Yang Qingxiao came back the next morning. As soon as she returned to the government office, she found Li Ling without even resting, and said with a worried and serious look on her face: "Li Lang, the situation in our Cao Gang is even worse."

Li Ling, who was making arrangements for everything he had left after leaving the yamen, also put down what he had at hand and said softly: "What happened? Don't worry, we can face any problems together."

"The day before yesterday, I had already contacted a brother from the Cao Gang outside the city, so I rushed to see him yesterday. As a result, I waited for the place for most of a day, but I didn't see him appear. Then I followed the previous clues to find him, but I still found nothing, as if the previous news did not exist." Yang Qingxiao's eyes were both doubtful and panic, which was a feeling I had never felt before.

In the past, even if she encountered a powerful enemy, she had the courage to face it one by one with her brother and many brothers from the Cao Gang. But now, Yang Qingxiao found that she was completely isolated. Until today, she couldn't even contact a brother of the past, which made her feel very scared, fearing that something irreversible would happen.

Li Ling's expression also became more serious, and things were really more serious than expected.

He thought the Cao Gang was a powerful support for him to gain a complete foothold in Jiangnan and hold great power. Before, these people did help him a lot when he was in Huating. But now, there are people who are taking action against the Cao Gang, which makes him unable to sit idly by both public and private.

After pondering for a moment, Li Ling stood up and patted Yang Qingxiao's shoulder with his hand: "Qingxiao, don't worry too much. With the strength of the Cao Gang, let alone those sluts, it is impossible for the government to deal with them silently. If I think it's right, maybe Brother Yang is deliberately doing it from the light to the dark, so that he can fight the enemy in the dark."

"But... even if my brother has such an idea, he should speak with me and make me prepare..."

"Don't forget, you fell to Dajiang Help before. I'm afraid Brother Yang and the others didn't know that you were taken away by the Xie family, and now you are back to me. So for them, your line is actually not safe, and it is reasonable to cut it off early." Li Ling patiently explained.

These words were reasonable, which made Yang Qingxiao calm down a little, nodded vigorously, as if to convince herself: "You are right, they must have their own considerations. So what should I do next?"

"Wait, wait until they know the truth and then come to you. You shouldn't be in a hurry to take the risk of finding their whereabouts. That will only give the enemy in the dark an opportunity." Seeing her nodding, Li Ling said again, "It just so happens that I will go to Jinling these days, and Yue'er still needs your care, so..."

Putting aside his worries about the Cao Gang brothers, Yang Qingxiao was still the smart woman with strategy and opinion. She immediately understood Li Ling's meaning and nodded: "Since it is a official business, don't worry. If I watch it here in the government office, there should be nothing wrong."

"Then I'll feel relieved. I'll set off in the afternoon this afternoon and come back within ten days." Seeing her say this, Li Ling felt certain, and comforted her a few more words before he started doing the errands again.

As the prefect of Yangzhou, it was not easy to get up and leave. There were too many big and small matters that needed to be arranged in advance and let the people below do it. So he was busy for a while, and it was not until after the time that he officially set off, left the government office, and left the city and went straight to Jinling.

Because he didn't want to spread this matter, Li Ling's light car was simply followed, and except for Li Moyun, he didn't bring any other guards. The two of them rode on one horse and fought along the official road to Jinling.

Two days later, they came to Jinling City again.

At this time, Jinling City was much more lively and orderly than before. The caravans entering and leaving the city gate were several times more popular than before, and the search at the city gate was much more casual. Obviously, everyone had escaped from the previous rebellion and lived a peaceful life again.

After easily entering the city with the government sign, Li Ling and the others saw some local government convoys slowly along the long street and heading towards the dock not far away. Just looking at the deep traces left by the car after leaving, we can see that the boxes loaded on the car were filled with extremely heavy tax silver.

Obviously, as time approaches, the Governor has begun to transport these taxes to the capital in batches. After all, the money, grain and taxes must be sent to the Beijing Ministry of Revenue before the end of the year, otherwise they will inevitably be impeached.

It is precisely because the tax in and out of the situation is too complicated, and now the entire governor's yamen is constantly in and out of the city. The relevant officials and people are all busy. After Li Ling showed his identity, no one paid attention to him and allowed him to enter the yamen at will, enter the hall, and go straight to Wenming's General Office.

Li Ling was still a little worried about this, wondering if he should remind him after seeing Governor Wen. If some evil people see the loopholes and take the opportunity to get close to him, Wen Ming would be in danger.

"Tomorrow, at the latest to tomorrow afternoon, the third batch of tax silver must be departed from the water and transported to the capital. This is the deadline given to you by my official!" Just before the General Office, Li Ling heard Wen Ming's aggressive voice coming from him.

Then there was another voice, which was not suppressed by the momentum of Governor Wen: "This is impossible! Whether it is the ships or carriages of my Transport Department, I have been mobilized in the past two days, and even my subordinates have left the south of the Yangtze River. It is impossible to send the third batch of silver to the capital at this time."

"That's your Transport Department. I have collected all the taxes and silver, so you will naturally send them to the capital. If you are really late for this, you will be blamed by the court, it will be your fault!"

Bang! Faced with Governor Wen's aggressiveness, the officials of the Transport Department finally got angry and slapped the table and shouted: "Governor Wen, if you say this, I will talk to you. In the past, the tax bank was sent to the capital in batches after June. In this way, my Transport Department could naturally do my job calmly. But this year, you dragged this matter until recently, but I just gave the tax bank all the time, but asked me to send the bank to the capital according to the original time. This is a big deal!

"I will never respond to this matter. If the court really wants to blame it, it is also your fault for the governor. It is because you have not done your job well before."

"You are in Jinling, you are also in June. Don't you know the incident that began in Jiangnan?"

"What does this have to do with me? My Transport Department is only responsible for transporting money and grain. Local affairs are the duties of your Governor."

The two of them shirked their words and became more and more stiff as they spoke, and they would be disbanded. It was not until this time that a third voice sounded: "Don't calm down, don't hurt the harmony because of this little thing. Now our Jiangnan has many things and mixed things, and it is the time when you need all the adults to work together sincerely. Otherwise, if you mess up your errands, no one will get rid of it. Two, do you think so?"

"Mr. Zhang, don't be a peacemaker here. This matter also concerns your future. Let me think about how to get the Transportation Office to do the work well." Wen Ming did not buy the other party's account and said humming, which made the other party sigh helplessly.

But after sighing, he spoke again: "Two sirs, this matter is not completely unsolvable. It is naturally impossible to transport all the money and grain to the capital in time by relying on the Transportation Department. But in Jiangnan, it is not the only Transportation Department that can transport silver and grain."

"Hmm? What do you mean?" asked the two quarreling officials almost at the same time.

"It's very simple. Use the power of the people to help us do this. In recent years, the power of the Cao Gang has increased a lot. We have cooperated with the government before. As long as they are willing to help, are they worried that they can't send the money to the capital on time?"

"Well, this is a solution, but what about the cost? You can't let them work for the court for nothing. Who will pay for the money?" Wen Ming's tone eased, but he still had some concerns.

The official from the Transport Department also snorted: "My Transport Department is just a small yamen, but I can't take out a lot of money to hire the Caogang..."

"Well, the following officials are foolish. This is a common job for our major yamen, so the money should be shared by several yamen, so no one will suffer any losses."

"Well, this is a solution. Lord Du, what do you think?" Wen Ming was obviously moved and asked the man.

Lord Du pondered for a moment and responded: "You can consider it, but things must be done and there must be no mistakes."

"Don't worry, even though the Cao Gang is a Jianghu Gang, many things are indispensable to our government's support. I think they dare not refuse this matter, nor dare to do it without dedication. Besides, they didn't let them do anything in vain." Lord Zhang said good things to the Cao Gang again, and finally settled the matter.

As the matter was settled, the closed-door talk came to an end. After a while, the door opened and two officials came out one after another. The two of them were not very relieved about Li Ling standing under the steps and looking at them with their eyes, and just thought he was an official in the governor's yamen.

After they left, Li Ling walked to the door and bowed and bowed: "Li Ling, the governor of Yangzhou, has something to do to meet with the Lord Futai."

Governor Wen, who had just felt comfortable in solving the problem, immediately smiled on his face. He looked up at Li Ling, who was standing respectfully at the door. After confirming that it was him, he was stunned again, and nodded reluctantly: "You come in and talk."

Then, without letting Li Ling sit down, he asked, "You, the prefect of Yangzhou, don't do a good job in the local area, why did you come to Jinling again?" He couldn't help but think, is the other party here to show off his power? After all, he thought that Li Ling would never be able to meet the tax requirements, but two days ago, the silver from Yangzhou was already in the treasury. Governor Wen was really surprised when he received the account.
Chapter completed!