"Of course it's more than that!"
Han Huang shook his head.
The Jin family had been liaising as slaves for so many years, and they only had more than 1.3 million taels of silver to become one of the most wealthy businessmen in Shanxi and even the entire Ming Dynasty.
Is this looking down on the efforts of the Jin family, or looking down on the ambitions of Jiannu and the Mongolian tribes?
The reason for this is that in addition to the basement in the Jin Family Courtyard, the Jin family also has a basement for hiding gold and silver jewelry in Zhangjiakou Fort in Xuanfu and Weiyuan City in Datong.
Because these two places are the closest places to the border between the two military towns.
Once the incident comes to light, they can withdraw the money they had hidden in two places and escape, which will serve as capital for their future comeback.
He didn't know how much silver there was in these two basements, because Jin Liangyu didn't know either.
It's just that every time I do business there, some will be put in, and there is no complete statistics.
In addition to these two basements, there are various warehouses above the ground that store various calligraphy and paintings, furs, medicinal materials, etc.
There are also various fertile fields, manors, shops, granaries, etc. It is estimated that there are no less than a hundred places.
In addition, the place where Jin Liangyu hid the transaction ledger is not an exaggeration to describe it as a cunning rabbit's three caves.
In other words, it is the nature of businessmen that eggs will not be put in the same basket.
Han Huang told Meng Ruhu about the situation. After hearing this, Meng Ruhu opened his mouth but couldn't say what he wanted to say.
I can only lament that it's not that they are stupid, but that the enemy is too cunning.
"Come here, move all the gold, silver and jewelry out of the basement, and seal them immediately after checking them!"
After Han Huang gave the order, he returned to the ground and went to the study to pick up a pen and start writing.
In just a moment, a letter was written, and the Jinyi Guard Qianhu who was left behind was called: "You immediately arrange for someone to send this letter out five hundred miles away. It must be delivered before noon tomorrow."
"As fierce as a tiger, you can bring one hundred men of Jinyi Guards and one hundred Tengxiang Right Guards sergeants.
Go to Weiyuan Fort immediately and transport the money in the basement to Datong City immediately. "
After the arrangements were made, Han Huang sat in the room, closed his eyes and rested in order to cope with unexpected needs.
It wasn't until the sun set to the west that Li Ruolian came back dusty.
Looking at Li Ruolian with a murderous look on his face, Han Huang chuckled and said, "What's wrong with you?"
"Look at this account book!"
Han Huang took the thick account book and slowly looked through it. His face became colder as he read it. When he saw the end, he suddenly slapped the table.
"Commander Li, this matter is of great importance. You will immediately escort the direct descendants of the Jin family to Taiyuan with your manpower. I will stay in Datong."
Li Ruolian nodded and was about to leave when Cheng Hongwei, the commander-in-chief of the Jin Yiwei who was sent to capture the slave-building intelligence, came back covered in blood.
Without waiting for Li Ruolian to ask, Cheng Hongwei immediately said: "Master Commander, when we arrived at the location, the tavern had been reduced to ashes.
While we were checking, several arrows were fired from the surrounding areas. We were caught off guard and lost three brothers.
We immediately counterattacked and pursued them, but the enemy finally escaped.
I have arranged for people in my humble position to look around to see if there are any clues so that I can continue to investigate. Please punish me! "
Li Ruolian's originally gloomy expression became even gloomier after hearing this.
It seems that not only the inside of the Jin family has been infiltrated by the forces such as Jiannuo, but also the outside of the Jin family is being monitored.
Maybe when they surrounded the Jin family compound, the people watching outside knew that they were exposed, and made preparations in advance, catching them off guard.
"Okay, let's go down so that we can bury our fallen brothers alive and continue the investigation!"
After Cheng Hongwei left, the Jin Yiwei who was responsible for interrogating the group of assassins who assassinated Jin Liangyu also came in.
Sure enough, as Han Huang guessed, it was Jian Nu who placed him next to Jin Liangyu.
What shocked the two of them even more was that according to the confession, Jin Liangyu didn't even know about the existence of this group of people.
"Mr. Hange, the enemy's layout is more sophisticated than we imagined!"
"The matter has come to this, there is no need to think too much, no matter how much they have done, as His Majesty said, as long as we are strong enough,
In the face of absolute strength, conspiracies and machinations are pushed aside directly.
You immediately prepare to escort the direct descendants of the Jin family to Taiyuan City! "
Li Ruolian nodded, and the two chatted for a while before turning and leaving.
An hour later, more than twenty prison vans were parked in the square in front of the Jin family compound.
Each prison car contained three or four third-generation descendants of the Jin family.
Li Ruolian looked at the people watching in the distance. With a wave of his hand, the convoy moved slowly, shouting loudly as it moved.
"After a thorough investigation by Jin Yiwei, it was found that the Jin family of Datong had liaison with Jiannu and Mongolian tribes, smuggled materials embargoed by the Ming Dynasty, and made huge profits.
Now that the evidence is conclusive, we will escort him to Taiyuan and his Majesty will personally deliver him.
The Jin family is a major crime against the nine clans. If anyone dares to cover up, he will be punished as a treason.
Anyone who knows and fails to report will be punished with a hundred rods and three years in prison! Officials from various states and counties immediately arrested the members of the nine Jin family clans and imprisoned them on the spot, waiting for their orders! "
The onlookers were shocked at first, and then their angry curses echoed through the sky.
"What a bastard. He turned traitor to the country. He deserves to die!"
"This group of shameless businessmen actually ignored the interests of Ming Dynasty for the sake of profit. It's hateful!"
"I said, how can a little Jiannu fight against the Ming Dynasty? It turns out that the Jin family is helping!"
"So, with so many soldiers dying on the front line, the Jin family is the biggest accomplice?"
"These people who have suffered thousands of knives can make such dirty money. Aren't they afraid of going to the eighteenth level of hell when they die?"
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"Kill them!"
This sentence seemed to completely open up the resentment of the people watching the excitement, and they immediately threw everything they could on the prison car.
There are all kinds of eggs, vegetable leaves, shoes, stones, spatulas and so on.
"Don't throw shit. They can. You should consider how we feel about escorting the sergeants. It's hundreds of miles away!"
Among the angry crowd, a sergeant roared angrily.
The crowd was silent at first, then laughed loudly, and then started throwing other things more vigorously.
It took half an hour for the convoy to leave Datong City.
The prison car at this moment was filled with all kinds of things, and all kinds of smells were mixed together. The smell was amazing!
People like Lian Jin Yiwei, who perform special tasks all year round and need to lurk, would be the boss if they smell this smell now.
All the direct descendants of the Jin family in the prison car were already bruised and swollen, covered in dirt and exuding a stench.
After Li Ruolian asked his men to clean up, the convoy slowly accelerated, heading towards Taiyuan City with dust all over the sky.
Behind him were hundreds of imperial guards and hundreds of sergeants from Tengxiang's right guard.
Li Ruolian led the team and walked for five days in a row. The southern gate of Taiyuan City, Yingze Gate, was in sight in the distance.
Zhou Yuji, who was leading patrols outside the city, immediately rushed forward after receiving the news.
"Commander Li, you are finally here. You are the only one left among the eight families. If news hadn't been sent back, I would have thought something happened to you!"
"I do want to cause trouble, but it's a pity that those people don't have the courage!"
When Li Ruolian responded, his tone was full of regret.
I deployed several back-up tactics in an attempt to catch them all, but they were of no use.
"Have the other seven families entered the city?"
"Here!"
Zhou Yuji pointed to the wall made of marching tents in the camp: "They are all inside. His Majesty said that there is no place to detain so many people in the city, so he asked us to finish the gathering outside and pull all the prison cars into the city.
Bring the heads of the eight families in to see His Majesty, then parade them through the streets and execute them directly outside the city! "
"Okay, time is running out, let's hurry up, His Majesty is still waiting!"
