Pampered Poisonous Royal Wife - Chapter 219

[Chapter 219 Jiangnan Salt Merchant Fertilizer]

“Okay!” Wei Qi and Cao Bing nodded and agreed. If they can go this far and become winners in the deep pool of Jiangnan Yanzheng, they will naturally have their own strategies and courage. If the first prince really kills , then they have to throw a boulder over, even if they can’t break the backbone of the first prince and the Li family, they have to break a few bones!

Wu Minzhi nodded heavily: “This is a way out of nowhere. The eldest prince has been courting us many times before, and seeing how jealous his attitude is towards us, I think it won’t force us to the last step, and now we should raise silver and two generals as soon as possible. Bought salt and put the blame on the officials who bought the salt.”

“Well, we’ll do it right away.”

Other smaller salt merchants are afraid that it will take some time to collect silver taels, but for these people, it is only a headache for a while, and there are some solutions.

Soon, Qi Ming received a letter from Mu Yunyao: “Miss, let me collect some properties sold by the salt merchants?” After thinking for a while, Qi Ming couldn’t help but snicker, admiring Mu Yunyao in his heart. Deeper, Miss is just as expected!

Now the salt merchants are in a hurry to sell their properties, and the price must be much lower than normal. Moreover, the properties in the hands of these salt merchants are unusual. Take gardens as an example. It can be compared to the Royal Garden, but there are some differences in specifications and standards.

Qi Ming had the silver note that Mu Yunyao asked Liuliang to bring over, and directly picked the best garden, land, and storefront to buy it. In total, it saved at least several hundred thousand taels of silver.

The salt merchants finally managed to collect 15 million taels of silver. King Yue estimated that the time was almost up, so he sent someone to inform the past where the salt was hidden.

In just a few days, 15 million taels of silver were received, and King Yue couldn’t help feeling excited.

Mu Yunyao counted the house deeds and land deeds in her hands, and she couldn’t stop smiling.

Jin Lan walked in slowly: “Miss, someone came to give a gift at the door, saying that it was the subordinate of Mr. Li, the Governor of Liangjiang.”

Mu Yunyao’s smile faded: “Just say that I’m not feeling well for the past two days, and it’s not convenient for me to see outsiders. Let that person go back wherever he came from.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

Two days ago, after the salt tax inspection in Jingling City was over, Li Yuanyi had to leave for Yangzhou City. He originally wanted to come to Jinxiu Garden to see Mu Yunyao again, but he didn’t expect the dizziness just happened. The rumor that the sand was exchanged for salt by stealing spread out, which shocked half of his soul all at once.

If the rumors are true, this incident is enough to shake the court and the opposition. Once it reaches the emperor’s ears, it will definitely cause Tianyan’s anger, and even the Li family will not be able to keep him. Therefore, as soon as I heard the news, I hurried to Yangzhou City.

On his way to Yangzhou City, he suddenly received a letter: The letter clearly stated how the officials who bought the salt planned to use the sand instead of the salt to make huge profits, and it also clearly stated that it was stolen. Down the salt stash.

This letter is like a charcoal of fire. It will make him restless all the time. Once he got off the boat in Yangzhou City, he directly dispatched officers and soldiers to the hiding place mentioned in the letter. He thought it would be empty. Really found a large amount of salt in a warehouse.

The officials in Yangzhou City have long been startled. After hearing that Li Yuan got off the boat, they all went forward to meet him. I never thought about it, and I didn’t even have time to say a word, and they saw him go straight to the abandoned warehouse in the south of the city. , A large amount of salt was found inside, and many officials were so weak that they could not stand still.

Li Yuanyi looked at the mountains of salt, and the emotions in his eyes quickly flowed, and finally turned into a complete indifference. He turned his head and shouted angrily at the Yangzhou salt transport envoy Sun Tong: “Sun Yanyun history, you know crime?”

Sun Tong, the envoy of Yangzhou Salt Transport, knelt down fiercely: “Master Li, why don’t the lower officials know what the crime is?”

“You took advantage of the imperial court’s inspection of the salt tax to buy a large amount of official salt, and lied that the salt ship sank on the Xijiang River while it was being transported, and you also loaded a large amount of sediment on the ship to pretend to be salt, and secretly concealed the real salt. Here, I want to take advantage of the storm to make huge profits from it, but fortunately, this officer got the news in advance, and this did not let your plan succeed!”

“Master Li, a lower official would never dare to have such an idea, please look into it, Master Li!”

“Hmph, this official will immediately write to the imperial court and report to the emperor what you have done. The emperor will naturally send people from the punishment department to escort you to Beijing to investigate.”

Yan Yun made Sun Tong suddenly understand that Li Yuanyi simply wanted him to be a scapegoat, so that he could not only quell the troubles of the Jiangnan salt administration, but also let him take credit for it. More importantly, what he did was right. The salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River gave a great life-saving grace and won a large number of hearts for the eldest prince: “Master Li, you can’t frame me with such empty words, you have to show evidence!”

“This official will naturally inquire about this matter, and the evidence will be sent to the emperor. There is no need to talk to you! Come on, put Sun Tong under custody!”

Soon, Li Yuanyi’s actions in Yangzhou City reached the ears of the salt merchants, and everyone heaved a sigh of relief. Seeing that the eldest prince has no plans to kill them all, this is a fortune in misfortune.

Li Yuanyi first imprisoned Sun Tong, the envoy of salt transportation, and then detained the envoy of salt transportation, Si Yun, together with his officials.

During this period, Wu Minzhi went to the yamen to ask to see Li Yuanyi, but it was a pity that Li Yuanyi did not see him.

After the memorial entered the capital, it was soon reported to the emperor. After reading the memorial, the emperor was furious. Fortunately, the salt was recovered in time, which did not cause too much loss. Then, he ordered Li Yuanyi. A thorough investigation of the Yanzheng case in Yangzhou City must make the case clear.

After Li Yuan received the emperor’s decree, he breathed a sigh of relief. No matter who sent him the letter secretly, in general, it was a big help for him.

He calmed down for a while, thinking about how to force the Yan Yun envoy Sun Tong to take responsibility, when he heard that his subordinates came to report that Wu Minzhi, the leader of the salt merchants, asked for advice.

The last time he was worried about how to write a memorial to the emperor, he heard that Wu Minzhi asked for advice, and was not in the mood to see him. Now that the matter has come to an end, it is time to free up your hands and think carefully about how to squeeze some oil and water from these salt merchants. After all, the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River are well-known. A lot of hard work?

[End of This Chapter]