So I play chess

Chapter 176 The Secret of Tong City

In fact, in Master Sun's opinion, the ability of Mr. Lu is not the most important thing.

The most important thing is that this person is capable, has no way out, is courageous, and only knows the most superficial power relations in Tongcheng.

For example, not losing their homes, such as the residence of the master Li Mao, and the upstarts of Tongcheng like Zhou Tongdutong.

The Sun family never kept a thief, not because they couldn't control it, but because it was really unnecessary.

No matter whether these people are stealing from the market or stealing from the market, the profits they get are too small compared to the Sun family's business, and they have to spend some time on it, and take on an extra burden of trouble and money. risk.

And the places where Master Sun really needs them are often places that they absolutely dare not set foot on.

But Mr. Lu will not have such scruples. As long as Mr. Sun builds up his courage from the beginning, this one can accomplish many great things.

The two communicated briefly, and Mr. Sun really forgave him the debt, and even took ten taels of silver on the spot, arranged a place for him, and ordered him to do things by the way.

Mr. Lu originally thought that Mr. Sun would assign him some important errands, so he still hung out in the wine shop as Mr. Lu from Anping, mainly making friends with alcoholics, the most important of which was Hua Ji.

As soon as Mr. Lu heard this, he immediately understood Master Sun's intentions, and he didn't pretend to be clever to hide it. He just asked if he wanted to find an opportunity to sneak into the house.

After getting Master Sun's affirmative answer and an attitude of approval, Mr. Lu immediately took over and showed his loyalty. The two of them had a happy conversation, so they settled the matter like this.

After finishing the arrangement of the affairs here, Mr. Sun made some arrangements for the affairs outside the city, and then finally got a chance to have a good sleep.

There was nothing for the next two days.Although due to the influence of the murder case a few days ago, the three families of Zheng, Wang, and Shi all restrained themselves in the public inspection, but at the same time they also raised the average price of entering the city, and some kind of people were brought in during the process. But it's not so clear, and Master Sun is even more ignorant.

Master Sun's energies in the past few days have been restrained by the affairs of rice grains and bandits, and he did not focus on the news channels in the city.

After all, manpower is limited, and if you want to accomplish one thing eagerly, you can only concentrate all the manpower.

Now that he has regained his composure, people who rely on news channels to make a living have vision and skills.

After the previous arrangement, the effect was soon revealed.

Those who went to Zheng's house to inquire first brought back some news.

First of all, on the day of the murder, the prefect sent someone to take away a steward and seven or eight servants from the Zheng family, and they are now in prison.

I can't find out too much about the prison, I only heard that the government office is on trial as usual, but obviously there is no trial, or it is too late to get some results.

In the next few days, everything in the Zheng family was as usual, and there was no hasty action or cautious attitude.

At the same time, on the four city gates in the southeast and northwest, the members of the three families still continued to maintain the activities in the public inspection, but the Zheng family finally took down the two city gates in the west and north, which was much better than the most obvious disadvantages before.

However, apart from this, the public test does not seem to have been affected by any other.

There is no new news about Huaji and Jinwan. As alcoholics and inspectors, these two are very dedicated respectively.

What attracted Mr. Sun's attention was that the prefect's aunt recruited a conscientious alcoholic who had nothing else to do in the mansion. This behavior was too familiar to him, but with Mr. Lu, he could ignore it for the time being.

In the end, only Li Xun's craftsman saw something unusual.

Li Xun is a person, not only does he have a bit of skill in his hands, but he is also extremely responsible and even harsh in employing people.

In the past, he was busy in the department for eight of the twelve hours a day.And these two days, except for one day when he arranged for the newcomer to show up, he never showed up again, and he didn't know where to hide and what to do.

Although the master is not around, the craftsman's errands cannot be stopped.

This aspect was originally not the focus of Mr. Sun's explanation, but the few people who worked on the matter also did some inquiries and inspections in an extremely thorough manner.

This exploration actually revealed a problem.

Today, the Department of Craftsmanship is mainly doing the repair of the city wall, and some preparations for the city defense.

Every day, a certain amount of stone and wood will be transported into the city from the east and north gates, first registered in the treasury of the Craftsman Division, and then transferred to the respective construction sites on the four walls.

Due to the huge number, the government office even temporarily rented two private mansions in the city. A whole row of wooden poles that were more than five feet long were erected on the four outer walls. A cloth was used as a temporary shelter.

There were no problems with these procedures, but the few people who worked on the work couldn’t hold back their carefulness. They squatted for a day on the only way from the east and north gates to the Jiangzuosi’s treasury, and the only road where the donkey cart and horse-drawn cart could be passed after the Jiangzuosi came out. , roughly calculated a number.

After a few checks, a rather surprising discovery was made.

Less than [-]% of the wood and stone transported into the treasury were actually sent to several city gates, and the rest were not stored in the treasury. After recording the number, they were sent to the two newly leased mansions.

Since the carriages and horses entering the city did not carry much cargo alone, and there were even general carriages assisting in the transportation, the two teams continued to flow from morning to night, although intermittently.

However, after Mu Shi entered the treasury of the Department of Craftsmanship, there was another team that came out.

The mules and horses and ordinary carts naturally went back and forth empty, while those carrying things turned into many bullock carts prepared in advance, heading towards the two rented mansions.

These bullock carts were also covered with tarpaulins, but some of them were not covered tightly. From the gaps, they should be wood and stone materials that had just been brought in.

The quantity is so huge that we can't even wait for the carts and horses that came to deliver the goods to leave before they come out, so we have to do it at the same time.

The subordinates of the Sun family were quick-witted and made a deduction on the spot.

When these wood and stones were transported into the treasury, they must have been unloaded directly in it, and then they were replaced with ox carts, and sent to the mansion store after being broken into pieces.

As a result, the number of round-trips and the number of cars appear to be much less in perception.

If you don't pay special attention to the situation, you will only feel that more is sent in and less is shipped out.

However, everyone made some rough calculations based on the size of the body and the depth of the ruts, etc., and there is actually little difference between the exit and entry.

After thinking about it, I just feel that such a deceitful behavior is really suspicious.

(End of this chapter)