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Chapter 206 The Failed Return Carbine
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After finally pulling away the pair of live treasure businessmen Wu Erhua and Ma Jun who had paid thousands of dollars to each other, Young Master Zhang finally entered the Wuji Silk and Satin House that dared to open next to Fan Yongdou Silk and Satin House. The guests in the village inquired about the market of silk and satin, as well as the trend of price changes - but the shopkeeper Wu Er obviously had nothing to hide, and directly told Young Master Zhang: "The price of silk is rising, because the government has recently checked very much. Strictly, each piece of silk has to pay enough tax before it can leave the customs. As for why the government has been strict in the inspection recently, it is because I heard that the governor of Xuanda is about to be replaced. The new governor of Xuanda is very powerful, and the government is afraid of being caught by him. , so the investigation is strict."

"Because Governor Xuanda wanted to change someone, so the government made strict inspections—that is to say, Governor Xuanda was very lenient before the replacement?" Young Master Zhang asked, staring at the second shopkeeper Wu.Sun Shangzhi, who was wiping cold sweat beside him, hurriedly shouted: "Wu Erhua, please speak seriously, this lord is the newly appointed Governor of Xuanda, Master Zhang Xiantai!"

To change to other merchants, I heard that a majestic governor was standing in front of me. Ten out of ten were so frightened that they dared not even breathe. The only exception was the shopkeeper Wu Er, who lazily looked up and down at Young Master Zhang. After a pass, he said with a hippie smile: "I can't tell, I have never seen such a young governor."

"Be serious, I'm asking you a question!" Young Master Zhang stretched his face very unhappy.Seeing Young Master Zhang like this, the shopkeeper Wu Er finally put away his playful smile, but still said with a smile: "Master Hui Xiantai, you are right, before the news that you want to be the governor of Xuanda came, the goods passed through Zhangjiakou. At that time, the investigation was very loose, so silk and satin were cheap, and we earned a little more, but after the news came that you were going to be the governor of Xuanda, the investigation in Zhangjiakou suddenly became stricter, not only silk and satin, but also food, tea , porcelain, ironware, salt and cloth have all increased in price, and we have not earned as much as before! Now in the Zhangjiakou border market, everyone is calling Mr. Xiantai that you are a disaster star, and you are here to bring disaster to our Zhangjiakou border market."

The silk and satin village was silent, Zhang Suyang, Qin Shiwen, Liu Yongzuo, Sun Shangzhi and other Xuanfu civil and military officials were all sweating profusely, and the eight locust merchants were also pale, and they all wished to strangle the second shopkeeper Wu to death!Young Master Zhang's face was ashen, and he shouted hoarsely after a long while: "Your tax bills are official defenses, take them out, and there are warehouses. I want to check your goods!"

"Don't, don't, what are you talking about, what are you doing checking the warehouse?" Wu Er shopkeeper finally panicked.But Young Master Zhang was willing to listen, and with a wink, Sun Shangzhi, the Zhangjiakou deputy general Sun Shangzhi, who wished to strangle Wu Er shopkeeper, immediately waved his hand, and a group of Zhangjiakou soldiers rushed into Wuji silk and satin shop immediately, not only forcing the second shopkeeper to hand over They even broke open the warehouse of Wuji Company, and forced the clerk to take out the goods for Mr. Zhang to check. What's even more outrageous is that the soldiers of the Ming army even pulled out two naked Mongolian women from the warehouse. All the women were quite pretty, and they were shivering in the wind and snow in thin single clothes.When Eldest Master Zhang asked about the origins and identities of the two Mongolian women, Shopkeeper Wu Er replied very shyly: "My lord governor, they are sisters, they are the wives of a Mongolian businessman outside Laiyuan Castle."

"Fuck! I can't see that you not only have sisters, but also like other people's wives!" Young Master Zhang scolded.Ma Jun on the other side raised his stomach with a smile, "Hahahahaha, Second Young Master Wu, no wonder you didn't let the warehouse be inspected. After a long time, you hid his wife in the warehouse and messed around. Okay, I'll wait a minute Just go and inform them, and let their men settle accounts with you."

"Who is this kid?" Fan Yongdou pouted at Ma Jun while the soldiers of the Ming army were counting the goods, and asked in a low voice to Huang Yunlong beside him.Huang Yunlong replied in a low voice: "The shopkeeper of Maji Tea House is on the street between Wang Dengku and Wang Dayu. He also opened a tea house in Zhangjiakou in the second half of the sixth year of Tianqi. It is the same business as this silk and satin house. They are immortal, so we have not squeezed them out."

"Damn it." Fan Yongdou cursed in a low voice, dumbfounded, "Even such a dude dares to come to Zhangjiakou to open a business these days. It's a miracle that they haven't closed down after more than a year."

Liu Yongzuo personally led a few book offices to work hard, and the goods in Wuji Silk and Satin Shop were quickly counted. Among them, silk worth about 500 taels was found. It was smuggled goods that had not paid taxes to the court, and it was also considered prohibited. Supplies - and two other wives who belonged to others.After the list was submitted to Young Master Zhang, Young Master Zhang became furious and shouted, "Come on, take this Wu for me, and seal up all the goods and stores together!"

"Don't, don't." The shopkeeper Wu Er, who was held down by the soldiers of the Ming army, finally became anxious, struggling and shouting: "My lord governor, I have relatives and backers in the court, you can't arrest me! You can't arrest me! "

"Stop talking nonsense, I don't care if you have any relatives in the court. The prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. Take him down!" Young Master Zhang yelled with a livid face, but he had a bit of a stern demeanor.Over there, Sun Shangzhi jumped up and down happily, pointing at the second shopkeeper Wu and yelling, "Shut down this profiteer who evades taxes and pay taxes, and catch him in the yamen and torture him."

"Your Excellency, Brother Wu really has relatives in the imperial court." Fortunately, Ma Jun was quite loyal, and he rushed forward and bowed and said, "My lord governor, Brother Wu's uncle is from the Ming court." The Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Zhang Ruitu, Master Zhang, please don’t look at the face of the monk and the face of the Buddha, let me go, my brother.”

"His uncle is Zhang Tangguan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials?" Zhang Suyang, Qin Shiwen, and Liu Yongzuo exclaimed, and their faces turned completely pale—they were all civilian officials, and Zhang Ruitu happened to be in charge of promotion, transfer and performance appraisal. .Ma Jun nodded, and said with a smile: "As for the villain, the villain's biological uncle is Mr. Qian Yuanyi, the head of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War. Please, for the sake of the two elders of the grassroots, please let the villain go. .”

"What? Mr. Qian is your own uncle?" This time, the faces of Sun Shangzhi, deputy general of Xuanfu, and Shi Tianlin, general of Zhangjiakou, turned pale—although the director of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War is a sixth-rank official, but he is in charge of the whole world. The promotion and transfer of generals, with real power in their hands, can transfer Sun Shangzhi and Shi Tianlin from Zhangjiakou, one of the most fat jobs in the world, to Shaanxi to fight robbers or to Guizhou to gnaw bamboo!The eight major locust merchants in Zhangjiakou over there were also taken aback. They never dreamed that these two dudes had such great backgrounds.

"My teacher, Zhang Tangguan, is his uncle?" Young master Zhang was also taken aback, pointing to Wu Er shopkeeper and asked in surprise: "What evidence do you have? If you dare to lie to me, I won't let you go you!"

"I have evidence." The shopkeeper Wu Er also came to his senses at this moment, broke free from the soldiers of the Ming army who were holding him down, untied a jade pendant from his waist, and handed it to Young Master Zhang, "Master Governor, this jade pendant was given to me by the emperor Uncle, when I came to Zhangjiakou to do business, my uncle gave it to me again, saying that if you encounter any problems, you can take this jade pendant to the local government for help! Governor, you should trust me now, right?"

"It belongs to my teacher." Young Master Zhang nodded and admitted.In this way, Zhang Suyang, Qin Shiwen, and Liu Yongzuo did not dare to neglect, even winked, and drove all the soldiers of the Ming army out of the yard. With quality and Qin Shiwen's eyes that could kill people, the eight locust merchants retreated obediently, making room for secret transactions with Young Master Zhang, the gang of bullying dog officials and the two powerful children.But after leaving the house, Fan Yongdou immediately called his right-hand assistant, Chen Dahe, and scolded him bloody - such a powerful person in the backstage had been hiding in Zhangjiakou for more than a year, and Fan Yongdou's intelligence network could not be found out. Fan Yongdou I really want to strangle Chen Dabing to death!The other locust merchants rolled their eyes wildly, thinking about how to pull the shopkeeper Wu Er and Ma Jun into their chariots after this matter, and use their relationship and protection network to get more and faster earn money.

After a long time, Young Master Zhang finally led Zhang Suyang, Qin Shiwen, Liu Yongzuo and other civil and military officials out of Wuji Silk and Satin Village, and continued to inspect other companies in Yuanbao as if nothing happened.Seizing the opportunity, the Eight Locust Merchants had no choice but to ask Zhang Suyang and others how Master Zhang dealt with the smuggling case of the second shopkeeper Wu. I didn’t see the amount of the bank note, but Lord Xiantai changed his words and told them to make up the tax, and warned them not to lose face of Zhang Tangguan and Lord Qian, and then told us to release them.”

"Okay." Several locust merchants breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Zhang Haogu, a mad dog, is not invulnerable to water and fire. With the capital, there is still hope to win over.Fan Yongdou quietly called Chen Dahe to the front, and ordered in a low voice: "Send someone to the capital immediately, and find a way to find out whether Zhang Ruitu and Qian Yuanyi have these two relatives. Also, arrange people to prepare the banquet, Tonight, I'm going to invite the two dandies just now to dinner—by the way, there are also women who are ready to have two."

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After a stroll around Laiyuan Castle, after lunch, Young Master Zhang, who was eager to go to Yanghe to take over, left with a group of local officials and slave soldiers. In Xuanfu Town, while familiarizing themselves with the duties and personnel, while rectifying military discipline, the Zhangjiakou border fort where high-ranking officials gathered in the morning finally calmed down.After hastily sending away Young Master Zhang, the god of plague, he observed the situation for another day. In the afternoon of the next day, several locust merchants gathered together in Fan Yongdou's house in the border city of Zhangjiakou to discuss the next step.

"Shopkeeper Fan Da, Zhang Haogu's team of little mad dogs has already passed the Wanquan left guard." As soon as several locust merchants sat on the top, Zhai Ying couldn't wait to ask: "Where are the goods we hide in the wild?" Can it be shipped back to the warehouse? And those goods that have not been registered with the government can also be sent to the border market for sale?"

"What's the rush? Zhang Haogu, the little mad dog, has only been away for a day, and we'll wait for a few more days of patient observation." Fan Yongdou shook his head.Now several locust merchants were not happy, and said one after another: "Master Fan Da, you can't delay any longer, let's not say that those tea leaves and salt can't be kept in the wild for a long time, just say that there are still ten days before the Chinese New Year. The business is the best time of the year, if we don't release the goods now, the loss will be too great." "Yes, we can't delay any longer, if we delay for one more day, our combined loss will be tens of thousands of taels Silver!" "My second innkeeper told me that the beacon tower where my private salt is stored is leaking, and if we don't move it back, we will lose a lot."

Fan Yongdou, who was also greedy and also a while ago, was also a little moved. After thinking about it for a long time, Fan Yongdou finally nodded and said: "Well, starting today, we will gradually sell the goods in our hands. Put it on the side market for sale, but the quantity should not be too large. Mongolian merchants will ship out as much as they order, and pay for the goods at the same time. Don’t rush to release the goods at once. Two days in the field, and the day after tomorrow will decide whether to move all the goods back to Zhangjiakou Guancheng."

"Okay, I'll listen to the arrangement of shopkeeper Fan Da." Several anxious locust merchants agreed abruptly, and hurriedly said their goodbyes and went back to make arrangements.Fan Yongdou also called Chen Dahe to the front, and ordered: "Pass down the order, from now on, private salt, private tea and grains will accept orders from Mongolian merchants and small merchants, and the order will be delivered the next day. No matter how much we put, we can't put it in our own business name!"

"Don't worry, my boss, I'll arrange it right away." Chen Dabin promised, but when he was about to go out to make arrangements, a vaguely familiar shout came from the yard outside the room, "Don't pull me, I want to see the shopkeeper, I want to see the shopkeeper! I have something urgent to report to him! It's a big deal!"

"Who is yelling outside?" Fan Yongdou was confused, and winked at Chen Dahe. Chen Dahe understood, and hurried out to find out the news.After a while, Chen Dabing brought in a guy with a bruised nose and a swollen face, and reported to Fan Yongdou: "Boss, this is the guy from our tea shop that Zhang Haogu visited yesterday. He said he has something urgent to report to you, our nurse." The courtyard refused to let him in, and he forced his way in, and was beaten by the courtyard."

Fan Yongdou looked at the young man carefully, and quickly recognized that this man was indeed the head of the waiter in the tea house yesterday, and he had spoken to Young Master Zhang a few times.After slightly nodding, Fan Yongdou asked again: "Why are you so anxious to see me? What's the big deal?"

"Boss shopkeeper, Zhang Haogu—!" The waiter wiped his nosebleeds, knelt on the ground and shouted excitedly: "I saw Zhang Haogu, the governor of Xuanda! Just now, he was wearing plain clothes with his face on his face. And with a fake mustache!"

"What?!" Fan Yongdou and Chen Dabin both jumped up at the same time, Fan Yongdou rushed to the head of the clerk, grabbed him, and asked nervously: "When and where did you see him? Did you see the wrong person?"

"Back to the big shopkeeper, it's on the street in Laiyuan Castle, and the time is less than half an hour." The waiter replied decisively: "Today, the younger one has a bit of diarrhea, so I asked for leave to get medicine on the street. I ran into Zhang Haogu who was disguised as an ordinary businessman on the street, wearing a red leather robe, a black leather cap, and a fake beard on his face—if it wasn’t for the villain who said a few words to him yesterday , I couldn’t recognize him at all! I heard that Zhang Haogu had left yesterday, but today I saw him suddenly appearing in Laiyuan Castle, and felt that the matter was of great importance, so I immediately ran to report to the shopkeeper.”

"You've done a good job." Fan Yongdou patted the head of the small gang on the shoulder, and shouted, "Dabing, immediately send someone to notify the other seven families, and say that Zhang Haogu killed us one by one, and told them to stop immediately." Order! Also, you bring this guy and some people to Yuanbao, and you must find out the whereabouts of Zhang Haogu's little mad dog!"

"Decree!" Chen Dabing also knew that the matter was serious, so he hurriedly led the small team of clerks down to make arrangements.After the news spread, the other seven locust merchants who were frightened quickly withdrew the order to accept the order, and Chen Dabing led the way by the head of the clerk. Young Master Zhang who was wandering around to inquire about businessmen, a group of Young Master Zhang's personal soldiers disguised as ordinary employees, and a group of Manchu cavalry disguised as Mongolian businessmen...

When it was completely dark, Young Master Zhang, who had found nothing in coming to Yuanbao, finally led his soldiers and cavalry away. Chen Dabing, who was relieved, also led the small team back to Fan Yongdou's home, and Xiang Zheng hurriedly returned to Fan Yongdou's house. Fan Yongdou, who was in trouble, reported the good news.Knowing that Young Master Zhang had found nothing in Yuanbao, Fan Yongdou put his heart into his throat and finally put it back in his stomach. He called the little boy to his face and said happily: "Good boy, he has eyesight and brains, which is rare." Talent! Tell me, what's your name, where are you from? When did you work as a waiter in my tea house? Do you know how to read?"

"Back to the big shopkeeper, my name is Xiaopuzi." The clerk kowtowed and replied: "I am from Changping Prefecture, Shuntian Prefecture. My family is poor. I went to the big shopkeeper's tea house as a waiter in April last year and worked for the big shopkeeper. It has been more than a year and a half. Before the villain's father died, he sent the villain to a private school for a few days and could recognize a few words. So at the beginning of this year, the shopkeeper of the tea house Wen The villain was promoted to be the head of the small team in charge of the warehouse." Speaking of this, the small shop raised his face and said with a smile: "The shopkeeper Wen also said that after the new year, the villain will be promoted to be in charge of selling tea." head of the class."

"Hahahaha, how happy are you for being a big team leader?" Fan Yongdou laughed happily, and waved his hand and said, "Don't be the team leader, you have made great achievements today, and I will reward you ten taels of silver, and stay by my side as a personal follower." , I am short of literate and loyal people around me. Work hard, I can't treat you badly."

(End of this chapter)