At night, the storage area of Quanzhou Port was busy, and countless workers were fighting at night, and there was a lot of noise for a while.

"Hurry up, hurry up and load it and transport it away."

An overseer stood under a huge label labeled 'Eighteen' and urged, and from time to time he turned his head to look in the distance at a brightly lit place, a dozen miles away, where the feast of the bay was held.

A person came out of the shadows, and it was Wei Zhun's face that was reflected in the moonlight and lanterns.

Seeing that Zhu Wenqi was picked up by Dou He and others to settle down in the bay feast, Wei Zhun stayed and urgently contacted the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce, and sent additional workers to move the entire eighteen districts overnight.

"Hurry up, hurry up."

Wei Zhun's head was a little sweaty, he kept urging, and even promised a heavy profit: "As long as you can move it out tonight, all the workers will be rewarded with one or two pieces of silver." ”

Dry all night, give a tael of silver!

This generous wage made the hundreds of workers suddenly high-spirited, and they all mustered up their strength to carry boxes and bags of goods out of dozens of warehouses in the 18th district, put them on the board trucks parked on the main road, and then pulled away a cart when it was full.

Seeing that all the trucks were about to leave the eighteenth district, a dense and noisy footsteps sounded, which made Wei Zhun's face change suddenly.

Before he could hide in the darkness, a team of messengers rushed over with torches in their hands, and under the reflection of the firelight, the official uniforms on the officials stinged Wei Zhun's eyeballs.

"The Department of Commerce has investigated and now suspects that this batch of goods is contraband, and it is now seized."

The leader of the team was a young man, but he was the official who took out the accounts of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce for Zhu Wenqi in Zhu Wenqi's office.

I saw this person take out an official document from his bosom and spread it out: "By the order of Lord Zhu Meikun, the Secretary of Commerce, the eighteenth district of Quanzhou Port Warehousing is investigated, and this order is stamped with the seal of the Quanzhou Prefect's Yamen Tongzheng Division, and anyone who obstructs it will be killed." ”

With a wave of his hand, seventy or eighty officials behind him drew their swords out of their sheaths, and in the loud cheers, hundreds of workers were frightened to put down their goods and stand in the distance.

Wei Zhun swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and before he could speak, he could take a step forward, and was knocked to the ground and shackled by two yacha.

"You are presumptuous."

Wei Zhun lay on the ground angrily and roared: "This official is the deputy director of the Maritime Department, and any crime you commit requires the official formalities of the Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office, what right do you have to torture this official." ”

"Now to arrest you at the scene of this investigation, do you still use the procedures of the Metropolitan Prosecutor?"

The young public squatted down and whispered in Wei Zhun's ear: "Lord Wei, in the process of investigating smuggling, anyone who stops it can be killed, you don't understand this, you have to cooperate or not, don't blame the national law for ruthlessly cutting you down first." ”

This threat immediately frightened Wei Zhun, who lay on the ground for a long time and didn't dare to speak, watching these dozens of yacha put seals on all the warehouses of No. 18.

"Excuse me, Lord Wei, do you have a freight list for these warehouses in the eighteenth district?"

The young official stared at Wei Zhun with blazing eyes, and threatened in a low voice: "It's better to think clearly, otherwise it will be resisting the law." ”

After that, a yacha directly drew a knife in his hand and put the cold blade on Wei Zhun's neck, which frightened Wei Zhun almost incontinent.

"Nope."

The world is big, and the small life is the biggest.

How could Wei Zhun be willing to put his life here for the bribe of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce, and immediately poured beans into a bamboo tube and confessed: "The eighteen districts are all smuggled goods, and the main sources are goods from Nanyang and Japan. ”

If there is no shipping list, it means that there is no customs declaration, and there is naturally no need to pay customs duties.

This is a batch of goods without any records, no matter how much money is sold, it can go directly into the pockets of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce.

If there is no circulation, there will be no turnover tax.

Some handicraft products are not taxed in the current Ming Dynasty, and this tax law was abolished a few years ago.

"Smuggling, tax evasion, people and stolen goods, all taken down."

The young public servant was very happy, feeling that he had cracked a big case, and stood up straight: "Immediately report to the prosecutor to cooperate, and all the people present will be taken to prison, and after the case is concluded, they will be sentenced according to the crime." ”

This frightened hundreds of workers so much that they cried and cried one after another.

"What are you panicking about!"

The official shouted: "If the investigation is clear, you will only be employed, at most you will be fined some money, and you will be detained for a few days, but if you confess, Lord Si Zheng will report to the prefect's yamen, and you can also be exempted from this punishment, so you can cooperate well and tell you everything you know." ”

This time, it can be regarded as calming down the workers, and they can't stop thanking and cursing the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce.

After waiting for half an hour, the investigation and investigation department ushered in a large army of judges, and there were quite a few people, and there were hundreds of them at a cursory glance.

Under hundreds of torches, the entire 18th district was illuminated as if it were daylight.

"This official is acting according to the judge, who are you?"

According to the person led by the judge, he was a bear's waist, and he looked at the fair-skinned public servant condescendingly, giving the latter a certain amount of pressure.

"He Yi, the official of the Department of Commerce."

Although he felt a little out of breath, He Yi still responded calmly with his head held high.

Hearing that it was just a small public servant, Zhao Wu's face brought a trace of disdain: "What qualifications do you have to bring the investigation and investigation department to track down such a big case as smuggling?" ”

"Just because I got the order of Lord Sizheng, is it enough?"

He Yi directly scolded back: "The prefect's yamen general administration department has added a seal, and this matter has also been approved by the lord of the mansion, Zhao Chuzheng, do you have any opinions?" ”

The report is for the judges' cooperation, not for you to provoke.

Seeing that He Yi moved out of the great god Chen Tianzheng, of course Zhao Wu didn't dare to have any opinions, but he explicitly rejected He Yi's suggestion to send everyone including Wei Zhun back to prison.

"You said there were smuggled goods here, why didn't I see them?"

Zhao Wu looked around, and several cronies behind him dispersed and tore off the seals on the door of the warehouse one by one, which suddenly made He Yi lively: "You are bold!" Don't stop yet! ”

This burst of shouting immediately provoked the two sides to draw their knives and confront each other.

"Do you want to die?"

He Yi pointed at Zhao Wu, and his angry fingers trembled: "The big smuggling case of taking people at the scene and getting stolen goods and getting real smuggling cases, you dare to openly confront it now, don't you know that the national law is ruthless, and you want to kill your head." ”

"Really?" Zhao Wu smiled contemptuously, then reached out and grabbed He Yi's collar, dragged the latter in front of him, and said coldly: "You only have a few dozen people here, I brought more than 200 people, you said that it was a big trouble, is it that there are more people on your side or more people on mine?" Will these workers speak for you? ”

The workers are all ordinary people, and more things are better than less, and when they talk to He Yi, they will become accomplices in smuggling.

Seeing that He Yi was angry but didn't know what to say, Zhao Wucai whispered coercion and temptation: "You are still young, it is easy to pass the provincial examination and be admitted as a public servant, there is no need to stake out your future."

Quanzhou is not your turn to act recklessly, honestly go back to your life and say nothing I haven't seen, I guarantee that you will be transferred and promoted next month, and the officials and political secretaries are also their own people, if you don't want to, you can also get a few thousand taels, isn't it good to leave Quanzhou to be a rich man? ”

"Resisting law enforcement, knowing the law and breaking the law, bribery, and coercion of court officials."

He Yi's eyes widened angrily, and he gritted his teeth: "You have a few heads that are enough to cut off." ”

Zhao Wu laughed angrily, and threw He Yi down: "It seems that you are planning to go all the way to the dark, since this is the case, brothers, do it!" ”

As soon as the words fell, more than 200 officials from the judges took a few steps forward in unison, and there was a great posture of fighting.

This added a touch of murder to the already tense atmosphere.

At this juncture, another team of people came.

Zhao Wu and He Yi both looked over, and after seeing the comer, their faces changed.

Jinyiwei!