If the business woman does not help the poor, the villain's dream of prosperity will be shatter

Qin Shu looked at Meng Qi, whose face was pale and changing constantly, and smiled meaningfully: "Don't worry, Lord Meng, our town has always been fair and law-abiding. I will not do anything that violates the law or rebels."

"After all, I'm a woman and I don't have such big ambitions. My biggest hobby in life is counting money for fun."

She sighed with a sense of satisfaction, "Now that I have enough money, I just want to satisfy my desire to be an official. Lord Meng, don't worry, once I have satisfied my desire to be an official, I will naturally leave this town."

Meng Qi really wanted to spit in her face: If you want to be an official, go somewhere else to satisfy your desire. Why do you have to come to this place where rabbits don't shit?

There's something wrong with this, right?

Thinking of this, Meng Qi said with a fake smile: "Qin Jiezhen may not know that this border area is not a place to indulge in officialdom. The Northern Barbarians have repeatedly invaded the border. They are a group of barbarians who kill without blinking an eye. They will not show mercy to Jiezhen just because the emperor favors Qin Jiezhen."

"If a woman from Jiezhen falls into the hands of the northern barbarians, I'm afraid her life will not be easy."

Qin Shu chuckled and said, "This town knows, thank you Lord Meng for reminding me."

She suddenly remembered something and said with a smile, "Oh, I almost forgot, Lord Meng, our town is going to go hunting in a few days. I wonder if Lord Meng is interested?"

hunt?

There are many ways to play.

Meng Qi waved his hand in a disinterested manner and said, "I have a lot of things to do at the government office, so how can I have the leisure time to go sightseeing? If you go to Qinjie Town, then have fun."

Qin Shu was so happy that her face was full of smiles. "Okay, okay. Lord Meng is busy now, so I won't disturb you anymore."

Meng Qi tilted his head and looked at the crowded recruitment scene again, shook his head helplessly, put his hands behind his back and paced in four directions, and squeezed out of the crowd in a menacing manner and left.

Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th.

On August 14, Qin Shu and Fu Ying, with the newly recruited soldiers and Zhu Zhi, who was promoted to the commander of the Jiedufu guards, and others, marched out of Yanzhou City with a group of several hundred people.

Meng Qi got the news before anyone left the city.

He waved his hand nonchalantly, "I already knew about this a long time ago. As long as she doesn't come out to cause trouble, let her be."

"Yanjing is going to ship some goods recently, but the seal is lost. I think it will take some more trouble this time."

Meng Qi whispered to his trusted subordinate Li Yi, "Cai Yun has contacted the people over there a few days ago. During this period of time, they will send someone directly to pick up the goods."

"You also know someone over there. This time, go there in person."

Li Yi responded in a low voice.

Meng Qi thought about it, and still advised with some concern: "If you find that something is wrong, it is better to break the contract than to act rashly. Bring more people with you to prevent any accidents. Especially pay more attention to Qin Shu."

Li Yi responded again.

That night, taking advantage of the bright moonlight, Li Yi led a hundred men and horses, quietly left the city, and galloped towards Longshan Mountain in the northwest of Yanzhou City.

Just as a group of people disappeared into the night, a ghostly figure appeared quietly and followed them silently.

Longzhou is named after the Longshan Mountain Range.

In Longshan Mountain is Mouming Lake, the largest salt lake in Da Zhou.

It is said that in the past, some people could always hear the roar of cows in the Longshan Mountains, and they came to find this natural salt lake.

Therefore, it is named "Mouming Lake".

To transport salt out of Longshan from Mouming Lake, one must pass through Longling Valley.

The Long Mountains stretch for thousands of miles from north to south. The Longling Valley is a mountain road less than a hundred feet wide between two peaks.

At the entrance of Longling Valley, there is a checkpoint set up by the Linbei Road Jiedufu. Every horse-drawn carriage that transports salt out of the valley from here must be verified and counted.

Then it was transported to the salt bureaus of various prefectures.

The local government took 40% of the proceeds from the sale of salt, and 60% was handed over to the imperial treasury.

In the past, the production and sale of salt were the responsibility of the Linbei Dao Jiedufu.

Later, after the governor of Linbei Road was killed, Longzhou Prefecture became responsible.

Except for the part that was handed over to the national treasury, the rest of the proceeds from the sale of salt still went to the Jiedufu.

It is then distributed to the state capitals in proportion.

It has been hundreds of years since Mouming Lake was discovered.

The salt tax revenue from Mouming Lake alone accounted for nearly 20% of the entire annual fiscal revenue of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

And these are only a very small part of all the salt mines in Linbei Road.

Longling Valley, which was under the control of Longzhou Prefecture, not only transported official salt, but also private salt for a long time.

After Qin Shu took office, he immediately sent Zhang Xing, Wang Lu, and the salt officials of the Jiedufu to re-enter the Longling Valley Customs Office.

Smuggled salt cannot leave Longling Valley, and if it is to be carried out by manpower, a large number of workers must be recruited.

When there are more people, the target becomes bigger and it is more likely for something to go wrong.

The only option was to reopen the once abandoned Luoyan Canyon.

Luoyan Canyon is located on the northern slope of the third mountain range of Longshan Mountain. The valley is a thousand feet deep, with a narrow valley bottom and extremely steep banks.

During the rainy season every year, flash floods often occur suddenly in the valley.

In the past, it was common for private salt trucks to be washed away by sudden mountain torrents.

It was not until later when Longzhou Prefecture took over Longling Valley that vehicles transporting smuggled salt stopped passing through this canyon.

Li Yi went into the mountains and came to Longshan Salt Well No. 3.

In the open space in front of the cave, dozens of horse-drawn carriages were lined up in a row, with sacks of salt piled high on the carriages.

This batch of goods will not be shipped out until nightfall.

Once they are out of the valley, people will come to receive them and quickly disperse and take them away.

Li Yiqing counted the number and saw that it was still early, so he went into the cave and spent time drinking and chatting with the people guarding the salt well.

People in the salt mine are not allowed to leave the mountain. This is the rule.

Some miners live in the mountains with their families all year round, and all their daily necessities are brought in by salt trucks.

The manager guarding the salt well today is named Xu Jiu.

He filled Li Yi's glass with wine and asked, "Didn't we always go through Longling Valley before? Why did you suddenly change the route?"

Li Yi picked up a fried bean and threw it into his mouth. While chewing it, he said, "Hey, the court has sent another governor. The governor said that we should be careful during this period."

Xu Jiu sighed, "What a hassle! We have to get rid of it quickly. These cars have only had a few years of good times. They have to be the same as before again."

"Brother, have you heard that a few years ago, a caravan carrying salt encountered a pack of wolves in the canyon?"

Xu Jiu sighed with emotion: "There were dozens of people and twenty horses, but only a few of them made it out of the valley intact. It was too tragic."

Li Yi nodded, "I've heard of it. But the governor who came this time is a woman. She has been busy buying her dowry, shops and land these days."

Xu Jiu sneered, "Can a woman be an official? Showing her face in public is immoral and unethical. How can she get married?"

"Which man would dare to marry a woman like this? Even if he buys a large dowry, what's the point?"

Li Yi chuckled and whispered, "If you want me, I will marry her. What does it matter if she is not innocent? She has a lot of dowry. If I marry her and have money, I can take in two beautiful concubines. How great is that?"

Xu Jiu also laughed.

The two were talking and laughing when they suddenly heard a crisp "bang" coming from the hillside above their heads.

It sounds like someone is setting off firecrackers.