Leaving the tea shop, Fang Ping walked on the road, thinking about what he had just talked about. Obviously, the natives here all think that it is unusual for Bai Zhengran to borrow a thousand yuan because of buying a pump, but the evidence is conclusive and the procedures are complete, so no one else can say anything.

This is Ye County, where there are many people with thousands of family fortunes, if you change places, no one will believe you if you borrow a thousand yuan. But a pumping machine only costs 200 yuan, and the Bai family can't borrow 1,000 yuan, except for buying a pumping machine, what about the rest of the money?

Next to the road is a small river, the water is gentle, and although it is not for boats, it is also very wide. Fang Ping saw it, and thought that it was a river that caused trouble for the Bai family. Originally, local dams were not allowed to be built to store water, and local dams had to be approved by the government. In the past few years, due to the rapid development of industry, the conditions for damming have been relaxed, and almost all the rivers in the territory have been utilized.

After walking for more than three miles, I saw a large courtyard in front of me, with an open gate, and many workers were busy inside.

Fang Ping stepped forward, went to the courtyard, and bowed his hand to a person: "I am a guest from other places, I heard that there is a machine for farming here, so I came to take a look." If it is suitable, I want to buy some for home use. ”

The man looked Fang Ping up and down, turned around and said in a loud voice, "Director Sang, someone has come to see the machine!" ”

There was an answer from the next room, and in a moment, a man in his forties and fifties walked out, wearing a silk robe. When he arrived in front of Fang Ping, he arched his hand and said, "My surname is Sang, and I am the supervisor here." Where do the guests come from? ”

Fang Ping said casually: "I am a native of Dongming County, Kaifeng Prefecture, and my family has a lot of land, and it is difficult to hire people. According to people in the city, the factory outside Jianyuan is newly opened, and the machines produced are exquisite and the prices are cheap. ”

Director Sang listened and hurriedly said, "I see. The guests sat in the room and we talked slowly. ”

Fang Ping followed Director Sang to the next room, Director Sang made tea, and sat down as guests.

After asking for tea, Director Sang asked Fang Ping how much land he had at home and what he was going to plant. After asking, sell him various machines. It is nothing more than a machine for farming and harvesting, all of which use animal power, and after using it, it can save a lot of manpower.

Fang Ping's ancestor is a native of Kaifeng Mansion, where does he know about farming, he said it vaguely. Director Sang only thinks that he is a rich man, and he will not plant land at home, so he doesn't think much about it. It's just a detailed introduction to how to use various machines and how much they cost.

Listening to Director Sang's introduction, Fang Ping could hear that this was a professional who only knew how to make machines and sell machines, and didn't say a word about what he wanted to know. After listening to a lot, he couldn't help it, Fang Ping said: "I heard that this is a factory outside the staff, why don't you see the outsider?" ”

Director Sang smiled: "There are many family businesses outside of Jian Yuan, how can they stay here?" I am the supervisor hired by him, and I am in charge of the daily affairs here. The staff all live in the county town and come over occasionally to have a look. ”

Fang Ping nodded, feeling a little embarrassed. Originally, I thought that the factory was here, and Jian Yuanwai must also be here. But I don't know that the factory in Ye County has been developing for many years and has already had its own model. Managers like Sang have no capital, but they have technology and expertise, and after the rich and noble families open factories, they will hire them to manage them. The two parties are in an employment relationship, and they are not very close.

After talking for a while, I introduced the various machines in the factory, and unconsciously started gossiping.

Fang Ping said: "I drank a bowl of tea in the tea shop at the intersection just now, and I heard from the host's family that this was originally the land of the Bai family. Because of the drought, I borrowed money from Jane's family to buy a pump, but who knew that I couldn't pay it back, and my family was ruined. ”

Director Sang sighed: "That's true. I have heard people say that the Bai family has been growing vegetables and selling them in the city in recent years, which is very profitable. This year, because of the drought in the spring, I wanted to buy a pumping machine and borrowed money from Jane's family. Because he borrowed a thousand yuan, the interest was a lot, and the time was short, because he couldn't pay it back, the master of the Bai family couldn't think about it for a while, so he hanged himself. Because of this incident, the Bai family's family was ruined, and the land was in the hands of Jian Yuanwai, and the factory was opened. ”

Fang Ping said: "Why are the people of the Bai family so stupid? A pumping machine is 200 times, and he borrows 1,000 times. I don't know where this money went, didn't I do something bad? I think that only gambling money will lose like this. ”

Supervisor Sang said, "Who knows." You're a foreigner, and you're not afraid that you'll know it, and we people also find it suspicious. Jian Yuanwai is a native of the county, his family is rich, and some people are officials in the government, and he heard that he is very powerful. Many people said that it may be that Jian Yuanwai wanted the land here, and deliberately set up this bureau, killing the Bai family. How do we know about this kind of big family? ”

Fang Ping listened and said, "In that case, why are you still here as a supervisor?" ”

Supervisor Sang said, "Just eat." This is the factory, and when the staff is open, I came here to do things. How much work he does, how much money he makes, and other than that, they don't owe each other. ”

Fang Ping couldn't help but feel surprised when he heard this. He originally thought that Director Sang was employed by the Jian family and would definitely help the Jian family speak. This should be the case in the sense of the former master and servant. But I don't want Yexian to be different from other places, due to the development of these years, the employment relationship has changed, and the factor of personal dependence has been very low. When they were hired to work for money, they left when they felt that it was not suitable, and the master and servant were hired with only money.

The workers in this factory are all hired by Jian Yuan, and they only listen to Director Sang's words on weekdays, and they have no contact with Jian Yuan. As for the origin of this land, there have been various theories in the vicinity, and the people in the factory have also arranged it.

Seeing that Director Sang didn't mind talking about the matter between Jian Yuanwai and the Bai family, Fang Ping cheered up and said, "When I was drinking tea outside just now, I listened to the owner of the tea shop, and I felt that this matter was a little untrue. Now that I heard the supervisor talk about it, I realized that it was really a thing. There is nothing to do, and as soon as the supervisor talks about it, I listen to a story. ”

Supervisor Sang said: "Actually, there is nothing, it's just that Jian Yuanwai has taken a fancy to this place, and the Bai family refuses to sell it, so there is a conflict." All the evidence in this case is complete, all the documents are investigated, and the government is checking and checking, all of which have nothing to do with the Jian family, and finally it is closed. ”

Fang Ping said: "Since the evidence is complete and Jian is innocent, how can there be so many rumors?" ”

Supervisor Sang said: "The evidence is complete, what is there!" Over the years, Jian Yuanwai has made a lot of money by doing various businesses, and his influence in this county is very great. Two people in his family worked as officials in the yamen, and with the money in their hands, how many people listened to them. Most of us who talk about it in our spare time feel that the evidence is complete and there is nothing. Maybe the Bai family did borrow money from Jian Yuanwai's family, and his family was already engaged in lending. But the number is not 1,000 guan, a pumping machine is 200 guan, and it is estimated that it will borrow 100 guan, and the Bai family can always come up with 100 guan. It's just that Jian Yuanwai wanted this land, so he worked with the officials and bookstores in the yamen to change the Bai family's IOU. The masters of the Bai family are all dead, what is it to put a handprint on the IOU before dying! ”

Fang Ping nodded again and again when he heard this, thinking in his heart, it seems that the bookstore where the IOU was set up is an important place. said: "In this way, there are a lot of suspicious points in this case, how to check and investigate, and there is no clue?" ”

Supervisor Sang said, "What can I find out?" The evidence is complete, and there are people in the Jian family in the yamen. Every time I check it above, it is nothing more than someone from the Jian family doing it, handing over all kinds of evidence, which official will say anything? - Of course, it's just our guessing, who knows how to go? Maybe the master of the Bai family didn't know what was difficult and borrowed a thousand yuan! ”

Fang Ping said: "The director is right, this kind of thing, which one can say clearly." It's nothing more than idleness and talking. ”

After chatting for a while, Fang Ping saw that the time was not early, and said, "It's not early, I'll leave today." I'll go back to the capital, think about it again, and if I think it's appropriate, I'll come back to the supervisor. ”

Supervisor Sang said: "Okay, the guests go slowly." If you want to buy it, just come to me. We deliver the goods here on behalf of you, and we can help you load them on the train and send them all the way to Kaifeng Mansion. ”

Fang Ping thanked him, said goodbye to Director Sang, and left the factory. Looking at the sun on the horizon, there is nothing to rush back to the county seat.

Walking on the road, Fang Ping thought about the news he had heard. Now it seems that the Bai family's case is indeed suspicious, and there are several unclear points. The biggest doubt is why you want to borrow a thousand yuan for a 200-guan pump. Even if he borrowed so much money, with the situation of the Bai family, he could repay it after a long time, it was nothing more than a few years of frugality, why did the master of the Bai family go to seek death?

It's early autumn, the trees on the roadside are already yellow leaves, and the weather is cool, making it the best time of the year. Fang Ping walked on the road and felt a sigh of relief. I originally thought it was difficult to do this, but I didn't expect that when I asked at the place, many people also felt that things were not normal. As long as there are people talking about it locally, there is a breakthrough, and the heart can always find the flaw.

Before arriving in Ye County, Fang Ping was as worried as Jian Cheng that he could not find any clues in this headless public case. In a county, a big man does things, and the evidence is so complete, it must be extremely powerful. Even if there are people in the local area who are suspicious, they can only dare to be angry but dare not speak, and no one dares to talk about it openly. I didn't expect it to be like that at all, the local people here don't have any reverence for Jane's outsiders, and even the people in the factory talk about it.

It's much easier to do this way. As long as you pay attention and probe in the dark, you will not attract attention. And with the prosperity of Ye County, the two of them live there, and it will not attract too many people's attention.

But I don't want Yexian to be different from other places, which is next to the iron mine, and many people have made a fortune from it over the years. Not only that, but there are many people from other places, many of whom are outsiders. Jian Yuanwai is a native of Ye County, although he has made a fortune in the past few years, he is not a great person in Ye County, and many foreign rich people are much richer and more powerful than him.