The foreman still drew the bet.
Although he didn't know who ordered him, but they did the collapse of the embankment, and this evidence is enough. Coupled with Jun Huailang's records and drawings, there are all personal and material evidences. With these, those responsible can start cleaning up.
But Xue Yan suppressed all the evidence.
"I know who it is." Xue Yan said to Jun Huailang when he took the paper. "I know all the people in Beijing and Jiangnan."
Jun Huailang looked at him in surprise.
Hearing Xue Yan continue: "However, they are hiding well, and what they are doing now can be caught in the open, but they can't be moved."
Jun Huailang asked, "Then what are you going to do?"
Hearing this, Xue Yan smiled slightly at him.
"Since they didn't do it, let them do it." Xue Yan's fingers slowly tapped on the table. "Being forced to a certain level, even if it is the crime of punishing the nine clans, you will still give it a try, won't you?"
Jun Huailang was stunned.
Seeing Xue Yan leaning over, he said, "Their arrangement is indeed quite comprehensive, but if something goes wrong, it will be self-defeating."
As he said that, he looked up at Jun Huailang: "At that time, it will be difficult for them to live."
Xue Yan in front of him was both unfamiliar and familiar. Although the light in his eyes was cold and cruel, it somehow reassured him, and he couldn't help feeling that he was reliable.
Even Jun Huailang's reason could not resist this feeling.
Before he could speak, Xue Yan patted his forehead.
"But you don't need to do these things. It's hard work and dirty." He raised his lips and smiled, and the sullenness in his eyes dissipated immediately. "You just watch, the person who wants to kill your father, how did he die."
After a moment, Jun Huailang found his voice.
"... Then, isn't this evidence useless?" he asked.
Xue Yan laughed softly.
"It's useless, it's useful. I keep it because it's useful," he said.
Jun Huailang showed a puzzled look.
Hearing Xue Yan continue: "When their net wraps them around, these evidences, even if they can't be identified, will become the last rope to close up the net."
He said, "After all, the king's suspicions never really need evidence to point to whom."
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So from this day on, Jun Huailang didn't even know that the cause of the dam collapse was man-made, and never mentioned it.
Jinling is still cloudy and rainy.
From the north, the city was flooded by 30% of the river. At present, the breach of the dam has not been repaired, and the river is still pouring into the city. It is temporarily blocked by the officers and soldiers with sand and stones, but if there is another heavy rain, it will be washed away immediately.
So on the second day of the breach, Jun Huailang found Shen Zhifu.
Today, none of the officials in Jinling City has ever worked in the Ministry of Industry, let alone building a river bank. Jinling's dam has been indestructible since it was repaired by the predecessor prefect more than ten years ago, and such a serious disaster has never happened before.
Today's officials are helpless.
But Jun Huailang is different. In his previous life, in order to find out the origin of his father's accusation of embezzling ink, he thoroughly studied the flood disaster in Jiangnan from beginning to end. Now he not only has a lot of research on the repair of dykes and water control, but also knows how to repair the dykes in his previous life.
He found Shen Zhifu just to help him do this.
With Xue Yan, the Xu family and Guo Rongwen don't have to worry about him anymore, and he doesn't have the ability of Xue Yan to let him fight against them.
And what he can do well, and what he must do, is to do his best in this life to protect the people in Jinling City.
Regarding rebirth, he naturally couldn't speak directly to Shen Zhifu. He only said that he was interested in water conservancy, studied many documents, and put forward his own opinions on how to build dams to Shen Zhifu.
After hearing this, Shen Zhifu also felt that the method he proposed was feasible, so he agreed to put the repair of the embankment in the name of Duke Yongning, and then let him do it with full authority.
So, Jun Huailang took the officers, soldiers and supplies that he had been allocated, and went out early every day and returned late, and went to the breach of the dam to find a suitable terrain position to dredge the river.
Repairing the dikes is the most important thing right now, in addition, there are tens of thousands of refugees in the city.
The number of people who escaped and was rescued was huge, and they could not be accommodated in the city, so they were transferred to the southern suburbs. These days, officials in Jinling are busy with this.
The houses of the affected people were destroyed, and most of their belongings were submerged by the river. Therefore, in addition to the simple food, clothing, housing and transportation, it has become a problem in Jinling City.
The price of food in the city has skyrocketed, and for a while, ordinary people are in danger.
However, these did not affect the enjoyment of rich businessmen and gentry.
These days, just after the flood had settled down a little, a piece of news spread in the upper circles of Jinling.
Qingyuefang in Chunshui Lane in the south of the city will have the first night of auction of oiran in a few days.
It is not uncommon to see Liuxiang, a flower street in the south of the Yangtze River. It is common to hold one or two courtesans in the brothel, and sell the girl’s first night at a high price.
But what was unusual this time was that the girl who was auctioned was the famous Yujing girl in Qingyuefang.
I heard that the Yujing girl is only fifteen years old now. A month ago, the head of the Yujing girl was shown, and she only danced to a drum, which shocked the four and made her name in the city.
However, Qingyuefang treated this girl very dearly. After a month, she did not arrange for her to appear several times.
But the more this is the case, the more difficult it is to get an admission ticket to Qingyuefang. Many tycoons and wealthy businessmen spend a lot of money just to take a look at Miss Yujing.
Now this girl is going to auction.
What's even more unexpected is that Qingyuefang has released rumors this time, and the highest bidder, if they are willing to pay ten times the price, can directly redeem the body of Yujing girl and take the person home.
Everyone said that the owner of Qingyuefang must be unwilling to stay in Jinling for a long time. But even so, it can't stop many people from gearing up, wanting to hold the beauty back.
For a time, because of Miss Yujing, Jinling City, which had been displaced from all over the world, had a rare recovery of prosperity.
However, the Jinling government office was solemn.
Food, grass, gold and silver are kept in the treasuries of various places, and they are reserved for disaster relief in such a catastrophe.
Now the food will be released to the disaster victims, and the gold and silver must be counted and used to buy food and medicinal materials from the merchants. Therefore, the entire treasury must be sorted and liquidated.
A few days ago, Shen Zhifu was doing this. He also specifically asked Xue Yan about who would count the warehouse.
"It's up to you to decide this kind of trivial matter?" At that time, Xue Yan raised his eyes lightly, with obvious impatience in his eyes. "Who does it on weekdays?"
Shen Zhifu hurriedly said: "It's Guo Shilang under Duke Yongning."
Xue Yan nodded and hid all the calculations in his eyes: "Then let him do it?"
On weekdays, all matters of money, money, food and grass are arranged for Guo Rongwen. Shen Zhifu did not know who the spies in the government were, but now he told Xue Yan that it was because of the seriousness of the matter that he wanted to report to him.
Hearing Xue Yan's approval, Shen Zhifu hurriedly responded and was about to leave.
At this moment, Xue Yan stopped him.
"Wait," he said.
Shen Zhifu stopped quickly.
Xue Yan asked, "Is the money and grain separate?"
Shen Zhifu hurriedly said, "Yes."
Xue Yan said: "It's too slow to do it alone. Counting the food and grass is troublesome, and let Guo Rongwen go. As for the money, I don't worry about others. Shen Zhifu, you can count it yourself. For the resettlement of the victims, you will first hand it over to Duke Yongning."
Shen Zhifu quickly took orders and retreated.
Therefore, according to Xue Yan's arrangement, the grain and silver in the treasury were liquidated by the two of them. Today, the secret letter was delivered to Xue Yan's table.
as predicted.
Xu Cong Anna knew that Yujing was going to be auctioned, and immediately started raising money. But how much money does he have on hand? This place is so far from the capital, he can't ask his family to ask for it, let alone ask his father for money to redeem a oiran.
Therefore, he found Guo Rongwen for the first time.
The precious grandson of the three-generation Xu family asked him for money, but even if Guo Rongwen did not have it, he would not dare to say that he did not. However, he had nowhere to collect this huge sum of money, even if he bought someone, he was a famous courtesan in Jinling.
At this moment, Jinling's treasury was handed over to him.
Sure enough, he transported a large amount of grain around the first time. Taking advantage of the soaring grain prices in Jinling City, he sold the grain of the official family to the merchants, and made false accounts overnight, fooling the big hole. past.
But he didn't know that the merchant he found was someone Xue Yan had already bought.
In the name of running water, the merchant signed a contract in duplicate with Guo Rongwen, which clearly stated how much food was bought and sold and how much was delivered.
Guo Rongwen wanted the money urgently, and did not want to entangle him. He only knew that there was a huge gap between the government and businessmen. Ordinary grain dealers would not know the names of the people in the government, so they signed and stamped with confidence.
But he didn't know that, the signed and sealed contract, together with the secret letter, was placed on Xue Yan's desk.
Xue Yan picked up the secret letter and smiled lightly.
Now, Guo Rongwen's accusation of greedy ink for disaster relief food has been confirmed. And the son of the Xu family publicly bought Hua Kui with a lot of money, and once the whereabouts of the money is traced, there is also a direction.
Guo Rongwen was greedy for ink and gave the money to Xu Xiang's grandson. Now, even if Emperor Qing Ping was blind, he would not be able to see what was going on between them.
Xue Yan slowly put away the letter.
Jinbao next to him saw that he had finished reading the letter, and quickly asked, "Master, the grain seller also asked, what should I do next?"
Xue Yan's actions paused.
For him, this has always been an issue that he would not consider. What he has to do is to induce Guo Rongwen to commit corruption and leave evidence. As for the grain seller, he suppressed Guo Rongwen's price by 10%, and the benefits from it are great. Now he just needs to seal the mouth of that person and let him not know about it after he makes a fortune in silence, that's enough.
As for where the grain went and who it was sold to, he was too lazy to care.
But Xue Yan hesitated.
He suddenly thought, if Jun Huailang knew that he used disaster relief food as a bait to lure Guo Rongwen into the bait, what would he think
He seems to... care about the people in the city who don't even recognize their faces, let alone know their names.
Xue Yan paused and asked, "...Where did Jun Huailang go today?"
Jinbao hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness went to the river embankment early. I heard that after dark today, he came back from the river embankment and went to the disaster camp in the south of the city."
really. Xue Yan sighed.
"... Spend 20% more to buy back all the grain from the vendor." He put down the secret letter and said. "Tonight, it will be sent out of the city, and it will be said that I donated it."
He has experienced warm and cold since childhood, and he has no parents to teach him how to be a man. Naturally, he has no empathy and only knows how to weigh interests.
But what can be done.
He is not kind, but the person he loves is the most kind and soft-hearted.