Chapter 60: Overt Investigation and Covert Visits

"Zhao Dashan's Zhenjiang Warehouse was opened two years ago, I heard that at first there were more than 80 guys, in the past two years, we have more and more merchants in Zhenjiang, and his inn is getting bigger and bigger, listening to the people who are begging for a living in the warehouse, there are now more than 2,000 people. If another 1,000 people are recruited this time, it will be 3,000 people, and the monthly salary alone will be several thousand taels of silver. The second brother said with admiration, how many years do he have to struggle to have such a family business.

"So many people?" At this moment, even Shen Chongming couldn't sit still. His own organization of Tongda Carriage and Horse Shop is already very large, but at present, there are more than 20,000 workers from all over the country, and this small Zhenjiang warehouse has a scale of 3,000 people, how can he not be surprised.

"No, according to rumors, even the coolies at the dock are begging for a living under the good people of Lord Zhao, so there are more than 800 people." The little second brother broke the news again and again. There are so many guys, there are more than the commanders of our Zhenjiang Mansion.

"Hehe, he is really a good man, but I'm afraid that the officials of your Zhenjiang Mansion are also begging for a living under him." Shen Chongming pointed out otherwise, but the second brother couldn't hear it because the realm was not enough, so he just nodded stupidly and said yes.

"All right, take the money and go. My favorite thing is to listen to those new things, and when I think of something, I will talk to you. Shen Chongming pushed the two ingots of silver in front of the little second brother.

"Thank you, thank you." The little second brother thanked him again and again, grabbed the silver and put it in his arms, and walked out with excitement on his face. The gentleman said that if you don't accumulate steps, you can't go thousands of miles, and these two ingots of silver are the beginning of your dreams.

"More than 4,000 strong men, this Zhao Dashan's ass is not clean." Shen Chongming frowned and said to himself, the next step is to investigate this Zhao Dashan person.

With a plan, Shen Chongming ignored the resentful eyes of Brother Erdan in the morning of the second morning, and pulled Liu Shouyou straight to the suburbs to find the Zhenjiang warehouse.

"The business is so prosperous, I'm afraid that this Zhao Dashan and your brother have a fight." Looking at the Zhenjiang Warehouse branch in front of him, where the family was bustling with people coming and going, Liu Shouyou turned his head to look at Shen Chongming and said.

Shen Chongming smiled and said nothing, but he was a little proud in his heart. This time I returned to Beijing and hurriedly met Xiao Laoer, who said that last year, the profit of Tongda Carriage and Horse Shop alone exceeded five million taels, and if you add the dividends of the Royal Trade Bank and the Royal Bank, the profit of 10 million taels can be said to be stable.

Such a large profit has caught up with half of the annual income of the imperial court two years ago, and it is ten times the surplus, and it is appropriate to call yourself a rich country.

"Brother Liu, how about we go in and have a look?" Shen Chongming pointed to the grand gate of the warehouse and smiled.

"Well, I want to see how rich they are." The hatred of the rich is troublesome, and it can be described as a poor jingle big devil Liu Shouyou sneered.

He has even more experience in handling cases, and Shen Chongming can find out that it is boring, so how can this matter escape his fiery eyes.

Today, there are so many men under his command and only the Tongda Carriage and Horse Dealership. Shen Chongming is the emperor's loyal courtier, and it naturally doesn't matter if he has such a big force at hand, but it is taboo to come out of a Zhao Dashan person to put up such a big stall. If there is really any ill-intentioned person, sooner or later it will be a great disaster.

"Two guest officers, but come to my Zhenjiang Warehouse to store and transport goods?" Before the two of them reached the door, a young man dressed as a small servant greeted him with a smile on his face. While smiling and asking, his two eyes looked at the two people in front of him unscrupulously. The shop is a big bully, in Zhenjiang, no one dares to mess with Zhenjiang Warehouse.

"Well, my two brothers are merchants in the capital, and a batch of goods has just been transported to Zhenjiang, so let's see where it is more cost-effective to store them." Shen Chongming said with a smile, with a kind face, which made people feel that he was a person who had been in business for many years.

"Hehe, the guest officer has come to the right place. My warehouse is called Zhenjiang Warehouse, which is the first in Zhenjiang worthy of the name, no matter how many goods you store, you can put them properly. The little guy said with a proud face. The two guest officers invited tea inside, and we talked while drinking. ”

The scene inside is worthy of the magnificent gate, and the neat rows of warehouses look like the military camps of the capital at a glance. The weather is not hot, but the coolies are dressed in short sleeves, sweating like rain carrying goods one by one, and their swarthy skin shines under the sun.

Looking at this situation, Liu Shouyou's face couldn't help but change a few times, just by virtue of this, this Zhenjiang warehouse can't be kept no matter what!

The tea was served, and while the little guy left to find the shopkeeper to come to meet the guests, Liu Shouyou said in a low voice: "Brother, this Zhenjiang warehouse is not simple. ”

"Well, this time, let's probe his bottom for the time being, and if there is really anything wrong, we will take it regardless of whether there is evidence or not." Shen Chongming nodded and said. Then he took out his waist card and handed it to Brother Erdan, and ordered: "Quickly go to the military camp and send orders to the commander of Zhenjiangwei, and order him to gather people and horses to rush here to wait." ”

Brother Erdan took the order and left, and as soon as he left with his front feet, the little guy walked in with a respectful face following a young man.

"Two guest officers, this is our host Zhao Yuanwai." The little guy introduced it seriously.

Shen Chongming's heart moved, and he couldn't help but look at the Zhao Dongjia in front of him. Since he is the owner, he must be a famous Zhao Dashan from Zhenjiang, but he didn't expect to be a young man about thirty years old.

"Hehe, Zhao Yuanwai, Shen Peng, a cloth merchant in the lower capital, is polite." Shen Chongming smiled and casually made up a name, which was definitely a master's performance.

Zhao Dashan, who was also looking at him, hurriedly bowed his hand and smiled: "Mr. Shen, under Zhao Zijun, I've kept you waiting for a long time, please take a seat." ”

Everyone sat down, and when Zhao Dashan walked past Liu Shouyou, Liu Shouyou faintly smelled a commotion. Looking at this person's white face and beardlessness, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Mr. Shen, there are many warehouses in my Zhenjiang warehouse, and your cloth is definitely the most suitable to store here. It's just that I don't know how much Mr. said about the goods, so it's better to send someone to arrange this matter as soon as possible. "Zhao Dashanren behaved like a veteran, and he didn't talk about the price at all.

"It's not much, it's just three ships." Shen Chongming's lies came easily, and he didn't think about it at all. "It's not clear where to put this batch of goods, I don't know if Zhao Dongjia can take it with you first."

"Hehe, of course. Mr. Shen, please. Zhao Dashan stood up and said.

While visiting, the two talked at the same time, although it seemed to be unremarkable, but they secretly clashed, and they were both listening to each other's details.

"There are some friends in the lower capital, dare to ask Mr. Shen the name of the shop?" Just walked out of a warehouse, Zhao Dashan turned around and asked with a smile at Shen Chongming.

"Hehe, the nameless shop Xiangyun is not ranked at all in the capital." Shen Chongming is very modest, and he can't tell why he uses this name, but there is some kind of origin.

Zhao Dashan laughed, his face turned cold, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Shen Chongming, your shop should be Tongda." ”

"Ah......" was suddenly revealed, and Shen Chongming was inevitably stunned there, until Liu Shouyou pulled him behind him before he reacted.

"There is a way in heaven, you don't go to hell, there is no door, you break in, this seat has skinned you alive today." Zhao Dashan gritted his teeth, and his whole face was a little deformed.

This Zhao Dashan is none other than the popular law enforcement hall master in the Wuwei Sect today!

He became what he is now, although it was due to Zhao Ziqian, but the initiator was Shen Chongming, the wicked man. I have raised my son for him for two years with humiliation, and this time I will let his son and father taste it!

"Come on, catch it alive!" Serang-kun let out a loud shout and stepped back. Although his body is incomplete, he cherishes this little life even more. Waiting for Shen Chongming to be captured alive, he will be allowed to taste the suffering he has suffered!

As early as when he first saw Shen Chongming, Selangjun recognized him. Although the enemy was very angry when he met, he was afraid of Shen Chongming's identity, so he did not rush to make a move, but quietly made a secret signal to order people to gather people, and made up his mind to take down Shen Chongming in one fell swoop.

There are many coolies in the Zhenjiang warehouse, and there are not a few thugs who are raised, and they are all members of the Wuwei Sect. Therefore, with Serangjun's order, the sect members who had been ambushed around immediately rushed out, and surrounded the seven or eight school captains who were guarding the two Tongzhi adults one by one, wielding knives and guns.

Shen Chongming didn't panic, but looked at Selangjun and laughed. "This great good man, I have no grievances with you in the past and no enmity in the near future, what do you mean by this?"

"Hehe, take you down, grandpa, I'll tell you!" Selangjun will not fall for Shen Chongming's strategy to delay time, "Come on, fight quickly, and take this thief for this seat!" ”

"Brothers, protect Lord Shen." Liu Shouyou's face was calm, but he never put these thieves in his eyes, for fear that he would be entangled in his hands and feet and not be able to protect Shen Chongming.

Shou shouted, Liu Shouyou took out something from his arms, tore it and raised it above his head. I only heard a scream, and it exploded in the air, so that the ears of everyone present buzzed.

Seeing this, Serangjun couldn't help but be shocked, this must be a signal for them to gather helpers. "Do it for me!" Seeing that a group of subordinates were still stunned there, Serangjun was immediately anxious, and if he delayed any longer, he would cause a big mess.

However, the captains who followed the two of them were all good at one in a hundred, how could the members of the Wuwei Sect Law Enforcement Hall be opponents, although they were all fighting bravely, they couldn't help a few people for a while.

"A bunch of rice buckets!" Selangjun scolded, in a blink of an eye, the kung fu of a cup of tea passed, and more than ten dead and injured people were put into the other two people, how could Serangjun not be in a hurry. Seeing that his subordinates' rice buckets were useless, Serangjun had no choice but to join the battle group with a loud shout.

Selangjun's kung fu is not weak, although he is not Liu Shouyou's opponent, but with a few subordinates with good kung fu, it is enough to entangle Liu Shouyou.

And the rest of the captains immediately felt that the pressure had increased greatly, and the formation that had originally cooperated with each other was immediately chaotic by the Wuwei Sect.

As the number of captains decreased, the situation became more and more crisis, and Shen Chongming, who was originally as stable as Mount Tai, was inevitably panicked.

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