Xia Yan hurriedly left Xu Jin's small courtyard angrily, and when he returned to his residence, he called the chief and several guards to leave the residence and go to the government office to try the case.

It is said that there are a lot of people arrested recently, and Xu Jin has always been the shopkeeper, so the work of handling the case is lost to Xia Yan, unless it is a person with a bit of weight, he will personally go to the court for interrogation, and the rest will only go through the case file once afterwards. Regarding Xia Yan's character and ability, Xu Jin still has a lot of trust.

Because his residence is not far from the government, Xia Yan walks to work every day, but when he walks on the street, the people around him are pointing at him with unkind expressions, and some people even point to Sang and scold Huai, poking a leper dog on the side of the street and counting the dog officials.

Xia Yan didn't hear it with a calm face, and walked straight over, but his long-term follower Xia Ji couldn't bear it, and stepped forward to scold the people who scolded the dog, which stabbed the hornet's nest.

The man who scolded the dog immediately pulled his throat and shouted: "The house slave of Xia Yan, the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission, is bullying the grass people, and he is bullying people, everyone come and take a look, come and take a look." ”

For a while, the surrounding people hula came up, and they all pointed at Xia Ji and scolded: "What kind of thing are you, and people can't scold dogs?" What's in your way? ”

"Yes, yes, yes, people can scold dogs with your slave, your master can still scold dogs, and you can manage other people's fart and shit soil, this hand is too long."

"No, if you look like a dog, you don't do personnel, and the grass people can't live this day."

These unemployed workers didn't dare to touch Xia Yan's messenger, so they vented all their grievances on Xia Yan's servants, and the more they scolded, the more unpleasant it became, and finally someone even took out rotten eggs and greeted Xia Ji.

Xia Ji suffered a few rotten eggs, caught up with Xia Yan in fright, and said with a sad face: "Master, these Diao people are too much, you have to be the master of the little one!" ”

Several guards in charge of Xia Yan's security couldn't help but press the handle of their knives with their hands, and looked at Xia Yan inquiringly, obviously as long as Xia Yan nodded, they would rush forward to arrest someone.

Xia Yan's face was gloomy, and finally he waved his hand, told Xia Ji to go back and clean, and then continued to go to the mansion, a group of ignorant people who were instigated by people with intentions, Lord Xia was very generous and did not care, and it is estimated that once he started to arrest people, it would undoubtedly further intensify the conflict.

The people who made trouble were still a little scared, but when they saw Xia Yan turn around and leave, they immediately booed, and by the way, they gave Xia Yan the nickname of Xia (frightened) shrinking his head, and raised his arms and cheered, as if he had won a battle.

In charge of Xia Yan's safety were several brocade guards, all of whom felt dull at the moment, and followed behind Xia Yan listlessly.

Besides, when Xia Yanxing arrived at the door of the mansion, he saw two middle-aged men coming up, one of them was dressed as a businessman, while the other was wearing a jade shirt of Xiucai.

"The first Zhang Yunling of the Contemptible Jin Chamber of Commerce has seen Lord Xia!"

"Wang Yao, the vice president of the contemptible Jin Chamber of Commerce, has seen Lord Xia!"

It turned out that these two people were the two bigwigs of Jin Shang, Zhang Yunling and Wang Yao, and these two people obviously saw the scene just now, so they looked slightly embarrassed at this time.

Xia Yan looked calm, nodded slightly, and said, "Zhang Yuanwai and Wang Yuanwai are waiting for the official here, what is the matter?" ”

Zhang Yunling and Wang Yao glanced at each other, and whispered mysteriously: "The contemptible person has something important to tell Lord Xia." ”

Xia Yan's heart moved: "Let's talk inside!" ”

Xia Yan took Zhang Wang and the two into the mansion, received the two in the office of the second hall, and ordered the officials to serve tea.

After Xia Yanqing retired from others, Zhang Yunling coughed lightly and said: "Lord Xia, both the contemptible and Brother Wang are engaged in the salt business, and they boldly say something self-destructive, and the people who eat under their hands are mixed, and the characters are mixed, so the news on the road is still relatively well-informed......

Xia Yan also understands that there is no good stubble in the industry of mixing salt goods, and it is even more difficult to mix into a big salt merchant, and there must be both black and white involved, but at this time, Zhang Yunling said it openly in front of him, and the upright Lord Xia was naturally extremely uncomfortable, and snorted coldly: "Zhang Yuanwai has something to say, no need to go around in circles." ”

Zhang Yunling took a fancy to Xia Yan's temperament, so he came to the door on purpose today, otherwise he would have gone directly to Xu Jin, so he continued unhurriedly: "Yes, yes, the contemptible man said directly, recently the contemptible person received a grapevine news that the three thieves wanted by Lord Qincha before, Orishin Miko, Hosokawa Takeshu, and Pujing monk Xu Hai, are suspected to have appeared in the area of Shuangyu Port in Zhejiang. ”

Xia Yan blurted out: "Is this true? ”

Zhang Yunling nodded and said: "The stakes are very high, how dare you talk nonsense, it is said that these three criminals are now under the hands of Fujian merchant Li Guangtou." ”

Wang Yao immediately echoed: "Li Guangtou, the head of the Fujian Chamber of Commerce, was originally a salt lord, and later became a businessman, and was also elected as the head of the Fujian Chamber of Commerce, and has shipyards in many places in Fujian. However, although this person was ostensibly doing business, in fact, he was secretly engaged in illicit trade with the Fanren, and took advantage of the convenience of opening a shipyard to privately build a large number of sea vessels, entrenched in the area of Shuangyu Port, and wantonly traded with the Japanese and Westerners to make profits. ”

Xia Yan's face was extremely gloomy, and he had already believed ten percent of this, because the confession of the widow Yuri Ono and what Wang Yao said corroborated each other.

Zhang Yunling and Wang Yao were secretly happy when they saw this, and continued to add a fire: "In addition, Xu Dong, the head of the Hui Chamber of Commerce, and Wang Zhi, the head of the vice president, are also engaged in illicit trade with the Fanren in Shuangyu Port, Zhejiang, and the business is still very large, which can be equal to the Fujian Li Guangtou. ”

Although Xia Yan is upright, but he is not stupid, not long ago in the Jiangnan Oiran Competition, the three factions of Jin merchants, Hui merchants, and Fujian merchants fought for the salt introduction, and finally Wang Cuiqiao, supported by the Hui Merchants Group, won the championship and won the largest share of the two Huai salt introductions this year.

"Since Xu Dong and Wang Zhi, the head of the Hui Chamber of Commerce, had an affair with Fanren in maritime trade, you already knew about it, why didn't you report it to the government before?" Xia Yan asked suspiciously.

Zhang Yunling smiled bitterly: "Lord Xia doesn't know, Xu Dong, Wang Zhi, Li Guangtou and others have fornicated maritime trade with Fanren in the area of Shuangyu Port in Zhejiang, but the local government turns a blind eye, the reason is ...... Hehe, I guess Lord Xia understands. ”

Xia Yan couldn't help but be angry, and scolded angrily: "How can this be reasonable, the local officials in Zhejiang are lawless, it seems that the official has to go to Ningbo Mansion in Zhejiang in person." ”

Zhang Yunling and Wang Yao glanced at each other, ecstatic in their hearts, if the Min merchants and the Hui merchants were both destroyed by Xia Yan's nest of merchants, plus the two Huai salt transport envoys Shi Haoran had fallen, then wouldn't this year's salt introduction have to be redistributed, and how could the Hui merchants and Fujian merchants who had suffered heavy losses still compete with the Jin merchants? Maybe Jin Shang can eat all the salt in Lianghuai, haha, so wonderful!

Xia Yan stood up and said solemnly: "Without further ado, this matter must be immediately reported to Lord Xu, Zhang Yuanwai Li Yuanwai, you and this official will go to see Lord Xu together!" ”

Compared with Xia Yan, Zhang Yunling and Wang Yao are a little scared of Xu Jin, a young Qincha, although he is young, he is old and thoughtful, and he is not an easy to fool, but now that he has opened the bow and has no turning back, Zhang Wang and the two have no choice but to go to meet Xu Jin with Xia Yan.

It is said that Xu Daqin had just finished enjoying the song "Where does the jade teach", and now he was calm, and was about to go out to the government to see the situation, but Xia Yan killed him again.

Xu Jin only thought that this partner had finally figured out the powerful relationship and was ready to bow his head to compromise with him, but he saw that Deputy Envoy Xia was still followed by the two of them.

"Contemptible Zhang Yunling and Wang Yao see Lord Qincha!" Zhang Wang and the others stepped forward respectfully and saluted Xu Jin.

Xu Jin naturally recognized these two Jin merchant bosses, smiled and nodded in response, and looked at Xia Yan inquiringly.

Xia Yan said in a deep voice: "Lord Xu, according to the information provided by Zhang Yuanwai and Wang Yuanwai, the three thieves of Zhixin Meizi, Hosokawa Wushu and Pujing are now in Shuangyu Port, Zhejiang, under the command of Li Guangtou, a Fujian man, and it is estimated that this person also covered the escape of these three thieves from Yangzhou. ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this: "Really? ”

Zhang Yunling immediately nodded and said, "Lord Hui, this matter is true!" ”

Xia Yan said sharply: "Lord Xu, this official thinks that he should immediately send troops to capture Li Guangtou and others, and the lower official is willing to personally lead the troops to Ningbo Mansion." ”