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As Zhao Baiyu expected, once Shangui turned the corner, they would definitely borrow troops.

If there are soldiers available, the old trick can be repeated. Zhao Baiyu ordered the officers and soldiers to disguise themselves first, and then go to the wharf to patrol. In the name of checking whether the official rations are mixed with private salt, they can check the official ships that are transported from south to north.

Shanqian privately informed Chen Luowu that the other party did not dare to act rashly because of the salt smuggling case. Now that Shanqian agreed to borrow troops, he went to ask the third master for advice. Merchants who have registered in the guild hall are not allowed to carry out water transportation matters in the near future.

The salt merchants were hit hard, and the Ganxi Guild Hall was silent and did not dare to act rashly.

The guild hall represented the actions of Gan merchants, and the words and deeds of Gan merchants directly affected the water transportation matters of 38 prefectures in four provinces.

Once the water transportation of Jiangxi merchants stopped, the vacated market was obvious and huge, and no one could not help being tempted.

If the water transport stops for one more day, the real gold and silver for one more day will be lost. If it is not enough for a big business, it will definitely not be able to withstand such a waste. Small businessmen who are afraid of bankruptcy will naturally go crazy and become dizzy like headless chickens. Go up Ma Deyong.

Like Princess Changping, Ma Deyong has long coveted the water transport business in Quanzhou Port, and naturally he will not refuse anyone who comes. However, when arranging the transport of water ships, he still consults Princess Changping for instructions as usual.

***

Princess House.

Princess Changping: "Chen Luowu hasn't moved?"

Ma Deyong: "The salt merchants were arrested and the private salt was cut off. Jiangxi merchants were hit hard. They were like frightened birds. They were afraid that they would not dare to set sail again in a short time. Your Highness, we can take advantage of this opportunity to transfer the original business with them. The merchants gathered around."

Princess Changping: "What is Zhao Baiyu's reaction?"

Ma Deyong thought about it carefully, and quickly said: "There is no movement. I heard from Guan Wenbin that Zhao Baiyu asked him to borrow troops from Shanqian, and the old slave thought that Shanqian was crazy to borrow troops."

Princess Changping: "If Shanqian is smart enough, it will borrow troops at this time."

Ma Deyong: "But Guan Wenbin has a sad face all day long, and Zhao Baiyu often comes to the magistrate's office to urge him. As soon as he leaves, Guan Wenbin sighs and goes to Shanqian again. The old slave thought that Shanqian didn't let go. Borrow troops."

Seeing that Princess Changping did not respond, and her expression seemed suspicious, Ma Deyong hurriedly said: "Shanqian is a warrior after all, and has always been on good terms with Jiangxi merchants. The Ganxi Guild Hall originally scheduled a batch of goods to go to sea at the end of the year, and Shanqian can get them." Oil and water, now that Zhao Baiyu is so messed up, it's no wonder he can give Zhao Baiyu a good look. Zhao Baiyu only caught Fang Xingwen on the other side, and the Shanqian side is eager to snatch people. I guess it's dog bite dog at the moment , They fought with each other, which happened to be convenient for us to ship quickly."

Princess Changping: "Be careful, first send someone to the pier to see if there are any extra officers and soldiers."

Ma Deyong: "The old slave understands."

"Wait," Princess Changping called the person back again: "Pay attention to whether there are any strange faces at the pier and ferry, and if the weather is calm, arrange for the goods to leave the ferry."

Ma Deyong beamed with joy: "The old slave obeys His Highness's order." After saying that, he left the princess mansion.

As soon as Ma Deyong left, the female officer said: "The merchants in Ganxi must be afraid of being beaten hard, and dare not make any big moves at this sensitive moment. It is a golden opportunity for us to close the business in their hands. Don't miss it. "

Changping knew better than anyone that this was a great opportunity to suppress Jiangxi merchants and strengthen her own power. Even if Shanqian agreed to borrow troops to make Zhao Baiyu available, she would take the risk and seize the opportunity.

"Let Ma Deyong go to the pier to have a look. If there are strangers mixed in, we can take precautions in advance."

***

Ganxi Guild Hall.

Boss Ping asked Chen Luowu: "The third master asked us to wait, and asked us to stop all water transport matters, but let the merchants from other provinces leave the hall? Does the old man know that Mr. Shui wrote to say that Tian Yingzhuo has many official ships vacant in his hand, and put them on Ming is that Princess Changping wants to take this opportunity to snatch the lines that we have been operating for many years! If Princess Changping seizes the opportunity and wants to come back later, it will be difficult."

Seeing that Chen Luowu was silent, as if obsessed with obeying the third master, Boss Ping became even more anxious.

"The golden thread of private salt has been broken, and I still want to hand over the water transportation of Quanzhou Port!"

Chen Luowu pressed his brows. Boss Ping is the leader of Liangjiangya, and he is often required to get through many businesses. Although he is arrogant and arrogant, he is indispensable, so I had to patiently explain the third master's calculations to him.

"...So, have you turned the corner in your head? Can you believe that Zhao Baiyu didn't say that Princess Changping was not helping the flames in this action? Jiang Dong's commander Hu Heyi went to visit the princess with great fanfare as soon as he took office last year, and he made no secret of his love for the princess. Everyone knows that he is the princess's man, and he is running an official business for the princess! Zhao Baiyu is also the princess's own son who was left in the capital, and that is her only blood!"

Boss Ping was enlightened: "Zhao Baiyu and Princess Changping are on the same team? Their mother and son joined forces to bring down our Shang Gang! Then they took over all the business of the Shang Gang—well, it's a good plan, this is Shu and Wu teaming up to bully us coming."

After a pause, he asked anxiously again: "No, since Zhao Baiyu and Princess Changping are in the same group, he will still deal with Princess Changping as the third master said?"

Chen Luowu: "Princess Changping may have some mother-child affection for Zhao Baiyu, but Zhao Baiyu may not have it. He can reveal his intentions by borrowing troops from Shangui."

Boss Ping breathed a sigh of relief: "So that's how it is." He slapped his head violently, annoyed: "That's how it is! If we listen to the third master and don't move at first, let Princess Changping move first to attract Zhao Baiyu's attention and let them fight each other. Both losers in the fight, we can completely reap the benefits of the fisherman!"

Chen Luowu sighed: "The private salt was arrested, and I figured this out."

Boss Ping: "But Guan Wenbin is a fool, and there is another Ma Deyong next to him. If Zhao Baiyu borrowed troops, wouldn't the princess know about it? If she knows, she will still move?"

Chen Luowu: "Let me ask you, if the princess is injured now and the water transportation business in her hands is vacated, do you dare to take risks here?"

Boss Ping replied without thinking, "It's just a Zhao Baiyu!"

Princess Changping and the Jiangxi Chamber of Commerce share the four provinces' water transportation, and each has been jealous of half of the country in the other's hands for many years. If there is a chance to monopolize it, how can they let it go?

"I understand!" Boss Ping's eyes were sinister: "Princess Changping wants to be a oriole, let's see if she has the ability!"

***

Hongzhou port.

Wei Bo said: "Princess Changping is not an idiot, she will not guess the trap you set?"

Zhao Baiyu put his hands in his sleeves and looked at the pier where people were coming and going. There were at least a dozen soldiers he borrowed from Shanqian, and they were all patrolling the pier in disguise.

"Do you know why the most treacherous and greedy people are usually dignitaries?"

"Because they are powerful and powerful, they are more greedy?"

"It's one of the reasons. The reason that really drives the powerful people to continue to corrupt is the endless desire. Once the people's hearts are let go, it is difficult to take them back. When I am used to the emperor, I have taken more black paths, and my courage is getting bigger and bigger. The fear of the national law and the court is getting weaker and weaker, so it is easy to lose awe in the hearts of border officials."

Zhao Baiyu sighed: "Salt smuggling alone can bring so much profit, not to mention smuggling by sea? Half of the water transport has no owner. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If I don't even have the courage to take risks, I should doubt Princess Changping. How did it take root in Liangjiang in the past 20 years?"

Smuggling by water transport is a major crime of beheading, and if you dare to risk your life to break the law, you will be afraid that his little Cao Si envoy will dig a hole in front of you and wait?

Wei Bo caught a glimpse of a familiar face below: "It's Ma Deyong."

Zhao Baiyu: "Where is it?"

Wei Bo pointed to a man wearing a bamboo hat and cloth clothes at the tea stall at the bottom, who was looking furtively at him.

"I'm afraid I was ordered to inspect the dock."

Zhao Baiyu smiled: "It means that Princess Changping really wants to grab the business, we just wait."

***

"As expected, Shanqian borrowed troops. A dozen or so strange faces at the pier patrolled there all day, only staring at the official ships. They should be officers and soldiers in disguise. This Zhao Baiyu is really evil, full of tricks." Ma Deyong put down his glass , snorted coldly: "Go to the ruined temple in the city or look for a few hooligans under the overpass, give them more money, and let them deal with those officers and soldiers."

Subordinate: "Decree."

***

Wei Bo threw a bunch of zongzi-like people in front of Zhao Baiyu, "When they killed the officers and soldiers on the pier, I caught them right away. They are all rangers in Hongzhou Mansion. killing and looting."

He drew his knife and asked Zhao Baiyu, "Do you want me to kill them all?"

Before Zhao Baiyu could speak, the bunch of zongzi realized that the people Ma Deyong asked them to kill were actually officers and soldiers, and they were so frightened that they kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Zhao Baiyu squatted in front of them and said: "Kill officers and soldiers, you are courageous enough, I will let you kill all over the house!"

Rather than saying they are rangers, it is better to call them street bullies running rampant in the village. At this time, they shouted in unison: "My lord, spare me! The villain has eyes but does not know Taishan, and offends my lord, I beg my lord to spare my life!"

"I can spare my life, but who of you is willing to volunteer to tell Ma Deyong that all the officers and soldiers have been dealt with?"

"I me me!"

Everyone was vying for the chance to survive, and the most vicious one directly beat his accomplice to grab this chance to run errands.

Zhao Baiyu told him: "I will give you some tokens. You must use the best acting skills in your life to deceive Ma Deyong. If Ma Deyong has the slightest suspicion, or if you dare to run away privately, I will immediately kill you." Execute!"

The bully trembled with fear and nodded repeatedly.

"Go."

After letting him go, Wei Bo asked, "Isn't Wu Lang afraid that he won't come back if he leaves?"

"He will definitely not come back, but he will definitely go back and cheat Ma Deyong of the final payment from the murder."

Weber: "What about the others?"

Zhao Baiyu: "Separate them and tell them that they are meritorious for exposing them. As long as they expose the crimes committed by their accomplices, not only can they leave alive, but they can also get a reward from the government. After writing down the crimes, send them to the magistrate."

Wei Bo thought for a while, and couldn't help laughing. Instead, he scrambled to expose his accomplices, and he could punish this group of bullies who did all kinds of crimes without them using lynching.

***

Putting the bully to deceive Ma Deyong, Zhao Baiyu also had to put on a show. One day, he carried a dozen stretchers covered with white cloth to Guan Wenbin's mansion, and he left the mansion dispirited not long after.

Ma Deyong inquired again from Guan Wenbin, and learned that Shangui was furious that day and took back the soldiers lent to Zhao Baiyu. , it is even more proud.

After asking Princess Changping for instructions and getting the exact date of departure, Ma Deyong immediately released the news. Businessmen from 38 prefectures in four provinces came to hear the news, and there was a bustling crowd at once.

In the restaurant, Zhao Baiyu looked at a long queue of carriages leading to Ma Deyong's mansion, smiled, and walked out of the box after drinking the tea in the cup, just happened to bump into Zhao Chongjin coming up from downstairs.

Zhao Chongjin helped a silver-haired, kind-looking old lady carefully step on the stairs to the second floor, followed by two or three servant girls, nodding to Zhao Baiyu who gave way.

Just as she was about to pass by, the old woman suddenly reached out and grabbed Zhao Baiyu's arm: "But Wulang?"

Zhao Baiyu raised his eyebrows, looked at Zhao Chongjin who was surprised, then lowered his head and said softly: "Grandma, you have misunderstood the person."

The old lady was not happy: "You are Wulang of the Zhao family? Are you and Erlang brothers? Is your mother Xie Shilanghuan?"

This time even Zhao Baiyu was surprised.

"I'm Zhao Jiawulang, but my biological mother—"

"No, that's it!" the old woman said loudly, "How can you lie to your uncle and grandma?"

Uncle and grandma?

It was only then that Zhao Baiyu remembered that Zhao Boyong's ancestral home was in Jiangzhou, which was in Jiangxi Province, and that although Xie's natal family was in Yangzhou, when he was young, he had a childhood friendship with Zhao Boyong at his aunt's house in Jiangzhou for some reason.

Zhao Chongjin took his uncle and grandmother aside and said, "Wu Lang has a bad personality and likes to joke around with others. Wait for Er Lang to tell him a good word. Would you like to enter the room?"

The aunt and grandmother emphasized: "Don't blame Goro, my aunt and grandmother feel kind when they see him. My aunt and grandmother like Goro, so don't blame him, or my aunt and grandmother will feel bad."

Zhao Chongjin coaxed him into the private room, turned around and said to Zhao Baiyu, "Sorry, my uncle and grandma are old and mistook you for Shiro. I don't know what happened, she has never seen Shiro before. I don’t even know you, but I caught you at a glance, probably because you look alike to my father, and Wu Lang also looks a lot like my father, and mother said too much in the letter, so my uncle and grandma will admit their mistake.”

He also found it strange that his aunt and grandma had sharp eyes and a clear mind, so how could they recognize the wrong person?

Zhao Baiyu shook his head: "It's nothing." He has always been patient with his elders. "If there's nothing else, I'll go first."

Zhao Chongjin nodded, watched Zhao Baiyu disappear, and turned to see his uncle and grandmother.

The uncle and grandmother didn't notice that Zhao Baiyu came in and immediately sulked: "Does Wulang not want to see me, my uncle and grandmother, or was he driven away by you?"

Zhao Chongjin laughed: "Goro has something important to do, and he came here to perform official duties just now... How about I bring Goro to visit you in person when I am free someday?"

Uncle and grandmother reluctantly said: "Don't lie to me, an old man."

Zhao Chongjin waited on the elders, and asked casually: "Speaking of which, you haven't met Wulang yet, and I didn't say anything. This is still outside. Why do you think he is Wulang?"

The uncle and grandmother rolled their eyes at Zhao Chongjin, and said unhappily: "I am old, but I am not old-fashioned. Your uncle and grandmother were talented girls who were famous in Jiangzhou. Your mother was raised by me since she was a child. Talented girl, I also watched your father grow up. I remember what they looked like from childhood to adulthood. I can’t tell what the children they gave birth to look like? Goro and your father are so similar when they were young, I think Can't you come out? What's more, you just looked at each other, and you can see that you are an acquaintance!"

Sure enough, this is the reason.Zhao Chongjin hurriedly made amends: "Erlang is stupid, he didn't know that his uncle and grandma had unrivaled talents."

My aunt and grandma repeated that they were lively and quick-witted when they were young, but they were still children when they were old.

Excitedly ordered a bunch of inedible food, and urged Zhao Chongjin to describe the taste while eating, so greedy that he swallowed.

When Zhao Chongjin was almost full, his uncle and grandmother said abruptly: "His eyes are exactly the same as those of my daughter."

Zhao Chongjin laughed, and suddenly put away his smile: "Aunt and grandma think Wu Lang's eyes are the same as mother's?"

The uncle and grandmother looked at the dishes and said: "Of course. Wulang is like Chengjie, but the eyes are most like your mother. Your mother's eyes are clear and moist, like almond eyes but a bit longer, and the phoenix eyes are more round. The most special."

Zhao Chongjin has been in Liangjiang for two years, and it's not that he has never met Princess Changping. He clearly remembers that Princess Changping's eyes are very charming, like a fox, which is very different from Xie's eyes.

The eyes of the sons of the Zhao family all resembled Zhao Boyong, but it happened that Zhao Baiyu, who was not related to them by blood, had eyes like Xie's?

Zhao Chongjin's heart was turbulent, but on the surface he remained calm. After having a meal with his uncle and grandma, he sent her back home, and then went back to his study to sit for a long while. When he thought of something, he quickly took out a pen and paper and prepared to write a letter to his family. When I went to my aunt and grandma, I wanted to write down what she said.

But after thinking about it, if he thought too much, wouldn't he hurt Niang and Shiro?

Thinking of this, Zhao Chongjin will give up his thoughts. Anyway, he has also met Zhao Baiyu in Liangjiang, so he will just pay more attention in the future.

At the same time, the uncle and grandmother who were sleeping suddenly woke up, called the maid and said, "Get ready to write, I want to talk to my daughter."

The maid helped her up respectfully: "Does the old lady want to write a letter from home?"

"Writing to my little girl, I met Erlang and Goro today, just now I dreamed of Goro again in my dream, I dreamed that he was small, Yuxue was cute, but he was crying with me, crying so hard The ground hurts. Sigh, I want to write to ask my daughter if Chengjie is not good to Wulang, his bad temper may be because our little man can't write and punish him for facing the wall." Uncle Grandmother was furious: "You judge, Wulang is so young, can he be punished?"

The old lady took what happened in her dream as real, and when she woke up, she lost her temper with the prime minister in the capital.

Aunt and grandma: "I don't care, I'm going to write a letter, come and catch a knife for me with a pretty little girl."

"Yes, this is the service of pen and ink."

Left and right is not something that hurts the body, so why not be obedient?

***

The night is vast, and the surrounding fields are silent.

Suddenly a fire lit up from the center of the river. Dozens of official ships broke through the mist in the river and marched slowly. They anchored at the pier. A group of young and strong men came down to deliver the bundled goods stamped with the stamp of the Southeast Sixth Route Shipping Department in batches. Get on board.

Ma Deyong's boat was also on the shore, and he personally stood at the bow of the boat to supervise, watching the goods from all over the world being transported to the bed, leaving the Jiangkou of Hongzhou Prefecture, and then going south in batches, one batch went to Guangzhou, and the other batch went to Quanzhou. Out of the sea, the sky is high and the birds are flying, and when you come back, the ship is full of gold.

Ma Deyong rubbed his hands excitedly as soon as he fantasized about a boat full of gold.

One of the principals looked at the sky, and then at the pier not far away, as if there was a terrifying beast living in the night, which made people panic.

He touched his neck and moved his nose to smell the smell in the air.

"Did you smell the smell?"

"fishy smell?"

"No." The chief shook his head, and took a few steps towards the pier: "Like... fierce oil? A smell of fierce oil."

The other principals laughed and said, "Where is the smell of fire and oil coming from? It's not a military factory."

As soon as the words fell, countless torches suddenly lit up on the bank, and a group of officers and soldiers ran out of the night, lined up, surrounded half of the dock and river bank, knelt down on one knee, and raised their bows and arrows. The cloth strips have already ignited clusters of burning flames.

Wei Bo walked out of it, with a solemn expression on his face: "Listen, the people in front, the official is on duty, and now suspects smuggling by water transport, if you dare not cooperate, all arrows will be fired, and you will be killed!"

Immediately, everyone was in danger and looked at the principals in bewilderment. The latter's face was pale and at a loss.

Ma Deyong kicked away the head of the boat standing beside the bow, staring at the officers and soldiers on the shore with horror, gnashing his teeth: "Archers? Zhao, Bai, Yu!"

Didn't the officers and soldiers at the pier clean up?How did Zhao Baiyu know when they sailed?Didn't Shanqian refuse to borrow troops?Where did Zhao Baiyu get the officers and soldiers from?Could it be that they teamed up to trick him?

Ma Deyong looked coldly at the goods on the 300 ships. How could he be willing to give up the two or three million taels he earned by running this trip?But right now, it's time to put your own safety first.

Thinking so, Ma Deyong ordered: "Let's go first."

The boat he was on was a light boat, which was fast and could sail quickly, but as soon as the bow moved a little, a small group of flaming bows and arrows aimed at the light boat.

Wei Bo: "Resist the arrest of fugitives and kill them without mercy!"

Ma Deyong was stiff all over, unable to hide in the flames.

***

The goods were detained at the wharf and guarded by officers and soldiers. Both the principal and Ma Deyong were locked in the Caosi Yamen. Before dawn, the news that Zhao Baiyu borrowed troops to seize the merchant's goods flew to various places in Jiangxi Province like wings. Fang forces.

Chen Luowu, who had been waiting for the news all night without sleep, looked at each other with his boss, seeing joy in each other's eyes.

"Next, what should we do?"

Chen Luowu replied: "The third master's little boy came this morning, and they will fight once or twice, no matter whether Princess Changping can get back the seized goods, Zhao Baiyu has completely offended Princess Changping. Even if there is a mother-child relationship, it will be exhausted. Zhao Baiyu has only been in Liangjiang for a few months? No matter which road is on the water or land, he has offended all of them. Next, I am afraid that they will attack in groups."

***

Hongzhou magistrate's mansion, study.

Shanqian waved back the soldiers who reported the news, and heaved a sigh of relief: "We arrived as scheduled."

***

The Caosi yamen is brightly lit.

The second-rank official in purple official uniform led a dozen officers and soldiers to knock on the gate of Caosi Yamen, went straight to the lobby of the front hall, and sat down, and the officers and soldiers moved to the Grand Master's chair in due course.

The second-rank official in purple clothes shouted: "Where is Zhao Baiyu? Tell him to come out!"

Transit judge Dou Zumao hurried out with his official hat in his arms. When he crossed the threshold, he accidentally fell and ate dog shit, but he didn't dare to cry out for pain. Came to look for the Cao Si envoy? The Cao Si envoy is still in the Cao Si mansion, and has already sent someone to pass on the message."

The second-rank official in Zifu squinted his eyes and asked: "I heard that you are so majestic tonight. You brought a battalion of archers and used fierce kerosene to capture a group of serious people for water transportation like killing the enemy and suppressing bandits. A business person? Still withholding a large amount of goods?"

Dou Zumao looked embarrassed: "This... the lower officials don't know."

"Then you know now?"

"I know, I know."

"Know it and let him go!"

"I, I...I'm not, I can't explain to my superior——"

"Zhao Baiyu is your job, isn't this official? He Zhao Baiyu came to me, and he had to call me a job! Who are you listening to?"

Dou Zumao was weeping, in a dilemma, and the second-rank official in Zifu gave Dou Zumao winks, and when he planned to forcefully break into the prison of Caosi Yamen to extract all the detainees, Zhao Baiyu appeared on the stage without haste.

"The superiors don't need to vent their anger on the subordinates. The actions of the subordinates are their duties. They behave uprightly, but I don't know why the lord ordered me to release them?" Zhao Baiyu came to the official robes in purple. He bowed to him, "I don't know which adult you are from the Southeast Sixth Route Shipping Envoy?"

"Tian Yingzhuo."

"I have met Mr. Tian."

"It's good that you come, let everyone go."

"reason?"

"What is your reason for arresting?"

"Your Majesty Tian should know that the lower officials have cracked a huge case of illicit salt smuggling some time ago, which involved both Zhejiang provinces. The lower officials guessed that the water transportation in Hongzhou might not be clean, so they told Shan Shuai about his thoughts, and he also agreed. I agree with my idea. I want to borrow troops to check the docks, and the commander-in-chief will give it without saying a word. The next officer will send people to the vegetable market first, hang out with the dock workers for a few days, and learn how to look like [-]% Let them go undercover at the pier, and it turned out that something was wrong—"

Zhao Baiyu said indignantly: "Someone used the official boat to smuggle! Now, the lower official didn't want to arrest people at first, so he asked them if they had a boat lead, but they couldn't get one or two out! It's clearly smuggling! Mr. Tian Are you angry or not?"

Tian Yingzhuo: "Who said they don't have business leads?" He stretched out his hand, and immediately someone took out a stack of ledgers and ship leads and put them in his palm, and picked up one of them: "Thirty cargo ships with a total of 210 and five merchants' ship leads are here. Zhao Baiyu, what else do you have to say?"

Zhao Baiyu took the account book and Chuanyin suspiciously, and quickly read them.

Tian Yingzhuo sneered, but fortunately he was on guard against Zhao Baiyu's move and prepared the boat lead early in the morning.

"How? You can see clearly, you can see clearly! You, Zhao Baiyu, disturbed the two rivers when you first arrived in Liangjiang. I watched with cold eyes, thinking that you are doing things for the court, so I don't say much, but now you are in a daze. No way? See if everyone is guilty? Cracking down on illegal salt is indeed a great achievement, but don’t tell me that in your eyes, the two rivers, the officials of the two rivers, and the merchants of the two rivers are not clean? Even if there is a problem with the water transportation, it is not It is not within your jurisdiction. If you have any problems, you can sue the prefect of Hongzhou or the criminal department. If it doesn’t work, you can talk to the shipping department, you can talk to the official! Doesn’t it mean that there are so many officials in Liangjiang that none of them can help you? ?”

Tian Yingzhuo angrily reprimanded: "Without evidence and no proof, you detained [-] boats. How are you going to explain to Liangjiang merchants? How do you explain to Liangjiang officials who were dragged down by you? Don't say I didn't help you, you did too much this time. , just waiting for Liangjiang’s official joint name to join you, think about how to explain to the court and His Majesty!"

Zhao Baiyu staggered a step, raised his head, and looked straight at Tian Yingzhuo: "Master Tian, ​​would you like to give me advice?"

"You can't live by doing your own crimes." Tian Yingzhuo shook his sleeves, yin and yang: "I have little knowledge, I'm afraid I won't be able to guide Zhao Xiaoqingtian."

"Master Tian is underestimating himself. I think you are the only person who can give me advice besides the water transport envoy." Zhao Baiyu took a few steps forward, approached Tian Yingzhuo, stared into his eyes and said expressionlessly: "Two rivers The tank ships to Guangdong and Fujian provinces are transported three times a year each, with 25-meter ships per transport, but in your account book, the two rivers to Guangdong and Fujian have been transported three times a year from the beginning of the year to the end of October. Eighty days, except for the suspension of water transportation due to the sudden drop in water during the dry season, it stands to reason that there will be no ships to Guangdong or Fujian before the beginning of spring!"

It was Tian Yingzhuo's turn to stagger back, staring at Zhao Baiyu with a pale face: "You..."

How do you know so much about water transportation?

"My lord, please explain clearly. I'm an official. If I can't figure it out, I'll keep thinking about it. If I still can't figure it out, I'm afraid I'll have to find the smartest person in the world, that is, Your Majesty, to explain it to me."

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The author has something to say:

This chapter was written a bit late, and I have no strength to speak.In the next chapter, I will explain to you the setting of water transportation three times a year at the end.

Fierce oil: oil.