Lord Sining is Li Xun’s father. If he really wants to know something, just ask the guard of the palace guarding Li Xun’s side. Why do we have to send someone here to inquire about it? It is impossible to spoil him. If you are a prisoner, it is natural. No one will believe it.
After some torture, the captive finally couldn't bear it, and said everything he knew.
The guards were relieved after hearing about it. It turned out that it was not aimed at the person who came to the master. It was just a coincidence. There is a place where marble is produced on the side of Taihu Lake. At the beginning, there was a book in the government office. Later, I didn’t know. What's the matter, the account is gone, and the booklet in the mansion only wrote the word "produce stone".
As for the stone, I can't tell from the booklet. This stone can be sold for money, and there are also copper ore, and only the word ore is recorded on the account.
The people didn't know that there was no account in the government office, and it was even more impossible to report to the official. Even if it was reported in the past, it had to go to the county first, and the consequences would not be mentioned.
Marble is not processed locally, and copper ore is also not processed locally. They are all transported away. The people who were transported to where they were arrested do not know, which seems very mysterious.
Since the officials were not allowed to know, they had to be transported secretly. After Zhang Zhong arrived in Shuzhou, the two mines did just that.
It happened to be lucky once tonight, but it was discovered by someone. The arrested people don’t know much about it. They only know that someone from the capital intervened behind the incident. As for who it is, it’s not clear. Some say It was a certain prince, some said it was a county prince, and some said it was a big family.
Anyway, the arrested person listened to other people's words, so after being arrested, he casually mentioned a prince who wanted to scare people. In the end, he said who was not good, not that it was the prince Sining.
After the guards got this information, they immediately passed it to Zhang Zhong. When Zhang Zhong heard that someone was selling marble and copper ore, when he was shocked, he hurriedly sent someone to catch the transporting team.
As a result, after the guards rushed over, they found that all people had run away, leaving only dozens of vehicles with cargo parked there. The traces on the ground were very messy, and it was at night that they could not be tracked at all.
It's not right now, how did they know? When I came back to continue to torture the arrested person, I realized that the transporter was very careful, and every scout sent out had to go back within the specified time. If there is no news for more than half an hour, then it means there is a problem. I would rather judge. If you make a mistake, you must not risk it.
After this person exceeded the time, the people there found that something was wrong, and sent out a ride to approach carefully, and when they saw the torch shining here, they immediately went back to report. As a result, everyone ran away, leaving only the value of 6,000. Goods.
Things are inferred from what the arrested person said.
Zhang Zhong nodded at this moment, and said suddenly: "Understood, I understand, no wonder the local taxes are getting less and less, they are all being transported and sold elsewhere. Check, I don’t care who is behind me. As long as I meet, I will investigate, send someone back to tell Xiaobao and the cuckoo, and then mobilize people to come over, I will go to see the place where marble and copper ore are produced."
After the order, Zhang Zhong went back to sleep in the tent, and the guards arranged patrols one by one, and did not dare to care.
In fact, Zhang Zhong really wanted to chase after him to see how the stones were dug there, but when he came out, his son and daughter-in-law told him that if you are in danger, don't rush over. Wait until the manpower arrives. It doesn't matter if you are stable. Don't put yourself in danger.
Zhang Zhong is very obedient. The whole family cannot be left without him. He also doesn't know what will happen to him if he really chases the place. If hundreds of people surround him and attack him, his family will be over as soon as he dies.
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It took a whole day to travel, and the people who reported the letter didn't need too much time. The three horses changed their rides, and it took only one and a half hours to return to the mansion.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are not asleep yet. They are making generators. They use copper coins to wind magnets. In addition to lighting up the bulb, they can also electrolyze something. The simplest is electrolysis of water, which can be provided once it is formed. Oxygen is available for use in hospitals, which can save people at critical times.
This job is not easy to do, and the density of the winding and the power cannot be grasped. We can only do one first to see if it works.
Just after winding up one, the guard came back without waiting for the test. As soon as Zhang Xiaobao arranged for more people to go there, he was not interested in looking at the generator on the table for a while.
"Xiaobao, which prince do you think it will be?" Wang Juan guessed for a while without guessing it, so he had to ask Zhang Xiaobao, who was also in thought.
Zhang Xiaobao looked up at Wang Juan, and said, "Which prince is not, several princes and the orthodox grandson were all shown by Li Longji. Who dares to make small moves at this time? I don't want to live anymore? A certain aristocratic family, or several aristocratic families, or it might be a certain county king.
According to that, it is not impossible for the county prince and the aristocratic family to unite. Who knows, just wait for someone to ask, what should be done and what should be done, the big deal is to leave the matter to Li Longji and let him take care of it himself. "
"Then I'm not afraid that Li Longji really has to complain about us when facing his son?" Wang Juan asked worriedly.
"You have to tell him about this matter secretly. You still want to show it on the face, and the clan has to face it. I now understand why they didn’t continue to do it after a minor move without success. The reason why they didn’t give it Dad is asking for trouble because Dad has never discovered this secret.
They thought that providing more tax to my father this year would make my father neglect the past, but unfortunately, people are not as good as the heavens.
I guess this is the case. In the beginning, the taxation was high because of the discovery of marble, that is, marble mines, as well as copper mines. The previous digging was less, and the tax collected was higher than usual. Don't let people take it too seriously.
The officials at that time may not want to be greedy, or they may have kept their eyes on the matter and sold the matter to others. When he gets the benefits and rises up, the new officials will begin to be controlled by others. After all, an official has not enough manpower to do it. There are too many things, not to mention what is good to produce on the account, how much can a stone be worth? "
While talking, Zhang Xiaobao used a pen to draw a schematic diagram of Wang Juan on paper. There were many different aspects, and some of them were not clear with question marks.
Wang Juan picked up the pen and hooked on the picture, and said, "Then why must the tax be lowered? Wouldn't they be reluctant to sell marble and copper ore? If I were them, I would keep the tax flat. "
Wang Juan thinks the person behind the operation is stupid. Does he really think that he will be fine if he pays less tax? Whatever it is now, it's been targeted, otherwise it is impossible to send Zhang Xiaobao's father over, just to clean up the people.
Zhang Xiaobao looked at the picture with his eyes and tapped his hands on the table. After a while, he said, "There are several possibilities. The first is that the person doing things is really stupid. Basically, this situation is not easy to happen.
The second possibility is that people are in urgent need of money, and they really can’t afford it. They want to survive this period of time. They think it’s safe until the secrets are not exposed. The whole state of Shuzhou has been bought out. What can you do? How many governors would think my dad was going around like this
Threaten first when taking office, and then compromise. For example, what happened to my dad is naturally easier to handle. Anyway, most people don’t know the two mines, and just think it’s stone production. For example, my dad, then Let me give you some face first. This year's taxation has increased and everything is easier to handle. "
"I see. Normally, they should take out the profits of the two mines. They say that there are more stones in the stone mines. The year is good this year. Then I will give your father an explanation. But we will start to help the local development as soon as we come. In this way, the rent and taxes will inevitably increase, so there is no need for them to take money out of the country.
Then they have a careful thought, secretly transporting the ore, as long as we can't find it, they can continue to make a fortune. It seems that we are really the nemesis of the bad guys, and fate is fate. "
When Wang Juanjing Zhang Xiaobao mentioned it, he analyzed part of the content.
Zhang Xiaobao laughed twice, "Of course, isn't you doing this job in the second place? Only those who don't want to be caught and cannot be caught, and there is no one who can't catch and catch the wrong. In fact, we are all to blame. We are not good people. It's troublesome, it turns out that there are more bad guys than good guys.
Also, the third point is that there are more powers that divide this interest. Don’t look at the rent and taxes that are only tens of thousands less. When the real division is true, it will be enough for the people of the various forces to spend, and no one wants to make less. As a result That is, the rent tax does not go up.
The fourth is that the benefits are too great. For example, the copper content of copper ore is high. In the past, a lot of waste stones were always excavated when digging. Now they are all good copper ore. If the waste stones are sold less, the tax will be imposed. Less, they don't want to give up this part of the profit, anyway, the name of a stone is on the account.
There can be more or less stones. For them, the most important thing to complain about is the governor who raised the tax. If he didn't raise the tax, how could he have such troublesome things? "
Zhang Xiaobao can understand people’s feelings, money, who doesn’t want it, but he can’t just treat it as if he didn’t see it just because he understood it. If he changes to an emperor, he may be able to turn one eye and close one eye. Isn’t it just taxation? It can improve the living standards of the local people and satisfy the thoughts of the imperial court.
But the current emperor is Li Longji, and Zhang Xiaobao had to offend people when he knew he could offend them. It is better to offend others than to offend Li Longji.
So what we have to do now is to open one eye and close one eye, so that we can take aim and see who is going to be unlucky. In the current situation, it is absolutely impossible for my own family to be unlucky.
After thinking about it, Zhang Xiaobao stopped knocking on the table with his hands, instead knocking on his face. When Wang Juan saw him, he understood, Zhang Xiaobao had to count people again.
Wang Juan once again mourned for Zhang Xiaobao's opponent, can't he bear it for two years? I have to commit crimes against the wind and use such inferior methods. I often walk by the river. How can I not wet my shoes? Not to mention that I met Zhang Xiaobao's father today.
The inner courtyard of the Zhang family has been separated out in various places to know that the local people have been reared in a nest. With so many inner courtyards, can it not be discovered? I must be caught in two years, and I didn't run away.
"Xiaobao, I am thinking now, what will happen in the process of struggle?" Wang Juan looked very excited, she liked to watch Zhang Xiaobao take action, as long as Zhang Xiaobao moved, it was absolutely impossible for the other party to resist.
"There is nothing wrong for the time being. When our people pass, we will find that people have gone to the building, and the mines can’t be digged. They are all filled up. If I change to mine, I can even open a building on it. Paddy fields, buy seedlings from elsewhere, and then never show up again."
Zhang Xiaobao is familiar with such things, and to be precise, he has done so much before.
Wang Juan thought for a while, felt that it made sense, and then asked, "Then they just hid, but don't the mines go away?"
"Why don't it? As I said, people are now farming, don't you dare to dig it up? It's not just soil, water, and rice seedlings. If you have money, you can do it. If you dig, there will be a lot of it. The people came to stop it, and there were officials' disapproval, and even the impeachment would soon appear at the court.
Even if your roots are deep, you have survived, and you are not afraid of the people, you dig hard, and before you dig it out, some people report to the court in advance that marble and copper mines have been discovered, and the output is estimated. This can be overestimated. Underestimate, overestimate, then how much do you think my father should pay for this year's tax
They are filled with expensive stones. How much effort does it take to dig in? It's not the same as estimated. Can my dad make a discount? Shangzhezi said that the copper ore and marble mines here need to be cleaned up first, and the court will definitely agree.
Then what? Let’s just go digging, digging and digging, and suddenly discovered that someone else had digged here before. Wow, the news was posted throughout the Tang Dynasty. The most appropriate way of saying is that my father was speaking to the court for his own benefit. Clean up first, while mining vigorously.
My father is going to be sorry for the king, sorry for the people, deceiving the king, and decapitating may not be possible. After all, my family is reasonable (ritual), and it is absolutely no problem. There is no need to expect to go to Lingnan, even if you go Dad is in Luzhou, I guess Li Longji will get my dad to Sichuan for the sake of fame.
If there is a chance to go and see it in the future, it's okay, but it's definitely not possible now. Therefore, this matter can't be solved in a short time, wait. "
Zhang Xiaobao explained how he was going to face these forms, and if he replaced him, he would do it, not bluffing at all.
Wang Juan listened to Zhang Xiaobao's guess, or what Zhang Xiaobao did. He was really convinced. It's not good to be too smart.
Knowing that Gui knows, but she is not reconciled, why should she be treated like this in the past? I was depressed. I suddenly thought that what Zhang Xiaobao said was the idea of Zhang Xiaobao alone. Regardless of whether others could think of it, if Zhang Xiaobao can figure it out, there must be a way to deal with it.
"Xiaobao, don't tell me that there is no way, just wait, then you will be ashamed, and you will be an international scammer."
"Why is it embarrassing? Are you still in the second place? Do you have a way? Just wait, I really hope that they can farm on it. Good farming. You can set up a special experimental field and send someone to check the grain twelve hours a day. Changes in crops."
Zhang Xiaobao squeezed his eyes at Wang Juan and said, Wang Juan smiled, "Then I hope they are smarter and farm on it like you said."