Chapter 1127: The Key Person
Li Goro's confession has little value, they are a one-line reverse connection, his boss knows him, but he doesn't know his boss, only three sporadic pieces of information have a little value.
The real name of the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce is called Tang Jinghui; This is one, and secondly, Li Wulang's boss is an old man of Sogdian blood; Third, his weapon was provided by a person named 'Black Panther' in the black market, and the weapon broker was Qin Xiaoyi.
The first and second ones are basically not useful, but the third one is more useful.
In addition, another of Li Wulang's subordinates provided an extremely important clue that he had been to a mountain villa in Hanzhong, near Dingjun Mountain in Liangzhou.
This kind of one-line reverse connection also has an advantage, that is, the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce will not know the news of the accident at the Xishi Tea Shop for a while, and they still have a few days to go.
Wang Yue immediately decided, he and Zhou Min's soldiers split into two ways, Wang Yue rushed to Hanzhong with hundreds of cavalry, while Zhou Min was responsible for investigating the source of weapons.
Chang'an does not have many restrictions on commodities, so there are not many black markets, there are currently three main black markets, a gold and silver black market, after the last silver ticket incident, the state of the gold and silver black market is very sluggish, there are still there, but the volume is very small.
The second black market is the black market for weapons, which is mainly due to some personal preferences, many martial arts practitioners will have one or two long weapons, or horizontal knives, and the weapons shop only sells bows and swords, so they can only go to the black market to find a source of goods.
The third black market is the manpower black market, the king of Jin Guo Song has already ordered the ban on slaves, but there will still be a small number of slaves in the market, but they change tricks, such as adopting orphans, recognizing godmothers, etc., using the so-called family affection to imprison, and the government has no trace.
There are also shady things such as finding assassins and buying imperial examinations for substitute exams, all of which are carried out in the black market.
The internal guard also monitors the black market, mainly to monitor the black market of weapons, and can find the trajectory of each feudal town in Chang'an, Zhou Min immediately found the internal security officer who is responsible for supervising the black market of weapons.
The internal security officer in charge of overseeing the black market is called Peng Hong, a civilian military officer, about thirty years old, very shrewd and capable.
"Let me ask you, is there a broker named Qin Xiaoyi on the weapons black market?"
Peng Hong nodded, "General Huiyu, is there indeed such a person?" Very cunning? It is said that only regular customer business, or regular customer introduction? The business of the raw customer is not accepted. ”
Zhou Min's heart moved? Is there still a name for itself?
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Chang'an's weapons black market is located in the East City Weapons Store, the so-called black market? In fact, it is more than a dozen brokers on the street and in the store, and the customers want to buy prohibited weapons? Guy will introduce brokers to customers? Take some benefit from it.
But where are the specific weapons? The brokers don't know either, but they know who has something in their hands.
Qin Xiaoyi is about forty years old, and he has been engaged in this business for more than ten years, and he can be regarded as a son and a stepfather? His father was a well-known weapons broker.
With the towns of the feudal domains being wiped out by the Jin army? Qin Xiaoyi's life has not been easy in the past two years, and he has recently begun to consider changing careers and becoming a farmer, that is, a real estate agent in later generations.
The weather was nice in the morning, but it's late spring and early summer? After the sun came out, it was a little sunburned, and Qin Xiaoyi sat in the shade under the wall of a shop? He hasn't opened for three days, but there's no way? Recently, there are very few people who even buy swords, let alone prohibited weapons.
Then? Someone tapped him on the shoulder? As soon as he turned around? Acquaintance, Mo Changqing, the owner of the Changqing Martial Arts Hall, Mo Changqing has bought a lot of weapons in his hands, and he is an old customer.
"The Mo Pavilion is here to take care of my business?"
"A colleague of mine wants to buy some strips!"
Qin Xiaoyi's eyes lit up, "Is it a long strip or a short strip?" ”
The long strip refers to the long knife or standard spear, and the short strip refers to the horizontal knife.
"Both!"
Mo Changqing pointed to a burly man on the corner of the street, and laughed in a low voice: "The owner of the Taiyuan Huanglong Martial Arts Hall, my junior brother, take care of the price." ”
"No problem!"
Qin Xiaoyi jumped up and said excitedly: "Find a quiet place to talk!" ”
"Let's go to my martial arts hall!"
Qin Xiaoyi readily agreed, and the three of them walked towards the Changqing Martial Arts Hall together.
The man was very silent, basically didn't speak along the way, and occasionally said a word or two to Mo Changqing, it was a thick Taiyuan accent, which reassured Qin Xiaoyi, after all, what he did was an illegal business, and he attached great importance to safety, he preferred to do business with people from other places, which was more safe and reliable.
Changqing Martial Arts Hall is also a relatively famous martial arts hall in Chang'an, not far from the East Market, in the Changle Fang next to the East Market.
When they came to the martial arts hall, Mo Changqing pointed to a room and said with a smile: "You guys go inside and talk!" According to the rules, I will avoid it first. ”
"Thank you Lao Mo for introducing the business, and I will invite you to dinner another day."
Mo Changqing smiled, "It's done, you can't invite if you don't want to!" ”
Qin Xiaoyi waved his hand, "Pavilion master, please!" ”
"You go first! I'm not used to going to the front. ”
What kind of inexplicable habit is this, Qin Xiaoyi didn't bother to be verbose, he went directly into the room, walked into the room, but saw a few people sitting in the room, he was stunned for a moment, turned around to exit, but was pushed into the room by the person behind him, and the door was closed.
"What is this for?" Qin Xiaoyi was like being stepped on by his tail.
"We're internal guards, be honest!"
The speaker is the owner of the Huanglong Martial Arts Pavilion behind him, and he is not Taiyuan dialect now, but a standard Chang'an official dialect.
When Qin Xiaoyi heard that it was an internal guard, his legs were weak, and he sat down.
"I'll introduce a small business, someone who practices martial arts and wants to buy a knife or something, and he hasn't committed a big crime!"
Zhou Min slapped the table heavily, making Qin Xiaoyi tremble, Zhou Min stared at him sternly and said, "In the second half of last year, you sold three hundred sets of armor, and now you have a case!" ”
Qin Xiaoyi's face turned white, it was one of the biggest transactions since he entered the industry, he had always been a little worried, he was afraid of the case, but he didn't expect that after more than half a year, the case still happened.
He threw himself to his knees, "I confess!" I plead guilty! Pleaded with the general to take it lightly. ”
"We found out, it was a weapon made by the Chang'an Ordnance Supervisor, but we have to know, how can this batch of armor flow out? If you make meritorious contributions, this matter has nothing to do with you, and if you don't tell or lie, it is a capital crime, and you should know it in your heart. ”
Qin Xiaoyi did this business, of course, he knew the risks, selling more than ten prohibited weapons at one time was a capital crime, not to mention that he was not selling weapons, but armor, there were as many as 300 sets!
He trembled with fear, "I said! I say! It was the ordnance supervisor Cheng Luo Tao, who came to me in March last year, saying that he had a batch of armor in his hand and wanted to make a move, and asked me to help him find guests. ”
"But the shopkeeper said it was a man from a panther who gave him a weapon."
Qin Xiaoyi hurriedly explained: "This black panther is Luo Tao's nickname, he has a black leopard tattooed on his arm, we all call him black panther, according to the rules, there is no need to trade with his real identity." ”
"You mean, this Luo Tao has done more than one business, so many people know him."
Qin Xiaoyi nodded, "I made a sum in my hand, but we all know him, which means that he has done more than one business." ”
Zhou Min thought for a while and asked, "Since you only do the business of regular customers, how can you be willing to do the business of the shopkeeper of the tea shop?" ”
"It was introduced by a Sogdian surnamed Kang, who was my old customer and had made a big deal with him a few years ago."
Zhou Min's heart moved, and he asked, "How old is this Sogdian?" ”
"Sixty years old!"
"Can you find him?"
Qin Xiaoyi shook his head, "This person is very mysterious, I don't know what his name is, and I don't know where he is from?" Even I suspect that he is wearing a mask. ”
"From whom did this Sogdian buy his weapon?"
"It seems like still... Or Panther! ”
Zhou Min was furious and slapped the table heavily, "Didn't you say just now that you only did one business for Luo Tao?" It's two now. ”
Qin Xiaoyi was so frightened that he kowtowed again and again, "The villain should be damned!" It was three years ago, and the villain forgot about it just now. ”
"I gave me one last chance, how many businesses did Luo Tao do?"
Qin Xiaoyi thought for a while and said, "I promise, there are only these two strokes in my hands, and I don't know if the Sogdian went to Luo Tao alone." ”
"I still have a question?"
Zhou Min continued: "Since this Sogdian knows Luo Tao of the Ordnance Supervisor, why didn't he go directly to Luo Tao when he introduced the business to the shopkeeper Li of the tea shop, or did he go through you?" ”
"General, I can't figure this out either! I also pondered it myself, probably because he didn't want the shopkeeper of the tea shop to know that he had done business with Luo Tao, because he repeatedly told me not to let Luo Jiancheng know that it was the person he introduced, otherwise he would not ask me to do business again. ”
Zhou Min gently tapped the table with his index finger and pondered for a moment, it seems that this ordnance supervisor Cheng Luo Tao is the key person!