"Second master, this is the official document that the eldest master just approved."

The clerk of the county signing room handed an official document to Ye Xiaotian's case with both hands, Ye Xiaotian took it easily, looked at the cover and opened it, the fire paint seal had been opened, and after pulling out the official document, there were instructions from Guiyang Mansion, Tongren Mansion and Huazhi County of this county. Under the implementation of layers of implementation, when it came to Hua Qingfeng, a beautiful small block was written, "Ye County Cheng is strictly investigated!" ”

Ye Xiaotian glanced at Hua Qingfeng's instructions, and then looked at the text. This letter is a request for the prohibition of contraband. The reason is that a large number of ivory, rhino horn, jade, light beads, sea shells, jade, coral, hawksbill turtles and other items have appeared in Jinling, Beijing and other prosperous Dafu now.

These things are luxury goods produced in Southeast Asian countries, and the imperial court used to check them very strictly, so as to control the number of tributary goods in South Asian countries, and at the same time, it is also through this control to maintain the tributary system of the Ming Dynasty. The appearance of a large number of such commodities far exceeded the amount of tribute paid by the South Asian countries registered by the government, and it was naturally smuggled in.

Now that the war between China and Burma has just ended, the imperial court is not allowed to trade with Myanmar in order to punish the king of Burma, as an economic sanction, and this time a large number of luxury goods, many of them are from Myanmar from the style point of view, so the imperial court issued a strict order, reprimanding the local government to strengthen the ban and crackdown.

After Guizhou got the imperial court's document, the Guizhou political secretary approved the Tongren Mansion, and the Tongren Mansion naturally had to be granted to the Hu County under its jurisdiction, and the Hu County was stuck on the mouth of the north-south post road, so it naturally had an important responsibility.

Hua Qingfeng can be granted to Ye Xiaotian, Ye Xiaotian can't be waved with a big pen, and then it will be granted to the lower side to deal with, as a county-level sheriff, this is his duty, and he must deal with it personally.

Ye Xiaotian read the text, put his hands behind his back and slowly paced in the room. Dressed in a dark green official robe, he looks slender. Because there are patterns on the robes of officials above the seventh grade. Therefore his robe was very plain. There was nothing but a quail on the complement.

However, Ye Xiaotian is young, and his eyebrows and eyes are also delicate, lined by the snow-white mid-single neckline, which is a talent. Ye Xiaotian paced for two teas, and when he saw that the official was still waiting on the side, he waved his hand and said, "You go, please ask Zhang Dianshi to come." ”

The priest said yes and turned to go. This canonical history is called Zhang Xin, and it was newly appointed by the imperial court. is already in his early fifties, originally in a third-class small county in Huguang to do a canonical history, but now he is transferred to Huxian, or a third-class small county, it is obvious that there is no backstage, and now he is just staying up for a long time.

Therefore, this Zhang Dianshi has no ambitions, especially when he came to Huxian, he heard about Ye Xiaotian's several glorious deeds, and he brought down two fierce people in a row. It is said that when Chaoguo's uncle also suffered a big loss under his hands, Zhang Dianshi was even more in awe in his heart, so the two cooperated happily. There has never been any conflict.

After a while, Zhang Dianshi hurriedly arrived, hugged his fists to Ye Xiaotian and said, "My lord!" summoned the subordinates, but I don't know what to order. ”

This canon is very robust. Although he is in his early fifties, look at the spirit, at most he is around forty. A red face. There was not even a single wrinkle, and his head was even darker. According to himself, this is because he has no ambitions, never does anything to do anything, and his mind is simple, and he is young.

Or maybe that's the case, Zhang Dianshi really doesn't have a lot of arguments, although he is not happy in the officialdom, but when he never sighs, he lives a very happy life, which is very different from Ai Dianshi, who is bitter and hateful all day long, and Xu Boyi, who blindly speculates.

Ye Xiaotian nodded at him and said kindly: "Zhang Dianshi, you can sit down." As he spoke, he handed over the official document that Hua Qingfeng had forwarded. When Ye Xiaotian came back from Hongfeng Lake, he officially took office, and more than four months have passed so far. The autumn wind has blown the maple leaves, and it has entered the late autumn season, and he has already done a good job in the position of the county leader.

Zhang Dianshi looked at the official document, frowned slightly, and asked inquiringly: "The second master thinks that this batch of treasures flowed into the Central Plains from my Huxian County?" ”

Ye Xiaotian waved his hand and smiled: "That's not necessarily. This kind of thing, let's not take it on ourselves, but since the court requires a strict investigation, it always looks like we have to do it. ”

As soon as Zhang Dianshi heard Ye Xiaotian say this, he knew it in his heart, he smiled and agreed, got up and said goodbye, and immediately summoned the three classes of officials and began to deploy. Since there is an instruction from above, you have to do a job of saving face, so that you can give an explanation.

Ye Xiaotian sent Zhang Dianshi away, thought for a moment, then took off his official robe, changed into a shirt, and went straight out of the yamen. The guards sent to him by the Gu God Sect were ten of them left in the mansion by him, and the other six were all recruited into the official mansion, and in the name of catching fast, they were actually just his entourage.

Of course, these so-called "fast catchers" are not regular soldiers, and he is responsible for the salaries of the people he recruits, as long as you can afford them, the more people you recruit, the better, and the yamen doesn't care.

Ye Xiaotian hurried up, and arrived at the post station in half an hour. Ye Xiaotian passed the post station without entering, and walked forward more than 300 steps, which was where Luo Li Gao's carriage and horses were located. After Xie Chuanfeng absconded and disappeared, Xie's carriage and horse shop was entrusted by Huazhi County to be presided over by Wang Zhushu, and disposed of all the property to the other two largest carriage and horse shops, Chang's carriage and horse shop and Luo Li Gao carriage and horse shop. As for the courtyard and house of Xie's carriage and horse shop, it was bought by Luo Li Gao carriage and horse shop, just from the façade, the current Luo Li high carriage and horse shop is the largest and most generous around the entire post station.

"Second master, why are you here?"

Generally, people who are far away call Ye Xiaotian Ye County Cheng and Ye Lord, and only those who are close to him and have a lower status than him call him the second master, which means the second in command of Hu County, and his status is second only to the county master.

In addition to Zhou Bantou, Su Bantou, Ma Hui, Xu Haoran and others who called Ye Xiaotian so in the county government, there were only the people around Ye Xiaotian in the detention room. However, Luo Li Gaoche and Horse Shop is the property of Ye Xiaotian's good brother Luo Daheng, so Sun Weixuan is also called the second master when he sees him.

Sun Weixuan greeted Ye Xiaotian affectionately, with wheat-colored skin and white teeth, smiling very sunnyly.

Gao Ya and Li Bohao, the two young village owners, are not good at running a business, and now they have been promoted from the county school to the government school, and it is impossible to be a young owner here.

Originally, Gao Ya and Li Bohao could only go to county school, and it was just a matter of making a show. However, their father has now become a hereditary chief officer, and they can continue to "study and further study".

They only need to go to Tongren Mansion to study for another three years, and they don't need to participate in the imperial examination. can get a lifting status, which is the privilege of the direct children of the Tusi family. And the tycoon is even more drunk with his "grocery store" business, and has little interest in the carriage and horse shop, plus Niuniu is about to give birth, and he has no energy to take care of him, so Luo Li Gao's carriage and horse shop has now been completely handed over to Sun Weixuan to take care of.

Sun Weixuan did not live up to the tycoon's trust, and threw himself wholeheartedly on the carriage and horse shop, taking care of the business of the carriage and horse shop prosperously. Nowadays, there are few people on the post road who don't know this "Brother Sun" who is all over the world and is bold and righteous.

In this way, Sun Weixuan's main thing is to act as an agent for the three proprietors to deal with various merchants and travelers, so it is naturally not appropriate to always go out in person. Ye Xiaotian's feet did not stop. went all the way into the room, and said to Sun Weixuan: "Come on, I have something to ask you!" ”

The living room of Luo Li Gao is very large, although it is not exquisite, but it has a kind of reckless and bold taste. Sun Weixuan followed Ye Xiaotian into the living room and poured him a cup of tea with his own hands, Ye Xiaotian sat on it and said to Sun Weixuan: "Weixuan, I'm here this time." There's something to ask you. ”

Sun Weixuan was very familiar with him, and he didn't need to give up his seat, so he sat down and looked at Ye Xiaotian seriously. Ye Xiaotian turned the teacup and muttered: "You have been on the post road for some years, from a handlebar style to today's benevolent and righteous big brother......"

Sun Weixuan owes himself and does not dare to do it. Ye Xiaotian said: "The twists and turns on this post road. I'm afraid there's nothing you don't know. So, I'm here today because I want to ask you something. ”

Sun Wei smiled shyly. said: "Second master, please speak." ”

Ye Xiaotian said: "Our post road is the main transportation route between Yunnan and Huguang, as far as you know, has anyone smuggled all kinds of prohibited artifacts from the southern countries and sold them to the Central Plains from this post road." ”

Sun Weixuan's eyes froze, and he hurriedly said: "Second master, our Luo Li Gao Carriage and Horse Shop only does serious business, and this kind of thing will never be touched." ”

Ye Xiaotian said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, I don't suspect that Luo Li Gao has any misdeeds, otherwise I wouldn't have come to ask you directly, but asked the tycoon for the crime." Hehe, that's right, the imperial court said that there are a large number of ivory, rhino horn, pearl shells, jadeite and other treasures for sale in the big city and Dafu, and these things must be trafficked from the south, of course, it may not take our Guizhou line. Just answer me as far as you know. ”

Sun Weixuan thought for a while and said, "When Qi Mu was here before, his carriage and horse shop did this, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to accumulate a huge fortune so quickly." ”

Ye Xiaotian said: "Qi Mu? I know this, he even dares to smuggle gunpowder. I asked if anyone else had done that after that. ”

Sun Weixuan shook his head and said, "This...... I really haven't heard of it again. ”

Ye Xiaotian narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "If you were the one who did these things for Qi Mu in the first place, then Qi Mu died, would you stop?" ”

When Qi Mu was there, Sun Weixuan was just a handlebar under Qi Mu, relying on his good skills in driving the car, and his prestige was higher among the bitter haha, so naturally he was not in charge of the carriage and horse shop for Qi Mu at that time. Sun Weixuan thought seriously for a while, and said slowly: "No! ”

Ye Xiaotian raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "Oh? The reason? ”

Sun Weixuan said: "There are many reasons, to purchase these things from the Nanyang countries, you need to have a relationship with the characters over there, and I don't know how much effort it takes to do this." Along the way, there are still many levels that need to be bought, money paves the way, and it is also expensive, how can you not want to get back ten times and a hundred times the money spent.

Besides, to do this, you have to have some of the most loyal and reliable men, and if you want to stop, what about these people? When you give them money, they are your most docile dogs, and when you cut off their money, they will become wolves that will gnaw you at all. The most important thing is that although the risk is big, the profit is really huge, once you have tasted that kind of benefit, who is willing to give up and earn the hard-earned money? ”

Ye Xiaotian's eyes were still squinting slightly, and he said softly: "The person who did this kind of thing for Qi Mu at that time, was he always at ease?" ”

Sun Weixuan said: "At that time, I was just a handlebar type, and this fact is not clear. However, among the several big stewards who took care of Qi Mu's carriage and horse shop at that time, Chang Zizi was the most trusted one. ”

Ye Xiaotian smiled slightly and said, "Very good!" You just need to know about it, don't say it. ”

Sun Weixuan stood up and said respectfully: "The little one understands!" ”

Ye Xiaotian walked out with a smile. How could he not be concerned about smuggling, especially treasures and artifacts that were probably smuggled from embargoed Burma, and his goal was not just to serve as a county governor, but to climb up.

If you want to continue to be in the position, even if you have a backstage, you have to have some good political achievements to stop others, not to mention that he has no backing. However, even if he earnestly instructed Zhang Dianshi, it was useless, Zhang Dianshi came to Huxian County to live up the years, and if he didn't pull his hind legs, he would be Amitabha, how could he expect Zhang Dianshi to do things for him. However, it is always possible to use Zhang Dianshi to cast some smoke on the outside world. Sometimes, it is better to plant flowers with heart than to plant willows unintentionally....... At the beginning of the month, please cast your guaranteed monthly pass!.

(To be continued......)

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