Shopkeeper Qian and Shopkeeper Liang, who had just bought some food, walked together. It was obvious that they did not believe that the lawsuit could not be won. Han Xiufeng did not care and continued to chat with the Yamen servant named Yu about going to the capital to make a confession. Only then did Pan Er know about this Yamen servant.

His name was Yu Youfu. He was not a squad leader at all. He was just a white servant who worked with Guan Captou, and he led five or six white servants like him.

"Uncle Yu, if Yang Xin insists on eating this bowl of rice, I will simply transfer all the accounts to him, including the taxes we paid for those twenty-nine households."

"Whether you transfer it to him or not, you are about to go to the capital to make a confession, so you can't be without money."

"So I took back what I had advanced, and you don't have what you have for the time being. Firstly, his family can't afford that much money at the moment. Secondly, I thought that if I get it back, you guys have to find a way to put it out to make a profit. Why don't you let it go?"

He helps with the accounting. At least he knows the details and is not afraid of him getting away with the money."

"Si Wazi, I am a scholar and he is quite respectable. I don't worry about asking him to help with the accounting. I just can't bear to leave as soon as you say so." Yu Youfu suddenly stood up, took out a two thousand cash note and went to

Han Xiufeng said in front of him: "Four children, a poor family and a rich family, this is my uncle's wish."

How could Han Xiufeng ask for this money? He hurriedly said: "Uncle Yu, don't be like this. Your family is not well-off, so you might as well keep it."

"No matter how poor I am, I can still survive. At least I can keep my mouth open. It's different for you. You have to travel so far away and have no money. How do you live outside? In fact, this is what we discussed with your uncle Guan and the others. There is a person in the arrest squad.

Counting one, I have to help you collect some expenses, no one is too much, some is too little. I thought I would take it out when you left, but I couldn’t hold it back as I was talking." Yu Youfu forced the money ticket to Han Xiufeng,

After thinking about it, he said with a bit of embarrassment: "It's not like you don't know. I usually carry at most a dozen copper coins with me. This money ticket is really prepared for you, otherwise I wouldn't carry so much money with me."

"

"Uncle Yu, how could this be possible!"

"Put it away quickly. If you don't put it away, I will be really angry." Fearing that Han Xiufeng would not accept it, Yu Youfu said expectantly: "Fourth child, among the children in the yamen, you are the most promising and the most stable. Let's put it this way.

, your Uncle Guan and I are all pointing at you! When you fill the vacancy and become a Shangguan, we will all go to you, and then you can't say that you don't recognize us."

"Uncle Yu, you don't know what kind of person I am, why do you think I would do something like that?"

"That's it. After collecting the money tickets, I still have to go to Linjiangmen. The turtle who stole Taoist master's money tickets hasn't been caught yet. A day without arrest will not be easy. Your uncle Guan just suffered

Once the board is over, I don’t know who will be next.”

"Go ahead, go ahead, this is business."

"Okay, I'm leaving. I've said hello to all the docks. I'll call you as soon as the Copper Heavenly King arrives."

…

After seeing off Yu Youfu, Pan Er asked curiously: "Fourth brother, who is the Bronze Heavenly King?"

Han Xiufeng put away the money slip and said absently: "It's the ship that transports Yunnan copper."

"A ship that carries copper is just a ship that carries copper. How come you have become the King of Copper again?"

"Those boatmen depended on transporting copper ingots from the imperial court. They blackmailed the merchant ships wherever the ships sailed. As soon as the ships docked, they would pole their moorings across the river and would not let the ships leave without paying them.

Throwing copper ingots on other people's boats and falsely accusing them of robbing copper. Or ramming other people's boats and claiming that the ship's planks were damaged and ordering compensation."

"Such a thing actually happened," Pan Er couldn't believe it, and asked, "Don't the states and counties along the way care about it?"

"I tried, but it didn't work." Han Xiufeng shook his head.

"Why doesn't it work?"

"If the local officials inquire, the transportation officials will complain that the copper jin was stolen. Then the local government will investigate. Isn't this asking for trouble?"

"Just check, just get to the bottom of it. The copper is obviously not missing. If the truth comes out, then they are making false accusations."

"What if the copper is lost?"

"But it's not lost!"

"Who said there is no such thing?" Han Xiufeng returned to the room, sat down and said with a smile, "You won't believe it. The copper they transported has already lost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of kilograms before it was shipped. And "Household"

"Ministry Regulations" also clearly states that the transport official who transports official silver is responsible for 60% of the lost official silver, and the local official where the loss occurs is responsible for the remaining 40%. If someone should be sent to escort but no one is sent, he should be responsible.

The share accounts for half of the loss. Anyway, if it is lost in your territory, you will be responsible. Yunnan copper is transported to the capital to be minted, and it is no different from official silver. You said that the local officials are willing to take care of it, do you dare to take care of it?"

"It doesn't matter if it's okay, you'll have to compensate them for the copper once you take it?" Pan Er asked stupidly.

"Yeah." Han Xiufeng nodded.

"But where did the lost copper go?"

"Yunnan is poor. It is said that the taxes of most states and counties have never been fully collected, leaving a lot of shortfalls. Transporting copper is the most difficult and tiring job, so every time the job of transporting copper is entrusted to the official with the biggest deficit. The feudal lord meeting

The freight will be deducted directly. If it is not enough to make up for the shortfall, the copper jin that will be shipped will be deducted to make up for it."

Pan Er exclaimed: "This is too dark. What's the point of being an official like this!"

Han Xiufeng smiled and continued: "I just said that there was a shortage of copper when it was shipped to make up for the shortfall, and the freight was not worth a penny. So we extorted money all the way to the capital. It was not easy to go into the warehouse because the Ministry of Household Affairs

The subordinates in the Ministry of Industry and Industry will make things difficult in every possible way. If you don’t use money and don’t feed them enough, they will say that the quality is not good and the purity is not enough.”

"What about the officer who transported the copper?"

"It's just a broken jar, what else can I do?"

Pan Er asked: "What's wrong?"

Han Xiufeng sighed softly: "The transport officer knew from the day he was appointed that no matter what he did, he would not be able to protect his black gauze hat, so he allowed the boatman to extort money along the way. Otherwise, where would the freight come from? He would not be idle even if he was self-sufficient.

, I have been stealing and selling all the way, and I will be dismissed from my job anyway, so why not make enough money first and settle down the family well."

"Aren't they afraid of beheading?"

"I'm really not afraid of this."

"Who is not afraid of beheading?"

Since we have said so much, let's make it clear. Han Xiufeng took a sip of tea and explained patiently: "It's not that I'm not afraid, but that I won't kill their heads. This truth is very simple. Think about it, if the court kills one,

In the future, who will dare to accept this mission, and who will dare to transport copper to the capital? And among so many provinces, Yunnan seems to be the only one producing copper, and Yunnan copper cannot be transported to the capital, so how can the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry use it to mint money?"

The more Pan Er thought about it, the more incredible he became. He murmured: "There is no good person! This is not like riding on a smooth sailing boat, this is clearly on a pirate ship!"

Han Xiufeng deeply agreed and sighed: "How can we get on their ship? How will we get along with them after we get on the ship? Thinking about it is a bit of a headache. But other than that, we have no better way. We can only take a step and see.
Chapter completed!