In the many carriages on the carriage and horse lawn, some important figures from the seventeen associated commercial houses looked at Chen Feirong from afar, adding a trace of horror.
The most powerful argument in this world is the facts, and what Chen Feirong said is all the facts.
As long as these officials can't answer, although Shi San's cane blame will definitely be compensated by every means, Da Dexiang's loss will be reduced to the lowest level, and because of Chen Feirong's public appearance, the spread of her beauty will definitely completely overpower the news of Da Dexiang's rice noodles in the next period of time, and it will be even more talked about.
This great treasurer of Dadexiang Chen not only came prepared, but also regarded his first public appearance as a powerful weapon.
Hearing Chen Feirong's repeated questions, after listening to the silence around him, he began to talk again, but Zhang Lingyun just smiled slightly, looked at Chen Feirong carefully, and said: "With the meaning of Chen Da's shopkeeper, Da Dexiang was framed."
Chen Feirong also smiled slightly: "This is the natural idea of normal people. ” Several officials on Zhang Lingyun's side frowned suddenly, her words implied a sharp edge, but it was not polite.
However, Zhang Lingyun still smiled and said gently: "When it comes to the water mill, it may be that we have omitted it, and we should indeed check it." ” Chen Feirong frowned slightly, she originally had no ill feelings towards Zhang Lingyun, a young official who looked sunny and upright, but at this time, as soon as this sentence came out, she keenly felt the other party's unkind aura.
And the hesitation in the other party's eyebrows made her feel a faint danger.
For a moment she didn't answer.
"The Qing is self-purifying, since the shopkeeper Chen has objections, it just so happens that the people from our household division and the criminal department are here, why don't we take this opportunity to ask the treasurer Chen to take us to the water mill for inspection" Zhang Lingyun glanced at several officials around him and smiled.
Chen Feirong's heart was solemn, but at this moment, the back of her neck was slightly cold, like a breeze blowing.
She immediately knew that this was Lin Xi, who was standing not far behind her, and sighed softly.
So she immediately relaxed, and showed a charming smile: "Okay, my lords, please." ” Rice is more resistant to storage and transportation than rice flour, so the slightly larger rice and flour businesses naturally buy their own rice and wheat, and then set up their own local mills or hand them over to special mills to process the finished rice and flour.
In order to reduce costs, in most places with large shipments, Dadexiang also acquired or built its own mills in most places with large shipments.
The water mill of Qingyuan City Dadexiang is located on the bank of the Daning River in the south of the city, which is a relatively empty and barren place, and there are no dwellings around, only some workshops of other businesses, which are sparsely populated.
Some partridges, who were foraging in the reeds and weeds by the river, suddenly saw the black crowd rushing from the avenue, and they were so startled that they flew up again and again, and fell straight to the other side of the river.
Lin Xi also saw Yun Qin's large-scale water mill workshop for the first time.
Looking at several waterwheels that probed into the river like a giant pulp, as well as the wooden workshop like the hull of a giant ship, Lin Xi was fascinated for a moment: Such a large workshop is my industry But he quickly turned his gaze away from the huge hull-like workshop and landed on the carriage in front of him, where several officials were riding.
Because it is not close to the entrance of the vegetable market, there are carriages, and when they come, they all use carriages, forming the first array of carriages of officials in front of four arrays, followed by several carriages of Dadexiang, the third array is the carriages of those seventeen joint ventures and some wealthy families in the city who watch the bustle, and at the end are many people on foot, most of whom are old and weak women and children who usually have nothing to do and are idle at home.
Although the specific identities and backgrounds of Zhang Lingyun and the officials in the carriage in front of them were unknown, but when the case had been decided and Da Dexiang's people had already been beaten in public, they still mobilized the crowd and let so many onlookers come to this water mill together, which was a very abnormal thing in Lin Xi's opinion.
Because if the evidence is in Dadexiang's favor, the more people there are, the more it will appear that these officials have made mistakes in their previous judgments.
Although Zhang Lingyun, the official in charge of the household department, was young, since he had been promoted to the eighth rank, it was impossible for him to be so inexperienced, and he should be cautious, and only a few people such as the official and Da Dexiang were present.
Unless he wants to take the initiative to help Da Dexiang overturn the case.
But from Zhang Lingyun's expression, he didn't feel this kindness at all.
These subtle signs had already made Lin Xi vigilant, and they had already made him faintly feel in his heart that the difference between victory and defeat was in the water mill workshop in front of him.
The sound of the wooden lattice of the waterwheel turning, and the sound of the water it raised, resounded in the empty workshop.
The workshop had been temporarily suspended, and all the workers inside had gathered in a vacant lot behind the stone mill with a little fear.
Several officials guarded the entrance and exit of the workshop, and the ordinary people who followed to see the excitement were temporarily stopped from the door, but for those who were in the business and the wealthy merchants, it seemed that there were no restrictions for the purpose of letting them be witnesses.
Some important people of the firm stayed in the carriage outside to wait for news because of their own identities, but at least twenty people from the firm entered the workshop of Dadexiang.
Lin Xi, who was following behind Chen Feirong, still didn't pay too much attention to the situation inside the workshop, but just watched the expressions and actions of Zhang Lingyun and the others silently.
As a former criminal officer, Lin Xi soon found that Zhang Lingyun didn't seem to care about this search, and he didn't have that kind of meticulous handling of the case, his expression was always light, and the search along the way was more and more beneficial to Da Dexiang.
There is no problem with the rice flour milled in several warehouses, and several granaries where rice is stored allow merchants who are familiar with the rice and flour business to easily judge that Dadexiang is not a nearby material, but is still transported by water, the cost will be slightly higher, but the taste will be better Qiantang, Xiangshui and other provinces of high-quality rice This kind of inspection, which was only visited by a few officials, even aroused the dissatisfaction and anger of the people in the seventeen associated firms, and how could such a large water mill workshop, which was enough to provide rice and noodles for the entire population of the city, find out the problem without sending dozens of people to carefully search the corners For a while, even the people in these businesses seemed to have become the men and horses of the Criminal Division, and they all carefully checked every place they passed by, checking whether there were any clues that were unfavorable to Da Dexiang.
Zhang Lingyun walked leisurely in the empty workshop passage, looking at the nervous merchants around him, he smiled mockingly in his heart, thinking: "Even if you earn more gold and silver, it is only a ninth-rate character For the people in the court, after all, it is just a fat goose that is full, after all, it is a vulgar thing that can be easily played with between the palms, and what kind of noble swan is pretended."
His friend, who was dressed in the official uniform of the Toji Zheng Jiupin Tax Officer, walked out of the side room where the waterwheel repairs were kept, and walked to his side.
Seeing his friend's brisk walk, Zhang Lingyun still glanced at Chen Feirong not far away from him as usual, and couldn't help but think sarcastically in his heart: "Since they are all acting, let's see who acts more seriously and more useful." ” The young tax collector soon arrived at his side and whispered a few words in his ear.
His brows quickly furrowed, and he slowly walked to Chen Feirong's side quietly, and said in a very low voice: "Shopkeeper Chen, are you really sure that there is no white Guanyin stone powder in your mill."
When Chen Feirong came before, she also faintly felt that the key to victory or defeat was in this water mill, and when she heard Zhang Lingyun's words at this moment, she suddenly felt a slight chill in her heart, and glanced at Zhang Lingyun, who was frowning, and her face already showed a stern look, and said, "Lord Zhang, what do you mean by this?"
"Tax Officer Feng has found several bags of Baiguanyin stone powder in the spare parts warehouse of your water mill waterwheel, and one of them has already used half a bag."
Zhang Lingyun looked at her with a slight cold gaze, his lips opened slightly, not like he was talking, but he actually said this sentence in a very low voice.
Chen Feirong's face was slightly pale, she had already figured it out a little at the moment, she deliberately walked a few steps slower, distanced herself from the person in front of her, and said softly at the same time: "Lord Zhang, you should also know in your heart that someone is framing you." ” Zhang Lingyun glanced at her deeply and said, "I don't know if someone frames her or not, but you must know what kind of consequences it will bring to Dadexiang if you search out those white Guanyin stone powders in full view of everyone."
I now suspect that a lot of the rice and noodles you produce here are secretly sold to the poor and remote areas of other places.
If those small towns in other places also quickly find out that there are indeed many problems with your Dadexiang's rice noodles, it can easily support my guess. ” "Dadexiang uses a small amount of high-quality rice noodles to sell to the more strictly supervised cities, as a superficial cover-up, but it is to use some old moldy rice made of inferior rice noodles, and sell them to those small towns with loose supervision Dadexiang, this trick is really a clever trick, no wonder it will go all out into this rice noodle business."
After a slight pause, Zhang Lingyun looked at Chen Feirong very meaningfully, and then said softly: "I don't know if this is also from the decision of Chen Da's shopkeeper."
Listening to these chilling words, Chen Feirong's heart was not cold, because she felt the soft breath on the back of her neck again, inexplicably, she was at peace in her heart, but pursed her lips and laughed teasingly, and said, "What do you want me to do when you say that?"
Looking at Chen Feirong's charming smile, Zhang Lingyun smiled with satisfaction: "I also admire the big shopkeeper very much, if the big shopkeeper accompanies me for a few nights, I guess I can try to tide over this crisis for Da Dexiang first." ” "It's just a few nights" Chen Feirong smiled slightly, tilted her head slightly, bit her lip lightly and said: "Then if I accompany you, what if such a thing happens again in the future?"
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Zhang Lingyun looked at her fair thin neck and some snow muscles exposed under the neckline, and also smiled: "If such a thing happens again, I will naturally help you solve it according to our law." ” Chen Feirong looked at him and chuckled: "You are just a household official from the eighth grade, you dare to do this to me" Zhang Lingyun frowned slightly, his smile subsided, and he said coldly: "I dare to do this to you, naturally not just because of my status as an official of the Eight Rank Household Division. ” Behind Chen Feirong, Lin Xi, who had been hanging her head slightly, gradually raised her eyebrows
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