Haven't come back yet? What do you mean? ”

Hearing that the person sent to kill the county order did not come back, the chief helmsman of the Xie family was stunned.

"Chief helmsman, I really haven't seen them in the past few days!"

The chief helmsman of the Xie family frowned: "They are all first-grade and second-grade martial artists, and there is at most one rank in the county government, so it is impossible to deal with my people?" ”

"Chief helmsman, do you want us to go to the county government to have a look?" Someone asked.

The chief helmsman of the Xie family thought for a while and said, "I'll go by myself, this thing is very strange, if I don't go out in person, I'm afraid I won't know what happened!" ”

As he spoke, the chief helmsman of the Xie family got up and led people towards the yamen.

In the yamen, Qin Ming heard from Bai Pao that the private salt market had been saturated with the salt they bought, so Qin Ming arranged for Bai Pao to go to the Liu family's territory in the west and use the same way to sell salt at a low price with official salt.

Let Lai Yuejin go to the central part of the country, it is still the old way, take a large amount of official salt and sell it at a low price.

Qin Ming wants to crack down on all the private salt in the three regions at one time.

And he is now a county magistrate, and he can buy the most official salt at the lowest price through the way of the county government to sell it, and the big deal is to remove the tax contained in the salt, and if the price is lower, it will not lose anything.

After Bai Pao and Lai Yuejin were ordered to leave, Qin Ming sat in the hall, quite strategizing.

It's just that at this time, a soap official came in in panic and said, "Oh no, my lord, the head of the Xie family is here......

Seeing that the soap official was so panicked, it was not difficult for Qin Ming to guess that this Xie family was really powerful in Qingyun City, and the yamen was still a little afraid of him!

Qin Ming was naturally not afraid, and said lightly: "Let him come in!" ”

Not long after, a middle-aged man with a gloomy face walked in with more than a dozen people.

As soon as he came in, he looked at Qin Ming in the hall, the middle-aged man frowned, and said, "It turns out that the county government has changed its master!" ”

Now he was sure in his heart that the former county magistrate was really dead.

Qin Ming glanced at the chief helmsman of the Xie family and said, "The chief helmsman of the Xie family, do you still have the heart to come to my yamen now?" ”

"What? I can't come to this yamen? The chief helmsman of the Xie family sneered.

Qin Ming also smiled and said, "Come on, come on, in the future, you will stay for a long time." ”

The chief helmsman of the Xie family was stunned for a moment, seemed to understand the sound outside the strings, and said, "I'm afraid it's the county order that you think too much, right?" ”

"The helmsman of the Xie family is here, why is it here?" Qin Ming asked.

"No, I'm just here to visit the prefectural magistrate, and besides, talk to the prefectural magistrate!" The chief helmsman of the Xie family said.

Qin Ming said: "Then please say it!" ”

He didn't mean to ask the chief helmsman of the Xie family to sit down, and the chief helmsman of the Xie family didn't care, saying:

"I'm here, just for one thing, I want to talk to you about the county order, before that, I want to ask a question, I don't know, the county order has seen a few people from my Xie family?"

"Inferior?" Qin Ming sneered: "Is it a subordinate, or a murderer?" ”

The chief helmsman of the Xie family smiled: "My lord, it turns out that you all know?" Now that I know, I don't think I need to talk nonsense, adults should know that they will go against my Xie family, right? ”

"That's what you're talking about?" Qin Ming asked.

"It seems that my people are in the hands of adults, it doesn't matter. I have another question, the official salt has been so cheap recently, it's your handiwork, right? The chief helmsman of the Xie family asked.

Qin Ming pouted: "Official salt is sold cheaply, what's the problem?" ”

The helmsman of the Xie family stared at Qin Ming and said: "But it's too low, everyone sells official salt at the low level, and I have private salt, and there is no market......

"What, your Xie family is illegally selling smuggled salt, and my government still has to open up a market for you?" Qin Ming sneered.

"My lord's words, it's a little unpolite, your official salt can't bring you any benefits, but my private salt can make you, adult, full of ......."

When the chief helmsman of the Xie family said this, he took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve.

Qin Ming said unceremoniously: "Those who bribe officials should be punished according to their crimes, the chief helmsman of the Xie family, you can think about it carefully!" ”

The hand that pulled out half of the sleeve suddenly paused, and the head helmsman of the Xie family turned a little gloomy: "My lord, I am so ignorant, so, it's not good!" ”

"This official, do you want you to teach me how to be a man?" Qin Ming's face sank.

The chief helmsman of the Xie family slowly stuffed the silver ticket back, looked at Qin Ming with a cold face, and said, "Since the adults are not sensible, then be prepared to accept the consequences of being ignorant and say goodbye!" ”

With that, the helmsman of the Xie family turned around and left.

In the hall, the county Cheng and the chief bookkeeper who rushed to the scene breathed a sigh of relief, and when they saw the chief helmsman of the Xie family leaving, the two stepped forward, and then the county Cheng spoke:

"My lord, why do you sin against him?"

"That's right, my lord, in this Qingyun City alone, there are thousands of illicit salt dealers pointing to the Xie family for dinner, and there are hundreds of illicit salt dealers in more than a dozen surrounding cities who rely on the Xie family for a living, the Xie family is powerful, and we have offended them, we are not opponents!" The master book also spoke.

Qin Ming glanced at the two of them and said, "You two, I'm afraid you haven't taken any less benefits from them, right?" ”

The two were suddenly embarrassed and didn't dare to talk more.

Qin Ming snorted and said: "This official has given you a chance, you can reform yourself, there is still a way to live, if you are obsessed, then the former county commander will wait for the end!" ”

The two lowered their heads, but remained silent.

Qin Ming continued: "Do you two understand why the previous county commander died just now? ”

"My lord, it's not that you were found to be corrupt and killed on the spot." The main book is opened.

They thought that Qin Ming would mention this matter again and give the two of them a wake-up call.

Who knew that Qin Ming said: "No, you two can know, why did the chief helmsman of the Xie family ask me to ask him to be a member of the Xie family?" ”

The two were puzzled: "This ...... I don't know ......."

"The truth is that the Xie family was worried about the imperial court's investigation of illegal salt, so they sent someone to the county government to kill the previous county commander, and it happened that I came, and my subordinates took down these people and imprisoned them in prison." Qin Ming said these words lightly.

But these few words made the county Cheng and the chief bookkeeper's faces change greatly.

"What? The former prefectural order is ...... The Xie family sent someone to kill him? The county Cheng's breathing became short.

The former county commander was killed by the imperial court, and he was killed by the Xie family, which are completely two different concepts.

was killed by the imperial court, that was corruption, but it was killed by the Xie family, that was unloading the mill and killing the donkey.

"Think about the consequences for yelves, you two!" Qin Ming said lightly.

The county clerk and the chief bookkeeper looked at each other, and they both saw the fear in their eyes.

Corruption, to put it bluntly, since you dare to be greedy, you have considered the consequences of the imperial court investigation at any time, so although you are afraid, you may not be unprepared.

But if the people who bribed them end up killing them, it would be something they never expected, which is much more terrible than the imperial court investigating and disposing of them.

In other words, if it is embezzled, it will not only be investigated by the imperial court. They will also be killed by those who bribed them......

What is this called?

Qin Ming didn't talk nonsense either, these few words, combined with the attitude of the chief helmsman of the Xie family just now, were enough for these two to be afraid.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and then knelt down to Qin Ming together: "My lord, the two of us confess, please ask your lord to save my life......"

(End of chapter)