In fact, Shen Xi had already expected that the capital would be under martial law, after all, the 50,000 cavalry of the Tatar fire screen had already invaded the doorstep.

Once martial law is imposed in Beijing, in order to prevent merchants from hoarding Juqi, the government will strictly control prices, and the prices of all commodities will be regulated by the government, and they will be sold in the two cities in the morning and evening.

Shen Xi's first thought was, did you remind the wrong person?

The Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce is mainly developed in the south of the Yangtze River, and has not really extended its tentacles to the capital.

But after thinking about it carefully, what Jiang Liwei said should be Zhou Fatzi.

With Zhou Fatzi's mercenary intentions, it is not impossible to make war money, but because of this, it is said that this responsibility is related to him, and Jiang Liwei is obviously deducting.

Shen Xi said: "I don't understand the meaning of Jiang Zhenfu, it seems that I and my family have no business and goods in the capital, how can I know the law and break the law?" ”

Jiang Liwei had a little indifference on his face: "No? As far as I know, Shen Yude is the young master of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, and the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce has a lot of business in the capital. ”

Shen Xi squinted at Jiang Liwei.

knew that Zhou Fatzi's business had nothing to do with him, but he had to drag Zhou Fatzi's personal behavior to the head of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce. Will Jiang Liwei facilitate Zhou Fatzi's trafficking of goods, and then arrest and bring them to justice, and then all the responsibility will be attributed to the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce?

Shen Xi replied coldly: "Jiang Zhenfu's reminder, keep it in mind." However, I would also like to remind Jiang Zhenfu that if you are afraid that someone will seek personal gain in wartime, you should keep an eye on businessmen more than play prestige against a colleague in the DPRK and China. ”

"That's what I mean!"

Jiang Liwei sneered a few times, didn't even say hello, went straight into the sedan chair, and walked away, more than a dozen brocade guards obviously knew Shen Xi's identity, hurriedly saluted Shen Xi, and then followed the sedan chair and left.

Shen Xi looked at the sedan chair and walked away, retracting his gaze, his mind full of questions.

Yu Niang walked over and saluted Shen Xi respectfully: "Zhou Dangjia has recently mixed a large number of private goods in the ship transporting official grain, suspected of tax evasion, which has been known to Lord Jiang, but Lord Jiang deliberately did not investigate and deal with it, and had to wait for Lord Shen to return to the capital before mentioning it, which seems to be deliberately embarrassing." ”

Shen Xi nodded in understanding.

Jiang Liwei has not been targeting himself for a day or two, he has not yet set foot in the officialdom and the first place, just to get Liu Daxia's appreciation, he was troubled by Jiang Liwei everywhere. And this week, the fat man is doing evil, just to blame the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, and then pour a basin of dirty water on himself, which is in line with Jiang Li's character of being only baht.

If it was in the past, even if Zhou Fatzi mixed some private goods to avoid taxes, he would be fined at most if he was investigated, but now during the war, it can be said that the national disaster is at the head, and Jiang Liwei took it out to talk about it, and the responsibility is not small.

This is also the reason why Jiang Liwei suddenly came to the door.

But Shen Xi didn't quite understand, if Jiang Liwei wanted to use Zhou Fatzi's matter to hit him, why would he take the initiative to explain?

Salute before soldiers?

Shen Xi said: "Yu Niang didn't remind Zhou Dangjia? ”

Yu Niang smiled bitterly and shook her head: "The slave family has just returned to Beijing, and many things have just been heard. Moreover, as a businessman, Zhou Dangjia is also responsible for transporting grain for the household department, even if he wants personal gain, it is not the slave's turn to take care of it, but it will make Jiang feel that the slave family is ventilating and reporting and has interests with Zhou Dangjia. ”

Shen Xi smiled, not to mention Yu Niang, even Jiang Liwei has accepted the benefits of Zhou Fatzi many times, who dares to say that he is clean?

Maybe Zhou Fatzi just thinks that since you have accepted my gift, you should turn a blind eye to me before you dare to be so blatant.

Shen Xi said: "That annoying Yu Niang will make an appointment with Zhou Dangjia for me, and I will tell him in person." ”

Yu Niang frowned and said, "Lord Shen is not afraid of causing trouble because of this?" ”

Shen Xi smiled faintly, Yu Niang and Jiang Liwei had accepted gifts from Zhou Fatzi, he could confiscate them, Jiang Liwei had to have evidence to frame himself for having interests with Zhou Fatzi.

However, Shen Xi thought about it, if Jiang Li really had the intention of harming him, he could coerce Zhou Fatzi to admit that he had sent him money, because Zhou Fatzi was already under the name of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, and he had to rely on the fact that he was instructed by himself to include private goods, and he also said that he gave gifts, which is really difficult to explain.

Shen Xi was secretly annoyed: As long as you Jiang Liwei can play conspiracy, I won't?

Let's ride a donkey and read the record book, and we'll see!

Shen Xi said: "Yu Niang arranged it on her behalf." ”

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Two days later, martial law was imposed in the capital, and while the city gate was closed, there were only two cities in the city every day, morning and evening, and the people were allowed to trade in specific places, and the people outside the city were not allowed to enter the city.

Except for people who have documents or urgent matters, they will be beaten at every turn, and if they have excessive actions, they can be killed on the spot.

Officials go to the yamen and go to the court, and it is good to say that people like Shen Xi, who rely entirely on foot, will be affected to some extent, and they must show their official certificates every time they arrive at the checkpoint, and the people who set up the cards often change shifts, and every time they go, they have a fresh face, so they can only obediently stop and be inspected, which is very troublesome.

Fortunately, Shen Xi's errand in Zhan Shifu was relatively easy, and he didn't have to go to Zhan Shifu every day to work, after martial law in the capital, Shen Xi simply only went to Zhan Shifu once when he was lecturing for the prince, and chose to stay at home the rest of the time.

It wasn't until June 16 that Shen Xi saw Zhou Fatzi.

At this time, Zhou Fatzi was still undertaking the task of transporting grain for the household, as before, mixed with private goods, in Shen Xi's opinion, the merchant made profits to the point where he was not afraid of death.

On this day, the meeting was in the tea house at the entrance of the evening market in Chongwenmen, and on weekdays, all the shops of all sizes were closed, and even if it was the evening market, only a few shops were open, because all the shops were afraid that the officers and soldiers would go directly to the shops to ask for goods with official documents from the government.

As soon as Shen Xi told him about the matter, Zhou Fatzi smiled and said: "Lord Shen is too worried, it is a big crime to kill your head for personal gain in wartime, how can the grass people know the law and break the law?" ”

Shen Xi looked at Fat Zhou, his expression uncertain: "Really?" Can you explain why the draft of the ship was more than two feet deep in the official rations transported the day before yesterday? ”

Fat Zhou's face tightened, he didn't expect that Shen Xi would know so clearly about the matter of private goods, since Shen Xi could find out, the government would definitely know about it.

Zhou Fatzi defended: "The government has temporarily transported more grain, not deliberately by the grass people, but really ...... Nowadays, the ships are due to a shortage of manpower. He didn't realize that he was being targeted by Jiang Liwei, thinking that he was transporting official grain, and no one would track it down if he gave enough money, or someone would bear it after he found it, so he did nonsense, but he didn't expect that the people who helped him would harm him.

Shen Xi said: "From the Tatars in mid-April to today, how many batches of grain have been transported by Zhou Dang's family? ”

Zhou Fatzi thought for a while and said, "There are about seven or eight batches, and there are sixty or seventy thousand stone grains before and after." Lord Shen is not in trouble...... There is a small filial piety here, send it to Lord Shen, in the past, Lord Shen always refused to laugh at the kindness of the next, so the grass people sent someone to the silver number of the Southern Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce to save some silver, this is a silver ticket, please Lord Shen must accept it. ”

Saying that, Zhou Fatzi took out the silver ticket from his arms and put it on the table, all of which were fifty taels of silver, a pile of them, adding up to almost a thousand taels of silver.

Zhou Fatzi is equivalent to sending the silver money all the way to the door, and now he sends the silver ticket, just as a voucher, now he doesn't need Shen Xi's cashier ticket, just destroy the silver ticket, he can grandly take the silver that Zhou Fatzi deposited in the silver number as his own.

This shows that Zhou Fatzi gave gifts and put a lot of thought into it.

Officials and businessmen like Zhou Fatzi have always spared no effort in political investment, and he firmly believes that the money spent on officials is directly proportional to the benefits they receive. And those who are petty in gift-giving are usually rejected by those in power before long.

Shen Xi pushed the silver ticket back and said, "It's not easy for Zhou Dangjia to make money, so let's keep it and buy the coffin board." ”

Zhou Fatzi was shocked: "Why did Lord Shen say something to scare the grass people?" If there is something wrong with the grass people, as long as they bring it up, they will do their best to ......"

Shen Xi said: "Then do you know that the imperial court is investigating your entrainment of private goods?" ”

Fat Zhou was stunned, and immediately lowered his head and calculated, as if he was trying to figure out the intention of Shen Xi's words.

Either they feel that the gift is too light and want to ask him for more, so they make threatening words; Either it is true, and now remind him is to let him be careful, but since he has taken a lot of trouble to remind him, he has to give more gifts as a reward when he turns around, and he has to give Shen Xi more silver inside and out.

Zhou Fatzi smiled, immediately tore the silver ticket in his hand, and said: "What Lord Shen said is very true, grass people should not be so reckless to send filial piety to you, you see...... Didn't the grass people wake up? As for the investigation of the imperial court, I hope Lord Shen will help me move around......"

As soon as he was halfway through speaking, Jiang Liwei walked in from outside the tea house.

Zhou Fatzi was surprised, looked at Jiang Liwei and then at Shen Xi, and thought, "Isn't it that Lord Shen and Lord Jiang made an appointment?" ”

"What are you talking about?"

Jiang Liwei had a faint mocking smile on his face, and looked at the ground, "Oh? There are actually torn silver tickets on the ground, I think it is because Shen Yude is fair and selfless, and he refused the gift of Zhou Dangjia? ”

Zhou Fatzi swallowed his saliva, and now that Jiang Liwei bumped into him offering bribes, Jiang Liwei's share was indispensable, and he had to spend a lot of money all of a sudden.

Shen Xi didn't get up, just arched his hand as a courtesy, Jiang Liwei's arrival was not unexpected by him, Zhou Fatzi was invited by Yu Niang, what did Yu Niang do, he couldn't hide Jiang Liwei's eyeliner.

Shen Xi said: "Jiang Zhenfu, is it so a coincidence? ”

"It's really a coincidence, this official was ordered to investigate the case of illegal businessman Jia smuggling goods when he was in the border of Waiyi, and went to the market here in Chongwenmen to ask, and happened to meet Shen Yude and Zhou Dangjia...... But the arrival of this official made Shen Yude anxious to tear up the silver ticket? ”

Jiang Liwei's tone was gentle, but his attitude was aggressive.

Fat Zhou's face changed, and he said, "Lord Jiang is wrong to blame Lord Shen, this silver ticket was torn by the grass people." Caomin wanted to give a gift to Lord Shen, but he insisted on not accepting it, anxious in his heart, and felt ashamed and embarrassed, so he ......"

Jiang Liwei glared at Zhou Fatzi coldly, as if to say, how can you be qualified to speak here?

Jiang Li only waved his hand, and a few brocade guards came in from the door, and directly took down Zhou Fatzi. Zhou Fatzi shouted in horror: "Jiang ...... Master Jiang, what are you ...... Do? ”

"Isn't what the official said clear enough? It was said that it was to track down someone who was smuggling goods, and this person ...... It's Zhou in charge of you. Jiang Liwei leaned forward and said in a low voice, "But Zhou Dangjia doesn't have to worry, it's just a routine." ”

The voice was not loud, but it was just enough for Shen Xi to hear clearly.

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