The Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi has a poem: Bianshui flows, Surabaya flows, flows to Guazhou Gudutou. Surabaya passes through the city from Yangzhou, joins the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and flows into the Yangtze River dozens of miles downstream, and the confluence of the canal and the Yangtze River is the famous Guazhou ferry.

Guazhou Ferry is the throat of water transportation and salt transportation, whether it is from the south to the north, or from the east to the west, most of the ships will choose to dock here, so the boats here flow day and night, and the waterway is quite busy.

The government has set up an inspection department at the Guazhou ferry port to inspect the ships that come and go, so as to identify thieves and traitors, and the Yangzhou Salt Transit Department also has an inspection station here, and there are salt dings to investigate and seize smuggled salt. And now, there is another group of officers and soldiers stationed at the Guazhou Ferry, that is, a hundred households squad of Yangzhou Wei.

Because the three important thieves of Orishin Miko, Hosokawa Takeshu and Pujing were still on the run, Xia Yan, the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission, ordered that with Yangzhou City as the center, the water and land transportation arteries within a radius of 50 miles were set up with layers of checkpoints, and the canal was the main channel into the Yangtze River, so it naturally became the focus of the investigation.

At noon, a fleet of 20 ships sailed down the river from the direction of Yangzhou City, approached the Guazhou ferry, and docked in a very regular manner to be inspected by officers and soldiers.

These 20 ships all hung small flags with the word "Fujian", which were obviously the fleets of Fujian merchants, and the ships were carrying official salt barrels, each wooden barrel contained 400 catties of salt, which was equivalent to one lead of salt.

It is said that it is a fat difference to inspect the ships coming and going at the Guazhou Ferry, and the filial piety that the servants receive every day is quite considerable, but for those powerful caravans, whether it is the inspector of the inspection department or the salt of the salt transportation department, they do not dare to make it too difficult. For example, in the current salt transport fleet of Fujian merchants, the inspectors and salt ladies just routinely checked the salt quotation documents, and then planned to release them.

However, at this moment, the hundred households sent here by Yangzhou Wei stepped forward and shouted: "Wait! ”

The steward in charge of dealing with the Fujian merchant fleet changed his face slightly, and said with a smile: "The salt quotation documents have been tested, what else does Zhang Baihu have to teach?" ”

Zhang Baihu said with a straight face: "The salt guide has been inspected, but we haven't checked the salt barrel on the ship yet." ”

The steward said with a smile: "Our ship is loaded with salt, in order to prevent moisture, the salt barrel is sealed with oilcloth inside and out, and nails are made, how else can Zhang Baihu check?" ”

Zhang Baihu rolled his eyes and said, "Naturally, the barrel was opened and checked." ”

The steward said with a little displeasure: "Isn't Zhang Baihu difficult for a strong man?" If all the salt drums are opened and inspected, and then resealed and nailed, we can't afford to delay this time. ”

Zhang Baihu arched his hand and said lightly: "Steward Li, it's not that a certain family deliberately makes things difficult for you, it's really your duty, if you let the thieves who kidnap Qincha escape, a certain family really can't afford it." ”

Steward Li's face was slightly gloomy, and he glanced at a follower next to him, who immediately untied the money bag on his waist and threw it to Zhang Baihu, and said: "This little money invites Zhang Baihu and the brothers to drink, and I hope to ask you to raise your hand, I really can't afford to toss." ”

Zhang Baihu took the money bag, estimated to be nearly ten taels of silver, hesitated for a moment or threw the money bag back, and arched his hand: "I'm sorry, a certain family is really the duty, and I ask Steward Li to cooperate with the inspection." ”

Steward Li's face suddenly darkened, and he was about to have a seizure, but he saw a big bald head walking out of the cabin, and hurriedly said respectfully: "Li Huishou." ”

This big bald head is not another person, it is Li Chuang, the head of the Fujian Chamber of Commerce, who is holding a pipe in his hand and swallowing clouds and spitting smoke, walked to Zhang Baihu, looked up and down with a fierce look, and then a puff of white smoke sprayed on Zhang Baihu's face, and said neatly: "Zhang Baihu, right?" When Lao Tzu and your Yangzhou Wei commander Gu Kangming called him a brother, your kid was probably still wearing open crotch pants, and a small hundred households dared to climb Lao Tzu's head to and pee? ”

Not to mention, Li Guangtou was originally a salt lord who killed people without blinking, and it was really a bit intimidating and ferocious to play a hooligan at this time.

Zhang Baihu took a step back, and said without humility or arrogance: "It's just a duty to be below, and I hope that Li Yuanwai will forgive me, and in addition, Commander Gu is still locked up in the government prison." ”

It is said that because of the "firearms theft and sale case", Xu Jin just returned to Yangzhou City from Dongtai County, and arrested Gu Kangming, the commander of Yangzhou Guard, the commander of Tongzhi Mu Zhi, and the commander Li Bo, although it was later confirmed that the "firearms theft and sale case" had nothing to do with the three people, but the three of them embezzled military salaries and wantonly squeezed and enslaved lower-class military households, so they were finally taken into custody and convicted, and it is estimated that the military position will not be guaranteed.

Li Guangtou saw that Zhang Baihu didn't know how to lift, a fierce light flashed in his triangular eyes, and he sneered: "Very good, since Zhang Baihu wants to check, let's check, Lao Tzu will go back and take a nap first." ”

Li Guangtou said and shook the soot from the pipe into the river, stretched out and walked to the cabin, and sneered: "The fields in Qingzhang and Zhejiang should not take more than two years, Xu Daqin may be homesick, and he will return to Beijing at the end of this year to resume his life. ”

Zhang Baihu's face changed slightly when he heard this, and even his brothers showed a trace of fear, a big salt merchant like Li Guangtou, after Lord Qincha left, it would be easy to take revenge on a small soldier like them.

"Hundred Households...... Forget it, you can't offend Li Guangtou! One of the soldiers whispered.

Steward Li said sarcastically: "Isn't Zhang Baihu going to check? Let's hurry up, we still have to hurry. ”

Zhang Baihu's face turned red and white, and he bit the road and waved his hand: "Check!" ”

Steward Li sneered twice with a dark face, and stepped aside with his hands on his chest. Zhang Baihu was obviously stunned, but he couldn't put it down in front of everyone, so he casually pried open a few salt buckets with his stiff hair, checked that there was no problem and let him go.

"That's right, the person who knows things is Junjie, and the silver is still used by Zhang Baihu to drink." Steward Li casually threw the money bag just now to Zhang Baihu.

Zhang Baihu took the arch hand, and then led the team out of the dock.

Steward Li pursed his lips disdainfully, and ordered the shipwrights to leave, and after crossing the Yangtze River, continue south along the canal to Hangzhou.

After the ship crossed the Zhenjiang River, Li Guangtou ordered three salt buckets to be opened, and three people came out of them, and it was Xu Hai (Pujing), Orinobu Miko and Hosokawa Takeshu who had escaped.

"Thank you very much for Li Yuanwai's help!" Hosokawa Takeshu bowed to Lee's bald head.

Li Guangtou snorted coldly with a dark face, Hosokawa Wushu hid from him and Yanyun Shi Haoran to catch up with him, and also ran to Dongtai County to cause a big disaster, which made him extremely annoyed, but after all, Hosokawa Wushu was brought to Yangzhou by him, once Hosokawa Wushu was arrested, it would definitely affect him, so Li Guangtou couldn't see death without help, so he had to cover Hosokawa Wushu and the three of them to leave Yangzhou. ()

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