Chapter 159: These trifles are not worth her trouble.
After hearing this, the others looked at each other in confusion: "Mr. Xie, what do you mean?"
The boatman said, "I see that the officials and the convict escorts staying here tonight have several mule carts and horse carriages. Tonight, you can secretly put your goods on their mule carts and perhaps you can avoid the inspection of the city guards."
Those people were worried: "But Mr. Xie, this can't be guaranteed. If they are inspected, won't we lose another batch of goods? And, won't those officials and exiled prisoners be implicated?"
Another person said, "Yes. Besides, these officials and exiled prisoners had previously rescued us from that princess. If we implicate them, it would be a bit ungrateful..."
The boatman was surprised for a moment and asked, "Why? Did they save you before?"
The men nodded and described what happened during the day.
After hearing this, the boatman couldn't help but sigh and said, "Since there is such a connection, it's not bad that you have such an idea. The most important thing in the martial arts world is loyalty. They saved you, so we can't say anything more. How about this? Tomorrow morning, I will tell the official the truth and promise them some silver. Let's see if they are willing. If they are not willing, we won't force it and will think of other ways."
Those people said, "That's the best. Alas... it's all because of that princess. Our business was going so smoothly..."
Chen Fenghe listened outside and couldn't help but look at the people inside with admiration.
It seems that they still have some sense of loyalty and conscience and will not repay kindness with enmity.
However, she was even more curious about what the goods they were talking about were.
After everyone in the room had discussed and decided, they went out together to the warehouse to check the goods.
Chen Fenghe followed quietly and saw that it was actually a white block of salt!
She couldn't help but be stunned. She didn't expect that these people were smuggling salt.
However, after knowing the truth, Chen Fenghe lost interest in the matter, yawned, and went back to sleep.
The profits from selling illegal salt are huge, so many people take the risk.
But for Chen Fenghe, these little things were not worth her trouble to sneak into the city.
Moreover, no matter how small the business is, it is still someone's livelihood. Cutting off someone's source of income is like killing their parents. She doesn't want to make enemies easily.
So she pretended to know nothing about it and went back to sleep.
The next morning, the boatman secretly found Chen Wu, explained the reason, and promised that as long as Chen Wu was willing to help transport the goods to the capital, they would be willing to pay him a reward of one hundred taels after the task was completed.
Chen Wu was really moved.
However, after a moment's hesitation, he shook his head and clasped his fists, saying, "Thank you for your honesty, Captain. It's just that this isn't quite right. Furthermore, we offended Miss Qu, stationed at Hejian Prefecture, the other day. We can't guarantee that the city gate won't deliberately make things difficult for us, so..."
Upon hearing this, the boatman didn't want to force it. He laughed a few times and said, "In that case, I am sorry for being so rude. I have embarrassed you, Mr. Chen. Please set off, Mr. Chen. However, I have one more unwelcome request. Please help us keep this secret!"
Although Chen Wu was an official, he had been traveling around for years and naturally understood the rules of the underworld. He clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, boatman. I, Chen Wu, have never heard anything about what happened today."
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