Fenghou

Chapter 1067 Official Ship
Zhong Huan smiled slightly and said: "We have already considered the transition ship. During this time, our people pretended to be river vegetable farmers and took the ferry every day, but there was no sign of transporting illegal salt. In fact, there are fishing boats. My men I also pretended to be a fisherman and went fishing in the river, but I didn't find any fishing boats transporting salt."

"But General Xiaozhong ignored an important factor!"

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a while and said: "General Xiaozhong is stationed in Yuezhou, they dare not act rashly, especially when you sweep the salt dealers in the south, so many officials have been killed, how could they be careless during this time."

Zhong Huan nodded, "General Yang is right. It seems that I have to leave Yuezhou for a while."

"General Xiaozhong can take his men to Jiangling!"

Chong Huan shook his head, "Going to Jiangling is still the same thing, if you want to go to Bashu!"

Yang Yuanqing left, and soon Deng Jinshan brought three old fishermen to Zhonghuan's official house. The three old fishermen knelt down to salute, and Zhonghuan hurriedly asked the three to get up.

"I know that the sons of the three of you are all in the Western Army. We are all a family. I invite you here this time to ask for your help."

"No matter what the general says, we will definitely do our best!"

Zhong Huan said softly, "I won't hide it from you. I came to Jinghu South Road to destroy illegal salt on the order of His Royal Highness King Yong, but the salt dealers are very cunning. We are here. They won't show up. We just leave. They'll show up to trade, you know what I mean?"

The three nodded together, "We understand!"

"So please help me to monitor the official ship. I will monitor it day and night to see how many times they cross the river every day and night. It is better to monitor its waterline to see if it has a deep draft when it comes from the north."

"Just monitor Yuezhou?"

Zhong Huan nodded, "Yes! Just monitor Yuezhou."

Chong Huan has found that Yuezhou sells the largest amount of private salt, which shows that Yuezhou is a general distribution place. Private salt first goes to Yuezhou, and then is transported to the states along the lake through Dongting Lake. You can find the clue by keeping a close eye on Yuezhou .

"We understand, we will do our best!"

"After the matter is completed, I will have a big reward, and I will never reveal that you have done things for me."

All three agreed, and Zhong Huan would leave three alert soldiers to guide them.

After the three old fishermen left, Zhong Huan called over a dozen soldiers, who stayed behind to monitor the ferry, and everything was properly arranged.

Early the next morning, Zhong Huan found Cheng Guangya, the magistrate of Baling County, and said to him with a smile: "We have received a new mission and we are going back to Bashu. Thanks to the assistance of Cheng Zhi County, I was able to eradicate the salt lord Zhang Tai and so many big salts." Trafficker, I will definitely put a good word for Chengzhi County in the report."

Cheng Guangya was overjoyed and thanked repeatedly: "I wonder when General Zhong will leave?"

"We are going to leave today. All our bills have been settled, and the remaining food and grass can be shipped back to Chengzhi County."

"The humble official understands, so I wish the general a smooth journey."

"Thank you!"

Cheng Guangya left immediately and returned to the county seat. Cheng Guangya still came to the government office. In fact, Cheng Guangya knew everything, but he adopted the three no principles, no participation, no leaking, and no offense. Naturally, he would not say anything to Zhong Huan .

Yuezhou governor Wang Kuang listened to Cheng Guangya's report with squinted eyes, thanked him a few words, sent Cheng Guangya away, and then called Sima Hugong.

If Zhong Huan carefully investigated Hu Gong's background, he would have avoided a lot of detours. Hu Gong was Zhang Jun's fellow villager, and he was related to Zhang Jun. He was appointed Sima of Yuezhou, and he was recommended by Zhang Jun when he suppressed Liu Guangshi's rebellion.

As soon as Hu Gong entered, Wang Kuang asked, "The inner guard is leaving, do you know?"

Hu Gong shook his head again and again, "I don't know the lowly position, but it's a good thing for them to leave!"

"Hmph! What if they are playing hard to get?"

"Probably not! He doesn't necessarily know the situation in Yuezhou. He might think that the extermination of the salt lord Zhang Tai is the end. Didn't the Supervision Department take all the criminals away? It's the right time for him to end now!"

"That's what you take for granted. I have been observing this person. Although this person is young, he is very experienced in dealing with things. The things that kill and offend people are all done by the deputy, and he does not show up. It is normal for such a person to play hard to get. "

"Governor, I haven't purchased any goods for two months. Zhang Shuai has already sent someone to look for me three times. I'm under a lot of pressure!"

"I see, let's see the situation! I will send someone to keep an eye on him. If he really goes to Bashu, he can buy some goods appropriately, but it must be hidden. It is not allowed during the day, only at night."

"Governor, you can't do it at night. It's easy to be detected by the patrols. They can't distinguish the official ships at night, and the official ships sail at night. It's weird, but it will make people suspicious. Our Yuezhou still has a large area of ​​jurisdiction on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Official salt is normal, and patrol boats never ask."

"I see, you let your subordinates hold the official salt guide, so that there is nothing wrong with it."

At dusk, Zhong Huan's team boarded the boat and left. Wang Kuang, who had never shown his face, appeared in the farewell team for the first time, but he still didn't really show up. Instead, he sat in the carriage and watched the team go away on the boat from a distance.

Every soldier was carrying a large bag of local specialties, no matter how he looked at it, he would not come back again, but Wang Kuang was still worried, so he sent two people to follow the other side's fleet on a passenger ship.

Five days later, Wang Kuang got the news that Zhong Huan's fleet had passed Yiling.

He was a little relieved, and ordered Hu Gong to make purchases.

This afternoon, a scholar came down from the Junshan Ferry with two entourages carrying bookcases. The scholar was Zhong Huan who had disguised himself. He was about the same figure, but his appearance was completely different. His skin had turned white and his eyebrows had also changed No, the face shape is also different. Wearing a son's turban on his head and holding a folding fan in his hand, he is a handsome scholar, and he is completely different from the commander of the inner guard wearing armor.

Of course, this is Zhong Huan's true face, he was born as a Jinshi!
Chong Huan came to the beautiful Junshan Island to study and lived in Junshan Town. Many scholars will come to Junshan to study, preparing to take the imperial examination next spring, and pay homage to the Concubine Xiang Temple by the way.

Zhong Huan's subordinates had rushed to Junshan Island from all directions, including [-] water ghost scouts who disembarked halfway, as well as more than [-] internal guard soldiers brought by Qin Kuangming from Changsha, and Zhong Huan stayed in Baling County to carry out military operations. There were more than [-] internal guards under surveillance, a total of [-] people, and ten Qianshi warships supported by Yang Yuanqing had already entered Dongting Lake from Huarong County.

At night, his subordinates came with an old fisherman and reported to Zhong Huan: "We found that the official boats of Yuezhou Prefecture have been crossing the river suddenly since the day before yesterday. Before, they only crossed the river once or twice a day. Now It takes five or six times a day, and the boat has a deep draft when returning."

"What about at night?" Zhong Huan asked again.

"There are no official ships at night!"

Zhong Huan nodded, and asked another inner guard soldier, "Has the market price of private salt dropped now?"

"Reporting to the commander, the price of private salt has dropped today, and it has returned to fifty Wen a catty."

The private salt market is very sensitive. It can be said that its price is the weather vane. Before that, Zhong Huan fought against private salt in Tanzhou, but his army was stationed in Baling, so that the private salt in the north did not dare to go south, and the inventory was insufficient. The illegal salt in the Yuezhou market The price has risen immediately, from fifty yuan per catty to sixty yuan, and now the price has fallen again, indicating that the supply of private salt has resumed, which proves from one aspect that the fisherman found that the official ship was abnormal, and it should be transporting illegal salt.

"How many official ships are there, and how big are they?"

"Only one, about five hundred shi."

The official ship is actually a passenger ship, and it can't transport much. At most, one hundred halite, one hundred bags, five or six hundred shi a day, and three days is nearly [-] shi. The price of salt in the market should indeed drop.

Zhong Huan asked Qin Kuangming who was at the side, "Where did the official ship bring the salt, have you found it?"

Qin Kuangming nodded, "There are more than [-] warehouses in Jiangbei Wharf, and five of them are very suspicious."

"How big is the warehouse?" Zhong Huan asked.

"The warehouse is medium, three thousand stone warehouses!"

There are at least [-] rock salts in the warehouse, and attacking this warehouse is enough to frighten Zhang Jun.

Zhong Huan immediately ordered: "Transfer the warship to Junshan immediately, we will enter the Yangtze River overnight, and clean up these bastards tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)