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Li Jinlong confessed thoroughly, revealing all the purchasing agents from various counties who had transactions with the agricultural technology station.

Upon obtaining the confession, the Discipline Inspection Commission, the Public Security Bureau, and the Armed Forces Department jointly investigated and arrested Li Zhihao, surrounding his two-story house.

Li Zhihao made a final stand by remaining silent, and Deputy Factory Director Hong Qingyuan immediately handed over the fertilizer plant's ledgers to the Discipline Inspection Commission.

The disciplinary committee delivered it to Zhou Zhonghai's desk immediately.

The atmosphere in the office was a bit strange. Zhou Zhonghai was looking at the ledgers intently, while Fu Sanjun was drinking tea intently, cup after cup, until his stomach started to reflux acid.

"Sanjun, how much are mung beans per pound?" Zhou Zhonghai asked calmly.

"Five, five points."

Since Zhou Zhonghai stopped swearing so much, Fu Sanjun became even more afraid of him, because he couldn't figure out what the governor was thinking.

How many mung beans can you buy with 10,000 yuan?

"Two hundred thousand... jin."

"Two hundred thousand catties?"

Zhou Zhonghai looked up at Fu Sanjun, whose hair stood on end.

Suddenly, Zhou Zhonghai threw the account book at Fu Sanjun, stood up, and paced back and forth.

Finally, Fu Sanjun heard the most beautiful words in the world: "Holy crap, a factory spends 10,000 yuan on mung beans for cooling down and 10,000 yuan on sugar. Two hundred thousand jin of mung beans? Are they trying to suffocate the workers?"

Zhou Zhonghai flew into a rage: "Fu Sanjun, look at this! Look closely! This is our fertilizer plant! 120,000 yuan is too little; it's a loss of 1.2 million yuan! These parasites! 200,000 jin of mung beans! To hell with Li Zhihao! They're incredibly audacious!"

Fu Sanjun breathed a sigh of relief. It's good that he's vented, it's good that he's vented.

Picking up the account book from the ground, he smiled ingratiatingly: "Vice Governor Zhou, these are the drawbacks left over from the movement. Now that you're here, we'll investigate them one by one. Wherever there are corrupt officials, we'll investigate."

Zhou Zhonghai pointed at the account book and said, "He's so arrogant. Li Zhihao is provoking me. Other people who embezzle money know to make up fake accounts, but he's too lazy to even make up fake accounts."

"Vice Governor Zhou, you have wronged Li Zhihao. There are false accounts, but we have obtained the genuine account books."

"A fake ledger? He handed over the real ledger so easily?" Zhou Zhonghai looked at Fu Sanjun with suspicion.

"The real ledger wasn't given to us by Li Zhihao, it was given to us by Deputy Factory Director Hong Qingyuan," Fu Sanjun said, bowing deeply.

"Deputy factory director?"

"Yes, Hong Qingyuan refused to collude with Li Zhihao and was sidelined at the fertilizer plant. He spent his days drinking tea and reading newspapers and knew that Li Zhihao was doing some illegal things, but he had no evidence. After Li Jinlong was taken away, he went to the finance office and asked for this ledger. When the Discipline Inspection Commission came to investigate Li Zhihao, they handed it over to us."

"It seems this Hong Qingyuan is quite capable?"

"Hong Qingyuan is upright and has management skills. Unfortunately, his brother was conscripted by the Nationalist army, which has a flawed family background, so he has never been given important responsibilities. Li Zhihao has absolute power, so he can only compromise. Perhaps he has been waiting for this day for a long time."

"Fu Sanjun, these cadres who rose to power through rebellion must be thoroughly investigated."

"Yes, the leader is right. Only by investigating and punishing corrupt officials can the country get back on track. We need to take it slowly."

On the other side, Liu Songming, the head of the armed forces department, led soldiers to surround Li Zhihao's house.

Police and the Discipline Inspection Commission then entered Li Zhihao's home.

The armed forces have been mobilized, so this must be no small matter. The entrance was surrounded by fertilizer plant workers.

Police Chief Ouyang Bian knocked on Li Zhihao's door. A woman opened the door and, upon seeing the scene, fainted on the spot.

Li Zhihao's family members were all taken to the police station for questioning, while Ouyang Bian searched for the stolen money.

The factory manager's building is a small two-story building. The first floor is rather simple, with ordinary furnishings, an old dining table, and a wooden sofa. There's nothing special about it.

Once you go up to the second floor, it's a completely different world.

The five bedrooms on the second floor are all furnished with high-end mahogany furniture, and carpets are laid on the floor.

Good heavens, such a beautiful carpet, only Jufeng Restaurant has it.

Ouyang Bian frowned, searched everywhere, rummaged through drawers and cabinets, and found only 13 cents. The passbook only showed his salary savings.

Li Zhihao embezzled a huge amount of money. Even if he bought some high-end furniture, it shouldn't have been worth only 13 cents.

Stepping onto the soft, plush carpet, Ouyang Bian suddenly lifted a section of it, leaving all the police officers and disciplinary committee members stunned. Underneath the carpet, there were countless ten-yuan bills.

They lifted the carpets in each room, and found that, except for Li Zhihao's son's room, the carpets in the other four rooms were covered with money.

My God, the disciplinary committee and public security officers have never seen so much money.

Quickly notify the bank staff to come and count the money; there's too much cash.

The militia surrounded the small building like an iron barrel, so much so that not even a fly could get out.

Unfortunately, two young police officers couldn't resist the temptation of money, and each of them stole a handful of cash and hid it in their underwear.

When they came out after counting the money, Liu Songming pulled all the money out along the balls.

He didn't get the money, and he was dismissed from his public office.

After a day and a night, all the money was counted, totaling 180,000.

What does 180,000 mean?

For embezzling 30,000 yuan, Li Zhihao deserves to die six times over.

A fertilizer factory director had 180,000 yuan in cash hidden in his home. Zhou Zhonghai looked at the photos covered with money, his face as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Vice Governor Zhou, what about this money?" Fu Sanjun asked cautiously.

"Submit it to the provincial finance department, and then the finance department will allocate it to the Ministry of Agriculture," Zhou Zhonghai said coldly.

"But, but we need money to build a commercial market."

Fu Sanjun was anxious; this huge sum of money could do so many things.

"Fu Sanjun, what's the rush? I'm still in Huailin City, aren't I? I can help you get the money. Give this money to Xia Lei first; he's had such a hard time," Zhou Zhonghai said earnestly.

"Are you suggesting we investigate every single business in Huailin City?"

Corruption is despicable, and if a large-scale investigation into corruption is launched, things could get very messy.

"Killing one chicken is to make an example of the monkeys. If you take stock of a few problematic departments, give them a good talking-to, and then cry poverty, the money will come knocking on your door, won't it?"

"Vice Governor Zhou, have you always been extorting money like this?"

"Hey, hey, Fu Sanjun, watch your attitude! What do you mean by extorting money? This is called building a wonderful socialism!"

"Okay, I'll give it a try."

"After dealing with Li Zhihao's embezzlement case, let the various departments of the Discipline Inspection Commission make some visits. We can't just watch those corrupt officials eat up a perfectly good factory, can we? Right now, we need to focus on the economy, so let them enjoy a few more good days for now."

"Vice Governor Zhou is wise."

"The fertilizer plant can't be without a manager for a day. Let Hong Qingyuan temporarily take over as the plant manager. Oh, and return the difference to Zhang Dabiao, and send the seized fertilizer to Liuxian County."

"yes!"

In the interrogation room of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Ouyang Bian stood behind a single-pane glass window and heard the conversation inside the interrogation room.

The officer asked, "Li Zhihao, do you know how much profit you made by reselling fertilizer?"

"More than 100,000, I guess?"

The officer slammed his hand on the table: "Li Zhihao, behave yourself."

"Comrade, how would I know? When money is needed, I just pull a few bills from under the carpet. Who knows how much money is under there?"

Ouyang Bian scratched his head and cursed, "Scoundrel! He wouldn't be unjustly executed even if he were shot ten times over."