It is still useful, Li Qing ordered people to send them to Nanxi County for resettlement, their own room, closed the door, took out the booklet and studied it carefully, it can be said that this booklet contains all the trade secrets of the Hai family, the name of the goods, the type, the specification, the purchase channel, the purchase price, the sales channel, the selling price, all available, although many of the contents are more than ten years ago old accounts, but the paper is very new, obviously re-copied the reputation, Li Qing while flipping through the hand, while reading softly:

In the twentieth year of Kaiyuan, 30,000 stones of rice were entered. Pass through;

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In the twenty-second year of Kaiyuan, wine was sold to Chang'an.

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In the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan, 200,000 goods were sold.

Li Qing's hand couldn't help stopping, every stroke in front of him was written in detail, but this one was written very briefly, there was only this one sentence, what goods? Where did you buy it from? And where do they sell to? Nothing was written, Li Qing turned the page again, and there was only one sentence in the same way, 'In the twenty years of Kaiyuan, 300,000 yuan of goods were sold. Then there is the last page, and there is still only one sentence, 'In the twentieth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, 300,000 pieces of goods were sold and distributed three times. ’

The last three pages of the paper have been yellowed, the handwriting is a little blurred, it is very different from the previous one, it seems to be the original, Li Qing remembered Haiming's words, "These last three pages may be what Li Dongzhu wants the most." ”

"What do I want? What could it be? He pressed his thumb to his temple and pondered, "What happened in the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan, the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan, and the twentieth year of Kaiyuan?" ”

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind like lightning, 'Tibet! He didn't think about it anymore, grabbed the booklet and rushed out of the door, "Lao Yu, hurry, go to the county office!" ”

The carriage was galloping on the street, Li Qing's thoughts also turned fast, the Hai family is the descendants of the Tubo people in Songzhou, these three tickets of goods are very likely to be related to Tubo, he now needs to confirm one of his guesses, the carriage soon arrived at the county office, without waiting to stop, he jumped out of the carriage and rushed straight to the main bookkeeper room, although the Yibin County master bookkeeper is Li Qing's main job, but he only hangs a false name, and many miscellaneous things are thrown to the old official Shao Tianxing, Shao Tianxing is sorting out the book, but he saw that the county commander broke in, he quickly dropped the file and stepped forward to give a salute:" How are you feeling better? ”

"My illness has been cured, Lao Shao, is there a store of 'Kaiyuan Miscellaneous News' in our county?"

Shao Tianxing thought for a while and said, "At most, it was ten years ago, and there will be no more of it." ”

"Ten years of archiving is enough, you quickly go and transfer the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan, the twentieth year of Kaiyuan and the twentieth year of Kaiyuan, and all the miscellaneous reports of these three years to me."

'Kaiyuan Miscellaneous Newspaper' is the earliest newspaper in history, issued by the official in the Kaiyuan period, mainly recording the imperial court decrees, military orders, and the emperor's daily life.

Soon, Shao Tianxing brought several thick stacks of newspapers, Li Qing patted off the dust, cut the ropes, and began to search them one by one.

"My lord, what kind of content are you looking for, I'll help you find the miscellaneous newspapers of the twentieth year of Kaiyuan."

"I'm looking for records about Tibet."

After Li Qinggang finished speaking, his eyes were stagnant, "In March of the twenty-fifth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Tubo attacked Xiaobolu, and Hexi Jiedu made Cui Xiyi lead the army from the south of Liangzhou into the Tubo boundary for more than 2,000 miles, and went to the west of Qinghai to meet the Tubo army, defeated Tubo, and beheaded more than 2,000 people. ’

Xiao Bolu is the Pashmir region that India and Pakistan are competing for today, it was the westernmost point of the territory of the Tang Dynasty, across the small Bolu, and then to the west is the border of the big food, the south of the small Bolu is the big Bolu, the strategic location of the big and small Bolu is extremely important, the green ridge and the vast Gobi block the northern expansion of Tubo, if you take the big and small Bolu, it will open up a road to the north, the Tubo army can bypass the green mountains, echo with the Hexi Corridor in the east, and the east and west are attacked, you can take the vast Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop, It is precisely because of the decisive strategic position of the big and small Bolu that in the year of Tianbao, the Tang general Gao Xianzhi ran thousands of miles, lasted more than 100 days, conquered the small Bolu, cut off the throat of Tubo from the west to the north, and created the most glorious scene in the history of the national expedition.

Li Qing silently put down the newspaper and began to flip through the miscellaneous newspapers of the 20th year of Kaiyuan.

"My lord, there are also here." In the twentieth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Tubo once again captured Shibao City. ’

Don't look for it anymore, Li Qing has fully understood, the last three records of the war with Tubo broke out that year, this is definitely not a coincidence, the Hai family made a fortune by trading with Tubo, plus they themselves are descendants of Tubo, how can they not be involved in the smuggling of contraband, and Haiming's simple records just show that these huge amounts of goods are confidential and are strictly controlled, so Haiming can't find out the inside story, but he must have smelled something, so he hinted that his three pieces of paper were unusual.

Li Qing could almost conclude that the three votes were the records of the Hai family's smuggling of contraband, iron, copper, and even ordnance.

Carriage, Li Qing closed his eyes in the car and pondered, in the late Tianbao period, the Tang Dynasty and Tubo wars were frequent, and the battle of Xiaobolu and Shibao City broke out one after another, and Tubo was poor in resources, and it was inevitable that a large number of materials would be purchased from the Tang Dynasty, and the Hai family would not be left behind, this and next year

If you can take the opportunity to catch the evidence of the Hai family's smuggling, it will be the Hai family's copying of the sun, but the Hai family is secretive, how can they let themselves easily catch the handle.

The carriage gradually slowed down, in front of the newly built Gongmingfang entrance, the crowd is congested, the shops are dense, you can hear the accent of the south and the north everywhere, businessmen from all over the country can be seen everywhere, and even foreign businessmen from Dashi, Tianzhu, Japan and other places, at this time, a group of porters carrying dozens of big boxes, shouting the number passed by Li Qing's car, the cargo throughput of the Yibin County wharf has increased dramatically in recent months, correspondingly, the porters who carry the goods are also as many as thousands, such abundant human resources, No wonder the Min Gang wants to come to Yibin County for development.

"Min Gang!" Li Qing's mind was like lightning and fire, wasn't the Min Gang the sworn enemy of the Hai family's Emeitang? How did he forget it, if Wang Bing was willing to join forces with him, with his own financial resources and the manpower of the Min Gang, and then with the special position of Yibin County, then the Hai family would not be able to escape this difficulty even if they had great ability.

Thinking of this, Li Qing's thinking began to become clear, if it is smuggling pig iron and ordnance, it will generally not take the land route, it should be through the waterway first, through Nanzhao and then to the Langqiong area controlled by Tubo, in this way, Yibin County is the last stop of their supply, if the Min Gang gets the news in Chengdu, they will intercept it in Yibin County, hehe! Li Qing seemed to see the situation when the officers and soldiers rushed into the Hai family and raided the house.

That night, Li Qing set up a banquet at home to entertain Wang Bing, this meal is a little different from eating outside, calling entertainment outside, drinking in cups, talking about business, setting friendships, there is a 'profit' word in its music, and the family banquet is a few dishes of home-cooked dishes, relaxed and happy, Li Qing's family banquet is actually simple, and there is no celebrity and good gentleman to accompany them, just the two of them, the light rain is served, the curtain is added to the rice, a pot of old wine, more than a dozen side dishes, the two of them drink slowly, and they slowly talk deeply.

After dinner, Li Qing invited Wang Bing into the study, covered the door, Wang Bing looked at each other, and saw that there were wide bookshelves on the four walls of the study, which were full of all kinds of books and pictures, the windows were open, several pots of flowers had quietly bloomed, and the white petals exuded bursts of rich floral fragrance, and the breeze was blowing, which made people feel refreshed and happy.

"Brother, good Yaxing!" Wang Bing blurted out praise, he took down a book casually, and said with a smile: "When I was young, my father also had such a study, often locked me in the room, I didn't want to read, so I stacked the books one by one, and made several book mountains, my father saw me and asked me, I said I was looking for the path to the book mountain, and I was naturally beaten by my father!" ”

"If the eldest brother is willing, I can pile up a mountain of books here." The window was closed, and Wang Bing was invited to sit down.

After pondering for a long time, Li Qingcai said slowly: "I was originally a small businessman, and by chance, I actually got Chengdu Wangjiang Restaurant, but I also offended the Hai family because of this, and wanted to put me to death twice and three times, fortunately, I got the protection of Lord Zhang Qiu, and was finally recommended as an official, but there is a revenge and does not repay the king, the revenge of the Hai family, I will end it no matter what." Speaking of this, Li Qing raised his head and stared at Wang Bingge with blazing eyes, "I want to ask my eldest brother to help me." ”

Wang Bing stared at Li Qing tightly, his eyes flashing, trying to find the answer from Li Qing's eyes, and slowly, his gaze became soft, his eyes were full of amazement, appreciation, and a hint of hope.

"The brother's sex is very similar to our Nanzhao people, there is kindness to repay kindness, there is resentment and resentment, say it! How does brother want big brother to help you? ”

Li Qing took out the three pages of records from his arms and slowly pushed them to Wang Bingge's face, "This is a record of the Hai family's smuggling of contraband to Tibet, all of which happened in the year when our dynasty was at war with Tibet, and the relationship between my Tang Dynasty and Tibet has been tense recently, if my speculation is good, the Hai family will inevitably make another move recently." ”

Wang Bing each picked up three yellowed pages of paper, looked at it carefully, gradually, his eyes narrowed into a slit again, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, Li Qing said well, the Hai family has been in business for a hundred years, and the foundation is solid, and it can only be brought down by this kind of crime of colluding with the enemy, this is indeed an opportunity, if the Hai family falls, Emeitang will also disappear, and that is when he will dominate the rivers and lakes.

"So the brother wants to take the opportunity to seize the handle of the Hai family and put him to death in one fell swoop?"

Li Qing nodded, "My strength alone is too weak, so I want to join forces with my eldest brother to get rid of the Hai family completely." ”

Wang Bing straightened his back, "What is that brother's plan?" ”

Li Qing was overjoyed when he saw him agree, so he approached Wang Bing a little and said in a low voice: "The Hai family smuggling ordnance will inevitably take the waterway, so please trouble the eldest brother to keep an eye on several wharves near Chengdu, once you find out about the movement, you can immediately notify me, I will intercept it in Yibin County, so that everyone will get the stolen goods, and the Hai family will definitely die." ”

"But. . . Consider.

Li Qing understood what he meant, so he smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Big brother, don't worry, how can I not have a back, have you forgotten who my backstage is?" ”

Wang Bing suddenly realized, it seemed that Li Qing had already planned everything carefully, but he was too worried, he put his mind at ease, nodded solemnly and said: "I will definitely mobilize all the strength of the Min Gang this time to help my brother complete this matter!" ”