When she spoke, her eyes were half-closed, and the gaze that came out of the gap was clear to Ling Ran.

"In March of the thirteenth year of Yuanqing, eight thousand taels of silver ......" Xu Ying whispered as she flipped through the information collected in her hand. She looked at the information she got from the tax department and Qian Zhuang, frowned slightly, and said in a slightly condensed tone: "It can all be matched." ”

"It doesn't matter." After a low voice, Tian Mi closed her eyes, leaned her head against the wall of the car, and her body swayed slightly with the carriage, swaying slowly, she said slowly: "I have my own way." ”

Tian Mi is not worried, Xu Yingyu has nothing to worry about, anyway, in the past two days, their group has already completely trusted her.

Tian Mi has been away from Fuhua County for less than a year, however, as the distance gets closer and closer, she looks at the familiar scenery, but feels that time seems to have passed a long time.

His face did not move, but he couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart - it is not time that is far away, but people's hearts. In this time, so much has happened. What makes people change is not the passage of time, but the happening.

This time, Tian Mi did not go to the county seat, but directly bypassed the county seat and drove towards Hongtou Mountain outside the county.

Hongtou Mountain was just one of a dozen mountains, and the carriage drove into it and was searched.

Tian Mi held the pass in her hand, but it was unimpeded, but in the carriage, she and Xu Yingyu glanced at each other, and they both saw something strange in each other's eyes.

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From the car window, this area is actually guarded, and entering the mountain needs to be closely checked, and the guards' eyes are very vigilant, and the interrogation is extremely detailed.

Over here. From bottom to top, it is very standardized, too standardized, and the standardized ones are somewhat militarized, not like ordinary coal kilns.

It's not that the norms are bad, but they have been to too many workshops before, even gold and silver mines, which have not reached this level, and a coal kiln, but they are so vigilant, far exceeding similar standards. It's weird.

Xu Yingyu frowned. I couldn't help but whisper softly: "It's just eight thousand taels of silver......

As far as the coal kilns they have inspected are concerned, the money bribed to the officials alone costs thousands of taels. It can be seen that 8,000 taels can buy the right to mine. How big can this mine be?

The coal kiln is not large. But the rules are so big? How can it not make people suspicious?

Think about it though. If there is no problem with what has been approved by Ruan Tiande, then it is really strange.

Previously. Tian Mi only regarded bribery as opportunistic, but the more she understood, the more silent she became.

In Changguo, the mining of minerals must obtain the right to mine minerals issued by the imperial court, and the right to approve is in the hands of the imperial court officials, if he does not speak, you will never be able to do things, if you do not follow his rules, there are other people who flock to it, so, to get things done, there is only one way for him to go, there is no willingness, only not to go.

This is the way of the world.

This is also the reason why the breath in her heart is accumulating deeper and deeper.

No matter how big a mountain he is, he has blocked so many ways, he should be bulldozed without mercy.

The two people in the carriage had something on their minds, so they stopped talking, and the carriage shook and shook into the coal kiln.

Tian Mi arrived at the Ge family's coal kiln in Hongtou Mountain, and Xuan Heng also happened to go to the mansion.

Immediately, his vision was broad, and from a distance, Xuan Heng saw a plain white figure wandering back and forth in front of the yamen. The figure kept looking this way, and when he saw him coming, he hurried forward a few steps.

"Huh-" Xuan Heng reined in the horse, and when he saw the woman looking up, he called, "Miss Lu." ”

In the early morning of autumn, Lu Biqian waited for a long time, her face was a little cold, and she unconsciously clenched her hands into fists, pinching uneasily.

When she saw that the tall horse stopped beside her, and did not wait for the man to dismount, she saluted a little eagerly, and without waiting for the man to speak, she got up and said quickly: "Don't come down, sir, I have something to say." ”

Seeing Xuan Heng's eyebrows condensed slightly, she didn't care much, her tone didn't pause, and she said in one go: "That day, Fengxian not only told you that 'Ruan Tiande is afraid that it will be unfavorable to Tian Mi', and after that, he also asked me to tell Mr. that the person who carried out this mission was Ah Qian. ”

It's Ah Qian, these three words are slightly heavy, Lu Biqian obviously saw that Xuan Heng's eyes sank.

She couldn't judge whether it was right or not, she had been worrying about tossing and turning for the past two days, and on the last day, she couldn't eat, vomit or be unhappy.

She took a deep breath, looked at Xuan Heng fixedly with empty eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Ruan Tiande and Ah Qian agreed on a three-day period, and today is the third day. ”

As soon as the words fell, a whistle was heard, and then, a horse roared to tear through the quiet streets of the morning, but when the sturdy horse shook its neck, it turned around and ran, and the speed was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye the news was at the end of the long street.

He didn't even ask her why she said it at this point.

Lord Qin Shi is so anxious, he must be really worried about Tian Mi, right? You'll be there in time, right? If he's here, he'll be fine, right?

Lu Biqian stood in front of the empty mansion gate, closed her eyes, took a long breath, and her eyelashes trembled slightly.

If you don't listen to Mr. from the beginning, will these possibilities turn into affirmation?

Not everything should be heard.

May they both be safe.

Lu Biqian was losing her mind, and suddenly, a team of elite guards rushed out of the palace, they moved quickly, their steps were the same, their faces were solemn, and they rushed past her at a gallop, chasing Qin Shi closely.

It was the whistle that called, these people were Qin Shi's personal guards.

Gotta be in time, be sure.

Hongtou Mountain Coal Kiln, Tian Mi got down from the carriage, and it was not Ge Hongyan, the proprietor here, nor the person in charge here, but-

"Ge Gongzi." Tian Mi frowned slightly, she looked at the gloomy young man who Shi Shiran walked towards her, and there was some doubt in her eyes.

In the Dezhuang business circle, I never heard anyone say anything like "the son of the Ge family has extraordinary ability, and he took over the family business at a young age", so she didn't expect that he would be the one who was responsible for receiving her.

This Gejia coal kiln is getting stranger and stranger.

"Miss Tian, oh no, it should be called Lord Tian now." Ge Junran stepped forward to salute as if he was polite, and he stretched out his hand to guide him, slightly curling his lips. smiled: "I know that the adults are going to the account room, please come here." ”

Tian-sama? Listening to these two words, why is it so awkward?

Tian Mi didn't know what tricks Ge Junran was playing, but it didn't matter, she didn't move on her face, she didn't even have a professional smile on her lips, she had a small face, and walked towards the account room.

The division of labor of the group has long been clear, and after entering the account room, they began to review the part they are responsible for. However. Tian Mi stopped one of them and said to him, "Gao Fan, I'm sorry, this time." Inventory counting. Leave it to me. ”

"Does the girl want to take stock of the goods herself?" This was not asked by Gao Fan. But Ge Junran, who has been following Tian Mi all the time, can be said to be inseparable.

Actually, these two days. Tian Mi's audit ideas have long been regarded as lesson plans and widely circulated, and with a little inquiry, you can know the routines she uses, and take countermeasures accordingly, although, because of her changeability, it is useless......

This is the case this time, obviously she has already arranged a qiē, but once again it was unexpected, as soon as she came, she didn't ask anything, and directly asked to take inventory in person.

Why is she staring at the inventory? If it was her, it would never be a burst of interest. Apparently she had already seen something before she entered the accounting room.

Ge Junran didn't expect it to be so soon, and while looking at her with eyes, there was some thick ridicule in his heart.

Okay, very good, I thought it would take a lot of effort to get what I wanted, but now that the other party wants to get straight to the point, then he will accompany him, which is not to blame him.

The corners of Ge Junran's mouth were only slightly hooked, the smile was not a smile, his eyes flashed slightly, and he said lightly: "In this case, then take the girl to the treasury to have a look." ”

This flickering gaze did not escape Tian Mi's overly sharp eyes, she looked in her eyes, her eyes were slightly lowered, and after a while, she raised her head, smiled slightly, and said: "Don't panic, since you are here, Bufang will take me to visit Guiyao first." ”

Ge Junran smiled, not minding Tian Mi's sudden request, he nodded easily, stretched out his hand and said, "Please." ”

Tian Mi took the lead, and when Xu Yingyu followed, she turned her head sideways and ordered: "Babyyu, you stay and take care of them." ”

Xu Yingyu's brows furrowed suddenly.

There are strange things in this coal kiln, they are all clear, and now, Tian Mi wants to follow this young owner who is not a friendly person alone, isn't this a risk?

She looked at Tian Mi disapprovingly, but Tian Mi looked back at her firmly, in the institute, Tian Mi is the one with the most right to speak after all, even if Xu Yingyu has opinions, in her work, she can only obey orders.

She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and said in a somewhat weak tone, "I know, be careful yourself." ”

After that, I didn't look at Tian Mi, nor did I look at Ge Junran, who looked sideways, and worked with his head bored.

Tian Mi turned sideways, glanced at Ge Junran, and walked forward expressionlessly.

And Ge Jun hooked the corners of his lips, but he showed an interesting look.

This Tian Mi is so sensitive, should she be bold? Or should we say that she is great? Hehe, anyway, he hates it so much that he wants to destroy it.

Out of the account room, when he arrived at a fork in the road, Ge Junran reminded: "My lord, please go this way." ”

Tian Mi stopped, looked back and smiled, her eyes were clear and transparent, and she looked at him with a smile and said, "No, I see that there are absentees mining over there, so I want to go there to have a look." ”

Ge Junran looked at her unwavering expression and paused for a few breaths.

After a while, he raised his eyebrows, and said that it didn't matter, pulled his legs and went with her, and said, "Since the adults want to see it, then look at it." ”

Anyway, they are all people who are going to die, so what does it matter if they know more or less? The things in the head are like money, and they are not brought with them in life or in death.

It's just that he understands why in the past few days, so many squares, none of them have been able to escape from her.

She had never trusted anyone in the workshop at all, just like at this time, she would not follow the route they set at all, she had long understood that following their path was to be led by the nose, and what she got in the end was naturally what they wanted her to get.

She doesn't eat this set, she always only follows her own routine.

Tian Mi didn't notice the scrutinizing gaze behind her, but she didn't pay attention to it, and when she arrived at the coal digging place, she looked at the dark mine, and her eyes fell on those miners.

The miners, thinly clothed and dark-skinned, mostly numb, and many of them were skeletal and flicked by the overseers at the slightest delay, like livestock.

Tian Mi looked at it, her clear eyes were slightly condensed, and the corners of her lips were pursed.

It's not the first time she's come to the coal kilns of this era, but every time she sees such a scene, she doesn't feel too good. Well, in fact, as long as it is not psychopathic, no one will be happy at the sight of this scene.

As far as she knows, most of the workers in the coal kilns are not good citizens, they may be refugees who have fled, they may be exiled criminals, they may be sold slaves, they may be the poorest people...... These low-level "untouchables" are often not treated as human beings, and death and injury are common, and no one cares about them at all.

Coal kilns have always been complicated, and there are many incidents, which is a confused account in itself.

Behind him, Ge Junran said respectfully but without emotion, "Please also move your lordship elsewhere, this place is too dirty, I'm afraid of staining your eyes." ”

"Really?" Tian Mi glanced back and said lightly: "I didn't see it." ”

Ge Junran smiled and didn't answer, but saw Tian Mi calm for a while, and suddenly said: "Gongzi Ge, judging from the scale of your kiln, it is far more than worth eight thousand taels of silver, right?" ”

Ge Junran smiled.

He had known that if she went elsewhere, she would find that the actual number was far from the book.

Concealing real property is a clumsy method of fraud, and her method of censorship is not very skillful.

The reason why the coal kiln has not been detected is not because other people are stupid, but because other people are not stupid - many things are passed by with one eye and one eye closed, and in the final analysis, it is not good for anyone.

But on the contrary, this Tianmi is an exception.

He was silent, but Tian Mi turned his head sideways, her clear eyes fell on him, her face was ruthless, her lips curled slightly, and she asked faintly: "Gongzi Ge, it was the current tax supervisor Ruan Tiande Ruan who approved the value of this mine at the beginning, right?" I'm curious, how many taels of silver did your kiln buy the mining right of 8,000 taels of silver? ”

This was to ask him how much money he had bribed Ruan Tiande to win a mine of this scale for 8,000 taels.

Ge Junran's face was extremely stiff under the forced gaze of this gaze, but just when Tian Mi thought that he couldn't hold it back, he sneered, just like Fang Cai was teasing her, he leaned into her ear, his eyes flashed slightly, and his voice was cold, "If I say that I didn't spend a penny, do you believe it?" If I say that not only did I not spend money to bribe him, but I even gave him the right to mine 8,000 taels of silver, would you believe it? ”

"Can you believe it?" After finishing speaking, he slowly stepped back, with a cruel smile on his lips, his cold eyes shining, and he looked at her expressionlessly.

Can you believe it? Why didn't she dare believe it? Why didn't he spend a penny, Ruan Tiande wanted to send him such a coal kiln? Why does this coal kiln feel so different from other coal kilns? (To be continued......)

ps: Thank you for the peace charm I1292 sent by the hermit of Nanxian