"This time, Wang Mou came not to talk about business, but to make friends with Lord Chen, which is just a small courtesy, not a respect."

Wang Ben took out the envelope containing the silver ticket from his sleeve and pushed it in front of Chen Jugen.

Chen Jugen opened the envelope quietly, pinched the thickness with his thumb and forefinger, and a touch of greed flashed in his eyes: "This is not a small amount, Master Wang just gave it to Chen, there is no request?" ”

"There is no requirement, just to recognize the door, if there is a place for cooperation in business in the future, I hope that Lord Chen will give me more support, it's not too early, and I will visit another day."

Wang Ben arched his hand towards Chen Jugen and got up to say goodbye.

"Master Wang, how did Chen contact you?"

Chen Jugen hurriedly asked.

"Lingqu Inn, ask the shopkeeper, the old man from Yingtianfu is here."

Wang Ben did not look back, carrying the lantern, and his figure gradually moved away.

Chen Jugen hurriedly opened the envelope, Huibaotong treasure banknotes, with a denomination of one thousand taels, there were fifty pieces, and he took a deep sniff of the familiar ink aroma on the treasure banknotes.

"Lord Chen, what kind of road is this person, 50,000 taels is just given, is it really just for business?"

The old butler asked tentatively, to be able to make such a generous shot, the background must not be simple.

"What do you care about so much, as long as you have money, he is the master, that person probably heard some news, this time he really picked up a fat errand."

"Early tomorrow morning, you go to buy a generous gift and go to the Lingqu Inn to give it to that old man."

Chen Jugen was in a good mood and put the silver ticket into his sleeve.

Often those noble people have such a style of acting, and the one who should be in Tianfu is not exactly like this.

If it weren't for his own vision, he might still stay in the mountains with Wang Xianzhi as a horse bandit, living a life of grievance without a meal.

……

Early the next morning.

Lin Hao held on to the wall and came to the mansion.

In the conference hall, there was breakfast on the table, although it was just corn porridge, Kuang Jie, the general judge of Luling County, ate it was called a fragrant.

Seeing Lin Hao walk in, Kuang Jie immediately put down the dishes and chopsticks and got up: "Lord Lin, you got up early enough, the government was busy with official business last night, and it was really not well entertained." ”

I didn't sleep all night last night, for fear that a few subordinates of the government would come to settle the account by myself, but fortunately there was nothing to do all night, and I learned from my colleagues this morning that Lord Lin had paid the bill.

"It is worthy of the four great oirans, Lord Lin is young, and he has to walk against the wall all night."

Wang Xianzhi licked her lips subconsciously.

The other officials all cast a look of envy, and the four Oirans in spring, summer, autumn and winter are all sunken fish and geese, that is, people with prominent status such as Lord Lin can enjoy the blessings of this Qi people.

"If you can talk, say more."

Lin Hao glared at Wang Xianzhi.

"Master Kuang, something is wrong!"

The two officers hurriedly broke into the council chamber.

"I didn't see Lord Qincha and His Royal Highness here, recklessly, what kind of system did they become!?"

Chen Jugen glared at the two servants and scolded.

"Early this morning, the shopkeeper of the Huibaotong branch of Luling County came to the government to report the case, and the Huibaotong Treasury was stolen last night."

The messenger swallowed his saliva and hesitated.

"What did you say!"

Kuang Jie only felt that his legs were weak, and he almost didn't catch his breath and turned his back.

Although Huibaotong is a private bank, it has an inextricable relationship with the tobacco department.

All the income obtained by the Tobacco Division in one place was deposited in Huibaotong, and it was mobilized and sent to Yingtianfu on a monthly basis, and then to the Inner Treasury Mansion of His Majesty.

Doesn't the theft of Huibaotong mean that someone has put his hand into His Majesty's money bag?

If it is not handled well, it is a small matter to lose the black gauze hat, but I am afraid that the nine clans will be implicated!

"It stands to reason that on this day of the tent, Huibaotong should be guarded by the brocade guards of the tobacco department, how can the theft happen?"

Chen Jugen said disapprerovingly, there is a high top when the sky falls, if there is really a problem, it is Kuang Jie who is responsible.

If the post of Luling County Keeper is vacant, there is no doubt that the top vacant will be himself, and the Luling County Keeper is the soil emperor of this Jiangnan Mansion.

Kuang Jie is self-contained and doesn't know how to be flexible, if he is in this position, he will definitely have a lot to do.

"According to the autopsy conducted by the government officials, all the brocade guards were sealed with a sword, and the thief must be a master of using a sword, and a total of one million taels of silver tickets were lost."

The errand officer reported truthfully.

"A million taels of silver tickets?"

Hearing this, Kuang Jie's whole person was numb, and the annual tax payment of the entire Jiangnan Mansion was only one million taels.

If it is an ordinary time, it can be temporarily hidden, as long as the loss is recovered in time, there is still room for maneuver.

But now Lord Qincha and the prince of the current dynasty are standing in front of themselves, risking their lives to hide!?

"The theft of Huibaotong, this official has heard about it, the entire Luling County is blocked, the thief is still in the city at the moment, how to do it, Lord Kuang should make his own decision."

Lin Hao sat down, picked up the enamel bowl, and served a bowl of corn porridge for Zhu Gaoxu and himself.

"This Fuling mustard and corn porridge are really a perfect match, if you can have another fritter, the taste will be ......"

Zhu Gaoxu took out a bag of mustard from his pocket and shared it with Lin Hao, looking light-hearted, and he didn't care about what the messenger said at all.

"Lord Qincha, don't worry, give the lower officials three days, even if they dig three feet into the ground, they will also bring out the thief."

Kuang Jie arched his hand towards Lin Hao, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back, he was born in the military camp, and he had also served as a deputy general in the camp tent of His Royal Highness.

knows Zhu Gaoxu's temperament, the more light and light, it means that things are really big.

"Zhao Heng, there are three hundred Royal Forest troops outside the door, listen to your deployment, whoever stands in the way, cut it first and then play!"

"Those who are skilled in swordsmanship must be ordinary people, pay attention to the floating population in the city inn, as well as the famous people in the city."

Zhu Gaoxu took a sip of gruel and said in a cold tone.

"From the order!"

Zhao Heng held the embroidered spring knife, arched his hand, and led the group of royal forest soldiers to leave.

……

"Second Highness, the construction of a school in Luling County, Lord Chen has already made arrangements, Luling County is under the thirteen counties, each county has two, Mr. will be a local Xiucai, according to your instructions, children under the age of twelve can be admitted for free."

"The construction period is two months, and it can be completed in the Qingming season."

Kuang Jie took the book and came up.

"This matter will be done according to what you say, and the construction of official roads in Luling County must also be put on the agenda, with the government as the center, and sixteen asphalt avenues four zhang wide will be built to connect the roads in the entire Luling County city."

The canal has been completed, and it will not be long before Jiangnan Mansion will become the economic center of the Ming Dynasty.

As long as he is honest, he will ask his father for a title and come to this Jiangnan Mansion to be the king, but he is so greedy for the asphalt road in Taoyuan County.

"What is an asphalt avenue?"

Kuang Jie was confused, you must know that the most prosperous streets in Luling County are paved with mud.

The road in the inner city of Yingtianfu is paved with gravel, but this asphalt has never been heard of.

"You just have to do it, and you can negotiate with Wang Ben for specific matters."

How could Lin Hao not know what Zhu Gaoxu thought in his heart, the cost of asphalt is not high compared to cement.

Even if the entire Luling County is paved with asphalt, it is only a few hundred thousand taels.

"It's all at your command."

Kuang Jie said with a happy face.

Since it was His Royal Highness who spoke, it also meant that this silver did not need to be issued by the Luling County Government.

Fortunately, the drought is good for many years, once it encounters heavy rain, there will be waterlogging in the entire Luling County, and the sewage will flow sideways, which is unspeakably miserable.

The imperial court is willing to allocate money to build roads for Luling County, how fortunate it is.

……

In the entire Luling City, the wind is loud.

The Jinyi Guard and the Imperial Forest Army belonged, and they searched door to door, and they never let go of any corner.

One morning, the thief was not found, but he caught many chickens and dogs.

"Lord Zhao, in front of you is Chen Tongju's mansion, let's go in and find out if there are some irregularities."

Wang Xianzhi said with a smile on his face.

He had seen it before, and the methods of those Imperial Forest Soldiers could even be found in the copper coins hidden on the beams of the house.

It is impossible for Chen Jugen to have no silver taels in his mansion, if he really checked and confiscated a million taels of silver tickets, wouldn't it be confiscated directly.

"Get out of the way, whoever stands in the way will be killed!"

Zhao Heng pushed Wang Xianzhi away, took steps, and walked towards the mansion.

"Go to the government!"

Wang Xianzhi's legs were weak, he sat down on the ground, hurriedly got into the carriage, and scolded the coachman.

The old housekeeper wanted to stop it, but the moment the embroidered spring knife was on his neck, he instantly became honest.

There was a burst of chickens and dogs jumping in Chen's house.

"Lord Zhao, this Chen Jugen is really not raised by his mother, there are more than forty concubines in the backyard, and there are two."

"Escort them all back, sell them to heaven and earth, remember that those two will be sent to the official mansion, and the official will learn the language from them."

"Yes!"

……

"Lord Zhao, silver, all silver, the backyard firewood room stove is full of silver ingots!"

"What kind of silver, most of it was dropped when Lord Lin came to Chen Jugen's house for a walk, and sent a post station to Lord Lin."

"Yes!"

……

"Lord Zhao, there is a discovery! In Chen Jugen's bedroom, 50,000 taels of Huibaotong banknotes were found. ”

"Check the number of the stolen silver ticket with Huibaotong."

Zhao Heng squinted his eyes slightly and said, His Royal Highness has already explained the situation to him.

"It's all right, the batch of treasure banknotes lost by Huibaotong are all serial new banknotes!"

……

"What are you still doing in a daze, go to the government for me and arrest Chen Jugen!"

The corners of Zhao Heng's mouth outlined a trace of arc.

……

The inner hall of the government.

"Lord Lin, this is the best Jin Ding Hong, it is said to be a surging commodity from the Inner Treasury Mansion, even Your Majesty has to save it to drink, you can taste it!"

Chen Jugen pushed a cup of steaming tea in front of Lin Hao, with a smile on his face.

He had already learned from Wang Ben's mouth what asphalt was, if the entire Luling County had to use this thing, it would be hundreds of thousands of taels in the city alone.

As long as he moves a few tricks casually, it is a profitable business.

Lin Hao tasted the Jin Ding red in the cup, his brows furrowed slightly, you must know that Jin Ding red is the best tea produced in Taoyuan.

Previously, he instructed Zhao Mu to stay until Lichun, pick some, and send them to Yingtianfu for His Majesty to enjoy.

I didn't expect that it would be so fast that it ended up in Jiangnan Mansion, these individuals are really good means!