Sheng Huai didn't pay attention to his expression, he just looked at the firelight faintly, his hair had not been taken care of for a long time, it was very messy, the prison clothes were dirty, and compared to the previous majesty, it was very bleak.

Liu Han sighed softly: "Do you still expect them to protect you?"

Sheng Huai's expression was numb, a trace of ridicule slipped over the corners of his mouth, and he said in a tone of lesson: "Lord Liu, you are not bad, at least you haven't punished the old man until now, the old man will tell you a secret, in the officialdom, there are few charcoal in the snow, and there are many icing on the cake, the old man is like this, and others are afraid of stepping on it, counting on someone to protect him, the old man is not a little hairy head who has just entered the officialdom." ”

"In that case, why do you want to protect them?" Chu Mingqiu asked puzzled.

Sheng Huai smiled again, this smile looked very desolate, sighed, and did not answer.

Liu Han didn't ask anymore, he knew in his heart that if he continued to ask, what was revealed was either the clan or the royal family, and the magnitude was not low.

"Well, I'll leave you a pen and paper, and if you think about it, write it down. Liu Han got up and just walked to the door.

"Providence is like this, and the old man doesn't blame anyone. ”

Liu Han glanced back at him and didn't persuade him again.

Out of the prison door, Nan Sheng greeted him and asked curiously, "My lord, this is not a trial?"

"How can it be tried? This Sheng Huai's heart is like a death will, and he can't ask it, besides, according to the law of the Great Jin Dynasty, the Qin case cannot be punished. ”

Nan Sheng hesitated and didn't persuade anymore, the Qin case could not be punished, but Hu Benwei had at least a hundred punishments, and there was not a trace of scars on the surface.

"Besides, if you really want to ask something, I don't know what it is, forget it, ask the palace for guilt. ”

Nan Sheng's heart trembled, and he stopped asking, in the past, there were such examples, the judge asked what he shouldn't ask, and then he became a prisoner.

Seeing Liu Han go out, he hurriedly chased after him, and when he returned to the room, Liu Han drafted a report, sealed it together with the transcribed confession, handed it to Nan Sheng, and asked him to ride eight hundred miles to the capital.

Sympathy for Sheng Huai is just a moment, if time goes back, he will still make such a decision, Sheng Huai is already a person in the game, he clearly knows the rules of the game, he also accepts the rules of the game, since this is the case, then do things according to the rules.

sighed deeply, since he came to this world, he has not been able to control his own destiny, but it seems that Sheng Huaigui, as a feudal official, also cannot control his own destiny.

Judging from Sheng Huai's case, Chu Mingqiu faintly felt that this Great Jin Dynasty was very unusual in the world, in addition to the emperor, there was also a force that was influencing the development of the general trend of the world. This force is very powerful, even Sheng Huai has to be restrained by it and used by it.

Liu Han didn't pay attention to Sheng Huai anymore, and concentrated on preparing for the auction, the damned ones are dead, the exiled ones are gone, and the rest is the confiscated shop property, the largest of which is dozens of shops in Yangzhou City and thousands of acres of salt fields, as well as silk and cotton workshops.

These things are worth a lot of money, and if they are auctioned normally, they can earn millions of taels of silver, but they can ....... , which is impossible.

In such a short period of time, it is almost impossible to auction a good price, not to mention that this is still a crime, and many people are taboo about this.

Of course, Liu Han will not care about this, and Hanhai Trading Company will take this opportunity to carry out a second expansion in Jiangnan.

"The salt pans seized this time are 800 acres, divided into 12 pieces in total, and in two days the first auction will be this, and then there will be 18 workshops, 32 shops, 48 houses, and thousands of women, all of which must be auctioned within 20 days. ”

Liu Han vented with Gu Wei in a somewhat angry sentence: "Are those guys in Shangshutai crazy! In such a hurry, you have to earn half of the silver!"

Gu Wei smiled slightly, there was a deep meaning in his smile, and he smiled: "People, don't be impatient, they won't think like this, they just want to see the silver as soon as possible, so as to make up for the shortfall." ”

Gu Wei nodded: "Lord Ju is right, Tian Ning has almost sold out the treasury, the imperial court needs silver to fill the shortfall, and in addition, the army outside the fortress also needs silver." ”

Liu Han sighed deeply: "If the princes of this court want to do business, then they must not lose their lives! ”

"This bit of silver is enough, just the military expenses of the foreign labor army, I roughly estimated that it will cost about six million taels, and there is one million taels left, what is enough!"

"That's embarrassing to send the silver out!" Liu Han teased.

Swooped, a sip of tea squirted out, and then coughed again and again, Gu Wei was also happy, and shook his head at him.

Ju wiped the traces of water from his mouth, cleared his throat, pointed at him, and smiled after a while: "You, just steal the fun, this time Hanhai Trading Company is going to pick a big bargain." ”

Liu Han shrugged: "I can only admit it, however, this is not a personal use of power, this is a gift from the imperial court." ”

The three of them laughed again, and their expressions were all happy.

They are all shrewd people, if Liu Han is really selfless, the first thing to auction is the population, then the fields, shops, workshops, and finally the salt fields. Among these possessions, the salt pans are the most valuable, followed by the workshops, so that those who are going to participate in the auction have the most time to prepare and can also get the most value at the auction.

Liu Han did the opposite, the first auction was Yantian, which made the others unprepared, and the price was naturally greatly discounted, if he did something in secret, the price would be lower.

"How many merchants have signed up now?" Gu Wei asked, Liu Han sighed: "Six?"

Gu Wei nodded after a slight hesitation, and didn't say anything more, the six families could barely do it, and smiled: "Resign yourself to fate." ”

As he was talking, Mo Qi hurriedly came in, he, the county guard, was getting busier and busier now, not only to deal with the affairs of the county, but also to assist Gu Wei in handling state affairs.

Gu Wei acted as the agent of the assassin history, but the chief Shi Sima of the assassination history was not all there, and the officials appointed by Sheng Huai were either arrested or resigned, and the entire assassin history yamen was almost empty.

Gu Wei was also powerful, and without making a sound, he transferred Tang Long and five other people from the county below to the Assassin Shi Yamen, and promoted more than a dozen people exceptionally, which could barely maintain the operation of the Assassin Mansion.

"Wang Bo resigned?" Liu Han asked, Gu Wei nodded: "That's natural." ”

Liu Hanqing sighed, and Gu Wei smiled and asked, "What's the matter?"

"The Wang family and Sheng Huai have silver exchanges, and Sheng Huai gave the Wang family nearly 100,000 taels of silver before and after, so I want to ask him. Liu Han sighed: "It's just that I don't know how to ask, he can push it away." ”

"I've heard...."As soon as the sentence was said here, Mo Qi had already come over, and he saluted Liu Han: "My lord,...."

"Master Mo, don't be like this," Liu Han hurriedly stopped: "Let's sit down and talk." ”

Mo Qi hesitated and sat down before he said, "My lord, two more salt numbers have signed up for the auction today. ”

Gu Wei and the sentence exchanged glances, Liu Han remained silent, signed up for the auction, this is normal, there is no need for Mo Qi to run in person, he is here now, which shows that these two are unusual.

"Both of these are newly opened, both from Jizhou, and I suspect that they are from the Wang family and the Xu family. Mo Qi knew about the entanglement between Liu Han and Wang Xu, and the sudden appearance of the two salt numbers made him vigilant, so he hurriedly came over to report the news.

Liu Han's brows tightened, he already smelled a hint of danger, what was the old ancestor of the Wang family going to do? was it just to make some trouble for him commercially? Or was there some other purpose?

If it's just to find some trouble in business, it doesn't matter, let him a little bit, you can see what he thinks of the old ancestor he has never met, this old ancestor is not a greedy master, and this move probably has other purposes.

"Is Wang Bo still in Yangzhou?" Liu Han asked, Mo Qi nodded, Gu Wei picked up the teacup and asked with a smile, "What's the matter?"

Liu Han nodded: "If you fight like this with the Wang family, you will lose both sides and lose nothing, and you don't have any consciousness, I think the old ancestor of the Wang family should have figured it out." ”

The negotiations in the imperial capital almost completely stopped, Wang Fen and Lao Huang had no interest in acting, they hadn't seen each other for almost half a year, and Wang Fen's report to his family was the same every time, and the other party refused to meet.

The sentence nodded slightly, and Gu Wei also nodded with a smile.

Both of them are human spirits, if in the past, Liu Han was just a businessman with a little silver, compared with a thousand-year-old family like the Wang family, like ants and elephants, but now, he is a fake captain of the Tiger Benwei, which can be regarded as entering the core of the imperial court, and this identity must be avoided even if it is a thousand-year-old family.

"Wang Bo is said to have gone to Xiaohan Mountain to cultivate. Mo Qi interjected, Liu Han was slightly stunned, Wang Bonai was a confidant, this Sheng Huai was still in prison, he actually withdrew, this is going to spread out, it is not good for his reputation.

According to the habits of Dajin Shilin, Wang Bonai Sheng Huai conquered, Sheng Huai had the grace of knowing and supporting him, and he should advance and retreat together, and now although he retreated, he just shook his hand and left, which was also a loss of personal morality.

According to the moral requirements of the Great Jin Shilin for the scholars, Sheng Huai violated the national law and should naturally serve his sentence, but Wang Bo is the person who Sheng Huai appreciates and promotes, and should collect his body and bury it, so as to complete this friendship.

Liu Han didn't understand this, he paid more attention to another sign, why did Wang Bo go to Xiaohan Mountain at this time?

This Wang Bo looks like a humble gentleman, but he didn't expect that he is also a merciless and unrighteous person. He sighed and shook his head.

"Over the years, the Wang family has a lot of prestige, and there are many talented children and grandchildren, this Wang Bo is talented, but unfortunately, his virtue is damaged. Gu Wei also shook his head very regretfully, Wang Bo's move is bound to be criticized, even if he has another chance to enter the company in the future, the upside is limited.

"Isn't there still a Wang Ze in Yangzhou in the Wang family, where is he now?" asked Liu Han thoughtfully.

Mo Qi shook his head and said he didn't know, Liu Han thought about it, and suddenly showed a smile: "Forget it, the soldiers will block, the water will cover it, let him go, the old ancestor of the Wang family, if he has any tricks, he will use it, and he has not seen it." ”

"Okay! these are the people!" laughed heartily.

"You still have to be careful," Gu Wei persuaded worriedly: "This Wang family is the leader of the scholar clan, a thousand-year-old family, and the roots are deep, so you must not take it lightly." ”

"Thank you. Liu Han said with a smile: "The auction the day after tomorrow, I will invite two adults to be present." ”

"The day after tomorrow?" Gu Wei thought for a while and smiled bitterly: "I'm the acting assassin of the history, okay, okay, I will definitely arrive then." ”

The sentence was full of promises, and Mo Qi looked at it with a smile, he naturally would not be absent.

Liu Han knew in his heart that the total amount of this batch of property was as high as millions of taels of silver, and there were many people who peeped secretly, but there were not many who dared to make a move.

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