Zhao Laolai hesitated, he could be sure of what he said just now, but some of them were hearsay, and he couldn't be sure, so he didn't dare to say nonsense.

Seeing Zhao Laolai's concerns, Li Yuanqing was relieved, "No matter what you say is right or wrong, General Ben will not blame you." You just have to tell me everything you know, everything you have heard. As for me, I never owe anything to others, and if I make meritorious contributions, I will reward you, and I will not implicate your family. ”

Zhao Lao Lai didn't do it, and continued to say: "There are indeed some things that I heard when I was drunk with a person in charge of taking over the black work. ”

He said that the reason why he recruited these black miners privately was because according to the normal recruitment of people to open silver mines, and the amount of silver that came out was counted. The silver mines opened by these black workers are not recorded in the account books. It goes without saying that this silver certainly went into King Chen's pocket. ”

"Not only that, but I also heard that the silver mine in King Chen's Xishan is only a mineral deposit on the surface, and the iron mine in Dongshan, although it is also under the jurisdiction of the government, has actually been controlled by King Chen."

Hearing this, Li Yuanqing was shocked and blinked his eyes, this Zhao Lao Lai is really good!

A gambler can get so much information.

It's really overkill when used for gambling!

"How do you know that?" Li Yuanqing asked, according to some information given to him by Emperor Zhou Ping, this is indeed the case, but there is no specific.

Originally, Li Yuanqing didn't know where to start, but now he has an idea.

Zhao Laolai snickered, "General Li, the favorite concubine of one of the principals of the Dongshan Iron Mine, and his younger brother likes to play two. As for me, I happened to have some skills, so I taught him some gambling skills, so we became good friends, no drinking, no joy, nothing to talk about. But that kid can't talk about it, and what he says may not be true. ”

Of course, Zhao Laolai didn't say that the brother-in-law won and lost in the end, and finally lost all the silver, leaving only bottoms.

Li Yuanqing smiled, nodded, and looked at Zhao Laolai's eyes full of approval, "Then under what circumstances did you say this?" ”

"Winning money, we drank and drunk." Zhao Laolai replied, "Anyway, he said that his brother-in-law is very good, and even King Chen listens to his brother-in-law." ”

Li Yuanqing nodded, "That's basically the truth, after all, it's true to spit out after drinking!" ”

Li Yuanqing wrote down this important point and sent someone to keep an eye on it later.

Zhao Lao Lai didn't think so, he used to deliberately drink, pretend to be drunk, and say some lies to deceive people.

However, he will not remind Li Yuanqing.

"General, am I considered meritorious? Can you let me go? Zhao Laolai looked forward to hearing the good news.

The results disappointed him.

Li Yuanqing shook his head, "I can't let you go for the time being, after all, you said King Chen's secret." If King Chen knows that I know the secrets of the Xishan Silver Mine, he will definitely not let you go. ”

Zhao Laolai was dumbfounded, "General, as soon as King Chen is here, you will lock me up for a day?" ”

Li Yuanqing thought for a moment, then nodded, "So to speak, however, I won't let you go to work in the quarry, and I will arrange a place for you to cultivate your body." ”

Zhao Laolai scratched his head, and knew that he was now a fish on the board, and he had to bear how others cut it.

Knowing the current affairs for Junjie, Zhao Laolai nodded, "Thank you, General." ”

Li Yuanqing nodded, "If you still think of something, you can continue." The more you talk, the better the food. Eat and sleep well, and maybe I'll arrange for a few people to play dice with you. ”

When Zhao Laolai heard this, his eyes lit up, "Is this true?" ”

Li Yuanqing nodded, "Seriously, it's true." ”

Zhao Laolai thought about it, and then said some private things of other officials, or handles.

The clerk on the side, the brush in his hand kept writing, and unconsciously, he wrote a thick pile.

Li Yuanqing also talked about credit, and directly sent Zhao Laolai to a place to take care of him, except for handcuffs and shackles, everything else is very good.

Li Yuanqing used the same method, coercion and inducement, to interrogate the remaining 14 people.

Although there is no news about King Chen, there are many cases of many officials in Xunyang Mansion and Jinling Mansion committing adultery or committing crimes by relatives.

Li Yuanqing has all of them written down, maybe they can be used in the future.

These people did not have the treatment of Zhao Laolai, and were sent to the logging site by Li Yuanqing.

Although the work is not as tiring as the quarry, it is not easy. It's just that they are well fed, and no one hits them.

Wang Mazi and others were not convinced, but it was useless.

This lumber yard was built by Li Yuanqing and Liu Paner to house the brothers who came with them. There is work to do, and there is a high salary. Just after felling, it can also be used to make various furniture.

Until the evening, the lights in the auspicious town were hung up.

The New Year is coming soon, and the red lanterns are hung, which is quite festive.

Although Jixiang Village was sent to the quarry because of many people gambling, most of the people did not gamble, and the New Year was coming soon, of course, it should be lively.

At this time, Li Yuanqing walked into the Zhou family tavern with a basket in his hand and some supplements in it.

Old man Zhou has been fidgeting since last night, and he was arrested in the middle of the night, and he didn't sleep. Knowing that everyone had been caught, Old Man Zhou breathed a sigh of relief.

But soon, Old Man Zhou remembered that Zhao Laolai also knew about selling black workers to the Xishan Silver Mine, and he suddenly fidgeted again.

Seeing this, the third widow asked angrily, "What's wrong with you?" Didn't those people get caught? What else are you worried about? ”

Old man Zhou sneered, "Catch it, I'm worried that they will sneak away." I can't rest assured, I don't know what to do? ”

The three widows turned their backs with mocking expressions on their faces.

That's a nice thing to say, and there are quite a lot of excuses. When she really didn't know anything, it was nothing more than that Old Man Zhou's ass was not clean under his buttocks, and she was worried that someone would pull her out of her old bottom.

"Our marriage days are not short, and our lives are not bad, and we have married such a good daughter-in-law for your son. I ask myself, I am sincere to your old Zhou family, and I hope you think about us more in everything. If you have something, don't hide it, you said it earlier, and you can still make meritorious contributions. ”

Old man Zhou was irritable, but he didn't dare to speak loudly to the third widow.

This steproom does have a great contribution to the Zhou family, although Li Yingniang is not treated by Li Yuanqing and Liu Paner, it cannot be denied that Li Yingniang is Li Yuanqing's sister.

My sister, I usually have a bad relationship, but at a critical moment, I can't sit idly by.

Even people in Jixiang Village have to give three points of thin noodles.

"I know, I know it." Old man Zhou responded, and as soon as he finished speaking, he saw Li Yuanqing coming over with a basket, "General Li, why are you here?" ”

The third widow also hurriedly came out of the counter, with a smile on her face, "Yuan Qing, this hard year has finally come back." Pan'er and the children are very good, and our town is also good, hey, it would be better if there was no gambling. ”