At this moment, there is a canal boat docked at the dock. A canal boat is a transport ship with a maximum load capacity of more than 150 tons.
However, it was a large grain ship, and Zhao Jun used a medium-sized one with a load capacity of more than 70 tons, which was more than enough to accommodate more than 200 people and their baggage and luggage.
As for the spies and cavalry, they rented boats to follow, and traveled overland with food and supplies to meet at the agreed place.
The dock was already crowded with people.
After Zhao Jun's motorcade arrived, people nearby were curious about who this big shot was and why he had such a big show.
But because the carriage was surrounded by three layers of people, the people had no idea what was going on.
When they arrived at the dock, the government had already cleared the area around Zhao Jun's ship and did not allow the surrounding people and workers to come closer to watch the excitement.
Zhao Jun got off the carriage. Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and others were already waiting for him at the dock.
Seeing him coming, everyone went to greet him.
Zhao Jun smiled and said, "Actually, I've already explained everything I need to you. What can I give you as a gift?"
"It's still necessary to send it."
Yan Shu came over and said with a smile: "Otherwise, you won't blame us on the way. You won't come to us after you leave the capital."
"Am I such a stingy person?"
Zhao Jun said casually.
"You're saying this now, what if you have random thoughts on the way?"
Yan Shu shrugged: "The proper etiquette must be followed."
"All right."
Zhao Jun scratched his head.
Old Lu held a wooden box in his hand and said, "Hanlong, I don't have anything good to give you when you leave Beijing. If you arrive in Shouzhou, here is my handwritten letter and my jade pendant as a token of trust. Please ask my brother Lu Zongjian for help. He can handle anything for you."
"oh?"
Zhao Jun looked at Old Lu suspiciously and said, "I went to Huainan with no good intentions. I went to inspect the disaster area. What if I catch any corrupt officials there who are involved with your Lu family? Aren't you afraid that I will wipe out your Lu family?"
Lu Yijian smiled and said, "Don't worry about that. The Lu family started with my grandfather, and three generations have served as officials. Our wealth has all come from legitimate sources. It was accumulated by my grandfather and expanded by my uncle. We wouldn't embezzle that little money."
There is a saying in later generations: "Why do you think that your ten years of hard study are worth my three generations of business?"
The Lu family studied hard for not just ten years, but three generations, and also had two generations of prime ministers, receiving a salary of 20,000 to 30,000 strings of cash every year. In addition, they had been engaged in business for generations, so they were not only powerful in the court, but also wealthy enough to rival a country.
The difference between the three generations of businessmen and the Lu family is like the difference between mules and horses and aristocrats.
At least in historical records, there is indeed no record of any corruption by the Lu family. Instead, it is recorded that their family was extremely rich and they had to kill a hundred chickens every day to eat chicken tongues.
Moreover, every person who reported Lu Yijian for corruption was found to be not corrupt at all after investigation, but was deliberately setting a trap for his political enemies. Li Di and Wang Zeng were both framed by Lu Yijian using this method.
So there is really no need for him to engage in corruption and give his political opponents leverage over him.
Zhao Jun rolled his eyes when he heard his words, took the box from Lao Lu and said, "Okay, I know your family is rich. If I go to Shouzhou, I will come to your house as a guest."
Wang Zeng came over and said, "My family isn't in Huainan, but I know what you're doing there. I have a disciple there who might know what's going on there."
He also gave Zhao Jun a letter.
Others including Wang Sui, Cai Qi, Song Shou, Sheng Du and others also had letters entrusted to them.
These people were all prime ministers, and their students and former officials were spread all over the world.
Zhao Jun left Beijing, and his first stop was the Huainan area, which was hit by a disaster two years ago and had far-reaching consequences. They could guess what he was going to do with their toes.
Anyway, the imperial court provided disaster relief, but the people there were still living a life worse than death, and no one knew how much of the disaster relief funds actually reached the people.
In addition, Huainan has suffered poor harvests in the past two years, and the imperial court has exempted taxes every year. Zhao Zhen used his own treasury to help Huainan pay the taxes.
As a result, last year a large number of Huainan people were bought as slaves by local wealthy businessmen and landlords. The government repeatedly banned it, and the court had to pay money to redeem them. It is impossible to explain why there is no trick.
The prime ministers of the Constitutional Court naturally knew what Zhao Jun was going to do in Huainan, and they couldn't stop him, so they simply did him a favor and helped him understand the situation.
With their connections and networks, if Zhao Jun went to Huainan, no matter what he wanted to investigate, it would be much easier.
"It's difficult to help someone in need, but it's easy to add icing on the cake. You all are people who know how to add icing on the cake."
Zhao Jun took the letters and joked.
"alright."
Lu Yijian said, "Outside is different from Bianliang. Be careful in everything you do. If anything happens to you, the emperor and we will go crazy."
"Okay then."
Zhao Jun accepted the letter, handed the things to Jiang Dalang beside him, and said, "Let's go back."
"Bon Voyage."
"Come back soon."
"Remember to write the official document."
Everyone waved goodbye.
To be honest.
Half a year has passed since Zhao Jun opened his eyes.
It’s actually these few people that I face every day.
Although I have some minor opinions about them.
But after all, they lived together day and night, and the old men had some feelings for him.
So now that Zhao Jun is leaving Beijing alone, they are indeed a little reluctant to let him go.
It’s not that I really can’t bear to let him go, but I’m mainly afraid that he will kill people outside.
Especially in Huainan, it is a mess now and the court has not been able to deal with it properly.
What if Zhao Jun went there and saw something unpleasant and started killing people everywhere, causing a rebellion and chaos?
But they had no ability to stop Zhao Jun from leaving, so they could only be reluctant to let him go.
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