Chapter 68: Blackmail
Ge Ming is very decisive.
called the old lady of the Xu family and said: "Yesterday, the county lieutenant has verified the incident of your family reporting to the official, and has found the thief's lair."
"Thank you Lord Qingtian" The old lady of the Xu family trembled slightly and wanted to kowtow, but was stopped by Ge Ming's false support: "I want to give the county order, please 'arrest order' to mobilize soldiers and horses, but now the situation is tense, and I really can't transfer manpower!" ”
"Uh~ I want to fund the adult tattoo one hundred taels of silver to exterminate the thief"
"On behalf of the officers and soldiers under his jurisdiction, Ge thanked the old lady Xu for his righteous support," Ge Ming hugged his fists and said: "I will definitely give the county order as soon as possible, and strive to set off within a few days." ”
“... Feeling the dedication of the adults, I want to fund an additional 100 taels of silver."
"Well, since Old Lady Xu is so concerned about her family, the official will send someone to set off tomorrow."
Old lady Xu gritted her teeth, "My lord has worked hard, I plan to fund another one hundred taels of silver, and send ten other family members to send to my lord." ”
"Oh, Old Lady Xu is righteous. As a parent official, the county lieutenant must think about what the people think, and be anxious about what the people are anxious about. ”
"Thank you, Lord Prefectural." After Mrs. Xu finished speaking, she glanced back, and the housekeeper immediately went back to get the silver.
Three hundred taels of silver, very heavy. Put away two hundred and eighty taels, it will be much lighter.
found Lin Zigui, the 'master book' of the in-laws, had a pleasant greeting, and talked about the valley.
Ge Ming sighed: "My father recently wrote to me that he was not in good health, and he was thinking about what was going on after his death, and he felt that 'Jufeng Valley' was good, and he wanted to buy it as an ancestral grave in the future. ”
Lin Zigui groaned slightly: "That place is a wasteland, with high mountains, dense forests, and many insects, ants and snakes; If you don't have water, you can't grow food, it's useless. ”
"So, I don't know what the official price is when I buy it?"
"That land isn't worth much silver" Lin Zigui smiled faintly and said: "Brother in-law, there is no one else here, it's better to say it clearly." ”
Ge Ming said with a smile: "There is a report that there is a group of thieves in the 'Jufeng Valley', and I will send someone to exterminate them today." ”
Lin Zigui smiled but did not speak.
Ge Ming continued: "The secret report also said that in the valley, I don't know how the thieves found water, although it is not big, but there is indeed water, and you can get several acres of fertile land. ”
"How many acres of fertile land? More than that. ”
"I really don't know the specifics, so I'll personally lead the team this time and take a look at the situation by the way."
Lin Zigui said: "In this case, the two of us can buy it together, and we can also share some risks for my brother-in-law, as for the document title deed, it is a trivial matter." ”
"This matter is early, I have brought all the silver, twenty taels"
"Eh, brother-in-law can give out ten taels, and I'll give out the remaining ten taels" Lin Zigui only left half of it, "As for the later procedures, I'll improve it." The specific boundaries will be discussed in detail when the brother-in-law triumphs. ”
"That's the hard work, I'm going to ask for an 'arrest warrant' now"
Lin Zigui suddenly frowned and said, "Brother wait a minute, I suddenly thought of a piece of news, which seems to be related to this Jufeng Valley." ”
"Oh, I want to hear about it!"
"A few days ago, Yang Million, a grain merchant, got five rare treasures called 'porcelain', each of which cost thousands of taels. Zhou Bancheng of the pharmacy took four pictures in one go. The last one was photographed by the 'Drunken Immortal Building', and it is now the treasure of the town store. I've seen it as ingenious, rare in the world. ”
"Could it be... It was provided by the thieves."
"It is very likely, because Yang Million has just made a big deal and sent a large amount of grain to 'Jufeng Valley', where there was no water at that time."
Ge Ming groaned for a moment and said, "This group of chaotic people is actually doing evil under my nose, it seems that I need to send people to exterminate this group of chaotic people." Since Yang Million has entanglements with the chaotic people, he will settle accounts with him afterwards. ”
Lin Zigui said: "Do you need to borrow someone from the City Lord's Mansion?" ”
"No, the county lieutenant is in charge of the matter of public security and theft, I should solve it myself!"
"Well, it's better this way, and please be more careful."
The prefectural magistrate was very touched by the prefectural lieutenant's initiative.
The Xu family is a big 'taxpayer', and his family's complaint is a headache. I never thought that I would find the thief's lair so soon.
This must be supported. The county order was rare and generous to allocate fifty taels of silver, and the county lieutenant was rare and generous not to fight for more expenses.
Money talks. More than 30 officials, each of whom had a tael of silver, and a tael afterwards. The distance is not too far, and the task is not heavy, otherwise how could the county lieutenant personally lead the team.
In addition, there are ten family members sent by the Xu family, and the 'cannon fodder' is available, so they can make a trip.
With so many people transferred, I can't hide it from someone who cares.
Sima Wudao soon received the news, and also knew that their destination was 'Jufeng Valley'. Tapping on the desktop, he said for a while: "Mr. Liu, what do you think?"
"It's just a blame!"
"That Li Dawei's habitat is there, what do they want?"
"Killing two birds with one stone."
"Oh, let's hear it"
"Back to the city lord. One is the matter of the salt merchant Xu family, this group of people happens to be a good object to blame; Second, Ge Ming has always been at odds with the city lord, and he does not rule out the idea of competing for financial resources."
Sima Wudao nodded, "That makes sense, what is Mr. Liu's plan?" ”
"Although the origin of this son is unknown and his identity is undecided, the 'porcelain' in his hand is quite important to the city lord's plan. Someone should be sent to warn you. ”
Sima Wudao shook his head, "Let's see how he defuses this crisis, I want to see who is behind him." ”