Liu Hengyi braced himself and sat up straight, ready to hear what the Black Flag Camp Hundred Household Officer needed his help for.
"Old Liu, I heard from my subordinates that your horse and carriage business still has business in Licheng?"
"Yes, there are."
"Can you still build a warehouse?"
"Yes, in order to facilitate the flow of goods, our Chemac will build a warehouse every time we open a store in a place. This also facilitates management."
Shen Hao nodded, picked up the wine bottle on the table and filled it for Liu Hengyi, and continued: "You also built the warehouse outside Xiaoshan Town, right?"
"Xiaoshan Town? Oh! Are you talking about Licheng Iron Furnace Mansion? Yes, it is close to Xiaoshan Iron Furnace Mansion. There are often large quantities of pig iron that need to be transported away. In order to facilitate storage, we are nearby. A warehouse was built to store the circulating pig iron."
"Where to transport it? Who will escort it?"
"This..." Liu Hengyi opened his mouth but did not answer. After a while, he said: "Master Shen, we have rules in our carriage and horse racing business. The information of our guests must be kept confidential. Do you think you can..."
"Don't worry, we will keep it a secret too."
"Hey." Liu Hengyi sighed, knowing that he would not be able to pass the test today, so he could only lower his voice and said: "Transport to Yucheng, get on the boat, then go down the river to Tanshi, and finally unload the boat in Xiaochuan, and then Use carts and horses to transport it to the edge of the Bamboo Sea, and then someone will come to pick it up."
Shen Hao picked up his wine glass and clinked it with Liu Hengyi, then drank it down and said with a smile: "I remember that exporting pig iron requires complicated paperwork, right? Even if it doesn't leave the country, the transportation is subject to strict review, right? Old Liu, do you think this business can be done? Can it stand up to investigation?"
"This...Master Shen, this..."
How could Liu Hengyi not know that he could not withstand the investigation? Not to mention, strictly controlled things like pig iron require strict approval documents before leaving the place of production, let alone transporting them to the border. There was a big gap in the documents provided by Xiaoshan Tieliangzhuang. There was only an approval document for leaving the place of production, but no approval document from the receiving party, let alone an approval document from the border army.
But there were some words that Liu Hengyi couldn't explain. Anyone who is engaged in the carriage and horse transport industry knows that if every business procedure is completed, the business will not be able to continue. The yamen will turn a blind eye, let alone businessmen like them? Is it about rules or money?
But now faced with Shen Hao's questioning, Liu Hengyi was very panicked. He couldn't figure out whether Shen Hao was really determined to deal with him.
But this matter involves a government-run shop like Xiaoshan Tielushuang. I'm afraid this person surnamed Shen is not so messy, right?
There is a fundamental difference between Shen Hao's thinking and that of many people. Others always think of his behavior as "causing chaos", but he himself never thinks that he is acting indiscriminately, but instead acts after planning.
"Old Liu, don't be afraid, I'm just asking. I was investigating a case before, involving Xiaoshan Iron Furnace Mansion, and I happened to see the name of your Hengshun Horse Racing Company on the file, so I asked you to find out more about the situation. I I understand your difficulties. If you want to make money, you have to take risks, and sometimes there is no way around it. I understand all of this.
However, if it crosses the line, then it doesn’t make sense, right? "
Liu Hengyi said quickly: "Don't worry, Mr. Shen, our Hengshun Car and Horse Company has always been loyal to the country. We..."
Shen Hao waved his hand and interrupted: "No? Help transport pig iron to Tanshi and then transport it to the border Xiaochuan for unloading. Don't say you don't know they are planning to transport it out? Are you participating in smuggling pig iron? You don't understand? Or are you saying that you don't know they are planning to transport it out? Do you think others are fools and will let you talk nonsense?"
"Master Shen, I was also confused for a moment. I will go back immediately and cut off all contact with Xiaoshan Iron Furnace Mansion, and I promise that I will never..."
"Don't be busy. The business is doing well. Why are you cutting it off? Even if it's going to stop, it's not now." Shen Hao interrupted the other party again and picked up the wine bottle to fill it up.
Liu Hengyi's heart skipped a beat. He felt as if he was being targeted by a poisonous snake, and his legs under the table began to tremble unconsciously. He trembled and said nervously: "What do you mean?"
"There is a big problem in Xiaoshan Iron Furnace. Basically, everyone involved except the craftsmen will lose their heads. I can tell you about this now and leave it here. But before that, there are some things I I want to know more clearly. So I have to ask you, Old Liu, for help. Is it okay if I put two people into your carriage team? "
"ah?"
"What? Are you in trouble?"
"No, no, there's no problem. It's our honor that Mr. Shen can use our Hengshun carriage."
"That's right, we are mutually beneficial. In fact, you and Xiaoshan Iron Furnace Manor were colluding with each other to help our Xuanqing Guards act as internal agents. In this way, if anyone wants to threaten you with this Chen Guzi scandal in the future, you can also There’s an excuse, right?”
Can you still say that? !
Liu Hengyi was stunned and realized that he had really fallen into a trap. If you don't help, this time the person named Shen will definitely complain about the incomplete documents. If he doesn't do it, he will really count them among the gangs of pig iron smugglers. That is a matter of ransacking homes and losing heads. Naturally, he can't do it. He can only Bite the bullet and help.
But according to Shen's words, if he did this favor once, he would be labeled as Xuan Qingwei? If this were known to the outside world, who would dare to do business with Hengshun Car and Horse Racing?
The meal was tasteless. When Liu Hengyi returned home, he locked himself in the room and smashed up the entire study. He felt aggrieved but could do nothing.
The next day, three ordinary sergeants selected from Fengri City went to Hengshun Carriage and Horsemanship Store as coachmen. Two days later, they went to the Licheng branch together with ten new carriages on the pretext of dispatching additional vehicles.
Exactly five days later, a note came from Xiaoshan Tieliangzhuang, saying that another batch of goods was to be sent away, and fifty large trucks were ordered for departure on the ninth day of June.
Each cart has two mules and can carry 1,500 kilograms of goods. Fifty carts are equivalent to 75,000 kilograms. This kind of convoy cannot go through the teleportation circle because the cost is too high, so it can only go through official roads, and even private roads cannot support such heavy goods.
Starting from Licheng, the journey with goods is slow, and it will take at least half a month to reach Yucheng. There are supply points, resting places for people and horses along the road, roadblocks in various places and other conditions. There are not many horse and carriage companies capable of transporting such large quantities of heavy goods, and it is even impossible for private individuals to transport them.
The three spies are not monks. They know how to drive a car and have served in the military. They are strong and have a temperament that is good enough for the market. They usually do the work of traveling around the streets to collect intelligence.
The three of them pretended not to know each other and were not conspicuous in a convoy of hundreds of people. Just observe secretly and remember everything you see and hear in your mind.
On June 25, the motorcade arrived in Yucheng. But it did not drive into the city, but passed directly outside the city. In the evening of the same day, the convoy arrived at the pier in the south of the city.
Cars, horses, and goods were all loaded onto the ship, and people were also put on board. That night, three large ships anchored from the dock and sailed down the river to Haixia.
