When Fatty Zhou breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Jiang Liwei say it was a routine.

He expected that Jiang Liwei would not be able to do business. In the past year, he had given him a lot of money. He didn't look at the monk's face, but he had to look at the face of the monk. If the matter really needs to be investigated, Jiang Liwei would not be able to escape!

But Fatty Zhou obviously ignored a problem. Now the person involved is actually the law enforcement officer. It is easy for Jiang Liwei to investigate him, but he has no way to go to report Jiang Liwei.

Chen Xi sneered coldly: "It seems that the Beizhen Fushiya Office has nothing to do recently. Even the case of merchants transporting goods must be taken on by them!"

Jiang Liwei smiled and said, "There is no choice. The court has been asking questions tightly. I have to reluctantly take on the job. Foreigners will see that they will harass the surrounding areas of the capital, so they have to be careful in everything. Chen Yude, please..."

Fatty Zhou felt a little nervous. Why is this matter related to Chen Xi?

Seeing Jiang Liwei's sure look, Fatty Zhou vaguely understood what... This matter should have nothing to do with the case itself, but Jiang Liwei wanted to target Chen Xi. As the North Town Fufu Department, Jiang Liwei has the power to report, impeach, and investigate illegal officials.

Chen Xi asked strangely: "What do you want?"

Jiang Liwei smiled and said, "Don't be too careful in Chen Yude. I just want you to go to the pier inside Chongwenmen, don't say that I am creating something out of nothing."

Chen Xi stood up calmly and said, "Okay, then go and have a look."

After leaving the teahouse, the official sedan chair outside was ready, and Jiang Liwei also specially prepared a for Chen Xi.

Chen Xi entered the sedan chair and arrived at the Paozi River on the east side of Chongwenmen with Jiang Li. He saw hundreds of officers and soldiers from the Five City Military Command along both sides of the river. It can be seen that the case was not handled by a yamen in the North Town Fushi Office, and Jiang Li Wei was the one who was dispatched in the middle, which was equivalent to the commander.

Thirty or forty boats were moored on the river surface, each of which had a deep waterline, which showed that there were a lot of goods. The dock warehouses on the river bank were sealed, and the inside was empty from the open warehouse door, which means that all the goods had been shipped onto the ship, and Fatty Zhou's subordinates were escorted to the shore, all kneeling on the ground and dared not speak.

"Sir Jiang, look..."

Seeing this, Fatty Zhou quickly went up to plead with Jiang Liwei. Before he could continue to say anything, Jiang Liwei waved his hand and rushed out two Jinyiwei, twisted Zhou's hands backwards, and then kicked him. Fatty Zhou's knees bent and forced to kneel down.

Fatty Zhou was very nervous and looked up at Jiang Liwei: "Master Jiang, you are..."

Jiang Liwei raised her head and said, "Everyone said that business is done, why is Zhou Dangjia so forgetful? But as long as you find out that the ship is selfless, you can be safe and sound... Come on, check the ship!"

With Jiang Li's only order, the officers and soldiers immediately rushed onto the cargo ship through the boards he had built and began to count the rice and grain transported on the ship. Fatty Zhou was so scared that his whole body was shaking like a sieve. Such a large formation could not be explained by a word "official work". Once it was verified that he was carrying private goods on the ship, it would not be an exaggeration to behead him on the spot.

Just as the officers and soldiers were on the boat to inspect the goods, Chen Xi stood by the river and looked silently, with a calm expression. Jiang Liwei couldn't help but feel annoyed when he saw it, and walked to Chen Xi with a little anger and asked arrogantly: "Chen Yude, if there is any entrainment on the boat, what should we do according to the Ming Dynasty law?"

Chen Xi looked at Jiang Li's only eyes and said, "I am working in Zhan Shi Mansion, and I am not as familiar with the law as Jiang Zhenfu."

Jiang Liwei laughed loudly after hearing this. He came from Dali Temple in Nanjing and had to be familiar with the law first. Chen Xi taught the prince to study in Zhan Shifu, so it seemed natural that he was not familiar with the law. But he immediately realized that something was wrong. Since Chen Xi had passed the provincial examination and the imperial examination, that is, there was no point in the imperial examination, so how could he not pass on the law?

This is sincere and careless!

Jiang Liwei no longer asked, and his eyes fell on the officers and soldiers who were carrying the goods ashore on the ship, frowned... If someone went to find private goods, they just needed to find out the things contained inside. Why did they transport grain to the shore?

Jiang Liwei immediately thought that the private goods transported by Fatty Zhou were probably the food itself, which was easy to hide.

However, in this case, it will be much more troublesome to take stock of the calculations clearly.

At this moment, a fast horse came to Chongwenmen on the bank of the Paozi River. Yu Niang rode on the horse. When the person arrived near the dock, he was stopped by the officers and soldiers. Yu Niang took out the pass certificate and walked quickly to Chenxi and Jiang Liwei, and saluted: "Master Jiang, Shangshu Liu asked you to go to the Ministry of Revenue."

Jiang Liwei stared at Yu Niang, and her eyes seemed to say, "Do you dare to falsely pass the orders of Shangshu Liu!"

"really?"

Yu Niang answered very directly: "Of course it is true. Liu Shangshu ordered all the soldiers from the Five Cities Military and Horses and Jinyiwei to withdraw them, and the food will be in immediate condition and there will be no delays."

Jiang Liwei snorted coldly: "This is impossible! I have been pursuing this case for a long time. This is what Liu Shangshu said personally. He wanted to investigate the use of public tools in the city. How could Liu Shangshu go back on his word now?"

"But this is exactly the order of Secretary Liu." Yu Niang answered straightforwardly.

Jiang Liwei said: "So what if it is the order of Secretary Liu? Now I am in the Beizhen Fushi Office and is not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue. Even if I want to issue orders to me, there are only Commander Zhao, Mr. Mou and others, etc.."

Yu Niang frowned.

Jiang Liwei was simply a devil. She forgot who pushed him to this position now, and now she dared to openly disobey Liu Daxia's orders so much.

What else did Yu Niang say, but Jiang Liwei raised her hand to stop her: "Today's case is today. If there is no evidence to investigate, you can start the fortune overnight, and there will be no delay!"

Perhaps because he felt that what he said just now was too full, Jiang Liwei finally said a relatively gentle word, "After the case is investigated, I will go to the Ministry of Revenue and apologize to Shangshu Liu!"

Fatty Zhou wished he could jump into the Paozi River at this time.

How much grudge do I have with Lord Jiang? It’s useless to even give orders to stop by Mr. Liu himself. Could it be that the filial piety I give on weekdays is not enough?

Death and death. It is a death sentence to carry private goods during the war. Is it really a pity this time? Is there no chance to give gifts in the future?

Yu Niang was in trouble and had nothing to do in front of Jiang Liwei. Even if she was carried out, she would have no effect in front of a Jinyiwei official who was already confused.

Chen Xi sighed secretly: "Jiang Liwei, Jiang Liwei, are you angry with me or your future? So what if you find out that Fatty Zhou is smuggled? What are the benefits for you to let Fat Zhou rely on me?"

As night fell, the soldiers on board came down one after another and carried out large stones from the cabin, which surprised Jiang Liwei when he saw it.

Just stacked the stones on one side and started counting the scoops for food on the other end, but it was obvious that the reason why the ship drew so deep was because it transported the stones under the cabin!

Jiang Liwei glared at Fatty Zhou and asked, "What's going on?"

Fatty Zhou looked at the river bank, and he was confused: "No...for some reason."

Chen Xi's voice was calm: "This is clearly a ballast... When an empty ship, the overall center of gravity of the ship is above the water surface, which is very easy to capsize. Therefore, the air ship will be equipped with ballast when sailing to avoid capsizing. Since Jiang Zhenfu is familiar with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, he will not even have this common sense, right?"

Jiang Liwei stared at Chen Xi. I naturally knew the ballast stone, but now the ships are clearly full, is it necessary to ship the ballast stone? He vaguely felt that all this was done by Chen Xi, but he didn't understand that the city had been martial law these days, and he sent someone to stare at Chen Zui and Yu Niang. How did Chen Xi play such tricks? Unless Chen Xi told Fatty Zhou in advance and asked Fatty Zhou to deliberately cooperate in a play.

Soon, the results of the liquidation on the river bank came out, because the sacks transported by the imperial court were forty kilograms, and the final amount of grain could be calculated as long as the count was completed. After conversion, the amount of grain was not large or small. Fatty Zhou did not have any smuggling problems, nor did he have any problem of deducting food.

Jiang Liwei was in vain.

Yu Niang was also full of surprise. She thought about it and walked forward and urged: "Mr. Jiang, can you go to see Shangshu Liu now?"

Jiang Li looked angry and had been planning for a long time. He even put in fine work beside Fatty Zhou and bought eyeliner to investigate Fatty Zhou every move clearly. In addition, there was a dedicated person staring at Chen Xi, thinking that he could get it right, but when he was about to come, Chen Xi and Fatty Zhou used deception to coax him over. He was unwilling to accept it no matter how he thought about it.

Jiang Liwei looked at Chen Xi with anger. After glaring for a while, he reluctantly withdrew his gaze and ordered the officers and soldiers of the Five City Military Command to withdraw.

At this moment, Jiang Liwei was only thinking about how to explain to Liu Daxia, and he didn't care about returning the grain to its original position.

"Walk!"

Jiang Li said the only order, and took the Jinyiwei's men and women and left with Yu Niang.

Chenxi was still on the river bank. After people walked away, the fat man from Zhou there reacted and lit the torch in a hurry and came out to load the grain again.

Fatty Zhou sat on the ground and only reacted a little after a while. He looked up at Chen Xi and asked, "Mr. Shen, what happened...?"

Chen Xi sighed, "Don't the Zhou family even see this? You were treated as an abandoned son by Jiang Zhenfu as a stepping stone for his promotion and wealth. You thought that smuggling goods could be protected, but you didn't know that he had been staring at you for a long time, just waiting for you and me to meet, and take the opportunity to take you down and investigate this case. In addition to being able to make contributions from your head, he also made it impossible for me to explain to the court. It can be said that he killed two birds with one stone."

Fatty Zhou slapped the ground: "I respect him a lot on weekdays, why did he harm me so much?"

Chen Xi thought to himself: "You take the little money you gave to Jiang Liwei too seriously. The things you gave are just small profits, how can you compare to Jiang Liwei's career? Now I am jealous of him. He regards me as a thorn in his eyes. As long as I can remove me, he can do whatever he wants, let alone a low-ranking merchant like you."

The people on the dock were still loading the ship, but were disturbed by Jiang Liwei. The grain must be transported in the first half of the night, otherwise it would be difficult to transport the grain to the destination within the specified time limit.

Fatty Zhou calmed down on the ground for a long time before he stood up, but his hands and feet were still weak and his limbs were weak, so he did not recover.

The people from the dock came to ask for instructions, and there was another person who came over. This person looked inconspicuous, but Fatty Zhou recognized him with just a glance. Isn’t this Song Xiaocheng, the leader of the carriage and horse gang, who was sent by Chen Xi to him to contact?

"Sir, follow your instructions, use stones to base the base, and all the extra grains will be transported to the cellar..." Song Xiaocheng's face was full of excitement. This time he came to the capital and brought his family with him. Xu Lian and his son were always with him. In the future, he would just follow Chenxi in the capital. This is much more promising than a small fight in Tingzhou Prefecture.

Fatty Zhou didn't react for a moment. The gates of the Tianjing Shishi were closed. When did Song Xiaocheng enter the city and when would he get under his command?

Chen Xidao: "Zhou Dangjia, let me tell you by the way. In the past, you were under the name of Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce and were responsible for transporting grain to the court. Now Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce has officially entered the capital. If you choose to cooperate, you can still work in our Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce. If you don't want to cooperate, then the water in the future will not break the river!"

Fatty Zhou was just worried about offending Jiang Liwei, but now Shen Xi is coming to show off with him again.

"The water of the well does not interfere with the river water", which will mean that he will no longer be able to be the title of "Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce" in the future, and he will no longer be responsible for the transportation of grain.

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