The world's first county magistrate

Chapter 9 The Salt War Begins

Cai Hu took the pill and nodded.

Now that he has decided to follow Song Wei, he will do whatever Song Wei asks him to do.

From now on, he is Song Wei's knife.

This is the first thing Song Wei asked him to do, and he must do it well.

After Song Wei and Liu Ruyan left, Cai Hu settled his mother and rushed to the county government jail.

An hour later, Cai Hu left the county government prison and took a few government servants to Pan's house.

Arrived at Pan's house.

"Don't move. On the order of the county magistrate, I will come to search Pan Sifeng's criminal evidence. If you dare to resist, you will be shot!"

Cai Hu pulled out his knife and immediately suppressed everyone in the Pan family.

"Search for me!"

Cai Hu gave an order, and the yamen servants rushed to all parts of Pan's house like wolves.

Copying a house has always been a fat job.

Cai Hu went directly to Pan Sifeng's study. He looked around and finally came to the bookshelf on the left side of the study.

There is a rather small porcelain vase on the bookshelf.

Take off the porcelain vase, reach in, and take out a ledger from inside.

"Sure enough, it's here, my lord's truth Dan is really powerful!"

Putting the ledger in his arms, Cai Hu walked out of the study.

An hour later, the servants who had earned enough extra money came back.

Cai Hu sat on a chair, crossed his legs and drank tea, and asked: "Did you find anything illegal?"

The yamen servants handed over part of the gold and silver treasures they had found.

Cai Hu took out the bag and packed the gold and silver treasures: "Pan Sifeng has deceived the people all these years. Yesterday, the county magistrate finally took down this evil leader. The blue sky of our Zhen'an County is coming. Let's go, follow I’ll go back and take my life back!”

After Cai Hu and others left, some of the Pan family cried and some scolded. It was very lively, but it also fully demonstrated that the once prosperous Pan family was going to be lonely in the future.

Back at the Yamen, Cai Hu went to find Song Wei alone.

"My lord, the little one is back."

The door opened, and Song Wei let Cai Hu in.

Cai Hu immediately presented the ledger: "My lord, this is what Pan Sifeng said."

Song Wei opened the account book and looked at it, and it contained all the accounts of Song Wei's corruption and bribery.

After a few years, this bastard actually embezzled less than 3000 taels of silver.

inability!

Song Wei threw the ledger into the stove.

"Go down, forget this matter in your stomach."

"Yes! Your lord!"

Cai Hu left.

"Ding!"

"Mission completed! Reward 300 points."

The voice of the system sounded in Song Wei's mind.

dang dang...

The door was knocked again.

Cai Hu's voice: "My lord, Wu Zhenkun's housekeeper is here."

"Wu Zhenkun?"

Song Wei lowered his head and repeated.

How could Song Wei not know about Wu Zhenkun.

Who is the biggest in Zhen'an County is not his county grandfather, but Wu Zhenkun.

The Wu family controls the grain and salt supply of the entire Zhen'an County, and they are the uncompromising squires in Zhen'an County.

Numerous small country gentry survived around the Wu family.

One of the major reasons why Zhen'an County is full of poverty and poverty is the Wu family's exploitation of Zhen'an County.

After grasping the supply of grain and salt, Wu Zhenkun raised the price of grain and salt sharply, and the people in Zhen'an County were in dire straits.

Song Wei said to Cai Hu: "Bring people to the front hall."

Cai Hu took the lead.

Wu Zhenkun sent someone to look for him, Song Wei was not surprised.

He beat Huang Baifu and arrested Pan Sifeng. The gentry didn't respond, so it was abnormal.

Coming to the front hall, Song Wei saw Wu Zhenkun's butler, an old man in his 50s.

Seeing Song Wei coming, the butler quickly stood up and saluted: "The villain pays his respects to the lord."

Song Wei asked the butler to excuse him, and asked with a smile, "I don't know why butler Wu came to see me?"

Butler Wu said: "My master heard that the adults punished Huang Baifu and Pan Sifeng, two cancerous people who are flesh and blood, and he was really happy for the people of Zhen'an County. As a member of Zhen'an County, my master hosted a banquet in the house to thank the adults. My lord is here."

Song Wei laughed: "Mr. Wu has a heart, you go back and tell your master, I will be there on time at night."

After Butler Wu left, Cai Hu said to Song Wei: "Sir, do you really want to go tonight? Wu Zhenkun is a hungry wolf. He has monopolized the salt and grain in Zhen'an County. He raised the price of salt alone." When it reaches 30 copper coins a tael, some poor families can’t even afford salt.”

"Oh?"

Song Wei raised his eyebrows. He still understood the news, but he didn't know it had reached this point.

"I know, it's okay to meet him at night, and you will go with me when the time comes."

Song Wei looked at Cai Hu and said.

Cai Hu did not refuse, nodded and said: "Yes, my lord!"

For the rest of the time, Song Wei went back to his room, found some records in the room that recorded the current situation of Zhen'an County, and read them.

In fact, the current situation in Zhen'an County is even more serious than Song Wei thought.

Not only some people can no longer afford salt, but as many as [-]% of them have food and clothing problems.

Song Wei frowned, it seemed that he had something to do.

Time slipped away quietly, and the time soon arrived at the appointed time.

Song Wei walked out of the room, called Liu Ruyan and Cai Hu, and went to Wu Zhenkun's home together.

When Wu Zhenkun saw Song Wei coming, he was overjoyed and asked to have Song Wei brought into a big room.

There are already some people in the room, if you look at it, they are all the people who consulted with Wu Zhenkun before.

Wu Zhenkun asked Song Wei to sit down, and sat on the opposite side of the table.

On the rectangular table, Wu Zhenkun is on the opposite side, and Liu Ruyan and Cai Hu are on the two sides.

Wu Zhenkun looked at everyone and clapped his hands and said, "Everyone is here, let's serve the food."

Then several servants put plates of dishes on the table.

"My lord, my lord is the lucky star of our Zhen'an County for eliminating harm for the people. Come, let's have a toast together."

Wu Zhenkun saw that he was almost done serving, so he raised the wine in his hand and said.

The others also raised their wines. Song Wei first looked at the wine in front of him and finally lifted it up.

Seeing Song Wei lift the wine, Wu Zhenkun laughed: "Damn it!"

Then he raised his head and finished his wine.

Others also finished drinking.

After a glass of wine, Wu Zhenkun looked at Song Wei in front of him: "My lord, these meals are made by Wu Mou from a good cook. How about a taste?"

Song Wei lowered his head and looked at the dishes in front of him.

To be honest, he still had some shadows, but Song Wei still took a bite in front of so many people.

Immediately, Song Wei frowned. Although the food was better than his own cook's, it was still hard to swallow.

Suppressing the discomfort, Song Wei swallowed the food.

"Yes, Not Bad."

Song Wei lowered his head to prevent others from seeing his expression, and said silently.

After Wu Zhenkun heard it, he was even happier: "There is nothing else to do today, everyone eats and drinks well."

Then everyone started to eat and drink, only Song Wei and Liu Ruyan didn't move their chopsticks.

By the time he was almost done eating, Wu Zhenkun was already a little tipsy and his face was red.

Looking at Song Wei, Wu Zhenkun said: "My lord, in fact, there is one more thing that Wu called your lord to come this time."

Song Wei raised his eyebrows, is it finally about to start?
Wu Zhenkun looked at Song Wei, and said calmly: "Recently, the production of salt is relatively low. For the sake of everyone's livelihood, Wu wants to increase the price of salt."

(End of this chapter)