Dong Qing's confession has made new progress in the case, and the shopkeeper of the Deyi Chamber of Commerce is the main messenger behind the granary fire case, it is said that Zhong He can return to Lord Sun at this point in the trial, but Zhong He really doesn't plan to stop there, and wants to dig down the case, "Dong Qing said how you and the gambling house guys and the splash skin set up a bureau for those townsmen, as long as you recruit from the truth, I will plead with the prefect for you and let it go lightly."

Dong Qing: This matter is not to talk about setting up a bureau, but the three of them happened to meet, the Deyi Chamber of Commerce and the gambling house are actually a double reed game, to the gambling house to gamble money, there must be a loser, and the guy specializes in borrowing money for the loser, as long as you have the land deed and the deed as a mortgage, you are not afraid that you have no money to repay the debt, the splash is specialized in debt collection, as long as you do not repay the money, you will come to the door every day to make trouble

Zhong He: Why is the Deyi Chamber of Commerce still making a living as a loan shark?

Dong Qing: No-no, not only can you use the land and house as a mortgage and you can't pay the money, the Deyi Chamber of Commerce will buy the land and house from the gambling house

Zhong He: Then how much land did you get from the gambling house?

Dong Qing: In the past few years alone, the Deyi Chamber of Commerce has obtained 4,000 houses and 50,000 acres of grain fields from gambling houses

Zhong He: The Deyi Chamber of Commerce has played a beautiful way, one is willing to fight and one is willing to suffer, although it does not violate the law, but it is against morality, you are for your own selfish interests and do not care about the life and death of others

Dong Qing: The Deyi Chamber of Commerce rents houses and fields to them every year, and although they are not rich, there is absolutely no problem in solving the problem of food and clothing

Zhong He: Rent - tell me how to rent it

Dong Qing: The house is rented to them for only one tael of silver a year, and the more grain is rented per mu, the more grain will be collected

Zhong He: The original owner of the field has become a helper of the Deyi Chamber of Commerce, so what will you do if you meet someone who is unwilling to hand over the house and land?

Dong Qing: Splashy will use force and put the safety of their families at risk, so that they can hand over their fields and houses, and if they get a few lives, no one will dare not hand them over

Zhong He: You're saying that the Deyi Chamber of Commerce still has human lives

Dong Qing: Zhong Zhutou has nothing to do with me, it's all done by the shopkeeper and the belt

Zhong He: Aren't you afraid that people will come to the government to report to the government?

Dong Qing: "Hey, even if you report to the official, it's useless, the shopkeeper has bought a lot of people in the government, someone has reported to the government on the front foot, and someone has reported to him on the back foot, and the person who has been bought will press down the case and send the person who reported to the official back, and the person who reported to the official is naturally nothing good, and after a long time, no one is coming to report to the official

The next day, Zhong He submitted Dong Qing's confession to Lord Sun, when Lord Sun saw Dong Qing's confession, he was quite shocked, he didn't expect that there would be such a scourge in Taizhou City, and what he couldn't tolerate the most was those scum in the government who colluded with the shopkeeper Bao, so he asked Zhong He to lead the arrest to seize the Deyi Chamber of Commerce to arrest the shopkeeper Bao, and find out all the people in the government who colluded with the shopkeeper Bao

As soon as the news of the arrest and imprisonment of the shopkeeper came out, all the people who were persecuted by him came to the government to petition, and the shopkeeper confessed to the crimes he had committed over the years under torture, and the people who colluded with him in the government were all found out, Zhong He led the arrest of all 34 people who had been evil for many years and put them in prison, and even the Taizhou city guard Yuan Bin also led the city defense army to dispatch, and Liu Jie, the southeast garrison of Taizhou, the head of the household tax collector team, arrested 3 people in the torture room - 5 people were arrested in succession, The granary fire case became the most influential case in Taizhou that year

Bao shopkeeper colluded with the officials to oppress the people, and there were several lives were sentenced to be beheaded after the autumn, and the ploppy people were sentenced to death for many years, and all of them were sentenced to death after the autumn, and the officials were sent to the border to serve as coolies, and Sun ordered people to confiscate 650,000 quintals of grain from the Deyi Chamber of Commerce - 4,500 houses - 83,000 acres of land - 4 houses - 15,000 taels of silver - 8 shops, Sun Daren returned these houses and fields to the people who had been oppressed for many years according to the previous official record, The 200,000 quintals of grain lost by Li Yang were also returned, and the remaining fields and silver were confiscated by the government

Unexpectedly, there were as many as 5-6,000 people who had been oppressed by the Deyi Chamber of Commerce over the years, and after taking back the houses and fields that originally belonged to them, they knelt outside the government and shouted "Lord Qingtian", for a while, the people of Taizhou praised Lord Sun, and Lord Sun's prestige in the hearts of the people also reached a peak

The shopkeeper Bao knew that his limit was approaching and made a request to Lord Sun, that is, before he died, he hoped to see Li Yang, and Lord Sun agreed to the request of the shopkeeper Bao and asked the official to go to Alan County to find Li Yang, of course, Li Yang had to decide whether to see or not

At noon, Li Yang came to the prison with a pot of fine wine and a few stir-fried dishes, and the jailer briefly checked him and led him to the place where the bag shopkeeper was held, and the jailer opened the cell door and made a gesture of please: If the head of the Li family has something, you say hello, and I will wait outside

Li Yang nodded at the jailer: Thank you

Li Yang came to the table and put the wine and food on the table, and the straw pile on the ground looked up at me: Look at my embarrassed appearance now, are you very proud in your heart

Li Yang: If the shopkeeper gloats, then I won't come

The shopkeeper got up from the ground and sat down across from me: I didn't expect that I would be planted in the hands of you

Li Yang sighed lightly: It's not because you're too greedy

Shopkeeper Bao: There is one thing I have never understood, the price of grain collected by our Deyi Chamber of Commerce has always been higher than yours, and I have been sending people to keep an eye on you, the Li family has no signs of collecting a large amount of grain, so how did you get the military grain, or do you Li family really have the strength to fight hard with the Deyi Chamber of Commerce, if this is the case, then why have I never heard of anyone talking about it before

Li Yang didn't answer him but poured him a glass of wine, and the shopkeeper grabbed my hand: The matter has come to this point, and no one has the power to return to the sky, Bao Mou doesn't want to die, and please tell me the truth

Li Yang smiled slightly, picked up the wine glass, and asked the shopkeeper to drink a glass first, but the shopkeeper picked up the wine glass and put it to his mouth, but did not drink it for a long time, but stared at me, "Rest assured, this wine is not poisonous", he was relieved to drink the wine

Li Yang: Actually, I didn't get all the military rations, the first time I gathered 100,000 quintals of grain let you burn it clean, the second time I gathered 100,000 quintals of military rations to the government, and the third time I gathered 100,000 quintals of military rations and 50,000 yuan were stored in the suburbs of the 50,000 yuan in the official warehouse

Shopkeeper Bao: But I sent someone to inquire that you did store 100,000 quintals of grain in the official warehouse, and spent money to ask the official family to help you transport the grain to the border gate, so how did you make the 50,000 quintals of grain in the official warehouse become 100,000 quintals?

Li Yang: I stored 100,000 quintals of goods in Guancang, but not all of them were military rations, and 50,000 quintals of forage were used to make you think that this was 100,000 quintals of military rations

When the shopkeeper heard this, he tilted his head and laughed: You are cunning in this offspring, so how did you guess that I would send someone to set fire to the grain again

Li Yang: I'm also gambling that you let people set fire to my granary so that I can't pay to the government, and if I were to gather the military rations, you wouldn't ignore it, and everything you did would be in vain

Bao shopkeeper: A wrong step to the end of the whole plate lost, if I don't let people set fire to the food, you won't end up in such a situation, you can't get the military rations, this is really in response to the old saying, you can't live if you do your own evil

Li Yang: Even if you don't set fire to the food, I will still get the military food, but it will take more time

Shopkeeper Bao: So your Li family has always had a back hand, and now that the price of grain is so high, if you want to get together military rations, you have to ask at least 7-80,000 taels of silver

Li Yang: I can't say much about the shopkeeper

The shopkeeper raised his hand: Let me guess first, the price of grain in Zhejiang is high now, and you don't have enough silver, so if you want to get together the military food, you can only buy food from abroad, it's me who underestimate you, Bao Mou lost convincingly, there will be no regrets on the road this time, if it is not for the sake of competing for military business, maybe we can become friends, but now it is too late to say anything, God is very fair, people will be punished if they do something wrong, and Bao Mou should also atone for the evil sins committed over the years

People are dying, and their words are good, so why bother in the first place, Li Yang gave the shopkeeper a glass of wine again: Shopkeeper Bao, in fact, you didn't lose to me, but lost to greed and lost to the current situation

Shopkeeper: Please give me advice

Li Yang: Shopkeeper, have you ever wondered why the military merchant is me, is it really just because of my low price?

The shopkeeper was particularly surprised when he heard this, he put down his wine glass and stared at me with both eyes: "Actually, you shouldn't be fighting with me for this errand of military merchants, whether you can get military rations or not, military merchants are all from the Li family, do you know why?"

The shopkeeper shook his head, Li Yang put down his wine glass and sat up straight: Because behind me is the country, there are tens of thousands of people, and food is related to the stability of a country

The shopkeeper closed his eyes, looked up and laughed, "Haha", tears dripped down his cheeks: I was taught, I didn't expect that my reputation would be ruined in one fell swoop, and Bao Mou gave you a piece of advice in later life, forgetting you to take as a warning

Li Yang got up and fought and bowed to the shopkeeper: Please speak

Shopkeeper: If you want to be a good businessman, you can't get too close to the official family, and after a long time, the sophistication of people is not something you can control, and power and wealth will gradually blind your eyes

Li Yang: I wrote it down

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass on the table: the last glass of wine

That night, the shopkeeper of Bao tied his coat to the door frame and committed suicide, and it was his last hope to be able to leave a whole corpse after death, no one would have thought that in just a few months of kung fu, one of the few wealthy businessmen in Taizhou would end up in such a situation, Li Yang asked someone to order a first-class coffin for the shopkeeper to bury him in a deep mountain

Although the shopkeeper Bao died, but the resentment in the hearts of the people who had been oppressed for many years did not disappear, they rushed the Bao family with sticks, as long as they could smash the one that was not spared, Mrs. Bao held the two children in her arms and sat on the ground and wailed, and could only watch this group of people destroy in their own homes, and later the officials who were still on duty heard the news and felt that the troublemakers were dispersed

Li Song took a boat to drift on the sea for more than ten days before coming to Nantian City, the capital of the southern country, as soon as he got off the boat, Li Song felt that his two legs were soft and hung on the ground, and he sat on the dock for a while, and slowly two legs recovered some, although he came back to Nantian City once, but Nantian City was too big, and he forgot how to go to the Nanjiang Chamber of Commerce, so he had no choice but to hire someone to bring him to the Nanjiang Chamber of Commerce

As soon as he entered the Nanjiang Chamber of Commerce, Li Song expressed his intention to a man, "In Xia, Li Song has some business matters to discuss with Ma Nan's shopkeeper, you can help spread the word", when the guy saw Li Song, he immediately recognized him, "I recognize you, didn't you come to the Nanjiang Chamber of Commerce a while ago?"

Li Song: Exactly

The man invited Li Song upstairs and prepared a pot of tea for him: You wait here, I'll go to my young master

Soon there was a rush of footsteps on the stairs, Li Song heard it and stood up from the chair facing the stairs, and when Ma Nan came upstairs and saw Li Song, he happily bowed his hand: Brother Li Song is himself this time

Li Song: There are some things in the family that my brother can't get out of, and my brother asked me to bring you a letter

Saying that, Li Song took out a letter from the package and handed it to Ma Nan, he stretched out his hand to take the letter and opened it to see: "Brother Ma, brother Li Yang is here to bow his head, and his brother has been parting for several months last time, my brother looked back at the sky, as if it was only yesterday, my brother benefited a lot from the trip to the south, and the cloth he brought was even more profitable, although my brother and I are not brothers, but you and I are more affectionate than brothers, my brother is not only thanks to the nobles, I have the honor to serve as a military businessman, how can I go against my brother's wishes, the granary fire destroyed 100,000 quintals of grain, seeing that the deadline is approaching, my brother has no choice but to plead with my brother, Forget my brother and remember my affection and help each other - my brother kowtows"

Ma Nan sighed and put the letter away: Li Song and Li Yang how much food he needs

Li Song: 100,000 quintals

Ma Nan: Li Song, you first find a place to live, and I have to get the customs documents to transport so much grain abroad

Li Song: Brother Ma, you're bothered

Ma Nan: "Alas, I will do my best to deal with my brother."

Ma Nan went to the Yamen of Nantianfu several times and did not get the customs documents, because the Nanjiang Chamber of Commerce did not have the right to operate a large number of cross-border grain transactions, and he asked a few friends who were on errands in the government to help, but there was nothing to do, so he had no choice but to invite Ma Nanjiang, the big shopkeeper of the Nanjiang Chamber of Commerce, that is, his father

Ma Nanjiang prepared some gifts and took the carriage to the governor's mansion, as soon as the carriage stopped, the accompanying housekeeper hugged his fist and bowed to the governor's guards, "The big shopkeeper of the Nanjiang Chamber of Commerce has come to visit the governor, and several military envoys have helped to spread the word."

Guard: It turns out to be the chief treasurer of the Nanjiang Chamber of Commerce, you wait here and I'll go in and report it

The housekeeper took out a money bag and quietly stuffed it into the guard's hand, "A little heart is not a respect", don't you say the old saying, don't stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, you don't care how much he gave, at least it is a heart, the guard took the money bag and put it in his arms: Then thank you to the shopkeeper

Speaking of this Nantian Governor, that is a warlord of the Shengming Empire, in the south, he can definitely be regarded as the emperor of the soil, with 350,000 heavy troops, with nearly 1,000 people in battle, there are more than 10 million people under the rule of the south, and there are more than 5 million taxes in a year alone, it can be said that there are people who want money, money, and people, and the terrain of the south is flat, and the water resources are abundant, and thirty percent of the grain in the world is produced here

"Squeak" the door opened, the guard walked out of the mansion and made a gesture with his hand, "Lord Dudu, please", the guard led Ma Nanjiang and the housekeeper with gifts to the courtyard, the governor was practicing swords in the courtyard, and Ma Nanjiang and the housekeeper could only carry gifts and watch from the sidelines, as the long sword was put away, the governor pressed the dantian with his hand to show the end of the sword practice, Ma Nanjiang stepped forward and clapped his hands and applauded "good swordsmanship"

Governor: Brother Nanjiang, you're here

Ma Nanjiang: The governor's swordsmanship is still unabated

Du Du: This year I am older, my body and bones are not as bright as before, and I have nothing to do, and I have nothing to do to move my muscles and bones, so let's be called brothers as before

Ma Nanjiang: Brother Eldest Sun, this is a rare thing I brought back to you from Sichuan

Du Du: You see what kind of gifts you have brought when you come, in the past few years, the old friends have become fewer and fewer year by year, I am already very happy that you can come to see me, how is the business going well this year?

Ma Nanjiang: Thanks to you, the blessing is still going well

Governor: Did any of these officials deliberately make it difficult for you to ask for benefits, and if you tell me, see if I don't screw his head off?

Ma Nanjiang: No, really not

The governor led Ma Nanjiang to the pavilion in the courtyard, "Don't stand fast", and then instructed his subordinates to bring a pot of tea and a few fruits, Ma Nanjiang quickly took the teapot and gave the governor a cup of tea: Brother eldest grandson, I want the dog to go abroad to do business, and by the way, I have a long experience

Governor: That's a good thing

Ma Nanjiang: But I can't get out of the customs without the paperwork

Du Du: There are also customs documents that your Nanjiang Chamber of Commerce does not have, which is really rare, so what kind of business do you want Ling Lang to do abroad this time?

Ma Nanjiang: I want the dog to go abroad to sell some food

Governor: How much grain do you want Ling Lang to bring with you this time?

Ma Nanjiang: 100,000 quintals

Governor: Okay, you can take my handwritten book and they'll know what to do

Ma Nanjiang: Thank you, eldest grandson

Du Du: Brother Nanjiang, you are a blessed person, your children can help you take care of your business, look at the unfinished thing in my family all day long, you will know that you are spoiled by his mother

Ma Nanjiang: I think the eldest son will become a great talent in the future, I was idle all day long at his age, and I gradually became stable after the age of 30

Governor: It seems to make some sense to hear you say that, but I hope so, and when there is a chance for Lang to do business abroad, let that unsuccessful thing go out and have a look

Ma Nanjiang: Brother Eldest Grandson's time flies so fast, it's time to share dividends again in two months

Governor: If you don't say that I have forgotten, how many taels of silver can be divided into this year's dividends?

Ma Nanjiang: About 200,000 taels, eldest grandson, don't be too little

Du Du: It's a lot, Brother Nanjiang, don't suffer too much, it just so happens that there is a cook in my house, he is a must to make bear paws, you can stay and taste it for a while, just accompany me to drink two cups

General Ma Nan: Brother Xie is good, but there are still some things waiting for me to go back and deal with in the Chamber of Commerce

Governor: In that case, I won't keep you

As soon as Ma Nanjiang returned to the Nanjiang Chamber of Commerce, Ma Nan hurriedly gave him a glass of water, put his hands on his shoulders and massaged, "Dad, how are things going?" Ma Nanjiang proudly pulled out the customs documents from his sleeve, and Ma Nan dragged the customs documents over, "Dad, you are still amazing"

Ma Nanjiang: If it weren't for these two moments, would our Nanjiang Chamber of Commerce be where we are today, Nan'er just happens that we still have a lot of food in the countryside, and your friend can use the food he needs

Ma Nan: Dad, I think so too

100,000 quintals of grain filled 25 large sailing ships on board, and the freight from the south to this Zhejiang country required 3,000 taels of silver, Ma Nan and Li Song left the dock and sailed to Taizhou by boat