Eunuch Huo is more determined than he imagined. No matter how Feng Sheng hints, he still feels that the opportunity should not be missed.
By dealing with the matter of Huainan's accumulative quotations, the two sub-divisions were forced to take out the amount of salt that met the accumulative quotations. If there was nothing, it just meant that these things were all greedy. At that time, one will count as one, and the disobedient officials will be replaced directly. The New Deal will naturally be implemented smoothly.
Good idea, but too naive. If this method is useful, Emperor Jianping will keep one eye open and one eye closed, until he can't close his eyes and bear it, and then stretch out his hands
Emperor Jianping's reaction before was quite in line with Feng Sheng's idea of an emperor's palace and means, but the appearance of Huo Gonggong and his unconventional playing of cards completely made Fang Fengsheng unable to guess what Emperor Jianping was thinking.
A cautious emperor suddenly went out of his way. If Feng Sheng hadn't asked Fan Jinchuan to confirm that Eunuch Huo was sent by Emperor Jianping, he would have thought that his opponent had infiltrated him and sent this Eunuch Huo to make trouble. But Fan Jinchuan was sure that Eunuch Huo was sent by Emperor Jianping.
Then there is only one possibility, Emperor Jianping is very anxious, so anxious that he is not willing to wait another two or three years, and is eager to change the situation in Lianghuai. The period of two to three years was estimated by Feng Sheng according to the situation. Freezing three feet does not happen in a day, and the reform naturally cannot be accomplished overnight. Two to three years is her conservative estimate.
Why is Emperor Jianping so anxious
The effective information Feng Sheng could get was too little, and he couldn't figure it out for a while.
But there was no time for her to think about it, because Eunuch Huo was very dissatisfied with Feng Sheng when he saw that Feng Sheng kept pushing her back, and almost turned against her. If it wasn't for Fan Jinchuan's cooperation, Feng Sheng wouldn't have to be an official.
Finally, an agreement was reached, and Eunuch Huo and Fan Jinchuan went to Huainan to deal with the matter. Originally, Feng Sheng could not go, but she was really worried, so she handed over the affairs of Huaibei to Zou Yunpan, Dao Qi and others, and went with them.
Feng Sheng didn't know why this person was so arrogant until he saw the team responsible for escorting Eunuch Huo and Fan Jinchuan.
There are about two hundred people in this team, and they are garrison troops transferred from the nearby guards, and there is another team of Jinyiwei. Not only that, but according to Fan Jinchuan, Eunuch Huo has a handbook that can mobilize the local government and the garrison of the local guard at will.
At this point, Feng Sheng finally felt relieved.
After traveling for ten days, they arrived in Taizhou.
When it came to Taizhou, not only Fang Fengsheng, but even Fan Jinchuan sighed a lot.
They didn't go to the Taizhou county government office, but went directly to the Taizhou branch office, where Tongzhi Gong Yichang greeted them.
Gong Tongzhi's banquet was very sumptuous, but this did not prevent Eunuch Huo's next series of actions, which were nothing more than threats, lures and deterrents. The Taizhou branch was ordered to produce the amount of salt that met the quota within a limited time.
All of this was done by Eunuch Huo, and Fan Jinchuan and Fang Fengsheng became the foil instead.
In this regard, Gong Tongzhi did not raise any objections, and he also explained the difficulties of prevarication. It's just that the people below don't listen to the command, but he has already dealt with it. In five days, the salt ship will be able to reach Taizhou City.
At the beginning, including Eunuch Huo, they were all thinking that maybe Gong Tongzhi would make trouble. But on the evening of the fourth day, the salt boat arrived, and there were more salt boats arriving one after another. This was only the first batch of salt.
Seeing that Gong Tongzhi is so knowledgeable, Eunuch Huo is not easy to get angry. He often tells Fan Jinchuan in private that these people are all walnuts, and they can't be done without beating them. Seeing him like that, it seemed a pity that Gong Tongzhi was so knowledgeable. According to their previous plan, Gong Tongzhi couldn't produce anything, so he had to plead guilty, so it was easy for them to operate.
Unfortunately, everything was beyond their expectations.
The salt passed through Taiba, and then loaded on ships, and more than a dozen salt ships were loaded.
Fang Fengsheng and others left with the salt boat. I don't know how Eunuch Huo and Gong Tongzhi discussed it. Anyway, it was decided that the follow-up salt would be sent directly to Yangzhou, and it would be very convenient to transfer it to Huaibei or directly to Yizheng.
The fleet left Taizhou and traveled westward to Yangzhou.
Because it was traveling against the wind, the boat did not travel fast. In the past, it would take two days to arrive, but this time it took two days to pass Yiling. But just at this time, the sky changed. The winter was cold. The winter in the south was less snowy and foggy.
After stopping and resting like this, they walked for another day and a half before arriving near Jiangdu.
The territory of Jiangdu is gentle, with dense waterways, intertwined rivers and lakes, Tongyang canals running from east to west, and canals running from north to south. If the weather is fine, on the broad water surface, merchant ships come and go like crucian carp crossing the river, which is a rare sight to see.
Feng Sheng has been to this place many times, and he is so familiar with this place that he can't be more familiar with it. After passing Jiangdu, Yangzhou will be within half a day.
But in this kind of weather, it is estimated that we will have to go for another day.
There is a charcoal pot burning in the cabin, which is as warm as spring.
Feng Sheng is most afraid of the cold, especially on the river, which is colder than the land. During the past few days on the boat, she kept the door tightly closed and stayed in the cabin to grill the charcoal basin. It's also really too lazy to talk to Mr. Huo, because he always finds his face annoying.
Of course, she was not the only one, there was also Fan Jinchuan who played chess with her to pass the time.
Feng Sheng was wearing a big cloak, the charcoal basin was not far from her feet, the heating made her drowsy. She obviously didn't feel sleepy, but her consciousness was not clear, and she came and went, but she still knew how to play chess, which was considered a gift.
A game of chess has been played for almost an hour, and the winner has not yet been decided. But Fan Jinchuan was not in a hurry, when Feng Sheng was in a daze, he just watched him in a daze, how long hadn't seen this kind of rare leisure.
After playing a set, Feng Sheng really felt that this state was too decadent, and was about to stand up and walk around the room twice, when someone knocked on the door.
"Come in."
"My lord, it's windy. Liu Baihu said that the wind is not small, and there is no place to dock the boats near here. He asked if the boats should be connected in series to prevent the wind and waves from blowing over the boats."
The salt ships are not big, but the land near the sea is windy. The wind is different from the wind in the inland areas. It is not uncommon to tear down houses and trees when the wind is strong, let alone on the water, but the locals are used to it and have their own way of dealing with it.
"Yes. Tell Liu Baihu to order people to pay more attention."
Come and go down.
Fan Jinchuan was about to say something to Feng Sheng when he suddenly felt the boat rocking a few times.
The boat they were on was bigger than the salt boat, and the boat swung like this, so you can imagine the other boats. There were all kinds of noisy footsteps outside, as well as Eunuch Huo's swearing.
The eunuch's voice was so shrill that he could hear it through the window.
"I'll go out and have a look. If you're afraid of the cold, don't go out." Fan Jinchuan said.
Feng Sheng didn't refuse either, but just stood by the window and looked outside, but it was a vast expanse of whiteness, and she couldn't see clearly what was going on outside from a distance.
This kind of weather is really terrible, Feng Sheng has an uncomfortable feeling, and always feels that something will happen.
But they had a group of more than a dozen boats, accompanied by countless soldiers, and carried the banner of imperial envoys. They really couldn't think of anyone who had the courage to attack them.
After thinking about it, she thought it was because she had been in the boat for a long time, and she was prone to thinking wildly.
After a while, Fan Jinchuan came back and told Feng Sheng about the general situation. This kind of salt ship is often connected in series, so Liu Baihu and the others didn't spend too much effort. They can obviously feel that the ship has stabilized a lot and finally stopped wobbling.
Seeing that it was still early for dinner, Feng Sheng didn't want to play chess anymore, so she told Fan Jinchuan that she was going to sleep for a while.
Fan Jinchuan glanced at her helplessly, and smiled: "Then go to sleep."
This time she slept until it was dark, and someone knocked on the door asking her to have dinner, so Feng Sheng woke up.
After dinner, I continued to go back to the cabin to sleep, and when I slept until midnight, something happened.
No one knows when the fire started.
It seems that the fire was discovered one moment ago, and the fire spread to the surroundings by the wind the next moment.
One after the other, it seemed that all the ships were on fire, and there was a great chaos on board. Liu Baihu yelled for other ships to cut off the connecting ropes, so as not to spread the fire. I don't know if anyone heard it. Anyway, there was no movement from the nearby ships, so he could only send people to take a boat or follow the rope to check the situation.
At the same time, an unknown number of men in black attacked the ship.
These people appeared very suddenly, and their attacks were very vicious, and when the boat was in chaos, it was almost a one-sided situation.
Feng Sheng fell into a drowsy sleep when there was a knock on the door.
She yawned and went to open the door. Only when she saw Fan Jinchuan standing outside did she realize what had happened.
"You can't stay here anymore, come with me quickly, find a place to hide first."
Feng Sheng only had time to put on the padded coat before being dragged away by Fan Jinchuan.
The outside is full of footsteps, shouts of killing, screams, and flames everywhere, making it difficult to distinguish the enemy from us. Just as Feng Sheng was dragged by Fan Jinchuan and ran out of a corridor, she seemed to be able to smell the wind with moisture, when suddenly a black figure bumped into her, screaming and blood mist filled the sky at the same time.
They should be thankful that there is no light in this corridor, too many people died, and the person who just died blocked them. So the two men in black didn't walk in, but turned around and threw themselves into the fight again.
Someone was yelling that the manless father-in-law had escaped by boat.
Some people were shouting for chase, while others were shouting that the dog officials surnamed Fan and Fang had not been found yet.
Feng Sheng's lungs hurt from running, and the noise in his ears suddenly quieted down. It turned out that they entered the same room.
"It seems that we are all going to die. I have never hated myself so much for being powerless." Fan Jinchuan smiled wryly.
Feng Sheng was still in a daze at this moment, she tried her best to calm herself down, but found that her mind was still in chaos.
"Brother, if we all die this time, will you have any regrets?"
Pity? Of course, the reform of Lianghuai is only halfway through, and she hasn't reversed the case for her father, and hasn't let him enter the Fang family's ancestral grave.
Between the sniffs, there was a smell of being burnt, but Feng Sheng suddenly woke up.
"Do you know who is attacking us?"
At this time, Fan Jinchuan was very embarrassed, his hair was messed up, blood and dirt were on his face, he shook his head: "I don't know, I found out that there was a mess outside, so I went to Liu Baihu first. Eunuch Huo sent everyone Gather to his side to protect him, I ordered those people not to move, there is no way but to come to you alone. Just now those people called Huo Gonggong to run away, I guess he must have run away on a spare boat, this old man!"
Eunuch Huo is probably the first one who can make Fan Jinchuan curse. Fang Fengsheng has never seen it anyway.
"He can't run away. If the opponent can attack this boat, it is impossible not to lay nets below."
"Who is it? How dare you attack the imperial envoy so boldly. With so many ships, it is impossible to leave no trace at all. Are they not afraid of His Majesty's thunder?"
"It doesn't matter if you're afraid or not. If you kill me, the New Deal will come to an end. No matter how angry His Majesty is, it's impossible to kill everyone. In order to prevent chaos in the Huaihe River, this place will return to how it used to be."
Feng Sheng sighed, she should have thought of this a long time ago, but the smooth sailing has made her paralyzed. Including this time, because I firmly believe in this "comman from the palace" Eunuch Huo, and in such a clear-cut team, no one dares to be bold, but the other party does.
It was she who underestimated the madness before a person was on the verge of collapse.