"This ......," Wang didn't know how to answer for a while. He could neither let go of He Shuiling, nor did he dare to offend Zhang Yuanwai.

"Master Wang, are there any difficulties?" Zhang Yuanwai asked suspiciously.

"Zhang Yuanwai, let's not hide it, there are several guests who have invited us to go in the next few days, do you want to give you an answer when this performance is over?" The head of the Wang squad had no choice but to resort to a delaying tactic.

"Okay, I can't delay your livelihood, Wang Ban Master, we'll discuss it in three days, how about it?"

"Thank you for your understanding!" After Zhang Yuanwai left, the head of the Wang class wiped his sweat and sighed secretly.

……

Wu'an County, Huifeng Mountain.

Under Chen Jin's comfort, Zhou Yu's nausea finally stopped.

"I said, why are you so cold-blooded?" Zhou Yu looked at Chen Jin, whose face did not change, and said with some disgust.

"When I was in the capital before, many people wanted to assassinate me, but they were all solved by Lao Yang. I don't know how many times I've seen this scene today, but I've gotten used to it over time. Chen Jin explained.

"You are the prince, it stands to reason that this assassination happens once in a while, but it doesn't happen often, right?" Zhou Yu asked.

"When the border is peaceful, it naturally rarely happens, and once the two countries are at war, the people of Wei and Tubo will immediately take the opportunity to infiltrate the capital and try to attack us, the children of the royal family." Chen Jin did not hide the facts.

"Have they ever succeeded?"

"Yes, a few months ago, the Tibetan Assassin stabbed the Emperor Xiang's brother, and the Assassin committed suicide before he was arrested, and he should have been a dead soldier. My father was furious because of this and said that he would send troops to pacify Tibet, but the war in the south was tight, and the matter was finally closed. ”

"I have the impression that Wenguo has not confronted the Tibetan army head-on, right?" Zhou Yu thought for a while and asked.

"There shouldn't be, but that group of people looks a little dumbfounded, and after Dawen grows stronger, sooner or later they will attack Tibet!" Chen Jin has ambitions.

"Okay, don't have those big spring and autumn dreams yet, let's go in and have a look!" Zhou Yu heard the shouting in the village and said to Chen Jin.

The two of them entered the village with the four guards who stayed behind, and after walking for a while, there were many corpses lying on the ground, and some guards stood on the side of the road to escort Chen Jin.

After walking in for a while, a tall grass hall stood in front of everyone. The book on the cottage: Zhongyi Hall. Chen Jin sneered twice after seeing it, and ordered someone to smash the plaque.

Yang Chuan and the others waited in the hall, while three men knelt in the hall, and as legend goes, their clothes were embroidered with gold threads, and their hands were shiny silver rings. Not only that, but there are even two kinds of bowls and chopsticks used by several people to eat, a pair of gold bowls and chopsticks and a pair of silver bowls and chopsticks.

Not surprisingly, these should be the three bandit leaders.

Although the three of them occupy the mountain as kings and still do some illegal deeds, if it were not for the help of the Wu'an County government, they may have been exterminated by the official army because of the robbery. Suddenly killed such a group of fierce people, how can these bandits withstand it? Leave everything behind on the spot.

The three of them were local hunters, and they didn't have so many subordinates, but because they once stumbled upon the iron ore in the cave and reported it to the Wu'an County Ya, the county order took people to check it and found that it was really an iron ore. Iron, like salt, is sold exclusively by the state in Wenguo, and if someone dares to sell salt and iron privately, they will inevitably be severely investigated by the yamen. And the Wu'an County Commander used his special identity to deceive the officials, not only did not report truthfully, but instead ordered the three Orions to pretend to be bandits, recruit minions, and control the nearby mines, and anyone who discovered this secret would be exterminated.

"The imperial court strictly prohibits the sale of iron ore privately, and Wu'an County ordered to sell the stolen iron ore to whom?" Chen Jin's gang that prepared this illegal transaction was wiped out.

The big boss of the bandits trembled and said: "Good man, we really don't know this, but once I heard the county master mention it, it seems that someone from the south of the Yangtze River came to pick up the goods......"

"What? The people of Gangnam?! Chen Jin was a little skeptical that he had heard it wrong, Jiangnan Province was in the territory of Qianguo, if the Wu'an County Commander was really doing business with the people in Jiangnan, then he was not just simply selling iron ore privately, but selling the country in Litong!

Even Yang Chuan couldn't help it, grabbed the neck of the big boss and asked, "What you said is true?" ”

"Ahem...... The villain ....... just heard...... cough cough, "The big boss was pinched and out of breath."

"Old Yang, let him go." Chen Jin ordered.

Yang Chuan let go of his hand, and the big boss fell to the ground, covering his neck with both hands, gasping for breath.

"Behead the second boss on the spot, and take the other two away." Chen Jin still clearly remembers that it was the second master who ordered the killing of his family.

Before he had time to shout grievances, the head of the second boss flew out, and Zhou Yu shook his head helplessly.

"Take us to the cave where you mined." Chen Jin kicked the big boss.

How dare he disobey? Directly brought a group of people to the mine.

Zhou Yu held the torch, looked at the ore scattered on the ground around him, picked up a few pieces and looked at them, the color and grain feel were excellent, and it was indeed high-quality iron ore.

"Old Zhou, how did you know that Wu'an has such a good iron mine?" Chen Jin asked.

"Wu'an County has been an important mineral area since the Warring States Period, maybe it was the chaos of the former Tang Dynasty that made great changes here, or maybe there was a problem with the records of the history books, in short, the iron ore in this place is not only now." Zhou Yu replied.

"How do you know the truth when there has been such a big change here?"

"Maybe I've read a lot."

“……”

Every time Zhou Yu has a question that he doesn't want to answer, he throws out this reason. Chen Jin didn't bother too much, and escorted the two bandit leaders back to his residence.

"What's next? Now I should be able to inform the history of the assassination of Zhaozhou, right? Chen Jin asked Zhou Yu.

"Yes, but before that, we should go to meet this Wu'an County Order first." Zhou Yu replied.

"Why don't you wait for the officials and soldiers of the state capital to come and directly detain the dog official?"

"If you catch a thief, you will take the dirt, and you will not dig out his bottom, and what if the time comes, he will deny it? Besides, we don't know how much iron ore he secretly hid, how much he sold, and how much he left, all of which can only be known from the mouth of the Wu'an County Order. ”

"This is a crime of collaborating with the enemy, and according to the law, Ling Chi will be executed, how can he tell us the inside story?" Chen Jin asked suspiciously.

"The mountain people have their own clever plans, just you, me and Brother Yang will go when the time comes." Zhou Yu didn't tell him how to do it.

Although Chen Jin didn't know what Zhou Yu had to do, he also knew that Zhou Yu never said empty words, he said that if there was a clever plan, there must be a clever plan, so he didn't ask.

Zhou Yu felt that Chen Jin was so good, he never chased him to dig into the problem, and had a high degree of trust in him, which was also one of the important reasons why he was happy to get along with Chen Jin.

The next day, Zhou Yu, Chen Jin and Yang Chuan set off early, and as soon as the county government opened the door, the three rushed in.

"Stop! What do you do? The official took the water and fire stick and looked at the three of them vigilantly.

"This brother, I bother you to pass through the county order, and say that the guests from the southern river are visiting." After Zhou Yu finished speaking, he took out a tael of silver from his arms and handed it to the officer.

Seeing the silver, the official immediately put on a smiling face and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go and report to the lord!" ”

"My lord, there are three people out there visiting you!" The official knelt in front of the Wu'an County Commander and said.

"Who are those three? I arrived at the county office so early! "Wu'an County Ling is leisurely sipping tea. This tea is the high-grade West Lake Longjing in the south of the Yangtze River, and it will be sold for two hundred taels of silver a catty outside.

"They say, it's a guest by the southern river!" The official replied.

"A guest by the southern river?" The county magistrate thought for a moment, and suddenly stood up and said, "Invite them in!" ”

"Yes!" The official immediately ran to deliver the message.

"Several, the county magistrate is invited!" The official nodded his head. The guest is generous, and the county magistrate also attaches great importance to it, how dare he be disrespectful?

"I'm tired of leading the way!" Zhou Yu also cooperated.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" The official hurriedly took a few people into the ya.

The Wu'an County Commander had already walked out of the room to greet the three of them, and Zhou Yu saw that he was so attentive, and the guess in his heart was confirmed.

"A few people have come from afar, please go to the East Flower Hall to talk about it." The Wu'an County Commander didn't even ask Zhou Yu and his entourage what they were here for, so he invited people to the Donghua Hall where he lived on weekdays, which shows that he resold iron ore to people in Jiangnan not once or twice.

"Since this is the case, then there is Laogui County!" Zhou Yu arched his hand and said. According to his identity, Chen should have come in to communicate with the Wu'an County Commander, but he didn't know Zhou Yu's strategy, so he could only watch Zhou Yu mediate with the dog official from the sidelines.

"You're welcome, please come with me." The Wu'an County Commander led everyone to the East Flower Hall, and asked people to serve tea to them.

"Do you remember when the last transaction was made?" Zhou Yu put down the teacup and asked.

"Of course, it was about twenty days ago. It's just that you used to send someone only once a month or so, so why did you come early this time? "The Wu'an County Commander didn't know that Heifeng Village had been eliminated, so he didn't have much defense.

"Recently, the sound of golden drums has been heard on the border of Jiannan Province again, and the war between Qianguo and Tubo is about to break out, and the ordnance bureaus in various places are purchasing iron ore on a large scale, and this is a good time for us to make money!" Zhou Yule said to the Wu'an County Order.

"Qianguo wants to go to war with Tibet? I haven't heard of this official, but I guess the news hasn't had time to come yet. In this case, I wonder how much iron ore the envoy needs to take with him this time? "Where does the Wu'an County Order still look like an official? It is clearly the face of a profiteer.

"It's doubled the previous amount, and we'll pick up the goods two days later, what do you think?" Zhou Yu asked.

"Naturally, there is no problem, but do the three envoys have a carriage with them? This 10,000 catties of iron ore is not a small amount! ”

When a few people heard the bibliography of 10,000 catties, they were all shocked, it seems that this Wu'an County order resells 5,000 catties of iron ore every month, and I am afraid that there are already tens of thousands of catties of transactions.

"This doesn't bother with the county, and it has its own arrangements. It's just that this time the transaction is different from the past, and you must invite adults to the on-site transaction, pay the money with one hand, and deliver the goods with the other, so as not to give birth to complications. Zhou Yu said.

"This is natural, I think it will be delivered on the lotus slope west of the county seat, where it is sparsely populated, and close to the official road, it is easy for us to transport it, and it is convenient for you to transport it, how about the envoy?" The prefectural magistrate asked.

"Your Excellency is thoughtful, and you should obey your orders." Zhou Yu arched his hand.

"Then it's decided, two days later, I will trade in Lotus Slope, and I will personally bring people there at that time." The prefectural commander stood up and said.

"That's very good, then I'll retire next, please stay, my lord." Zhou Yu also stood up and saluted.

"Slow down."

As soon as he left the Wu'an County Ya, Chen Jin's face immediately sank: "This dog official, how dare to steal and sell iron ore to the merchants of Qianguo with such fanfare, it is really a crime that cannot be punished!" ”

"Now that the matter is clear, you quickly send someone to send this news to the capital for 400 miles to report to Your Majesty, and this iron ore in Wu'an will soon be available for my country." Also, remember what you promised me. Zhou Yu looked at Chen Jin and said lightly.

"Got it, I'll send someone to report the news to my father!" Chen Jin responded.