Huang Qinghe was stunned for a moment because of Song Chengxuan's bearing, and only after a while did he say, "What Lord Song said is ...... People who have been smuggled have been strictly scrutinized. ”

Such as.

This Lord Song.

Huang Qinghe carefully thought about things related to Quanzhou.

Many years ago, Quanzhou fought with the Japanese invaders, and although they won the battle in the end, the Quanzhou sailors were almost completely damaged.

The current military department Shangshu Hong Chuanting has repeatedly asked the court for soldiers and horses, to train a new sailor for the court before the arrival of the Japanese again, but the courtiers are not optimistic about the sailor, and some people even proposed that it is better to retreat to the sea for thousands of miles to build the city wall, as opposed to the alien race in the north, as long as the city is not out, those people are helpless, it is best to avoid trade at sea, so it is a hundred.

Hong Chuanting reprimanded those people for not knowing the suffering of the coastal people, not to mention how much manpower and material resources it took to build a city wall like the northern Xinjiang, before it was built, the coastal people would have to endure the bullying of the Japanese invaders, and the maritime trade under the rule of the imperial court also improved the lives of the coastal people.

For the Great Zhou court, it was more difficult to build a city wall than to train a sailor, so the court accepted Hong Chuanting's proposal, but the number of soldiers recruited was far from enough to form a sailor.

But when General Shi Lao returned to his hometown, there was no suitable candidate to replace General Shi Lao, and only one person was willing to go to Quanzhou to serve.

This person is now Xue Shen, the chief soldier of the Quanzhou Naval Division, the Xue family is born in Taizu Mafu, and several children in the family have served in the court, Xue Shen's mighty general is also because his father died on the battlefield, but this person is a weak scholar, can only go in and out of the military camp to give advice to the commander, although it has played a big role in several battles, but Xue Shen has always had a bad temper, and he will conflict with the commander at every turn, and gradually no one wants to work with him.

Xue Shen's physical foundation is extremely poor, he can't gallop on the battlefield, he can only talk about "paper soldiers", and he can't lead the troops outside, so he will become a useless person.

Xue Shen was already over forty years old at that time, as if he was also disheartened about the official career, so he complained about illness and traveled around and happened to go to Quanzhou, I don't know what happened to Xue Shen in Quanzhou, and when he came back, it was like a different person, not only re-concerned about government affairs, but also wrote a detailed description of the battle situation in Quanzhou.

Anyway, there is no suitable candidate, the emperor ordered Xue Shen to temporarily take the post of the chief soldier of the water division, and the court was very happy, everyone knew that the news of General Shi Lao's departure reached the Japanese Kou, and the Japanese would definitely come to commit crimes, and whoever took the water division to defeat the battle would be punished by the imperial court, and Xue Shen was responsible for them.

Almost everyone concluded that Xue Shen would return defeated.

What people didn't expect was that Xue Shen not only won the battle, but also killed all the invading Japanese invaders, deterring the Japanese and inspiring the spirit of the sailor, Xue Shen's methods were even more ruthless than General Shi's.

In the next few years, the Quanzhou Sailor became more and more powerful, whether it was a pirate or a pirate, don't want to pass the test under the nose of the Quanzhou Sailor, the battle a while ago burned more than 20 warships of the Waikou, and Xue Shen's prestige also spread throughout the Great Zhou.

From these things, it can be seen that Quanzhou's attitude towards the Japanese and smuggling is that the people who are most determined to deal with the smuggling merchants in the Great Zhou are them.

After thinking about this, Huang Qinghe saluted Song Chengxuan: "Please Lord Song for guidance." ”

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The account that Sun Runan took out should be the reason why Second Master Sun was killed.

That is the account recorded is the simple number of goods exchanged, and the goods on it are also allowed to be bought and sold by the imperial court, such as rice, silk and satin, cotton, jade, pearls, etc.

Huang Qinghe handed the account to Song Chengxuan to see: "At first, I also wanted to find the involvement of the Sun family, the Ding family, and the Zhang family in the accounts, but I didn't find it. ”

That is, the involvement is not superficial.

Huang Qinghe continued: "The Yan family started with jade, and the Sun family mainly sells silk and cloth, and in recent years, there have been more gems and pearls. ”

Song Chengxuan looked at the accounts for a while before saying: "This account must be different from other accounts of the Sun family, a businessman like the Sun family should have money and goods in and out every day, but this account is only recorded once a month." ”

Huang Qinghe also discovered this: "Does it mean that the goods recorded in the accounts are extremely special." ”

Song Chengxuan said: "And the amount of goods recorded each time is huge. ”

Huang Qinghe nodded.

Song Chengxuan then asked: "Merchants have their own rules for bookkeeping, what is the reason for Second Master Sun to do this?" ”

Huang Qinghe pondered: "Could it be that all the transactions of the month will be recorded together." ”

"If it is really a monthly account, it should be recorded at the end of each month, and the time of this record is not fixed, which is particularly obvious in June, July and August, for example, there is no record in June and July last year."

Huang Qinghe didn't understand: "Then why? ”

"Because of the strong wind," Song Chengxuan raised his head, his eyes flickering slightly, "The wind and the torrential rain are pouring, and no boat can go to sea." ”

Huang Qinghe exclaimed: "This account records the goods transported from or out of the sea. ”

"The last account was recorded in January of this year," Song Chengxuan said, "when was the first accident of the Sun family?" ”

"At the end of February," Huang Qinghe remembers very clearly, "it was at the end of February." "That's the connection between this account and this case.

Huang Qinghe said: "But even if the Sun family travels goods at sea, these are not items strictly prohibited by the imperial court. ”

Song Chengxuan didn't speak, picked up the tea and took a sip.

The room was quiet for a while, and Huang Qinghe's mind kept turning: "Although what he remembered was silk and spices, it was very likely that it was just a disguise, and what they really bought and sold was not these things, but how can we prove ......?"

"Lord Huang doesn't need to prove it, he only needs the Sun family to give a certificate, whether it is buying or selling, the Sun family must have a certificate, as long as it can't be checked with the things on this account, the Sun family will have a problem."

Caught, this is the real secret of the Sun family.

Song Chengxuan said: "Lord Huang can also summon that person to ask." ”

The person that Lord Song was referring to was the one who handed the silver soaked in seawater to Lord Song to see.

"But...... Li Xu? Huang Qinghe asked.

Song Chengxuan did not deny it: "Lord Huang is going to knock on the door of Shangshu of the Criminal Department tonight, but whenever smuggling is involved, the imperial court will treat it as a serious case, but what Lord Huang did tonight is only the first step." ”

Huang Qinghe naturally understood.

"Before going to the Shangshu house of the Criminal Department again, Lord Huang has one more thing to do."

Huang Qinghe listened quietly.

Song Chengxuan said: "Let her meet Jiang Zhiyi." ”

She was referring to Miss Xu.

Huang Qinghe hesitated a little: "After all, it is the prison of Shuntianfu." ”

Song Chengxuan hooked the corners of his mouth slightly: "Presumably adults can do it." ”

Coming out of Shuntian Mansion, Song Chengxuan returned to the small courtyard.

Zhang Zhenren was already waiting anxiously, and when he saw Song Chengxuan, he immediately said, "Xue ...... The military advisor will definitely blame the son, and it is reckless to confront the Zhang family like this. ”

Reckless? Song Chengxuan raised his eyebrows, why didn't he feel it, but he was very happy in his heart.

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