Pingyang Prefecture, Shanxi, Yancheng.

When Wang Helun led a caravan to Siyan City, he found that the city gate was in chaos, as if someone was arguing about why, and there were several mule and horse carriages knocked down by the roadside.

"Go and see what's going on." Wang Helun lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at it, then shouted outside.

"yes."

A manager rode away.

Wang Helun put down the curtain and moved his butt that was sore after traveling for days.

After all, traveling by land is no more comfortable than water.

After waiting for a while, the manager came back and said respectfully in front of the carriage: "Master, there is a small salt merchant in front of him and the soldiers in the city who are making noises. I heard that the salt merchant came over with the talisman, but the salt transfer officer did not give him salt, and even drove him out. He was making noise and refused to leave."

"There is still this?"

Wang Helun frowned.

"Master, we still have to rush to the road, so don't worry about this."

"Well, go and deal with it, and let the officers and soldiers in front free up the road for us to enter the city."

“Hey.”

The manager took out a silver bag and turned around. Wang Helun leaned against the carriage and waited quietly.

After a long time, the manager rode his horse back with a gray face and shouted in panic: "Master, the officers and soldiers collected the money and were fine, but when they heard that we were from the Wang family, they immediately turned against each other and said that they would not let us enter the city."

"What?"

Wang Helun's face changed.

"Master, they said that from today on the attack, our Wang family's salt regime will be invalid. They will not even give us salt."

"What's going on? Why is this happening?"

Wang Helun's face turned pale and he hurriedly jumped out of the car.

At this time, several officers and soldiers suddenly walked over in the direction of the city gate, obviously coming to them.

Wang Helun hurriedly met him, looked at the general who was born on the head, and then bowed: "I, Wang Helun, may I ask, why don't I let my Wang family enter the city?"

The general looked up and down at Wang Helun with his eyes slanted, and bowed his hand casually, saying, "Please come back, Mr. Wang, don't come in the future. From today on, there will be no Master Wang's salt regimen in Si Yancheng."

Wang Helun frowned: "Sir, why is this?"

"hehe."

The general sneered: "Master Wang, the superiors did not punish your nine clans for collusion with the enemy. It was considered burning high incense. Don't you understand what's going on?"

Wang Helun's face changed drastically, and his whole body shivered.

"Oh."

The general sneered at him again: "This place is a major transportation area for the Salt Corporation. The idle people leave immediately. If they don't leave in a quarter of an hour, don't blame me for being rude."

Wang Helun gritted his teeth: "I want to meet Lord Tao, the Duluo Transport Author."

"Mr. Tao has been arrested and taken back to Beijing for his crimes for ink and salt, and is a man who is in charge of public service. Now all the people who are transferred are Lord Ye."

"Master Wang, you only have a quarter of an hour. If you don't leave, don't blame me for being rude!"

After the general said coldly, he shook his sleeves, turned around and left.

Wang Helun was frozen in place, staring blankly at the group of Ming soldiers and several small salt merchants who were bombed out of the city gate.

He probably knew what was going on.

"Master Wang?"

At this time, a salt merchant who was driven out of the city came over and saw Wang Helun who was stunned, bowed and asked politely.

Wang Helun came back to his senses, subconsciously replied with a greeting, and asked again: "Brother, do you know what happened in Siyancheng?"

The salt merchant sighed lonelyly: "Mr. Wang, I have asked him one by one next. All the salt merchants who cannot enter the city have business dealings with General Loufan and Qin, either selling iron and pots, or cotton and cloth."

"I also have business dealings with General Qin. Every two months, I would bring some cotton and cloth to Loufan and transport some iron materials and iron pots. I didn't expect..."

"Oh, although the officers and soldiers in Yancheng did not say it clearly, this matter is most likely related to General Qin. The court is suppressing General Qin. Anyone who does business with him will inevitably be run."

After hearing these words, Wang Helun's face looked like earth, and he bowed to the other party and thanked him.

This matter is indeed related to Lou Fan and Qinchuan.

His business with Qinchuan was not small. During the months when the Yellow River was not frozen, he had ships traveling to and from Hexing County, Guanzhong Plain, almost every month. Every time, more than a dozen ships transported thousands of stones of grain and returned with 100,000 kilograms of iron and iron pots.

The quality of Loufan iron materials and iron pots is even better than that of Guangtie Guangtie. It can indeed make a lot of money, but in comparison, iron sellers are far less profitable than salt sellers.

Now, because of Loufan iron materials and iron pots, the court actually cut off his salt scheme.

Before this, he had just handed over a large amount of grain to the Yansui border army, exchanged for three thousand talismans, and then came to Yancheng with these talismans to exchange for talismans.

"Master, what should I do?"

When Wang Helun's face was as dark as the face, the manager beside him was already as anxious as an ant on the hot pan.

Wang Helun came back to his senses and thought for a moment: "Go back to Jiezhou and stay for a few days first, and immediately send a quick horse to Loufan to tell General Qin the truth about this."

"If things cannot be done, then the three thousand talismans will be sold as soon as possible and sell them to others."

"good."

...

Linfen City, Hexing Business.

After working for a long time, Chow Tai Fook picked up the tea cup, poured the already cold tea into his throat, and then leaned comfortably on the back of the chair.

Since he entered Loufan iron materials and iron pots, his small blacksmith shop business has become prosperous.

Those Loufan iron pots were so easy to sell. Last month, a batch of 800 pots came back, and they were sold out in less than a month. Most of the more than 30,000 kilograms of iron were made into other items, and sold for 70,000 yuan.

It seems that I have to go to Loufan again these two days.

Thinking of this, Chow Tai Fook picked up the teacup again and drank the few leftover tea in one go.

At this time, a burst of rapid footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door, and then a group of officers and soldiers rushed into the blacksmith shop.

"What do you want from the military masters?"

Zhou Dafu hurriedly got up and greeted him with a smile.

Unexpectedly, the officer and soldier in the leader said coldly: "Chou Dafu, I suspect that you have bought and sold salt and sold the enemy and sold the country, and have a bad intention. Come on, turn the blacksmith shop upside down and find out the evidence of his cheating on the enemy and selling the country."

Hearing this, Zhou Dafu's face changed drastically: "Jun Ye, Jun Ye, the young man has always been impartial and law-abiding, and he dare not collude with the enemy and sell his country."

"Hmph! You can tell if you have any enemies if you collude with them."

The general ignored Chow Tai Fook, but waved his hand and dozens of officers and soldiers rushed up and copied the things they saw.

Zhou Dafu was so anxious that he stomped his feet, and suddenly saw a familiar figure standing at the door.

Looking closely, it turned out to be Jin Liangyu's eldest son, Jin Dezhong, who was waving a flower-painting fan and sneered at him.

"Jin Dezhong, is it your fault?"

As soon as he saw this person, Chow Tai Fook became angry.

"So what?" Jin Dezhong sneered with an eyebrow.

"You..." Zhou Dafu pointed at the other party angrily, "Wait for me, I, Chow Tai Fook, and your Jin family are endless."

"Haha, you're just a little bit of money, and you still want to fight with my Jin family?"

Zhou Dafu was furious, but he did not dare to attack because of the officers and soldiers.

The Jin family has been peeking at Loufan iron pots for a long time, but they dare not go to Loufan to buy them. They only found Chow Tai Fook and said they wanted to cooperate with him to collect the Loufan iron materials and iron pots in his hand. They could also prepare silver for him and ask him to go to Loufan to buy a large amount of iron materials and iron pots. The Jin family would need as much as they could transport them.

Chow Taifu did not cooperate with the Jin family, so that he would only ruin his job, because General Qin once said that Loufan iron materials and iron pots were not allowed to be sold to shops on Xuanda's side walls. He also pointed out that the eight major families were one of them.

Since then, Jin Dezhong from the Jin family came to the store every few days. At first, he pretended to be polite, but later he directly threatened and threatened him to submit.

Chow Tai Fook was born into a blacksmith, but he was not a cartilage. Naturally, he didn't take his tricks, and even the rascals were beaten away by several groups.

Unexpectedly, the guy actually recruited officers and soldiers and even charged him with collusion with the enemy.

"Is this a Loufan iron pot?"

A soldier walked up to Chow Tai Fook with an iron pot and asked coldly.

Chow Tai Fook nodded calmly: "That's right, this is Loufan Iron Pot."

"That's right. The evidence of collusion with the enemy is conclusive. Come on, tie him up."

Zhou Dafu's face changed drastically: "June, I'm just selling a few pots, why did I become a collusion enemy?"

"Haha, Lou Fan Qin Chuan is a thief. If you do business with him, why don't you collude with the enemy?"

"this……"

...

To the west of Taiyuan Prefecture, Shouyang City.
To be continued...