Compared with the building environment of the entire resettlement area, the Investment Promotion Office has obviously been specially decorated. Not only is it a rare mixed civil and industrial building, but also a semicircular arch inside the main house. The three gold-plated characters "Investment Promotion Office" are particularly eye-catching and generous.

In fact, this place was originally a reception desk for entertaining gentry and merchants donated materials. In the immigration resettlement camp in Liaoyang, the "reception desk" is very shabby and inconspicuous. Many wealthy and noble people who are "kind and kind" would not mind donating donating some materials that are not very valuable to him, so as to show their kindness.

This Dengzhou resettlement camp obviously requires extremely huge amounts of kindness to demonstrate the kindness of those noble people. Therefore, except for the materials distributed by the government, there are very few spontaneous donations from the people here.

At the moment, on both sides of the arch, two well-dressed guards stood straight up. Although Puchasi Jin did not join the army, the difference between ordinary people and soldiers can still be seen. For example, the guards who guarded the door had a charity that only women had businessmen. Most of the soldiers in the army were solemn and indifferent.

"Is this distinguished guest here to do business?" Before he could speak, a guard asked first.

"Yes! I heard that there is a new batch of goods here, so I came over and take a look." Pucha Sijin said, feeling a little embarrassed: "It's just that I'm here for the first time and I didn't have any way to do this business earlier. I don't know if the transaction is done. After all, the things in the resettlement camp seem to be from the government. I'm afraid that it will be a bad thing if it causes fire."

While speaking, he also tactfully stuffed two new tea-scented candied tobacco to the two guards.

This thing is not a new product, but it has always been inefficient in production, which has led to the inability to increase the output. It was originally used as military supplies to the army, and its main function was to refresh itself. Later, a small amount flowed into the people and was sought after by some gentry and merchants.

Later, in order to demonstrate the role of identity and status, many businessmen like to buy expensive and unpriced tobacco. When discussing a business, they took out one or two pieces to give to others, and immediately got the noodles.

Puchasi Jin actually doesn't know how to smoke this thing, and he bought it to hide his identity. His family does not lack this money, so he doesn't have to go to the inspection department to reimburse him as public expenses.

"What do you call a distinguished guest?" After receiving the good thing of candy, the guard only took it to the tip of his nose and sniffed it. He quickly rolled it up with a small handkerchief like a treasure, and then quickly stuffed it into his pocket and put it in his pocket.

A little moved expression appeared on his face, and his smile became more amiable: "The master of our investment promotion office is a distant cousin of the prefect of Dengzhou, and his relationship is absolutely reliable. Moreover, I heard that there are people on the side of Beijing. Even if something happens, I can't find out about your head."

"Haha, I don't have your surname Pu, just call me Brother Pu. I'm not afraid of you making jokes when I say it. This is my first time going out to do business, so I'm quite cautious. As the saying goes, if the people don't fight with the officials, I'm also afraid of losing all my money."

"You have a twelve-hearted heart, there is no problem in doing business here!" The guard comforted him. A merchant happened to lead a convoy out of the inside. Puchasijin noticed that the convoy was loaded with piles of sacks. Or because the seal was not tight enough, when passing by Puchasijin, a few grains of wheat were sprinkled out of the inside.

"See, what's sold is food and grass. Moreover, this merchant came from the west. The superior said that food and grass are not allowed to be traded, but our master is not afraid of heaven or earth." The guard showed off his exaggeratedly at Puchasi Jin without any concealment.

According to the Ming Dynasty's laws, except for the commercial banks that have registered a grain and grass business license with the Ministry of Commerce, other commercial banks or shops are not allowed to buy and sell grain and grass. What's more, they are sold to the west, which is a serious crime of beheading the head.

Because the Ming Dynasty has always been in short supply, in order to support more people, the Ming Dynasty bought grain from the outside world. At the same time, in order to reduce the burden on the people and prevent more people from being unable to afford food, they deliberately lowered the price of grain when they were sold.

Although this kind of business method is not a loss, the profit margin has been greatly reduced. As for the grain in this resettlement area, it was completely given away by the Ming government. Now it is being traded like this, and once the incident occurs, it will definitely be a death sentence.

After chatting like this for a few words, Pu Cha Sijin entered.

Maybe he was lucky. As soon as he entered, he happened to encounter a batch of goods being auctioned. It was silk cloth from Goryeo. It was originally distributed to the immigration camp, but now it is being traded casually.

There were many merchants bidding, holding signs one by one, and soon the price of silk cloth was sold for 12,000 yuan. According to the introduction at the auction, there were more than 300 pieces of silk cloth. In terms of calculation, the price was still a bit inflated.

Pucha Sijin came to take a look and did not intend to make a move immediately. After leaving the auction of silk cloth, he saw some goods from other resettlement areas. Most of them were daily necessities and durable items, not high-end items.

This is also in line with the positioning of the immigration resettlement area!

After all, the government will not treat these poor people as old men, and will not distribute items such as silk and white porcelain to them that only high-quality people can afford.

In addition to substantial commodities, Puchasijin also noticed a serious phenomenon, that is, there are population trading in the resettlement area.

This thing that had been strictly abolished and prohibited in the Ming Dynasty was actually placed on the table in the resettlement area.

I saw some pretty boys and girls, boys and girls, who were treated as commodities, standing on a not-so-high wooden platform. There was a sign on the back of each person's neck, and the price was marked on it.

As Pucha Sijin approached, he could still hear some elderly merchants' unbearable discussions.

At this time, some merchants seemed to be too satisfied, and paid the money and went on stage to "inspection". The people in the audience also pointed and asked the merchant to help see which one was worth it. Puchasi Jin had seen the miserable scene of selling children and daughters before, and he was not very moved by this. However, such blatant violations of the law still made him feel a little uncomfortable.

With the idea of ​​keeping it as evidence, he bought a pair of boys and girls who pretended to be "child servants", and then looked around in the resettlement area under the name of donation.

It can be said that almost none of the imperial decrees were achieved in the resettlement area. The literacy training that should have been implemented turned into a paid private school. Paid work in the resettlement area becomes a unified workplace under the arrangement of the resettlement area. Among them, the officials in the resettlement area act as intermediaries and receive the maximum reward. The immigrants who work hard can only get the least few copper coins.

And when entering and exiting the resettlement area, you have to pay the entry and exit fee.

As for food and accommodation, you can’t even think about free food and accommodation. Officials will ask these immigrants to pay a certain fee, and immigrants who have a little money will be exploited. If they cannot afford to pay, they will be forced to work outside under the arrangement of the government.

Those old people and half-old children who are too old to move are completely unattended.

This situation exists not only for one month or two months, but for almost one year.

Puchasijin secretly recorded the situation here and visited several other resettlement areas. Although the situation was much better than that in Dengzhou, there were also cases of corruption and illegality.

So without any concealment or exaggeration, Puchasijin sent all the things he had investigated back to the Ministry of Civil Affairs Inspection Department.

At this time, it happened to be at the end of commercial rectification, and the Privy Council attached great importance to all kinds of illegal matters. In addition to giving Puchasijin's investigation report to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he also copied a copy to the Privy Council.

After seeing this, the Privy Council immediately strictly investigated the matter. He also asked the Inspectorate to cooperate.

When Ulutus received an investigation report on the corruption case of immigration from Shandong Province, he had already arrived in Qingzhou, Jiangnan Province.

As the last city in the Goryeo Dynasty that insisted on resisting, Qingzhou was destined to be impossible to continue to exist. After the Ming army built the outer wall to siege the city, the entire city became an isolated island that had lost contact with the outside world. Moreover, in order to completely seal the Goryeo army inside, the Ming army also changed the waterway.

As a result, Qingzhou City soon fell into the dilemma of insufficient water supply.

During this period, the people inside had thought of surrendering, but they could not walk through the outer wall of Qingzhou and would be killed.

Because when leaving Qingzhou, Ulutus issued a strict order. Before he came back, he could not leave the city, nor would he accept the surrender of a prisoner. Once someone left the city, he would directly kill him.

He wants the loyalists of Goryeo to know the outcome of the confrontation with the Ming army!

When he came back, Ulutus asked about the situation in the city.

"Hell on earth!" A Danghan replied with a serious expression. Even though he was used to the cruelty of the battlefield, he still couldn't help but feel scared when he saw the tragic scene in Qingzhou City. After all, eating human flesh and drinking human blood really challenged the lower limit of human beings.
Chapter completed!