"My lord, I have brought you the account books. It is up to you to make the final decision."
Pang An handed an account book for purchasing bluestone from his arms to Yuan Ke.
"..."
Yuan Ke took over the account book.
He didn't know it, but he was shocked when he saw it. Among the many materials used to renovate [Shanglin Garden], the purchase of large bluestones to lay the ground alone cost as much as one million taels, which made him frown tightly.
He's very fiery.
"Pang An, who is responsible for purchasing this large bluestone? When did the unit price of large bluestone become so expensive? Have you ever investigated the specific market price?"
Yuan Ke threw the account book to Pang An, and then questioned loudly.
Pang An immediately picked up the account book.
Afterwards, he cupped his fists and replied to Yuan Ke, saying:
"My lord, I have investigated. For some reason, before we renovated [Shanglin Garden], the price of large bluestone per square meter was about 25 wen. But after we started the renovation project, the price skyrocketed tenfold, to 250 wen. Money per square meter.”
"What?"
"The material of big bluestone has increased tenfold?"
"25 cents suddenly increased to 250 cents?"
"These damn profiteers are so greedy for money that they even dare to challenge me. They are looking for death."
"Pang An, have you found out the specific situation?"
"Who is behind this?"
Yuan Ke looked at Pang An with sharp eyes.
He is not a fool. Now that things have developed, he finally understands why Pang An came to him today. It is one thing to cry out for money from him. The main target is probably these material suppliers.
However, if this matter is serious, he doesn't mind uprooting these material suppliers to let the restless worms in Chang'an City understand that Yuan Ke's money is not so easy to make.
There is a price to pay for cheating him.
"Returning to the Lord, I sent someone to conduct a detailed investigation. The businessman who supplied us with the stone this time is named: Hu Shounan. This man is a well-known businessman in Chang'an City. He has a fortune and a lot of good land and land."
"Many stone factories in Shizhou County also belong to him."
"In addition, he is also related to many dignitaries in Chang'an City."
"People give him a nickname: Hu Dashanren."
Pang An said.
"Hu Dashan? Are these words true? Is there any evidence?"
Yuan Ke asked.
"My Lord, I have obtained a lot of evidence, but this person has a deep network of connections. Do you really want to take action against him?"
Pang An was also hesitating whether he should hand over this evidence.
After all, the Hu family is too involved.
It would be fine if these connections were replaced by others, but now they still involve some people from the Yuan family in Runan.
In this case, the problem will be troublesome.
"Pang An, did you find anything?"
Yuan Ke noticed that the other party's expression was different and couldn't help asking.
"My lord, this matter is extremely involved. It seems that someone from the Yuan family in Runan is involved. Do you really want to get to the bottom of it?"
Pang An said softly.
"Hu Shounan? Another person named Hu. First there was Hu Qingniu, and now there is another person named Hu, and there are people from the Yuan family in Runan involved. Do these people really think that I am easy to bully?"
"Pang An, hand over the evidence quickly."
"I want to see what evil spirit takes advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune for the country?"
"They don't want to live."
When Yuan Ke heard this, he was extremely angry.
Runan Yuan family? Another one named Hu? He had a bad feeling that these things were probably related to Yuan Hong.
"My lord, this is the account book I sent someone to steal. It records the dividends of the [Juxin Chamber of Commerce] over the years. There are many dignitaries in the court and local big families on it, including some people from the Yuan family in Runan." .”
Pang An then handed over the evidence in his arms, which was another account book.
This time the account book is the dividend account book of the big guys behind the [Jujin Chamber of Commerce].
For this account book, he lost more than a dozen of his elite subordinates. Because of this, he hated Hu Shounan so much that he wished he could cut Hu Shounan into pieces and wipe out the three tribes.
"Snapped--"
Yuan Ke took the account book over. After flipping through it, his face gradually turned livid, and finally he slapped the account book hard on the table.
"Moths, national thieves, these guys, they are really crazy, their conscience has been blinded by greed, it is really unreasonable, they should be killed, they should be killed."
For several years, a chamber of commerce has colluded with officials and businessmen to purchase large quantities of goods before the start of certain large-scale projects of the imperial court, and then manipulated the prices of these goods to make large sums of wealth.
These greedy vampires are hateful, hateful, and killable.
"Yuan Jin, Yuan Shui, Yuan Kun, Yuan He..."
"Huh?"
"Why is there no Yuan Hong's name on this account book?"
Yuan Ke was quite surprised when he saw this.
"My lord, who is this Yuan Hong? Is he also involved in this case? Do you need me to send someone to arrest him?"
Pang An asked for instructions.
"No."
"Let's remember the Yuan family's account in Runan first, and settle it slowly in the future."
"Pang An, first send people to arrest these worms in Chang'an and bring them to justice. Their homes will be ransacked and the three clans will be imprisoned and interrogated strictly."
"Inform Zhang Shixin that you will send people to arrest him, and his Tingwei Mansion will interrogate him, and the case will be confirmed to me."
"Especially the Hu Shounan I just mentioned, let me capture the entire Hu family."
Yuan Ke suppressed the anger in his heart and ordered.
"promise!"
Pang An cupped his hands and said.
Afterwards, he resigned.
Next, all the garrison troops from [Shanglin Garden] and Chang'an City were mobilized.
Pang An personally led the team to raid Hu Shounan's mansion.
"Everyone who comes is surrounded."
"If anyone resists, they will be killed."
"Do it!"
A large number of soldiers rushed into Hu's house.
Hu's house is particularly luxurious.
As a well-known Hu Dashan in Chang'an, he made friends with powerful people. Although he was a businessman, he was a man with good hands and eyes.
He also enjoys it very much.
There are hundreds of slaves and maids waiting in the house, and there are many wives and concubines, including more than 40 concubines.
At this time, he was celebrating with his newly adopted concubine that he had just earned one million taels of silver, when he heard some movement outside and saw Hu Hansan, the loser next to him, come in.
"Master, after you have earned money, you must not forget your promise to buy me a gold bracelet from Fengxiang Tower."
The concubine said with a sweet smile.
"Ha ha--"
"Buy, tomorrow I will take you to Fengxiang Tower and buy you two gold bracelets."
"Master made money, I'm happy."
Hu Shounan laughed and said after hearing this.
This time he made more than one million taels of silver from Yuan Ke, and he was happy.
"Master, something serious has happened."
"The officers and soldiers are here."
Hu Hansan was sweating profusely.
"What are you saying? The officers and soldiers are here. What are you afraid of? Your master can handle it. If you are so restless in the future, I will have someone give you a dozen boards."
When Hu Shounan saw this, he couldn't help but shouted angrily.
"No, head of the family, the officers and soldiers returning this time are from Da Sima."
"They came to ransack the house."
"I, the guards in our mansion were about to take action, so I asked them to kill him."
"It's not like they were joking."
Hu Hansan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and explained the situation to Hu Shounan.
"What? Is he from Yuan Ke? Did he come to ransack the house? No, it's broken."
"The stone business must have been exposed."
"Hu Hansan, leave immediately through the side door and go to the Yuan Mansion and Taifu Yuan Wei. He is the only one who can save us now."
"Tell him to ask him to save us."
When Hu Shounan heard this, his face that had just been calm suddenly broke out in cold sweat.
He didn't expect Yuan Ke's reaction to be so quick.
With panic in his heart, he immediately thought of a way to save himself. Now the only person in Chang'an City who can save him is Yuan Wei.
"Da Sima is decisive in killing and the six gods refuse to recognize him. Can Master Taifu do it?"
Hu Han asked three questions.
"This is how Young Master Hong told me to deal with it. If Master Taifu can't save me, then I will only die."
Hu Shounan seemed to be particularly convinced of this Young Master Hong.
"Master, can Young Master Hong do it? If Master Taifu can't save us, then our Hu Mansion will have no choice but to die."
Hu Hansan's voice was trembling when he spoke, but he couldn't blame him for not living up to his expectations. He was really frightened by the killing outside just now.
Heads were chopped to the ground one by one.
"Then Yuan Ke is a madman."
He was extremely afraid of Yuan Ke.
"You go find someone immediately. If Master Taifu can't save us, it will be our Hu family's doom."
"Go quickly!"
Hu Shounan didn't understand this, but he had no other choice.
"yes!"
Hu Hansan did not delay any further and immediately moved towards the side door.
Just as he left, the men and horses led by Pang An rushed in.
"Boss Hu, you are fine."
"Man Pangda, what are you doing?"
Hu Shounan pretended to be ignorant and greeted Pang An.
"Boss Hu, a wise man doesn't tell secrets. I came here under the military orders of Da Sima. After investigation, it was found that Jujin Chamber of Commerce manipulated the price of materials and defrauded the court of money. This is a capital crime."
"As the big boss, Hu Shounan has committed an unpardonable crime. The entire Hu family has been sent to prison."
"Let the Tingwei Mansion interrogate."
