The functions of the three officials of the salt farm, their respective backgrounds, and even the origin of the history of the main posts, the identity of the master who mastered the specific process of drying and boiling salt in the salt farm, as well as the status of various main figures in the salt field and the relationship between each other, etc., Xu Xiaohu said in detail, and there was nothing missing.

The reason why it is so detailed is that in addition to Xu Xiaohu's own ability, it is also related to the regulations on the content of the intelligence of the Blue Cloth Guard Mansion set by Wang Junlin and Nie Xiaoyu at that time, which clearly stipulates the content and elements contained in various types of intelligence.

"The output of the salt farm is only one-fifth of the beginning, why is the salt farm losing so much?" Although Qian Zhengkuo had already said it before, Wang Junlin thought that Qian Zhengkuo should be telling the truth, but he still wanted to hear Xu Xiaohu say it again.

Xu Xiaohu pondered his words for a moment before he said: "Lord Hui, in fact, the output of the salt farm has not decreased, and even increased compared to before, but the other four-fifths of the salt was secretly taken out and sold as private salt. ”

This result was similar to what Wang Junlin expected, but after Xu Xiaohu was finally determined here, Wang Junlin still couldn't help but kill some people, and said, "Say it!" Who exactly is working on this inside the salt farm, and who is involved in it? ”

Xu Xiaohu did not hesitate and said: "Except for the salt slaves and salt workers who are engaged in the specific construction, all the officials and Xiao Shi of the salt farm know more or less about this matter, and the specific one who does this is the salt official Dong Kang, who is responsible for leading people to hand over four-fifths of the salt to an underground salt store on the first day of each month." ”

The salt official is the number one in the salt field, the official character is not small, there are five positive grades, in the entire Fanyang County, there are only four people who are bigger than his official qualities, Taishou, Yingyang Lang General, Tongshou, and Changshi, even the praise in charge of taxation is two levels lower than him, under normal circumstances, the salt officials are the henchmen of the Taishou of a county, but Fanyang County is obviously very different because of the existence of the Lu family.

Just now, the salt official Dong Kang Wang Junlin also saw him, and his attitude was very respectful to him, obviously these are just appearances, maybe deep down in his heart he longed for Wang Junlin to die, of course, it may also be because of his arrival, his heart was full of fear, but he should also have something to rely on in his heart, otherwise he would have run away a long time ago.

"Who does the two thousand salt Ding listen to?" Wang Junlin's main concern was in whose hands the army was.

"The two thousand salt dings are decided by the two lieutenants, but they are both Dong Kang's henchmen." Xu Xiaohu replied immediately.

"Did the lieutenant who commanded the 1,000 soldiers of the outer defense line get involved in this matter?" Wang Junlin frowned and asked.

"The name of the county soldier is Xue Sheng, he is the nephew of Xue Li, the general of Ying Yanglang, who smuggles out four-fifths of the salt in the salt field once a month, and it is difficult to hide this matter from the county soldiers in charge of the outer defense line, so Xue Sheng should know about it, but he just opens his eyes and closes his eyes." Xu Xiaohu obviously expected what Wang Junlin wanted to know, and made sufficient preparations in advance.

After Wang Junlin heard this, his face was a little ugly, Xue Sheng knew about this matter, which means that Xue Li knew what kind of underground salt company, and he must have divided it from it, and with Xue Li's status, I am afraid that there is a lot of silver every month.

If Xue Li was not involved in this matter, even if all the officials of Fanyang County were rotten in this underground salt shop, Wang Junlin would not be afraid, and there were many ways to deal with this salt shop, but now if Xue Li was also involved, it would be more tricky, after all, cutting off people's money is like killing his parents, and he has no army in his hands.

It seems that this matter has to be considered in the long run, or step by step, and it can't stimulate everyone at once.

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At the same time, in the mansion of the salt official Dong Kang, the three officials of the salt farm, Qian Zhengkuo, and two master craftsmen gathered together to discuss matters.

Qian Zhengkuo briefly talked about the conversation between Wang Junlin and him before the arrival, and the other people breathed a sigh of relief, Dong Kang thought for a while and said: "Lord Qian, listen to what you said, Lord Taishou is also seeking wealth?" ”

Qian Zhengkuo smiled: "Isn't it? It's just that the dry shares and shares in the salt shop have already been divided, and whoever takes out their shares and gives them to Lord Taishou must be unwilling! What's more, as Lord Taishou, this silver is too little, how can Lord Taishou be willing? ”

Dong Kang's brows furrowed again, and he said, "Then with the meaning of Lord Qian, how can I satisfy Lord Taishou now?" ”

Qian Zhengkuo followed Wang Junlin all the way over today, and he already had an idea in his heart, and said: "Lord Dong has a close relationship with the Lu family, so it is better to discuss with the Lu family to see if the Lu family is willing to give up one percent of the dry shares to Lord Taishou, after all, the Lu family accounts for fifty percent of the dry shares, and the sailor Dou Shihai has 20,000 troops in his hands, so he accounts for two percent of the cadre shares, and all of us, including General Xue of Yingyang Mansion, only account for thirty percent of the cadre shares, and besides, Lord Taishou has an obvious implication of the Lu family, so in my opinion, Master Dong still discussed it with the Lu family. ”

Qian Zhengkuo's implication is that Wang Junlin's cake should be let out by the Lu family, I have to say that Qian Zhengkuo can achieve this level, which is already worthy of Wang Junlin, of course, this is because he has already decided that Wang Junlin is the same as them, and he is an official to seek wealth, so he thinks so.

Dong Kang frowned tightly, smiled bitterly, and said: "Although what Lord Qian said is reasonable, the problem is that the Lu family has always been domineering in Fanyang County, and the previous Taishou was almost overtaken by the Lu family, although the power of the new Taishou is not comparable to the previous Taishou, but if you want the Lu family to give up a number of dry shares, I estimate that Lu Gong will not agree, even if Lu Gong agrees, most of the Lu family will rebound greatly." ”

When Qian Zhengkuo heard this, he also frowned and said, "Then look at it! On the way here, I also inquired about the meaning of Lord Taishou from the side, he came this time to ask for the silver that belonged to him in the salt farm, if he can't satisfy Lord Taishou, if Lord Taishou wants to kill someone, don't blame me for not reminding you. ”

When Dong Kang and the others heard this, their faces suddenly became ugly, Wang Junlin was notorious, and it had been less than a month since the four officials of Changxiang County were beheaded, what Qian Zhengkuo said was not impossible.

"In this case, I still have to trouble Lord Qian to stabilize Lord Taishou tomorrow, I will send someone to Lu's house overnight to explain this matter, whether I can satisfy Lord Taishou depends on what Duke Lu thinks." Dong Kang frowned, and secretly wondered in his heart that if the Lu family was unwilling to make this kind of dry stock, if Lord Taishou found an excuse to kill him, would the Lu family protect himself.

Others were also worried that they would be vented by Wang Junlin, and they also shouted for Dong Kang to send someone to Lu's house quickly, Dong Kang knew that the sooner the matter was done, the better, and was about to call his henchmen in to explain the matter, when suddenly the housekeeper outside came to report: "My lord, someone from the Lu family is here." ”