Boxes of silver were carried out from Zhou Tong's house, and his wife cried and fainted on the spot, the hatred in her heart, her own man had worked hard for more than ten years to accumulate so much money, but he didn't expect that in the end, all of them would be searched by the government.

Facts are better than Hong Argument, the master of the Yamen counted at random, Zhou Tong's family wealth was actually worth as much as 100,000 taels, except for a courtyard worth more than 10,000 taels, the silver tickets and cash silver found were 80,000 taels, if he did not greed/dirty the Li family's money, then no one would believe it.

Xu is in order to practice, the county commander ordered Master Qian Gu to take people to spend a few days of work, and finally sorted out the accounts of the Li family's shop, according to the account book, Zhou Tong in a short period of his tenure as the shopkeeper, cleverly set up a name, about embezzled more than 50,000 taels of the Li family's money.

With a stroke of his pen, the eldest man awarded all the things he got from Zhou Tong's family to the Li family, after all, the wool came from the sheep, and all Zhou Tong's property was obtained from the Li family, so he could also leave a reputation for being honest.

In this actual battle, the masters gained valuable experience, and the county lord had reason to believe that in the future, no one would dare to play any more under his control.

Li Ling successfully found the loophole in the account book, and a large amount of silver was carried out of Zhou's family and then moved into Li's house, and Zhou knew that his younger brother was completely finished.

He also did a trick in the introduction of salt, and generally speaking, salt merchants had to pay 30 wen per catty of salt to the salt transportation department. Every 12 taels of silver can get a salt guide, with which the salt silver can be used to buy 400 catties of salt in the salt field, and then go to the designated place to sell.

The Li family got a total of 300 pieces of salt this year, but Zhou Tong only planned to use 150 pieces, and the other half was to be sold at a high price of 15 taels each.

"Master, for the sake of the concubine's face, you can save my brother again!" When Zhou saw that the officials had moved all the money into Yanyu Building, she understood that the government had returned all these belongings because of Li Ling's face, and Li Daxiu didn't want to pay attention to her at all now.

If you want Li Ling to come forward to help your younger brother, you still need to find another way, he is usually very filial to his father, this may be a good breakthrough.

"It's all my fault before, I only know that our shop has not been in a good mood in the past two years, but I didn't expect that my Li family would raise such a moth, you want me to promote your brother to be the Li family's housekeeper, I did it, you want him to be the big shopkeeper I agreed, but that's how you treat me?"

Looking at the huge wealth of the Zhou family, Father Li suddenly understood everything in his heart, he thought that he would be content if he didn't worry about eating and drinking, but he didn't expect Zhou Tong to do such a dirty thing behind his back. If he does it for a few more years, he is afraid that he will become a beggar. "This is a dereliction of duty on the part of Mr. Ledger!". Now his own shop has not turned over the profits for several months, and the bookkeepers in those houses don't even remind themselves. He wanted to open all these guys, but he thought about how much he trusted Zhou Tong in the past, his arms couldn't twist his thighs, how could those tents dare to offend the big housekeeper? "It turns out that Zhou has been deceiving himself all the time!". Father Li absolutely didn't believe that the Zhou family would not know what his younger brother had done, he was completely enraged, it turned out that these people were going to cheat with him, if it wasn't for his son, he was afraid that he would die in the future and would not have the face to see the ancestor of the Li family.

With hatred in his heart, he didn't look at Zhou so well. He has already made up his mind, their Li family will never participate in Zhou Tong's affairs again, since he has boldly done something illegal, then he should stand up and bear the corresponding consequences. "Come on, take Zhou and Li Ming to the side room, and they will not be allowed to come to the main room without my permission in the future!" Father Li commanded loudly, and immediately several maids helped Zhou who was kneeling on the ground and pulled her outside.

Out of sight is pure, he has already made up his mind to put the Zhou family into the cold palace, and the matter has developed to this day, he also has a certain responsibility, if it weren't for Father Li's partiality to listen to and believe, how could Zhou Tong dare to be so nonsense.

He still has some worries in his heart, if the Zhou clan is always begging him in his ear, will he be soft-hearted again?

"Young master, Aunt Zhou is kneeling outside!"

When Li Ling was immersed in sorting out the gold and silver things sent by the officials, there was a delicate whisper in his ears.

There are indeed a lot of things sent by the officials, and there are even a few paintings and calligraphy by contemporary masters, which are thought to have been given to him by others when Zhou Tong was usually communicating, or he bought them and wanted to give them to others.

Zhou Tong This guy is really a talent, Li Xiucai has already inspected, the income of several shops in their family is only about a few thousand taels a year, Zhou Tong is also a big shopkeeper in recent years, this guy has collected so much money in less than ten years, did he really start the idea of selling salt privately from the beginning? He's got a lot of guts.

"Young master, the two of you are still kneeling outside the door!" The eldest young master only cared about admiring the calligraphy and painting there, and only those gold and silver were in his eyes, Linglong had to urge again, how could he say that the Zhou family was also his elder, how could she let her kneel in front of the door of the Yanyu Building for a long time.

He doesn't hate the Zhou sisters and brothers, if it weren't for Zhou Tongchengquan, maybe Li Ling was just a passerby in her life, occasionally passing by, but he was also a stranger.

Although Zhou Tong was greedy, he did not have a malicious intention towards the Li family, what he did was just to protect his status in the Li family and his glory and wealth, it was difficult to go from luxury to simplicity, and it was not easy to give up a happy life.

The eldest young master helped Zhou Tong, but it was also for himself, now Zhou Tong has been defeated, and I am afraid that he will not have the opportunity to take charge of the Li family's financial power in this life, rather than falling into the well at this time, it is better to be generous, and to win a good reputation, the better the reputation, the more beneficial it is to his imperial examination.

"Okay, okay, I'll go out and have a look!". Li Ling agreed with Yan Yuese, it seems that Linglong is getting more and more used to this family, and she also has a high sense of identity with him, and she is not as restrained as before, which is a good thing.

When he came out of the inner courtyard to the door, he was surprised, Xiao was mentally prepared, knowing that Zhou's current situation was not very good, he still couldn't adapt to the scene in front of him, this haggard woman was still the Zhou who could speak well and was proud all day long?

"You get up first, I will go to the yamen to do some work, as for whether you can be exempted from the punishment of the shopkeeper Zhou, it depends on the will of heaven, after all, I have no way to interfere in the affairs of the yamen!" Li Ling motioned to Linglong to pull the Zhou family on the one hand, and promised her on the other hand.

Zhou didn't insist, she quickly got off the donkey and let her son stand up. She really didn't dare to go against the other party's wishes, as the eldest young master of the Li family, he would inherit the Li family's business in the future, looking at Li's father's recent performance, the Zhou family knew that the eldest master still didn't want to manage these family chores, and the entire Li family would really be decided by Li Ling in the future. Now that she has lost her backer, her mother's family will never give her more help.

The Zhou family lost power again, and Li Ling still went to the county office to give Zhou Tong some money, spending money like running water, and took out nearly 10,000 taels of silver within three or five days.

Zhou Tong has no arrogance at all, his eyes are deep, he looks completely sad, he knows what he has done, and the government can make him feel better if he has taken the evidence of his crimes?

"Great young master. Thank you for everything you have done for me, but I ask you to stop spending money for me, I am not a good uncle, nor a good father, if the eldest young master still remembers that I once hugged you when you were young, take care of my relatives for me in the future! ”。 The shopkeeper Zhou has already happened, and Da Ming Law is especially harsh on those who resell illicit salt, and he is afraid that the county lord will kill chickens and respect monkeys.

Although Zhou Tong is shrewd, he is not like a person who will come up with such a cumbersome way of keeping accounts, but no matter how Li Ling asks, he is very secretive about it, and it is extremely difficult to ask the truth of the matter from his mouth.

It's no wonder he didn't want to mention it, Zhou Tong dismissed the bookkeeper after getting this kind of bookkeeping, although he gave him a large sum of money and sent it away, but his heart was still not solid, and it was not until two or three years later that he completely mastered the Li family shop before he began to implement his plan.

The Li family went to the yamen to make money as if they were dying, and the county respected Li Ling taught his "unique skill" to the master in the yamen, and the county officials selectively forgot about Zhou Tong's reselling of salt, and the big thing turned into a small one, and sentenced him to a sentence of three years in prison.

Zhou Da's shopkeeper originally thought that he would not escape death, but he didn't expect that when it came to the end, the Li family not only did not fall into the well but exonerated himself in every possible way, after all, he was a person who had experienced life and death.

Just out of Yingtianfu, when Zhou Tong and the two officials were resting under the tree, a pair of sharp eyes stared at the three of them not far from them, sighed and then walked away on the official road.

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