It was already night when he returned home. When Shen Hao passed by the square gate, he saw several night watch government officials beating and kicking a few ragged people. When the guards went up and asked, they found out that they were refugees. Recently, Ci'an Hall has been unable to accept them. There are them all over the big cities in Jingxi, many more than before.
Generally speaking, refugees are fine if they are willing to work and can always find a living, but some are just like mud and do nothing, wandering around all day relying on the porridge provided by Ci'an Tang. This kind of refugee is the most looked down upon.
"Did they steal that house before?"
"I don't know, the government officials are investigating. If you are worried, we can take over the case."
"Forget it. It's better to stay out of local affairs. I'm going back."
After eating a bowl of hand-made noodles cooked by Xia Nu, I sat in the study and opened the files but couldn't write anything.
The first part of the plan went very smoothly. Feilong, a familiar face in the black market, came forward and secretly cooperated with the manpower of Licheng Black Flag Battalion to quickly occupy the black market intermediary share of more than 40 cities under Fengri City, and try to ensure that all transactions were carried out through Feilong. Go through a circle in the channel.
Of course, this is Shen Hao's final plan. At that time, all the secret transactions and money flows within the entire Sealing Sun City will not be able to escape the eyes of the Black Flag Camp. If this set of things is smoothed out, it will bring about earth-shaking changes in the control of the entire Xuanqing Guard. This is also Jiang Cheng's original intention to support Shen Hao.
This is the first step of the plan.
The second step is to move the sight of the Black Flag Camp from bottom to top, trying to spread the tentacles of the Black Flag Camp into those high doors and red walls. This was Shen Hao's tentative suggestion, and he took a risk when he proposed it. He didn't expect that Jiang Cheng would directly agree to it. You should know that this is a very taboo move.
The original plan was to wait for the first step to be implemented and achieve initial results, and then use it as a basis to slowly promote the second step of the plan. But Jiang Cheng's instructions forced Shen Hao to speed up his actions.
"Yaxing... seems to be a good starting point." Shen Hao knocked on the table, thinking about Jiang Cheng's previous words in his mind. But it is not easy to open the door of the dental shop.
Speaking of Yaxing, this is a very special semi-official institution in the Jingjiu Dynasty. The people inside are also officials, but they are deeply connected with civil organizations. For example, the major slave trading houses in the Jingjiu Dynasty.
Behind the slave trading houses were not only the shadows of the military, but also the shadows of the great nobles. It could even be said that every large slave trading house was a tool of the most powerful people in the entire Jingjiu Dynasty.
Therefore, Yaxing is generally a secretive thing, but no one dares to provoke it, let alone try to draw it into their own faction, because it is too complex and impossible to control.
Early the next morning, Shen Hao called Wang Yiming to the public house.
"Do you know the people over there at Yahang?"
"I know a few stewards, but not the chief officer."
"Check those stewards you are familiar with." Shen Hao suddenly said this casually along Wang Yiming's eyes.
"...Which aspect do you mean to check?" He was a little confused, but Wang Yiming reacted quickly, but he was not sure which aspect Shen Hao meant by "checking".
"Check out what's dirty under his ass, preferably something that can make him lose his head. Do you understand?"
"But, Yaxing..."
Before Wang Yiming could finish speaking, Shen Hao interrupted: "Can you check?"
"I can check it."
"I'll give you five days. I want to see the file. Keep it confidential. Wu Qianhu is busy with official duties, so don't disturb him. We don't want to make any publicity within the Black Flag Battalion. Do you understand what I mean?"
"I understand that I will not let you down."
"Well, go ahead, I'll wait to see your results."
Wang Yiming bowed his hands and stepped back, but his heart beat a little faster for no reason, and it took him a long time to recover. He understood that the task Shen Hao gave him this time was a test. If he completed it well, he would be in Shen Hao's eyes, and he might be able to slowly be given some authority to him in the future.
But... a dental checkup? This is tricky!
Wang Yiming is from the Imperial City, and his family is from a high-ranking family. He knows a lot about the inside story of Yaxing. He knows that it is definitely a hidden force that is not inferior to Xuanqing Guard. The power of this force is that it is outside the system. A community of interests consolidated by huge business.
No one dislikes making money, so going to the dental shop means cutting off people's financial opportunities, which will lead to deadly enmity. I just don’t know why I had to go to the dental clinic suddenly.
Wang Yiming was puzzled. He remembered that Shen Baihu's resume had nothing to do with Yaxing. Did anyone else provoke him?
But doubts remain doubts. Wang Yiming still wants to continue working in Black Flag Camp instead of being transferred away by Shen Hao with excuses, so he must handle this matter well.
In fact, Wang Yiming has been waiting for such an opportunity. He had gained trust when Chen Yiyun was here before, and he also had a group of people he could use. After returning to his mansion, Wang Yiming began to assign the investigation. Focusing on a steward who he felt was most likely to be hiding a big deal.
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Shen Hao got off work and looked out from the carriage when he returned home. There seemed to be more homeless people on the road, especially the porridge restaurant not far outside the square gate. It was overcrowded, and there were probably no less than thirty or forty people surrounding it. .
This is not normal.
So many refugees and homeless people must have suffered from the disaster, but up to now there are only rumors that there is a disaster in the east, but there is no official report on the specific situation for so long. Minor disaster? If there was a minor disaster, there wouldn’t be so many people leaving their homes and becoming refugees, right?
"Go and find a homeless person to come over. I have something to ask them."
The guard was ordered to go to Zongji and quickly brought back a tall, thin man with an anxious face. This man looked to be no more than thirty years old, but his skin was dark and rough, and his eyes were sunken and bloodshot, looking like he was down and out.
"Young man, I've met the old man." He stood ten feet away from the carriage, his head lowered and not daring to look directly at him.
"What's your name? Where are you from?"
"The younger one's name is Wang Wu, from Shipan Town."
"Stone Town? Where is it?"
"Oh, it's more than sixty miles north of Wanhekou."
Shen Hao got out of the car, walked up to Wang Wu, and asked with a smile: "Don't be afraid, I will treat you to roast chicken after I finish asking you later." After a pause, he asked again: "Wanhekou is on the other side of Pingshun City. Why did you come to Fengli City? Isn't this too far?"
"Uncle, there's been a disaster, and there's nothing we can do. The government offices along the road can't help so many people. Only Fengri City is big enough. We can make a living by running here."
"What kind of disaster is this? From what you say, I can't stay there anymore?"
"Villages are dying one by one! I don't dare to stay anymore. Except for those who really can't run away, everyone who can move has come out."
"Dead person?" Shen Hao was a little surprised when he heard this. He originally thought it was a disaster in the fields, but now he heard that it was not the case.
"Yes, uncle, many people died. They are all spreading rumors..."
"Passing what?"
"It is rumored that there is a plague."
plague? plague? !
