Chapter 88: Digging Coal (Thanks to the Leader of the 'Liang Bo' Alliance for the Reward)
The young boys and girls who are practicing with Chu Qiguang are none other than Wu Bing, the youngest master of Wu Wei's family, and Wu Qingchen, the eldest lady.
Hao Xiangtong felt that it was not unreasonable for Chu Qiguang to be interesting to Wu Qingchen, because as soon as she came, she watched Chu Qiguang circling around Wu Bing and Wu Qingchen, as if a bee was surrounding the flowers, and she was very attentive.
Even Chu Qiguang just said hello casually when he saw Hao Xiangtong, and then went around Wu Bing and Wu Qingchen.
Looking at this scene, Hao Xiangtong remembered that Chu Qiguang also talked to her so diligently a few days ago, telling her stories, telling jokes, and recognizing her as her godsister...... also gave her a powerful drug called golden wine, and only charged her the cost price of 2,000 taels.
The effect of that golden wine is really powerful, Hao Xiangtong feels that after using it, his physical strength, which is already close to the second realm, has increased rapidly, and I am afraid that he will be able to really step into the second realm in another month or two.
Just after thinking of the golden wine, Chu Qiguang slapped her, making her can't help but feel annoyed and ashamed every time she thinks about it.
Although the other party used a wooden stick to slap her body because of the different relationship between men and women, it still made Hao Xiangtong feel a strangeness.
As a result, as soon as I came to Wu's house to look for him today, I saw such a scene in front of me.
Hao Xiangtong slammed the pine tree on the side, didn't bother to go up and say something, and walked away angrily.
Chu Qiguang and the three of them turned their heads to look at the fallen pine tree, and the young master of the Wu family said strangely: "Why did Sister Hao break the pine tree?"
"Maybe my stomach hurts. Chu Qiguang said: "Don't think about it, she can go back and drink hot water, Hao Xiangtong has a very strange temper, and she will never guess what she thinks in her stomach." By the way, have you ever heard of golden wine?"
First of all, the two thousand taels that Hao Yongtai earned from selling gold wine, and then the two thousand taels from Hao Xiangtong, Chu Qiguang bought all the ear opening pills after he got it, and he practiced every day for one night, and now he has completed the nails and tongue of his hands and feet, and now only the last teeth and hair are left, and he can step into the third realm.
'After getting four thousand taels from Wu Bing and Wu Qingchen, it will take another five or six days, seven or eight days, and you will be able to impact the third realm. ’
In just over two months, he rushed from an ordinary person to the third realm of martial arts, and if he let outsiders know the speed of Chu Qiguang's practice, he would definitely drop his jaw.
After negotiating the deal with Wu Bing and Wu Qingchen about the golden wine, Hao Yongtai came over, took a few pieces of paper and said, "Brother Chu Xian, this is what you want us to find." ”
Chu Qiguang took it and glanced at it, and after pondering for a long time, he nodded and said, "I probably understand what is going on, let's go to your father and talk to Master Wu together." ”
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In the living room of the Wu family, Hao Wen and Wu Wei listened to Chu Qiguang's narration.
I saw Chu Qiguang take out one form after another: "I have been investigating the Ding family with Yongtai these days, and I sent someone to the Bingbei Road and the Inspection Department to secretly inquire about how many truckloads of goods the Ding family took every month, and I also sent someone to arrest the guys of the Ding family's caravan and asked......"
These data are not only simple inquiries, but also the cat demons who went to these people's homes to investigate, which can be described as extremely reliable.
But whether it's Wu Wei or Hao Wen, the people in power in this world are generally not sensitive to numbers.
On the one hand, arithmetic is not well developed, and on the other hand, they are worried that they will learn too much and watch too much and be easy to fall into demons.
At this time, in the face of the data taken out by Chu Qiguang, Wu Wei thought that Chu Qiguang was going to say that the Ding family was evading taxes and evading forced labor.
He was puzzled: "Now that the Demon Suppression Division and the magistrate are on the side of the Ding family, what's the use of investigating these? There is no real evidence, they are casually scared, and these servants and men will retract their confessions." ”
Chu Qiguang pointed to the strings of numbers written down on the white paper and said, "It's not a matter of evading service. Look at this...... Here in Meishan alone, according to the recollection of the archers of the Inspection Division, more than 500 baskets of coal were transported every day.
Each basket is recorded as 60 catties, which is more than 30,000 catties of coal per day and more than 900,000 catties per month. ”
Hao Wen was slightly stunned: "So many?" and then said: "But so what?"
"900,000 catties of coal per month, the Ding family has been mining for nearly 8 years. ”
Seeing that Wu Wei and Hao Wen still had no feedback, Chu Qiguang could only continue: "With such a large amount of mining, digging stones and digging soil every day, Meishan is not big, the mountains and rocks, water and soil, grass and trees have been destroyed, and the feng shui spiritual veins have naturally been destroyed.
Hearing about the Feng Shui spiritual vein, the eyes of the two big landlords lit up, and they looked at Chu Qiguang in surprise, but they didn't expect that from these numbers, the other party deduced the possibility of the spiritual vein being destroyed, and said in shock and anger: "You said that the Ding family destroyed the Meishan spiritual vein?"
The spiritual vein of Meishan is known as the ancestral dragon mountain that originated thousands of miles away, and the feng shui of Qingyang County has always been praised by the wealthy families and small people in the county. It is also considered to be one of the reasons why there are many martial artists, martial artists, and martial artists in Qingyang County.
What's more, today's royal family is the most important feng shui luck, mountain spiritual vein, Emperor Taizu once sent people to measure the world's spiritual veins, compiled into a book, this is the current Shenjing City and the location of the palace, but also laid out the world's first feng shui array, after two hundred years has been strictly forbidden anyone to destroy the spiritual veins.
Chu Qiguang said: "If you destroy the Meishan spiritual vein, the people in the entire county will not let them go. In addition, he still committed a taboo in the court, and the emperor would never spare the Ding family. ”
Wu Wei and Hao Wen nodded again and again when they listened, and secretly said in their hearts that Chu Qiguang was really powerful, and after going to the intervention of the Demon Suppression Division, he had caught the death hole of the Ding family in just a few days.
But Chu Qiguang didn't finish speaking, he then added: "And this Ding family's coal is sold very cheaply, less than half of the market price, there must be a secret on this Meishan." It's a pity that the entire mine is heavily guarded, not only are there martial arts masters, but there are also mine guards patrolling day and night, and none of the people we sent have been able to get in. ”
Chu Qiguang thought in his heart: "That mine is like a military camp, even the dog demon and cat demon will be found when they enter, Qiao Zhi got closer and said that there is a top master sitting there, and he will be found when he enters...... There must be some secret in this Meishan. ’
At this moment, Chu Qiguang naturally didn't know that the Ding family used the living corpse of the Immortal Dao to open the mine, which was naturally low-cost, and the living corpse was to be manipulated in the mountains, and naturally there were also masters of the Immortal Dao.
"But even so, their average price per 100 catties of coal is only 8 cents of silver, and their annual income is less than 10,000 taels, although it is only an estimate, but it is not too much, where do they get tens of thousands of taels of silver to send to the capital every year?"
"They can send tens of thousands of taels to the capital every year, and they may be able to earn more than 100,000 taels of silver a year. ”
Wu Wei frowned and said: "How much money does this Ding family make in a year, we outsiders don't know, we want to check it...... Unless the Ding family's account book can be found. ”
"Anyone who walks through will leave traces, let alone a big business of more than 100,000 taels of silver?" Chu Qiguang said as he flipped out another piece of paper, pointed to the rows of numbers on it and said, "This is the goods sent out by the Ding family's caravan every month, do you think they can earn tens of thousands of taels a year with these?"
Hao Wen and Wu Wei looked at the contents on it, all of which were iron pots, salt, tea, cotton cloth, rice grain and other commodities.
Chu Qiguang said: "According to the market price, even if all these things are sold, the Ding family will earn a maximum of 20,000 or 30,000 taels of silver a year. ”
At this time, Hao Wen and Wu Wei were also puzzled, the coal mine and the caravan were not enough, how did the Ding family make the money?