Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 684
At this time, Wang Mang asked: "I have already made preparations, what does this mean?"

Wen Qing said: "It means that these salt merchants are definitely not raising private salt after the salt shortage broke out in various places, but someone has already organized it in secret.

Arrange salt merchants to buy salt at a predetermined location, and then store up the salt. When the official salt is sold, and the salt shortage breaks out, they immediately sell the high-priced salt they have already prepared to make huge profits. "

Wang Mang and Di Renjie looked at each other, nodded slowly and said, "That's right."

Wen Qing said: "Later, I investigated through various channels, and finally found out that all the private salt in Huaibei was distributed by Crouching Tiger Village by the Hongze Lake."

Xiaoqing lowered her head in shame.

Wang Mang nodded slightly.

Wen Qing said: "Before the salt shortage, Crouching Tiger Village hoarded a large amount of private salt from unknown sources, and then looked for powerful speculative salt merchants to cooperate with.

They issued a special iron card for salt extraction to salt merchants, on which the amount of table salt was indicated.

Salt merchants must remove the salt within a certain period of time.

In this way, Crouching Tiger Village sold private salt to all parts of Huaibei without anyone noticing.

At that time, watching He Wuqi sell salt at a high price in Xuyi City to earn huge profits, it can be said that he is making a lot of money every day, I hate and envy in my heart, and I have been thinking of a way to replace it..."

Di Renjie looked at Wen Qing's greedy face, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Wen Qing continued: "The most critical step to replace He Wuqi is to try to get in touch with the people in Crouching Tiger Village and win their trust. It's really God helping me, and the opportunity has come at this time."

Di Renjie raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, what chance?"

Wang Mang muttered thoughtfully: "Could it be..."

Wen Qing said: "At that time, the prisoner learned through informants that a group of salt lords had brought five or six shi of illicit salt from the Hailing Salt Field, and they were going to sell it.

Therefore, the prisoner led his servants to set up an ambush on the way, captured the salt owls, handed over the smuggled salt, and went to Crouching Tiger Manor to deliver the captured salt owls and five or six stones of illicit salt to the owner Ge Tianba. "

Hearing Wen Qing's words, Pang Si's eyes seemed to burst into flames, and his fists were tightly clenched together.

Li Yuanfang patted his shoulder lightly.

Wen Qing continued: "At that time, when Ge Tianba wanted to monopolize Huaibei Salt City, what he was most afraid of was that there would be salt lords transporting foreign salt into Xuyi.

Therefore, my trick of asking for directions is exactly what I like.

Ge Tianba trusted me very much, so he invited me to the Houhua hall for a banquet that night, and when I was half drunk, I mentioned to him that I wanted to replace He Wuqi in controlling Xuyi's private salt business..."

Wen Qing's memories brought everyone to Crouching Tiger Manor that night——

There was a feast of wine in the back flower hall of Wolong Villa. Ge Tianba was already slightly drunk. He patted Wenqing on the shoulder and said, "Brother, it doesn't matter who I work with. He Wuqi is just a salt merchant. But you are an official, wouldn't it be more convenient to cooperate?"

Wen Qing hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I hope that Master Ge will take care to make this happen!"

Ge Tianba sighed and shook his head slowly.

Wen Qing's heart sank: "Why, is there any difficulty?"

Ge Tianba looked around and lowered his voice, "brother, do you think I'm the boss if I have salt?"

Wen Qing was startled: "Oh, is there someone above Master Ge?"

Ge Tianba nodded and said: "Exactly. Every salt merchant who cooperates with Crouching Tiger Village has been strictly screened by Shangfeng and cannot be replaced at will. Unless..."

Ge Tianba hesitated to speak.

Wen Qing hastily asked: "Unless what?"

"Unless, he died."

Ge Tianba said through the smell of alcohol.

Wen Qing suddenly raised his head.

Ge Tianba glanced at him, pondered for a moment and said: "My brother is a good official. It would be a pity if he doesn't use it. He has the right not to expire and become invalid! If we can join hands with Brother Wei, we can start a career..."

As he said that, he looked at Wen Qing.

Wen Qing said with joy on his face, "Master Ge, please make it clear."

Ge Tianba nodded, looked around, and said in a low voice: "I am in a very embarrassing situation now, everything is controlled by others, and I have no sovereignty.

First of all, all the merchants who came to buy salt first deposited their money in the Hongtong counter shop, and then came to pick up the salt with a letter issued by the counter shop. We at Crouching Tiger Village did not see a penny of cash at all.

Every two months, we have to hand over the letter of payment from the salt merchant to Hongtong Cabinet in Yangzhou. The cabinet will calculate the amount of salt we sell based on the amount of money on the letter, and exchange some cash for us at the end of the year.

But you don't know, the money is pitifully small, compared to such a huge amount of private salt sales, it's not even a drop in the bucket! "

Wen Qing echoed: "Manor Ge put so much effort into this matter, but got such a meager reward. This is really unfair."

Ge Tianba said angrily: "Who says it's not! But Shangfeng's forces are extremely tyrannical, and he can't be provoked, so he can't be tough."

Wen Qing understood, and asked, "What does Zhuang Master Ge want to do?"

Ge Tianba lowered his voice and said: "In a few days, a large amount of salt will arrive at Crouching Tiger Manor, I want to steal it secretly, and sell it to a trustworthy person at half the current selling price, and then let him sell it.

If my brother is interested, we can join hands to make this deal. "

Wen Qinglue pondered for a while and said, "Master Ke Ge, there are already He Wuqi in Xuyi City. According to your rules, there can only be one salt merchant in each place. What should we do?"

Ge Tianba looked at Wen Qing and said, "Didn't you just say that you wanted to replace He Wuqi?"

Wen Qing nodded.

Ge Tianba lowered his voice, compared with his hands, and said: "If he is not poisonous and not a husband, then you have to kill him."

Wen Qing trembled all over and said, "With Wuqi's power, how easy is it to kill him?"

Ge Tianba smiled and said: "That's your business. Kill He Wuqi and get his salt-raising iron card, and I will help you follow the above activities and replace He Wuqi's position.

At that time, your ostensible identity is a salt merchant cooperating with Crouching Tiger Village, and you are secretly running our own private salt business. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone? "

Wen Qing could hear his blood racing: "Master Ge, you don't need to say anything, I'll go back to Xuyi and start working on this right away."

Ge Tianba nodded and said: "Remember, you must kill He Wuqi before the salt arrives, and make all preparations."

Wen Qing nodded heavily.

Wen Qing looked at Di Renjie, and continued: "That's it, I returned to Xuyi, and started planning how to get rid of He Wuqi.

At this time, Zi Jun secretly asked me to meet and said that he wanted to kill He Wuqi to avenge his father. I was very happy at the time, so I asked her to be the internal response, and the two of them worked together to get rid of He Wuqi.

After a year or so, Zijun will marry me again, so that everything about He Wuqi will belong to me.

Di Renjie nodded and said, "Ge Tianba has repeatedly mentioned that there is Shangfeng above him?"

Wen Qing said: "Exactly. He just worked hard for others to earn a few scattered silver taels, and Shangfeng took all the big money."

Di Renjie asked: "You also mentioned the Hongtong cabinet. This cabinet holds all the sales and profit accounts of Crouching Tiger Village?"

Wen Qing said, "Exactly, that's what Ge Tianba said."

At this time, Wang Mang suddenly said: "That is to say, Ge Tianba wanted to get a vote behind Shangfeng's back, and that's why he joined forces with you?"

(End of this chapter)