Zhang Youcai brought a bucket of cold water and splashed it on Liao Dake's body.

Liao Dake woke up immediately, his whole body was trembling continuously, and his cheeks were frozen and began to turn purple. As the inspector of the inspection department, he is used to being pampered, and he usually waits in a fur coat, because he is afraid of the cold, he even saves from going out to inspect, where can he stand such cold water?

Zhang Zhun took off the military hat on his head, sat next to Liao Dake, and said slowly: "Introduce yourself, my name is Zhang Zhun, Zhang Yulin, and the commander of Ao Shanwei, the capital of Shandong." You detained my goods, and I am ready to take them back now, and I ask for your cooperation. ”

Liao Dake's face was suddenly full of pig liver color, constantly trembling, and he wanted to speak, but found that his teeth were constantly trembling, and he couldn't say it at all. However, his brain can barely function. Hearing Zhang Zhun's words, Liao Dake knew that this matter was absolutely bad.

Sure enough, it was for Shen Lingfei.

I really shouldn't interfere in Shen Lingfei's affairs.

Liao Dake desperately wanted to shake the water on his body and make himself feel better. However, when the cold water on his body was just shaken off a little, Zhang Youcai poured another bucket of water on his body. At this time, in the cold winter, the cold wind is like a knife, and when the wind blows, Liao Dake feels more uncomfortable than death. Zhang Zhun is wearing a fur coat, let alone him?

In desperation, Liao Dake could only gather the last trace of strength in his body, and stammered: "This lord, you are the commander of the guard, I am the inspector of the inspection department, we are all officials of the imperial court, a family, a family, easy to talk, easy to talk." ”

Zhang Zhun said very kindly: "Of course I'm very good at talking, it depends on whether you can talk or not." I ask you, why intercept my ship? ”

Liao Dake subconsciously said: "It's Shen Lingfei's ship......"

Zhang Zhun stared at him coldly.

Liao Dake hurriedly changed his words and said incoherently: "Yes...... An adult's ship is an adult's ship...... It's not Shen Lingfei's ship, it's not Shen Lingfei's ship......"

Zhang Zhun said coldly: "You talk so much nonsense, it seems that you feel very comfortable!" Come on, raise Lord Liao a little higher! ”

Zhang Youcai ordered to tie Liao Dake's huge body with a rope and then hang it directly. Sure enough, Liao Dake was pulled into the air, and as soon as the cold wind blew, he was so wet that he was almost frozen into ice in an instant. The purple fat on his face was constantly trembling. He struggled desperately, but where could he struggle to escape?

Liao Dake trembled all over, and shouted intermittently: "It's the Gu family in Zhenjiang!" It was the Gu family in Zhenjiang who came to me and asked me to do something to Shen Lingfei! It's all their Gu family, it's all their Gu family's mastermind, I'm just doing it, it's ......"

He stammered and said that it was the eldest son of the Gu family in Zhenjiang who came to the door in person and asked him to do something to Shen Lingfei. He took two thousand taels of silver from the other party, and did so. The Zhenjiang Gu family is one of the famous big families in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is engaged in the business of medicinal materials, and at the same time, there are some relationships in Caoyun.

Yunnan has more than 3,000 catties of Panax notoginseng shipped, so naturally it can't be hidden from the Gu family, who has been doing the medicinal material business all year round. Panax notoginseng is a relatively precious medicinal material, and the Gu family often buys it. This time, Yunnan sent out more than 3,000 catties of Sanqi in one go, which is equivalent to emptying all the supplies, and the Gu family certainly felt a little weird.

As soon as the Gu family inquired, it turned out that it was Shen Lingfei who took the goods. Because Shen Lingfei has been announced to be expelled from the Shen family, there is no background background, so the people of the Gu family want to borrow the hand of the inspection department to rectify Shen Lingfei, and easily snatch all these Sanqi to do a business. Three thousand, more than three thousand catties, is worth seven or eight thousand taels of silver. In addition to the entanglement of interests in business, the eldest son of the Gu family also has personal grievances with Shen Lingfei.

Liao Dake said: "This eldest prince, called Gu Linghai, he tried to propose to Miss Shen before, but was rejected by Miss Shen, he has always held a grudge and wants revenge!" This time Shen Lingfei returned to Jiangnan, he had something to disturb Shen Lingfei, but he was turned away by Shen Lingfei again, and it is said that he even shot. My lord, what I said is true, just spare me! ”

Zhang Zhun said coldly: "You are the inspector of the Jiangyin Inspection Division, and you still listen to the eldest prince?" ”

Liao Dake said helplessly: "My lord, you don't know, the Gu family has a little daughter who is married to Xincheng Bozhao Zhilong as a concubine, I have to listen!" ”

He pleaded bitterly, the ground of Nanjing is complicated, everyone has their own background background, if you accidentally offend someone who doesn't know the details, you don't even know how to die. In the eyes of outsiders, his inspection department is certainly a scenery, but in the system, he is just a small fish and shrimp. Others are about to fix him with an iron heart, and there is a way.

Due to the fact that Jiangnan has been peaceful for a long time, the upper forces are staggered, and the following are also intertwined, although Liao Dake is hugging Zhang Yixian's thigh, but others dare not offend too much. This Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong is the best among the Nanjing garrison ministers, and if it is not very necessary, Zhang Yixian will not anger them. Because, angering a Xinchengbo is equivalent to angering a group of descendants of lords and nobles. The strength of this group of people should not be underestimated.

The matter of detaining Shen Lingfei, in Liao Dake's opinion, is not a big deal, and it will be detained. Anyway, the Shen family in Suzhou will not come forward for Shen Lingfei. Therefore, he accepted Gu Linghai's silver for filial piety, and agreed. didn't expect that there would be a bad star like Zhang Zhun who would come to the door. Knowing this, he Liao Da would never agree to this.

Zhang Zhun interrogated back and forth, and found that the Gu family was indeed playing a ghost in this matter. After the batch of Sanqi was detained, it was also transported away by the Gu family, and it was not in the warehouse of the Inspection Division. Peng Bo had already led people to search through the warehouses of the Inspection Division, and no trace of Sanqi was found. Of course, Liao Da is an accomplice, so he must not be let go, so let him be slowly dried.

"How many people have been caught?"

Zhang Zhun ignored Liao Dake, who was hung up and dried, and turned back to ask Zhou Yanyu.

"Report to your lordship, sixty-nine captives in all."

Zhou Yanyu replied solemnly.

"It's all good, take it away in a while!"

Zhang Zhun commanded.

Zhou Yanyu agreed to go.

Soon, the relevant seizures were counted.

The three accounting offices really didn't lie, and there were indeed more than 110,000 taels of silver in the dog house. After counting, it was a little more than 140,000 taels. Among them, there are more than six hundred taels of gold. In addition, there are some pearls, agate, jade, jade, sapphires, rubies, emeralds, etc., which are worth 20,000 taels of silver. It's a pity that some of the ivory, paintings, and jade carvings were destroyed in the violent explosion, otherwise, there would still be thousands of taels of silver.

Zhang Zhun immediately ordered the silver and all the treasures to be removed. In addition, in the warehouse of the Inspection Division, there are some valuable goods, such as raw silk, silk, tea, tortoiseshell armor, medicinal materials, etc., of course, Zhang Zhun will not let go. It's a pity that the carrying capacity of the two ships is only about 300 tons, which is not enough to take away so much cargo. Some goods of low value can only be temporarily abandoned.

"If I have time in the future, I will come to Jiangnan often."

Such a thought flashed through Zhang Zhun's mind.

Jiangnan is so rich, just come and take a turn, there will be such a harvest, if you come a few more times, wouldn't it be a bumper harvest? A small Jiangyin Inspection Division Yamen has accumulated more than 100,000 taels of silver, so don't other Caoyun Yamen and Huaiyan Yamen, which are more oily and watery, have more silver taels?

Soon, all the personnel, gold and silver goods, and valuable goods were all loaded onto the ship, and the two lucky ships were basically full, leaving only some empty seats, ready to be loaded with Sanqi. At this time, Liao Dake had been frozen into an iceman, and Zhang Zhun ordered him to be taken off and loaded on the ship as well. He's still useful.

"Go to Zhenjiang!"

Zhang Zhun said in high spirits.

Soon, Fuhai and Ninghai slowly left the dock of the Jiangyin Inspection Division. Due to the large amount of cargo loaded, the waterline is quite deep, and the sailing speed of Fuhai and Ninghai is quite slow. The sailors opened all the sails and worked hard to adjust the angle, and the heavy ship moved slowly. It took a while before I left the docks.

When Zhang Zhun and the others left the dock, they happened to see three ships of the Inspection Division, still cruising back and forth on the river, actively intercepting the merchant ships coming and going, and extorting money. The three ships obviously didn't know that the Yamen of the Inspection Division had been terminated, and they also greeted the two lucky ships with flags. Yang Guohua immediately ordered to greet them in the same flag language.

"When they go back in the evening, it must be very exciting."

Yang Guohua said with a smile beside Zhang Zhun.

"There will be big news in Jiangnan tomorrow."

Zhang Zhun was in a happy mood and said with a smile.

When the people from the Inspection Division go back, they find that their nests have been wiped out, and the news of this explosion will definitely spread throughout Jiangnan soon. Jiangyin's inspection department, that's a big piece of fat, and now it's being served by a nest, I don't know how many merchants want to applaud in secret! and the thousands of households in Chongming Shasuo on Chongming Island, who were also shot in public, these two things are connected, and the people in Jiangnan can't remember his Zhang Zhun's name if they don't want to.

From Jiangyin to Zhenjiang, it is still against the current and the wind, there are many merchant ships coming and going, and there are many goods loaded, and the sailing speed of Fuhai and Ninghai is quite slow. After nightfall, we drove to the river opposite Taixing. It wasn't until the next morning that Zhenjiang appeared in Zhang Zhun's clairvoyant mirror.

Zhenjiang, called Dantu in ancient times, has been an important town in the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times. The Jiangnan Canal is at the entrance here, so the traffic is very convenient. Zhenjiang is a traffic artery, and every time Shen Lingfei goes home, he has to enter from here. To the west of Zhenjiang is the city of Nanjing. To the north of Zhenjiang is the city of Yangzhou. They are the richest places in the world.

Fuhai and Ninghai slowly sailed into the port of Zhenjiang.

It's a busy place. There are more than a dozen large and small ships moored in the harbor. There are sea boats, river boats, and special boats. Among them, the appearance of those boats is the most special. The white marks on the side of their ships are very eye-catching. These boats, all loaded with a large amount of grain, pressed the side of the ship very low, as if a big wave would sink when it came. Most of the grain needed by the Jingshi relied on these boats to carry it.

Standing on the bow of Fuhai's boat, Zhang Zhun held a clairvoyant mirror and looked around. Except for the southwest corner, three sides of Zhenjiang are covered with water. To the north is the mighty Yangtze River, and the boats coming and going seem to be crucian carp crossing the river, and there are countless of them. To the east of Zhenjiang is the Jiangnan Grand Canal. The boats from the Jiangnan Canal are also endless. Ships generally travel in formation, with at least five ships in each formation. This makes them look extraordinarily spectacular.

Cargo is like a wheel, these merchant ships go back and forth from south to north, communicating things with each other, and what is produced is silver in vain. A large number of goods were shipped out, and all that was brought back was white silver. I don't know what Emperor Chongzhen thinks, he didn't want to collect commercial taxes, but kept adding grain and wages to the peasants, and the result was that the officials forced the people to rebel, and the people had to rebel. It's sad and lamentable!

At the same time, the scene in front of him also made Zhang Zhun quite emotional. No matter how fierce the war was in the north and the Central Plains, how fierce the fighting was, how arid the climate was, how the fields were without harvest, and how the people were struggling to make a living. However, here, there is no trace of the war at all. It seems that this place and the Central Plains and the north are two completely different worlds. Here, you don't see people living in poverty. Not even a beggar can see it.

In fact, during the entire Chongzhen period, the north of the Ming Dynasty seemed to be a mess, for a while the Tartars were killed in and out, and for a while Li Zicheng was making trouble in the Heavenly Palace, galloping vertically and horizontally, but the south was singing and dancing, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Even after Li Zicheng entered Yanjing, the vast area south of the Yangtze River, especially the southeastern half, was still creating a steady stream of wealth. It's a pity that when the Qing army went south, all these riches were robbed by the Qing army. Making wedding clothes for others is the most depressing.

"If only these riches were in my hands."

Zhang Zhun couldn't help but look forward to it.

With the wealth of the south of the Yangtze River and the warriors of the north, what are you afraid of the Qing army entering the customs?

Zhang Zhun is really in need of money now. The armed forces need money, the navy needs money, the base areas need money, the cities and towns need money, and the ports need money, and even if more money is put into it, it will still not be enough. Even if he can make money through glass and refined salt, he will never be able to meet his needs. Only Jiangnan, only the cornucopia of Jiangnan, can meet his needs.

The wealth of Jiangnan is really eye-catching!

Li Zicheng killed King Fu and grabbed millions of taels of silver, and the troops swelled up all of a sudden, and he didn't have that kind of convenience. However, Li Zicheng also did not have the convenience of doing anything to Jiangnan. The wealth of Jiangnan is believed to be not under the Fuwang Mansion. Li Zicheng has extra money, and I Zhang Zhun can't do without extra money!

(To be continued)