The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 192 Wuzhou Commercial Bank
Last year, after a large number of Kwantung children pretended to be scientific researches, Yang Tong realized that the policy of the Sui Dynasty to recruit refugees from all over the world would bring convenience to the enemy forces, and also found that there were various disadvantages in the territory. intelligence organizations within.

With the support of his ministers, Yang Tong set up an internal guard to dig out spies lurking in the territory, and selected [-] literate soldiers from the scout battalion to receive special training. Enemy spy organization.

Shen Guang, who has made great achievements in Queshu Valley.In addition to being the chief general of the city patrolling army in Yecheng, he is also the leader of this espionage organization. Today, Shen Guang was ordered by Yang Tong to investigate the real situation of grain price increases.

"How did you get in?" Proprietor Wang asked nervously.

Shen Guang cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Many people are blocked in front, we came in through the back door!"

At this moment, there was another dense sound from outside, and then the window paper was smashed, and a few stones flew in, but they were waiting for the impatient people to throw stones again, which frightened the owner Wang's face.

Shen Guang said to his subordinates, "Stop it."

A dozen of his subordinates grabbed a few handfuls of copper coins from the baskets and strode outside, only to hear screams outside, and the crowd seemed to be in chaos again.

Shen Guang said: "My subordinates now occupy a favorable position, and the common people will not break into the shop."

Proprietor Wang thanked: "Thank you General!"

"Don't dare to do it, some things require the cooperation of the proprietor in the investigation."

"Definitely!" Wang Dongzhu heaved a sigh of relief, and asked in a low voice, "General Shen, when will the government dismiss the people?"

Shen Guang said: "This time the imperial court will not send someone to dismiss the angry people."

Wang Dongzhu's face was earthy and said: "Why, why?"

Shen Guang said: "You provoked a sharp rise in food prices and caused chaos in the city. His Highness is very dissatisfied with this, so he will not send people to disperse the people. But don't worry, after your shop is smashed, the people from the government will arrive! "

Proprietor Wang's face turned pale immediately: "We didn't raise the price first, we did it after seeing other people's price increase. How can we blame us?"

Shen Guang sneered: "But you still took advantage of this turmoil to make a lot of ill-gotten gains. You can't deny that. Since you made black-hearted money, you have to be responsible for your greedy behavior."

Wang Dongzhu suddenly paralyzed to the ground.

Mr. Du sighed, cupped his hands and said: "General Haojiao learned that the proprietor actually put the money here, intending to return it back, but I don't know how much rice the people outside bought, and I really don't know where to start. You Look..." He handed the account book to Shen Guang, and said: "This is the account we just calculated, and all the money that exceeds [-] yuan of rice is here."

Wang Dongzhu repeatedly said: "Yes, yes, yes! I know I was wrong, and I plan to return a lot of money back."

Shen Guang glanced at Mr. Du, who had an extraordinary bearing, and said, "What's your name, sir?"

Mr. Du said: "I'm Du Ruhui!"

Shen Guang frowned and said, "Du Ruhui? Du Keming?"

Du Ruhui was surprised and said: "The general knows?"

"Fang Shangshu said that you have the talent of Wang Zuo."

Du Ruhui said modestly: "Don't dare to be that!"

Shen Guang wondered: "Fang Shangshu highly respects my husband, why didn't my husband go to find Fang Shangshu, and here became a accountant?"

Du Ruhui smiled bitterly and said: "I encountered rebels in Henan County and was robbed of everything! If the owner hadn't acted out of righteousness and taken in Du's family, the child would have died of illness."

Shen Guang suddenly nodded, and simply communicated with Du Ruhui: "I came this time because I hope you can tell me the real reason for the price increase? Please cooperate, sir."

Du Ruhui said: "We don't know which one started to increase the price, but yesterday there was a news from the grain store, which made everyone confused. A few small grain stores took the lead in raising prices, and we had no choice but to follow."

"What news? Is it the Turkic invasion of the South?"

Du Ruhui shook his head and said, "It was Li Tang who formed an alliance with Tuyuhun. The Guannei Road was attacked on both sides. The entire army of the Sui Dynasty was defeated. Duan Decao, General Wang Fubao and the [-] troops were all killed in Jincheng County, and the Guannei Road was completely lost."

Shen Guang was stunned, now is the period when Da Sui and Li Tang confront each other again, this rumor is mixed with true and false, and the timing is very ingenious!Your Highness and the others thought that the two previous rumors caused the food price to skyrocket.

More importantly, how did the people who spread the rumors know that Duan Decao and Wang Fubao were in Jincheng County?Shen Guang immediately judged that this was not an ordinary rumor, but a hostile force deliberately creating panic in an attempt to cause turmoil in Yecheng, so as to achieve some ulterior secret.Quickly asked: "Mr. Du, how should I find out the source of this news, and where should I start?"

Du Ruhui said: "If we provide clues, can General Shen drive away the people outside?"

"Is this Mr.'s condition?"

"We want to refund the money, but there is no way to get it back. If someone reports the amount of [-] Guan indiscriminately, the proprietor will not be able to pay back all his belongings."

Shen Guang glanced at Wang Dongzhu who was sitting slumped on the ground, and asked again: "Do you have an idea, sir?"

Du Ruhui said: "I plan to ask the proprietor to register the people outside one by one, and then check with the records of the grain store. If the check is correct, then the part of the money that exceeds [-] yuan for a bucket of rice will be returned one by one."

Shen Guangxiao asked: "What if the people still make trouble for no reason?"

Du Ruhui said: "I would like to ask the general's subordinates to maintain order."

"General, please take pity on the poor little man's family." Du Ruhui's method made Wang Dongzhu's eyes shine. His grain bags all have store marks, and there are records of purchases of more than five buckets, so he can check and return them. He is afraid that some people will buy them. Official rations come to him to return at a high price. If there are soldiers to maintain order, there will be no problem.

Shen Guang looked at the pregnant Wang Kneeling and crying bitterly, his heart softened, "For the sake of your wife's pregnancy, let me help you once, I hope you learn your lesson, and there will be no next time."

Wang Dongzhu was overjoyed, stood up and saluted, "Thank you, General, thank you, General!"

Shen Guang said lightly: "Tell me what you know."

Proprietor Wang helped his wife up, and said like beans poured out of a bamboo tube: "General Shen, why don't you check out the Wuzhou Commercial Bank. I heard from the proprietor of the Li Family Grain Store next door that the news of my defeat in the Sui Dynasty came from the Wuzhou Commercial Bank. It came out! It seems that they also released the rumor that the 30 Turkic army went south."

"What does Wuzhou Commercial Bank do?"

"Wuzhou Commercial Firm sells cloth!"

"It's so sad for you, you don't even know that you are being used by others, so don't be so stupid next time."

"Yes yes yes! Never do it again." Proprietor Wang wiped off his sweat.

Shen Guang said to Du Ruhui again: "Mr. Du, would you like to go with me to see Mr. Fang?"

Du Ruhui said: "I will help the proprietor deal with the matter here first, and then I will visit the door."

"Alright!" Shen Guang nodded, and he ordered his subordinates to assist Wang Proprietor in handling the food refund, and he immediately returned to Shenwu Palace to report the situation.

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"Your Highness, the last general has already found out! All the rumors were spread by the Wuzhou Commercial Bank! Obviously, the Wuzhou Commercial Bank took advantage of the greed of the owner of the rice shop to provoke this price hike." Arriving at Shenwu Palace, Shen Guang told him in detail about his investigation.

Yang Gongren frowned, "Wuzhou Commercial Bank, is it a cloth merchant run by Li Yuan?"

Yang Tong said: "How do you see it?"

Yang Gongren said: "Li Tang claimed to be a gentry in the Guannei, a branch of the Li family in Longxi, but in fact everyone knew that their salutes were Huhua Han people from Wuchuan Junzhen. This can be seen from the appearance of Li's father and son. .Wuzhou Commercial Bank removes the three apostrophes from the word 'zhou', and it becomes the word 'Chuan'. Wuzhou Commercial Bank is actually Wuchuan Commercial Bank. And Li Yuan also has obvious motives, but there is no clue, so it is meaningless to guess."

Shen Guang asked: "Now that we have the clues, what should we do? Should we arrest all the people in Wuzhou for interrogation?"

In Shen Guang's style, the Wuzhou Commercial Bank is either the intelligence headquarters or a branch of the hostile forces. To avoid long nights and dreams, it should be taken down as soon as possible, but it is not up to him now.

Yang Gongren pondered for a while, then pondered: "If it were me, I would never spread the news from the headquarters, so as not to let the other party catch them all at once. Therefore, Wuzhou Commercial Bank is only a point at most, and he just used the greed of the owner of the grain shop to mess up The price of grain in the entire Yecheng, so we can't act rashly, so as not to startle the snake."

Ling Jing is also a resourceful person, and said: "Then why not catch their shopkeeper secretly from outside the store, so as not to startle the snake."

Shen Guang said: "Then I will arrest all relevant people tonight."

"Wuzhou Commercial Bank has released so much news, it's not unexpected that I won't be exposed." Yang Tong glanced at everyone, and said slowly: "Wuzhou Commercial Bank is obviously a small character who doesn't know much. A victim deliberately sent to us."

Ling Jing also came to his senses, slapped his forehead and said, "It's my minister's miscalculation."

Everyone thought about it carefully and nodded.

"Then what should we do?"

Yang Tong smiled slightly: "Send people to the grain store to forcibly dismiss the troublemakers, persuade the owner of the grain store to return the extra money to the people, then send people to secretly monitor the movements of each grain store, and then arrest the manager of the Wuzhou store with great fanfare. .At the same time, keep a close watch on the spectators, and send someone to follow anyone who looks different."

Yang Gongren's expression brightened: "Your Highness is saying that there are enemy forces lurking in Mi Xing's proprietor?"

"That's right." Yang Tong nodded and said, "Obviously, Wuzhou Commercial Bank won't leave any useful information. Even if there is information, it's probably some insignificant peripheral characters. We pretend to be fooled and take these people out Let’s stop after we do it. In this way, those jumping clowns will think that we are satisfied to be fooled, so we can act boldly, gather together, and even show our fox’s tail.”

Yang Tong turned to Shen Guang and said, "Find more smart people and watch by the side of Wuzhou Commercial Bank. Wait for the incident to become a big issue for me, and silently follow the suspicious person. This is an opportunity, don't mess things up."

"Here!"

Shen Guang respectfully obeyed.

(End of this chapter)