After the Gengzi year, in the Qing Dynasty, it was not guilty of opening a tobacco house, but it was a crime to resell tobacco soil. Guilty or innocent, the official word has two mouths.

Zhan Erhe, the second young master of the Zhan family, was locked by the government for the crime of 'reselling tobacco and soil'.

Now he is being locked up in the county government prison, and when he asked the officer, he said that he did not know the details of the case, and that the young master was really in trouble at present, not because he was beaten to injury, but because he was addicted to smoking, and he was beating and injuring himself.

Big smoker? When did the second young master smoke a big cigarette? The family didn't know that the Zhan family's cabinet rules: no tobacco trading was allowed. No one in the whole family touches this ruined thing!

If you are in a hurry, hurry up and visit to understand the situation.

What's going on on the other end? Erlang is the child of his uncle's family, the second in line, all called Erlang, he took two guys to Jingdezhen to buy goods before, and he should return in these two days.

The letter said that when passing through the ground of Quzhou, he was robbed by the Han bandits (mountain bandits), and all the goods fell into the hands of the mountain bandits. But the mountain bandits don't know the goods, these bottles and cans, is it possible for us to go empty? No, it's all tied! Take one hundred taels of silver to ransom people, Quzhou Chengnan bandits gather in the depression, show the Zhan family's goods and flags to meet, one or two less, and tear up the ticket three days later.

There was an accident at both ends, and the left and the right were staggered.

"That's it!" Zhang Yingquan interjected and said: "I'm familiar with dealing with mountain bandits, I'll deal with Erlang's side, the shopkeeper will sort out the affairs of the second young master carefully, let's divide the labor, and concentrate on each other." ”

"The mountain bandits are disabled, and the few shopkeepers can't go on adventures."

"Don't worry! There are a lot of mountain bandit mothers-in-law in the mountain town, and I have also had a friendship with their sixth master, if I don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, they will at least not treat me like this. ”

"It's okay, there is a shopkeeper with less labor. Chamberlain! Zhan Yuqing called the chief butler: "Prepare one hundred taels of silver, go to Quzhou with Zhang Shao's shopkeeper, no matter how safe you are, go and return quickly." ”

"Definitely!"

Jinxian to Quzhou road is easy to walk, the official road is wide and straight, riding a horse gallops for two hours, to the south of the city, a dozen bandits gather in the valley, passers-by know. Originally, it was the gathering place of the bandits before they left the mountain, and it was also the place where the spoils were shared after they succeeded, and it was directly named 'bandit gathering depression'.

Here is more than 20 miles away from the city, there are a few real shantytowns, it is said that every ten here is still a little popular, all kinds of mountain goods are traded here, from live wild boars to small herbs, as long as it is mountain goods. Foreign merchants can only buy wholesale goods (wholesale in whole batches), and they are not retailed in terms of pile valuation.

Everyone knows that a large part of the mountain goods of the mountain bandits are also picked by themselves, and the mountain bandits also have mountain fields, and they also grow grain, and the cottage is rationed. Of course, there are also goods to be realized, and there is one thing that can be affirmed, on the day of the 'market day', the buying and selling are equal, to ensure the 'safety' of all roads, otherwise who will do it?

The government closes its eyes and pretends to be deaf and dumb, who wants to ask for trouble?

It's usually all bandits, beating a person to death indiscriminately, and I'm sure I'm not wronged!

It was not too late, the housekeeper took out the flag, and three stout men came over, and a small leader said: "Just came?" ”

"It's convenient for you big brothers to meet for the first time!"

"Look at the silver!"

"Here!"

"Is it enough for three hundred taels?"

"Isn't it a hundred taels?"

"You ransom someone?"

"Ahh

This is already maliciously embarrassing people, it is no accident, when did the Zhan family offend the mountain bandits?

"This big brother!" Zhang Yingquan took out the peach wood card given to him by Wang Xiaofeng, the sixth daughter-in-law: "I didn't bring enough silver, this object, press here, is it feasible?" ”

The little leader was stunned, stepped forward to take a closer look, and bowed to the paipai: "The water washed the Dragon King Temple." ”

The other two also stepped forward to salute.

"Dare to ask the little brother? Noodles! ”

"I live in a mountain town, and my surname is Zhang."

"Hah! Zhang Shao shopkeeper. Roar Six told me that he only knew one person in the mountain town, and in the face of bandits, one enemy and ten, count you as one, disrespectful! ”

"Howling Liu'an is here?" As soon as I heard this, I knew that he was a person who knew the inside story, and he must be the siblings of Roaring Six.

"It's a monk."

"Huh?"

"The shopkeeper is his own family and does not avoid it, to tell a joke, people talk about 'returning the vulgar', and he talks about 'returning the monk'. He stepped into the gate from the temple gate, and now he has returned to the temple gate. "This little boss is articulate.

I didn't know it at all, it turned out that Roar Six was born as a monk.

"That's it! Release people, release goods. ”

"This silver ......."

"You're scolding me!"

"Shopkeeper Zhang Shao, what do you have to do with the Zhan family?"

"Cousin, also a minority shareholder."

"I see!"

The little boss quietly pulled Zhang Yingquan over and explained the reason.

Sure enough, someone targeted the Zhan family and hired a murderer to rob Dao.

The employer was willing to pay double the money afterwards to make things more difficult for the Zhan family, so that they could run back and forth, I don't know what they wanted. The leader is a young scholar, this person is not good, he claims to be the young master of the Quzhou Hall in Jinxian County, surnamed Shan, Young Master Shan.

Because of the peach wood brand, the little boss didn't take Zhang Yingquan as an outsider, and he said everything that should be said and shouldn't be said. They planted a large number of opium poppies, that is, big smoke, and even joined hands with the Tu and Hakka tribes to buy tobacco paste.

“…………”

"It's not early, and we all have a way to go."

"There will be a date later!"

The shopkeeper Zhan finished counting the county government up and down before he went into the prison to visit, and only then did he know the outline.

The second boy went to Quzhou Hall a month ago, and Young Master Shan took out the 'rejuvenation cream' for him to 'taste', he knew that it was big smoke, but he heard that this new product has aphrodisiac and longevity effects, and it is a high-quality product, so he couldn't help but try two sips.

He has never touched a big cigarette before, but he has only seen it, which is nothing at the moment, the merchant entertains guests, often invites his aunt's wife to accompany him, and he will take a sip together, as long as he smokes it every day, he will not be addicted to the occasional big cigarette.

That knows, the more refined and pure high-grade tobacco paste, the easier it is to make people addicted, it is said that there is a kind of superb tobacco paste, smoking twice will become addictive, no one can get rid of it.

The second kid only lasted three days in a row, and he was a little unself-controlled.

The imperial court prohibits the tobacco business, but many tobacco houses are not called tobacco houses as long as they are named, they are called Fushoutang and Huichun Garden, and bathhouses, guild halls, and brothels all have big tobacco business, and the government also knows that the law does not blame the public, and they should close their eyes when they should close their eyes! Besides, this is not something to be seen for, or to say, the rich man is 'burning' in a panic, and it is none of his business.

These two boys were amazed by the feeling of tasting the 'rejuvenation cream' for the first time, and involuntarily entered the smoke house, originally wanting to get back the taste of the 'first', but they fell into it again and again, and became addicted!

On the morning of being arrested by the government, the two boys went to a tobacco house, the smoke bubbles had not yet burned out, three or five officials entered the door with a big grin, and then turned over the cabinets, and found a small box of tobacco soil under his collapse, the shopkeeper did not admit that there was such a thing, Leng said that the guests came to beat their backs and pedicures, and smoked two puffs of their own big cigarettes when they were bored.

There is a small two testimony, someone sells tobacco and soil, holding a small box, the face is not clear, the small box must be right, just it!

And because the second boy was addicted to smoking in the county jail, he was quite embarrassed, and the county magistrate claimed: "It's not strange that smokers and ghosts sell cigarettes, where does the source of the goods come from?" The Zhan family is a goods store in the north and south, and it is inevitable that it will be inappropriate to get involved, hehe! I have a great Qing Dynasty and the legal net is restored and not leaked. ”

It's yellow mud falling into the crotch of his pants, it's not but is.

Clear-eyed people can know at a glance that this pockmark is not called pockmark, but a pit man! When did the county government ban excessive smoking? Only check one on the day? Only take Second Young Master Zhan alone? ! Hurry through the scene, and then drink tea and smoke without delay.

The government makes money, and the Zhan family is unlucky!

A seal is attached to the door of the main number of the Zhan family's goods store, closed for investigation!

Someone wants to harm our Zhan family! Zhan Yuqing thought carefully, who has he offended recently? Thinking about it, there is only one that is hard to say, Quzhou single!

The single family also does the business of goods in the north and south, and has been operating in Jin County for many years, only the scale of the business is second to the Zhan family, but it is said that the people have backrests in Quzhou and have a solid foundation. Moreover, people have set up a Quzhou guild hall and gathered fellow businessmen, and in this one-acre three-point plot in Jinxian County, the financial situation can be described as booming.

It is said that peers are enemies, and it is true that the two families will always be pimples in business. Recently, it has become more and more uneasy, and some people have spoken to warn the Zhan family to withdraw from the business west of Jinxian County and focus on other directions. This is clearly a challenge, it is really arrogant, and no one cares about it in the mall.

A few days ago, the Cao Gang handed over a message, and some people from Jin County infiltrated the Cao Gang, carrying big cigarettes, and selling the gang, involving the Zhan family's goods, and asked if they were negligent in control?

The ancestors of the Zhan family first experienced Cao Yun, and then made a name for themselves in the Cao Gang, and the Zhan shopkeeper was also named in the gang.

In this matter, the shopkeeper Zhan replied directly: "No one in the Zhan family has made such a mistake, even if there is, the gang rules are ruthless!" ”

Later, I learned that the person who violated the 'gang rules' was the brother-in-law of the old lady of the single family, and the poor posterity was not too much to do, and he was killed by the "lost bag" and "Shenjiang in a sack". The single family has extensive connections, so they will not know that this matter is involved, and the misinformation behind it is that it was instructed by the shopkeeper Zhan to help the killers to kill them, so it may not be necessary to form a beam.

The single family has always wanted to squeeze out the Zhan family, competing with the industry! Understandable. But things are slowly out of shape, two years ago Young Master Shan and the cottage connected the relationship, in the depths of the mountains, regardless of the area to grow opium poppies, this year's harvest is quite rich, but the marketing is a little sluggish, open trafficking is definitely not good, in the long run, smuggled goods will eventually be unstable, after all, the imperial court has a ban, if you can control the nearby trade routes, and cover with various identities is the best.

The best place to ship tobacco is, of course, the richest Liangjiang, Beijing-Tianjin and other canals flow through the area, so that it is ideal to sell to various transportation terminals. Cao Yun and Cao Gang Zhan Jiashu are familiar, and the Cao Gang also smuggles tobacco, but they don't take the tobacco and soil flowing out of Jinxian County, which is related to the Zhan family firm, Zhan Shopkeeper is the first evil, plus the death of the old man's brother-in-law, it can be said that it is not a common day.

Therefore, he made a bad mistake behind his back, hired bandits to rob goods, lured Zhan Ershao to become addicted, bought off the crime of the government's desires, and seized the business!

At this time, the government money was soft, and I didn't know what to do. The imperial court banned smoking, and there were also clear orders, but the law was not enough to enforce, even in the Gengzi years, it was to take the goods of foreigners and compradors to get angry, and there was no arrest and punishment, and there was no clear criminal law. The law of the Qing Dynasty is like this, there is a law according to the law, there is no law according to the law, this crime of selling cigarettes, there are orders but there are no laws and no examples, how to do? Setting a precedent is not a fun thing, the consequences are chaotic, because of the flood of tobacco among the people, I heard that Emperor Xianfeng is also good, if this is a precedent according to the order, I am afraid that the performance appraisal in the past two years will collapse, absolutely not.

This second young master of the Zhan family will eventually have to be released, and he can't pass the hall, otherwise he won't be able to get off the stage. The Zhan family firm didn't open the seal first, and the single family gave a lot of money, so it couldn't help but make people lose it, right?

At this time, the county government came to a Shangguan, and the Baoquan Bureau of the Ministry of Household Affairs was positive, no matter how big or small, the Beijing official was originally a senior official. The magistrate was dumbfounded when he heard that he was looking for Zhang Yingquan again, and during this time, officials from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household came to look for him, which was nothing more than to mint coins.

At present, the southern long hair has reached Hubei, and the entire Qing Dynasty is preparing for military forces, and there is a shortage of money! It is a top priority to pay close attention to the minting of coins, and this time we are preparing to issue 'dang fifty' copper coins, which are copper coins with a face value of fifty coins.

Tiefan has to be Zhangjia Tiexing is well-made, the quality of the coins minted by the provinces depends on them, the Baoquan Bureau is a subordinate bureau of the Ministry of Households, and the quality of this coinage is first-class, otherwise it still claims to be the largest department in the world?

Zhixian Khan came down, he knew that Zhang Zhan's two families were cousins, and he had just arrested the Zhan family and sealed the door of the Zhan family. This face is considered to have been stepped on.

Shangguan wondered: "What happened to the Zhan family?" ”

"Sell big cigarettes!"

"What is this called? If you collect it, won't it be over if you return it afterwards? ”

"I also arrested the people of the Zhan family."

"Hey! You can really do it, ten years ago, there was a big man named Lin Zexu, who only confiscated tobacco and soil, and you were more ruthless than him. ”

"There is a solution to this, there is a solution!"

"Delayed the release of 'When Fifty' takes you to ask."

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"The Baoquan Bureau awarded Zhang Yingquan the title of a foreign Jiupin craftsman, and he was registered in Jinxian County. He asked his entourage to take out official uniforms, official hats, seals, etc., and put them in front of him.

What is the title of the Nine Rank Craftsman? The so-called division has the meaning of management, that is, the head of the craftsman, the captain of the migrant workers in later generations, of course, these craftsmen are the craftsmen of the consular family, which is equivalent to the employees of state-owned enterprises in later generations, and the master craftsman is equivalent to the role of section chief. This is a petty official who is not in the stream in the Qing Dynasty, especially the title of craftsman, which is not even looked down upon by those who have no title and no title, the so-called reading to be an official, I have not heard of reading to be a craftsman, disdain!

Immediately send someone to invite Zhang Shao to shopkeeper, uh! Mr. Zhang, what? Robbed by mountain bandits and didn't return in Quzhou? What is this called? The single family has nothing to do, is it possible that even the jobs in Benzhi County will be smashed?

"Someone! Send Second Young Master Zhan home first. ”

After another two days, the county magistrate couldn't stand the swaying of Shangguan in front of him, and ordered: "Someone!" Unsealed for the Zhan family's goods store, spread the word, and said that it was a misunderstanding! ”

After another two days, Zhang Yingquan was late .......

The wind and rain came fiercely, and it was closed quickly, but the knot was not solved after all.

Zhang Yingquan and Zhan discussed moving the main body of the goods bank to Hangzhou, not because they were afraid of anyone, but because of the world's problems, Jin County was too small to be used.