Most of Wang Xian's thugs were scoundrels among the stove households, and some of them were in lawsuits. As long as the government officials are strictly inspected, most of his Zhuang Ding thugs can't get through, and they don't even think about going to carry salt for grain again.

"No, I can't just throw in the towel!" Wang Xiantong walked around with red eyes and clenched fists, thinking of a way.

"Master, do you think this will work?" At the critical moment, it was Wang Qing who stood up again and came up with an idea.

"We can't do it ourselves, can we hire those poor stove salt people, as long as we give them some profits, I believe that some people are willing to help you sell salt for food." Wang Qingdao.

"That's a good idea!" Wang Xian was overjoyed, "As long as you run for me, I will give them twenty catties, no, fifteen catties of grain, and those untouchables will go to change food for my lord!" ”

"But sir, I'm afraid you'll have to bribe those officials with silver, after all, those untouchables have already exchanged food, and maybe they will be recognized by the overseers. So they have to pretend they can't see it. ”

Wang Qing continued.

"You're right!" Wang Xian nodded, "This matter will be handed over to you, and I will be rewarded for the success of the matter!" ”

"It's the master, the little one will do his best to do it for you!" Wang Qing jumped up excitedly.

In Rugao County, the money shopkeeper once again came over with a sad face.

"What's wrong? Isn't there no Zhuang Ding thug who has a big stove Wang Xian to sell salt for grain? Wang Meng asked in surprise.

"It's gone, but it's better for a day, the speed of salt harvesting is faster today, and 1,200 quintals of grain have been sold in just half a day, and if this continues, the surplus grain in our hands will not last for three days." The money shopkeeper said with a sad face.

"How so?" Wang Meng was very surprised.

"Wang Xian and the other Haozao did not send their own Zhuang Ding thugs, but they should have hired other stove salt farmers to sell salt for them. Otherwise, the salt would not have been harvested so quickly! The money shopkeeper said.

"Isn't there an official official watching?"

"The errand officer is also a human being, and he must have been beaten to receive bribes." The money shopkeeper said dejectedly. As an outsider, without the cooperation of the local government, it will be very difficult to do anything, and as a businessman, he naturally has this experience.

"Fuck! I'm going to find Lu Shoutian! Wang Meng was furious, and was about to go out, but was pulled by the money shopkeeper.

"What's the use of going to the county venerable now? He had already done what he had to do, but the people under him must have their own sources of wealth and wealth, which even he could not control as a county magistrate. The money shopkeeper said.

After all, the orders of the county order need to be carried out by the following officers, and if the officers disobey it, even if it is the county order, there is no way.

"Now, we have to rely on ourselves!" The money shopkeeper said quietly.

"Do you have a way?" Wang Meng asked.

"The snake can't be headless, it's all because there is a mansion behind it, and the biggest stove in Rugao is Wang Xian. Our move of exchanging grain for salt is equivalent to cutting off his business, and he must be unwilling, so there are so many actions!

Since this is the case, just cut him directly, as long as you knock him out, all problems will be solved! The money shopkeeper said.

"Do you want to send troops directly to arrest you? On what charges? Wang Meng asked.

"Of course, it is not possible to send troops directly. However, Wang Xian has been in Rugao for so many years and has raised so many thugs, I don't believe that he has not broken the law! As long as you find out his handle, you can naturally send troops to arrest him. ”

The shopkeeper said that when he was the shopkeeper of Wei Guogong's store in Nanjing, he often saw Wei Guogong use the same means to bring down other competitors. Since the Governor's Mansion has the largest military power in Jiangbei, why bother to take it too seriously, and directly knock down these people who affect business!

"Brother Qian is worthy of being a profiteer!" Wang Meng smiled and praised, and then summoned the entourage of the Enemy Intelligence Division to discuss.

"Some time ago, there were mobs who took advantage of the night to rob the grain store in Dongguan, Rugao County, and then set off a tide of riots in Rugao salt people's stoves, and the riots were calmed down after our army came, and now there are still a small number of mobs in the county jail, let's interrogate these people, maybe we can find some clues."

Yingzhen Fuyin Yuanshan suggested.

"Okay, in the name of the Pingnan Army, you go to negotiate with Rugao County, and we will interrogate those mobs, and we must get evidence of Wang Xian's participation in the riot." Wang Meng ordered.

"Yes!" Yin Yuanshan agreed and took someone there.

Knowing Pingnanjun's request, the county commander Lu Shoutian thought about it for a while and agreed. The Pingnan Army is responsible for stabilizing the situation in Rugao, and it is only natural that the mob should be interrogated.

Yin Yuanshan took people to the county prison, tortured the arrested mobs, and forced them to interrogate, and finally asked a clue from the mouth of a mob.

This is a stove household named Qian Er, crying and explaining what he has done.

According to his confession, he was once hired by the price of ten catties of grain to stand up for the bandits who robbed the grain.

"I didn't do anything, I was deceived, I just stood with a torch all the time, and the grain in the grain store was robbed by Wang Qing and them!" Qian Er said cryingly.

"Where is Wang Qing? What is his relationship with Wang Xian? Yin Yuanshan asked.

"Wang Qing is a well-known broken household in Rugao, and he is very close to Wang Xian, and he has been on the pole all day long to talk to Wang Xian, and has always called himself Wang Xian and Wang Daguan to do things." Qian Erdao.

According to Qian Er's confession, Yin Yuanshan caught Zhao Da and his gang from the same village who participated in the robbery of the grain store with him, and after strict interrogation, it was undoubtedly determined that Wang Qing was involved in the robbery of the grain store, and according to the investigation of the Enemy Intelligence Division, Wang Qing is now in Wang Xian's manor.

After getting the confession from Yin Yuanshan, Wang Meng immediately ordered Yin Yuanshan to lead a sentry army to immediately raid Wang Xian's manor and arrest Wang Xian and his gang.

In front of the army, although Wang Xian has a strong strength in Rugao, although he has a close relationship with the Salt Transportation Envoy, and although he has bought off the Salt Inspection Department and many errands in Rugao County, he can only be captured.

Wang Qing, who had a gang of rich Erzhao, happily confessed his crime, claiming that all his actions in robbing the grain store were instructed by Wang Xian, and most of the people who actually participated in the robbery were Wang Xian's Zhuang Ding thugs.

In the face of absolute evidence, Wang Xian was irrefutable.

When the officials of the Taizhou Salt Transport Sub-Division learned that Wang Xian had been arrested, they sent people to interrogate him at first, but after seeing the evidence provided by Wang Meng, they immediately kept silent.

From Wang Xian's house, he copied out more than 3,000 stone of grain that he sent people to exchange for salt, and the grain in the hands of Rugao Sihai Commercial Bank was sufficient, enough to support the arrival of Huguang grain.

The situation in Rugao has stabilized.

ps: Just after the New Year, my father was sick and hospitalized again, and he was busy all day, alas!