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Manager Yang slowly raised his head and looked at the strange young officer in front of him in a daze. He was transferred to Chengdu in September this year and had never seen Liu Jing, but he carefully identified it. It seemed that the person in front of him was a middle-aged man who exchanged the fake official gold in the morning.

He hesitated and said, "You are the one who exchanged gold in the morning."

"Your vision is still very good."

Liu Jing smiled slightly, and did not reveal his identity. He stood up and said, "Since you are willing to cooperate with the Han army, I can let you go, but before you leave, you must honestly tell us the detailed situation of Cao army planting in Chengdu. Do you understand?"

Only then did the shopkeeper Yang realize why he was arrested. It turned out that the person who came to exchange gold in the morning was actually a detective of the Han army. He sighed and nodded slightly, "I understand."

At this time, Guan Xi received the previous confession from Manager Yang and presented it to Liu Jing, "This is his confession, please check it out."

"Your Highness"

Manager Yang was shocked. Is this person in front of him the King of Han? He found that Liu Jing actually wore a golden helmet. The golden helmet is the symbol of the commander of the entire army. Only the Prime Minister Cao Cao can wear it. Who else can wear the golden helmet in the Han army besides the King of Han?

Manager Yang finally understood that the person who came to exchange gold in the morning was actually the King of Han disguised himself. He was so scared that he turned over and knelt down, trembling all over, regretful and scared, "A person has eyes but no eyes but no face, I don't know the noble face, I beg His Highness the King of Han to spare my life."

Liu Jing glanced at him, continued his confession, and after briefly finished his confession, he asked: "So your name is Yang Tian, ​​and you are still an assistant in Cao's army."

"Man is, he ranks second in the Chengdu intelligence point, and is responsible for exchanging fake official gold in various places in Bashu, and then using the exchanged money and red gold to purchase materials in Guanzhong and transport them back to the original."

"Is this what Cao Cao ordered you to do?"

Yang Tian shook his head, "The Prime Minister has been in Hefei. This is what Cao Pi means. People report directly to Hua Xin. People are responsible for Chang'an. In addition, they also secretly exchange fake gold in Xiangyang and Wuchang."

Liu Jing sneered and said, "You exchange for adulterated gold, and sooner or later you will be reported. This will put you in danger. Are you not afraid?"

"At first, we were a little worried, but later we found that the merchants who were cheated all considered unlucky and no one was willing to report to the official position, so we were not afraid."

"Why is this?" Liu Jing asked in confusion: "Why do businessmen not want to report to officials and have to admit their bad luck?"

"Report to Your Highness, because of exchanging fake official gold, not only the seller is guilty, but also the buyer is guilty. At the least, the fake official gold is confiscated, and at the worst, the lawsuit is also in prison. If they do not report to the official, they will only lose 20% of the gold, and at least 80% of the gold is real gold. But once they report to the official, the losses are significant, these merchants will weigh the pros and cons, so no one will report to the official until now."

Liu Jing nodded. It turned out that they had grasped the mentality of the merchants and had been rampant for several months. If he hadn't accidentally discovered that there was a black market, wouldn't he have been rampant and thinking about it? Liu Jing asked Guan Xi with some dissatisfaction: "Have you never found that the black market exists?"

Guan Xi has only been in office for a few days, and she really doesn't know what's going on here. She took Zhang Ji, who was responsible for investigating the suspect, and Zhang Ji hurriedly said: "Report to Your Highness, Bei Zhi knows that the black market exists. The black market for Chengdu exchange money has existed for seven or eight years. It was found in the era of Liu Zhang. Most people in Chengdu also know that Jiangxia money had a great impact on the old official money of Bashu, and Liu Zhang did not allow official exchanges. The black market was born, mainly to receive old money to exchange Jiangxia money. The difference between the money was made. It has a close relationship with several major families in Chengdu. Its existence has indeed promoted the promotion of Jiangxia money in Bashu, so the government has always acquiesced to the existence of the black market, but Bei Zhi did not expect that Cao's army actually penetrated into the black market and used the black market to disrupt our business. This is a dereliction of duty and willing to accept His Highness's punishment."

Only then did Liu Jing realize that the black market has such a deep connection and has a close relationship with several major families in Chengdu. It is no wonder that black market exchange has always been huge profits and has no background. How can such a black market exist? How to crack down on the black market? Liu Jing will not consider it for the time being. What he is concerned about now is the intelligence station set up by Cao Cao in Chengdu.

From Yang Tian’s confession, Liu Jing discovered the trick hidden in it. Cao Cao’s intelligence department was under the charge of Dong Zhao and was directly responsible to Cao Cao, but Cao Pi sent him to disrupt the Han Dynasty’s business by using fake officials and Jin to disrupt the Han Dynasty’s business. This is actually the two systems, but now they are mixed together.

Liu Jing asked Yang Tian again: "You are affiliated with Cao Pi, but you are mixed with the Cao army intelligence point in Chengdu. What is the reason?"

Yang Tian found that the King of Han was smart and asked the root cause. He hesitated and said, "Reporting to Your Highness, Cao Pi actually had two purposes. Using fake officials and gold to disrupt the breeding of goods in various parts of the Han Dynasty is just a means. His real purpose was to take this opportunity to take over the Intelligence Department of Cao's army. Because the Intelligence Department of Cao's army is huge, not only externally but internally, especially in charge of the school affairs used by Cao Cao to monitor the ministers. This is what Cao Pi always wanted, but Cao Cao never let go. These are what Doctor Hua said to others before leaving, and people dare not hide it."

Liu Jing nodded, things were indeed more complicated than he thought. He asked again: "So your task is not as simple as the black market exchange, but to seize the intelligence power in Chengdu, right?"

Yang Tian was frightened in a cold sweat on his back. The King of Han actually penetrated everything. With such a powerful lord, no wonder Cao's army was never the opponent of the Han army. Yang Tian smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness is a good thing."

Liu Jing walked a few steps behind his hands, and suddenly he found that this was a good opportunity to use this vein to slowly reach into the power struggle of Cao's father. In contrast, it was no longer important to eradicate Cao's intelligence point in Chengdu. Liu Jing pondered for a moment, then turned back and smiled at Yang Tian and said, "If you want to seize power, your opponent also wants to kill you. If I let you go back like this, you will be caught. I am afraid that my life will be unpredictable. I would rather help you."

Yang Tian understood what the King of Han meant. He was both panicked and helpless. He knew that he had become a fish on the Han King's case and could no longer help. He had to kowtow and said, "I am willing to serve His Highness the King of Han."

Liu Jing nodded, "Do your work for me, and I will give you a future in the future."

This sentence gave Yang Tian a glimmer of hope. He kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, Yang Tian is willing to obey the King of Han."

Liu Jing left the dungeon and returned to the meeting hall. He sat at the table and pondered for a long time. Pang Tong, Guan Xi and others stood aside, not daring to disturb his thoughts. After a long time, Liu Jing said to Pang Tong and others: "We must find a way to make Yang Tian the number one person in Chengdu intelligence points, help him to eradicate obstacles, make him make great contributions, and make him rise step by step, and finally become an important figure in Cao Cao's intelligence network. I hope that Cao's father will gradually become divided under his promotion."

Pang Tong smiled bitterly, "This task is probably very difficult."

"I know the task is arduous, but I have to make a plan and take it step by step. Yang Tian can let him go and then use a trick to kill their intelligence head. This is the top priority. We must make Yang Tian the new intelligence head of Cao's army in Chengdu as soon as possible."

Pang Tong nodded, "I understand. I will discuss with everyone and get this done as soon as possible."

Not far from the city gate in Chengdu Xicheng, there is a big tavern called the Yellow River Tavern, but it was originally called the Ba Tavern. Not long after Liu Jing occupied Chengdu, the Ba Tavern was also renamed the Yellow River Tavern in chaos. At that time, people in Chengdu were in chaos and various shop transfers were everywhere, so the transfer and name change of Ba Tavern did not attract anyone's attention.

The Yellow River Tavern covers an area of ​​about acres and has many buildings. In addition to the restaurants on the floor, there are also several deep courtyards, which are also a place to drink. Although the location here is very good, it has no business operations, which makes the business here relatively deserted. Half of the guests can fill it, which is considered a prosperous business.

No one knows the background of the owner of the Yellow River Tavern. The shopkeeper is named Zhao Ting. He is a middle-aged man in his forties. He is called a two-faced tiger. One faces the guests and smiles all over his face. The other faces his own friend, but he is cold and vicious, and has a very rude attitude.

In fact, like his nickname, Zhao Ting is also a two-faced person. On the one hand, he is a businessman in Chengdu and strives for meager business every day. But on the other hand, he is the intelligence head of Cao's army in Chengdu. He served as the deputy captain of Cao's army. Shortly after Liu Jing's army occupied Yizhou, he was ordered to lead twenty men to Chengdu, buy a tavern, and use the tavern as a cover to secretly collect information.

Zhao Ting has also been quite troubled in the past few months. He was originally under the jurisdiction of Dong Zhao, but the eldest son Cao Pi continued to penetrate and eventually sent an officer to serve as his deputy. The man was named Yang Tian. He was responsible for exchanging fake official gold to disrupt Chengdu's business, and purchased a large amount of supplies in Guanzhong to transport them to Hedong.

Although Yang Tian and he performed their own duties, Yang Tian has been quite effective in the past few months. Not only has he successfully penetrated into the Chengdu money and goods black market, but he also made a lot of profits and successfully transported a large amount of medicinal materials to Hedong. Compared with his meager actions in Chengdu in recent years, Yang Tian obviously did better than him.

This made Zhao Ting a little more worried, and he felt that Yang Tian would replace him sooner or later.

Early this morning, Zhao Ting received news that the Han army dispatched thousands of troops to start sweeping the exchange black market in the southern city on a large scale. This news made Zhao Ting worried, but there was an uncontrollable joy. He was worried that Yang Tian would reveal their secrets after being arrested, but he also hoped that Yang Tian would be arrested and executed by the Han army before he had time to reveal the secret. This was the most satisfactory result.

But soon, he got news again that when the Han soldiers swept the black market, there was a fish that missed the net. He ordered his men to go down to inquire about the situation. At noon, the bartender who was inquiring about the news hurried back to the tavern and found Zhao Ting.

"Reporting back, Bei Zhi looked for Deputy Chief Yang. He was not arrested and escaped by chance. He is now hiding in a shop in Nanshi. He was frightened and dared not come back until evening."
Chapter completed!