I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 217 Severe situation

"That's right, although I don't have the right to present the memorial directly to His Majesty, Hu Zongxian does!"

"He is the governor of Zhejiang Province and the governor of Zhejiang Province, and he is deeply trusted by His Majesty! Besides, it only takes one day and one night to get there from Jiangxi to Zhejiang."

"I just need to write the memorial, and then send someone to Hu Zongxian, isn't it all right? It just so happens that Zhao Zhenji, the imperial envoy sent by His Majesty, will arrive in Zhejiang soon!"

Cao Shunhe was quick to think, and immediately thought of this solution.

Soon, Cao Shunhe spread out the pen and paper, and began to write the memorial to the court.

"Report to Your Majesty, my minister Jiangxi Governor Cao Shunhe, I have something important to report!"

"Recently, the government's ship transporting official salt capsized unfortunately. After receiving the news, the lower official sent people to investigate the situation as soon as possible! It was accidentally discovered that there were more than 20 large ships, except for the ones that capsized accidentally. Docked on shore intact."

"It's just that the people on board and the thousands of catties of official salt they carried have disappeared!"

"The lower officials suspect that this incident was planned by the local salt merchants in collusion with the officials, with the purpose of hoarding and reaping huge profits!"

"The lower officials are currently under surveillance. Most of the officials in the government have been bought by salt merchants. The lower officials don't know who to trust. I hope the court will send a large army as soon as possible!"

After the ink on the paper was dry, Cao Shunhe carefully put it away and put it in an envelope when he saw no one around.

After finishing all this, Cao Shunhe spread out the pen and paper again, and began to write and draw on it.

"Master Governor, the Commander asked to see you, and said that there is an important situation that I want to report to you!"

At this moment, the previous subordinate came in and said respectfully.

"Well, the officer knows, let him wait a moment."

After Cao Shunhe finished speaking, he deliberately covered the piece of paper on the table with an official document.

"Lord governor, the situation is urgent, and the commander is already in the living room, impatient to wait!"

The visitor had a panoramic view of Cao Shunhe's small movements, and he couldn't help but flashed a smug look in his heart, urging him.

"Well, I know, I'm going to go now."

Seeing that the visitor was so eager, Cao Shunhe responded after drinking the tea in his cup.

"Please, governor!"

After the visitor finished speaking, he led the way in front of himself.

After Cao Shunhe left his daily office, soon someone sneaked into it and began to rummage around.

Soon, the piece of paper on the table covered by the official document was noticed by him.

After memorizing all the positions of the things on the table, he carefully removed the official documents on the table, only then did he see the content recorded on the paper.

The things recorded on the paper are quite messy, without a trace of logic at all!However, the circled numbers in the corner attracted the attention of those who came.

"One, five, six, two, what do these numbers mean? Could it be some kind of code word?"

"It doesn't matter, let's record it first, and report it to the adults later!"

After writing down the contents of the paper, the visitor restored the things on the table to their previous appearance, and left quietly without attracting anyone's attention.

……

In the waiting room, the commander Xu Zhen was enjoying the hot tea in his cup leisurely at the moment, with no trace of eagerness on his face.

The corners of Xu Zhen's mouth raised unconsciously when he thought of the benefits he could get from this incident.

Regarding this plan, everyone has been planning for a long time, and they have made complete preparations in advance!

For this reason, the Liang family, the He family, and the Li family, the old and powerful local salt merchants, were also recruited.

Before that, they tried every means to hint at Cao Shun and the governor of Jiangxi, and wanted to lure him into the group, but Cao Shunhe was completely unmoved, not only that, but also reprimanded them.

Seeing that Cao Shun and the governor of Jiangxi blocked everyone's way of making money, everyone had to unite and empty him out!If it weren't for Cao Shunhe's status as a feudal official, there might have been an accident long ago.

Just as Xu Zhen was thinking, a sound of footsteps from outside brought him back to reality.

Then I saw him get up in a hurry, with a respectful look on his face.

"Your Majesty has seen the governor!"

"Well, get up."

After Cao Shunhe finished speaking, he took a seat above him, then turned his gaze to Xu Zhen, and asked.

"Didn't you say earlier that you have something important to report to this officer?"

"Yes, Lord Governor! According to your previous order, the officer has dispatched soldiers from the guard to search the vicinity of the accident."

Seeing Cao Shunhe's inquiry, Xu Zhen quickly responded respectfully.

"Oh, did you find out something?"

Cao Shunhe asked with eagerness on his face.

"Yes, Lord Governor, we found several corpses not far away!"

"Judging from their clothes, they should be the people responsible for escorting the official salt this time."

Xu Zhen had a panoramic view of the expressions on Cao Shunhe's face, and then put on a heartbroken look.

"Oh, it seems that most of them encountered bandits!"

After listening to the news brought by Xu Zhen, Cao Shunhe sighed and said helplessly.

"Yeah, I don't know where the bandits came from, so bold!"

"Not to mention robbing the official salt transported by the government, how dare you wantonly kill the official escort!"

"Governor, please give an order! Even if I dig three feet into the ground, I still have to bring this group of bandits to justice and avenge the dead brothers."

Xu Zhen's face was full of righteous indignation, and he begged Cao Shunhe.

"Okay, since that's the case, I can't let you down, so I'll leave this matter to you!"

"We must find out the true identity of the bandits and recover the stolen official salt, otherwise, I will not be able to report to the imperial court!"

Perhaps as if he was worried, Cao Shunhe immediately added a sentence.

"Lord governor, don't worry, I will live up to my trust!"

"Well, that's good, go down and get busy."

After Cao Shunhe finished speaking, he nodded to Xu Zhen and said so.

"Yes, Lord Governor, I will retire!"

After Xu Zhen responded, he left the waiting room.

At almost the same moment, mocking expressions appeared on the faces of the two of them, and they cursed secretly in their hearts.

"idiot!"

……

At this moment, on the street, there was already a long queue at the door of the shop selling official salt.

After the people learned that the ship carrying official salt had capsized, they rushed to the shop selling official salt, wanting to take this opportunity to buy more salt and take it home for emergencies.

"Listen up, everyone, the official salt in the store has been sold out! Until the next batch of official salt arrives, the store will be temporarily closed."

After the store clerk finished speaking, he was about to close the door when he was stopped by excited people.

"Then when is the next official salt shipment?"

"At least two months later!"

After thinking for a moment, the guy gave the answer.

"What, after two months, what shall we eat during this period?"

After hearing the answer given by the buddy, everyone's faces were full of anxiety.

"I don't care what you eat, anyway, the official salt has indeed been sold out! Figure out a way for yourself."

"Here, don't you see that there is salt for sale over there?"

After the guy finished speaking, he pointed to the opposite shop.

(End of this chapter)