Unexpectedly, the shipment of illegal salt would go wrong this time.

Although Linjin Pass was not under the jurisdiction of Hedong County, Han Zhang's fleet did not disembark at all, because the entire Yellow River waterway was at the junction of Sizhou and Yongzhou, so people from Linjin Pass had no right to inspect.

What's more, the Korean flag itself is a shocking presence on the Yellow River waterway. Whether it is the officers and soldiers at the checkpoints along the way or the wealthy businessmen passing by, everyone knows that this is the flag of the Han Prefect, so Han Zhang's fleet

When passing through Kasakajin, it is completely smooth.

But this time there was an accident. When Han Zhang's fleet passed Pubanjin, it happened to encounter Pingbei General Cao Liang's men crossing the river. Due to the shortage of ferries, Cao Liang naturally wanted to commandeer Han Zhang's cargo ships.

Naturally, something happened. Han Zhang was detained along with his goods at Linjin Pass, while Pingbei General Cao Liang was rushing to Anyi without stopping.

Han Zhang didn't know about Cao Liang. That was normal. A commoner who stayed at home felt that the county magistrate was already an extremely powerful official.

Those who are active feel that the prefect is already a great official, with one hand covering the sky and his power overwhelming.

Han Zhang had the support of his uncle Han Jian in Hedong County, and he was used to doing whatever he wanted, so he naturally did not pay attention to outsiders. But Han Jian was different. Although he was the governor of Hedong, he knew that there was a world outside the world and there were people outside the world. Although the governor

He is a high-ranking official worth two thousand stones, but in the imperial court, he is nothing at all. If someone touches his finger, it would be like squeezing him to death like an ant.

Cao Liang, who had just been promoted to General Pingbei, was a member of General Cao Shuang. He was a popular figure raised by Cao Shuang. This time he was ordered to quell the Xiongnu rebellion and passed through Hedong County. Han Jian had already received a note in advance.

Although they were both officials with two thousand stones, Han Jian did not dare to offend Cao Liang for a single holiday.

We can afford to hide if we can't afford to offend him. Han Jian is already prepared to do his best to cooperate with Cao Liang. Anyway, Cao Liang is just passing through. He will eventually go to Bingzhou to quell the Xiongnu rebellion. As long as he tries his best to meet his demands,

Just send him away.

Unfortunately, things went against his wishes. Han Zhang didn't leave early in the morning, but he didn't leave until later. But when he was just selling salt, he was bumped into by Cao Liang, and both the man and the stolen goods were taken away.

Han Jian knew better than anyone what kind of crime it was to sell illegal salt. Although it was Han Zhang who was arrested this time, Han Jian could not clean himself up no matter what. If the imperial court sent someone to investigate the case, he would be

It will definitely be found on him, and Han Jian will definitely not be able to escape the involvement.

Knowing the law and breaking the law is an even greater crime. If the imperial censor takes a copy of it, Han Jian will face more than just being dismissed from office. He will definitely lose his head.

After Han Jian received the news, his mind went blank and he was completely at a loss.

"Yipinju...the Sima family...yes!" Han Jian thought about it, and the only one who could save his life was the Sima family.

"Come here, go and invite shopkeeper Hou!" Hou Cheng is now in Anyi, living in Guanyi. He came here this time for personal business.

The servant's work efficiency was quite high, and he quickly invited Hou Cheng over. Judging from Hou Cheng's happy face, it was obvious that he didn't know the news that the fleet had been detained.

After Hou Cheng became the general manager of Yipinju, he focused his main energy on the operation of private salt. After several months of continuous operation, the benefits were indeed amazing. Hou Cheng believed that as long as he continued to do so,

Yipinju's business can definitely return to its peak.

This time he came to Anyi to discuss business expansion with Han Jian. Private salt had huge profits. If the current business scale could be doubled, the profits would become even more substantial.

Originally, the matter had been settled and the private salt shipment had been shipped. Hou Cheng was preparing to return to Luoyang. At this time, Han Jian urgently summoned him to the prefect's mansion. Hou Cheng thought that Han Jian had some unfinished matters to discuss with him.

Discussing.

"Prefect Han, is there anything unfinished?" Hou Cheng said with a smile on his face.

Han Jian rushed forward with a cry in his voice and said: "Shopkeeper Hou, save me."

Hou Cheng said in a deep voice: "What happened?"

"Something big happened. Han Zhang's salt fleet was intercepted by Pingbei General Cao Liang when it arrived at Pubanjin. Now both people and goods have been detained at Linjin Pass, and Pingbei General Cao Liang is rushing to

Rush to Anyi, I am afraid that this matter is something that Taifu Sima cannot handle."

"What, the salt ship was seized?" Hou Cheng's heart suddenly sank. This news was definitely not good news for him. "Prefect Han, didn't we have an appointment first? Your Han family is responsible for the salt ship in the east of the river.

The safety of the county will naturally be taken care of by our Yipinju people when we arrive in Luoyang. Didn’t you swear yesterday that there would never be any problems? Why did something like this happen just one day later?"

Han Jian was at a loss for words at this moment. He shook his head and said: "I didn't know that Cao Liang would arrive in Hedong County so quickly. Originally, I was planning to rush out this batch of private salt before he arrived. I didn't expect...

…did not expect……"

Han Jian said two things in a row, but he didn't expect it. I'm afraid he regretted it now. If he had known that Cao Liang would come so quickly, he might as well have pledged this batch of private salt and waited until Cao Liang left before shipping it out.

But it's too late to say anything now. There are all kinds of medicines for sale in the world, but there is no regret medicine.

Han Jian grabbed Hou Cheng's sleeves and said pitifully with runny noses and tears: "Shopkeeper Hou, you have to save me!"

Hou Cheng snorted heavily, flicked his sleeves, shook Han Jian away, and said coldly: "Prefect Han, we have made an agreement in advance. If there is any problem with the private salt in Luoyang, we will deal with it.

Ju Lai is responsible. If something goes wrong in Hedong County, it will all be your Han family's responsibility. Now that the salt ship has been detained in Pubanjin, Grand Administrator Han, who do you think should bear this responsibility?"

Han Jian couldn't help but was speechless. It was true that they had made an agreement in advance, and Han Jian had even promised that as long as it was on the border of Hedong, the salt boat would be safe.

At that time, Han Jian naturally thought very simply. He was the lord of Hedong County, and he alone had the final say here. Of course, Han Jian was not afraid of anyone coming to inspect his ship, so he gave a guarantee to Hou Cheng.

There is absolutely no problem if the salt boat is in Hedong County.

But now something really went wrong, and it was beyond the scope of Han Jian's ability. Seeing that Hou Cheng wanted to stay out of the matter, Han Jian became even more anxious and said hurriedly: "Shopkeeper Hou, you can't just ignore it.
Chapter completed!