With a loud bang, the door of the cell was kicked open, and a man in a strong suit walked in from the outside, with a hideous face, and he didn't look like a good person.

"You're Gongsun Gong?" The person who came walked straight to Gongsun Gong, glanced at Gongsun Gong who was curled up in the cage, and asked directly.

Gongsun Gong was very surprised and asked, "...... you Do you know me? ”

Lai Dao: "It seems that you are really Gongsun Gong." ”

As soon as the voice fell, the person who came shouted outside the door: "Come, let him go." ”

Two more people walked in outside the door, these two people Gongsun Gong was very familiar with, it was the pirate who brought him to this ghost place.

Gongsun Gong looked at the three people who appeared in front of him puzzled and asked, "...... you What do you mean by arresting me first and then letting me go? ”

"It's not interesting, it's just that someone has come to ransom you."

"Ransom...... Ransom gone? ”

The door of the cage was opened, and the two strong men who brought him in took him out of the cage again, and as soon as he got out of the cage, he saw more than a dozen people waiting at the door of the cell, one of whom was wearing armor and an iron helmet, like a general, and the people behind him were all dressed in uniform and uniforms, and this army was clearly the Han army.

"Gongsun Gong, right?" The man with an iron helmet and armor walked straight in front of Gongsun Gong and asked.

Gongsun Gong nodded, and just wanted to ask them how they knew about Lu Dao, but who knew that the person from Lu Dao spoke first: "Prepare a horse for Mr. Gongsun!" ”

Soon, a soldier led a war horse to Gongsun Gong's face. And respectfully ask Gongsun Gong to get on the horse.

Gongsun Gong was confused. First, he was robbed by pirates. Then this wave of soldiers of unknown origin was going to take him away again, and he felt like he was in a dream.

However, Gongsun Gong did not immediately get on the horse, but asked the general-looking person, "I want to ask, where are you taking me?" ”

"Go see my master!" The general-looking man replied.

"Excuse me, who is your master?" Gongsun Gong asked.

When he arrived at the place, Mr. Gongsun would know what he had said. Mr. Gongsun should be able to ride a horse, right? The general-looking man asked.

Gongsun Gong nodded and said to the general-looking man, "These pirates have robbed me of everything. It's important to me if you can help me get those things back. ”

The general-looking man smiled: "Mr. Gongsun, don't worry, those things are already with the master, and when you get to the place, my master will naturally return all the things to Mr. Gongsun." ”

Gongsun Gong said "oh", and then inexplicably rode his horse and followed the group out of here.

Everyone galloped all the way, and soon came to a city, and when they approached, Gongsun Gong looked up. It turned out to be the county seat of Qu County.

At this moment, Gongsun Gong began to secretly calculate: "Qu County is Zhang Yan's territory. He was brought here, could it be that something happened? ”

Gongsun Gong began to feel an inexplicable fear, if his purpose was really known by the county magistrate of Qu County, then he would not want to leave Xuzhou alive, and it would be strange if the regent Yan Wang Zhang Yan didn't eat him alive.

However, now Gongsun Gong is full of people on the left and right, and he can't escape, in case he just wants to escape, and that side is killed by this group of heavily armed people, it will be too much to lose.

With apprehension, Gongsun Gong followed the group of people into the county seat of Qu County, and then went straight to the county government of Qu County.

When they arrived at the county office, everyone dismounted one after another, and the general-looking man said to Gongsun Gong: "Mr. Gongsun, we have arrived, please!" ”

Gongsun Gong looked very calm on the surface, but his heart was already surging, and he was even more afraid in his heart.

Soon, Gongsun Gong was brought into the county hall and arranged here to wait for the arrival of the master of the general-like man.

After a while, a person walked out of the back hall, wearing an official uniform, it was Mi Qiang, the county commander of Qu County.

Mi Qiang was originally the housekeeper of Mi Zhu's family, and later Zhang Yan began to salt and iron official camps, abolished private salt, and strictly prohibited private iron smelting, with Qu County as the key pilot county, which was exceptionally promoted to the county order, specifically responsible for the jurisdiction of salt and iron in Qu County, and thus led several surrounding counties to crack down on private salt and private iron.

Because Mi Qiang is Mi Zhu's housekeeper, he has followed Mi Zhu for many years, he has been familiar with it, and he also knows how to do business very well, plus the Mi family is very famous in the whole Xuzhou, and anyone has to sell him three points of thin noodles, so Mi Qiang can be said to be handy when he does things.

As a result, Qu County has gradually become a key county for salt and iron production, coupled with its proximity to the sea, you can take the sea route or the land route, the traffic is very convenient, take this as a point, radiate to the surroundings, drive several surrounding counties, and everyone will make the salt and iron official business in full swing.

Until now, the money obtained from the salt and iron trade was still one-seventh of the entire national treasury. The tax revenue driven by salt and iron, although not as much as the money obtained from trade, has always been very stable.

Therefore, looking at the scope of Zhang Yan's rule, Xuzhou is the richest state, Xuzhou's Donghai County is the county with the most rich people, and Qu County occupies a quarter of the rich people in Xuzhou, most of whom are salt merchants, support the salt and iron official camp, and through registration in the county government, obtain the legal status of salt merchants, join the large organization of the salt and iron official camp, and pay a certain percentage of taxes to the government according to the trade income, which shows that the salt and iron official camp has brought huge profits to these salt merchants.

Among them, Mi Qiang can be said to have contributed a lot. And because of this, he was awarded the title of first-class baron by Zhang Yan, and he ate 300 households in Qu County.

Mi Qiang came to the county hall and glanced at Gongsun Gong who was sitting in the hall, then walked straight over, and said respectfully: "Presumably this must be Mr. Gongsun, right?" ”

Gongsun Gong is also a Taishou figure in Liaodong, and naturally knows that the official robe of Lu Dao is a county order, so he said to Mi Qiang: "My lord is polite, Mr., I can't afford it." Dare to ask what adults call it? ”

Mi Qiang said: "My surname is Mi, and I am the county order of this county. ”

"It turned out to be the Mi County Order. Disrespectful and disrespectful. ”

Mi Qiang said: "Mr. Gongsun is too polite. Know the way. Mr. Gongsun is the younger brother of the Marquis of Liaodong, and he is too shou of Lelang, Mi is just a small county order, how can he be compared with Mr. Gongsun. ”

"How can the Taishou in the poor countryside be compared with the county order of the Central Plains? By the way, Mi County Order, I don't know why Lu Dao invited me here, why did you want to? Gongsun Gong said.

Mi Qiang said: "That's right, there was a group of pirates yesterday. said that he caught a person named Gongsun Gong and extorted ransom from me, saying that Gongsun Gong is the brother of the current Queen Mother, and asked me to take the money to ransom him, otherwise, he would kill Mr. Gongsun. So I sent someone to contact the pirates with money, and only then did I redeem Mr. Gongsun. ”

Gongsun Gong sighed heavily and said, "Alas! This group of pirates must have been eyeing me from Liaodong, because they kidnapped me as soon as I got off the ship. And knocked me unconscious. ”

"By the way, how can Mr. Gongsun dress like a businessman? As far as I know. The ship was going from Liaodong to Jiangdong, and Mr. Gongsun was going to Jiangdong......"

"No, no, no......" Gongsun Gong hurriedly denied, "It's not like that, I just happened to be on that boat, in fact, I wanted to come to Xuzhou." The ship happened to dock in Xuzhou, and I dressed as a businessman, also for convenience, in fact, the main purpose of my coming to Xuzhou was to purchase refined salt, and then sell it to Liaodong. ”

Mi Qiang said: "Mr. Gongsun is already a noble figure, and he is the younger brother of the Marquis of Liaodong, such a trivial matter as purchasing refined salt can be handed over to his subordinates to do, why does Mr. Gongsun want to come in person?" ”

"This is my first time doing business, so I don't feel too relieved if I want to be strict with others. Moreover, since I have come to Xuzhou, I also want to go to Pengcheng to visit the Queen Mother! Gongsun Gongxin opened his mouth and said wherever he wanted.

"By the way, Mi County Order, the pirates said that they handed over all my things to you, can you return those things to me, some of them are still very important to me." Gongsun Gong said.

Mi Qiang nodded, asked someone to fetch the things, and then handed them to Gongsun Gong in person.

Gongsun Gong checked it, these things are his, but there seems to be one thing missing, that is, the edict given to him by Gongsun Kang.

Gongsun Gong's face was hot, and he looked at Mi Qiang from time to time, thinking: "That edict is a very important thing, if it is lost, it will be forgotten, but if it falls into Mi Qiang's hands, it will be bad......"

"Mr. Gongsun, what's wrong with you, your face is so ugly? Is there something missing? Mi Qiang asked suddenly.

After Gongsun Gong heard this, he was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly said: "There is one thing missing, the same jade pendant that I carry with me." Mi County Order, are these things handed over to you by pirates? ”

"Except for the gold and silver jewelry and money you carried with you, the rest of the things are here, and your jade pendant is probably too valuable, and it was taken away by the pirates, but I am afraid that it will not be returned. But it doesn't matter, there are many merchants selling jewelry and jade in the street market in Pengcheng, and they are all in good condition, isn't Mr. Gongsun going to Pengcheng to meet the Queen Mother, you might as well go to Pengcheng and let the Queen Mother reward Mr. Gongsun with a piece. Mr. Gongsun, I am also going to Pengcheng in the past two days, so we might as well go on the road together, and we can take care of it along the way. Mi Qiang said.

Gongsun Gong was going to Pengcheng, but he just said it casually, but he didn't expect Mi Qiang to really take it seriously, and he was going to go in the next two days. He was afraid of Mi Qiang's suspicions, so he agreed, and prepared to go to Pengcheng with Mi Qiang to meet his sister who he hadn't seen for many years.

However, for the lost edict, since Mi Qiang said that he had not seen it, he believed it to be true, anyway, it was better to lose it than to fall into Mi Qiang's hands, otherwise, he would be in danger.

That night, Mi Qiang warmly entertained Gongsun Gong, early the next morning, Mi Qiang and Gongsun Gong together, with more than a dozen entourage, officially went to Pengcheng, and on the way, Gongsun Gong was particularly awkward, originally Gongsun Kang gave him the task of envoy Jiangdong and Jingzhou, but he thought that he went to Pengcheng by mistake. And he also lost the most important edict, even if he left Pengcheng, he was afraid that it would be difficult to go to Jiangdong and Jingzhou again.

As soon as he thought of this, Gongsun Gong was sad...... (To be continued......)