Qi Xuansu knew very well that Nanyang United Trading Company would not sit idly by, and they would definitely fight back. It's just that Qi Xuansu didn't expect that the counterattack of Nanyang United Trading Company would come so quickly.

Maginot and the Si Po Chau Company behind it are a card of the Nanyang United Trading Company, and if Qi Xuansu was only suspicious before, it is almost certain now.

Maginot came over and talked to Qi Xuansu about "too big to fail" and "a disaster", which was nothing more than a threat. In the past, Qi Xuansu was only the second deputy lord in charge of the law, so he could ignore these, but now he is the chief deputy lord and is in charge of the financial power of the Daofu, but he can't ignore the money bag, especially the recent financial situation of the Daomen is not optimistic, and the commerce and trade of Nanyang cannot go wrong.

This undoubtedly made Qi Xuansu a bogey.

However, Qi Xuansu could not be intimidated by Maginow's words, he suspended the progress of Taiping Qianzhuang, and still promoted the investigation of the slave trafficking case at No. 23 Yuwei Street.

The case itself has nothing to say, and it has become a foregone conclusion after Zhang Yuelu Shunteng's position is determined. Everyone has been stolen, and a few stewards are not hard-headed, and after the provincial government promised a light sentence, everything was explained. Although the light sentence was also sent to the Kunlun Provincial Government to cultivate the Taoist Temple, it was better than being directly executed by the Borneo Provincial Government, which in this respect was the same as the harvesting and torture of the people, and was generally punished by capital punishment.

As for the Nanyang United Trading Company, in this case, it has not been able to give any reasonable explanation, and it is impossible to put aside the facts, the Nanyang United Trading

The senior manager of Yi Company was asked by Xie Jiaofeng and had nothing to say, and then it was the unilateral output of Deputy Mansion Master Xie, who almost pointed at his nose and scolded.

Although Qi Xuansu did not have the authority to seize the Nanyang United Trading Company, he could order the temporary closure of Nanyang United Trading Company for rectification, subject to a full investigation by the provincial government.

In fact, Qi Xuansu did the same, he directly ordered the Nanyang United Trading Company to suspend business for investigation, and at the same time asked Chen Jianqiu to call Lu Yuting over, intending to let Lu Yuting take the lead in organizing an investigation team in relevant aspects, and officially enter the headquarters of the Nanyang United Trading Company for review.

Although the incident was the slave trafficking case at No. 23 Fishtail Street, the direction of the investigation was certainly not as simple as a slave trafficking case. Don't look at Lu Yuting is from Huashengtang, but the roots of the Lu family are in Fengxian Hall, Lu Yuting is under the influence of her ears and eyes, even if she is not as good as Lu Yushu, she can be regarded as half an expert.

Lu Yuting came, when investigating the matter of the lord of Dayu, Chen Jianqiu and Lu Yuting had an intersection, and now the two are working together under Qi Xuansu, and the relationship has reached a higher level. When Chen Jianqiu led Lu Yuting to the signing room, the two were still talking and laughing.

Qi Xuansu did not displease or accuse, they were all his own close confidants, and they were in private, not informally, so they didn't have to be too serious.

Qi Xuansu motioned for Lu Yuting to sit down, and after Chen Jianqiu made tea for Lu Yuting, he left.

The conversation officially began, Qi Xuansu said: "This time I entered the Nanyang United Trading Company, I thought about it, I still have to go, Lao Han is okay to fight and kill, and it is a little too rough to do these meticulous work." As for Yunzheng, one is by my side

There are people, and the second is that he is too young and not as experienced as you. ”

Lu Yuting seemed a little hesitant, and even stopped talking.

Qi Xuansu asked, "What do you think?" ”

Lu Yuting said: "There are mainly two aspects, one is the tax on the surface, Nanyang United Trading Company does not belong to the country of Java, nor does it belong to the Daxuan court, but pays taxes to the Daomen. In my opinion, such a large family will inevitably have all kinds of problems. To put it nicely, it is a reasonable way to avoid some unnecessary miscellaneous taxes, and to put it more seriously, it is tax evasion, and the key lies in the size of the amount and how serious it is, and the Nanyang United Trading Company belongs to the kind of people above, and it is impossible to have no problem at all. If there is the cooperation of Taiping Qianzhuang, it is basically a check and an accurate. ”

"On the other hand, there is the gray industry such as the slave trade, as well as the eleven big ships that the provincial government sank in the past year, which can be checked. In this regard, Zhang Cixi has already made a lot of progress on the side of Lingnan Province, and it will be much easier for us to expand along this line, and we can completely follow the vine. ”

Qi Xuansu nodded, and asked again, "What difficulties do you have?" ”

Lu Yuting said: "Whether it is to check the accounts, or to check anything else, it needs manpower, and we have too few professional manpower now, especially those from Duzhitang and Shibotang." And in the hands of professionals, there are even fewer reliable people. After all, Nanyang United Trading Company has been rooted in Nanyang for so many years, and it is not only a large taxpayer of the provincial government, but also involves the interests of too many people

These people will definitely stand on the side of Nanyang United Trading Company, speak for Nanyang United Trading Company, and even shield Nanyang United Trading Company, so that our investigation will be superficial, and eventually turn into a passing scene. ”

Qi Xuansu pondered for a moment: "What you said is very reasonable, so let's do it, since the people of Borneo Provincial Government are not credible, then I will communicate with Zhang Cixi and temporarily seconded some people from Lingnan Provincial Government to help us investigate the case." ”

Secondment is also a common thing, and Qi Xuansu was seconded from Ziweitang to Dijing Daofu.

Lu Yuting said with a smile: "With the guarantee of the chief, then I can let go of my hands and feet." ”

Qi Xuansu finally explained: "If you have too many words, I won't say anything, if you have any difficulties, communicate with me at any time, we are now sharing weal and woe, and I will not stand idly by." But even if it's a life-and-death struggle, don't deceive, we check others, first of all, we must be able to withstand the investigation, so I only emphasize one point in the end, seek truth from facts, take the facts as the basis, and take the law of the Daomen as the criterion, we must grasp this scale, so that people can't make mistakes. ”

Lu Yuting replied in a deep voice: "Yes." ”

After Lu Yuting left, Qi Xuansu took out the prayer basket and contacted Zhang Yuelu. Although Zhang Yuelu has arrived in the Lion City, she can also command remotely, after all, Lingnan Provincial Government is a Provincial Government, and its internal situation is far less complicated than that of Borneo Provincial Government. That's it

It is the benefit of the family's help, the predecessors paved the road and repaired the bridge, and the descendants just walked.

Zhang Yuelu naturally agreed, and even she and Qi Xuansu thought of going together, she had already prepared the corresponding manpower before coming to Borneo Daofu, but it was not good to be too excited, so only she herself came first, as long as the time was right, those people could come at any time, so it saved the time to gather people again.

Zhang Yuelu promised that in two days at most, these people would be able to rush to Lion City.

For Qi Xuansu, this was undoubtedly a surprise.

Otherwise, in addition to being his future Taoist companion, Zhang Yuelu is also his staunchest ally.

The day after Qi Xuansu officially began a comprehensive investigation of the Nanyang United Trading Company, the counterattack from the Nanyang United Trading Company began.

Strictly speaking, this is a set of punches, and it is very disciplined.

Almost on the day that Lu Yuting entered the Nanyang United Trading Company, rumors spread in the Lion City, and it was very true: Qi Zhenren overthrew Chen Zhenren with Thang Long Mansion as the battlefield. Now that Qi Zhenren wants to overthrow Wang Zhenren again, he is using Lion City as a battlefield.

In a sense, this is indeed true.

However, it is clear that they deliberately use the word "battlefield" to exaggerate the facts, undoubtedly in an attempt to create panic.

At the beginning, Qi Xuansu didn't care too much, because compared to the big fight in Shenglong Mansion, the Lion City side was dominated by "Wendou". Even if it caused a certain amount of panic, it was nothing more than the formation of a false impression of the escape of the Taiping money, to confirm the "disaster" that Maginot said.

Qi Xuansu believes that as long as he

If you can take down the Nanyang United Trading Company as soon as possible, those merchants who were scared away will still come back, because it is the nature of businessmen to seek profits, since ancient times, there are people who do the business of killing heads, and no one does the business of losing money, as long as it is profitable, the businessmen will not be scared away, they will only be scared away by one thing, that is, losing money.

The geographical location of the Lion City is here, it is a natural cornucopia, and the merchants will not really be scared away, and even if they leave, it will only be temporary. As soon as the "limelight" passes, they will return immediately.

But to Qi Xuansu's expectation, the situation soon changed, and there were new rumors - all the people related to the Nanyang United Trading Company were within the scope of Qi Xuansu's attack, and the Nanyang United Trading Company was actually a fat pig raised by the Daomen, and when it was raised to be white and fat, it could kill the pig and eat meat.

This rumor is also reasonable and well-founded at first glance, listing the expenses of the Daomen in recent years, and the two large-scale wars have overwhelmed the finances of the Daomen, and the Daomen has a deficit in order to maintain stability and dare not rashly reduce the treatment of the Daomen. And this rumor also brought out a famous saying of the Great Wei of the previous dynasty, the treasury has always been empty, and it is either the idea of the people or the idea of the businessman. Daomen prides itself on civilization, and attaches the most importance to people's hearts, now Taoist priests can't move, people can't move, how can businessmen protect themselves?

This made Qi Xuansu have to pay attention.

What are these people going to do?

When Qi Xuansu was thinking about how to calm down these rumors, Han Yongfeng reported an astonishing news to Qi Xuansu: "Chief, I received a secret report that some merchants in the city are secretly colluding, and those people say that rebellion has always been a species

The people of the field did not see the merchant turn the sky upside down. Today, let's take a look at whether the businessman can turn the sky upside down. ”

Qi Xuansu immediately realized that Wang Jiaohe's real counterattack was coming, and it was a stormy sea.

Even if Wang Jiaohe is far away in Shenglong Mansion, if he doesn't make a move, he will be overwhelmed by the rain and clouds.