"Sir, it's not good, Master Feng has been arrested."
At Longhu Shipyard, Pang Song also received the news immediately, and his face suddenly turned pale.
He asked urgently: "What is the specific situation?"
The attendant said: "My subordinates don't know yet. They say Master Feng colluded with pirates and intended to assassinate His Highness. In addition, he also trafficked Tianzhu hemp."
What? Assassinate the Fourth Highness?
Pang Song's face turned livid, "This bastard, how dare he!"
Pang Song's face suddenly turned pale. He had a good relationship with Feng Yida, but he had never even thought about assassinating the fourth prince.
Although Feng Yida came to discuss with him that day, he didn't say anything in the end. He only said that Zhu Kang might have a way.
But Zhu Kang was already a rebel, and he didn't want to have anything to do with him.
I never thought that the other party would actually...
At this moment, Pang Song's face was as white as paper, and his forehead was dripping with sweat.
Qinzhou magistrate's office.
A group of forbidden troops have already tightly guarded the place. Officials from all walks of life have come to the hall, and all of them have pale faces.
Just kidding, it is conceivable that His Highness the Fourth Prince was attacked in Qinzhou and almost suffered an accident.
None of these officials dared to speak out.
Especially when they saw Lin Bai's gloomy face above, they were even more in awe and trembling.
"Your Highness, Feng Yida, the governor of Qinzhou, has committed a heinous crime. He colluded with pirates and trafficked Indian fire and hemp. He deserves to be punished."
"That's right! In Feng Yida Fish and Meat Village, the people dare to be angry but dare not speak out. Please, Your Highness, seek justice for the people of Qinzhou."
"..."
These officials are not stupid, they all feel the taste.
Either they distance themselves from the relationship, or they add insult to injury.
Lin Bai had a smile on his lips and didn't bother to pay attention to them. He waved his hand casually, and Ji Xiaofeng took out a list and started arresting people.
With Liu Yunpeng's information and Ji Xiaofeng's advance visit to Qinzhou to investigate secretly, everything related to it was basically verified.
The talented man didn't originally intend to be so rough.
But there was nothing he could do, it was already like this, and he was no longer too lazy to be polite.
With so many pirates entering Longjiang, the government had no news at all. Instead, Ji Xiaofeng got some news from Daotou, which shows how bad the officialdom of Qinzhou was.
Even though he wasn't involved in the Lotus Island incident, he was still wearing the same pants as Feng Yida.
In this case, he is naturally welcome.
It just so happened that Enke had left a lot of people this time, and he had brought them all to replace them.
But unfortunately, under Ji Xiaofeng's irrefutable evidence, these people finally had no choice but to plead guilty. Moreover, Ji Xiaofeng also listed their crimes and posted them outside the yamen.
The prefect of Qinzhou, along with dozens of officials, were all arrested. This was definitely a big event for Qinzhou, like a major earthquake.
When the people heard this, they rushed to the streets to celebrate.
It has to be said that the people are sometimes blindly obedient. These officials trafficked Tianzhu hemp and colluded with pirates, which may not have had much impact on the local people.
Overall, Qinzhou is not much different from other surrounding states and counties.
However, knowing that the talented man caught everything, he must be a corrupt official or a bad official.
That's right!
The reputation of the great talent is really so outrageous, and the people have great trust in him.
Lin Bai felt a little dumbfounded.
However, it is always a good thing.
Qinzhou is the only entrance to the sea in the southwest. This place is destined to be well built, so the great talents are too lazy to take care of this and use thunderous means to rectify the officialdom of Qinzhou.
"Your Highness, all the officials in question have been taken down, and no other problems have been found for the time being."
It was already evening after finishing the work, Ji Xiaofeng said.
Lin Bai nodded, "Let's do this for now! If there are any other problems, let Qi Renjie handle them when he comes."
"By the way! When will Qi Renjie arrive?"
Since Qinzhou is so important, it is naturally impossible for a great talent to hand him over to other people.
At first, he even thought about transferring his father-in-law here, but after thinking about it, he decided against it. His father-in-law was doing well in Jiangzhou, but Qi Renjie had stayed in Ping'an County for so long, and Ping'an County was on the rise, and his promotion was very easy. Reasonable.
Ji Xiaofeng said: "Returning to Your Highness, according to the schedule, it should be within these two days."
"good!"
Lin Bai nodded.
At this time, Xu Da had also arrived. He had not followed Lin Bai into Qinzhou on the river, but led some people to chase the pirates.
In this guy's words, if you dare to touch my brother-in-law, you are tired of living, so...
Judging from his angry look at the moment, he obviously didn't catch up.
as expected! Just listen to him complain: "Brother-in-law, those pirates are too slippery, and their ships are very fast, we can't catch up at all."
"Moreover, they are also equipped with Zhuge Liannu. We must build a navy, otherwise if they come to cause trouble, the people in the yamen will be useless."
But before, I just wanted to build it secretly and didn't want to be too ostentatious. After all, it wouldn't be good to spread the word.
But it's different now. Speaking of which, I have to thank Zhu Kang for this attack. With this attack, he can build a navy in an honest way.
Although he is the special envoy to the Southwest, he had the final say alone before.
But we still have to take Lao Zhu's feelings into consideration. With such a good excuse now, we naturally can't miss it.
He immediately said: "Pirates are rampant in Qinzhou, and there are also navy ships on Lianhua Island. Qinzhou is also the entrance to the sea in the southwest, so we should be on guard."
"After returning to Beijing, I will apply to my father to establish the Southwest Navy."
Yan Gang said: "I'm afraid it won't be easy. The treasury has no money, and the Navy..."
To put it bluntly, at least so far, the water threat is not that big.
"It doesn't matter!"
Lin Bai said, "Since it is the Southwest Navy, the money will be provided by Southwest itself..."
In fact, the great talent has already made preparations. The Jiang Hailiu family property collected by Kuang Zhiwei and the millions of taels given by the eldest prince are enough for the initial investment in building a navy.
As for the later period, not to mention the rapid development of the southwest, the Lin family's industries alone were more than enough.
Money is no problem at all for great talents.
What he lacked was an honest opportunity, and no, Zhu Kang gave it to him.
"Your Highness, Mr. Pang Songpang from Longhu Shipyard is asking for an audience outside the Yamen."
At this time, a soldier walked in.
Pang Song?
Lin Bai was startled for a moment. He didn't look for him, but he took the initiative to look for him.
Subconsciously, Lin Bai looked at Ji Xiaofeng.
The latter understood and said: "My subordinates have carefully checked Pang Song in the past few days. Although he and Feng Yida were once in Prince Ning's tent, they had no contact after that."
"Until a few years ago, it was said that the Longfor Shipyard had been unable to uncover the truth and people in the shipyard were making trouble. Pang Song approached Feng Yida for help..."
"The relationship between the two gradually became closer after that."
oh?
A look of surprise flashed across Lin Bai's eyes. In this way, there is a difference between Pang Song and Feng Yida.
Anyway, since I'm here, let's meet up first and talk about it later.
"Bring him in!"
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