However, Prime Minister Liu has also been quite depressed recently. Rich businessmen and their families have been murdered one after another in Lingnan, which makes Prime Minister Liu heartbroken.
Of course, Liu Xiang was heartbroken not because he failed to save the wealthy businessman, but because he failed to get his wealth back.
After all, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, if the whole family is killed, the wealth will be returned to the court by default.
If this can be recovered, it will be a large amount of wealth that can be used to develop Lingnan.
"check!"
"Cooperate with Jin Yiwei to conduct a thorough investigation!"
Liu Xiang said.
"grown ups."
"We have been conducting thorough investigations for two days in a row, and all the murderers who were directly involved in the murder have been arrested while they are still alive."
"However, most of the property was lost and seemed to have been transported away through special channels."
Reports from subordinates.
"Well, were those who were captured interrogated?"
Liu Xiang asked his subordinates.
"I asked, but those people seemed to have been drugged with some kind of poison. They had no memory of what happened at that time."
the subordinate replied.
"Um?"
"Why not just administer fatal poison?"
Liu Xiangcuo said in astonishment.
"No sir."
"Then the poison on their bodies was taken before the incident. It was like being drunk. During that time, they were able to be guided to act, but they had no memory."
"Those people did everything, and there are no clues at all. The most important evidence that Jin Yiwei's interrogation produced is that these people had drank or drank tea with others before their memories disappeared, and then the people who drank were all infected."
The subordinate opened his mouth to explain.
"Have you checked the restaurants and tea shops where they drink and drink tea?"
Liu Xiang asked again.
"No, no one has any problems with them."
"Even...some restaurants are backed by the British government."
The subordinate lowered his voice.
"Okay, then there's no need to continue checking them."
"Where was the scene where they were drinking tea and drinking? Has it been investigated?"
Liu Xiang rubbed his eyebrows.
"We couldn't find out. When those people left, they looked like they were drunk, so the restaurant was immediately cleared."
the subordinate replied.
"Is that so?"
Liu Xiang said, his eyes flashing.
British government.
"It's a clever method. He uses a poisonous method to guide others to complete everything for him, and he stays out of the whole process."
Xiao Han narrowed his eyes slightly.
"What do you think?"
Zhu Biao asked Xiao Han.
"It should be the remnant forces of Hu Weiyong who did it."
"Except for them, ordinary wealthy families or wealthy businessmen can have such a big deal."
"Furthermore, if I remember correctly, poisons that can achieve this effect are very rare and valuable. Hu Weiyong's remnants are wanted by the entire Ming Dynasty. How can they get the money to make such a thing?"
"It seems that there is a third party involved, and their existence makes Hu Weiyong's remnants more generous to take action."
"I really didn't expect that when our Hu Xiangguo was alive, he would almost imitate the Jin Yiwei to become such a powerful force. It really caused a big trouble."
Xiao Han shook his head slightly.
"The wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan suffered a lot of losses this time. Several of them were directly killed."
"I'm afraid all your plans will be affected."
"By the way, do you think this was done by wealthy businessmen colluding with the remnants of Hu Weiyong's party to seize the market?"
Zhu Biao said to Xiao Han.
"It seems that learning economics from the Ming Dynasty was not in vain."
"But not this time. I read the information they sent back over and over again. Other local wealthy businessmen seemed to be quite slow to respond. It wasn't until the news of the death of those wealthy businessmen made a big fuss that they responded to divide the market."
"There seems to be no plan at all for this situation to arise."
"Obviously, they can only be regarded as those who took advantage later and were not the ones who actually did this."
Xiao Han shook his head and explained to Zhu Biao.
"Then, what should we do?"
Zhu Biao asked Xiao Han.
"What to do, what to do, it's still the same as before. Don't act rashly and lure the snake out of its hole."
Xiao Han from the British government and Liu Xiang from Panyu City said the same thing almost at the same time.
Lancang Kingdom.
In the past two days, King Fa'ang also noticed that the entire kingdom was getting worse. Businessmen from other places were often walking around among the various clans.
In the case of the Lancang Kingdom, transportation cannot be good. Except for the capital, there are basically no businessmen coming from other places.
But during this period, there were surprisingly many businessmen. If it was just this, it would be nothing. But what followed was that various clans began to defy King Faang's order, and even openly wanted to unite with other clans. Although King Fa'ang sent troops to stamp out this trend, it still caused King Fa'ang a headache.
With old age and recurring illnesses, King Fa'ang's body was buried to his eyes. Facing the increasingly chaotic situation in the Lancang Kingdom, he seemed helpless. He even sent troops to suppress some clans. Prince Mo Sentai made it.
"well!"
"Is it true that the building will collapse and the country will be torn apart?"
King Faang raised his head and sighed helplessly.
Just yesterday, a fierce conflict broke out between the two clans, which finally reached the point of fighting each other.
What's even more frightening is that the weapons of the two clans are quite sophisticated, even the Mercy Army under King Fa'ang cannot compare with them.
At this time, King Fa'ang realized that at some point, a large number of weapons had been imported into his Lancang Kingdom through merchants.
"Awa and Yue are still the Yuan and the Ming."
King Fa'ang looked at the pieces of armor brought back by his soldiers and was silent for a long time.
"Dad, what should I do?"
"How about I bring the Mercy Army to convert them directly!"
Mosenthei gritted his teeth.
"The current Mercy Army may not be their opponent."
"Moreover, these two families are definitely not the only ones that have received support from external weapons. It would be difficult to completely suppress them."
"Instruct the Mercy Army to guard the royal capital. Once their conflict spreads, the royal capital must be defended by me no matter what!"
Faang said with a wry smile.
Faced with the clans under his command that had become extremely fierce, King Fa'ang had no choice but to let these people fight first. After their strength was almost exhausted, he let the Mercy Army take action from the royal capital.
If...the Mercy Army could still control the royal capital at that time.
The conflict between the two clans seemed to be the trigger of everything. Seeing that the Mercy Army did not make any move, these clans finally saw the weakness of the Mercy Army, and a large number of clans immediately joined in.
The three families of Meng, Cui and Yun formed the pro-Awa Eastern Clan Alliance.
The four families of Lu, Qiu, Li, and He formed the Western clan position that was pro-Yue.
Most of the two sides have a feud with each other, and because the weapons support comes from different directions, they also express different demands.
The three eastern tribes wanted to join the Ava dynasty, which was more powerful, while the four western tribes wanted to serve the Yue Kingdom, which had the Ming Dynasty as its backing.
New grudges are added to old grudges. Moreover, both sides have obtained more efficient murder weapons. Enemies are naturally extremely jealous when they meet. There is almost no need for any communication, and they are facing each other with swords.
Jinling City.
British government.
"Hahaha!"
"Fengxue, as expected, you can make money quickly by selling equipment."
"There are hundreds of tribes in Lancang, and we have directly made hundreds of thousands of taels of money this time. This has given the Ming Dynasty's finances a breather."
"Furthermore, since this was the first time someone went to do weapons and equipment business, the other party seemed quite curious and took all the old armor, long guns, broadswords and broken cannons we sent over without even negotiating the price."
Zhu Biao rubbed his hands and calculated the accounts for Xiao Han.
"Well, it's a good start. When they are almost done, go there again. This time, give them more cannons to make them willing to continue buying."
"Whenever they are worried about their ragged clothes and even a copper penny, our plan will be almost completed."
Xiao Han said with a smile.
"Well, how much money do we have to make?"
Zhu Biao's eyes lit up.
"Not much."
"However, after all, the Lancang Kingdom has been integrated by King Fa'ang for decades. There has been no major war, and there is still some accumulation. I should still be able to spend a few million taels."
"But it doesn't matter. Which tribe in Lancang Kingdom doesn't have a few hills? At worst, we can let them give us the hills."
Xiao Han said.
"What do we need those hills for?"
Zhu Biao was slightly startled.
"This man won't move. Once he takes the land, he can build industries around those hills and directly arrange troops to go in as guards."
"Furthermore, our papermaking industry in Ming Dynasty is one of those industries that has a great impact on the surrounding areas. In the past few days, I have cut down thousands of trees in Yingtianfu. It is easy to grow them back after cutting them, but it will take years."
"Especially, the remaining paper merchants in Jiangnan are also preparing to build paper production lines. As time goes by, we may not have enough trees in Ming Dynasty."
Xiao Han said to Zhu Biao.
"Um?"
"If the trees are cut down, won't it just open up the land for growing crops?"
Zhu Biao was slightly startled.
"The problem is that our Ming Dynasty has quite a lot of farmland now. When a large number of large-scale land reclamation fields are opened, the people will easily not have enough farmland. There are too many fields. In the end, I am afraid that they will all become commodities for trading. This is also a problem. What a huge waste."
Xiao Han shook his head and said.
"The more land creates people, the more people create land. How can we cultivate more land?"
Zhu Biao spoke in confusion.
"But it is true that we will take the opportunity to send our Ming army over. As long as our Ming army passes by, we will not be afraid that those arrogant and arrogant clans will not surrender to our Ming Dynasty."
"At that time, we will cut down all the trees on their mountains, which can be regarded as creating more mountainous areas, which is better than nothing."
Zhu Biao then nodded again.
"By the way, how are the remnants of Hu Weiyong who are being traced in Lingnan? Since today, we have deliberately lured the snake out of the hole. Have they done anything?"
Zhu Biao asked Xiao Han again.
"They seem to have left our Ming Dynasty."
"As for where exactly they are, because they are escaping like they are trying to survive by cutting off their tails, we still need to trace the traces and follow them steadily to have a chance to catch them all."
Xiao Han said.
(End of chapter)
