"Lord Wang, are we leaving?"

At that time, Su Dingfang finally rushed to the pavilion from Fengling Ferry.

In fact, this product had already come last night, but he plunged into Wang Jun's room and stayed for a long time before coming out.

This is also put on Li Yuanba and them, if this is put on which psychologically unhealthy person, eighty percent still think that the two of them have some habit of breaking their sleeves!

He had not spent the day in vain, at least from the people who sold the coolies and the shipowners who came and went, and got a lot of useful information.

"What to go? Haven't you yet laid down the Lonely Cloud Village and the Salt Gang, where do you want us to go? Li Yuanba sat on the high chair with Erlang's legs crossed, looked at Su Dingfang and said, "Since we finally came out, then fortunately, we will solve everything and go back!" ”

"I really didn't guess wrong, according to the character of the prince, I will not leave just now, fortunately, I was prepared!"

Su Dingfang's face leaked such a look, and he seemed to be a little lucky,

"Dingfang, why do you have such an expression, could it be that you are already prepared?" Li Yuanba glanced at Su Dingfang with a smile and said.

"Hehe, it's still the prince who understands the last general!" Su Dingfang was happy and said: "Yesterday afternoon, the last general had already ordered his brothers to learn about the situation of the Salt Gang and Guyun Village, and in general, it can be regarded as a slight gain!" ”

"Oh? The king heard that the robes of the Salt Gang were extremely violent, and it was even more common for them to kill people and sell goods, and their evil deeds should be punished. Li Yuanba continued: "Have you found out whether Jiangzhou Wei has led troops to chase down the Salt Gang? ”

"Yes." Su Dingfang immediately replied, "Those hard workers said that in fact, there will be many pursuits and suppressions in the imperial court every year, and there are not a few confrontations between the imperial court and the salt gang. But...... It seems that those government soldiers have never inflicted any substantial blows on the robes, at most, they kill a few people sporadically, and it is a matter of fact. ”

"It's about the same as I thought!" Li Yuanba bowed slightly. "Are there any others?" ”

"Hmm!" Su Dingfang thought for a while and said: "The robes of the Salt Gang are extremely watery, in order to encircle and suppress them to the greatest extent, Jiangzhou Wei also specially built the 'Divine Boat' and trained the 'Water Army', so that although it can completely crush the water ghost in force, it is impossible to wipe it out!" ”

"Divine Boat, Naval Army...... Sounds very powerful. Li Yuan said domineeringly, "Then what is the reason that my Tang army can't clean up such a mere salt gang?" ”

Su Dingfang spread his hands and said, "Listen to those people, those robes are best at swimming in the water. As long as they go into the water, the people of our court will have no way to encircle and suppress them, because if they go into the water, the eight achievements will become the fodder for fish and turtles! ”

"Hmph, I think they can't work!" Li Yuanba snorted coldly and continued: "It seems that this army. . . The government has to be cleaned up properly, if the entire Datang is like Jiangzhou, then our Datang will be completely finished! ”

"Who's to say it isn't?" Su Dingfang said in a heavy voice, "What do you know is the most shameful? The most shameful thing. For so many years, they haven't even captured a single Salt Gang, and Pei San is the only one of the Salt Gang that the prince has caught in the past few years! ”

"What? You mean these years. The imperial court has never caught a salt gang? Li Yuanba asked in surprise.

"Exactly." The corners of Su Dingfang's mouth were slightly provoked, and he replied, "According to those Guyunzhai bandits at Fengling Ferry, even if they caught the Salt Gang. will also be inexplicably put back by the yamen. As for the reason, they don't know, anyway, in the end they got nothing! ”

Li Yuanba was thoughtful in his heart. It can be heard that Su Dingfang is obviously very dissatisfied with the people of this court, after all, they are all taking the court's money and doing things for the court, and when they encounter this kind of thing, an upright civil and military general will feel awkward in their hearts, and even want to kill people aggrievedly.

"Lord Wang, I think we should find a few people who know the inside story!" Su Dingfang was silent for a long time, and said while glancing at Cheng Chubi.

"Lord Wang, do you think my cousin should know something?" Cheng Chubi stepped forward very sensibly and said: "Why don't I go to my cousin for a drink or two, with my understanding of him, he shouldn't be so rigid!" ”

Li Yuanba patted Cheng Chubi's shoulder and said, "Okay, you go and tell your cousin, just say that I am very curious after hearing about the Shenxing Boat and the Navy, and I want to go and see it." You tell him, let him inform Pang Yu to prepare well, and I will go to the military parade tomorrow afternoon. In addition, early tomorrow morning, I will dress up with Dingfang and the two of them, and go around the state city for a good walk! ”

"Okay, lord!" Cheng Chubi responded, thought for a while and said, "Lord Wang, do you need me to ask him about the Salt Gang and Guyun Village?" ”

"Not necessarily! At the moment, it is not clear whether your cousin is friend or foe, and you can't trust him just by relying on your subjective judgment! Li Yuanba shook his head and said: "You must know that this time it is a very important matter, it may not only involve those moths in the upper echelons of the imperial court, but also may cause chaos in the local security of Jiangzhou, you must not startle the snake!" ”

"I see!"

Everyone including Cheng Chubi bowed silently, and they naturally understood this truth.

……

Nothing was said all night.

In the early morning of the second day, Li Yuanba got up early in the morning, called Su Dingfang and four soldiers of the Shenwu Guard, disguised themselves as the master and servant of the merchant traveler, and then took enough money and went straight to the noisy city in the city.

Jiangzhou is located in Guanzhong, but because the Han River runs through the entire state and county, An. Yangyang is also barely a port city.

It is also because of the existence of Hanshui and Fengling Ferry that business travel in this urban area is extremely active. Although it is not as magnificent and luxurious as Chang'an or Luoyang, its liveliness is exactly the same as that of Chang'an West City.

Speaking of which, this Ann. In the Xicheng Port City of the county seat, there are many goods hauled from the port, and they are traded directly here, so there are also a lot of bluffs in the Xicheng Port City, and there are many kinds of sweaters, which are extremely prosperous.

Walking on this noisy street, there are many shops, busy traffic, endless flow of people, and the sound of selling and bargaining is one after another, a lively and extraordinary scene.

"Shopkeeper, this Ann. The county town is really lively! Su Dingfang looked at the noisy city and said with a smile: "Not to mention, you are dressed as a business traveler, you really look a little like you!" ”

"Just you talk a lot." Li Yuanba scolded with a smile: "Didn't I take advantage of the fact that few people in Jiangzhou know me right now, and come to investigate?" Okay, you all pay attention, and make a note of the shops that sell salt and grain, anyway, there is only one in each county. ”

Su Dingfang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, do you mean that the salt gang is very likely to sell all the salt and grain that was looted with the help of the shops in the city?" ”

"Isn't that possible?"

Li Yuanba asked rhetorically: "With so much grain and salt, it's impossible for the Salt Gang to just keep it for themselves, right?" After all, they all want to resell the illegal salt and grain. There is a lot of traffic in this city, there are many shops, and if you look at the current shops in the county, are the people of the Sodium Salt Gang stupid? ”

"But all of my Datang's 'grain, iron, salt and cloth' are monopolized by the imperial court?"

Su Dingfang furrowed his brows and said, "This whole An. There is only one grain store and salt number in each county of the county. Moreover, whether it is the source of goods, the market, or even the purchase and sale price, it must be determined by the imperial court, how can they buy and sell illicit salt and illicit grain. ”

"Dingfang, you're still too simple!" Li Yuanba laughed and said, "The so-called upper government. policy, there are countermeasures. What is the most important thing in the world? They are the people, they are the people. And what the people are most concerned about is nothing more than the most ordinary food, clothing, housing, transportation, firewood, rice, oil and salt. And in each county, the imperial court only designated a franchise, which was naturally nepotism or money to dredge! ”

"Lord Wang, do you mean that these people have spent too much thought and too much money in order to set up a salt or grain number, and they will naturally find a way to earn the money back!"

Su Dingfang analyzed: "In addition, the profits from the government's salt and grain are very low, so they naturally hit the idea on the salt gang, after all, the salt and grain robbed by the salt gang are sold at a very low price, so that through them, those who are in charge of the salt and grain numbers will get huge profits." In this way, not only did they make money, but the people of the salt gang were also happy to lower the price of illicit salt and grain...... It's really mutually beneficial! ”

Li Yuanba glanced at him and said, "These, I'm afraid Wang Jun told you again, right?" ”

"Huh? Hey! Su Dingfang scratched his head a little embarrassed, and said with some embarrassment, "That...... Lord, did you guess again? ”

"Just the little things in your stomach, all of them are dedicated to the battlefield, where do you have the energy to analyze other things?" Li Yuanba said angrily: "Last night, you kid sneaked to Wang Jun and stayed for a long time before coming out, do you think I didn't find out?" ”

"That'...... It was indeed Wang Changshi who told me! Su Dingfang replied: "But this Wang Changshi is really powerful, I already expected you to come to the city today yesterday, and the ones I analyzed yesterday are basically not different from what you said!" ”

"What a Wang Jun, but he's really a strategist!" Li Yuanba shook his head with a wry smile, and said: "Okay, don't talk about those who don't have it, Dingfang, you take your brothers to take a good look around this city, be sure to find the official salt number and silver number, go quickly!" (To be continued......)