This is not a secret. The man was originally just a small follower. He used to listen to Zhou Ruomin when she was around. Now that he has been ostracized, he does some insignificant things. Because he is smart and good at talking, he knows a lot of things. When he heard Zhou Ruomin asking, he told her a few things he knew.
Then he sneered and said, "Master Zhou, you don't know, it's not just that. What's the big deal about a few lanterns? I think he's going to take on bigger private jobs. Do you know how much saltpeter our craftsmanship department has received recently?"
Nitrate!
Zhou Ruomin's eyebrows twitched and she reacted immediately.
Saltpeter is something that people usually use to make firecrackers and fireworks. Making these things in large quantities is completely against common sense. The Craftsmen's Division has not received any requests to make large quantities of firecrackers and fireworks recently. Needless to say, these things are most likely the problematic things that Bai Bao mentioned.
Zhou Ruomin did not dare to neglect him and simply pulled him over and told him his guesses one by one. Then he found a way to sneak into the warehouse and take a look. As expected, there was indeed a large amount of saltpeter stored in the warehouse, and the whole warehouse was filled with the smell of saltpeter.
This is crazy! He couldn't help but curse, frowning and cursing Mr. Liu's ancestors in his heart.
He checked again the direction of the lanterns.
Two days later, he handed all these things to Bai Bao with dark circles under his eyes: "My lord, these are where the lanterns came from. I took a few lanterns to study them. The frames inside are thinner than usual, the candles for lighting are not fixed well, and there are problems with the bases. Lanterns like this..."
Zhou Ruomin closed her eyes: "The probability of something going wrong is too high."
Bai Bao did not waste time and immediately sent someone to invite Su Rong. He then showed all these things to Su Rong: "The lanterns that flowed outside are all in this booklet. You just need to arrest people according to this booklet. In addition... there are large quantities of saltpeter in the warehouse. I don't know what they use it for, but it can't be a good thing. Lord, let me say something. They have done things to this extent. It is hard to say that apart from these things, they have no other preparations. You can't just rely on checking these things to find handles on people. If a person's mind is bad, there are too many places to make moves. I'm afraid it won't be of any use if you only check the little things in front of you."
Compared to White Bear, White Leopard's mind is much more meticulous. He is keenly aware that the current situation is much worse than he imagined. This matter cannot be solved by arresting Mr. Liu. Mr. Liu is easy to arrest, but who knows if all the lanterns that have been leaked can be recovered
If there is a batch that cannot be collected and something goes wrong at the event, then everything will be over.
Su Rong nodded quietly: "Yes, Lord Bai, don't worry, I know what I am doing. Now I just want to ask Lord Bai for a favor."
Bai Bao did not refuse and nodded readily in agreement: "Just tell me, as long as I can help, there is no reason to refuse."
The hard work of so many people in the Carpenters' Office cannot be destroyed in the hands of a greedy person like Mr. Liu.
Su Rong went straight back to Mu Mansion to find Liao Jingxu, and then spoke the truth: "It seems that those people have been planting spies in Dali Prefecture for a long time. Over the years, there are countless people in the city who are their people. Why not take advantage of this Water Splashing Festival to catch them all, which can be regarded as a great gift to Your Highness."
Seeing that Su Rong put the matter so simply, Liao Jingxu couldn't help but look at him deeply: "You seem very confident. I guess you have an idea already?"
Su Rong did not admit it directly, he just said: "Please cooperate with me, sir."
That afternoon, news came from the Mu Mansion that Mrs. Liao's birthday was approaching, and Governor Liao wanted to help his wife celebrate it in a grand manner, so he asked the Artisan Workshop to help make a batch of fireworks for use.
When Mr. Liu received the news, he was stunned and ran to find A Long in a hurry: "Master Long, this matter is not easy to handle. We are short of manpower now. We don't have enough time to prepare for the current affairs. How can we have time to help the Governor's wife make fireworks? You have to think of a way."
Aaron frowned tightly, "The Water Splashing Festival is just a few days away, so we can't stop here. Didn't you say that the people selected to make these things are your trusted ones? There must be someone in the Craftsmanship Department who is not your trusted one, right? What are they doing with their free time? Let them do it!"
Mr. Liu was reluctant at first. He had spent a lot of time and energy to drive out all the White Leopard people, especially Zhou Ruomin. But under the current circumstances, he did not dare to refuse. He could only agree with a pinch of his nose and turned around to go out to find people.
Zhou Ruomin was sitting idly. He had nothing to do in the Carpenters' Office and no one cared about him.
When he saw Mr. Liu coming, he even said in surprise, "Mr. Liu, why are you here? What do you want from me?"
Mr. Liu didn't want to pay attention to his sarcasm now. He forced a smile, laughed twice and then got to the point: "There is something I want to tell you, Ruomin. Governor Liao's wife will have a birthday next month, and the Ang Carpenters' Office is preparing some fireworks. I know you are the best at these things. You can lead some people to see what is needed and go to the warehouse to withdraw them. Get this done as soon as possible."
Zhou Ruomin knew the answer very well, but she asked with wide eyes: "The sun is rising from the west? This is a big job for the Governor's Office. How can you let me do it?"
What a tricky thing!
Mr. Liu cursed in his heart, but pretended to be amiable on the surface: "Alas, I'm busy with the lanterns for the Water Splashing Festival and the parade floats for the courtesans, how can I have the time? I'm giving it to you because I trust you and know you can do it well. If you can't do it well, that's it. Don't do it."
He was sure Zhou Ruomin would do it. He had been sitting on the bench for so long. If he didn't find something to do, he would have no place to stay in the Carpenters' Company in the future.
Sure enough, Zhou Ruomin hummed a few words and agreed: "No, you are so busy, if we who have nothing to do don't make some efforts, then we will be eating for nothing, right? Don't worry, I will do it, can't I do it?"
That's good enough. Mr. Liu nodded and said "hmm", then he simply told him the requirement and left.
As soon as he left, Zhou Ruomin thought carefully about the next plan for a while, and then gathered the people she used to work with and opened the workshop that had not been used for a long time.