After reporting the results of Ma Meng's trial, Jin Shuzhao secretly looked at Du Zhongxiao and couldn't help feeling uneasy.

Du Zhongxiao didn't say anything, just tapped the desk with his fingers. After a while, he said, "That's all? In this way, Ma Meng didn't know about all the cases, and he was implicated by others. Well, he did a good job, and you can investigate it!"

Jin Shuzhao sighed: "I don't hide it from the officials, we also think that Ma Meng has no truth, but after searching, there is no evidence or physical evidence. There is only one Tan Erniang, and she still can't explain it clearly, so-"

Du Zhongxiao slapped the table: "No need to say it. In Wenzhou, Tao Shiqi confirmed that it was undoubtedly avenging the revenge and killed Lu Yuhou. As for what happened back then, I will investigate it slowly. Killing people to avenge my father. This case cannot be cut off in a hasty way. First, report to Dali Temple and wait. Also, even according to the confession of Tan Erniang, Ma Meng was suspected of taking advantage of the opportunity to cheat money. He detained Tan Erniang for several years, without any written contract or agreement. By the way, did he still occupy the body of the woman? If he wants to go home for nothing, he should find out the witness of that year and then review it in the county!"

Jin Shuzhao whispered: "Tan Erniang was occupied by Ma Meng for one or two years. Later, maybe she was tired of life, so she sent her to the Buddha's temple."

Du Zhongxiao snorted coldly: "Since there is no Wenqi, he is not a slave or a concubine in his family. Ma Meng's son, so the county will let go. Put Ma Meng to the county cell, take the magistrate of Yongcheng and the county magistrate to examine the case of being deceived by Tao's medicinal materials. Let's investigate other matters slowly!"

Jin Shu summoned Yingnuo, sighed slightly, turned around and discussed with Wei Cheng, who was still in the inspection camp.

This result was something Du Zhongxiao had expected, but it was still a little unacceptable to him when he was actually sent to him. Several major cases and several lives were investigated, but it had nothing to do with the most critical person. Du Zhongxiao could not explain such a result to him.

Can you do whatever you want after becoming an official? Du Zhongxiao sighed, of course not. Even if you do good things, you still have to be restricted by various objective conditions and cannot do things that please. Not to mention this era, Du Zhongxiao's previous life, there were fathers and sons who dominated the villages for 10 or 20 years near his family, and finally mobilized their strength from the neighboring city to destroy them. Not to mention this era.

Du Zhongxiao investigated that Ma Meng himself had no backstage, no one in his family was an official, no power or power. But he has been a Yaman for so many years, and has used up all kinds of means and has accumulated countless money. He has money in his hands and can't get things done, and he is entangled with many public officials in prefectures and counties. After investigating Ma Meng, many public officials will be involved. There is no way to investigate the case and are hindered everywhere. County Ma Meng was troubled by this. Once Ma Meng was caught, his every move would be leaked at any time, where can he find evidence?

After leaving the official hall, Du Zhongxiao called Chai Xin and asked him: "This area is full of bribes and has produced nitrogen since ancient times. I asked you to send someone out to find out how much nitrogen is produced here annually. Is there any result? I want to do big things here, but I just need to use it in a shortage of money, so I always have to think of a way to make money."

Chai Xin crossed his hands: "I sent someone to the official, and I sent someone to visit him. It was not difficult to collect 200 kilograms of tinea gluten per day. It was just that it was difficult to collect all townships, and it was not easy to collect and needed manpower. If you have the capital, there were more people who scraped the tinea gluten, and it was possible to make a few more."

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "What is the capital needed for the official business? As long as the production of nitrogen is good, collect it first, and give it money in a few months."

Chai Xin didn't know what Du Zhongxiao meant, so he stood aside and kept silent.

What else can it mean? Of course it is to write white slips. According to the administrative style of this era, it is already good for Du Zhongxiao to write white slips. If he cashes out the white slips in the future, he will still be a good official.

Reclamation requires capital. How can we rely solely on Yongcheng’s money and grain this year? If we want to grow bigger, we must have other sources of wealth.

From Ma Meng's case, we can see that local forces are intricate, so it is not easy to move them. You have to follow the law, and they can use various means to make you die without evidence no matter how you investigate. Only by breaking this kind of force can you truly investigate the case.

These days, in addition to supervising Ma Meng's case, Du Zhongxiao spent most of his thoughts on making money. He thought about countless ways, such as continuing to make wine, using the method of making soap, and so on, and finally found that it was either unrealistic or could not remember the method. In the end, he still put his mind on gunpowder. Making black gunpowder is naturally impossible to make gunpowder now, but it is always good to use it to make fireworks.

There are several surrounding states with rivers and many saline-alkali land. They have produced saltpeter since ancient times, so they naturally have this condition.

In Yongcheng County prison, Ma Meng watched County Ma Wei leave with a vengeful smile, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He said to the prison guard who was looking at the cell: "At the first level, I have been taken to the inspection village by several birds in the past two days, without any wine or meat, and a bird faded out of his mouth. For convenience, I will go out to use some wine and meat and come back before the sunset."

The prisoner Chen Yang shook his head repeatedly: "Brother, don't want to do anything wrong! Look at the county magistrate's face, it's so dark that it's about to drip out of water, how dare you let you go? Let's wait a few days later, the wind is not that tight, just worry about Xiaoyao. If you want wine and meat, I'll send someone to buy it back, and you can eat it here."

Ma Meng looked at the cell and frowned and said, "How can I eat this pickled place and how can I get along with it!"

Chen Yang said: "Now the officials in the prefectures and counties are very annoyed. Brother, please bear with me. I will call a few people to clean up my brother later."

Seeing that Chen Yang insisted on refusing, Ma Meng had to forget it and said, "When buying wine and meat, I will call my sister to sing the song. I have sent a few birds from Zhoucheng these days to make a lot of trouble. I finally arrived at my own place and should relax and enjoy myself."

Chen Yang agreed and ordered a subordinate to call the familiar Liu Saisai.

These people are familiar with these things and don’t care about them, and they will be arranged in an instant. The city foxes and clubs in these places are often committed and are often caught by officials from time to time. Officials are outsiders, and they will be beaten and punished as soon as they should. Even if they accept bribes, they will not let them eat less. They collude with the public officials guarding the cell. When they get into the prison, they will be like returning to their own homes.

Ma Meng's case was watched tightly by Du Zhongxiao and the county officials, otherwise Ma Meng would go out as soon as he got to prison. He would eat, drink, drink, and come back to show off. This is all the daily life of the local area, and everyone knows it, but he only hides it from several officials in the county. Some officials don't want to cause trouble, even if they know, they will turn a blind eye and let them go.

Therefore, once the county and county have confirmed the crime of the criminal, the first thing is to be sent to other state troops. Even when there is a major case, they will be detained to nearby prefectures and counties for trial. This is the reason. It is too difficult to find out the territory of these people. Ma Meng's case is because no matter what is investigated, there is no evidence or physical evidence. He is dead here, so he has to be detained in the county cell.

After a while, a prisoner came to clean up the cell and bought wine and food for Ma Meng to enjoy. Within a few drinks, Liu Saisai, the song singer of the county, came with a pipa and sat in the cell, sang a song to relieve Ma Meng's boredom.

Just when Ma Meng was having a happy life, Superintendent Peng from his village went to prison and sang a promise to greet him.

Ma Meng put down the bowl and looked at Manager Peng with his eyes slanted, saying, "That guy Song Sigong burned my temple and fled to where he was carrying the stolen goods. You have checked for a few days, but is there any trace of him? This guy has a lot of gold and silver on him, so he must take it!"
Chapter completed!