The next morning, the Governor's Yamen.

Yuan Jinkai strode into Zhao Erxun's study, and handed the letter and silver ticket he had just received to Zhao Erxun's desktop with both hands: "Teacher, as expected, the gang began to move, and as soon as the student left the house, Yiming sent someone to deliver this letter and 50,000 yuan silver ticket. ”

Zhao Erxun didn't even look at the silver ticket, picked up the letter, and checked it slightly: "Yiming, this kid is cautious enough, what about others?" ”

"It was said that he led a few young account offices from our Yamen General Treasury early in the morning, and then asked Tiecheng for five guards, and went directly to the arsenal." Yuan Jinkai said with a smile.

"Well, Yiming is a ruthless person who does things, and the last time he repaired Wubei Street and the Crash School, he was also so resolute, and he did a good job of prioritizing and hurrying."

Zhao Erxun stroked his beard and smiled with satisfaction.

Yuan Jinkai said in a low voice:

"People who don't know Yi Ming's surname, I'm afraid they will be scared half to death by his sudden quick action, the letter said that the Admiral's Steward Xie, this thing that doesn't know the current affairs, dares to bully Yi Ming's youth, if it weren't for Yi Ming's scruples about the friendship between the teacher and the Admiral, maybe he would have to peel off a layer of his skin."

Zhao Erxun nodded:

"Quite possibly! However, Yi Ming is still very cautious, and sent the letter early in the morning, it is estimated that he is still waiting for the old man to speak, and then he will decide on the next step. I don't think it's as good as this, you bring him a message at noon, and say that the old man has full authority to deal with it, don't worry, such a big case, how can you investigate it for a month or two. ”

"The student understands, so write a note." Yuan Jinkai retreated willingly.

After receiving Zhao Erxun's instructions, Xiao Yiming remained silent for the first few days, and the investigation progressed quickly, and the testimony was recorded half a foot high.

After the end, Xiao Yiming was not in a hurry, soaked in the arsenal every day, showed his acting title, and ordered a group of officials who were on duty to be investigated to immediately repay the wages and arrears of all workers, which made nearly 1,000 workers and their families happy, and they looked at Xiao Yiming differently.

Xiao Yiming struck while the iron was hot, mobilized the workers, organized the technical force of the whole factory to carry out a comprehensive renovation, and ordered all the machinery and equipment to be recorded in detail the name, place of origin, date of purchase, use, existing problems, urgently needed parts, etc.

At the same time, Xiao Yiming sealed the account books, re-counted all fixed assets, working capital and inventory, and then announced that the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, and that all workers would be paid their wages for half a month, and that they would fully resume work when everything was cleaned up.

A series of dazzling measures, as well as Xiao Yiming's solid foreign language foundation and mechanical knowledge, made the officials of the arsenal frightened, but they had to obey, no one dared to bully Xiao Yiming young, and now when he saw Xiao Yiming, he was respectful and obedient, and he didn't dare to slack off.

The workers praised and strongly supported Xiao Yiming, who was approachable and open-minded, and the family members who received a year's arrears and full wages were even more grateful to Dade.

There is no entertainment in this era, and the slightest bit of parenthood in the neighborhood will go viral, not to mention such a big thing that happened in the arsenal, and it didn't take long for Xiao Yiming's superb means and good deeds to spread all over Chengdu City, attracting countless praises.

Half a month later, Xiao Yiming led his investigation team to leave the arsenal, returned to the governor's yamen, reported in detail, and then led the team to the detention cell and began to interrogate the prisoners one by one. This time the time dragged on longer, after the interrogation was completed, the investigation and verification, the disagreement and then the arraignment, back and forth trial and stop, before you know that the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, the first cold wave is coming.

In the whole process of handling the case, the bribes sent to the little teapot through various channels were as high as more than 158,000 yuan, and there were four baskets of antique calligraphy and paintings, gold and silver jewelry.

On the afternoon of the Chung Yeung Festival, Xiao Yiming finally completed all the investigations of the case, handed over all the materials of the 12 files to the Governor's Yamen Prosecutor's Office, and then entered to ask to see the Governor.

A few magistrates who came to see him retreated, Zhao Erxun rubbed his swollen temples, stood up and gently beat his sore waist: "Call Yiming in, by the way, go outside and say it, the others will not be seen today." ”

"Understood!" Yuan Jinkai quietly retreated.

Xiao Yiming strode in: "See the lord." ”

"Get up, you've been tired for the past two months, haven't you?" Zhao Erxun asked with concern.

Xiao Yiming smiled: "I'm not tired, if it weren't for the fact that human life is at stake, and I am cautious, I am afraid it would have been done long ago." ”

Zhao Erxun motioned for him to sit down, took out a thick envelope from under the table, and pushed it to the edge of the table:

"You have done a good job in this case, the Admiral, the Daotai, and the Domain, are full of praise for you, and I am also very satisfied, the rest is that you can rest for a few days, and then return to the crash school for the time being, and continue to be your quartermaster chief, your more than 300 students are about to graduate, and see what good seedlings there are."

"By the way, I remember that you have a few senior brothers from Ya'an, right? There is a way to be virtuous and not to avoid relatives, as long as they are angry, their character is trustworthy, they should be promoted, they should be recommended, don't have any worries, next year this non-commissioned officer school and Baoding Army Crash School, I have a place for further study here, hurry up. ”

"Thank you, Lord for love!" Xiao Yiming hurriedly got up and thanked him.

"Okay, I'm tired too, you go back first, and take this envelope with you by the way. In addition, I have read your report on the overhaul of the equipment of the arsenal, and the lord of the domain is also very supportive, you can contact the foreigners, calculate the total expenditure, and you will be fully responsible for repairing the equipment as soon as possible and starting the incident. ”

After Zhao Erxun finished speaking, he pointed to the large envelope on the edge of the table.

Xiao Yiming bowed again, picked up the envelope with both hands and put it in his arms, rushed home soon after saying goodbye, entered the study and opened the envelope to see that twenty silver tickets with a denomination of five thousand taels were neat

After a period of time, Xiao Yiming went to the Army Crash Course for a day, and then went home to "make up for the rest", he was very worried, he felt tired, tossed and turned for several nights, and did not go to the backyard in the morning to practice boxing for several days.

The brothers and sisters thought that he was tired and needed to rest, but in fact it was not, but the 100,000 taels of silver tickets in the desk drawer weighed heavily on his heart.

Xiao Yiming knew that the group of corrupt officials who were about to be sentenced had been greedy for more than one million taels of silver for several years, and now they spit it out to keep their heads and the wealth of future generations, it was not surprising that the governor, the admiral and the feudal lord and others must have received no less "filial piety", but Xiao Yiming felt that he had received such a huge sum of money from a small deputy military academy, which seemed to be a bit too much, and he did not dare to send it back at the risk of offending the governor, so he even said that the tea and rice were not fragrant, and it was difficult to sleep and eat.

Xiao Yiming carefully calculated, the hundreds of thousands of bribes handed over to the Governor before, plus four baskets of antique calligraphy and paintings and jewelry, should be worth more than 200,000 silver dollars, that is, more than 100,000 taels of silver, but the Governor turned around and rewarded him with a huge amount of money equivalent to handing over, which made Xiao Yiming stunned and full of complicated emotions in his heart.

He can feel the love and care of the governor, it can be said that he Xiao Yiming has truly become Zhao Erxun's confidant since then, and his career is bright, but Xiao Yiming still can't relax.

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