn't help but sneered, and said to the left and right: "I don't know what expression Gu Huai had when he heard this?"
This is Lu Binghua's study room, the left and right are also confidantes, and they are not afraid of being spread out, so the left and right also laughed, and then asked: "Mr. Lang, why do those people leave?"
"Why else?" Lu Binghua sneered, "People cannot live without salt. Salt is the same as food. They can't do without any of them. They are gone now, which means they have salt."
"Where did they get the salt? The court stockpiled it in advance?"
Lu Binghua's eyes were deep, and he was also suspicious in his heart, "It seems that the imperial court has been prepared for a long time, and it must have stockpiled salt from other places in advance, but there are countless salt farms in the world. If they want to stockpile salt, they must wrong others to eat less salt, or No salt."
"Hmph, if we say that we manipulate the salt administration to harm the common people, how can they be any better?"
"Then this matter..."
"We don't care," Lu Binghua said, "Jiangnan has the most salt farms. I don't believe they can stockpile salt for one season to replace the salt produced in Jiangnan, but they can also stockpile two quarters, three quarters, or even one year? Who is the one to compare?" My heart is more ruthless, and I am more calm."
"You think Gu Huai doesn't know such a simple truth? He still persisted in sending people to question him, but he just wanted to know where the imperial court's salt came from, and tried to cut off their way out so that they could be forced to make a decision as soon as possible."
After all, this matter has dragged on for a long time, and it is not good for them.
Just when they were full of thoughts, Yang Heshu sent someone directly to the post station to bring the three purchasing officers into his mansion.
He said to the three people: "If you want to wait for the letter, you can wait here, and don't stay at the post station for the time being."