Chapter 30 Undercurrent
May.

Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, sent General Huang Pushong of the Left to Liangzhou to quell the rebellion.

Huang Pusong was defeated and the enemy became more powerful.

The county seat of Kuaiji County was Shanyin County.

"The world is becoming increasingly unstable."

The county governor Tang Mao, who was well-informed, became increasingly uneasy and had no intention of handling government affairs, so he got up and went to the back house of his mansion.

Prefect's Mansion.

Tang Mao only saw his wife but not his daughter. He frowned and asked, "Where is she?"

Tang's mother led him to Tang Ji's boudoir.

"Humph!"

"How dignified!"

Tang Mao became annoyed when he saw his daughter in a daze.

"Aunt, you are here!"

Tang Ji came back to life, hugged Tang Mao's arm and said coquettishly: "Aunt, please help me send this letter to him."

"Oh, girls should know how to be reserved." Tang's mother spoke first to prevent Tang Mao from getting angry again as she did in the past.

However, today Tang Mao was out of character. Instead of scolding, he smiled and said, "Go and send it off yourself."

"You too!" Tang's mother immediately blamed: "How could she leave the house?"

"I will go to Wushang County in a few days." Tang Mao's words shocked the two women: "Willn't she be able to see the person she has been thinking about day and night?"

Tang's mother heard about it and was very worried.

Tang Ji thought that Tang Mao went to Wushang County specifically for him.

"Great!" Tang Ji happily picked and chose among several bamboo slips on the table, but she still felt that they were not good enough, so she opened a new one and started writing.

"No need to write." Tang Mao said coldly: "This time, you go and say goodbye to him, and you don't need to contact him again in the future."

"Clang." The bamboo slips fell to the ground. Tang Ji asked in a daze, "Aunt, what did you say?"

"I said, I will go to Wushang County to remove Jin Mao from his position as acting county magistrate, and demote him to a commoner!"

"How could this happen?" Tang Ji was at a loss and didn't come to her senses until Tang Mao left.

After a while, Tang Ji lay in her mother's arms and cried.

It was from Tang's mother that Tang Ji learned what had happened.

It turns out that Jiao Jiao of Taimo County not only collected evidence of Jin Mao's extermination of his followers, but also forged evidence of Jin Mao's extermination of Jiao Qian.

And these evidences were sent to Tang Mao and Zhu Hao, two heavyweights in Kuaiji County.

Tang Mao originally wanted to suppress the matter, but Jiao Jiao's second son Jiao Tong was the thief officer in Kuaiji County and he directly reported the matter to Zhu Jun's second son Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao is very similar to Zhu Jun, very upright and hates this kind of thing the most.

Therefore, Tang Mao could no longer suppress the situation and had to hold a meeting and prepare to set off for Wushang County this month to deal with the matter.

At the same time, Tang Mao's idea of ​​sending his daughter to the palace became stronger and stronger.

Seeing that Jinmao was about to collapse, for Tang Mao's own career, this was the only way left.

Of course, Tang's mother couldn't explain it in such detail, but the general idea was about the same.

"Why did he do this?"

"Wouldn't it be good to be a county magistrate?"

Tang Ji didn't understand: "Am I really not important in his heart?"

Tang's mother was not so naive. She knew very well how chaotic Wushang County was. As long as Jin Mao showed any weakness, he would have been torn to pieces.

This is also the reason why Tang Mao has never dared to go to the countryside to govern.

The people of Kuaiji County are tough and unruly, and it is difficult for ordinary people to govern them.

"No!" Tang Ji quickly hypnotized herself again: "He promised me that he would marry me!"

"Ni'er." Tang's mother couldn't help but say, "Jin Mao is too young, he can't beat Jiao Jiao."

"This time, I'm afraid I'll let you see him for the last time."

Tang Mao and his wife both believed that Jin Mao, who had no official status, would definitely be killed by Jiao Jiao.

"Wow~" Tang Ji cried bitterly: "Has it really come to this?"

...

Zhu family residence in Shangyu County.

Zhu Jun's eldest son Zhu Fu is meeting with Jiao Shi, the head of the Jiao family's Shangyu branch.

"This oil is of high quality. Is it really grown by your family?"

"You are joking, young master." Jiao Shi smiled and said, "How dare I lie to you?"

"Ah."

Zhu Fu waved his hand and asked someone to take away the bucket of vegetable oil.

"I have already told my second brother Wenming what happened. Given his character, he will not stop until Jin Mao's son is removed from office."

Jiao Shi was overjoyed: "Don't worry, young master. This year, I will send you all the 800 hu of oil my family earned!"

"Yeah." Zhu Fu nodded with satisfaction.

"My lord, I have something to ask of you." Jiao Shi said cautiously.

Zhu Fu frowned: "Anything else?" Jiao Shi was more careful: "My family got some excellent rice seeds, but we can grow them twice a year. I want to give them to the eldest master."

"Oh?" Zhu Fu was very interested: "What was the harvest?"

"Young Master, please forgive me." Jiao Shixian apologized: "The rice seeds are still under testing, and we will know after the autumn harvest."

Zhu Fu was not interested but asked, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Thank you, young master." Jiao Shi was overjoyed: "In fact, this matter also infringed upon your interests."

"Jin Gao, the grandfather of Jin Mao's son, went to the Zhang'an beach a month ago and wanted to build a sea salt workshop."

"Everyone knows that the salt and iron industry in Kuaiji County is under the control of the eldest son!"

"Please teach Jin Gao a lesson, young master."

"Sea salt!" Zhu Fu asked happily, "Can Jin Mao make sea salt?"

Realizing that he had let the cat out of the bag, Zhu Fu coughed twice and asked again, "Is the workshop finished?"

Jiao Shi secretly thought that this was not good, so he could only answer honestly: "Not yet."

"I see, you go down."

"Young Master..."

"Huh?" Zhu Fu suddenly became fierce.

"Yes." Jiao Shi said shyly, "I'll take my leave."

After Jiao Shi left, Zhu Fu shouted, "Someone come!"

"Go and check whether these things are true. Also, inform Magistrate Wushang of the whole story."

"Yes." The subordinate quickly did it.

"sea salt?"

Zhu Fu pulled his goatee, looking thoughtful.

"It's not easy to protect someone from Jiao Laogou."

"Forget it, just take it as a good opportunity."

If you can't make it, that's okay.

Zhu Fu was also able to obtain rapeseed oil technology and second-season rice seeds, and the Jiao family did not dare to disrespect the Zhu family.

No matter how you look at it, it’s not a loss.

If you can get through this level.

"Hey! Sea salt!"

Zhu Fu was excited just thinking about it.

...

The main residence of the Liu family in Tangxi Township, Wushang County.

"Debang (Liu An's courtesy name), why is Curry's fuel so low?"

Liu Ye ran to the east wing and asked, "Did you sell it?"

"So what if I sell it?"

Liu An was reading a book leisurely while holding the bamboo slips, without even raising his head.

"Rebellious son!" Liu Ye was furious: "That was obtained by the hard work of the Liu family in Jinyun Mountain. How could you..."

"Ah!" Liu An threw down the bamboo slips and frowned, "If there's no oil, go to Jinyun Mountain to transport it."

"My Liu family has helped Jinmao so much, what's wrong with taking some oil?"

"If Jin Mao knows what's best for him, he should give us the oil."

"Otherwise, when the sky falls and the earth collapses, the Liu family will not rescue him!"

Liu Ye was furious and raised his bamboo whip to whip Liu An: "You are not yet the clan leader! You cannot represent the Liu family!"

"Your Majesty!"

"What do you know? Tell me now!"

Liu An knelt upright on the ground without saying a word.

"Rebel!"

The bamboo whip whistled as it hit Liu An's back, and his clothes soon began to tear.

"Stop! Stop it!"

The person who came was Liu An's mother, the mother of Liu Hua and Liu Gan, and also Liu Ye's wife.

"If you want to kill Debang, kill me first!"

Liu Ye threw away the bamboo whip in anger, pointed at Liu An and said sternly: "The Liu and Jin families were originally one, but he only wants to split them up!"

"The Liu family is a clan, and the Jin family is just a branch." Liu An's voice was hoarse and stubborn: "How can the clan be subservient to the branch family?"

"Okay!" Liu Ye got angry again and picked up the bamboo whip again: "Is this the reason you are trying to trip up Kerry?"

Liu's mother stopped Liu An and said, "Kill me first!"

"A loving mother often loses her son!"

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