Wu Tian said that her husband Wu Deng had made a big mistake, but Lu Junbi, the nominal treasurer, was unaware of this.

In the eyes of others, Lu Xiucai may have been derelict in his duties, but Lin Daguan did not express any displeasure.

Regarding Lu Junbi's unexplained reaction, Lin Daguan was not surprised at all.

Yangzhou Lin's Salt Industry has just been in trial operation for half a year, and it can be said that it is still an immature group.

In the division of labor of the shopkeeper, Lu Junbi is responsible for upper-level affairs and public relations, as well as the general accounts, and the main scope of activities is Yangzhou City;

The Wu couple is responsible for the specific affairs such as salt support and salt batching, and the main work place is at the production, inspection and transportation sites such as salt farms and salt stations.

Lin Daguan's arrangement naturally also has the meaning of letting the two sides check and balance each other.

Under normal circumstances, Wu Deng, an old Jianghu, did something wrong behind his back, and Lu Junbi shouldn't know so clearly.

If Wu Deng made any mistakes outside, Lu Junbi in Yangzhou City would immediately know about it, and that would make Lin Daguan feel worried.

And if Lu Junbi helped Wu Tian speak, it would be even more worrying.

Therefore, the questioning of Lu Junbi was actually a kind of temptation of Lin Daguan's subordinates, but no one realized that it was just a temptation.

As the leader of a complex and huge society, Lin Daguan faced all his subordinates, and he could be tempted at any time, maybe any sentence would be a test.

At least this time, Lu Junbi and Lu Xiucai inadvertently passed the test.

Therefore, Lin Daguan was no longer "embarrassed" by Lu Junbi, looked at Wu Tian's again, and said:

"I don't even know Lu Sheng, what kind of mistake can it be, worthy of your such solemnity?"

Wu Tian replied: "I also hope that the big officials will retreat left and right to prevent the wind from leaking." ”

Lin Daguan laughed and said, "Those who can stand here are all people who can make me trust." And everyone is more trustworthy than you, what else do you have to worry about? ”

When the left and right protectors Zhang Wen, Zhang Wu and Lu Junbi heard this, they laughed together.

They even began to speculate that Wu Tian's request to retire others was not so that he could be alone with the pavilion?

Wu Tian felt bitter in his heart, but the previous words had been released, and he had to say it at this time.

"In the past few months, the clumsy man Wu Deng has privately run 600,000 catties of private salt under the guise of the 7,000 salt introduction from the big officials."

When the people present heard this number, they were all taken aback, even Lin Daguan himself was no exception.

At present, among the one or two hundred salt merchants in Yangzhou City, the dozen or so salt merchants with the largest business scale, except for the regular salt, most of the annual surplus salt is about 2 million to 4 million catties.

And this Wu Deng gave himself 600,000 catties of private salt in a few months, and the amount of the annual surplus salt of the top first-line salt merchants was one-quarter to one-fifth!

This number is not small, enough to shock everyone present.

Originally, people who thought that Wu Tian was hypocritical, or guessed that Wu Tian was making a fuss, now they all understand.

Then Lu Junbi immediately became angry, he was the big shopkeeper of the Lin family's salt industry, and he didn't know anything about such a big thing!

Since Lin's salt industry has "rented" 7,000 salt leads, since the trial operation began in March, even the remaining salt in the salt belt has only been wholesaled for a total of 1.4 million catties!

And this Wu Deng, as the second shopkeeper, dared to do 600,000 catties of private work under the banner of Lin's salt industry!

Thinking of this, Lu Junbi couldn't suppress his anger and yelled at Wu Tian's family: "The vertical son dares to go against the lord for profit like this, and pretend to be public and private!" ”

Although the Zhang family brothers who are the protectors of the left and right do not participate in the affairs of the salt industry in the community, they also shouted angrily at this time:

"This Wu Deng dares to seek personal gain in the name of sitting in the museum, he deserves death! Don't sit in the hall lightly! ”

Wu Tian, who exposed her husband's crimes, was silent at this time, bowing her head and saying nothing.

After the Zhang brothers finished scolding, they took the initiative to ask: "As long as you give an order to sit in the hall, my brother will bring someone to arrest Wu Deng!" ”

Bang! In the hustle and bustle of his subordinates, Lin Daguan suddenly slapped the case around him heavily!

Everyone's voices suddenly stopped, and only the serious words of Lin Daguan were left in the room:

"Human ethics is the foundation of being a man, and the husband is also the wife of the people! Therefore, the government generally does not allow wives to sue their husbands, just as sons are not allowed to sue their fathers.

Wu Tian's report on your husband, although it is excusable, but it violates the principles of heaven! ”

Everyone: "."

Suzhou is the most open place in today's atmosphere, and you Lin Daguan is an unruly hero, how can you be more conservative than the old Confucian?

I also heard Lin Daguan say loudly: "I would rather not accept the unrighteous accusation of violating the rules and destroying the etiquette and religion, even if my personal interests are damaged, this is self-denial and revenge!" ”

Now even Wu Tian's heart has broken the defense, is this Lin Tailai's brain seriously ill?

I took a huge risk and was burdened with moral pressure to report and denounce my husband, and this is the result?

Before Wu Tian could say anything, Lin Daguan waved his sleeves and said, "You step down, you must abide by women's morals in the future!" ”

This is not the result she wants! Wu Tian stood up and walked out of the room in a trance.

After Wu Tian's left, Lu Junbi hurriedly asked: "Wu Tian's accusations should be true, because after checking, you can see that you can't deceive people at all, so why do you ignore it?" ”

Lin Tailai asked rhetorically: "What do you think is the point of this matter?" ”

Lu Junbi said suspiciously: "What else can be the point?" Isn't the point that Wu Deng trafficked 600,000 catties of salt without permission? ”

Lin Daguan said unceremoniously: "Lu Sheng can grow snacks!" How could this be the point? Am I the one who values 600,000 catties of salt? ”

The left protector Zhang Wen was still meditating, but the right protector Zhang Wu suddenly realized!

"The point is Wu Tian herself, she is showing favor to the pavilion again, and she does not hesitate to denounce her husband, just wanting to sit in the pavilion and accept her!"

Lin Tailai: "."

Have you Zhang Wu watched too much of "Golden Vase Plum", and you have to think about everything three ways?

The normal interactions between men and women who are good and decent are all played bad by ordinary people like you!

Afraid that his younger brother would be beaten, Zuo Protector Zhang Wen hurriedly asked flatteringly: "I really don't know, and I hope to sit in the hall to advise." ”

Lin Tailai withdrew his unkind eyes at Zhang Wu, and explained:

"Selling salt in large quantities is a very professional thing, from salt support to salt transportation, approval, sales, etc., there are many links in the whole process, and each link is a checkpoint.

In just a few months, it is a difficult thing to borrow our salt and hide it from us, and to get through all links to traffic 600,000 catties of salt without permission. ”

Lu Junbi said: "Wu Deng has been helping the Zheng family before, and he must have accumulated a lot of experience and contacts.

It doesn't seem very strange if you make use of all the previous connections and open up the joints of 600,000 catties of salt. ”

Lin Tailai shook his head and said, "Those experiences and connections actually belong to the Zheng family, not Wu Deng.

Now that Wu Deng has broken away from the Zheng family system, it would be good not to be retaliated against, how can he use his original connections?

Therefore, someone must be secretly helping Wu Deng, so that Wu Deng will have the ability to traffic 600,000 catties of salt in a few months after hiding from us!

Who is helping Wu Deng, and what is the purpose, this is the point of the matter! ”

Several subordinates looked at each other, but they couldn't disagree, and the ability to sit in the hall and grasp the key was not ordinarily strong.

After Lu Junbi digested Lin Daguan's words, he questioned again: "They may just want to use Wu Deng to smuggle salt, and they have no other purpose except to make money, but their insatiable greed has suddenly become bigger." ”

Lin Daguan's face gradually became gloomy, and he sneered: "First, they all have such strong strength, just find one of their own, why do you want to find Wu Deng, the shopkeeper of someone else's family?"

Second, if it was normal cooperative smuggling, why didn't Wu Deng report it? Why don't you dare to let me know, but hide it from the whole community?

So I dare to conclude that someone should have plotted against me, deliberately helped Wu Deng smuggle a large amount of money, and secretly collected evidence!

Then wait for the time to implicate me from Wu Deng and impeach me for trafficking in a large amount of illicit salt! If there is any evidence, one bullet is accurate! ”

Hearing Lin Daguan's final conclusion, his subordinates once again had deep admiration.

Without any evidence, it is impossible to find the truth out of thin air by just a few words and pure logical reasoning.

Zhang Wu, the right protector, was suddenly furious, "The museum has just cleaned up the governor and the patrol, who else in Yangzhou is so blind?" ”

Lin Tailai said soberly in the world: "The iron-clad battalion and flowing soldiers, what is it if they pack up the governor and the patrol, sooner or later there will be a new governor and the patrol."

Officials are all flowing water, and only the interests formed around the salt industry are eternal.

As long as there is this interest, there will be no shortage of calculations. ”

Zhang Wu was stunned for a moment, and then said unconvinced: "Could it be that the previous cleaning up of the governor and the patrol press were all in vain?" ”

Lin Tailai replied: "It's not in vain, it's still a great benefit to temporarily suppress the two hostile members."

It can avoid fighting on multiple fronts in all directions, eliminate the huge interference from the press, and concentrate more on grabbing the interests of the salt industry.

In other words, it is to temporarily create a good development environment for Lin's salt industry. ”

Then Lin Daguan comforted everyone and said: "You don't have to be too angry, I'm worried that I can't find an excuse to continue plundering!"

So some people calculate that it may be a good thing for us to bite back into the fruit fatter!

It doesn't matter whether the person who arranged Wu Deng was the Salt Transportation Division or the Salt Imperial Inspector, or some salt merchants, or maybe even the joint operation of vested interests!

It's different here from Taihu Lake, the bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish! I wish I had calculated that my people were higher! ”

At this time, Lu Junbi proposed a possibility: "Could it be Governor Yang?"

After all, he had made a feud a few months ago, and he had every motivation to lay out in these months. ”

Lin Daguan frowned and said, "Impossible! When pigs fly! It can't be him, who has already been defeated! Otherwise, there is no point in fighting back!

If you pull it on the official face, it must be the Salt Transportation Division or the Salt Patrol Imperial History! ”

Lu Junbi: "."

(End of chapter)