Sun Zhaoyuan thought of Jin Fei and Jiang Fugui, and he didn't know how he was doing, so he ordered someone to ask him to go to the governor's compound to discuss something. One day later, the two of them arrived on horseback, and as soon as they got off the horse, they went straight to the inner courtyard to find Sun Zhaoyuan.

Jin Fei said: "Brother, we have arrived. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan turned his head to look at the two of them, seeing that the two of them were in the dust, with a sweaty face, and said with a smile: "Two brothers, they are in such a hurry, and they want to work the road." ”

Jiang Fugui said: "I heard that my brother was going to talk to us about important matters, so I naturally didn't dare to delay, so I hurried overnight, non-stop, and finally arrived." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan personally poured the tea and handed it to the two of them to eat.

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "I summoned the two brothers this time, I should know what I am doing." ”

Jin Fei said: "Naturally, I know that it must be the matter of the Jinhe Yuhe privately digging up the gold and jade." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Exactly, I don't know what the situation is, I have been thinking about it for a few months, and the two brothers should find out the detailed situation." ”

Jin Fei said: "That's natural, the two of us have been selling salt for many years, and the others dare not say that they are good at it, but when it comes to finding out the news, we are familiar with it." In this Huating Mansion, where the Jinhe Jade River produces gold and jade, all the officials who pass through the boundary of the river, according to their grades, have ships in this section of the river, such as the prefect, there should be six boats, the Tongzhi should have five boats, and the criminal governor and the envoy are also five boats, and the rest of the officials are in order, totaling a total of seventy or eighty ships that are secretly digging and stealing, and these boats are all small boats, which go out at night, and are not conspicuous on the huge river, so those guards and soldiers pretend not to see it, and let them steal the treasure. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "What my brother means is that all the officials in the Jinyu River section are not left, and they are all privately mining?" ”

Jin Fei said: "I also thought that at most there were some bold officials to do this business, and later, the officials below secretly looked for me and pulled me into the gang, and they were relieved, and I knew that this matter had been in the past emperor's years, and there were only a few bold officials who dared to take the risk of killing their heads to do this, but because this strategy was very well designed, there has been no accident, and the court has not been able to find out the name, so those officials, all of them have the courage to take the opportunity to go into the water together, dig privately to make money, in a state capital, But all the official positions that have the opportunity to have a relationship with this section of the river are fat, and the officials who are sent here to serve have spent a lot of money to make money. It is the local officials who are all corrupt and pervert the law. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "If this is the case, what evidence is there?" ”

Jin Fei said: "These officials, in a place hundreds of miles away from the river, found a place called Song Jun Mountain, in the valley, dug a huge secret hole, the entrance is extremely narrow, plus the surrounding radius of twenty miles, few people, so outsiders don't know that there is such a secret cave here." From the narrow mouth into the cave, the wider and wider, walk a dozen zhang, only to find that this cave is wide, two zhang high, ten zhang long and wide, they will be in this place, will scoop up the ore and sediment containing gold and jade, on the underground water flow that flows through this hole, carefully select, carefully tempered, get gold and jade, then transport it outside, exchange it for silver taels. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "These officials do things, if they walk on the right path, they will also achieve a career in the future." Then this gold and jade is extremely valuable, and it will be exchanged for at least a few million taels of silver a year, and in this state capital, where can such a big family eat it all. ”

Jin Fei said: "I thought about it at the time, but later I realized that this group of people is really interlocking, which is an eye-opener, and the gold and jade sales channel actually revitalized the entire Yunxi Prefecture doorway." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said with a smile: "What kind of means can actually revitalize a state doorway?" ”

Jin Fei said: "I don't know who designed it, the gold and jade, they all brought it to the Ziyuan Mansion, and sold it to guests from other states and even other countries in the Ziyuan Mansion, because it is a privately mined gold and jade, so the price can be cheaper than the market price, and those guests from other countries in other states saw that it was profitable, so they flocked to the Ziyuan Mansion, because these merchants are all people with a big business, and they usually shoot generously, so when they arrive at the Ziyuan Mansion, they eat and drink and stay in the store to visit the fireworks willow land, all of which are throwing gold and silver, and the flower willow land of the Ziyuan Mansion Inn is naturally a source of wealth and many guests. Those guests, when they arrived in these places, there were many who also did other grain and grass business, and those grain and grass in Longdu Province had a market, because of the high quality, the quality was extremely high, and the price was more expensive than buying and selling locally. These grain and grass transportation, when they get to the Luwei Mansion, those small officials will charge high prices for road and bridge tolls, and all the links and all the doorways will be buckled together in this state capital, and they will grab a lot of money. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan pondered for a while, and said: "Such a talent through heaven and earth, only Yao Yungui can come up with it, this person is not from the Four Books and Five Classics, he is not framed by books, he grows naturally, he is a faction of his own, and these wild roads are really bold and daring, and he can kill his head when he does things, but he does not leave any handles. ”

Jin Fei said: "What should I do now?" ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "The two brothers are hard, and I know everything about it, brother, you have a day off, and then go back to Huating Mansion, if there are other circumstances, report to me, I can make plans." ”

Leaving the two of them to rest first, when Yu Yinqiao returned to the governor's compound, it was already dark, and several people ate and drank together and gossip. Early the next day, Jin Fei and Jiang Fugui went. Alone.

A few days later, Ma Rushan arranged the affairs of the military headquarters of Luwei Mansion properly, and then came to the state capital to serve as a general, and when he arrived at Luwei Mansion, he went straight to the state government office to find Sun Zhaoyuan.

Ma Rushan said: "Master Sun, Ma has come to you on an errand." ”

When Sun Zhaoyuan saw Ma Rushan, he immediately smiled and said: "It was Master Ma, is the arrangement of the military headquarters of Luwei Mansion appropriate?" ”

Ma Rushan said: "Everything is according to the previous discussion, those military generals who are good friends with Longjin and Yao Yungui will only let them command the weak brigades, and hand over the elite soldiers and strong generals to the appropriate people." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "How can these people be properly treated? ”

Ma Rushan said: "There are three main types of people. One is the people I brought from Jiangzhou, who know the roots and know the most trustworthy, the second is those who have the ability and ability, and are suppressed by Longjin, these people are reused by me, and they are naturally loyal to me, and the third is those who are actively close to me as soon as I go, although these people are not particularly relieved, but they can't just go to replace all these people, otherwise this military camp will not be upside down, just wait for some time, you will know that these people are really fake. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "I have a lot of trust in Master Ma, and I will definitely be able to handle such matters." ”

Ma Rushan said: "What else does Ma need to do now?" ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "When you become a general, you must take all the military affairs of this state in your hands." ”

Ma Rushan said: "If you act like this, will you offend Long Jin?" ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said with a smile: "It depends on your means, test your skills, how to do it, I believe that Master Ma naturally knows, and I don't need to mention my life." ”

Ma Rushan said: "The lower officials obey the order." ”

After talking, Ma Rushan went to the camp of the military headquarters of Luwei Province to exercise the duties and powers of a general.