After being reborn, she became the richest man without being a queen

Chapter 41 Grain Merchant
Zhao Yi, who suddenly came to his senses, waved his hand to signal the chief official to go pick him up, and then pressed Shen Qingling's writing, saying: "This matter will be discussed after the young lady of the Zhou family is in court."

Shen Qingling smiled, nodded in agreement, turned around and sat back in her seat.

Ren Shaochun also sat down and looked towards the door.

The sun was just right, and the glaring light was half covered by Zhou Langhuan's figure when he entered the hall. Everyone could see the redness at the ends of her eyes and her forced calmness.

Except for Shen Qingling, everyone present was moved.

Such a beautiful young lady, after losing her father in the year of cardamom, was able to support the Zhou family with an iron fist, and after a few years, the Zhou family did not retreat but advanced, which had to be admired by others.

"My concubine is Zhou's Langhuan, and I have met Zhao Tongpan and Ren Sanlang." Zhou Langhuan moved his lotus steps lightly, and saluted, "Today, there are some accounts to be corrected in the Zhouji grain business, so there is a long delay, please forgive me. "

After all, she met Shen Qingling's eyes.

"I'm listening, Miss Zhou doesn't need to be polite." Shen Qingling smiled gently, and didn't intend to get up.

Zhao Yi cleared his throat in the hall, and asked straight to the point: "Mr. Zhou, when did you get the letter you handed in to the government office the day before yesterday? Can you still recall it?"

Because Zhou Langhuan was not a sinner, the official moved a chair from the side for Zhou Langhuan to sit on.It was also at this time that Shen Qingling noticed that Zhou Langhuan, like himself, had not bound his feet.

After sitting down, Zhou Langhuan tilted his head and thought for a while before solemnly answering: "Back to Zhao Tongpan, I got that letter in the second year of Yuande."

Zhou Langhuan got the letter from his father Zhou Chenyu's old servant.

According to her, when Wilderness gave her the letter and asked her to pass it on, she hadn't opened the letter, so she didn't know what was written in the letter.It was only when her father was killed and Kuang Ye was imprisoned in the prison that she was not beheaded for a long time, that she was right to pursue the truth and find the old servant who disappeared without reason before the incident.

"Disappeared for no reason?" Zhao Yi sensed something was wrong, and after chewing these four characters repeatedly, he asked, "What kind of guy did you old servant do in your mansion? Where did he escape? And you?" Before the said incident... when exactly?"

Shen Qingling who was listening did not stop writing, and her eyes flickered.

Zhou Langhuan never mentioned this so-called old servant. Could it be the key to her misleading Zhao Yi?

Just when Shen Qingling was so worried——

Zhou Langhuan's vermilion lips parted slightly, and he explained with a little sadness: "He is the accountant in my concubine's family. When did he leave... I can't be sure. After the funeral is over, I will be with you." The uncles and uncles in the family agreed on the ownership of the books in the mansion, only to find out that he was missing. Later, following the trail of some of his relatives, he was finally found in Yunzhou."

Yunzhou.

The land outside Li Dynasty.

In fact, it can't be said to be outside the rule. After all, the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun were under the rule of the Li Dynasty during the Gaozu Dynasty. It was only after the Li Dynasty's civil strife and the vassal king's separatist regime that the group of wolf-minded Khitans in the north were occupied, and they have not been taken back.

For no reason, Shen Qingling thought of Xiao Qiyue on Mo Rulan's boat.

Although Xiao Qiyue had already been dealt with by Shen Qingling, Shen Qingling didn't think that killing one person could prevent future tragedies, and also didn't think that the Khitan people only sent one Xiao Qiyue into the Central Plains.

Without Xiao Qiyue, Khitan can support other generals, let alone meticulous work.

If he thought about it deeper, Shen Qingling immediately connected Zhou Chenyu's identity with the person Xiao Qiyue killed when he came here.

There are so many wealthy families in Yangzhou. As a grain merchant, Zhou Chenyu is not very eye-catching in Yangzhou. Not to mention the giants like the Du family, even the Zhang family, who once looked down upon Ren Bingyi, is also a big family that started by selling and buying grain.

Inconspicuousness also has its benefits.

For example, small traders can take care of the scattered business that the aristocratic families are too lazy to do and disdain to do, and because Li Chao encourages business, they usually pay less taxes than the aristocratic families, just like a fish in water.

It is true that trading grain with the Khitan people is not a piecemeal business, but the profits can drive people to evil.

Shen Qingling's face was livid in thought, while Zhao Yi on the other side continued to listen to Zhou Langhuan's eloquence, his face became more and more serious.

"When the concubine arrived in Yunzhou with the bodyguards, Zhou Fu had already passed away. He had no wife and no children, and had already been buried hastily in a wild forest outside the city of Yunzhou."

"Even though a person died, I couldn't return home empty-handed, so I ordered someone to dig three feet into the ground where Zhou Fu once lived, and opened his tomb. Only then did I find the letter in his tomb."

An accountant, why did you leave such a letter?

The letter was sent by Kuangye to Zhou Chenyu, so what does it have to do with Zhou Fu?
Like Ren Shaochun and Shao Cong, who rarely see a family seizing power, it is naturally difficult to figure out the mystery behind it. On the other hand, Zhao Yi and Shen Qingling almost only understood that she hadn't finished speaking as soon as Zhou Langhuan finished speaking. if.

Sure enough, Zhou Langhuan then continued: "From Zhou Fu's room, I also found a scroll of ciphertext. With this scroll, I deciphered the meaning hidden in the letter in the wilderness, and only then did I understand the meaning of the letter back then. The intention of killing the concubine's father in the wilderness."

The chief official who was always bowed to the side hurriedly took out the scroll from the sleeve cage and presented it to Zhao Yi with both hands.

Zhou Langhuan seemed to have reached the point of sadness, wiped his tears with his sleeves, and complained softly: "It's fine if you don't pay back the money you owe in the wilderness, but you still have evil thoughts in your heart! He intends to use Zhou Fu's guarding and stealing to blackmail my concubine's father. My concubine's father has always Put family and country first, so naturally you won't be threatened by thieves... This, this is the tragedy that happened later..."

Rice and grain in the Li Dynasty were all under control.

Therefore, grain merchants are not completely free in buying and selling grain. Not only do grain merchants need to obey the orders of the government in bad years and good years, but the government also conducts an inventory of the accounts of grain merchants in various places at the end of each year.

If there is a mistake, at least they will be disqualified as a grain merchant, and at worst they will be ransacked and exiled.

This is also the reason why in Zhou Langhuan's narration, Zhou Fu's self-stealing incident can be used to blackmail Zhou Chenyu.

The questioning lasted from morning to evening, during which Shen Qingling didn't interrupt a word, and Zhao Yi asked questions.Judging from Zhao Yi's performance, he was very satisfied with Shen Qingling's non-intervention, so when asking questions, he picked some doubtful points written by Shen Qingling and asked Zhou Langhuan.

After the matter was over, the chief official pulled up the chair, intending to send Zhou Langhuan out of the judgment hall.

Unexpectedly, Shen Qingling got up suddenly and went over, grabbed the chief official, said with a smile: "Brother chief official, I see Miss Zhou getting close, why don't I send Miss Zhou back home, how about it?"

The chief official did not obey immediately, but turned to look at Zhao Yi, waiting for Zhao Yi's approval.

Zhao Yi couldn't figure out what Shen Qingling was going to do, and after thinking about it, he nodded in agreement, "Then I will send it to Mrs. Shen. It's just that it's getting dark, so be careful on the way."

(End of this chapter)