He arranged twenty guards for Qi Xuan, and let Yufei follow, so as to ensure that nothing went wrong. Anyway, Qi Xuan is also a judge with the title of supervising the imperial history, and few people dare to offend.

After the arrangement, Wu Yanzhi took Jiang Shipeng, Xu Cheng, Yao Kuan and others and quickly rushed to Shaozhou City (Qujiang).

Five miles outside the city, Liu Changshi had already led a member of the army to greet him.

Jiang Shipeng had already sent someone to inform him in advance that Wu Yanzhi would make a lot of efforts to deter local officials and wealthy families.

Liu Changshi is over fifty years old and a native of Jinyang. He saw Wu Yanzhi and his pedestrians slowly approaching, so he naturally trotted over and greeted Wu Yanzhi and the others into the city.

In front of the post house, Zheng Tiande, the assassin of Shaozhou, and a number of judges and soldiers greeted him at the door.

After everyone finished introducing themselves, they entered the post house.

During the chat, Wu Yanzhi learned that this assassin Zheng Tiande was actually the cousin of Sinong Shaoqing Zheng Wenlang, of course, in the next room.

"My brother is much stronger than the contemptible people, and he is a high-ranking official in the gods. The contemptible man is in this wild place to be this assassin who no one wants to do! He smiled wryly.

Nobody should be? This Shaozhou is a very rich state in Lingnan!

"Zheng Gong, don't be pessimistic! Ordinary people can't do this position, and this is also a four-grade minister! ”

"It's a pity that it's not the four products of the capital!"

A few people chatted a little more, and then they talked about Wu Yanzhi's task.

"I came to Shaozhou this time to smelt copper and iron for the Holy Governor! I plan to produce millions more catties of bile water copper a year, and I hope that Zheng Gong will supervise the counties to assist! ”

"A few million pounds? Can it really be done? He was still skeptical.

"I have already had initial results in Raozhou. In September alone, more than 50,000 catties of copper and more than 30,000 catties of zinc have been produced.

The resources here are much better, so what's so unusual about adding millions of catties a year? ”

"Oh? Takero is really a god! The contemptible will be assisted by power. But I don't know which county the main copper yard is located? There are copper farms in many locations in the state! ”

"Weng Yuancen Water Field!"

"Weng Yuancen Water Field, the resources of that place are all occupied by Wu Zichang. If you want to take back the state-owned, I'm afraid there are many difficulties! When he heard this, his face changed.

"If it weren't for the difficulty, I wouldn't have come in person. Just send only one Inspector or Judge.

Therefore, since I am here, I must do it, and no one can stop me. Please also ask Zheng Gong to send Fa Cao and Hu Cao to cooperate! ”

"It is the duty of the contemptible person to cooperate with Ambassador Wu to supervise the copper matter! Contemptible people dare not do their best! "How dare he refuse.

In the past few days, Wu Yanzhi's almost killing of Wei Yicheng has spread all over the high-level people in Shaozhou counties, and he has a history of assassination, so he naturally already knew about it.

The once invincible Wei family was suppressed so obediently that they didn't dare to say half a "no"! He couldn't help but admire Wu Yanzhi's courage.

……

But Qi Xuan led more than 20 people to Su Pingchang.

Mai Chuliang, the chief steward of the Su Pingchang, heard a report that an official from the imperial court had arrived, and he didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly ran out to greet Qi Xuan and his party.

Looking at Qi Xuan with a serious face, before he could speak, Qi Xuan spoke first: "Who is the steward here?" ”

"Back to the official! The villain Mai Chuliang is the steward here! ”

"We received a report from someone that your Su Pingchang reported that this year's hardware output does not match the actual output, and you are suspected of tax evasion! Come on, tie it up and take it away! ”

As soon as Qi Xuan's words fell, he saw Yufei wave his big hand, and the two guards immediately hugged him and grabbed Mai Chuliang. Several of his attendants behind him were amazed, but they didn't dare to make any moves.

"Official, where does the villain dare to report less, someone must be falsely accused and framed!" Mai Chuliang said.

He thought to himself, he did write 50,000 catties of lead less according to his uncle's request, how did their family know? Who leaked the news?

Qi Xuan sneered: "You dare to talk nonsense!" Palm! ”

The guard next to him heard the order, and immediately slapped Na Mai Chuliang twice.

Qi Xuan saw that Mai Chuliang was no longer yelling, so he said again: "Come on, I'll go to the accounting room, and we'll bring all the account books back to Qujiang Metallurgical Supervisor for review!" Those who violate the order will be killed.

Another post was posted to announce that the lead yard was suspended and the hole was closed. Anyone who dares to enter the cave will be severely punished according to the order.

Send someone to arrest the head of the Mai family, Weng Mai Zhongyi, this person must be the mastermind of tax evasion! ”

"Yes!" Yufei agreed, and took a number of officials to arrange the arrangement.

Over there, someone saw that the situation was not right, and had already sent someone to hurry back to Qujiang and report to Mai Zhongyi, the master of the Mai family.

……

Shaozhou Prefecture, Qujiang, evening.

Mai Zhongyi, a family member in his sixties, could hear the report and couldn't help but be shocked. This Wu ambassador couldn't help but arrest his nephew Mai Chuliang, and even threatened to arrest him.

This is too presumptuous, but his own son is also the history of Fengzhou Thorn! Are they so shameless?

"Enlighten the master! The person who came to Su Pingchang this time was Wu Shaoqing's judge Qi Xuan, who was very insidious and vicious, and it is said that it was his idea to arrest Wei Erlang.

He said that he was going to arrest the master, but it was not necessarily impossible. I heard that he is also a judge with the title of overseer! "Wang Mingcheng, who came back to report to the company's bookkeeping, is Mai Chuliang's brother-in-law.

"You go down first, I'll discuss it with Erlang and Shiro!" He's a little distracted.

"Yes!"

After Wang Mingcheng left, Mai Zhongyi called his second son Mai Chuguang and fourth son Mai Chuzong over to discuss.

After a while, the two of them came over. When they heard their father tell them what had happened, they were instantly saddened.

After a long time, the second Mai Chuguang said: "In Yi'er's opinion, this matter is still recommended by my father to Liu Changshi, and personally go to explain to Ambassador Wu what happened to the tens of thousands of catties that were underreported."

Push the person to the next person! It seems unrealistic to conceal it. The power of the Nawei family is far greater than that of our Mai family, and they have been suppressed so much that they have no power to fight back.

Our Mai family prides itself on loyalty, and we should take the initiative to come to the door to confess our sins. It's not easy for the father to come forward, but it's okay for the son to go! I'm just afraid that Ambassador Nawu won't give face! ”

Mai Zhongyi saw that the second and fourth children were born to his stepwife. The second child is only in his early twenties, maybe Ambassador Wu will really underestimate him, and he can't say it.

So he nodded and sighed: "It would be nice if Da Lang was here, but it's a pity that he went to the capital to pay tribute!" Let me personally ask Ambassador Wu to confess his guilt. Hurry up and prepare some gifts, I'll go find Liu Changshi! ”

……

That night, Liu Changshi's house.

Looking at the two boxes of gifts sent by Mai Zhongyi, Liu Changshi smiled.

"Mai Gong! It's no problem to ask Liu to introduce Mai Gong! However, Ambassador Wu came thousands of miles to handle copper affairs. When the time comes, Mai Gong will have to make some concessions in some copper fields! ”

"There's no problem with that! I just don't know what he wants to do with this copper business? What's the bottom line? Is it to nationalize all the private copper farms in Shaozhou? ”

"This contemptible man doesn't know. I guess that's unlikely, right? After all, this is Lingnan, which is a county in the mainland, and I heard that some private mines have also been retained.

Of course, the specific reservation plan must be up to him. He can take back a part less, or he can take back a part more, I'm afraid that the emperor won't be able to interfere with him! ”

When Mai Zhongyi heard this, he nodded: "It should be so!" It seems that this human factor is very large, and the villain has also prepared some small gifts for Ambassador Wu. As long as Liu Changshi comes forward, the villain believes that it will be done! ”

"Well, while Judge Naqi hasn't returned, it's best to visit Ambassador Wu. I don't know the weight of this gift...... "Liu Changshi said!

"Please rest assured, this gift of the villain, Wu Gong should be able to see it!" Mak is confident.

Hearing this, Liu Changshi was full of confidence: "Then let's go!" It's best to go at night for this matter. Ambassador Wu shouldn't have rested yet! ”