The boss really reminded Zhu Di, yes, your contribution is too great and your status is too high. If there is really nothing to reward you, then reward it to your wife and concubine. This will also show the emperor's grace.

Secondly, it doesn’t count as a failure to you.

"According to your wishes, the Princess of Jinhan will be the third-grade imperial concubine, and the concubine Zhao will be the sixth-grade imperial concubine! I will give you silk and satin treasures and a reward of 100,000 silver. When your twentieth uncle brings back the salt tax from Lianghuai, then

The imperial edict will be issued immediately."

"I have to seize this opportunity now and find a way to mobilize some powerful eunuchs and let them set up the Dongji Work Factory. I have to seize this opportunity and use both kindness and power!"

…

A few days later, Zhu Song's ship finally arrived in Yangzhou.

When we arrived at the dock in Yangzhou, we were not far from the shipyard that Zhu Di captured in a flash. However, Zhu Song did not have a good habit of revisiting old places. After all, the local officials at the Yangzhou dock had been waiting for a long time.

Zhu Song got off the ship, and officials over there hurriedly came over. Yangzhou is under the jurisdiction of Yingtian, so Jiangsu does not have envoys, inspectors, or envoys. The largest official in Yangzhou is the prefect of Yangzhou.

The Yangzhou prefect had also changed officials a long time ago, and Sun Chenghai and Chen Dajiang were beheaded in public because they were unwilling to submit to the Yongle Dynasty.

The current magistrate of Yangzhou is a man named Yang Xiao. He is not a native of Yangzhou, but his hometown is Fujian.

In the past, during the Jianwen Dynasty, he was not very important because there was no one in the court. Later, in Yingtian, because he reported Fang Xiaoru and had meritorious service, he was directly arranged to be the prefect of Yangzhou. After he arrived in Yangzhou, he quickly stabilized Yangzhou.

The situation has never been a big mess.

Yang Xiao came to Zhu Song and knelt down to salute.

"Yang Xiao, the capital of Yangzhou, pays homage to His Highness the King of Han."

Zhu Song reached out and helped Yang Xiao up.

"Master Yang, please get up quickly. I'm a little hungry after a long journey. Why don't you, Master Yang, let's not stay on the pier? We've been chatting too much and find a place where it's warm and windy."

How about having a nice drink with me?"

Yang Xiao was also surprised. He didn't expect His Royal Highness the King of Han to be so straightforward and straightforward, and immediately made a gesture of invitation.

"The banquet has been prepared by His Highness a long time ago. Now is the time when the crabs are plump. Please come to the city. Your Highness has already prepared the banquet for His Highness!"

"please!"

Before Zhu Song set off, he had used his peripheral vision to see a few people getting off the boat. There were three people in total, the handsome young man in white, and two girls. Judging from their height and figure, the two girls were obviously Yu'er and Jin'er.

, As for Ye Biqing, Zhu Song didn't see it.

Zhu Song originally thought that Ye Biqing was lingering in the boat and hadn't gotten out yet, so he didn't think much about it and followed Yang Xiao into Yangzhou City to have a good taste of Yangzhou's delicious wine and food.

And where did Ye Biqing go? In fact, Ye Biqing didn't go anywhere. It was Ye Biqing that Zhu Song saw at the stern of the boat that night, and Ye Biqing stood at the bow of the small boat and saw Zhu Song at the stern of the big ship.

Ye Biqing disguises herself as a man, which is really amazing!

Her face was just slightly sketched with cigarette paper. Her plump and shapely figure was also hidden under her clothes. From the appearance, no one could tell that she was really a woman.

I just think that this is a handsome young man. Just looking at this face, I am afraid he will seduce many girls and wives.

Ye Jin'er hugged the pipa and followed Ye Biqing. Ye Biqing looked at Ye Jin'er and frowned.

"Jin'er, why are you holding a pipa all the time? I'll leave this pipa to someone else for the time being. You two go with me to meet Shen Zhengcong's relative."

Ye Jin'er pouted and shook his head.

"Sister, I don't want it. I have never been to such a far place in my whole life. I feel at ease when I hold the pipa in my arms. I won't feel relieved if the pipa is given to others."

After hearing this, Ye Biqing smiled bitterly and touched Ye Jin'er's head.

"Okay, okay, since you are willing to hold it, then you can hold it."

At this moment, the twenty Jinyi guards assigned to Ye Biqing had also arrived. The two Jinyi guards who had been protecting Ye Biqing on this boat were pretending to be ordinary people and were guarding the bow and stern of the boat.

The remaining eighteen Jin Yiwei have all changed into regular clothes according to Ye Biqing's instructions.

Ye Biqing said to them.

"Eighteen of you spread out, search around Yangzhou City for news about Zhang Mao, and report them all to me in the evening!"

The eighteen uniformed guards nodded in unison. They were not allowed to clasp their fists, because if they did, it would instantly attract the attention of so many people on the dock and make people speculate about Ye Biqing's identity.

Ye Biqing nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand, and the eighteen Jinyi guards took the first step and entered Yangzhou City. As for the two responsible for protecting Ye Biqing, they continued to protect him.

Ye Biqing took Jin'er Yu'er and two Jinyi guards into Yangzhou City. According to the memory described by Shen Zhengcong to Ye Biqing, Ye Biqing found an alley in Yangzhou City. The name of this alley was Wangyue Lane.

All the people living in this alley are businessmen, and who is the richest and most powerful businessman in Yangzhou is the Yangzhou salt merchant Zhang Mao.

This person is not like Shen Zhengcong who has the reputation of being the number one salt merchant in Yangzhou, but he has a place in almost all salt merchants in Huainan and Huaibei. Compared with Shen Zhengcong, he is the real boss. Shen Zhengcong is

In front of him, he was just a slightly inferior younger brother. In Ye Biqing's opinion, all his assets were at least more than those of Shen Zhengcong and a half combined.

Therefore, it is said that the salt merchants were the most powerful merchants in the Ming Dynasty. The salt merchants were so rich that they rivaled the country. This is really not just an idle statement.

Ye Biqing came to the door of Zhang Mao's house. Zhang Mao was much more low-key than Shen Zhengcong. Shen's house still had a decent lintel, while his Zhang's house only had a small door for two people to enter and exit. It was really different from Shen Zhengcong's.

A bit shabby in comparison.

Yu'er stepped forward and knocked on the door. After a while, a servant's head poked out from the crack of the door.

"Who are you?"

Ye Biqing looked at the servant and smiled slightly, took it out of his arms, five taels of silver, and threw it to the servant.

"We are friends of your master. We came to Yangzhou today for a special visit. Please inform your master that my surname is Cheng, and Cheng Yaojin's Cheng is from Hangzhou."

As the saying goes, it is easier to get things done with people's money. After the servant weighed the money and felt the weight, he immediately said with a smile.

"I understand, young master, please wait a moment, I'll go right away!"

The servant hurried in to report, but at this time Zhang Mao was sitting in his study, worried.
Chapter completed!