In prison, Zhu Changning accused the Chen family and Xie Zhan, saying that they sold Xiaozhuya Island to the Zhu family. They might have secretly mined the gold mine before, and hoped that the imperial envoy would investigate the matter.
In the end, Zuo Anmin dismissed it because his inference was not in line with human nature. No matter who knew that there was a gold mine on their land, how could they sell the land containing the gold mine to others? They also said that the Zhu family's counter-argument was suspected of taking revenge based on personal grudges, which was not credible.
These words made Zhu Changning angry and turned upside down.
After the Zhu family members were imprisoned, the Gu family took care of themselves. Gu Huaisheng, the young master of the Gu family, came to the prison in person to meet Zhu Changnian.
After some conversation, he left with a heavy heart.
After coming out of the prison, he raised his head and glanced at the sky in the south, sighing in his heart, the trees are really quiet but the wind is not stopping.
At this time, the Zhu family's property was being confiscated by the government.
Not long after, the list of the seized property was in Xie Zhan's hands.
Xie Zhan opened the list and saw it recorded: The Zhu family found 113 shops, thousands of hectares of fields, 700,000 taels of silver, six warehouses of grain and 300,000 shi...
Xie Zhan frowned more and more as he looked at it. According to his estimate, the Zhu family's wealth was between three and four million taels.
Apart from anything else, the amount of food was wrong.
"Clan leader, what's wrong?" Xie Nan asked.
Xie Zhan replied, "Before, Zhu Jiaming had ten warehouses and half a million shi of grain. He took two warehouses, which were 100,000 shi of grain and Ji Wuyin as collateral. On the surface, there should be 400,000 shi of grain left. But now, on Zhu Jiaming's side, Only six warehouses and 300,000 shi of grain are left?"
In addition, Xie Zhan felt that the Zhu family secretly still had food, at least two to three hundred thousand dan.
Xie's family used to be a big family, and he knew very well the family's urinary nature. The wealth on the surface should be on the surface, and the wealth on the surface should be at least one-third of the money on the surface. Anyway, it is one-third to Half of the interval is like this.
However, they didn't find this part of the property in Zhu's house?
Xie Zhan was very concerned about the food hidden by the Zhu family.
Zhu Jiaming's wealth belongs to the emperor, and there is no way he can touch it.
Xie Zhan had put so much thought and effort into planning, so naturally he wanted to eat the Zhu family's secret flesh. Therefore, no officials from the government were used during the investigation, only his people were conducting the investigation secretly.
The problem now is that after searching the Zhu family, not only did he not find the hidden food in the Zhu family, but the food on the surface was also not as expected.
The Zhu family has a lot of money on their books, but now to solve the crisis in the Southland, food is more useful than money.
Xie Zhan knew that these grains would definitely be left in the Southland. The emperor also knew very well that the Zhu family had a huge amount of food. If it was transported back to Chang'an, it would be a long way and nearly half of it would be lost on the way, which was not cost-effective.
He originally thought that with the Zhu family's food, half of the problems in the South would be solved. It's a pity that something is wrong now.
Xie Zhan scrolled down the information and found relevant records. Two of the remaining eight warehouses of grain from the Zhu family were actually used by Zhu Changnian as collateral with Ji Wuyin the day before the Zhu family was surrounded?
Two warehouses of grain, 100,000 taels, were mortgaged 180,000 taels. What is the difference between this food and selling it cheaply?
He sensed something was wrong and told Xie Nan, "Ask Zuo Anmin to ask Ji Wuyin for the contract."
Xie Nan took the order and left.
When he saw that the time limit on the contract was only one day, he laughed angrily.
Xie Zhan stood up expressionlessly, came to the window, and looked at the mountains in the distance, but his mind was constantly running, sorting out his thoughts.
The fruit he worked so hard to harvest was not as big as he imagined.
He didn't believe that the Zhu family didn't have food hidden.
The more he reviewed it, the weirder the look on Xie Zhan's face became.
This is similar to the way the Qin family was exiled, when two to three percent of their property was lost.
But this matter is related to Ji Wuyin, Ji Wuyin - Xue Guangxian - Liaodong County...
Xie Zhan narrowed his eyes, a thief came in and stole the fruits of his hard work.
Now that they were at Zhu's house, they took away most of his fruits. The remaining half belongs to the emperor and he cannot touch it.
In other words, he used a trick to bring down the Zhu family, but he didn't get anything? How is this possible?
Regarding Xie Zhan's reaction, Lu Songli and Xue Xu had deduced it before they set off to the Southland, and also discussed how to deal with it if they were exposed. After all, as a planner, Xie Zhan probably knows a lot about the fish in the target fish pond.
If they eat too much secretly, Xie Zhan will definitely notice it.
What Xie Zhan didn't know was that Xue Xu and the others could still find ways to take away the Zhu family's money. It was just that they were worried that Zhu Jiaming's wealth was already being watched by the emperor, so they didn't take action.
They thought very clearly that it was okay for them to pick peaches, but at least they had to ensure that the emperor was well fed.
Under this premise, they could only grab Xie Zhan's spoils. As for what would happen to Xie Zhan after he was robbed, they didn't care. If it didn't work, they would just starve.
Xie Zhan always remembered the lesson he learned after helping Song Mo win the throne last time. After a heavy blow, he must return to help.
This time he had some backup plans to prevent these things from disrupting the situation and competing for his interests.
He just didn't expect the peach pickers to come so quickly.
Lu Songli, Lu Songli, as expected of you, you had already reached out before others could react.
Xie Zhan began to issue orders one after another.
"Come here! Send someone to secretly monitor Ji Mansion!"
He wanted to see who was coming this time!
Xie Zhan felt that it was impossible for Lu Songli to come in person, and even if she wanted to come, she would be stopped. Lu Songli is obviously the wise man of the forces in Liaodong County. It is everyone's consensus that the son of a rich man cannot sit down in court.
But he felt that the person who could win Zhu Changnian's trust would definitely not be a small person!
"Let Zuo Anmin give the order to the county guard to block all the major city gates and all docks!"
"Also, send someone to the dock to find out if a large amount of goods have been shipped out in the past two days?"
"yes!"
Not long after, the person who inquired about the news came back. Based on the reported news, Xie Zhan judged that not all the food had been removed.
Xie Zhan sneered, Lu Songli, so what if your people took advantage? So what if I grabbed a piece of fat?
He wants to catch a turtle in a urn, and he wants this piece of meat to rot in the south. In addition, it is best that the people who come to Nandi are not the Qin family, otherwise he will ask them to stay here!
On this day, Ji Wuyin returned to Ji Mansion from Xue Xu.
One of his subordinates whispered to him, "Master, someone is watching the Ji Mansion."
"Um?"
Later, when he received the news that the city gate and dock were blocked, Ji Wuyin subconsciously thought that Xie Zhan's reaction was really fast!
Thinking about Xue Xu who had moved out of Ji Mansion and lived in a secret place, Ji Wuyin secretly thought that the old man was right. Xie Zhan is so smart, he must have realized something.
It seems that the next time he goes to find them, he should be more cautious to prevent being followed.
