Chapter 51

After eating the fish, Lin Yan took the Hai Bei shells home.

Zhang Moyuan put away the dagger that had been cleaned, and said to Brother Lin: "Brother, I'm going to Yanxin Village, and I may come back later."

Brother Lin responded casually, but he didn't realize something was wrong until Zhang Moyuan walked away.

"What did Xiao Zhang go to Yanxin Village for?"

Brother Lin shook his head, "I'm not sure, but Xiao Zhang has his own way of doing things, so don't worry."

"That's true."

Zhang Moyuan naturally went to the salt workshop.

Because of Lin Yan's relationship, most people in Yanxin Village knew him, and people greeted him along the way.

"Scholar Zhang, long time no see you?"

Zhang Moyuan nodded and smiled slightly.

Many people mentioned Lin Yan, "Scholar Zhang, I heard that brother Yan is pregnant, congratulations."

"Thank you."

People in Yanxin Village didn't think too much when they heard that he went to the salt workshop. After all, Scholar Zhang is a person who does great things, and he has his intentions wherever he goes.

Recently, another group left the salt workshop. There was a serious shortage of manpower, and there was no way to recruit new ones for a while, so the managers had to do some important things by themselves.

For example, selling salt for cash.

Bao Wu is the one with the lowest qualifications among the chief executives. He was just promoted at the beginning of this year, and he encountered this kind of job before he was happy.

When there was a group of small workers at the bottom, he was the boss, and if there were fewer small workers, he would naturally become a new small worker.

Who made him the most junior.

Sensing someone approaching, he didn't raise his head, and said weakly, "How much do you want?"

After a while without hearing anything, he raised his face impatiently, "I asked you how much..."

When he saw the face of the person in front of him clearly, Bao Wu panicked.

Who doesn't know now that Zhang Moyuan is the celebrity in front of County Magistrate Ji?Because of him, county magistrate Ji and the Qiu family are about to break up.

Bao Wu got up in a panic, "Scholar Zhang, I don't know that you are here. You adults don't remember villains, so don't be fooled by the little ones."

Zhang Moyuan sneered, "If the county magistrate hadn't asked me to come, I wouldn't have known that this is what you usually do."

Upon hearing the words of the county magistrate, Bao Wu was so frightened that he threw himself to the ground and knelt down, "Scholar Zhang, forgive me, the little one knows his mistake, and the little one won't dare again."

Zhang Moyuan made him kneel for a while, then said "get up" and walked straight in.

Bao Wu hurriedly followed by rolling and crawling.

"Zhang, Scholar Zhang, what's the matter with you this time?"

"Where's Li Yan?"

Li Yan is the leader in the salt workshop.

Bao Wu thought that Zhang Moyuan wanted Li Yan to fire him, so he was terrified, and said cautiously: "You, what do you want to do with Mr. Li?"

Zhang Moyuan randomly found a chair and sat down, "What do you think?"

When he raised his eyelids to look at people from the bottom up, he always gave people a feeling of calm and prestige.

"Scholar Zhang, I really know my mistake, please don't tell Steward Li, I will do my best for you and repay you for the rest of my life."

Zhang Moyuan raised the corners of his lips, "Forget it, since you are so sincere, I will give you a chance to pay off your merits."

"Scholar Zhang, just follow orders."

"Get the bill."

"what?"

Zhang Moyuan looked puzzled, "It's the end of the month, the county magistrate needs to check the account book, is there a problem?"

Bao Wu's vigilance suddenly dropped a lot, "Wait a minute, I'll go get it right away."

The ledgers he fetched were of course public ledgers, and they were all prepared. Zhang Moyuan flipped through them casually for a while and knew there was nothing wrong.

He sighed, "You also know that the relationship between the county magistrate and the Qiu family is not as good as it used to be, some things need to be taken first, do you understand?"

Bao Wu was taken aback when he heard about Qiu's family. Could it be that Scholar Zhang even knew about private salt?But private salt is an extremely secretive matter.

Even he himself only found out last month, and it was because Li Yan had drunk too much that he accidentally slipped his mouth.

But he had already said it to death just now, so how dare he say no now, he could only say cautiously: "Scholar Zhang, the county magistrate has always come in person or asked his master to come, it's not that I don't give it to you, it's really...The little ones really don’t dare.”

Zhang Moyuan took out a seal from his sleeve, which was a token given by Ji Gaochi when he was released from prison.

"how about this?"

Bao Wu took it and looked at it carefully for a while, and found that it was indeed the county magistrate's item, so he was relieved.

It's just that the books he took out are still not all.

Zhang Moyuan's smile deepened this time, "It seems that what I said was not clear enough. The county magistrate wants to part ways with the Qiu family now, but he can't let the private salt matter become a trick for the Qiu family to manipulate him. That's why I came here today, youIf you don't show me all the books, how can I solve the trouble for the county magistrate?"

Bao Wu looked embarrassed: "It's not that I won't give it to you, it's really that I can't get it. Only Manager Li has the key."

Zhang Moyuan raised his eyelids, "You want me to find Li Yan?"

Bao Wu immediately said: "No, no, little one, you can think of a way."

Zhang Moyuan nodded, "Please hurry up, I have other things to do."

Bao Wu thought for a while, gritted his teeth and became cruel, and simply took the ledger.

When Li Yan took the ledger last time, he secretly looked at it and knew where the ledger was.

The secret hidden by Li Yan, the lock is an ordinary lock, which can be opened with a few tries with a thin wire.

Zhang Moyuan raised the corners of his lips and smiled. In his previous life, he also got the ledger from this steward named Bao Wu.

The account book this time is undoubtedly the one in Zhang Moyuan's memory, even the black spots on the cover are the same.

"Thank you."

After getting the ledger, Zhang Moyuan stood up and said, "I took the ledger away, and I will send you a new one tomorrow."

Bao Wu tremblingly said: "But, Li Daguan's side..."

Zhang Moyuan smiled, "You probably don't know that Li Yan actually prefers the Qiu family."

After speaking, he took an empty salt jar, stuffed the ledger inside, and strode out.

When he walked to the door, he suddenly turned around and said meaningfully: "Guaranteed, the matter of private salt was done by the Qiu family without telling the county magistrate, and the magistrate knows nothing about it, so from now on, please don't do it again."The county magistrate mentioned the matter of private salt, especially the account book, understand?"

Bao Wu naturally agreed immediately.

After Zhang Moyuan went out, he raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and sat on the chair in shock.

It was a certainty that the county magistrate and the Qiu family would part ways, and he, whether he wanted to or not, was undoubtedly on the county magistrate's side.

I only hope that Zhang Moyuan's actions today can get the county magistrate out.

After Li Yan goes down, maybe he can go up one liter.

It was already dark when Zhang Moyuan arrived home.

Brother Lin and Brother Lin had just arrived home, and when they saw the salt jar in Zhang Moyuan's hand, they said, "So you went to buy salt, I still think it's strange."

Zhang Moyuan nodded, "I'll go to Yanxin Village to find someone to ask something, and bring back some salt by the way."

Lin Yan glanced at the salt jar in Zhang Moyuan's hand suspiciously. There was a lot of salt left from salted duck eggs last time, why did he go to buy salt again?

But after thinking about it, he understood, it was probably for private salt.

It seems that the Qiu family will soon be in trouble.

Lin Yan's prediction was right. A month later, the private salt incident broke out.

Although the evidence showed that the Qiu family acted privately with the trust of the county magistrate, Ji Gaochi was fined with three years' salary because of the seriousness of the matter.

Just as the Qiu family was about to fight back, they were caught off guard by a heavy hammer. In order not to let them speak, Ji Gaochi directly ordered the Qiu family to be locked up.

Qiu's house was also sealed off.

Within a few days, news spread that Qiu Jing committed suicide in Laurie.

Ji Gaochi's methods were so quick, the State Governor would naturally be suspicious, but he looked at the account book again and again, and indeed pointed directly at the Qiu family, and could not find any evidence of Ji Gaochi's involvement in the case.

And in the matter of reclamation from the sea, Ji Gaochi did a remarkable job, like a good official pleading for the people.

The State Governor can only temporarily suppress this doubt in his heart.

The final execution came quickly.

Qiu's family copied and executed them all.

When people from the county came down to seal the shop of the Qiu family, someone mentioned that Tan Xin from Jiahe Village was the wife of the young master of the Qiu family, and that Tan Xin's mother had come here many times to make trouble.And when she came last time, she mentioned that Tan Xin was pregnant with Master Qiu's child.

Originally, the yamen servants didn't care too much, after all, the county magistrate asked to solve the case quickly, but it's different when you have a child, and that's also the seed of the Qiu family.

Since the whole family is copying and chopping, then this kind of thing must not be kept.

Ever since the news about Qiu's family reached Jiahe Village, the Tan family was terrified. The door was closed tightly and they didn't dare to come out.

Aunt Wang and the others made fun of Niu Guixiang, but no one expected that the yamen servant would come.

It was the first time saw so many officers and soldiers, and everyone was terrified. Fortunately, the yamen servants were polite.

"Excuse me, where does Tan Xin live?"

The person who was asked shook his finger in one direction, and the servants left quickly.

Before everyone could react, the gang of yamen servants kicked open the door of Tan's house, grabbed Tan Xin from inside and took him away.

Aunt Wang turned pale with fright, "What's going on, what did Tan Xin do?"

"No, I don't know."

Tan Xin's cries seemed to be still in his ears, and everyone was terrified.

"Yes, it should be caused by the Qiu family's incident."

"It deserves it, who made Niu Guixiang make such a fuss."

When Tan Xin was taken to the county government prison, Zhang Moyuan happened to be there too.

As soon as Tan Xin saw him, he yelled, "Scholar Zhang, Zhang Moyuan, help me, I have nothing to do with Qiu Wenfu."

The yamen servant knew that Zhang Moyuan was also from Jiahe Village, and wanted to sell him a favor, so he took the initiative to explain to him: "I heard from the people in Haihe Town that he was pregnant with Qiu Wenfu's child, but it's actually not a big deal, Scholar Zhang, if you knowHe, this matter can still be discussed."

Zhang Moyuan glanced at Tan Xin.

"Scholar Zhang, I was wrong in the past. I swear, I will stay away from Lin Yan in the future. Please, help me."

Seeing that Zhang Moyuan didn't speak, the yamen servant asked tentatively, "Scholar Zhang?"

Zhang Moyuan turned around and said lightly, "I don't know."

Tan Xin's eyes dimmed instantly.

The yamen servant raised his hand, "Take it down and lock it up."