Chapter 346: The Tip of the Iceberg
In the past few days, he was responsible for cleaning and burying the bones of the people killed along the way, and he also had to beware of refugees making trouble, and he couldn't sleep well for several nights, so Xu Jin was very tired both physically and mentally, and after arranging a task for Jin Baihu, he went back to bed early, and didn't get up until the next day.
"My lord, your toothbrush looks good, and I'll find a craftsman to make one when I go back." Li Shizhen saw Xu Jin brushing his teeth with a wooden brush made of pig hair, and said with envy.
It is said that Xiao Lizi refused to follow Xu Jinbai to eat and live for nothing, so he always rushed to do the things he could do such as serving tea and water, no, as soon as Xu Jin got up, he brought washing water and took on the role of a servant.
Let the future medicine saint serve, Master Xu is really a little embarrassed, but he can't resist this kid, so he has to let him.
"That's so troublesome, I still have a few unused toothbrushes in my luggage, so you can use one if you like." Xu Jin said with a smile while wiping his face with a towel.
In fact, since the Song Dynasty, Chinese people have begun to use toothbrushes to brush their teeth, of course, those who can afford to use toothbrushes are Yin Shi people, and ordinary people are at most using willow branches, or directly with their fingers a few times. Most of the toothbrushes in the Ming Dynasty were made of horse hair, Xu Jin didn't like that texture, so he specially found a craftsman to make a big basket with pig hair. Due to the process, this pig hair toothbrush is extremely easy to fall off, so a toothbrush can only be used for a month at most before it "falls off".
Li Shizhen was still a child after all, and he was not polite when he heard this, so he took out a pig-hair toothbrush from Xu Jin's luggage and happily ran to "white" his teeth.
Xu Jin was eating breakfast after brushing his teeth, and Jin Biao of Jinyi Wei Baihu walked in happily, looking at that expression, he should have gained something.
Jin Baihu's eyebrows fluttered and said: "My lord really expects things to be like a god, the brothers who were sent out to keep an eye on the granary last night really found the movement, and dozens of grain trucks came in the middle of the night, not to smuggle grain out, but to send grain to the granary, don't you think it's strange?" ”
Xu Jin's heart moved, it seems that as he expected, he secretly transported grain in the usual closing position, then there is only one reason, that is, to replenish the warehouse, in other words, there is a deficit in the grain storage in the regular closing position, and the other party is trying to cover it up, it seems that these official cangs are really bold, and they dare to hide from the sky and the sea under the nose of Qin Cha.
"How much grain is there, where did it come from, have you found out all this?"
Jin Biao said with a little pride: "My lord, our Jinyi Wei is doing this, so we can report it without checking the ins and outs, these grains are estimated to be four hundred stones, and they are all taken advantage of the night to come from the military operations outside the city." By the way, early this morning, Yanzhouwei's 2,000 men and horses drove away, saying that they were going back to escort the third batch of grain. ”
Xu Jin heard Huang Jin mention that Zhao Fengchun brought five hundred stone of grain last night and faintly felt that something was wrong, most of the generals of the Ming local guard were some soldiers, how could they be cheap and not take advantage of it, it seems that these five hundred stone grain is not the rations brought by the officers and soldiers of the guard station at all, but is used to replenish the warehouse, but he ordered yesterday to leave all the grain escorted outside the city, thus disrupting the other party's plan, so they smuggled grain to the granary in the middle of the night.
"My lord, do you want to check the regular closing position immediately!" Jin Biao licked his lips with a cruel smile, a trace of heat flashed in his eyes, if he found out that there was a deficit in Chang Closing, this would be a great achievement, maybe he would be able to make a thousand households. Moreover, this kind of thing often implicates a large number of magistrates, hey, when the time comes, it will be a beautiful thing to rob the house and kill the head, and Jin Yiwei will make a fortune by doing this.
However, Xu Jin waved his hand and said: "This matter involves the local health office, don't make a noise for the time being, and wait for the official to discuss it with Lord Xiao before making a plan." Well, continue to let people stare at the movement of the granary, and report any abnormalities immediately. ”
Jin Biao suddenly woke up, since Yanzhou Wei helped transport grain to replenish the warehouse to cover up, then Zhao Fengchun and other generals of the local guard office were obviously involved in stealing official grain, I am afraid this is just the tip of the iceberg, the implication is estimated to be very wide, once these guys are forced to be urgent, if they don't get it right, they will be blackmailed, and hundreds of brocade guards are not enough for one guard.
Jin Biao wanted to understand the powerful relationship, and couldn't help but sweat a little, and said awe-inspiringly: "Subordinates obey orders!" ”
"How's the other thing going?" Xu Jin drank millet porridge and asked calmly.
Jin Baihu replied: "Check it out, the head office of Wenyuan Dart is in Shanxi, the chief dart master is called Lu Mingzhen, and the backer behind it is Zhang Yin, the commander of Shanxi Taiyuan Guard, and that Zhang Yin ...... It seems to have something to do with Wudinghou! ”
"Wuding Marquis Guo Xun!" Xu Jin frowned, how can it be this guy again, no wonder this Wenyuan dart business is so big, from Shanxi to Shandong, even across several provinces are unimpeded, it turns out that there are nobles in Beijing to support.
"Hehe, in fact, Wudinghou is nothing remarkable, if the adult takes a fancy to that ice beauty, you can find a way to mark it...... Hey! Jin Biao smiled obscenely.
"Fuck off, uncle!" Xu Jin flew up and kicked Jin Baihu's ass.
The main reason why Xu Jin ordered the investigation of Wenyuan's dart shop was that he suddenly remembered that among the four people who were with Zhao Quan at the beginning, one of them seemed to be named Sun Cai, and he was curious about why the business of a dart shop could be so big, spanning several provinces.
Jin Biao thought he was smart, and he thought that Xu Jin had fallen in love with that cold beauty, but he slapped the horse's leg on the horse's leg, covered his ass and left the hall in a gloomy manner.
"Ouch, what's wrong with Jin Baihu, is it falling?" The eunuch Huang Jin happened to walk through the gate of the courtyard and saw Jin Biao walking out of the chrysanthemum, so he couldn't help but ask curiously.
Jin Baihu laughed embarrassedly: "Old problem, hemorrhoids are committed, Huang Gonggong is looking for Master Xu, hehe, please!" ”
Huang Jin's eyes were strange as he watched Jin Baihu limp out with his buttocks covered, and suddenly shivered like an initiation, and subconsciously walked towards the house with his stomach between his legs.
"What's the matter with Gonggong Huang?" Xu Jin couldn't help frowning when he saw that Huang Jin had been looking at him with strange eyes since he entered the house. This guy told himself last night that the granary in Fan County had been inspected and there was no problem, and I don't know if he was careless or had been complicit with local officials.
Huang Jin laughed dryly and said: "Hehe, that's the case, Xiao Yushi sent someone to pass the word, asking Lord Xu to select 3,000 refugees to go to the embankment today to assist in the repair." ”
Xu Jin nodded and said tentatively: "Gonggong Huang, have you really inspected the granary in Fan County?" ”
Huang Jin was slightly stunned and said: "I've checked it, how dare our family be careless about this kind of thing, what's wrong, Lord Xu has found a problem?" ”
Xu Jin shook his head and said, "That's not true, it's just that I don't have to worry about asking!" ”
Huang Jin patted his chest and said, "I scared our family, I thought something was wrong!" ”
Xu Jin frowned imperceptibly, looking at Huang Jin's performance just now, it seemed that he really didn't know that there was a problem with the granary, and it was estimated that the other party didn't know how to use to fool him through.