"On October 24, a batch of ink armor in Tiger Warehouse located in Xiangcheng County was robbed by someone halfway?"

Above the public court, Li Shimin quickly flipped through the confession in his hand, and his eyes were full of mockery: "Nine caravans were robbed in a month, and more than 2,000 statues were lost in the ink armor alone, which is too much, right?

Due to the success of the practice of 'Zhou Tianxuan Ling Yuan Qi Mantra', Li Shimin now gradually has the ability to never forget. Therefore, although the confession scrolls submitted by his subordinates reached more than 100 on the first day, with a total of more than 7,000 pieces of rice paper and more than 2 million words, this did not stump him.

Li Shimin not only read through these volumes and memorized them by heart, but also was able to accurately extract the clues he wanted from them. All the key information that may be involved in the case was found out by him one by one.

Li Shimin even found more than 140 conflicting confessions from them, and I don't know whether the people in charge of these firms deliberately concealed them or whether they had misremembered.

However, most of them have nothing to do with him, that is, Li Shimin just wants all the clues about the Demon Dragon Babu. As long as it has nothing to do with it, it is not in his consideration, and there is no need to deliberately remand for retrial.

Whether it is suspected of smuggling, tax evasion, or even collusion and funding of traitors, this is all the matter of Xiuyiwei, Si Litai, and Yushitai.

After all, the people in charge of interrogation are provided by these companies, and even if there is any problem in the future, they should be responsible.

This is precisely the reason why Li Shimin asked the Son of Heaven for instructions, borrowed people from embroidered clothes and guards, etc.—it was of course because he really lacked manpower in his hands, and it was also to facilitate him to shirk his responsibility in the future.

Even if there is something wrong with these confessions, or if there is something missing, it is not his fault, and he, Li Shimin, is at most guilty of negligence.

This is also to cater to the intentions of all parties in the court, His Majesty and Wang Chonggu want to use the mouths of those worshippers sent by the embroidered clothes and guards to ask some questions they want to ask, and solve some of the questions they want to solve; and Si Litai and Yu Shitai and so on, also have their own objects that they want to protect or frame; as for the various firms, they are also ready to cooperate with the investigation to show the Son of Heaven their innocence—in short, they take what they need.

So here are the confessions before his case, most of which have nothing to do with the Demon Dragon Babu case.

"They didn't make any money in the first place, and according to this account book, Tiger Warehouse lost at least 30,000 yuan in October. In November, there were 12 robberies and losses of 220,000 yuan. ”

At this time, Zhang Yurou, opposite Li Shimin, was also flipping through the file on the table. And this person's expression is also very strange: "I really didn't expect that the eastern capital of the Great Sui is located, the richest and best place in Henan, the best place in the world, and the law and order have actually been rotten to this point." Don't they have anything to say about that?"

If you want to talk about robbery, the major trading houses in the black market ship city have not been less encountered. In fact, this year's dart business has soared, and it is already very telling that it is rising.

But these trading houses, at most, have only suffered one or two robberies a month. No matter how bad your luck is, about three times is the limit. Otherwise, this business will not be able to be done at all, and even if it can be done, the prices in and around Luoyang City will be so expensive that ordinary people will be completely unaffordable.

But in this tiger warehouse, in November alone, there have been eleven robberies, and the lost goods are as high as millions.

- No matter how you look at it, it is not normal, in recent years, the territory of the Great Sui has indeed been turbulent, but in Henan, under the heavy pressure of the forbidden army and embroidered guards, the various trade routes are actually quite peaceful.

"It is said that it is suspected that there is an internal ghost, and it is being investigated recently, and there are already some clues. This barely makes sense, and by the time of December, their caravans had been looted many times. It has been reduced to normal levels. ”

As Li Shimin spoke, he casually handed the confession in his hand to Zhang Yurou.

"If you look at these again, you can see a lot of interesting things. ”

The latter ran to his yamen early this morning, saying that he had finished his retreat and wanted to come over to see the excitement, so he helped by the way.

Li Shimin welcomed this, Zhang Zhongjian and Qinglong Villa are not only the world's No. 1 private salt giants, but also one of the giant businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River. Zhang Yurou followed her father, and she knew all the ways of these commercial houses in the black market.

Some of the cats he couldn't see, but he couldn't hide them from Zhang Yurou, maybe he could help her pick up the gaps and find some hidden clues.

"Is there an inner ghost? But this is not normal no matter how you look at it, right? It doesn't make sense at all. ”

After Zhang Yurou flipped through it hastily, she frowned: "If you don't do this business, it stands to reason that before these trade routes are safe, you should be cautious about shipping or directly change routes." But they were still business as usual, as if the robbers would disappear in a few months. Knowing that there are internal ghosts, why don't they deal with it? There are also some things wrong with their accounts in the north, and the profits are too small! Although this is reasonable in normal times, when is it now? The business on the grassland is now very difficult to do, but once it is done, it will definitely be several times more profitable than before, and if it is an experienced caravan, the income will only be more. I think it's either embezzled by the people below, or they take this batch of profits and have other plans. I'm sure they're 100 percent fake,"

Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh: "Do you want to make fake accounts for your own industry?"

"It is not difficult to understand that the shareholders of Tiger Warehouse are not only the Duke of Chu. It is also very likely that considering that the situation of being searched by the embroidered clothes guard happened,"

Zhang Yurou said thoughtfully: "I think they must have used these funds for other purposes, such as buying war horses, pack horses, and animal tendons—"

When Li Shimin heard this, his eyes instinctively condensed slightly.

War horses, pack horses, and animal tendons? It is estimated that eight or nine are not far from ten.

War horses are generally only used for the iron cavalry and scout cavalry in the army, but qualified war horses are difficult to find, and they must meet the physical fitness standards, and the dragon horses that have undergone strict training can afford heavy armor, and carry people to gallop long distances, not afraid of swords, guns and arrows, etc. A batch of qualified war horses, worth at least more than 10 million. Therefore, the Iron Horse is expensive, even if it is the most ordinary, and the cost is not inferior to that of a captain-level ink armor. Among them, the cost of war horses alone will account for more than one-third of the cost.

After that, the pack horse is even more important. Nowadays, the transportation of baggage in the Great Sui army relies on pack horses most of the time, and only when it is forced to do so, will manpower be used.

The latter is not efficient, and it will also affect local agriculture and consume people's manpower.

But now the pack horses of the Sui army still have a large number of gaps, and when they conquered Liao, they had to evaporate a large number of people. so that those who could not bear the labor, and died of cold and starvation, were filled with the Tao.

As for the beast tendon and horn, which are necessary ingredients for making war bows, they are also extremely valuable.

All three of these are materials of war that are in short supply.

If that's the case, that's interesting. It seems that the Duke of Chu did not pin all its hopes on winter hunting. Long before that, preparations for war began.

"Erlang, do you want to submit these materials to the Son of Heaven?"

A slight glint flashed in Zhang Yurou's eyes: "I can sort out these account books and confessions a little, and ensure that after the Son of Heaven reads it, he will definitely be suspicious of Yang Xuan." ”

"I don't need to!"

Li Shimin shook his head: "But Yurou, you can help me organize the book, and later it can be transferred to the embroidered clothes guard and the imperial history platform." My current mission is only the Eight Dragons. If you stretch your hand out of bounds, you'll be disgusted. ”

"But~ This is a great opportunity, and I will definitely be able to bring Yang Xuan to the ground—"

Zhang Yurou was stunned at first, and then she said thoughtfully: "But what's the difficulty now? Speaking of which, the recent turmoil in the DPRK and China has been unexpectedly calm for a few days, and your martial arts Li clan has not moved. Lord Tang Guogong, shouldn't it be that he is going to die down again?"

Li Shimin couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Almost! But this time it has little to do with my father, all in all, it's not the right time." ”

He didn't even know how many of the Dou clan's handles were now in the hands of the Duke of Chu, and how serious was it? In short, he still needed to endure these two months.

"I see!"

Zhang Yurou is not as persistent about this matter as Li Xiaogong, he is more concerned about Li Shimin himself: "But once the reverse of the Duke of Chu is exposed in the future, what you do today will most likely become a hidden danger." ”

"That's going to have to test our means. ”

Li Shimin's sword eyebrows raised slightly: "We must not only properly show our suspicion of the tiger warehouse, but also show our unwillingness to overstep our authority, and leave the roots to be checked." ”

- It's a pity that Tang Jian is still helping him run a private salt business in Kansai, otherwise with his friend's ability, he can easily help him get this matter.

Zhang Yurou is not good at this, but Qinglong Villa is rich in the world, has deep relationships with many local officials, and there are too many resources at his disposal, so there is always a way to provide what he wants.

"Hmm~ Erlang, you're really slippery, I probably understand what you mean. It's troublesome, but it's not impossible. ”

Zhang Yurou chuckled: "But what if the embroidered clothes guard and the imperial history platform also plan to get to the bottom of it?"

That is Yang Xuangan's own business, if he can't suppress this matter, it can be seen that his ability is limited. At that time, even if the jade was burned and the fish were dead and the net was broken, our martial arts Li clan was not afraid. ”

Then Li Shimin picked up another confession, but after reading it a little, his eyes showed a cold look again.