How could Ye Chunqiu not understand, in fact, it was impossible for Wei Guogong to continue to investigate, if he really wanted to investigate to the end, the people involved were not one or two, but I was afraid that many people were still old acquaintances of His Majesty. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At this point, Ye Chunqiu also had to admire Wei Guogong, in this matter, he handled it very well, which not only left a glimmer of life for people, but also benefited the Zhenguo Mansion.

Zhu Houzhao said: "I don't understand, where did those private businessmen get so many ships? It is said that some private ships are no smaller than the lucky ships, and the goods they carry are worth tens of thousands of silver. This is just a boat, I have carefully thought about your words, and what you said is not wrong at all, these private businessmen are clearly robbing me of my silver, which is really hateful. ”

Tens of thousands of silver? Ye Chunqiu thought to himself, tens of thousands of silver, just the market of the Ming Dynasty, shipped outside, I don't know how many times it will be multiplied, this is a profiteering industry, and it is precisely because it is profiteering that so many people take risks, and they can hire so many people and operate such a large network.

Zhu Houzhao said: "I must ban smuggling, your sailor, you have to train it quickly, and then catch these private ships, and see who wants to compete with me for profit." ”

made a complaint, time passed gradually, and on the other side of the bedroom, there were still screams of pain, but after Zhu Houzhao diverted the topic, Ye Chunqiu's expression also relaxed a little, at least he didn't tense up anymore.

But Liu Jin said at this time: "Your Majesty should go back to the palace." ”

Zhu Houzhao glared at Liu Jin, shook his head and said, "If I don't go back, I'll live here tonight." ”

Liu Jin's face was bitter, but Zhu Houzhao waved his hand impatiently and said, "If you want to go, just go." ”

Liu Jin didn't dare to speak, swallowed his saliva, glanced at Ye Chunqiu, Ye Chunqiu just smiled, and said at this time: "Your Majesty, has you ever thought about what if the private businessman refuses to comply?" ”

"Huh?" Zhu Hou looked at Ye Chunqiu and said, "They dare?" ”

Ye Chunqiu said seriously: "This is ten times the benefit, enough to make anyone take risks, Chen thinks, the next step will not be so simple." ”

Zhu Houzhao frowned and was speechless for a while.

At this time, a little maid hurriedly came and said, "Grandpa, the door outside said that Counselor Wang is here." ”

Ye Chunqiu had already ordered someone to tell all kinds of people close to the Ye family about Wang Jingchu's birth, so Wang Shouren got the news and came late at night, so he hurriedly asked someone to bring him over.

But when Wang Shouren came in, he saw Wang Shouren frowning and looking sullen, and when he saw that Zhu Houzhao was also here, he couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly saluted Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "No need to be polite, your sister is about to give birth, why is it like this." ”

Wang Shouren was overjoyed when he heard this, in fact, when he came into the courtyard just now, he heard the movement on the other side of the bedroom, and when he heard Zhu Houzhao's words, he was even more confirmed.

Wang Shouren looked at Ye Chunqiu and said, "Congratulations, congratulations." ”

Ye Chunqiu saluted him back and said, "Tongxi." ”

Immediately, Wang Shouren said: "There was an accident in Qinhuangdao, it is the latest news, and the shopkeeper of China Merchants received the news, so he asked me to report it, and he still has to deal with it there." ”

"What's the matter?" Ye Chunqiu frowned and said.

Wang Shouren said: "Qinhuangdao has opened a wharf, and now a steady stream of craftsmen and coolies have settled in, and began to build various facilities, and the town government has rented a total of more than 700 large and small ships, specially used to transport supplies and goods to the island, and there are seven or eight thousand people on the island, and there are now barns, but ...... Just this night, the gunpowder warehouse exploded, killing more than 90 people, and also caused a fire, burning down a lot of temporary buildings, fortunately at night, and because the gunpowder warehouse is far away from other warehouses, although the loss is not small, but not too much, just ......"

Ye Chunqiu and Zhu Houzhao's faces fell.

Ye Chunqiu said: "Is it man-made, or is it an accident?" ”

Wang Shouren looked at Ye Chunqiu and Zhu Houzhao's ugly faces, and said: "The gunpowder warehouse has always been cautious, and I never dared to be negligent, and afterwards I found that there were several recruited guards who were nowhere to be found, neither found their bones, nor did they see anyone, and later heard that they left by boat overnight and didn't know where to go." ”

Artificial......

Ye Chunqiu had already said the answer in his heart, his eyes couldn't help narrowing, and he looked very dignified.

The gunpowder on the island is used to open mountains and blow up rocks, after all, to carry out large-scale construction on an isolated island, the progress of manpower alone is too slow, so whether it is to build roads or other things, gunpowder is indispensable.

Now there are people who obviously want to sabotage the development of Qinhuangdao, and the only possibility is that some people do not want Qinhuangdao to be built into a huge port, nor do they want the sailors of the Zhenguo Mansion to build it.

Or maybe some people want to demonstrate.

It's all possible.

Zhu Houzhao was already furious and said, "Who is it?" How many guards have such guts? Have you checked the details of those people? ”

Wang Shouren shook his head helplessly and said: "I can't find out, originally this kind of guard, they were all carefully selected, and most of them were from good families, but now, their identities should all be fake identities, and even a few of them have long been on errands in the Zhenguo Mansion, and they may have been placed in a long time ago." ”

The Zhenguo Mansion has a big business, and someone has inserted it in, which can be said to be unguardable, Ye Chunqiu even felt that it might be inside the water division, I am afraid that someone has also planted people, Ye Chunqiu looked at Zhu Houzhao and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, it seems that some people don't like the water master of the Zhenguo Mansion." ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "I know, I also know that those damn private businessmen are the most suspicious, what are they going to do?" ”

"Demonstration!" Ye Chunqiu blurted out, and continued: "When Your Majesty began to strictly inspect the private ships, they had already suffered heavy losses, and now they are doing this, in fact, to give us a little color." ”

Zhu Houzhao sneered, and then said, "Really? ”

After half a ring, Zhu Houzhao said: "Liu Companion ......"

Liu Jin hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The slave is here." ”

Zhu Houzhao was already on fire at this time, he never thought that someone would dare to use this to challenge his authority, he thought that if he made an easy will, the private businessmen would be wiped out, but in fact, instead of being silent, these people actually dared to make these small actions.

Zhu Houzhao continued: "The factory guard immediately allocated manpower to investigate fiercely for me, from Jingshi to Qinhuangdao, from Qinhuangdao to Ningbo, Quanzhou, and Songjiang, one by one, to find out to me who has such ability and courage. ”

(To be continued.) )