(Thank you for the 100 coin reward from the book friend Rou Zhihu again~)

Then one of the officials took a knife and walked to the desk with both hands.

Governor Li took the knife and looked at it, then drew the knife out of its sheath and looked at it carefully.

He whispered to a small official, nodding frequently.

Looking at the style of this knife, there is no doubt that these people are really Japanese swords!

Governor Li couldn't help but be furious. Okay, I didn't expect Lu Youan to dare to tolerate the widows, this crime was enough to kill him ten times.

"You said that you took them in as cleaners, didn't you carefully check their identities before signing the deed?"

How could Lu Youan easily admit his guilt, and quibbled to himself: "Master, these widows have a guide on them, and they speak fluent Fengyang official dialect. It is impossible for the grass people to see that they are the most vicious and vicious widows. ”

Governor Li rolled his eyes when he heard this. Anyway, now that everyone is dead, of course Lu Youan can say whatever he wants.

Governor Li can't ask someone to sew the head of the Japanese Kou on his neck and ask them to open his mouth to verify it, right?

"You people dare to quibble. Come, come with me and search his house. If you find relevant evidence, report it immediately! ”

Ning Xiu secretly praised in his heart, this Governor Li's mind is still very clear. Lu Youan was suddenly captured, and there must be no guard in the house. At this time, if a servant is sent to search, it is very likely that he will find powerful evidence.

A cadre of officials clenched their fists and took the order. Ning Xiu closed his eyes and waited slowly.

He was not in a hurry at all, in his opinion, Lu Youan would definitely die, it was nothing more than sooner or later.

Half an hour later, these officials went and returned, not only bringing a thick stack of account books, but also locking up two bookkeepers in green shirts.

"Lord Qiqi, my subordinates found these ledgers during the search of the Lu family, and after careful interrogation, they learned that these were the ledgers for selling salt. The subordinates didn't dare to call the shots, so they locked the two of them and waited for the adults to leave. ”

Liu Jian, the head catcher, clenched his fists and replied.

"Oh? Present the ledger. ”

Governor Li commanded curiously.

He took the account book from Liu Zhutou's hand and flipped through the pages one by one.

After turning more than a dozen pages, Governor Li sneered: "This is indeed the account book of selling salt." Lu Youan, as far as this government knows, you don't seem to have any salt introduction. Say, what's going on! ”

As soon as Governor Li shook his official authority, Lu Youan was so frightened that he trembled and kowtowed again and again.

"My lord, the grass people have been wronged. This must be someone framing the grass people. Please make the decision for the grass people! ”

Although Lu Youan gritted his teeth and refused to let go, he also knew that he was really finished this time.

It turned out that Lu Youan hid and took in the eighteen Japanese robbers, not just as dead soldiers.

After all, he is a businessman, and a businessman is the most interested in profit.

Eighteen big men are offered to eat and drink, just for the occasional fight?

It's a damn loss.

Of course, Lu Youan will not do a loss-making deal. In fact, he had another purpose for raising these pirates, which was to sell salt.

Due to the ban on the sea, there were very few people who could sail in the Ming Dynasty, and even fewer could be called good hands.

If you want to sell salt, you have to have a good sailor at the helm, and these pirates are more often used for this purpose.

Of course, Lu Youan did not have salt to lead, he was a trafficker of illicit salt, and it was a large-scale trafficking!

He ordered these would-be robbers to disguise themselves as Ming people, and then board a ship with his caravan and sail down the Yangtze River in the direction of Yingtianfu.

When they set out from Jingzhou, the merchant ships were loaded with Jingzhou native cloth, and when they arrived at Jinling City, they openly sold the cloth and bought tea.

But secretly, they traded with the salt officials of the Lianghuai salt field and bought a large amount of sea salt.

Lianghuai has always been a place of salt production, and the sea salt is delivered to the government after it is dried. The government is responsible for the distribution of salt.

The Ming Dynasty is very strict in the control of salt, and the quota is also the salt introduction system.

Merchants who want to buy salt through normal channels need salt guides, otherwise they will be killed if they are caught selling illicit salt.

But because the salt industry was so profitable, many merchants did not hesitate to take risks.

Lu Youan is such a businessman. He bought off a small official in the salt factory, and every time he dried a batch of sea salt, he would deduct a small part of the flow. Because the number of interceptions at a time is small, it is not detected.

When Lu Youan's merchant ship arrived at Jinling City all the way through the Yangtze River, the Lu family merchant ship sent a steward to Lianghuai to trade with the officials.

The reason why merchant ships stayed in Jinling for a long time was not only to replenish supplies, but also to allow time for the trade of illegal salt.

By the time the illicit salt from Lianghuai arrived in Jinling, the Lu family's caravan had already bought tea.

All the private salt is pressed at the bottom of the warehouse, and bags of tea are covered with a cover to set sail for the return journey.

During the whole process, the eighteen wouldn't get off the ship.

All the work of dealing with the saltworks was handled by one of Lu Youan's confidants.

Therefore, the identities of the pirates will not be discovered.

There won't be much of a problem with the return journey. Money can make ghosts grind, and Lu Youan bribed the officials who set up card checks along the way. They're just going through the motions.

Even if you encounter an official who is on temporary inspection, it will not be much of a problem because there is a cover of tea.

The Yangtze River is turbulent, and the undercurrents are turbulent in many places.

These Japanese who are familiar with ships are still indispensable.

With them, the merchant ship can return to Jingzhou safely without any suspense.

Because the identity of the Wakou is Lu Fu Qingke, they will not arouse suspicion when they set sail. Most of the people on the merchant ships didn't know who they really were, but they were just silent.

Lu Youan relied on the trafficking of illicit salt to really make a fortune and become a wealthy man in Jingzhou. Eighteen Japanese robbers helped him earn a lot of money, and he was naturally treated as a guest.

In this way, it seems that Lu Youan's deal is really not a loss. Not only did they have a reliable man at the helm of the ship, but there were also eighteen more dead men who killed people without blinking an eye at critical moments. And he just paid some silver to support these widows, how much money can he have to eat and drink? Compared with the windfall profits from trafficking in illicit salt, it is really a drop in the bucket.

It's a pity, it's a pity that all of this was defeated by a hairy boy named Ning Xiu.

Now, not only has the fact of harboring the Japanese invaders been revealed, but even the trafficking of illicit salt has also been discovered. How can he live if he is punished for two crimes?

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Youan felt that everything was lost, he took a full breath, closed his eyes, and bit his tongue fiercely.

Because he hung his head, no one noticed it at the first time. By the time everyone found out, the corners of Lu Youan's mouth had already overflowed with a trickle of blood.

It's not good, Lu Youan bit his tongue and committed suicide!

Ning Xiu was the first to find out, he kicked Lu Youan over, and hurriedly arched his hand at Governor Li's mansion: "Lord Fuzun quickly ordered someone to invite Lang Zhong to come." The person who committed Lu Youan bit his tongue and committed suicide in fear of sin! ”

Lu Youan was kicked over, his face covered with blood and water like a man-eating beast, and it was terrifying in an instant.

Governor Li was also shocked, and forced himself to calm down: "What are you still doing in a daze, go and invite Lang Zhong to come!" ”

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