Liu Haojia was reminded by these words! He immediately asked people to bring thick cloth to cover the box layer by layer, then opened a slit and put his whole face on it! Sure enough, in the dark space made of thick cloth, the bead began to glow, dyeing his eyes green!
Seeing the scene in front of him, Liu Haojia was so frightened that he leaned back and almost turned from behind the chair he was sitting on! If others don’t know what’s going on, how can he not know! All luminous ores in nature contain high concentrations of radioactive substances! The brightness of the orb in front of me is almost as bright as that of a small light bulb. It can be seen that the radioactivity is absolutely the same, and it is definitely the kind that can be kept by your side at any time!
Liu Haojia knew the importance, but Zuo Liqiu did not! He was very surprised when he saw Liu Haojia, thinking that something that could scare Liu Haojia must be a good thing! So he rushed to put his eyes up to take a look, and then shouted loudly: "It is indeed a night pearl! It's so bright!"
Everyone was so excited by his voice that they wanted to put their heads under the thick cloth to see if it was true or not! This is the legendary luminous pearl. One look at it is a great blessing! It's just that they couldn't rush forward due to their superior status, but you could tell by their pitiful looks!
Liu Haojia saw their eagerness to try and knew he couldn't stop them! I'm afraid they won't believe it even if they say that this kind of radioactive material is harmful to health! So he simply stepped aside and let them see clearly for themselves! Fortunately, the contact time is short, so there shouldn’t be any major harm! However, he still called a royal guard and told him to find someone to make a lead box as a lining and put it in the box!
After looking at the Night Pearl, all the things that were carried up were indeed rare treasures, far exceeding what was in the silver vault in front! Now through preliminary inventory, the number of boxes shipped from this treasure house is slightly less than that of the previous silver warehouse, but the value is several times that of the previous silver warehouse!
As more and more things were carried up, sealed, and then placed in empty rooms for storage. So Liu Haojia simply regarded Qiu Garden as his base camp and asked all the items found in other houses to be transported here!
The other four salt merchants were less wealthy than Qiu He, but they also had a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, and antiques sent over! Then came a large number of criminals, who were also imprisoned in the garden and detained! Moreover, Liu Haojia learned that two of the other four salt merchants also ran away!
The other two salt merchants were dragged out of bed while they were still sleeping! Now he has been imprisoned in Kew Gardens! It seems that the two of them are not from the same faction as Qiu He! So when he escaped, he only notified two other people, but ignored these two people!
After Liu Haojia learned the news, he could only sigh and ordered the issuance of sea arrest documents to end the matter! He also sent a letter to Xu Guogong. I didn’t say anything in my heart, I just explained clearly what happened and my own calculations! Thinking about it, it is only a matter of time before Xu Guogong can find this person! After all, the time is still short, and the spread is not too fast, so just check them one by one!
So far, all the owners of the five salt merchants have been imprisoned in Qiu Garden, and an inventory of the collected finances has begun. This freed up a group of manpower, and by the way, the house where the servants lived was turned into a torture chamber, and the salt merchants and their henchmen were tortured severely!
While Liu Haojia and the others were busy, the city of Yangzhou was already in chaos! The news that the Jinyiwei appeared in Yangzhou and arrested people has already spread. The Jinyiwei and his soldiers roared through the streets, sealing up the salt merchant's shop, sealing the account books, and taking away all the storekeepers! Everyone who saw this scene was in chaos!
Because in the past, Jinyiwei has been rumored to be a tiger-wolf-like figure, and it would be enough to stop Xiao Er from crying at night! Now they appear here alive and start to arrest people, which means that the tiger and wolf have opened their mouths and started to eat people. How can you not be afraid! If there were not soldiers patrolling the streets, Yangzhou City would almost be in chaos!
The originally prosperous place in Yangzhou has now become extremely depressed! In particular, brothels and brothels all over Yangzhou have their doors closed and refuse to accept customers! Just say that the girls are sick and need to recuperate!
The market is also in a slump! All the merchants only opened for half a day in the morning before the news spread. They spent the afternoon sitting in their stores praying that the Jin Yiwei would not break into their homes! especially
After the salt merchants' industries were closed down, the surrounding shops simply closed down and did not dare to attract customers at all!
Restaurants all over the place have refused to allow diners to enter the building to eat, and the door panels are half up! Only regular customers dare to put it in, but they also eat it in a hurry and leave!
Those who own shops are often people who do good business on weekdays. They still have some savings in their hands, so they can survive for a few days even if they don't open the door! But there are still many ordinary people, especially those small stall vendors, who can only bite the bullet and set up stalls!
But when they set up stalls, they didn't dare to solicit business as they did in the past. Instead, they wanted to hide people behind the stalls for fear of being seen! If someone comes to buy something, the buyer and seller are like little thieves meeting each other, hurriedly completing the transaction and then leaving!
The most unlucky ones are those porters and porters. These people are worse than the small vendors. They are the real poor people who have nothing to work for one day and have nothing to eat the next! But now that all industries in Yangzhou are in recession and no one is hiring them, what can they do? We can only gather together and hold poles to bask in the sun, and we don’t even dare to speak loudly!
It’s no wonder that the people are extremely panicked, because the public opinion in the world is controlled by the local scholars and officials. However, Jin Yiwei is the one who monitors these people. Naturally, they will not leave any words to Jin Yiwei! The Jinyiwei in their mouths are tigers and wolves, people who lead beasts and cannibals! They have no idea that Jin Yiwei has no interest in Xiaomin at all!
In addition, the Jin Yiwei has always had lax rules, and the following captains, such as Lishi, often plunder people's property! So when the people heard that the Jin Yiwei had entered the city and started arresting people, they were naturally as scared as a tiger!
As for those officials, they are more afraid than the people! Because they are the ones who really know what Jin Yiwei’s methods are! Moreover, Jinyiwei is the nemesis of their officialdom. God knows if they will also have the task of investigating them after inspecting the salt merchants this time! You must know that these local officials were once guests of salt merchants!
But these officials dare not not go to the Yamen for duty! Otherwise, it would be a crime of neglecting one's duties in the eyes of Jin Yiwei!
