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In fact, these days of investigation, Zhao Zongwu has more or less sketched a rough portrait in his heart, although there may be doubts about the specific details, but the general outline has been sketched.

The case of smuggling salt in western Liaoning, which has been secretly investigated before, should actually be subdivided into the business scope of this smuggler force, and as long as it can make money, I am afraid that this smuggler force will dare to provide sales.

And the big customer corresponding to this smuggler force is the henchman of Da Ming, the Jianzhou Jurchen!

As a fishing and hunting people, the Jurchen people are not proficient in smelting, planting and other products with agricultural national colors.

And on the other hand;

Whether in terms of life or military, they have a huge demand for necessities such as iron, salt, cloth, and food.

Where there is demand, there must be a supply relationship.

After understanding this in his heart, Zhao Zongwu almost didn't have to think about it, and first thought of the eight Jin merchants who relied on Jiannu to start their business.

The eight Jin merchants led by the Fan family were able to turn over and become rich in a short period of time, precisely because they got a lot of items that urgently needed to be sold in private!

Why is the slave building force getting stronger?

Behind this is inseparable from those forces that are secretly colluding, and the root cause of this is silver!

With this basic point, coupled with the investigation and deduction these days, Zhao Zongwu has somewhat guessed in his heart who the members of this smuggler force are.

Jin merchant forces.

Local forces in Liaodong.

Local forces in Shandong.

These three can be determined, and there must be other forces involved.

Who is it, because there is no detailed evidence, Zhao Zongwu can't make an accurate judgment now.

Actually, think about it.

The Ming army lost the strategic place of Liaodong in just a few years, which of course there are factors such as unclear governance, lax armaments, and declining combat effectiveness, but more importantly, there are so many people behind this, who do not hesitate to betray the country for the sake of interests, and then make a deal with Jiannu!

In their eyes, there is no so-called family and country feelings!

They only recognize silver.

Zhao Zongwu, who knew this very well, originally wanted to use Wang Huazhen's hand to gradually screen it, after all, compared with those forces, he was simply the difference between an elephant and an ant!

But he never thought that Wang Huazhen's thoughts were similar to his.

As for who has a chess piece worth throwing out for experimentation, it will certainly not let go of this excellent opportunity.

Lao Wang, Lao Wang!

You're really the old king of the house next door!!

complained constantly about Wang Huazhen in his heart, but on the surface, Zhao Zongwu couldn't show the slightest, after all, his current size was not enough for Wang Huazhen to knead.

"Your Excellency, no large number of carriages have been found in this Xu Mansion."

In order to ensure Wang Huazhen's safety, after Jiang Chaodong learned what the governor wanted to see, he first asked the guards around him to investigate, but the guards who went to investigate did not find a large number of carriages, except for more than ten carriages scattered in the courtyard, the others seemed empty.

After learning the news, Wang Huazhen couldn't help frowning, turned her head to look at Zhao Zongwu and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Facing Wang Huazhen's questioning, Zhao Zongwu immediately said: "This is absolutely impossible, there were at least more than 70 carriages in the mansion when the lowly official came to secretly investigate!" ”

Although I don't believe that the little soldier will lie about this, if there are only more than ten carriages left in this mansion, where can the rest of the carriages go?

Thinking of this, Zhao Zongwu quickly crossed Jiang Chaodong in two steps and ran towards the fourth courtyard first!

Wang Huazhen couldn't believe all this, and she tried her best to do it, but in the end, it was useless, and no one would want to do it in her heart.

In a hurry, Wang Huazhen also quickened her pace, which also made everyone behind can't help but speed up the pace of their feet.

Zhao Zongwu's eyes narrowed slightly, there was a lot of speculation in his heart, but when the scene in front of him was seen by himself, his heart trembled violently!

How is this possible!!

Originally, the entire courtyard was filled with horse-drawn carriages, but now there are only more than ten horse-drawn carriages here.

It's absolutely impossible.

Even if the people of the Xu Mansion were aware of my sneaking in, it would not be easy to successfully transfer more than sixty wagons full of goods in less than an hour.

And it's still under curfew.

The slightest noise in the middle of the night would surely attract the attention of the night watchmen.

But if the night patrol soldiers were not alarmed, then where could these more than 60 horse-drawn carriages full of smuggled salt and iron go?

When Zhao Zongwu stayed where he was thinking, Wang Huazhen, who came later, saw the scene in front of him, and his anger couldn't help but rise in his heart!

"Governor Zhao, you explain to Ben Fu what is going on in front of you." Wang Huazhen's gloomy expression made people dare not look directly.

But in the face of Wang Huazhen's questioning, Zhao Zongwu didn't seem to hear it.

I saw him walk out of the corridor room quickly, and once again stepped on the courtyard full of rubble, and the messy rut marks that could not be cleaned up in the future told Zhao Zongwu that the carriage that had been stored in the courtyard was transferred in a panic.

But this courtyard is so large, where can this move the huge number of carriages?

Could it be that there is still a secret passage in this courtyard?

Secret passage?!

Thinking of this, a trace of essence flashed in Zhao Zongwu's eyes, and then he said to Wang Huazhen: "Lord Governor, quickly send soldiers to investigate every inch of the courtyard, there may be a secret passage in this courtyard!" ”

This statement made everyone present doubt, secret way? Don't be kidding, okay?

Since they entered the mansion, they have not found a single rockery in this mansion, which is basically no way to dig secret passages and pile mounds of earth.

If there is a large amount of soil transported from the city in this mansion, it is impossible for the government to not know about it, even if there are people in this government, it must not be hidden under such movements.

Without these two points, how is it possible for you to dig a secret passage?

If only everything were as simple as you think, after all, you just have to think about it and get everything you deserve, how nice is that?!

Therefore, at this time, the master of the Qian who was in the team stood up and asked: "Governor Zhao, if you don't have so many carriages and horses, don't lie to the governor, there is a secret passage in this Xu Mansion, it's just ridiculous!" ”

"That's it, that's it, how can there be a secret passage in this little Xu Mansion?!"

"If there really is a secret passage, then what do I do in Guangning?"

“……”

If Zhao Zongwu responds to what Zhao Zongwu said, then they will have one more crime of negligence, after all, as an official of Guangning, let people dig a secret passage in the city in a grand manner, what do you say they are?

Therefore, in any case, the money master will never allow such speculation to arise.