Hongwu Salt Blade: Records of Jiang Chao's Blood Bureau

[Core Event Line: Salt Quan Bloody Quartet] 1. The salt boat sank in the river (trigger) In the ninth year of Hongwu's reign, three salt-carrying ships of the Shen family were sunk by mines in the Qinhuai River. The smell of Japanese sulfur remained on the ship's boards, and the government's ink mud changed color when exposed to water, revealing a frame-up conspiracy. The investigation found that the Caobang escort fleet deliberately neglected its duty, and that the mastermind behind the scenes was a Japanese spy who colluded with salt merchants in an attempt to monopolize the salt market and smuggle arms. 2. Guancang fire case (offensive and defensive battle) The salt merchant bribed the warehouse official Wang San to set fire to the official warehouse in an attempt to destroy the Shen family's official salt. Lin Mo and Shen Qinghuan replaced the salt bags in advance (the interlayers were filled with fireproof saltpeter powder), and used the Hanshan Temple's "divine fire invulnerability" to create public opinion, turning the arson case into a popular victory for the Shen family's "sacred salt". 3. Caobang Night Banquet (Power Strategy Bureau) Lin Mo and Shen Qinghuan went to Caobang General Rudder to negotiate and exchanged 20% of the profits from water transportation for three years in exchange for the right to pass the three salt channels. The chief rudder used the "blood salt bag" to frame the Shen family for being Japanese, but Su Jiuniang exposed it (the blood fingerprint revealed the word "Japanese" when encountering salt). When the two sides formed an alliance, the Japanese steamship raided. Shen Qinghuan used a salt crystal compass for navigation and salt crystal bombs to blow up the enemy ship, and hid a "salt crystal saltpeter" mechanism to counter the black saltpeter. 4. The Great Game of Salt and Iron (Endgame) The salt transport envoys and Shanxi merchants joined forces to suppress the Shen family, seizing salt ships and cutting off iron materials. Lin Mo innovated "salt for money circulation" and used the eldest princess's endorsement to trigger a financial revolution in the salt market. At the same time, he used pickled fish boats to smuggle official salt and sell it at low prices, defeating the salt merchants' hoarding conspiracy. In the end, Xizuo and the Cao Gang traitors were eliminated, and Yan Quan returned to the people's livelihood.