These people were sure that she was a waste of firewood, and they would definitely not be able to see anything, so they let her mess around.

After she looked at it and really couldn't find anything, she didn't go back obediently, she was there, and this year's salt was not so good to take out and use it privately.

Everything is moving quietly in secret, and Ye Chiba can't grasp any clues at all on the bright side.

On the day of the release of salt, although the salt division complied with her advice and allowed a small salt guide to be issued separately, it was a pity that there were no retail households to exchange it at all, and in the end it was snatched up by salt merchants from all over the country.

In the local salt-producing area of South Bay, salt is still a luxury.

Nanwan is close to the border pass, and the grain was eventually sent to the border pass to supply the soldiers stationed at the border pass, and it stands to reason that more than 1.2 million taels of silver could be obtained by selling salt, and no more than half of the silver eventually flowed into the imperial court, and most of the silver was pocketed by these officials for various reasons.

All the officials in the entire South Bay are all suspicious, and if they want to be arrested, where should they be arrested?

She can't drastically dismiss all the officials in the entire South Bay, so who will maintain the normal operation of the South Bay?

What's more, the emperor asked her to come here, and he didn't expect her to really do anything big, and everyone didn't have hope for her.

Ye Qianye can only recognize the current facts, and stop thinking about this nonsense.

The warehouse of the Salt Division is full of boxes of silver taels, and Ye Chiba has been going to the Salt Division every day to report these days, and the salt class has long been tired of her, but there is no way.

With the prince in charge, the silver can only be temporarily left in the treasury, in case it is smuggled out, and someone comes to count the silver on the spot.

I didn't think that this prince was addicted to it, and he came every day, no matter how the chief secretary invited her, she still only went to the place of the salt department.

Even if the people in the salt department have complaints, they don't dare to say it, they can only abide by their duties and dare not deceive, and the reasons for the tax collection last year may not be successful this year.

"Master Tong, it's been too hard for you to follow Prince Ben all day."

"Your Highness, the minister doesn't feel hard, it's an honor for the minister to be able to follow the prince." Before the prince came, the salt class was the object of envy of everyone, but when the prince came, he nodded every day and pretended to be a grandson, and he was about to tire him out.

He is already in his forties, how can he compare to a young man, he stays in the Salt Division from morning to night, in the past, he would always go to the Teaching Division with those adults in the Third Division to drink tea, and now this activity has also been temporarily stopped, who let the current prince be here.

Fortunately, the prince didn't plan to attack the officials in Nanwan, he only stared at the tax silver, this tax silver, if he can't get it this year, there will be next year, even if it is all for the prince to escort back, it is not a problem.

It's that there are a lot of loopholes in the Salt Division, if this prince really finds out the clues, what if he finds out about his head in order to make meritorious contributions?

He had been in this position for decades, and the emperor had no intention of transferring him, and of course he was counting on his death.

"Master Tong, you are really good at talking, but is there a little more of this little official in the salt department?" According to the observations of these days, although the entire salt division is not large, there are countless small officials, and many of them are simply idle, and they are all stuffed in one place.

"Back to Your Highness, the Salt Division is indeed not very busy in ordinary times, but when it is busy every year, even these small officials are not enough, and after the salt is exchanged, the salt farmers in the major salt farms have to pay the compensation for the year."

"Yes."

Most of these little officials are like little ruffians at the corner of the street, and I am afraid that most of them come in with silver.

She can't control much about the affairs of the Salt Division, at most she will fire these people, and when she leaves, the people who turn around will bring people in, unless she stays in Nanwan all the year round, she can't control the current situation at all.

Salt class promotion has always been a fat shortage, no matter how honest and honest the person is, he will eventually lose himself in this materialistic position.

She only needs to transport away the salt tax of the year, and as for supervision, what can she monitor?

Yan Jiao Tiju could see a lot of words in her expression, but well, what the salt class division should do is not up to him.

It was already dark when I returned to the station, and Nanwan was still the same as usual, with a salty wind blowing from the seaside, and it was still very lively at night, and the lights were bright in the distance, and everyone seemed to be very happy.

But she wasn't in the mood to join in the fun, she just wanted to go back quickly.

That night, the fog reappeared, and the old man had been haunted, hundreds of years old, like an old naughty boy.

"Sect Master, my subordinates heard that there is another batch of private salt in the black market, and it is in good condition, I am afraid it is refined salt from a serious salt farm."

"I'm still here, these people are too bold, aren't they?" Ye Chiba sat up from the bed, "I wonder what the elders think?" ”

"Hey, I'm afraid there is no way to do this, but the sect leader can check from the origin of salt, and maybe he can find something." After saying that, the fog flashed again, leaving Ye Chiba alone to ponder.

She didn't know where the black market was, how did this old man run so fast.

She blew the rhinoceros horn again, summoning the mist back, "Elder, you haven't told me where the black market is. ”

"Oh, I forgot, this private salt merchant usually takes salt to the countryside to sell, the countryside is the hardest hit area of salt shortage, most families eat illegal salt, and the price of illegal salt is cheaper than official salt."

"Country ......" Ye Qianye thought for a while, it was unrealistic for her to go to the countryside alone, and she didn't have a right-hand man by her side, so she immediately paid attention to the foggy person, "Elder, I wonder if you can bring some fog people to arrest the illicit salt dealer for me?" ”

She tugged at Mist's sleeve to keep him from escaping.

Wuyi obviously didn't intend to pull this matter on himself, and frowned when he heard Ye Qianye say this, they Wuyi people have always had no quarrel with the world, and they didn't plan to get involved at all, but it's a pity that the current sect leader turned out to be the prince of the current dynasty, how can this be good?

If you don't agree, it's disobeying the sect leader's order, and if you do, isn't that pushing the fog man into the fire pit?

"Elder, I promise that the Fog Man will be fine, you just need to help me arrest those who sell illicit salt."

When it comes to torturing people, she has a way.

These smugglers are in hiding in Tibet, and their whereabouts are rarely discovered, and only the elusive fog can control their position.

"That's it, the old man will take care of this matter for the church." Fog gritted his teeth, and finally responded.

These smugglers also brought people with strong martial arts around them, but they still didn't prevent it, and several masterminds were blindfolded and brought into the post station.

These people were so panicked that Ye Qianye hadn't done it yet, and they had almost confessed all their guilt.

It can be seen that they are not the masterminds behind the scenes, but just the ghosts who work for others.

Ye Qianye simply didn't take off the blindfolds on their faces, and kept them staying, hanging them out that night, and their bodies were tied up and down with ropes, and they couldn't move.

The next day, when they heard the slightest movement, they wailed, "Whatever we do, we're just hired people!" ”

Ye Chiba pulled a chair over and sat down in front of them, "Then do you know that selling illicit salt is a capital crime?" ”

"My lord, we don't know if it's private salt or official salt, so let's let us go for the sake of our offense! There are old and young people in our family, and the whole family is waiting for me to bring the money back to eat! ”

Once these people are caught, they make up all kinds of lies, and when they are not caught, they are lucky.

Who knew that this time it would be so unlucky to be really caught.

The people above must not confess to them, otherwise it will definitely be the wives and sons of the family who will suffer, and they can only bite to the death and never let go.

"Your wife and children, do you have anything to do with me?" Ye Qianye motioned to the people around her to call the salt class, she had made such a big achievement, why should she let him come and take a look.

When the salt class heard that he had caught the smuggler of salt, he was so frightened that he didn't even put on his official hat and hurriedly followed the night Chiba entourage to the post station.

The outside of the post station has been surrounded by the guards brought by Ye Chiba, and no one can escape.

Seeing this scene, the salt class was like a great enemy.

These lowly mud legs, who spread the news early in the morning, told them not to act rashly, and even dared to commit crimes against the wind! It's just deadly!

As soon as the salt class arrived, he immediately ordered the execution of these smugglers.

It's just about to come up and snatch people away directly, kill people and kill people, of course Ye Qianye won't let him get his way, "Master Tong, why are you in a hurry, I haven't asked who the mastermind behind them is." ”

"Your Highness, how can you ask for this kind of thing, since you are a smuggler of salt, let the lower official personally bring the person back for interrogation." The salt class raised a flattering smile.

"No, I've already asked someone to come to the platform in person."

This matter is no longer a trivial matter when it comes to the Criminal Division.

Originally, these smugglers were just thrown into prison and locked up for a few years, but when they ran into Ye Qianye, they had to die to settle the matter.

Zhentai originally didn't want to pay attention to this kind of thing, but now he had to come to the post station in person, facing the current prince, he was naturally not very familiar with the prince, and he didn't slap his back like the political envoy, but he didn't expect the fire to burn on his head.

As soon as he entered the post station door, Yan Jiao raised his eyes with him, and he was serious, his face was not angry and mighty, and he was scared when he looked at it.

"Your Highness, it's too late."

"It's okay, it just so happens that the salt class is also here, and this trafficker who sells illicit salt has been caught, what should you do?"

"According to the law of the Night Kingdom, selling illicit salt is a capital offense and should be beheaded." Zhentai motioned to the servants to arrest these people, "Your Highness, the matter of asking for the crime belongs to the matter of the Criminal Division, and the subordinate will definitely arrest the mastermind behind the scenes." ”

"Oh? The salt section told me that this smuggler was under the control of their salt department. ”

"Your Highness, of course, this illegal and criminal matter is under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Division, and it is the subordinate who has overstepped the rules." Yan Jiao said hurriedly.

"Okay, then I'll go with Zhentai to the Criminal Division." Ye Qianye couldn't help but say that he went to the Punishment Division with the official sedan chair of the platform, and the salt class that followed behind still couldn't put his mind at ease, and followed for a long time, and only stopped under the persuasion of the same lift.

Selling illicit salt itself is not managed, and it is enough to catch at most one or two typical examples within a year, and now that they are caught, they can only be considered unlucky.

When they arrived at the Criminal Division, these traffickers had already been scared to pee, and there was a smell of urine on their bodies, and the prison was filled with all kinds of stench, which made people's minds dizzy.

The first time Ye Chiba came into contact with the prison, the smell almost stunned her, she covered her nose and looked over, "Why are there so many people locked up in this prison?" ”

Zhentai rarely comes to the prison, and he is also a headache from this smell at this time, "Your Highness, there are many criminals who have been imprisoned in the prison for several years, and the sentence is not yet completed, so they naturally stay in the prison, the capacity of the prison in Nanwan is too small, it can only accommodate more than 800 people, but now it is stuffed with more than 2,000 people." ”

"How can so many people commit crimes in a small South Bay?" This number is quite huge, a city is less than 100,000 people, there are more than 2,000 people locked up here, and there will be a criminal in almost 50 people, such a large ratio is not conventional.

"Your Highness doesn't know that Nanwan is a salt-producing area, and there are a lot of mud legs in the countryside who steal salt works without permission, and most of them have been caught."

Most of these people in prison are yellow-skinned and thin, and some of them have become skinny, and you can only see despair in their eyes.

After a long time in this kind of place, people will lose hope, Ye Qianye looked uncomfortable, and in the end he didn't go down, and went straight out of prison, "Then what will happen to these smuggler salt dealers?" ”

"According to the usual practice, after arraignment and confession, he was beheaded in the vegetable market."

"What if nothing comes out of their mouths?" She asked.

"Your Highness, most of them bit their tongues and committed suicide without asking anything, these dealers are very cunning, and they will never give up their families." Speaking of these traffickers, Zhentai also seems to be indignant, but he doesn't know what the real emotions are.

"Then you might as well leave the interrogation to me."

"How can this be done, how can your noble body do such an inferior thing, Your Highness, there are officials in the Criminal Investigation Department who specialize in interrogating prisoners, and there is no need for their level to personally try cases."

Ye Qianye naturally hasn't been exposed to any of this, but with the mentality that she has to do everything herself, she still plans to give it a try.

It doesn't matter if you don't say this, it's said, this platform is nervous like something, hurry up and dispel her thoughts first.

Let's talk about all kinds of capital punishment first, what kind of tiger chair pepper water is light, what kind of car cracking, cutting into a human or something, how scary how to come, how to look like a prince in the night, in the end it is still a girl's paper, hearing such a terrifying scene, think about it or give up.

First of all, she must not bear to use such a horrific punishment on others, and she is not very clear about the current law, but if she is allowed to come, it is estimated that it will be impossible to find out the main messenger behind the scenes.

Night Chiba's hopes were disappointed, but she still had a lot of ideas and decided to listen.

These smugglers entered the Criminal Division overnight, took off their masks, and when they saw the platform sitting in the lobby, they fainted directly.

It's a pity that they fainted here, and they also had a hundred ways to wake up the fainted person.

A bucket of cold water is poured directly from the beginning to the end, and if you don't wake up again, you will be served with sticks.

Ye Qianye, who was sitting on the side, didn't mention how uncomfortable he was, no wonder there were so many unjust cases in ancient times, even if he was not guilty of tossing like this, he would rather admit his crimes, so he didn't suffer a little bit of flesh and skin, not to mention these people who had already been convicted.