Da Ming Tai Shi

Chapter 509 The Desperate Chen Jinghe
Zhu Yunyu in Nanjing kept his feet off the ground because of the busy supervision of the country, and Chen Jinghe in Guangzhou was also devastated by a lot of messy troubles.

The latter is no longer in the stock market supervision bureau, but was transferred to the prefect's Yamen in Guangzhou by Jiang Zhengxun.

It is rumored in Guangdong official circles that Jiang Zhengxun has a background that reaches the sky, otherwise it would not be possible to be directly promoted to the position of the second rank, and as Jiang Zhengxun sat firmly on the throne of prefect under his ass, Chen Jinghe's work Followed by the mobilization.

The current Chen Jinghe is the third deputy prefect in Guangzhou, and the popular understanding is the deputy prefect.

The No. [-] Vice Envoy of Shenzhi is the third rank, and Chen Jinghe can only be mixed up with a subordinate third rank, but the yamen in charge are all those with real power.

According to the Department of Justice, Department of Household Affairs, Department of Finance.

Jiang Zhengxun gave Chen Jinghe the three most important brains.

The latter has no reason not to be busy.

And it took more than half a year to get busy, and even Li Shu only took two days of paternity leave for giving birth.

"Have you written to your father and mother?"

Although Li Shu lying on the bed was very tired, she did not forget to remind Chen Jinghe of this urgent matter, because she gave birth to a son for Chen Jinghe. heir.

The eldest grandson of King Yu's lineage!
"The letter to the queen mother has been sent, father and king." Chen Jinghe sighed: "I will write it some time later."

Hearing that Chen Jinghe hadn't written a letter to Chen Yunfu, Li Shu immediately became anxious, propped herself up and blamed, "My husband should have told my father about such a big matter as soon as possible."

Chen Jinghe turned his head away: "Father and Wang are enjoying the blessings in India. They are quite happy here and don't think about Sichuan."

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Chen Jinghe, who had never seen his daughter-in-law angry before, was taken aback for a moment, and then hurriedly waved his hands in surrender: "Okay, okay, I'll write right away, don't get angry, don't get angry, good boy, lie down."

Reassuring Li Shu, Chen Jinghe walked out of the house despondently, and was about to go to the study to write a letter to Chen Yunfu, when an official from the procuratorate hurried to the door.

"Chen Shenzhi, something happened again."

Chen Jinghe frowned when he said something happened again, and said angrily, "What happened again."

"There was a riot in the south of the city. An Arab firm called Tamdou fought with people from the Medici firm, and seven people were killed on the spot."

When he heard that it was a murder case and that seven people had died, Chen Jinghe's face changed drastically, and he immediately walked out of the house, not forgetting to ask: "How can the beating be so fierce? With a weapon?"

"Yes, knives were moved on both sides."

The official who came to report the letter was Liao Changjian, who was the head arrester of the patrol office under the Judiciary. He escorted Chen Jinghe into the carriage and followed to report the cause of the large-scale fighting.

"You also know that the area in the south of the city has always been engaged in the slave trade, which was done by the Arabs. The Medici Company stepped in this year, so how could those Arabs be willing.

In addition, that Pu Xiangdong is now a holy man, and the domestic slaves under his command are getting more and more rampant, so they send people to the Medici firm to make trouble. They don't know the background of the Medici firm, but they dare to fight with this Tamdu The business name merged directly.

There were a total of more than 100 people on both sides. At the beginning, they just fought each other with fists and kicks. Tamdu, who had suffered a disadvantage, called for someone with a knife. He hacked one person to death at that time, and the two sides changed from fists and feet to swords. , Seven people died, and more than 20 people were injured, and now they are lying in the Guangzhou Hospital of Surgery. "

"Damn it."

Chen Jinghe cursed in a low voice, then pinched his eyebrows and muttered.

There is one thing to say, this year the law and order in Guangzhou is getting worse and worse.

Especially since Dapu Xiangdong was in charge of the currency reform.

"What are the identities of the seven people who died?"

"One of our Ming nationality is the first shopkeeper who was hacked to death on the side of the Medici company. The next six are three Kunlun slaves, two Nanyang people and one former Korean nationality who is now from Guangzhou Prefecture, Liaozhou. "

There are compatriots in the country, people from friendly countries, foreign friends, and slaves, and the identities are complicated enough.

The more complicated it was, the more headache Chen Jinghe had.

What made Chen Jinghe even more troublesome was still behind. He had just arrived at the Yachasi Yamen on his front foot, and Jiang Zhengxun came looking for him on his back foot.

In the face of seven lives, the Guangzhou prefect was also alarmed.

"Mingsong, how's the situation?"

"I have seen the Fu Zun."

Chen Jinghe got up and gave up his seat to Jiang Zhengxun, then put a thick stack of confessions on the table, and said with a headache: "The reason is because of the slave trade."

Following Chen Jinghe's introduction, Jiang Zhengxun gradually understood the whole story.

In the past, the slave trade business in Guangzhou City was done by Arab merchants, and the methods of selling slaves were relatively simple.

The price of black slaves and the price of white slaves are priced according to the differences in age, appearance, and body size, and the route of fast production and fast sales is followed.

That is to say, the slaves captured by Pu Xiangdong overseas entered the port of Guangzhou, and then they were sold to several agents in Guangzhou by boats and boats like selling commodities, and then these agents resold them to the market.

The Medici Company just started the slave trade this year, and all the slaves came from the Southwest Campaign that started this year.

However, unlike Pu Xiangdong's large-scale bulk sales, Cosimo played a "scratch" sales method.

It can also be called an open blind box.

The slave shop of the Medici Company in the south of the city was not big, and it was not used as a place for display. Some were just large wooden boxes.

There are different small wooden cards in each box. The customer pays 20 taels of silver, oh yes, it should be [-] Wen now. After paying the money, reach into the wooden box to get the card.

The plaque has all the information about the slaves, including gender, age, etc.

If you can't draw what you want, you can take the wooden token back to the Medici store for repurchase, and the repurchase price is only half.

This kind of gameplay is undoubtedly novel to buyers who have long been used to buying slaves with straight eyebrows. After all, there is an element of gambling, and gambling is an addictive thing.

If you can buy a blooming girl, [-] Wen?
Hold this brand and shout at the slave trade house, and other customers can snatch it at three times or even five times the price on the spot, and make a lot of money.

This is also a loophole in the law.

Because in the law of the Ming Dynasty, private individuals without a slave trading license were not allowed to trade slaves, but in the Medici firm, these customers were not slave traders, and what they sold were just wooden tokens in their hands.

This is the same as gambling without playing cash. It is not illegal to play your brains.

In this way, customers who bought slaves not only enjoyed the fun of gambling itself, but even made a lot of money if they were lucky. Therefore, local dignitaries in Guangzhou, including businessmen from all over the country and even other countries who came to Guangdong, flocked to it.

The slave business of the Medici firm suddenly became popular all over the city.

At this stage, it is not considered that the Medici firm has robbed the business of the Arabs. After all, the latter relies on a larger slave resource. As long as they learn from it and imitate it, they can definitely win the business back.

But Cosimo played something even better.

When he discovered that the Arabian firm copied his practice, Cosimo went directly to Dali Temple in Guangzhou to sue the former for plagiarism.

The case is pending trial.

At this time before the Dali Temple trial, because it was uncertain whether the behavior of the Arab firms was allowed, the major Arab slave firms could not continue to use the sales method of the Medici firm.

Seeing that the business was taken away by the Medici firm, how could the major Arab slave traders who had been passively offered cakes be willing.

So there was such a case of fighting in the south of the city.

Jiang Zhengxun, who understood what was going on in the case, also smiled wryly, holding his forehead with one hand and sighing helplessly.

"There are Arabs on one side, and some Florentines on the other. For the sake of money, two foreign businessmen beat our Daming territory to death. Mingsong, how do you think this case should be resolved?"

"It's easy to settle the case."

Chen Jinghe said solemnly: "The facts are clear, and the witnesses and material evidences are all complete. Just arrest them."

"You know that's not what I asked you." Jiang Zhengxun raised his head and said, "What's the use of catching a group of murderers? It's all about those wealthy businessmen. They are the instigators of this murder and the concocting of the murder case." By."

Chen Jinghe hummed, and after thinking about it, he said: "Fu Zun, since you asked me to take charge of the procuratorate, then I'll just say it straight, one word, arrest!"

"Do you want to catch Pu Xiangdong?"

Chen Jinghe smiled wryly: "You're kidding me again, he, I have no skills at all."

"Then it's over." Jiang Zhengxun spread his hands, then shook his head and got up: "Okay, I understand everything, you can do it, I just have one request, try not to expand the situation, make big things small, small things small Alright."

After finishing speaking, he took a step and left, just kept sighing and muttering.

"I have to go to the Fantai to report. It's a headache to think about it. Fortunately, it's only seven lives. If there are more, I, the prefect of Guangzhou, have to go to Nanjing to face the interview, which will be even more troublesome."

"Fu Zun go slowly."

After sending Jiang Zhengxun away, Chen Jinghe immediately turned cold and drank.

"Liao Changjian."

"The subordinate is here."

"Arrest people for me!" Chen Jinghe waved his hand: "So those who participated in this fight will be arrested from both parties."

Liao Changjian said emphatically, "You know, there are hundreds of people from both sides."

"Catch them all!" Chen Jinghe gritted his teeth and said, "According to the prison of the inspector, it is enough!"

Seeing that Chen Jinghe had made up his mind, Liao Changjian stopped talking and left with fists in his arms.

He doesn't care about the attitudes of these two forces. He is a soldier who pays his salary, obeys orders, and takes care of them.

But Liao Changjian enjoyed the arrest, but the troubles caused by the case followed one after another.

At the moment, Cosimo appeared in the Hu Mansion in Guangzhou City, so he naturally came to find Chen Yaxi.

"Don't be afraid."

Chen Yaxi, who came back from Nanjing, calmed Cosimo with a relaxed face, and her tone was full of disdain: "Those Arabs, just because they have a few filthy money, they are defiant? You should deal with this lawsuit first, no way." If that's the case, I'll go directly to Wu Shigao to see if it's Na Pu Xiangdong's face, or Miss Ben's."

Cosimo turned his head to look outside the gate of the mansion, and shrugged.

"With your words, I feel at ease, oh yes, this quarter's dividends have been brought to you."

"Yes, how much?"

"14 million."

1408 million taels before the currency reform.

Chen Yaxi was overjoyed, and said in a big way: "Don't worry, this lady will settle this matter for you!"

(End of this chapter)