"How to say?"
Chang Wan asked.
Tang Liang walked into the house, gently brushed his hands on the wooden fences that formed sheep pens in the house, and explained:
"I don't know if you noticed one detail when you were reading the intelligence. Although Ketuo is the largest mutton dealer in Kra City, the source of his mutton has always been questionable.
Some people say that he bought the sheep from other cities, but although he goes out of the city every month, he has never been seen bringing back large quantities of meat from outside the city. All the meat suddenly appears in his body. In a mutton shop.
It's like it was conjured out of thin air, but this must be impossible!
There are so many doubts, which means that Ketuo must have other sources of mutton.
The sources of most of the mutton in the city can be traced, but the capabilities of these channels are simply not enough to provide as much mutton as Ketuo has.
But where does the mutton come from?
The answer is here! "
Chang Wan looked at the sheep pen in the house, scratched the back of his head and said, "Is it possible that he raised all his sheep in this house?"
Tang Liang suddenly had black lines on his head and said:
“Who can raise sheep in a house?
This is clearly Naktu's sheep transfer station. He obtained sheep from other places and raised them here temporarily. Finally, he sent these sheep to his nearby slaughtering workshop for slaughtering and then sent them directly to his mutton shop. .
If not, you can take a look. He must have a slaughtering workshop nearby, not just here, but probably every one of his yards has this layout. "
"What does this prove?"
Chang Wan was puzzled. He felt that he and Tang Liang were from two different worlds and could not understand him at all.
Tang Liang had to explain: "Of course there is no problem with such an arrangement, but the crux of the problem is why he keeps sheep in the house. We can explain it by saying that it is his hobby, but the question is why these Are all the courtyards concentrated near the South City Gate?
If he had known that his mutton-selling shops were all over the city, wouldn't he have placed these sheep-raising places and slaughtering workshops in the four directions at the end, so that he could supply the stores everywhere as quickly as possible, instead of concentrating them all like now? Sell the sheep at the south gate and slaughter them at the south gate.
There is only one reason for this, and that is that his sheep come in through the south city gate. If he sends the sheep to all directions in the city every time, people will inevitably discover the source of his mutton over time.
In order to conceal the source of the mutton, he must minimize the chance of being discovered.
Then the sheep can only be slaughtered into mutton nearby and then sent to other stores.
In this way, the chance of being discovered is greatly reduced. "
Chang Wan still didn't understand: "Why did he hide the source of the mutton?"
“Because the mutton comes from the other side!”
"opposite?"
Tang Liang nodded heavily and said: "Yes, it's the opposite side. His sheep were not obtained from our three counties of Shendu, but from the direction of Shendu Country, and they must not have come through formal import channels. They were definitely If it comes in the form of smuggling, if it is a normal import, there will definitely be an import record, but perhaps there is no record of importing such a large amount of sheep at the entry and exit checkpoints in Kra City.
So this Keto is not only a mutton dealer, but also a smuggled mutton dealer! "
"Mutton smuggler? It's just mutton, but you still want to smuggle it? I only heard at the border of the Song Dynasty that someone told the Tatars and Huns to smuggle weapons, tea, salt, and other items they were in short supply.
But I have never heard of anyone smuggling mutton! "Chang Wan opened his mouth in surprise, not understanding this behavior.
Tang Liang didn't take it seriously and said: "In border towns, this kind of behavior is too normal, not to mention places like You'er County that are beyond our reach. The Yunzhou Army has limited military strength. It is the largest in border cities in these places. There are only a few hundred people guarding the county, and the rest are locally recruited troops.
Smuggling things is very normal in the local area. As for why common daily necessities like mutton are smuggled, it is naturally because of the large quantity.
If the quantity is small, then why smuggle it?
Smuggling must be to make more profits. Only when the profits reach a certain level, will someone be willing to use smuggling to obtain these things.
And Ketuo's business is so big that if he supplies 30% of the mutton, the difficulty and profit of finding so many mutton channels are enough for him to take the risk.
Under normal circumstances, this would be innocuous, it would just be mutton.
But what if Keto is still carrying out this kind of smuggling activity while we are at war with Shendu? "
Chang Wan already understood after hearing this.
The truth of the matter has gradually been revealed. Normally, nothing would happen to Ketuo when he smuggled mutton. It was just that he was charged less customs duty.
However, during the war between the two sides, he was still carrying out this kind of smuggling activities in the border town, which was an extremely serious security risk to the safety of Kra City.
Smuggling must have a secret smuggling channel to deliver items into the city. If the enemy discovers this smuggling channel and enters the city to break through the city, wouldn't it be a disaster?
Nowadays, the smuggling channel has not been discovered, but when the other party's plague spreads, the city that was strictly guarded by Yunzhou County also brought the source of the epidemic that was blocked outside because of smuggling!
"You should check immediately to see if all the patients showing symptoms of infection have bought his mutton, or have been in contact with people who have come into contact with the mutton!
I think the plague in the city was brought in by the mutton he smuggled in! "Tang Liang analyzed.
Chang Wan nodded, and while arranging for people to investigate, he gritted his teeth and said: "This damn bastard not only evaded customs duties and smuggling, but also brought the plague into the city!
It's a crime worthy of death!
It would be too easy for him to let him die of illness like this!
Otherwise, if he was still alive, Ben would definitely let him realize what it means to live worse than death! "
Tang Liang shook his head and said nothing. The two waited here for more than an hour, and soon the soldiers who had been sent to investigate came back.
"General, according to the investigation, all the people who had symptoms at the beginning had indeed bought mutton at Ketuo's mutton shop, and the rest had known contact or were infected by indirect contacts!"
boom!
Chang Wan punched the wall next to him with a heavy punch and said bitterly:
"As expected! This guy is really harming others and himself!"
Tang Liang sighed, and then said: "It's useless to talk about this now that the others are dead. Our top priority now is to find his smuggling channel and block it to prevent more epidemic sources from entering the city.
At the same time, based on the line of purchasing mutton from Ketuo's family, all people who may have been infected are isolated in a follow-up way to prevent them from infecting more people. "
"But everyone is dead, where are we going to find this channel?" Chang Wanwei wondered.
Tang Liang shook his head: "He alone cannot send so many sheep into the city. He must not be the only one who knows this channel.
He must have an accomplice. We need to find this person. Now that he is dead, it will be very difficult for us to find this or these accomplices, but it doesn't matter, we have another way! "
Speaking of this, Tang Liang's eyes flashed fiercely!
He, who had always been gentle and gentle, could not contain the anger in his eyes.
Chang Wan did not notice this, but hurriedly asked: "Which way?"
Tang Liang said coldly: "Go to the Yamen in Kela City and ask.
These damn guys, if Ketuo's mutton business can be so big, and so much mutton can escape tariffs, if there is no official protection umbrella from Kelat City, I will never believe it!
Apart from Ketuo and his accomplices, the most likely people to know about this channel are the officials who protect them!
Even if these officials are the pioneers of this smuggling channel, it is not impossible! "
After listening to Tang Liang's words, Chang Wan also calmed down from the excitement just now, and then fell into rage.
It turns out that after going around and around, in the end it was my own family that caused this mess!
"I'm going to tear these daring guys alive!"
Chang Wan shouted angrily!
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(End of chapter)
