Chapter 918: Agent No. 7
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Lord Taishou's convoy naturally did not need to be checked, and passed through the outermost salt field defense line in charge of the county soldiers unimpeded, and Wang Junlin saw a piece of salt pans with no end in sight, and farther away was the vast sea, whether it was drying salt or boiling salt in this era, it was only some initial and rough methods, so it was inseparable from the sea.
The people of this large area were all recruited by the imperial court to work in the salt works, there were tens of thousands of people, many of whom had been salt workers for generations, and the wages and rations were actually only guaranteed not to starve them to death, which can be seen from their yellow-faced and thin bodies.
Wang Junlin took a deep breath, sniffing the smell of the sea in the air, thinking that this time he came to the salt farm, maybe he would kill some people again.
"My lord, the people in the saltworks...... Many of them are Lu's cronies. Qian Zhengkuo hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to show favor to Lord Taishou to a limited extent, after all, although the Lu family is not easy to provoke, but now his own life is still in the hands of Lord Taishou.
Wang Junlin raised his eyebrows, a hint of Qian Zhengkuo's incomprehensible chuckle appeared on his face, and said: "I don't care who was in this salt field before, now I am the Taishou of Fanyang County, then I am my person, and if my people are disobedient, I have never been soft." β
Qian Zhengkuo was shocked, thinking that Lord Taishou's appetite is not small! I hope that the Lu clan can give some of the Yanxing dry shares to Lord Taishou, otherwise the two sides will fight, and it will be difficult for them to suffer in the middle!
Wang Junlin quieted down, glanced at Qian Zhengkuo with a smile, and said, "Lord Qian, what do you think?" β
Qian Zhengkuo accompanied the smiling face and said: "My lord, the lower officials think that the adults can sit down and talk with the Lu family's sect leader Lu Gong, with the prestige of the adults, Lu Gong will not dare to slack off, and the benefits that should be shared to the adults will not be less." β
"It seems that you don't want me to tear up my face with the Lu family, is it that all the officials in Fanyang County think like this." Wang Junlin sneered and said, "Don't worry! I'm not going to kill people casually. β
Lu wants to deal with it now
Himself, some of the means that can be taken, Wang Junlin has been able to guess some in the past few days, the attitude of the emperor and the central court of the court, Wang Junlin is not worried, anyway, as long as Yang Guang regards the family of the gate lord as an enemy, he will always be relied on by Yang Guang.
As for what Qian Zhengkuo said cautiously just now, it is not unreasonable, in the eyes of the big people who play politics, any past grudges can be thrown away in the face of a sufficiently large profit bargaining chip, not to mention that the relationship between him and the Lu family is far from an endless status, perhaps in the eyes of the officials and nobles of Fanyang County, as long as the Lu family is willing to give in, there is no reason for Lord Taishou not to accept reconciliation.
And in fact, the Lu family has made concessions recently, at least up and down Fanyang County, the Lu family or the Lu family can control the officials, from the Tongshou Sun Yang down, no one has made a stumbling block for Wang Junlin, but Wang Junlin has never shown any intention to accept it.
"My lord, the saltworks have arrived." Qian Zhengkuo's humble voice woke Wang Junlin from his contemplation, nodded, tidied up his clothes, lifted the curtain, and jumped down.
jumped out of the carriage, which naturally did not match his identity as a taishou, under normal circumstances, taishou was a civil official, and he should maintain the proper appearance of an official, and with the help of the servants next to him, he slowly and calmly got out of the car. But neither Qian Zhengkuo nor the saltworks officials who greeted him in front of the carriage pretended not to see it.
Stepping on some hard ground, Wang Junlin looked at everything around him expressionlessly, in front of him, there was a yamen covering an area of two or three acres, and there was a street of about five hundred steps in front of the yamen, although the street was a little deserted, but the surrounding buildings were well built.
After the three officials of the salt farm respectfully saluted Wang Junlin, they carefully explained: "The salt field is still far away from the salt field office, and it will be a little late. β
"It's fine." Wang Junlin looked very talkative, and at this time, in front of him, the gate of the Salt Farm Division was fully open, and the Salt Farm Transit Division and several adults of the Yingyang Mansion who were in charge of the security work were divided into two columns to welcome the arrival of Lord Taishou.
Wang Junlin walked in first, and Zhang Tiangang sent a team of guards to take the lead in running to the front and controlling the inside and outside of the office.
After the officials greeted Wang Junlin, Wang Junlin directly pushed the banquet, and Qian Zhengkuo asked everyone to sit on the ya, waiting for Wang Junlin to speak.
Wang Junlin is not very familiar with the situation of the salt field, and after a few words of nonsense ambiguously, he let everyone disperse first, just waiting for the official opening of the government tomorrow.
Pushed down the invitation of the salt official Dong Kang to stay in his house, returned to the post station of the salt farm, and after a simple meal accompanied by Qian Zhengkuo and Zhang Luohe, he sent Qian Zhengkuo to take care of himself, and then Zhang Tiangang led a twenty-seven or eight-year-old Yanchang Xiaoshi in.
After Xiao Shi saw Wang Junlin, he looked excited, knelt down a little nervously, and said, "Xu Xiaohu, the No. 7 secret agent under the Fanyang County Branch of the lowly Blue Cloth Guard Mansion, has come to see your lord. β
This Xiao Shi's self-reported identity is naturally not surprising to Wang Junlin.
"Xu Xiaohu, it's hard work, get up! I didn't meet any outsiders when I came in just now! Wang Junlin waved his hand, let him excuse himself, and asked casually.
"Lord Hui, with the cooperation of Lord Zhang, I climbed over the back wall and entered through the back wall, and the people in the salt field didn't know." Xu Xiaohu said calmly.
"Very well, how long have you been a little history of the salt works?" Wang Junlin nodded and asked.
"When Your Majesty was appointed by His Majesty as the Tai Punctual of Fanyang County, an order came from above, so that all efforts should be made to find out the information related to the Lu family in Fanyang County, and at that time, he managed to become a small history of the salt field, and it has only been more than a month." Xu Xiaohu said respectfully.
Wang Junlin nodded, motioned for Xu Xiaohu to sit down, stopped talking nonsense, and said directly: "Let's talk about it!" Tell me everything you know. β
Xu Xiaohu has been preparing for today's answer for more than a month, and when he saw Wang Junlin's question, he hurriedly said all the things he had worked hard to explore for more than a month.
Wang Junlin listened and nodded again and again, this No. 7 secret agent of the Blue Guard's Mansion in Fanyang County spoke extremely neatly, his voice was clear, and his logic was clear, and the current situation of the salt field was clearly explained during the conversation.
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