In the evening, the gate of the Tiger Pass was locked, and the lights in the gate were gradually extinguished, but the lights were still in the courtyard of the account room. Ye Xiaotian and his entourage lived in this courtyard, and several side rooms and ear rooms were borrowed by them, and during the day, the gentlemen of the account room of Laohuguan worked in the main room as usual, and they checked the accounts in the treasury, and borrowed the office space to rest at night.

Ye Xiaotian's residence was much more spacious than the others, after all, his identity was there. But after squeezing in five or six people at once, it was a little more crowded. Tea was boiling on the stove, and several people were sitting on chairs or couches, discussing the harvest of today's audit in the dim light.

Su Xuntian said: "The people in Tiger Pass are very hostile to us, if we want to find something, we are always stared at, guarded against, and guarded, it's too difficult!" ”

Ye Xiaotian smiled: "This is normal. We are from another county, which is very disgusting, not to mention that if we really find out the problem with them, they will not be able to get rid of it, and it is strange that they can treat us as honored guests. We had anticipated this situation before we set off, and we did not occupy the same geographical advantages and people, and the difficulties were indeed great. However, this case still has to be investigated, what do you gain? ”

As soon as he mentioned this, Su Xuntian was angry, and said hatefully: "I have been paying attention to observation in the past few days, and I deliberately picked two people who seem to be close to the goods that are not very satisfactory in Tiger Pass, but damn it, these two bastards, a pervert, a drunkard, drink to a dry cup, and the lust does not refuse, but there is not a useful word." Lao Tzu was tricked by them! ”

"You treat everyone else as a fool, and you blame people for treating you as a fool?"

Ye Xiaotian shook his head with a wry smile, and looked at the people in the Tax Department again, who said: "The people who have followed their Tax Department in the past few days, no matter how cold they speak, they just didn't listen." Upon closer inspection, it was found that there was indeed something abnormal about them, but now it had aroused the vigilance of the great envoy. If you want to continue to investigate, I'm afraid it's going to be very difficult. ”

Ye Xiaotian's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "What do you mean by being abnormal?" ”

The man smiled slightly and said, "Lord County, I work in the Tax Division, and I know the habits and regulations of the Tax Division, so if there is anything wrong with it, the lower officials can smell it, it's just a feeling." If you really want to say that you are ugly, you really can't say it clearly. ”

Ye Xiaotian nodded, he understood this feeling, this is like animal instinct, but animal instinct is innate, and his "sense of smell" comes from his understanding of the rules and habits, that is, experience, if you really want him to tell a reason, it is difficult.

Ye Xiaotian said: "Then tell me how you feel." It's okay, we're brainstorming, I don't have to tell you the basis. ”

The tax collector said: "Yes! In the past few days, some passers-by have regarded their lowly duties as people who have passed the Tiger Pass. Thinking that the lowly position is new, they have a lot of acceptance of the lowly position, and the lowly position feels from their words and deeds that the tax collector must have accepted benefits and cheated for personal gain. It's just impossible to determine if it's related to the smuggling of contraband. ”

Ye Xiaotian frowned slightly, he knew that he would follow this direction to investigate. Or there will be a breakthrough, but now that the Huge Envoy has raised his alert, this is no longer possible. He looked at Hua Yunfei again, Hua Yunfei smiled wryly and shook his head at him.

At this time, a thin old man suddenly coughed and said to Ye Xiaotian: "My lord, please forgive the old man for saying something discouraged, the old man thinks that it is impossible for us to find out anything wrong from their accounts." ”

This old gentleman's name is Nan Ke, he is the bookkeeper of Hong Baichuan's mansion, because of the relationship between Ye Xiaotian and the tycoon, so he trusts Mr. Nan very much, and let him be the manager of these bookkeepers. ”

Nan Ke arched his hand and said: "My lord, the first thing that the old man checked was the accounts of the Chang's Carriage and Horse Shop and the two commercial houses of Hu and Lu in the recent period, and from the account point of view, there is no problem, and the accounts we counted in Huxian County can fully match."

Since the adults have ordered the accounts of these three families to be strictly checked, it is obvious that they already have some doubts in their hearts, but the accounts of these three families are completely fine, so what does it mean? Or, these three are actually very innocent, my lord, you have checked the wrong direction, and for this, the old man thinks it is unlikely.

It's not that the old man compliments the adult, but because of these three, Chang's carriage and horse shop turned out to be Qimu's carriage and horse shop, if we really have someone in Huxian County who has a relationship with Myanmar and has been transporting private goods to my Ming Dynasty for a long time, then the most suspicious is Chang's carriage and horse shop, and other carriage and horse shops are even more impossible.

And among those merchants, if the Hulu family is fine, then all the merchants and all the account books must be checked and checked from the beginning, in this way, even if Lao Yu and others work day and night, they can't do it in three or five months, and Dawanshan Division will let us check here for three or five months?

I'm afraid that the Tuzhi County of the Dawan Mountain Division has so happily agreed to let us check the accounts, and it is for this reason that if we can't make all the gains, the Dawan Mountain Division and the many merchants and gentry who are stuck in my Hu County will have to make trouble to you. ”

That is, because Ye Xiaotian and Luo Daheng are good brothers, and Mr. Nan has been an accountant in Hong Baichuan Mansion for more than ten years, and he already regards himself as a member of the Hong family, so he is willing to put his heart into his young master's brother, otherwise he will never say this, but his honest words made the atmosphere in the room even heavier.

Sun Weixuan arched his hand and said, "Adult, the villain has something to say." ”

Ye Xiaotian immediately shifted his gaze to him. Sun Weixuan said: "Thanks to the attention of adults, the villain hopes to do something for the adult, but when it comes to taxation, the old men of the tax department are more familiar with the younger ones, and when it comes to auditing, the villain can't even compare with a little finger of Mr. Nan, as for the intricate relationships in the government, the villain does not understand Su Bantou......"

Although Sun Weixuan is a rough and hearty man, how can he not have the ability to do business, although he may not be good at dancing with long sleeves, but these words also habitually complimented everyone first, and then put forward his own opinion: "Therefore, the villain started from other aspects, thinking about what to discover." ”

Sun Weixuan smiled slightly and said: "The villain has also walked around the tiger inside and out in the past few days, and then when he saw that there was nothing to discover, the villain suddenly remembered one thing, so he ran to Moon Bay." ”

Su Xuntian said, "What are you doing in Moon Bay?" It is in the middle of my Huxian checkpoint and Dawanshansi checkpoint, the left and right banks of Moon Bay are lofty mountains and mountains, vehicles and goods are difficult to fly, and they can only take the ferry, and they can't do anything at all. ”

Sun Wei shook his head and said: "What Su Bantou said is true! The villain also has no other idea, holding the possibility of going around. The villain thought, if there are really people who are traffickers and smugglers, then he will come down all the way, and there must be people who buy people at various checkpoints, so our Huxian checkpoint and Dawanshansi checkpoint may not be able to do tricks and feet in the account books, but the Moon Bay ferry is different. ”

Ye Xiaotian frowned slightly, and thought about it: "Moon Bay Ferry? The ferries there are all civilian boats, what can you find? ”

Sun Weixuan smiled proudly and said: "My lord, this Moon Bay ferry has been opened since the completion of the post road in the Taizu period, and it has been more than two hundred years, and the boatmen have long been not scattered operations, they have had a ship shop as early as a few decades ago, and there is only one, all the shipwrights and sailors, loading and unloading workers, are all in the ship shop to make a living.

When the villains used to escort the goods to the transit port, they accidentally found that they were counting and recording the number of passing firms and goods, and of course they had no right to inspect the goods, but they would record which merchant house or carriage and horse shop it was, and how many boxes and baskets they had, so as to ask for ferry fees and pay the shipwrights and laborers. ”

Ye Xiaotian said nervously: "This kind of account book will not be discarded after use, right?" ”

Sun Weixuan said: "The villain is also worried about this, so he went to check." The villain and the boss of the ship were very familiar with each other, and after knocking on the side, I realized that they not only kept detailed records of the shipment, but also had the time, and these account books had to be handed over to the account room, and they would not be discarded indiscriminately! ”

Ye Xiaotian laughed and said, "There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get them!" Wei Xuan, this time, you have made a great achievement! ”

Ye Xiaotian stood up, and everyone also stood up, Ye Xiaotian said in a deep voice: "Today's discussion, everyone must keep their mouths shut!" Tomorrow, let's 'go back in vain'! Haha......"

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Moon Bay as the only source of food for the people in the vicinity, the competition of the boat industry is also extremely fierce, for more than 200 years, the owner of this ferry has changed hands several times, from more than 20 years ago by the Liang family to dominate the world. The proprietor of this generation of Liang's shipbuilding is called Liang Qingyi, and all the shipwrights and sailors are under him to make a living.

The management of the Liang family has been very strict after decades of tempering, unless the manager of the Liang family is dizzy and has serious mistakes, or it is a special reason for war and the government, it is enough to ensure that the Liang family has lived on this ferry for generations, and it is impossible to threaten him, because with the Liang family's comprehensive monopoly on the cross-strait ferry, others have no chance to develop at all.

Even if Liang Qingyi doesn't go to the dock now, he can make money while sitting at home. But Liang Qingyi is not slack, every day rain or shine, he will definitely go to his water kingdom to inspect, just like a lion king patrolling his territory every day.

Early in the morning, Liang Qingyi rushed to the dock as always, accompanied by several chief stewards, slowly patrolling his rivers and mountains, enjoying the awe-inspiring eyes of the shipwrights and laborers, when suddenly, a young man with a delicate appearance and a lovely smile stopped in front of him.

Liang Qingyi frowned unhappily, and immediately a ship's chief steward yelled at the man: "What are you doing, get out of the way!" ”

"Cool Ship Master, huh?"

The young man smiled at the blessing of the heavenly official: "This official Huxian County Cheng Ye Xiaotian, I have long admired the name of the Liang boat owner, but it is a pity that I am sorry for the fate." Today, a friend gifted a good monttop stone flower three or two, can't bear to enjoy it alone, there is a cool boat owner to go to the next gathering, a cup of tea, okay? ”

:Sincerely ask for monthly passes, recommended tickets!.

(To be continued......)