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Chapter 605 Can't You See the Light? (Ask for a recommendation ticket)
In the side hall of the back hall of Chicheng General’s Office, Zhang Cheng listened to what Diao Dacheng said about the obstruction of the out-of-mouth smuggling business, his eyebrows frowned into a word "Chuan", and he asked angrily, "Do you know that Zhangjiakou Fort took the lead in promoting this incident?" Who are the people involved?"

Diao Dacheng sat on the lower chair. He talked a little too much just now. He drank two cups of tea before replying: "The profiteers in Zhangjiakou are all very rich, but they are very low-key. He is the one who plays dirty tricks behind his back.

According to the news from the restaurants, gambling houses, and Goulanyuan where we were, Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, and Jin Liangyu seem to be quite active recently, which is not the same as usual. "

After Diao Dacheng finished speaking, he seemed not very confident, he turned his head to look at Su Yiyang who was in the shadow by the carved window, and said softly to Zhang Cheng: "Marshal, Su Tou stepped down a lot of hidden stakes in Zhangjiakou, the news should be more definite. "

He seemed to be afraid that Su Yiyang would hear it, so he looked away immediately after speaking, and drank tea again on his own, very much like a child who has done something wrong and is afraid of being discovered by his parents.

Looking at Diao Dacheng's appearance, Zhang Cheng almost laughed out loud. He drank a lot last night, and his mouth was thirsty, so he picked up the teacup and sipped tea leisurely.

Su Yiyang heard that there was no voice here, and knew that it was time for him to appear on the stage, but he didn't know how to take a step, but he slipped into the shadow by the window.

Holding a teacup, Zhang Cheng asked, "Can't you see the light?"

Su Yiyang moved to Zhang Cheng's side, with a rare smile on his face. It looked like a smile but not a smile. He was extremely embarrassed. After standing still, he clasped his fists and saluted, and said in a slightly yin and yang voice: "The humble job likes to stay in the shadows. "

As soon as he spoke, Diao Dacheng, who was sitting next to him in the chair, trembled and trembled. The tea splashed from the cup and spilled on his body without realizing it. He just picked up the cup and brought it to his mouth with trembling hands. side.

Zhang Cheng saw everything in his eyes, but he didn't point it out. He told Diao Dacheng: "Diao Dacheng, go back and rest first, just ignore him for the time being in Zhangjiakou."

Diao Dacheng put down his teacup with a "bang" as if relieved, stood up and kowtowed to Zhang Cheng, then hurriedly backed out.

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Su Yiyang saw Diao Dacheng exit the side hall, and at the moment the hall door closed, he threw himself on the ground and kowtowed: "The head of the dark hall, Su Yiyang, pays homage to the commander-in-chief. May the commander-in-chief be blessed with great blessings, and his achievements will last forever!"

Zhang Cheng leaned back on the back of the grand teacher's chair, tapped the armrest leisurely with his right hand, raised his long-lost Erlang leg, and said to Su Yiyang, "I haven't seen you for more than half a year. Why are you so flattering?"

The smile on Su Yiyang's face disappeared in an instant, and he knelt on the ground and clasped his fists with a serious expression, and replied: "The world can learn from it, the humble job is a sincere wish, and the commander will have great blessings in the sky, and the commander will surely make great achievements."

Zhang Cheng saw that he was really moved by what he said, so he stopped teasing him and said, "Okay. Get up. Sit down and talk."

Su Yiyang got up as he said, but instead of going to sit on the chair, he took two steps forward and stood beside Zhang Cheng, saying, "I don't dare to sit in front of the commander-in-chief."

Zhang Cheng knew that he had always been like this, so he didn't force him, but asked him, "Tell me first, what's going on in Zhangjiakou."

Su Yiyang stood up and replied: "The humble staff used intimidation, temptation and other means in Zhangjiakou, although they also planted some hidden stakes, but the mansions of the big merchants are full of old people who have been there for a long time, so it is difficult to install newcomers.

Moreover, those who are in charge of their shops are all people close to them, or old people who have followed for a long time, and those who are assigned by humble positions are all young men, who just run errands on the table and do odd jobs, and they have no access to things under the table. "

He hung his hands neatly on his sides, lowered his head and looked a foot in front of his toes, and continued: "The humble job can only draw some conclusions through some clues and careful analysis, and then try to confirm it. , in order to find the law..."

It turned out that Fan Yongdou and his peddlers were doing smuggling business for Mongols and Jian slaves. Although each family had their own background, the core of their smuggling did not dare to be seen by outsiders.

Therefore, the core of their employment is their own family members, and the next time they have to choose child labor from the children in the village or surrounding villages, and work in the shops on the table for several years until they feel that they can really be trusted. , have the opportunity to come into contact with the secret smuggling business.

Even so, the new entrants are only helping out on the periphery, and still can't enter the core layer, and they can't even be some counters. They just do some escort work. In addition to working hard, they can get more wages. There is no difference, nothing else at all.

But no matter how united a group is, as long as there are people gathering, there will be friction. Once there is friction, conflicts will arise, just like cracked eggs. As long as enough interests are invested and some operations are added, a breakthrough will always be found .

Su Yiyang first installed some apprentices at several merchants, and then used some means to buy some old men as hidden stakes. At the same time, he also asked Diao Dacheng to transport more goods every time, and then tried to ask the renters to rent the goods yards of those merchants. .

In this way, opportunities to get in touch with the shopkeepers of those merchants were artificially created, and gradually the two sides became acquainted, although they could not find out the inside story of their smuggling.

But Su Yiyang is worthy of being a spy by nature. He can roughly guess the date of their smuggling based on the storage and vacancy of the various warehouses of several merchants, combined with the calculation of the distance.

This time, based on the amount of daily staple and non-staple foods purchased by various merchants that he could collect, combined with the order and time they visited each other and ate together, he had already guessed that Fan Yongdou must be the one who came out to block the North Road caravan. and Wang Baoku.

The Jin Liangyu mentioned by Diao Dacheng just now was actually just running errands for the two of them, and he didn't play a major role in this matter.

Su Yiyang also used the stupid method of stalking to roughly figure out the relationship between their various merchants and Zhangjiakou and the surrounding castles and pass guards, and even through their goods exchanges, roughly deduce their relationship with local merchants in Shanxi.

According to Su Yiyang's observation, half of the generals and officials in the town now have connections with these smugglers, and have even been bought and controlled by these smugglers.

There was no change in Zhang Cheng's expression, and he calmly listened to Su Yiyang's story, as if he was listening to someone else's story, which had nothing to do with him.

I only heard Su Yiyang finally say: "... I found this in Zhangjiakou."

After he finished speaking, he reached into his arms, took out a flannel bag and gently handed it to Zhang Cheng, saying, "There are fake military tickets from the North Road in Zhangjiakou."

"Sure enough!"

(End of this chapter)