Night slowly fell, the whole Wu County was full of murderous atmosphere, the citizens stayed at home in a nervous mood, peeking through the crack in the door, strange soldiers holding torches to stand guard and patrol the street, no one was allowed to go to the street.

With the arrest of Xu Wei, the core figures of the Jiangnan Society were arrested one after another, and Liu Han also entered the Wujun County to guard the yamen.

"My lord, this official is here, only for the case of Jiangnan Society's theft of the treasury, and other affairs of Wu County are still decided by your lordship. ”

Liu Han's tone was very peaceful, but Feng Sheng, the county guard of Wu County, felt cold to the bone marrow, such a big case happened in the jurisdiction, but he, the county guard, knew nothing, and this crime of negligence could not escape.

But Feng Sheng's fear is not as good as Gong Wei, Feng Sheng has only been in Wu County for three years, and he only came after the new monarch ascended the throne, and he Gong Wei has been working in Wu County for seven years, and the leaders of the Jiangnan Society are very familiar.

"You two, do your own thing, if you participate in the Jiangnan Meeting, make it clear to the imperial court, as long as you don't trouble me, I won't trouble you, but if anyone wants to make trouble for me, I will let him keep making trouble!"

Liu Han's tone was calm, but what he said made everyone shudder, and the officials at the prefecture and county levels were all trembling and did not dare to speak.

Mo Qi provided seven or eight veterans of auditing, according to Wei Zhen's confession, focusing on the accounts of the Taiding era, more than a dozen suspicious accounts were quickly investigated, and then Hu Benwei took the Wu County officials and the county soldiers to raid six large merchants in Wu County overnight.

Liu Han emphasized that he was quick and thorough, Man Tong led his troops to Yuhang at dawn, and Han Cheng went with him.

For Ning County, Liu Han asked Ma Ye and a team of Hu Benwei and the masters provided by the Cao Gang to go, and he wanted to control Wu County with 3,000 men, and his manpower was very tight.

The next day, the citizens of Wu County opened the door and were surprised to find that half of the shops in the county were closed, and there were seals on the doors.

The famous Jiangnan will be seized, there are four mighty soldiers standing guard at the door, and many officials in official uniforms are coming in and out.

The citizens of Wu County quickly felt at ease, and asked who was arrested every day, and that house was sealed again, and all kinds of gossip flew all over the sky.

Two days later, both Man Tong and Ma Ye came with the news that they had taken Yuhang and Ning County, and Jiangnan would take the fleet and dock of Yuhang and Ning County completely.

"Gang Master Fang, do your people know how to sail?"

Liu Han did not personally interrogate Xu Wei, for Xu Wei, he did not report hope at all, the focus of the interrogation was on Xu Wei's master and Jiangnan Huijunshi, these two people quickly opened their mouths and explained everything, including the property hidden overseas by Jiangnan Society, Liu Han immediately passed the book Mantong and went to pick up the luck.

A few days later, the tiger Benwei rode out in all directions, most of the core figures of the Jiangnan Society were arrested, and a few escaped, including Xu Wei's younger brother Xu Jiao, Xu Jiao was not in Wu County that day, but in Yuhang, when Man Tong led his troops to Wu County, he happened to come to Wu County, and received the news halfway and fled immediately.

The head of the Jiangnan Association who slipped through the net, Liu Han ordered Painted Shadow to be arrested, and he was wanted in the whole state.

Jianghu figures like Xu Wei are easy to deal with, but the handling of those gate lord clans and She tribes who participated in the Jiangnan Society is troublesome, and the She clan is the most troublesome.

There are a large number of She and Shanli in the southern mountainous area of Wu County and the southern part of Huiji County, and these She and Shanli have very little official jurisdiction in the Great Jin Dynasty, and they are all managed by local local officials.

After hundreds of years of war between the Great Zhou and the Great Jin Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty had to recognize some of the privileges of She and Shanli, and She and Shanli also had to recognize the power of the Central Plains Dynasty.

The She and Shanli were governed by their own local officials, who still enforced the laws of the imperial court and their own customs that lasted for thousands of years.

Liu Han carefully looked at the information of the Jiangnan Association for three days, and couldn't help but be amazed, the guy who designed the constitution of the Jiangnan Association back then must be a genius.

Jiangnan Club looks like a gang, but in Liu Han's eyes, this is undoubtedly a joint-stock company, Xu Wei is just the CEO, and there are many shareholders, including most of the Wujun Gate Lords and several She tribes.

Liu Han interrogated Xu Wei's military advisor, who was powerless, in his fifties, named Chen Ning, and had been in the Jiangnan Society for more than ten years.

"We joined the She tribe because the bamboo weaving and lacquerware of the She people are very popular in Dongying, however, we plan to purchase them for a long time, but the She people are not very reluctant, they prefer to hunt and grow food, and in the end, we have no choice but to join the Jiangnan Association as a condition, so as to ensure the output. ”

There are many benefits to joining the Jiangnan Society, the freight price of the Jiangnan Association members in Wu County is 10% cheaper, and there is a priority, and at the same time, more and cheaper grain and cloth can be bought through the Jiangnan Association.

Whether it is She and Shanli, who live in the mountainous areas, food has always been a material that has plagued them.

"They are very wary of outsiders, especially the Jin people, and it took a lot of effort to gain their trust. ”

Chen Ning slowly explained their relationship with the She tribe, but Liu Han was still a little puzzled in his heart, according to him, this She people were very wary of the Jin people, but there were shops of the She people in Wu County, and there were even She people's warehouses.

"That's Fengshan She, the local official of the Fengshan She tribe used to study in the Kaze Academy in Wu County, and he knew a lot about my Dajin, and after he succeeded his father as a local official, he opened a shop and warehouse in Wu County, mainly selling lacquerware and brocade from Fengshan. ”

"The brocade of the Fengshan She people is very beautiful, but not famous, in my opinion, the only thing that can be compared with them is the dyed cloth of the Hanhai Trading Company, I heard that the Hanhai Trading Company is an adult's, my lord, the cotton cloth of the Hanhai Trading Company is very popular in Dongying, and the price is ten times that of my Dajin. ”

When Chen Ning mentioned business, his mouth was like a river, his head was the way, and his expression was very eager.

"Aren't you a Confucian student, how can you be so enthusiastic about business?" Liu Han became curious about this person, who was not like a scholar at all.

"I studied the Taoist scriptures, and there is also business in the Taoist scriptures, which is the way of business, and doing business is not against the Taoist scriptures. Chen Ning resisted, and there seemed to be a little grievance in his expression.

Liu Han smiled: "What is the relationship between the Jiangnan Society and the Zhou family, the Huang family, and the Ling family?"

Chen Ning looked up at him, was silent for a while, shook his head and did not speak.

"Shaking your head, do you don't know, or don't you want to say?" Liu Han said and picked up the account book and turned a few pages: "This is the dividend account book, Zhou Bo, the head of the Zhou family, Huang Heng, the head of the Huang family, and Ling Lin, the head of the Ling family, how do they look like a woman's name, they all signed and pressed their handprints." ”

Chen Ning raised his head and responded: "Don't you know, the head of the Ling family, Ling Yuan, is in very poor health and is bedridden all the year round, and the Ling family's current affairs are decided by the eldest lady Ling Lin." ”

Liu Han nodded slightly, and secretly scolded Gu Shuo in his heart for damning, his understanding of Wu County came from the intelligence of the internal guard, but the strength of the internal guard in Wu County was very weak, Gu Shuo had been operating in Yangzhou for so many years, but he didn't even master this.

He suddenly remembered a question, so he asked, "Have you Jiangnan done business with Baigongfang?"

Chen Ning nodded: "I have done it twice, but the price of the Hundred Workshops is too high, and of course his profit is also very high, but... Not to mention the high price, the output is still small, you think, we go to the sea once, the risk is very big, there are pirates on the sea, the wind and waves are so big that you can't imagine it at all, when the sea route was first opened, we went out three boats, turned over two, and then slowly figured out the law, the loss was reduced, and now it is almost impossible to lose. ”

"Therefore, the Lu family's Yu family wants a sea chart, but you refuse to give it. ”

Chen Ning nodded, and Liu Han also bowed slightly: "If you change me, I won't give it either." ”

Liu Han's interrogation seemed to be chatting most of the time, and Chen Ning's expression was very relaxed, feeling that this adult looked very strange and had no official authority at all.

"I don't understand the operation of the Jiangnan Society, how do you operate?" Liu Han asked again.

"We are mainly for overseas needs, Wu County is still too small, we once wanted to sell to Huiji County, and even the entire Yangzhou, but, several times to the west, have failed, so we opened up the Nanyang route, every time after selling goods, we have to count what those Dongying people Goguryeo need, and then come back to organize the supply. ”

Chen Ning's answer made Liu Han smile a little bitterly, this is probably the most primitive market research, and the people of the Jiangnan Association seem to be quite good at business.

It's a pity.

"My lord," Chen Ning looked up at him and suddenly asked, "Is it that the Lu family's Yu family is secretly doing it for the sake of our charts?"

Liu Han shook his head slightly: "Of course not, the Lu family's Yu family has this ability, and you still have to wait until now, you are too bold, when you ate Wei Zhen's more than 100,000 stone grains and tens of thousands of satin cotton cloth, you never thought that the imperial court may track it down in the future, alas, this is really a man dies for money, and a bird dies for food." ”

Chen Ning also sighed and lowered his head, Liu Han was right, if the Lu family, the Yu family, and the Zhang family had this ability, they would not wait until now to do it.

Liu Han didn't take the opportunity to ask, but asked Chen Ning to rest, he went to the cell to see Xu Wei, Xu Wei was brought back by Hu Benwei, the man left after seriously injuring him, Hu Benwei didn't know who it was, although he hung a sign of Hu Benwei.

Xu Wei sat cross-legged, looking at him with lost eyes, and without saying a word, Liu Han looked at him outside the cell, sighed silently, and turned out.

When he was still in Yangzhou, he reported to the palace about the handling of Wei Zhen's case, and the palace's reply arrived two days ago, and the palace had only one request, and Wu County could not be messed up.

Wu County can't be chaotic, after thinking about it, Liu Han thought that the palace was worried about the She rebellion, so he was very cautious and cautious about the things involving She and Shanli, and so far, Wu County has arrested all the people who should be arrested, but She and Shanli have not moved.

Now, he has to deal with the She and Wu Jun Shi clan gate valves, these two are dealt with, Jiangnan will be eradicated, and Wu County will not be chaotic.

"My lord, someone is asking to see you. Wei Bao suddenly appeared in front of him and said in a low voice.

Liu Han frowned slightly, in the past few days, the Ling family of the Huang family of the Zhou family has handed over invitations or greetings, but he has blocked them, and he has not yet figured out how to meet them.

He didn't say his name, he just said the old people of the forbidden army. ”

Liu Han raised his eyebrows and commanded in a low voice: "You go in person and come in through the back door." ”

Wei Bao nodded, turned around and went out, while Liu Han walked to the backyard, and it didn't take long for Wei Bao to come in with a man in an old cotton robe, a hat, and old straw sandals.

Liu Han asked Wei Bao to retreat, and only after no one left and right did he ask: "I calculated that you should have come back a long time ago, why did you come back now?"

The man took off his hat and revealed a resolute face, which was Li Yan who had gone to Runan.

(End of chapter)