The river boat transported more than 30,000 catties of silver, and it was tracing the river again, the speed was a lot slower, the first day passed Chongming, the second day arrived in Nantong Prefecture, and the third day was anchored in Jiangyin in the afternoon.

Even said that the boat was really stuffy, Zhang Zixuan asked Qin Lin to wear civilian clothes to go to the city to taste the famous anchovy in Jiangyin, and other people still stayed on the boat to guard Caoyin.

Jiangyin has a long history, belonged to Yanling in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, was the fief of Wu Gongzi Jizha, and then was the mining of Chu Chun Shenjun Huang Xie, so it has the name of "Yanling Ancient Yi" and "Chunshen Old Seal".

Although the city wall is not high and strong, the folk customs are not called strong and strong, in the history that Qin Lin is familiar with, the people of this city resisted the Qing soldiers under the leadership of Yan Yingyuan, and guarded the lonely city for 81 days.

Of course, now it is presenting the scene of a peaceful world, with the wharf of awning boats, river rowers, and white boats crowded one after another, and the people on the streets rubbing shoulders one after another, and the expressions on everyone's faces are peaceful and content.

"I hope that in a few decades, the residents of this loyal city will no longer suffer the ......catastrophe of war," Qin Lin sighed and sighed, but he remembered that Deng Zilong had promised his advice, and his mood suddenly became happy, and he smiled evilly and raised his middle finger in the direction of Northeast Jianzhou: You guys, there is no chance.

Asking the way to find the largest restaurant in Jiangyin, Xiao Er threw the handkerchief on his shoulder: "Two guest officers upstairs, please!" ”

The two sat down, and Zhang Zixuan wrenched her fingers like a few treasures: "Originally, the Yangtze River saury was the most delicious, but it was a pity that the bones and hard meat were not eaten after the Qingming Festival. Saving the plate is to cross the bridge eel, and then a few pieces of your Jiangyin's famous sloppy cakes, water chestnut cakes, by the way, the wine should be expensive Heidu wine, twenty years. ”

Xiao Er was stunned, he really didn't expect this yellow and thin little girl to be so proficient, and he agreed to retreat.

Zhang Juzheng has a big temper and a big pomp, and he also says that he has nowhere to put chopsticks for a hundred dishes in a meal, Zhang Zixuan has the style of a father, and he never gets tired of eating.

Qin Lin stared at her without blinking, and only after a long time did he exclaim: "My mother, whoever wants to marry you must be eaten poor." ”

Zhang Zixuan's face turned red, and she clenched her small fist and wanted to hit Qin Lin, but she endured it.

After a while, the wine and food came up, and sure enough, the rectification was extraordinarily clean, but Zhang Zixuan didn't move the chopsticks much, just tasted everything, and the wine was only sipped, cheap Qin Lin feasted, and ate the delicacies like a whirlwind, which made Zhang Zixuan purse her lips and smile.

"This negotiation is going well," Qin Lin rubbed his stomach and burped, "Get back 500,000 silver, and expose Wang Bengu, who has lost his conscience, tell me, what kind of official should I be promoted?" ”

Hearing Wang Bengu's three words, Zhang Zixuan bit her lip, and suddenly frowned: "Brother Qin, I always feel that it is too smooth to find Caoyin this time, is it difficult to ......"

Qin Lin's eyes narrowed suddenly, his face lit up, and his face became solemn.

Just as Zhang Zixuan said, in the past few days, he has also been thinking about the case of the theft of Caoyin, there is no doubt that the White Lotus Sect has set up a wonderful game, if he didn't know about the tin plague and fried tin from the silt at the bottom of the river, this matter would never be suspected on the head of Cui Sicang in Zhenjiang Mansion, anyone would think that Caoyin was stolen in Sanwan, then the case would never be clear.

But the problem came again, they used to think that the White Lotus Sect had a close relationship with the Wufeng Maritime Merchants under Jin Yingji, so it was reasonable for them to ask Jin Yingji to transport the stolen silver out of the country, smelt it and recast small silver ingots to launder money; But now it is confirmed that the relationship between Wufeng Maritime Merchants and the White Lotus Sect is not very close, one is dominant in the Eastern Sea, the other is in the inland secret society, one is for the purpose of making money, and even asks the court to recruit peace, open the sea ban, and allow free trade, and the other is a rebel professional household for hundreds of years, and has been with the court since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, and the two sides are endless.

So, Bai Lian took the trouble of the old nose to steal Caoyin, but handed it over to the Wufeng Maritime Merchants without any precautions, so they were not afraid that Jin Yingji and his gang would play black and eat black and swallow Caoyin? You must know that although the White Lotus Sect is powerful, it is beyond the reach of the Eastern Sea, and there is no absolute certainty that it can force Jin Yingji to submit!

Just like now, under the mediation of Qin Lin, Jin Yingji signed a contract with Zhang Zixuan, who represented the Jiangling Prime Minister's Mansion, and returned 500,000 pieces of silver.

Indeed, the White Lotus Sect would not have thought that the current situation where the Wufeng Maritime Merchants and the Imperial Court would reach a reconciliation, but at least it was necessary to take into account the possible surname of the black eating black and swallowing Caoyin, and the credibility of Jin Yingji's gang was probably not good enough to be tempted in the face of 500,000 Caoyin, and the Wufeng Maritime Merchants were not Swiss banks!

So, in the process of dealing with the imperial court and rebelling and robbing the silver, the White Lotus Sect is simply full of conspiracies and tricks, assassination, poisoning, framing, sending undercover agents and so on, how can the IQ card balance suddenly be reduced to zero when cooperating with Wufeng Maritime Business, and the IQ is directly closer to Uncle Fan Debiao?

Qin Lin did think about these problems, and in the military camp of Pingjiang Bochen Wangmo, the chief military officer of Caoyun, he was preparing to torture Shi Jiangzong, and Shi Jiangzong and several of his personal soldiers all committed suicide.

rushed to Zhenjiang Mansion to investigate the case as quickly as possible, and Cui Sicang was wiped out again, which shows that the White Lotus Sect has laid hidden piles everywhere, almost reaching the level of pervasiveness.

But which is more important, Cao Yin or the dark pile? Both Qin Lin and Zhang Zixuan believe that 500,000 yuan of silver is the balance of the national treasury for more than half a year, which is related to the salaries of the soldiers of the Nine Sides, the cost of Qi Shuai's military training, and the cost of disaster relief in Shanxi.

As for the White Lotus Sect's secret pile, since the silver had been stolen, its value had plummeted, and at most it had the effect of hindering Qin Lin's investigation of the case.

And now Qin Lin controls Caoyin in his own hands, and sends Huo Chonglou, Niu Dali and other masters to guard it strictly, and when he arrives in Yangzhou, Chen Wangmo will send a large army to escort him, and he is afraid that the hidden pile can make trouble?

These 500,000 pieces of silver, more than 30,000 catties, can not be transported away in a pocket, without the assistance of the Wufeng Maritime Merchant, they will be thrown on the ground, and the White Lotus Sect will not be able to transport it away for a while!

Now it seems that the two of them faintly feel that it is not so simple, and the White Lotus Sect will definitely not do a loss-making business.

They stole the silver and easily transferred it to the Wufeng Maritime Merchant, what was the purpose in it? Qin Lin had a strange thought in his heart:

The White Lotus Sect seems to be only satisfied with creating a situation where Caoyin is stolen, and whether Caoyin can get into their pockets or not, in fact, they don't pay attention to it, the Wufeng Maritime Merchants talk about the morality of the rivers and lakes, and the two sides are the best for three, seven, four or six, and the Golden Sakura Ji gang wants to eat black and eat black, and they don't give the silver anymore, they don't seem to care very much, at least they won't fight with the Wufeng Maritime Merchants for this - if the Golden Sakura Ji really eats black, and the White Lotus Sect wants to fight, it doesn't have enough power on the sea!

Damn, Qin Lin scolded, could it be that the White Lotus Sect was just satisfied with making trouble for the imperial court and making the imperial court lose 500,000 silver, and they would be happy?

This kind of thing that harms others and is not beneficial to oneself is too unreasonable, right?

Zhang Zixuan's eyes blinked, her eyelashes flickered, and she suddenly pulled Qin Lin: "Brother Qin, listen to what a few businessmen over there are saying!" ”

(To be continued)