Wang Maoliu sighed and said, "The big problem is in the past two years. First, several companies were stabbed in their big eyes, saying that the government has been hitting more and more ambushing, and the amount deducted is too large. Originally, more than 200 dou of salt ingot was replaced, but after the ambush, it took almost 500 dou of grain to exchange for a salt ingot. In this way, it is no longer profitable to transfer grain to exchange for salt ingots. In this way, more and more salt merchants began to report to the government, all saying that the grain they paid was calculated less. As far as I know, there are obviously several salt ingots.

The big merchants actually handed over thousands of stones of grain, but the salt entries sent to them were less than half of the court's regulations. Especially last year, this situation became more and more serious. Many salt merchants obtained the salt entries and lost 10% to 20% of the capital after they settled the accounts. In this way, many salt merchants secretly and secretly connected in private, wanting to jointly seek salt entries. Some even planned to hire people to write joint letters to send them to the capital. However, as soon as this trend came out, several salt merchants were either killed or destroyed, and the salt merchants did not dare to mention this matter again."

"Which salt merchants have asked to recover the deducted salt?" Yao Guangqi asked with concern.

Wang Maoliu smiled bitterly and said, "At least 70% of the salt merchants in Peking have participated in this matter."

Speaking of this, Wang Maoliu paused and sighed repeatedly, "But many salt merchants who were calling for the pursuit of the salt merchants are now worried that they are afraid that the next one will be killed will be himself."

Yao Guangqi listened and pondered, then asked slowly: "Are the people who were killed secretly ties with the people who wanted to sue the emperor?"

Wang Maoliu shook his head, "No, the two who did not join the party were also destroyed. Otherwise, how could these salt merchants in Peking be so panicked? The reason is that no one knows why they were killed."

Yao Guangqi asked again: "Have you got involved?"

Wang Maoliu shook his head: "I didn't join in. First, the group of people they secretly connected were mostly Lao Xier in Shanxi and Nanman of Huizhou. Our salt merchants in Shandong were not many and had limited contact with them. Shanxi and Nanman of Huizhou have their own small gangs, and they were connected in small gangs if they had any problems. Second, I would not dare to get involved in this kind of thing. It's not that I can tolerate it. I am really timid. Our husband and wife were originally picked up. When we encounter such a thing, we can't hide, so how dare we squeeze in it?"

That night, although Wang Maoliuyi was polite, at Bu Suanzi's strong request, the master and apprentice moved into a room.

"Can you make a clue?" Bu Suanzi asked Yao Guangqi.

Yao Guangqi shook his head, "These situations can only be known about the general situation, but they are too general, without details, and there is no evidence of clear direction. So it is too early to say anything. Now it seems that only the salt merchants who were killed have investigated one by one, hoping to find some clues."

The next morning, before dawn, the master and apprentice quietly left the house. Their target was the first salt merchant who had an accident, Jin Mancai's home. The yard of Jin Mancai's family was very large, a five-entrance courtyard. From the main entrance stairs and the scale of the horse-tie pile, you can imagine how Jin Mancai was when he was in a glorious past.

From Wang Maoliu, he learned that Jin Mancai is one of the largest salt merchants in Peking. He has opened up nearly 4,000 acres of land around Peking, and his land is close to water sources and has high yields. Because of this, Jin Mancai also exchanges the most salt tracts every year. In addition, Jin Mancai has its own salt farm in the south. When he gets the salt tract, the salt tract in the south will be loaded directly, and once the salt tract is arrived, it will be transported directly. Because it saves the trouble of buying salt and then shipped it, Jin Mancai's salt is quickly released, money is recovered quickly, and salt is salt.

After selling it, Jinmancai can still put the recovered money into other businesses for a while, or put some usury loans or do some thick cloth transactions. In short, in a few months, this money can generate at least 30% of the profit. It is thanks to such rapid turnover arbitrage that Jinmancai's transaction scale has increased twice in a few years. The salt merchants, who were originally similar to Jinmancai's family, now have less than half of Jinmancai's business and land. Jinmancai has never been a conspicuous medium-sized salt merchant, and has become a major salt merchant in Peking.

Jin Mancai was destroyed shortly after the Chinese New Year. When he came to the front of the gate, he could also feel the strong New Year atmosphere of the Jin family during the Chinese New Year. There were three big red lanterns left on the door, but after several months of wind, sun, snow and rain, the lanterns were obviously white, and there was a lantern with only skeletons on the ground leaning against the threshold. The Spring Festival couplets on the gate were still intact, but the corners of the Spring Festival couplets had been turned up.

In order not to attract attention, the master and apprentice climbed over the wall from the side. When entering the courtyard, the situation in the courtyard was completely beyond Yao Guangqi's expectations. The courtyard had lush branches and leaves, the paths were flat, and the brick walls and tiles were neat and new. If you just entered the courtyard and didn't understand the inside story, you would never imagine that this was a house slaughtered by a whole family.

The master and apprentice entered the main hall, and the furniture in the hall was also very regular. Except for the faint dark dots on the pillars, there were some blood-like stains, and there was no sign of murders that had shocked the whole city.

Yao Guangqi suddenly turned his head, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Master, your magic power is so profound. Can you open your eyes and see what happened here that day?"

After hearing this, Bu Suanzi nodded with a smile, and then refused very decisively. The rejection method was also very iconic. He kicked it hard: "The Taoist real method I practiced is not a fraud in the world. I don't have that ability. If you have the skills, spend your time thinking about the case and don't just think about the sidelines."

Facing the master's teachings, Yao Guangqi nodded. Today he realized a new realm with his master, and there are times when the master can't do it.

After surveying Jin Mancai's house, the master and apprentice suddenly heard someone outside the yard shouting, "Half-air, mid-air, mid-air is so fragrant."

Yao Guangqi and Jiang Sheng didn't understand what Miankong meant. After hearing this shout, they immediately became nervous. They were all ready to draw their swords at any time.

Bu Suanzi had more knowledge and told the two of them not to be nervous, and sent a message to them: "What people in this place in Peking say is peanuts. When locals are free, they use this thing to pass the time."

After listening to Bu Suanzi's words, Yao Guangqi and Jiang Sheng relaxed their vigilance and put down their hands holding the sword, but Yao Guangqi's expression became nervous again, his expression was even more serious than before, and he said softly: "It's May now, how can there be peanuts to sell?" Then he jumped out of the wall.
Chapter completed!