Lord Moyu was forced to open

Soon, the Song Dynasty mobilized 10,000 troops and headed towards Zhaoluo in the East China Sea Fleet.

At this time, smuggling along the southeast coast was intensifying.

There is no airtight wall in the world. The smuggling activities of several major families could not be hidden from the top but not from the bottom. They were soon discovered by other local merchants who also engaged in maritime trade. The scale of smuggling also quietly continued to grow, gradually affecting When it comes to sea trade tax...

Seaford County, Sea Revenue Department.

"Director, there has been a tax problem recently!"

Early in the morning, Wang Minghua, deputy director of the Customs and Taxation Department, hurried to Zhou Zhongren's office with the tax account books for the latest quarter.

As soon as he came up he said:

"Although on the surface it seems that all maritime merchants who go to sea have paid their sea tax on time and in quantity, the revenue of our Haifu County Sea Tax Department has dropped by half compared to the previous quarter!
Last quarter, our Haifu County Customs and Excise Department still had a total of 10 million taels of customs tax revenue, but this time it only had less than 5 million!
However, there is no shortage of goods on the market, and with the domestic development in the past two years, the demand for popular sea trade goods in our market has been on the rise.

But the strange thing is that half of the goods are missing this quarter, and there is no shortage in the market. This is really strange! "

Looking at the Customs and Excise Department's account book in his hand, Wang Minghua frowned.

Zhou Zhongren on the side did not look at the account books. He had already looked at the account books for this quarter as soon as the account books came out last night, and he had already discovered that something was wrong with the related income.

After all, the tax amount of the Customs and Excise Department is related to his annual evaluation results, and it has the greatest impact on him. No one in the Customs and Excise Department cares more about it than him.

After Wang Minghua finished speaking, Zhou Zhongren immediately asked: "Did the people we sent to investigate the An family find out anything?"

Wang Minghua shook his head and replied: "No, according to the news they reported back, Anjia will send two groups of people out every morning, but they will return to Anjia after a circle. Other than that, there is nothing abnormal."

"This is impossible!"

Zhou Zhongren concluded that there must be something wrong with the An family. Just the two waves of people who suddenly went out at night when it was dark could tell that there was something wrong with the An family.

After thinking about it, Zhou Zhongren asked again: "Apart from the two waves of people who sneaked out of the An family in the morning, isn't there anyone else in the An family who often comes in and out of the house?"

Wang Minghua thought for a while, then remembered something and immediately replied:
"By the way, in addition to those two waves of people, the An family will have a butler lead a team to the market every day to purchase supplies. However, the An family is such a big mansion and consumes so many supplies every day. It is normal to send people to purchase supplies every day. things.

So I didn’t pay much attention to it below. "

"Purchasing... led by the housekeeper..."

Zhou Zhongren gently tapped the table with the middle finger of his right hand, muttering the words "purchasing" and "housekeeping leadership" in his mouth. Suddenly! Take action!
He immediately asked: "Have you ever noticed which housekeeper of the An family led the team? Are the people who go out every day the same as those who come back?"

Wang Minghua was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said:
"They probably haven't noticed this."

"Then let them check and keep an eye on it!

They wouldn't let two waves of people go out to interfere with the view for no reason. It must be to cover up their true purpose.

There is only one time every day when the An family can send out a large number of people openly, and that is when they go shopping. I have a hunch that the secret of the An family is hidden in it! "

"it is good!"

Following Zhou Zhongren's order, the agents of the Customs and Excise Department immediately adjusted the direction of their investigation. Just as the Customs and Excise Department had found the correct method and was preparing to conduct a thorough investigation.

The secret guard suddenly came to the door!
Customs and Excise Department Yamen, reception room.

"Director Zhou! I've taken the liberty to come to visit! Please forgive me!" Early in the morning, Yun Sanliu led a group of secret guards to the Customs and Excise Department, a newly popular government office in the coastal area.

When the members of the secret guard appeared at the door of the Customs and Excise Department, it caused quite a stir. Many people were speculating on who had lured the secret guard over.

You must know that in today's Song Dynasty, secret guards usually do not appear. Once the two of them appear in front of everyone, it means that someone has committed a crime. They come to comfort them, and they are usually directly requested by the Holy Emperor. Imprisoned!

Because the secret guards can be said to be the emperor's hawks and dogs, no one can command them except the current emperor.

Many people were anxiously hoping that the target of the secret guards would not be them.

It wasn't until the leading secret guard said that they were looking for their director that everyone heaved a sigh of relief.

However, the discussion immediately started about whether the director had committed something.

Zhou Zhongren was also very surprised when he saw the secret guard coming to see him.

Because he thought he had done nothing to disgrace the country, why would a secret guard come to find him?
But it was too late to think too much and he hurriedly came to greet him.

"Uh... this little brother of the secret guard, didn't you ask for advice?"

Yun Sanliu showed his token and introduced himself:
"Director Zhou, I am the secret guard Yun Sanliu. Tian is the commander of the Haifu County secret guard. He is responsible for supervising everything in Haifu County. There is something that needs Director Zhou's help this time. I hope that Director Zhou will help me." Please cooperate!"

Facing such royal eagle dogs, Zhou Zhongren did not dare to be careless and immediately patted his chest and said: "It turns out to be Commander Yun. Why does Commander Yun need Zhou's cooperation? Even if Zhou can help, Commander Yun will definitely not do anything." put off."

"So good!"

Yun Sanshiliu nodded, and immediately told the secret guards about the smuggling situation in Haifu County recently investigated by the secret guards, as well as the information the secret guards had investigated.

Zhou Zhongren had mixed feelings when he heard that the secret guards had even found out their smuggling location and discovered the people sent by his department along the way.

On the one hand, he was shocked by the intelligence capabilities of the secret guards, and on the other hand, he had a new understanding of the trashiness of those under him.

Under the same surveillance, others discovered something was wrong, but their own people were fooled around in a daze, and they immediately became very angry.

But now that the secret guards have found out what he and others want to investigate, then he only needs to cooperate to solve the matter, which is also a good thing.

After figuring out the cause and effect, Zhou Zhongren immediately asked Yun Sanliu:

"How does Commander Yun want our Customs and Excise Department to cooperate with you?"

Yun Sanliu immediately stated the purpose of this trip.

"Director Zhou, since this involves smuggling after all, it belongs to you, so you need your Customs and Excise Department to contact the East China Sea Fleet to contain the smuggling area. In addition, coordinate with the local garrison to carry out operations from the land, and strive to eliminate all the other parties' escape routes. All blocked.

At this point, all our secret guards can do is provide you with intelligence to monitor some key tasks. "

After hearing this, Zhou Zhongren showed a smile and said: "Whatever Commander Yun said, these are enough. Don't worry, I will write a letter and send it to the East China Sea Fleet and the garrison to borrow troops!"

"That's it, that's good!"

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(End of this chapter)