Chapter 18: The Moth – The Golden Tooth (3,000 words)

As in Quanzhou, Li Zhen did not land at the pier because he did not want to disturb the people, but drove the fleet directly into the naval base, but even so, it did not escape the eyes of some people......

"The courtier's beloved, I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince, I haven't seen him for a few years, is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince okay?" Luzon Dadu is Fang Yiai, he did not become a navy after all, after all, he can be regarded as the rising star of the army no matter how he says it, how can the boss of the army let go of such a talent?

But seeing that he didn't fight, and he was sullen all day long, Li Zhen was also a little unbearable, and it happened that at that time, the majority of the protectors of the Luzon Metropolitan Protectorate were indecisive for a long time because of the competition between all parties, so Li Zhen simply recommended Fang Yiai - anyway, with his military merits, he is worthy of being protected by this capital.

And because the power of the protector is not as great as that of the governor, only the military power and no governing power, no one stood up to oppose it, and they all gave Fang Xuanling this face, and did not challenge him because of this, nor did he force him to leave the class - although even if they made trouble, Li Shimin would not give up Fang Xuanling, his right-hand man.

After all, since Du Ruhui died, Wei Zheng's health has not been good, and he has been recuperating at home most of the time, Fang Xuanling is currently the only person Li Shimin can absolutely trust - although the eldest grandson Wuji filled the position in time, and Ma Zhou and other young talents also came up, but Li Shimin is not very at ease with them, it is okay to reuse, but it is impossible to have a heart-to-heart relationship.

"Fang Jun, Fang Jun, what are you talking nonsense?" Fang Yiai had just brewed a little emotion, and Cheng Chuliang stood up to destroy the atmosphere: "You went back to Lingnan last year to report to His Royal Highness the Prince, and we have met again, why haven't we seen each other for several years?" ”

"Hey, you little goblin, what do you mean?" Fang Yiai was not afraid of Cheng Chuliang, and raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "I have seen His Highness, but hasn't His Highness been to our Luzon for a long time?" I'm not wrong when I say that—it's you, we haven't seen each other for so long, what do you mean when you come up and find fault with me? How? Want to fight? ”

This is exactly what Cheng Chuliang wanted, as soon as he took off his robe, his sleeves were pulled up and he opened a posture: "Fight? Okay, come on, I'm trying to compete with you. ”

"Stop me, I'm a top officer in Datang, why are you so immature? How is it still a child's temperament? You don't look at what the occasion is now? Li Zhen looked at the two people who pinched each other when they met, and couldn't laugh or cry, although she knew that this was a manly meeting etiquette, but now was not the time for them to do it.

Fang Yiai couldn't fight when he saw it: "Hmph, for the sake of His Highness's face, I will spare you this time." ”

"Fart, that's what I should say." Cheng Chuliang didn't give him face at all.

"Alright." Li Zhen loudly stopped the two who couldn't fight and changed to bickering: "Fang Yiai, you should have received all the previous orders from this palace, right?" How's the preparation? ”

"Your Highness, do you really have to do anything there?" Fang Yiai asked with some concern: "Although the subordinates have obtained enough evidence, but it is a whole region......

"Don't worry about it, this palace is here to eradicate this cancer." Li Zhen said coldly, but in his heart, he had already made up his mind that he must uproot this tumor parasitic on Datang.

"Your Highness, I don't understand, why do you want to do it at this time?" Cheng Chuliang next to him was very incomprehensible: "It stands to reason that everything is the easiest to solve at the beginning, but you found that not only did you not stop it, but also let it develop. ”

"You don't care about this, this palace naturally has its own reason, you just need to follow your own orders." Li Zhen didn't explain too much - yes, his main goal in Luzon this time was actually to eliminate the black market located here.

In fact, as Cheng Chuliang said, the black market in Coconut Harbor was discovered by Li Zhen's spies as early as when it was established, but he never took care of it, not only did not deal with it, but also participated in it, and sold part of the equipment replaced by the imperial court through the black market, making a lot of profits, and now Li Zhen's spokesperson in the black market is already the most famous tycoon in the black market of Coconut Harbor.

It's just that although he made a lot of money through the black market, Li Zhen never gave up his plan to destroy the black market, the reason why he didn't do it immediately at that time was because Li Zhen knew that the black market could not be destroyed, even if he destroyed the black market in Coconut Port today, there will be a second black market in Borneo tomorrow, after all, compared with the normal market, the black market makes more money, and those outlaws can not even want their lives for profit, how can they be afraid of the black market? So this kind of thing is simply banned repeatedly.

Therefore, Li Zhen simply did the opposite, not only did not destroy this place, but slowly cultivated it in secret, turning it into the largest black market in the Nanyang Islands, and then waiting for the black market to completely mature, gathering all the people of the underworld, and then eliminating it in one fell swoop - this is like treating poisonous sores, when the poisonous sores first broke out, it was not the best time to treat, but after the poisonous sores completely suppurated, it was easier to squeeze out all the pus.

……

When he came to the naval base and had just settled down, Li Zhen called his spokesperson who was supported in Luzon.

"The golden tooth has seen the master, but he hasn't seen him for several years, and everything is okay with the master?" A fat man with fat flesh and a mouth full of gold teeth knelt down when he saw Li Zhen and greeted him with excitement.

He is Li Zhen's spokesperson in the black market, no one cares what the name is, including himself I don't remember, he only knows that his code name is Golden Tooth, he is a dog raised by the owner, he has the support of the owner before, he has lived a very good life, and now even if the master wants his life, he also recognizes it - but his real identity is actually a member of the most mysterious organization under Li Zhen's command 'Moth', the real code name is actually ' 'Poisonous moth', Golden Tooth is just fooling outsiders (as mentioned before about this organization, Zhu Yunrang is the person of 'Moth', codenamed 'Fluttering Moth', there are not many people in it, but each of them is an amazing talent, and they are all Li Zhen's absolute team recruited from the people and cultivated for his future).

The reason why Golden Tooth claims to be Li Zhen's dog is another reason - Li Zhen once saved the life of their family, and since then he has sold his life to Li Zhen, and he is not even willing to call himself a subordinate.

"I heard you're doing well here?" Golden Tooth also has a nickname in the black market, called Big Tooth Gold, known as Jin Ye in the rivers and lakes, is a rare figure in the black market, claiming to be able to get anything, and this is indeed true, with Li Zhen's support behind him, this claim is indeed not exaggerated - at least that cannon is what Li Zhen ordered him to sell, and it is this cannon that makes the reputation of Big Golden Tooth completely sound and win the respect of all the people who mix in the black, at least there are many people engaged in the black market, but in addition to the big gold tooth, But no one could get a weapon like a cannon.

Hearing Li Zhen's praise, the big golden tooth was so happy that his eyes narrowed: "Hey, hey, it's all thanks to the master, and the golden tooth is okay." ”

"Okay, don't be beautiful, does this palace want you to get something?" Li Zhen didn't have a good air, this golden tooth didn't look at him as naïve, but he had real skills - in fact, the people who could be selected into the moths did not have to doubt their talents, if they really wanted to give full play to their abilities, everyone could at least achieve the position of a scholar, even if they had the talent of the prime minister, it was not uncommon at all, these people were the real team that Li Zhen left for himself. To put it mildly, even if Li Zhen loses the battle for the throne in the future, as long as he can escape at that time, with the assistance of these people, he can also re-establish an empire overseas.

This golden tooth is naturally no exception, otherwise it would be impossible to break out of the world in the underground black market known as cannibalism alone, you must know that except for some support in some scarce materials, Li Zhen has not given him any help, and the rest of the scenes are all broken down by himself, which shows how extraordinary his ability is.

"Your Highness, it's all here." The Golden Tooth took out a fold and introduced: "This is just a catalog, the real material Golden Tooth has been placed outside, His Highness can check it at any time, the material has recorded all the information on the black market in Coconut Harbor for so many years, and even the details of both sides of each transaction order I have checked it clearly, and His Royal Highness will not miss anyone." ”

"You have a heart, this watch is very important to this palace." Li Zhen was very moved when he heard this, it can be said that with this watch, Li Zhen may even wipe out more than ninety percent of the criminal organizations in the entire Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop - and this also proves the terrible Golden Tooth, and he has infiltrated the entire black market to this extent by himself, not only all the people and forces in the black market have been investigated clearly, but even the merchants who do business with the black market have been figured out by him, it can be said that if Li Zhen really arrests people according to this list, then there will be at least tens of thousands of people who have been sentenced to death for betrayal......

Such a major matter, even Li Zhen did not dare to make a decision easily, he had to go back and discuss it with Li Shimin - of course, this black market still has to be solved, and now this black market has become a cancer attached to Datang, and every year because of this black market, Datang at least loses one million taels of silver in taxes. It's just that this time Li Zhen only plans to arrest the people in the black market, as for those black market customers who are wandering outside, let's solve it slowly, and one day it will be able to completely eliminate it.

(End of chapter)