Vol 2 Chapter 1810: Strangely missing!

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zhong, a great politician and reformer, helped Zuoqi Huangong to dominate the princes and rectify the world. He reformed the past tax collection methods and implemented the "guanshanhai" ("guan" means "management", and "mountain sea" means mining cast iron and The policy of boiling salt.) created the earliest salt and iron monopoly system in Chinese history. According to Guan Zhong's rough calculation, Qi can earn 60 million yuan a year.
At the suggestion of the "financialist" Sang Hongyang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in order to strengthen centralization, retake important economic undertakings such as salt and iron from the hands of the rich and powerful, and reverse the country’s financial difficulties, he also promoted the official salt and iron business and liquor. monopoly. Since then, the salt-iron franchise system has been running through the entire feudal dynasty of China!
In the Tang Dynasty, more than 90% of the nation's mineral veins were in the hands of the imperial court, while the remaining less than 10% of the mineral veins were in the hands of important ministers and noble families, such as the grandson Wuji!
As a thousand-year-old clan, the Wang family also has two mineral veins in their hands. The iron or iron ore needed by the folk blacksmiths is nothing more than three sources. The first is to find the local government to buy; the second is to recycle some ironware that the civilians do not use. Return to the furnace to recast; third, go and buy it from a family with iron ore!
In the Tongfu Inn, Dugu Feiying pondered for a moment, and said: "Since the iron ore in this ironware shop comes from the Wang family, the Wang family must know the identity of Kang Chang'an. In this way, you can contact the people of the Wang family and make your identity clear. Please cooperate with them. We need to find out the identity of this Kang Changan as soon as possible!"
"Yes! General!"
Zhang Dafu bowed and took his orders. After hesitating for a while, he clasped his fist and said, "General, Wang Yu, the head of the Wang family, is back to Taiyuan! He came back around noon!"
"Oh? Wang Yu?"
Dugu Feiying's eyes lit up. He pondered for a moment, and a thought flashed through his mind. He smiled and said:
"The Wang family has been operating in Taiyuan for many years and it is an out-and-out snake. And Wang Yu, if I remember well, Wang Renbiao, the son of Wang Yu, had a good relationship with Yonganhou. Our trip was mainly to protect the people of Yanhuang Academy. Safety.
Therefore, to some extent, we and Wang Yu should be the same people! Get ready and follow me to Wang's house in a while. If we can get help from the Wang's house, it will be very convenient for us to do things in Taiyuan City! "
"Yes! General!"
Zhang Dafu breathed a sigh of relief in secret, thinking that it would be best if Dugu Feiying could go out in person, otherwise he might not be able to do it if he went!
Nowadays, although the imperial power is strong and the family is weak, the influence of the thousand-year-old family is still deeply rooted in the people. In their hearts, the family is still extremely powerful. It takes time to change this concept!
"Brothers scattered in the city, is there any useful news?"
Before Zhang Dafu turned and left, Dugu Feiying asked again.
Zhang Dafu clasped his fists and said: "Back to the general, the brothers asked the generals of the city gate and the beggars and vendors at the main intersection in the city. They found that in addition to this surnamed Zhu Xie, there were three groups of people who came to Taiyuan City in the past two days. They are Turkic people, I have already let people stare at them!"
"Okay! I will deal with these people when I finish going to the Wang's house!"
Hearing this, Lonely Flying Eagle nodded, and then he asked again: "What's going on at Chuji Ironware Shop~?"
"Boom boom!"
Zhang Dafu was about to answer, but at this moment, the door of the room was knocked suddenly.
"It's me! Zhao Erhu!"
Immediately, a man's voice came from outside the door, and the man's tone was very rapid.
"Go open the door!"
Dugu Feiying looked at Zhang Dafu and said.
With a "squeak", the door was pushed open from the outside, and a powerful man walked in from the outside, while Zhang Dafu quickly closed the door. The big man hurriedly came to Dugu Feiying, clasped his fist and said, "General, it's not good! Zhu Hongsheng is gone!"
"What? Zhu Hongsheng is gone?"
Hearing this, Dugu Feiying couldn't calm down immediately. He stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Erhu's shoulder, and asked, "Why is a good person gone? Didn't you lead someone to stare at him?"
Seeing Dugu Feiying having such a temper, Zhao Erhu couldn't help shrinking his neck, and said bitterly: "Back to the general, my brothers have been staring outside the iron shop door, but after staring for more than an hour, they still haven't seen you. Then Zhu Hongsheng came out. I saw that there were few people on the street at noon, so I sneaked into the iron shop, but found that the iron shop was empty. I don’t know how this group of people disappeared for no reason! "
"you……!"
Dugu Feiying pointed at Zhao Erhu’s nose angrily, and almost cursed, Zhang Dafu hurriedly said,
General, it’s definitely not easy for me to see this iron shop. Maybe it’s the connection point for the Turkic spies in Taiyuan. There must be more than one exit from the main entrance, do you want me to take someone to chase~?"
Dugu Feiying hammered a fist on the table beside him, and he said angrily: "This Zhu Hongsheng and the behind-the-scenes owner of Chu Ji Ironware Shop must be Turkic spies. Now it seems that they have found us, so we don’t need it. It's covered up, Zhang Dafu, you take twenty brothers along the ironwork shop to trace Zhu Hongsheng and Kang Changan, you must catch them before dark!"
This time there were only 30 advance troops led by Dugu Feiying, and 20 people were sent directly. This is so, and the manpower is far from enough. After all, how big is Taiyuan City? If you want to find two people in this city, relying on this little manpower is obviously not enough!
"The final commander!"
Although, knowing that the task is arduous and difficult to complete, Zhang Dafu still clasped his fists to take the lead, and then he immediately turned and left.
Dugu Feiying looked at Zhao Erhu again, and said in a deep voice: "Zhao Erhu, you took the remaining brothers to search the Chu Ji Blacksmith Shop immediately. Be sure to quickly find out how Zhu Hongsheng and others escaped, whether it was through a secret passage, a back door or a window. After finding out their escape route, they quickly passed the news to Zhang Dafu! Also, by the way, find out if there are any account books in the iron shop!"
Zhao Erhu quickly clasped his fists and said, "Yes! General! His subordinates will not insult their lives!"
"I'll go to the Wang's house, you go and search the iron shop soon!"
Dugu Feiying waved his hand, then took the saber hung on the wall, and left the house first.
The sudden escape of Zhu Hongsheng and Kang Changan undoubtedly confirmed that their identities were indeed problematic. It seemed that there was no need to trace their identities and they could be arrested directly. But Dugu Feiying still plans to go to the Wang Family Ancestral House, but his purpose has changed. He went this time mainly to seek Wang Yu's help to help him quickly find Zhu Hongsheng and Zhang Kangnian in Taiyuan City!
"Yes! General!"
Zhao Erhu followed, and left the guest room, closing the door by the way, and then quickly went downstairs and left the inn.
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The county seat of Lantian County.
It was midday, but the county was full of excitement. Compared with the previous two days, many people from other counties swarmed into Lantian County today, including merchants, gentry, scholars, and of course more ordinary people. !
These people come to Lantian County today basically for a common purpose, and that is to see with their own eyes the fundraising meeting that has been publicized for several days! Even if you are not eligible to participate, it is always good to watch the excitement outside Longmen Inn!
The building of Longmen Inn is quite large, and the entire first floor has no guest rooms, all of which are halls. At this time, the lobby on the first floor is temporarily full of seats. Today's Longmen Inn is not open to the public, although it is almost afternoon. But the heavy glazed door of the Longmen Inn was still locked.
As for the guests who have stayed in the inn a few days ago, Lin Wenyuan will naturally not expel them. Anyway, he only needs to ensure that there will be no visitors to the inn affecting the fundraising meeting today!
"Yo~! Look! Master Cao from Chang'an City is here!"
"Tsk tusk! I heard that Master Cao's son was also admitted to Yanhuang Academy this time. I don't know if it is true or not!"
"Master Cao is so lucky!"
"Who said no?"
"Look! Isn't that the young master of Jiangnan Yanyu Villa?"
"Wow! It turned out to be Young Master Zheng! I heard that the Fenglei team of the Zheng family defeated the Xiliang sweaty BMW team yesterday~EbookFREE.me~ and the Tigers of Jiangxia Wang tied for first place in the Tang A League standings! Unexpectedly You can see Young Master Zheng here!"
"Five days later, the Fenglei team and the Tigers will be playing, and some will watch it by then!"
"Haha! Who said no?"
"Huh? Isn't that the treasurer of Chang'an City Qiaojiang Pavilion?"
"What? Qiaojiang Pavilion? I heard that the owner behind Qiaojiang Pavilion is the one in the palace!"
"Shh~! Keep your voice down!"
"Huh~! Look! Why did the county yammy come here?"
"With so many government officials, what is this going to do?"
There is still some time before the fundraising conference begins, but the streets outside the Longmen Inn have already surrounded a lot of "melon-eating crowds". Everyone talked about the merchants who came to the fundraising conference, and met businessmen they knew and were interested in. They will also talk about some recent "news" of this person. I have to say that the people of the Tang Dynasty who lacked entertainment means are still very excited to eat melons!
At this moment, the two teams of government officials, led by a man, ran towards this side quickly, and at a glance, good fellow, there were nearly a hundred government officials! The headed person was Yasun catching head of Lantian County. Upon seeing the officials and the masses, he quickly gave way to the road. Sun catching took the opportunity to lead people to the "small square" in front of Longmen Inn. Stand upright for two columns.
They are here to maintain law and order and ensure the success of the fundraising meeting! But if Li Zexuan was there, he would probably spit out Sun Catchhead: "Have you brought someone to maintain law and order, or did you come to welcome the guests?"
It's really their posture, too much like the two rows of welcoming shop assistants standing outside some modern high-end hotels!
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