At this time, a sergeant walked in and handed a somewhat worn pamphlet to Wu Jin, "General, this is found in the crack of his bookcase!" ”

Huang Laoya's face changed suddenly, he instinctively wanted to stand up, but he was held down by the sergeant, unable to move, Wu Jin glanced at him, took the booklet and flipped through it, this is Huang Laoya's transaction record, a certain year, a certain month, how many thousand catties of refined iron were sold, Wu Jin noticed that all the units of measurement were thousand catties, dense, there were hundreds, almost the transaction records of the past four years.

He turned to the back again, Huang Laoya's expression suddenly became nervous, and behind him were the purchase records, and there were hundreds of them, and the name, address, output, and purchase price of each smelting workshop were clear.

Wu Jin was not interested in this, he thought about it, and suddenly understood what Huang Laoya was afraid of, this was the cost of his meal, and it was his core business secret.

At this moment, he grasped the real point of Huang Laoya, and Wu Jin smiled faintly, "Let me add one more thing, you obediently cooperate with me, I will return this booklet to you, if you don't cooperate, I will copy five hundred copies of it and distribute it throughout the town, are you willing?" ”

Huang Laoya suddenly sat down on the chair like a deflated ball, his face was pale, and his lips trembled, "You.... Just ask! ”

Wu Jin closed the booklet, looked at him and asked, "First thing, I want to know if the person who came to buy fine iron in the past two days is Li Baisha?" How many of them are there? When to leave? ”

"There are a lot of people who have come to buy fine iron in the past two days...."

"Smack!" A slap was slapped Huang Laoya's face, and a wisp of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Wu Jin said coldly: "Give you a shameless face, come on!" Killed one of his sons. ”

A soldier strode out, and for a moment, only to hear a scream outside, Huang Laoya seemed to have completely collapsed, slumped on the ground, grabbed his hair with both hands, and Wu Jin once again said coldly: "I know that you have five sons, if you make a mistake again, I will kill one more, and after the son kills his grandson, I don't believe that you have a hard mouth, or I have a hard knife." ”

"I said ....."

Huang Laoya said in a trembling voice: "The person who came is indeed Li Baisha, he is my old customer, there are a total of one hundred and five people in Quarry Town, five people live in my house, one hundred people live on the ship, now they have 700,000 catties of refined iron on the ship, and the last 300,000 catties of refined iron will be delivered tomorrow night, and they will go back directly." ”

"What about Li Baisha? When will he come back? ”

"He won't come back, this time he's not here to buy fine iron, he's going to Lujiang County, I don't know what he's going to do."

"Good! This thing is okay, I ask you the second thing. ”

Wu Jin flipped through the booklet, although there were hundreds of records, but there were only more than thirty merchants in the collection, he looked at Huang Laoya and asked, "Do you know the white-clothed soldiers?" ”

Huang Laoya trembled, and finally said in a low voice: "I know!" ”

"I want to know, which of your customers are white-clothed soldiers, and where are they? Once you've answered this question, we're leaving! ”

Huang Laoya paused for a moment and said in a low voice: "There is only one white-clothed soldier, called Lujiang Zhao Ji Smelting Company, and it is also my biggest guest, I don't know where it is?" But the town's Cheung Kee Cheon and Horse Dealer knew that he had delivered goods to them three times. ”

"You swear by what you say with your ancestral grave!"

Huang Laoya bit his lip, "I swear by the ancestral grave, and every word is true." ”

Wu Jin nodded, gave the sergeant a look, and the sergeant stabbed Huang Laoya's vest fiercely, Huang Laoya screamed and died of anger.

"I'm sorry, the stakes are high, you have to die!"

In the evening of the same day, Wu Jin divided his troops into two routes, and ordered Sun Jianhong to lead more than 300 Meihuawei brothers to stay in Quarry Town, preparing to cooperate with the upcoming Jiangning Navy to wipe out the boats of the Baisha Society, and he himself personally led more than 100 Meihuawei, led by Zhang Ji's carriage and horses, and went straight to Lujiang County.

．．．．．．． Huangfu Wujin is looking for the Lujiang Zhao Ji smelting line is not in Lujiang County, but in the north of the county under the Yefu Mountain, Yefu Mountain is also known as Yefu Mountain, legend has it that the father of the sword casting Ou Yezi has cast a sword in this mountain, there are sword casting pond monuments on the mountain, so it is named Yefu Mountain, this is just a legend, the real surname can not be verified, but the Yefu Mountain area has produced excellent blacksmiths since ancient times, and the iron produced in this area is very famous, so there is a jargon called, 'quarrying iron, Lujiang craftsmen', even many good craftsmen of the imperial court weapons supervisor are from Lujiang.

Leading the way for the Meihuawei was the second proprietor of the Zhangji Che and Horse Company in Quarry Town, named Zhang Qian, who had twice transported goods to the Lujiang Zhaoji Smelting Bank and knew the specific address of the smelting line.

On the way, Wujin learned from Zhang Qian's mouth that Lujiang Zhao Ji Smelting Bank is not a blacksmith shop, it is actually a commercial house, and after receiving the business, the specific work will be handed over to the blacksmith shop to do, there are hundreds of blacksmith shops near Lujiang, this time the imperial court restricts the private pig iron trade, but does not restrict the finished iron, so these blacksmith shops are not affected, but they need to buy pig iron raw materials from the official, and the price of raw materials has risen sharply.

Although Wu Jin brought more than 100 plum blossom guards to Lujiang County, it did not mean that he had to fight in one fell swoop like Huang Laoya, so that Uncle Shen Guo knew that he had discovered the white-clothed soldiers, and he had to use tactful methods.

Lujiang Zhao Ji Smelting is also in a small town, the town is called Yefu Town, but it is a very small mountain town, less than 100 households, but there are 50 blacksmith shops, five inns and a wine shop for eating.

This time, the sergeants of the plum blossom guard changed into civilian clothes, dressed up as a dart master, and held the flag of the Luojing Zhenwu Dart Bureau.

More than 100 people walked into the town, dismounted in the wine shop, and five or six men ran out to lead the horses for them, in fact, their horses were warhorses with a discerning eye, and the horses had the marks of military horses on their legs, and the horseshoe was also numbered, so they could only coax the small local people in the countryside.

The guys greeted each other with smiling faces, and invited a large group of guests in, "We have wild boars and pheasants, fatty fish and wild ducks, and excellent fruit wines, all of which are local specialties to ensure everyone's satisfaction." ”

The wine shop is very large, in fact, it is a big shed with light on three sides, it occupies a lot of land, it is the morning, it is not yet lunch time, the wine shop is empty, there is no one, the sergeant and a few guys lead their horses to the back to feed the forage and water, but the sergeants have found a place to sit down, the shed is suddenly lively, all are the accent of the capital, and their Zhenwei dart flag is planted outside.

Wujin found a place to sit on the side, and it was a coincidence that Lujiang Zhao Ji Smelting Line was diagonally opposite them, hanging a large wooden plaque with seven big characters on it, 'Lujiang Zhao Ji Smelting Line'.

Wu Jin squinted at this firm, the gate of the firm was very small, and it could only accommodate a carriage to enter and exit, but it could be seen that the area behind it was quite large, it seemed to be a few warehouses, not high, but it covered a large area, covering an area of seven or eight acres.

At this time, the shopkeeper was led up, and the sergeant introduced him, "This master is our chief dart, surnamed Huangfu, that is the national surname, and the nobles, the chief dart head asks you a few words to ensure that your business is prosperous." ”

The shopkeeper rolled his tongue and said with a smile, "That's!" Is that! As soon as you come today, our business will be full for today. ”

Wujin two ingots of 100 taels of silver, put them on the table, "Shopkeeper, please sit!" ”

The shopkeeper's eyes are hooked, who doesn't love white silver? He sat down and smiled, "Is there anything you have to ask the head of the dart?" ”

"That's right!"

Wu Jin asked slowly: "I came to Lujiang County this time because I was entrusted by someone to buy a batch of good weapons, but the shopkeeper also knows that weapons are forbidden and can only be purchased through abnormal channels, I don't know if the shopkeeper can show me a clear way." ”

Speaking of which, Wu Jin moved the silver forward, and he had always believed in one thing, 'Money can make ghosts grind!' ’

"If the shopkeeper is right, these two ingots of silver are the wine money for noon today."

Yefu Town is a small place, the price is low, like a hundred or so of them have a lunch, thirty taels of silver is up to the sky, but Wujin puts out a hundred taels of silver, which makes the shopkeeper not moved?

He immediately whispered: "Did the guest officer see it, there are hoes, sickles, iron plows and the like hanging at the door of every blacksmith shop around, but in fact, these are all hanging sheep's heads to sell dog meat, and every household is making weapons, if the guest officer wants to buy a dozen swords, maybe they are willing to sell them to you, if you want to buy a large amount, you have to go to the county to find a metallurgical firm, because the weapons of these shops are sold to metallurgical firms, and they dare not sell them to outsiders, especially the guest officers who speak official words, they all know that this is illegal. So set this rule. ”

"Is that the firm on the other side okay?" Wu Jin pointed to the Lujiang Zhao Ji Smelting Line opposite.

The shopkeeper shook his head, "That house is not open to the public, it is useless for you to go, this firm never accepts outsiders, they have their own internal guests." ”

This sentence made Wu Jin even more convinced that the Zhao Ji smelting line opposite was the weapons headquarters of the White Clothes Society, at this time, a person walked out of the gate of the smelting shop, and the eyes of the tracking sergeant sitting next to him suddenly widened, Wu Jin saw it in his eyes, he quietly handed the silver to the shopkeeper and said with a smile: "Bring all the good things and let my dart masters eat and drink happily." ”

The shopkeeper happily agreed, took the money, and ran in a panic to give orders.

"What, do you know this person?" Wu Jin stared at the man's back and asked the sergeant, only to see the man enter an inn.

The sergeant nodded, "This person is Li Baisha's left and right hand, and his nose is very distinctive, big and red, like an eggplant, so I remember it deeply." ”

So, is Li Baisha also here? Wu Jin thought secretly.

He beckoned, called Luo Sheng up, and instructed him: "So many of us are too conspicuous in the town, you take the brothers into the county seat after eating, and I will take ten brothers to stay here." ”

"It's too dangerous for the general to bring only ten brothers! Why don't we be in a nearby village. ”

"No! I don't think anyone here is reliable, and I wonder if the shopkeeper is their eyes and ears, and listens to my orders. ”

Luo Sheng was helpless, so he had to nod and agree.

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(To be continued)