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Volume 1 Songjiang Mansion Chapter 365 Eight Major Merchants

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    If we can promote China's traditional and highly aesthetic things to the world, it will not only bring huge profits, but also bring a good image to the country. However, while exporting these daily necessities, these unscrupulous  Businessmen also secretly sold technology, especially military technology, at high prices, which Zhang Lei couldn't tolerate, so he decided to send troops to teach these people who wanted money rather than their lives a lesson.

    Zhang Lei went into battle lightly this time. The two thousand elite soldiers only carried three-eyed muskets. Each of them carried some dry food. They could travel hundreds of miles every day, and they had entered the border of Shanxi in a short time.

    Zhang Lei's series of actions in Shanhaiguan have attracted the attention of all the forces. Therefore, when he left Shanhaiguan with his people this time, everyone speculated what he was going to do. Since they entered Shanxi, they went up to  From the prefect to the common people, everyone began to tense up.

    Shanxi is located in the middle of the Yellow River Basin, with the towering Taihang Mountains as a natural barrier to the east and adjacent to Hebei Province; to the west and south, the Yellow River is a chasm, facing Shaanxi and Henan Provinces; to the north across the Great Wall, it is adjacent to the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.  Liu Zongyuan called it "mountains and rivers inside and outside".  Shanxi is named after most of it is located to the west of the Taihang Mountains and east of the Luliang Mountains and the Yellow River. During the Spring and Autumn Period, most of the area was owned by the Jin State, so it was called "Jin" for short. At the beginning of the Warring States Period, Han, Zhao, and Wei were divided into Jin, so it was also  It is called "Three Jins".

    Zhang Lei and his people set out from Qinhuangdao, passed through Tangshan, Langfang, Baoding, Shijiazhuang, and entered Shanxi.  As soon as they entered Shanxi, the prefect Yang Yi formed a welcoming team with nearly a hundred officials, large and small, and met Zhang Lei and others in Yangquan.

    Yangquan is the first large city after entering Shanxi.  After learning that the prefect brought people to greet him.  Zhang Lei then ordered to be stationed on the spot.  Let the soldiers rest. He originally wanted to find this Yang Yi. He would do anything earth-shattering, and this attack on unscrupulous businessmen was no exception. If the whole family of Lu Guo was beheaded in order to frighten the officials.  , then this time he is going to do things in a grand way and shock businessmen all over the world. Doing business well can do that.  If he does anything outside of his identity, Zhang Lei will never show mercy.

    They stayed in Yangquan for a few days. On this day, Zhang Lei and the others had just had lunch in the restaurant when more than a dozen officials rushed in. The ordinary people were frightened, dropped their chopsticks and left, rushing out of the gate.  The shopkeeper chased him out of the counter and shouted anxiously: "Hey, you haven't paid me yet. Hey" He just chased out of the door, but almost bumped into someone.  Fortunately, a government officer next to him caught him.  He raised his head and saw a man in official uniform glaring at him. He was so frightened that his legs weakened and he rolled to the side.

    Ordinary soldiers naturally camped outside, but Zhang Lei took a few of his close men to eat in this restaurant. Suddenly he saw officers and soldiers coming, and he immediately understood that the prefect Yang Yi had arrived, so he stopped eating and wiped himself.  He wiped his mouth and sat still, but the others stood up.

    "Sir Zhang, I am under the command of Yang Yi, the prefect of Shanxi Province. I heard that Mr. Zhang entered Shanxi and came here to greet you. Mr. Zhang has been waiting for a long time." Yang Yi said with clasped fists.

    What?  Is this the prefect of Shanxi?  Then this man is actually older than the prefect?

    The shopkeeper who was following Yang Yi almost wet his pants in fear. In just one day, two great people came to his shop. It was like smoke rising from the ancestral graves.

    Zhang Lei stood up at this time, turned around and said with a smile: "It's better to come by chance than by chance. Mr. Yang, come over and sit down. Let's have a few drinks first, come on"

    "Mr. Zhang, this" Yang Yi frowned and looked at the brightly colored fruit wine on the table, hesitating to speak.

    Zhang Lei enthusiastically pulled him to sit down, and then said: "Lao Qi, take all these things away after eating, the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper, oh, they are here, you go and let the kitchen prepare a few  If you are good at cooking, move quickly."

    "Alas, gentlemen, the food will be here soon, soon." The shopkeeper got up, ran to the kitchen in a hurry, and shouted loudly: "You guys, hurry up, hurry up, take out the food."  It's up to you to show your skills. If you cook a few dishes, the big guys outside will be happy. I'll double your wages this month. If you are not satisfied with the meal, then you can go home tomorrow"

    Zhang Lei smiled and said to Yang Yi: "I just came here to do a few personal things and left immediately. I bothered you to come all the way to greet you. It's really unreasonable." Although the words were  He said that, but looking at him like that, he didn't look embarrassed at all.

    "Master Zhang, please don't say that. I feel extremely honored to be able to come to Shanxi to inspect our work, so I naturally came to welcome you. Master Zhang said that very politely.".  Yang Yi said quickly.

    The two talked for a while, and the food was served, so Zhang Lei and Yang Yi pushed the cups and started changing cups. Although it was fruit wine, it was still wine after all, and you would get drunk if you drank too much.  Yang Yi is a person who knows how to measure. After drinking for a while, he stopped. He was afraid that it would be bad if he said something he shouldn't say when he was drunk.  After all, there is a saying that disaster comes from the mouth, and another saying is that speaking the truth after drinking.

    "Mr. Zhang, I wonder why you brought troops to Shanxi this time?" Yang Yi asked casually during the conversation.

    Zhang Lei took out a document from his arms and said: "Of course I have something very important to do when I come to Shanxi this time. The people below me have found out that there are businessmen who bribed people in the military factory to seize us.  The technical data from the military factories are sold to our enemies at huge prices."

    "Who? Who is so wicked?" Yang Yi was very happy when he heard that Zhang Lei was not here to investigate corruption. But when he heard that someone was collaborating with the enemy, he was immediately filled with righteous indignation. He slapped the table and stood up and said loudly.  Fortunately, all those ordinary people were gone. Zhang Lei pulled him to sit down and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, these are the results and list of my investigation. I came here this time to torture each family.  You must know that collaboration with the enemy is no more serious than anything else, it is as serious a crime as rebellion."

    Yang Yi said: "That is natural. As people with conscience, they should serve their country. Even if they are not busy with the political power, they cannot do such a thing. The political power and the country are two different concepts. Okay,  Now Master Zhang, tell me, who is so bold? I must investigate this matter thoroughly."

    Zhang Lei shook the thing in his hand and said: "I already know who these people are, and I have already checked out all the nine tribes in their family, so I came out in a hurry this time. What I want is to collect them all."  If they are caught and brought to justice, all businessmen in the world will take a warning. If they manage well and become rich, I, Zhang Lei, will not only not do anything to stop them, but will do my best to support them. But if these people  The money obtained is illegal, so they must be prepared to pay the price with their lives at any time!"

    Yang Yi was shocked and almost fell to the ground in fright. He stuttered and said: "Yes, this is Mr. Zhang's usual practice, but that is for officials. They should not accept bribes.  Moreover, Emperor Taizu set the rules for heavy penalties. How can Master Zhang determine whether their money was obtained illegally from these businessmen?"

    After hearing this, Zhang Lei asked meaningfully: "Well, of course I have my own judgment method, but I don't know why Mr. Yang cares so much?"

    "Noit's nothing. I'm just asking casually. Mr. Zhang doesn't need to take it to heart." Yang Yi was startled, and his voice suddenly dropped a bit.

    "It's fine if you don't have one. Come, Mr. Yang, take a good look. These eight greedy and unscrupulous businessmen are the targets I want to arrest this time. What surprises me a little is that there is actually a family named Yang among them. I don't know.  What does this have to do with Mr. Yang?" Zhang Lei said.

    Yang Yi's hands trembled and he almost dropped the document, and said hurriedly: "No, no, Mr. Zhang is telling a joke, Zhao Qian Sun Li Zhou Wu Zheng Wang Feng Chen Chu Wei Jiang Shen Han Yang, our Yang is also a common surname.  It must be some businessman who happens to have the same surname as Xiaguan"

    Zhang Lei stood up and came to Yang Yi's side and said: "Take a good look. This is my job. I hope Mr. Yang will cooperate well. You know my methods. Don't blame me for not reminding you when the time comes."  ah."

    "Yes, yes, I will definitely cooperate with Mr. Zhang's work." Yang Yi agreed.

    Zhang Lei walked outside. Yang Yi couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief and ordered the people below to pay before following Zhang Lei out.

    "Sir Zhang, let's go to Taiyuan first. The official has prepared a residence for you and all the soldiers." Yang Yi invited.

    "Well, that's fine. Taiyuan happens to be where I want to go. Since Mr. Yang has invited me, let's go to Taiyuan first." Zhang Lei said.

    Yang Yi asked again: "Are you going to ride a horse, Master Zhang? Or take a carriage?"

    Zhang Lei said: "Let's ride a horse. I always feel that it's too boring to stay in a carriage, and when the speed goes fast, the carriage bumps, and it's not as good as riding a horse."

    So Yang Yi asked people to arrange mounts for Zhang Lei and his entourage. Zhang Lei took them to the direction of the military camp, and then took his men and a group of people to the direction of Taiyuan.  , on the road, the people all speculated on the identity of this man in gorgeous silk clothes, and even the big shots in official uniforms could only serve as his foil.

    After arriving in Taiyuan and settling down, only three days later, Zhang Lei found Yang Yi and asked to investigate the first case.Home.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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