Chapter 2017: 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~www.mtlnovel.com~ 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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