"Who proposed the Yangzhou Salt Policy Innovation?" Lao Huang looked at Liu Han with a serious expression and asked: "It's Xue Mi in name, but it's actually you, if the salt policy reform fails, what will the emperor think of Xue Mi? What does Xue Mi think of you? We already have an investment in Xue Mi, how can this investment be recovered? You have four beauties, it's enough?!"

Liu Han suddenly had a feeling of being covered, he was only forced to say a few words at the beginning, and then helped plan this matter at Xue Yu's request, and now this matter has actually become his business, what does this have to do with him? What does this salt politics have to do with him? What does this Great Jin World have to do with him?

Lao Huang looked at him deeply, as if he wanted to see through him. With-Dream- . lā

"Xue Mi is very important to us. Lao Huang said calmly, at this time, the big head came in with tea, put the teapot @ teacup on the table, and picked some tea leaves into the cup with a small spoon, Lao Huang waved him down, the big head silently retreated, and Lao Huang picked some tea leaves from his cup.

"You judge that person is in the imperial capital, although the imperial capital is large, but in fact it is very small, this person is rich, and his subordinates are full of talents, so he will never mix in the lower class society, it should be in the middle and upper classes, this person is shrewd and intelligent, such a person should be noble, even if there is any shady means, he will let others do it, so I conclude that this person is either teaching in the academy or being an official in the court. ”

Liu Han immediately understood what Lao Huang meant, he silently looked at the water vapor rising in the teacup, and was silent for a while before saying, "You're right, you can't sit idly by." ”

Liu Han understood, and agreed with Lao Huang's judgment, that person was in the imperial capital, judging from Chang Meng and Li Yan, this judgment was valid, but what about the place where he was in the imperial capital? Although Lao Huang said that it was either the academy or the imperial court, he actually thought that he was an official in the imperial court, because such a person would not be content in the academy. If he is in the imperial court, Xue Mi is a very important chess piece, and he can't be said easily.

If the reform of Yangzhou salt administration fails, or fails to achieve results, the emperor will inevitably restore his view of Xue Mi, and Xue Mi will not be able to enter Shangshutai, let alone replace Pan Lian, so he must help Xue Mi.

Liu Han thought about picking up the information again, read it carefully again, frowned, pondered for a while, and raised his head and asked, "Did you reply to the letter?"

Lao Huang shook his head slightly, and Liu Han said: "Immediately reply to the letter, let him immediately find out whether these plans are Ju Yi or Gu Wei's proposals, in addition, find out whether Ju Yu and Gu Wei have taken bribes, Yangzhou Gate Valve and those actions, those related to the King of Huainan and the King of Qi, the King of Huainan and the King of Qi have those actions, and the Cao Gang has those actions." ”

Lao Huang nodded, Liu Han hesitated, and sighed: "Xue Mi, I'm afraid that Song Shu is already on the way, I have to go to see Xue Mi in person." ”

Lao Huang shook his head: "Don't go to see him, he will come to you by himself, and the secrets of our branch cannot be leaked for the time being." ”

Liu Han was slightly stunned, and then nodded, the branch not only has the task of opening up the market, but the main task is to collect local intelligence, which is a taboo in the imperial court, so it is better not to leak it for the time being.

After saying this, Liu Han asked again: "I heard Tianna say, you sent someone outside the city to monitor the inn, did you have any results?"

"No, everything is normal," Lao Huang shook his head and said: "There is a problem with this inn, the accommodation of the inn has not been high, as you said, his positioning is a mid-range inn, but the place at the dock, a little money has entered the city, it is possible that all the people who live are porters and small traders, but his positioning is not right, so the occupancy rate is very low, and there are very few people to eat, so there is a question, I sent someone to keep an eye on it for a month, and recorded the guests who come in and out every day,"

Lao Huang stood up as he spoke, walked behind Liu Han, took out a scroll from a small drawer and put it in front of Liu Han, Liu Han opened it, and the things recorded on it were very simple and ordinary, how many people lived in the hotel, how many people ate, how many horses, how many goods were purchased every day, etc.,

Judging from the records, this store has suffered serious losses, at most one day, there are six people staying in it, and other times there are more than two or three people, and this store has more than 20 rooms, as well as high-end upper rooms.

The inn is the owner's private property, the boss's surname is Song Mingjiu, there are six guys, all six of them have cultivation, the highest cultivation should be the chef, Song Jiu's cultivation is not high, but very shrewd and careful, there are no flaws in the inn, the only suspicious place is two, there are four or five birds, often go into the city to purchase or deliver.

"The inn outside the city goes to the city to purchase, hehe, such an obvious flaw; delivery, hehe, what kind of goods does he send to an inn?!" Liu Leng said with a smile.

"Yes," Lao Huang said slowly: "I sent someone to follow his delivery person, almost all of them are the same points, south of the city, north of the city, west of the city, east of the city, there are a total of seven or eight points, in addition, there are three points in the inner city, in addition to the inner city, the others are mostly grocery stores, rouge gouache shops, and the three in the inner city are a teahouse, a restaurant, and a calligraphy and painting shop. ”

"The calligraphy and painting shop?" Although Liu Han's tone was mocking, his expression gradually became serious: "Have you sent someone in?"

Lao Huang nodded: "I sent four groups of people in before and after, with different identities, to find out these, rest assured, there are no flaws, the time is after the city gate is closed." Tracking, on the other hand, is segmented and not exposed. ”

Liu Han nodded, and continued to look down at the records in the file, Lao Huang hesitated slightly, and his tone became a little wandering: "I suspect, there is no evidence, just suspicion, this inn is not like an internal guard." ”

Liu Han looked up at him in surprise, Lao Huang's expression was a little confused, this kind of expression rarely appeared on him, Liu Han couldn't remember when it was last time.

"The first suspicion is that the internal guard has a contact point in the inner city, it is impossible to set up another one, there is no need for this, let alone three, and besides, what about the outer city, why do you have so many of them? This is not like the way the internal guard does things. ”

"It's not an internal guard, who is that?" Liu Han asked rhetorically: "This green bamboo turned out to be the person who was going to be sent to Xi Feng's side, who is Xi Feng?!, the leader of the Eagle Ling Guard, a confidant of King Qin, if it wasn't for the internal guard, who would have thought of placing someone next to him?"

Lao Huang was silent for a while, smiled wryly and shook his head, indeed, it is not an internal guard, he will not do this, not to mention, the green bamboo is still sent through the Qinglou, and the Qinglou in Chang'an also has a problem, and I don't know if Xi Feng will check it.

"Don't be discouraged, check again," Liu Han got up and said: "The surveillance of the rouge gouache shop must continue, and the inn should not go again, since the boss is shrewd and cautious, if he goes too much, he will always show flaws." ”

Lao Huang didn't open his mouth but nodded silently, obviously he hadn't come out of his thoughts yet.

Liu Han didn't care about him, he came out directly, and went to Xiao Yu's yard to take a look, after yesterday's healing, Xiao Yu's expression was much better, and he could already walk a few steps on the ground, but there was still some time before he fully recovered, and Chu Fei's injury was getting better faster, and the man named Wuxing who was lying down, his injury was also much better.

When Liu Han entered, several people were sitting in the courtyard basking in the sun, the early spring sun was very nourishing, Xiao Yu usually didn't have any shelves, a few people were chatting, the Ding brothers were bored practicing knives on the side, seeing Liu Han coming in, Xiao Yu casually raised his hand at him.

Xiao Yu already knew about the attack of Shilipu, and also knew that he had captured four prisoners, Liu Han had not seen anyone since he left the quiet room yesterday, and Xiao Yu did not ask.

Liu Han didn't have anything to do, just came over to take a look at Xiao Yu's injuries, checked the three of them, and left after a few more jokes.

"Now they should be safe for two days. Chu Fei looked at Liu Han's back and said, "Landlord, why don't you ask those captives if they have spoken?"

"What to ask, what is there to ask," Xiao Yu sighed: "I didn't expect that Yu Xing would also betray me, how many years has he followed me!"

"This bastard is ungrateful," Wu Xing scolded resentfully, "and I'm not afraid of my friends in the rivers and lakes poking the backbone!"

"Forget it, don't scold," Xiao Yu said lightly: "It's been more than ten years, how many people used to be brothers, and then left, things have happened, the military division will deal with it, we have gang rules in Fengyulou, I Xiao Yu won't be sorry for my brother, if my brother thinks that my Xiao Yu is not authentic and wants to go, I will never stop it, but I don't accept betrayal, traitors must be punished by gang rules!"

Needless to hate, he said, "Cutting him with a knife is a cheap one." ”

"Shen Chen has already dealt with it, with Shen Chen's ability, the matter of the Yan Master has already come to an end. ”

The battle of Shilipu has ended, Yu Xing may have received the news, Shen Chen rushed over like this, and it was possible to transfer into the trap of the other party.

But Xiao Yu was not worried at all.

Chu Fei also sighed: "Landlord, this time we have suffered a lot of losses, and the morale of the brothers is not high, what should we do in the future?"

Xiao Yu smiled faintly: "Don't worry, the plan of the military advisor is very good, it won't take three years, and we will be able to regain control of the imperial capital." ”

"But" Chu Fei hesitated, glanced in the direction of the courtyard gate, and then lowered his voice and said: "Three years later, Cao Yun will be completely mastered by Mr. Liu, if we want to reoccupy the imperial capital, we have to have a conflict with Mr. Liu, is this appropriate?"

Xiao Yu shook his head: "No, our Fengyulou will form an alliance with Mr. Liu, Chu Fei, Cao Yun, we can't get it back." ”

Chu Fei couldn't help but sigh softly when he heard this, Xiao Yu showed a smile, winked at Chu Fei, and said with a smile: "It's a pity? No, Chu Fei, I don't regret it at all, in fact, Liu Han can't wait to give us Cao's operation." ”

Chu Fei looked at Xiao Yu puzzled, Xiao Yu said with a smile: " Cao Yun was forced to take over by the palace, and if he took over Cao Yun, it was equivalent to directly Cao Gang, and even looked far, and King Huainan of Qi, right, and now he offended the Xu family of the Jizhou Wang family, and the Jizhou section of Caoyun is no longer safe, even if an agreement is reached with the Wang Xu family temporarily, I am afraid that this waterway may have an accident at any time, so, this matter is a hot potato, Liu Han doesn't want to take it, but he has to take it, and he is depressed in his heart, Chu Fei, you don't know this Liu Han, don't look at him as a top-grade grandmaster, he can also be said to be rich, but this person has no interest in any family and country, what rivers and lakes, what he cares about is doing business to make money, in his opinion, The most important thing is to make money in business, if he hadn't invested so much money in the boat company, and the palace used this to force him, he would not have intervened in the dispute between us and the Xu family of the Wang family.

Although this man likes to make money, he can take it in a good way, you see, he simply gave out all the brothels, casinos, and protection fees in the green building, and did not touch his hands at all, but left behind the shipping company and the private salt, and in the private salt, we still account for a few components.

Why? It's very simple, he doesn't want this money, he is a serious businessman, and he also said that he will not monopolize the imperial capital. ”

Chu Fei smiled bitterly, the brothel casino in the Qinglou is the most profitable business, just like Baiyi Garden, you have to pay a protection fee of two thousand taels of silver to Fengyulou every month, this is still a friendship price, Xiao Yu looks at the friendship price for the sake of the demon gate, otherwise it is more than five thousand taels of silver, of course, after Zhen Niang left, this protection fee quietly stopped.

"Now, what we have to do is to quickly heal our injuries," Xiao Yu sighed: "The military advisors are outside, and the pressure must be not small, hey, this time it is thanks to Liu Han, otherwise, our losses will be even greater, speaking of which, we owe him a favor." ”

Chu Fei nodded almost at the same time, at this time, a person from the Liu Mansion came in with a food box, this is the medicine that must be sent every day, it is configured by Liu Han, of course Xiao Yu knows that with the cultivation of Liu Han Danshi, the prescription prescribed is probably stronger than that of the Tai Doctor of the Tai Hospital.

Liu Han didn't ride a horse or a car, he walked into the car, and when he left the house, he turned into the alley, walked a few alleys, and saw that there was no tracking behind him, so he walked straight in the direction of the grocery store.

The grocery store is still like that, a little dark and damp, and the business is not good, Feng Zhi sat behind the counter and dozed off, heard the sound of the door curtain, quickly stood up, raised his eyes and saw that it was Liu Han, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why are you here?" Feng Zhi's tone was full of complaints, the first two times were all from below, and each time he came, it was different.

"Passing by here, I'll come and take a look," Liu Han's tone was very casual, but Feng Zhi was bitter in his heart, and said in his heart, my lord, this is the contact point of the internal guard, there is something to do, go to the door!!

"The information last time was very inaccurate," Liu Han said lightly: "I went, there are few people, you report to the top to see if someone leaked secrets." ”

"Not allowed?!" Feng Zhi was very surprised, and hurriedly wrote it down, the information on the whereabouts of the attacker that Liu Han asked for last time was given after a day of checking, but Liu Han couldn't say for sure now, this was a serious mistake, and it was bound to be traced from above.

"Now, I want the Jizhou Wang family, the Xu family, the Tian family, and Ding Xuan, the situation of this old bastard. ”

Feng Zhi was taken aback, and hurriedly reminded: "Adult, the little one must remind you that Ding Xuan is a member of the fourth grade, and if you want to move him, you must get approval from above." ”

"I won't do anything to him, just give him a warning," Liu Han said lightly: "Ding Xuan's information is detailed, this old thing interferes in this matter, and there is no warning from above, so I have to come by myself." ”

Feng Zhi smiled bitterly, and before he could speak, Liu Han added: "Tell me about it, just say, don't keep thinking about treating me as a knife, Lao Tzu is not a knife, if you are in a hurry, Lao Tzu will stop doing it." ”

After speaking, Liu Han didn't give Feng Zhi a chance to persuade him, turned around and lifted the curtain and left, Feng Zhi looked at his back, his eyes showed pity, and he couldn't help but sigh long, such a person, who can't mix in the internal guard, after a while, I'm afraid he will disappear silently.