I've been a headhunter at Six Doors all these years

Chapter 189 Chapter 185: Surprise investigation
Ling Yun turned the telescope in her hand with a smile, and handed it to her: "Madam Qi, you held it upside down just now, you have to look through it from this side."

"Wow! I can really see far away! I can see the eyes of seagulls in the distance clearly."

Madam Qi smiled awkwardly. After turning the binoculars to look at it, she couldn't help being excited and cried out in surprise.

Ling Yun laughed and said: "How about it, with this telescope, you will no longer be afraid of Japanese pirates!"

"Thank you, Imperial Envoy!" Qi Fu clasped his fists at Ling Yun excitedly.

"Thank you so much, I am very pleased to be able to help the Qi family army deal with the Japanese pirates." Ling Yun paused for a moment, and then said: "Madam Qi, if you find Japanese pirates, you must notify the imperial envoy as soon as possible, and the imperial envoy will fight side by side with your Qi family army !"

"Master Imperial Envoy, don't worry, the Qi family army will definitely protect your safety!"

Back at the residence of the imperial envoy arranged by Hu Dazong, Ling Yun called Ma Rufeng.

"Ma Tutou, in the next few days, go investigate the sea salt fields in Taizhou, find out how many salt fields there are in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and how much each is produced, and make a detailed report."

"Understood!" Ma Rufeng led the order and left.

Ling Yun looked at Ji Yaohua beside him, and said, "Yaohua, you find a way to sneak into the Liangjiang Salt Transport Envoy's yamen in the past few days and steal the salt tax data files."

Ji Yaohua cupped her hands to him and said with a smile: "Please rest assured, the imperial envoy, the humble official will definitely steal the salt tax data file back."

Ling Yun patted her buttocks, hugged her into his arms, pinched her chin and said with a smile: "Okay, there are no outsiders here, so stop pretending.

Ji Yaohua looked at the door, and said shyly: "The door is not closed, you are not afraid of others bumping in."

"It's okay, who dares to break in without my permission."

Ji Yaohua's martial arts is much higher than Ma Rufeng's, which is why Lingyun sent him to steal Yanyin's data files.

As long as the salt production data of all the salt fields in Liangjiang are counted, and then the salt tax data of the salt transport envoys are stolen, and the two are compared, we can see how many fake salt quotations these salt officials have issued privately.

Ling Yun arranged everything properly, so he listened to operas and drank in the imperial envoy's small garden every day, looking like he was enjoying himself all day long.

Ling Yun knew that there would definitely be people from the Cai party staring at him here, so he pretended to be eating, drinking and having fun all day long to paralyze them.

After more than ten days, Ma Rufeng and Ji Yaohua successfully completed their respective tasks.

The three compared the data in the room that night, and found that the salt production in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces was more than half of the amount of salt issued by the salt transport envoy.

Obviously, the extra half was sold to the salt merchants by the salt officials who printed and distributed fake salt, thus enriching their own pockets.

In other words, the country only received half of the salt tax, while the other half was divided up by these salt officials.

Half of the salt production in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces is an astronomical figure.

You must know that in ancient times, salt tax revenue was the largest source of tax revenue for the court, and because of this, the price of salt was astonishingly high.

Now that the evidence has been obtained, the next step is to arrest people directly.

The next day, Ling Yun led a hundred arrestees to the Yamen of Liangjiang Salt Transport Envoy.

"I didn't know that the imperial envoy came here, but the officials were far away from welcoming me, so I ask the imperial envoy to forgive me!"

As soon as Ling Yun came with a hundred arresters in a murderous spirit, Zhang Qi couldn't help but jump up in shock.

He has his eyeliner on this imperial envoy, but he has never seen him go out to investigate anything. He has been drinking and watching theaters in the imperial envoy's small garden all day long, and the gifts have been collected. Why did he suddenly bring people over in such a mobilizing manner today? Could it be that he found something? Things are coming?
"Master Zhang, show the imperial envoy this year's salt tax report of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to have a look!"

After entering the lobby and sitting down, Ling Yun didn't talk nonsense, and straight to the point asked for a salt tax report.

When Zhang Qian heard this, his heart suddenly "thumped", secretly thinking that he really came to investigate corruption in the salt industry.

"Master Imperial Envoy, please wait a moment, I will send someone to fetch the salt tax report."

After Zhang Qian finished speaking, he turned to the chief bookkeeper beside him and said, "Go and get the salt tax report of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces this year and show it to the imperial envoy."

While talking, Zhang Qian winked at the boss.

Master Bo understood and took orders to go.

Ling Yun sat in the lobby and waited for half a stick of incense, when suddenly a small official ran in with a hurried face and reported loudly.

"It's not good, my lord, the database room caught fire, and all the archives of the salt affairs were reduced to ashes!"

Zhang Qian pretended to be shocked and stood up: "Ah! How did this happen? What is the reason for the fire? Go and find out for me, otherwise I will kill you all."

"Yes." The little official ran out.

Ling Yun sat on the chair and sneered!

You are still young to play this trick with me!
Zhang Qian walked up to Ling Yun and bowed: "Master Imperial Envoy, the data warehouse is burned, please forgive me for not being able to provide the salt tax report to the Imperial Envoy for the time being, it is better to wait for the salt tax report for the second half of the year to be submitted to the Imperial Envoy .”

Ling Yun sneered: "No need, I still have a copy here as an imperial envoy."

After finishing speaking, Ji Yaohua walked in with a wave of her hand holding a large wooden box.

"Master Zhang, do you know all these salt tax reports?"

Ling Yun took out a salt tax report form from the wooden box and threw it on the ground.

Zhang Bang was dumbfounded: "How could this salt tax report be in the hands of the imperial envoy?"

Ji Yaohua said aside: "Our imperial envoy had expected you to come here a long time ago, so he ordered the arrester to steal your salt tax report in advance."

"Are you, Boss Ji from Six Doors?" Zhang Qian finally realized.

"Ma Tutou, bring out the statistical reports on the annual production of saltworks in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces!"

"Yes, my lord."

Ma Rufeng handed over a stack of statistical reports for all saltworks in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

Ling Yun took the production statistics table of the saltworks, praised Zhang Qian, and said with a sneer:

"Master Zhang, the annual output of all salt farms in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces is twice as much as the amount of salt you distribute every year. This imperial envoy would like to ask you what's going on?"

Zhang Qian's face was ashen, and he collapsed to the ground.

Ling Yun yelled: "Put Zhang Qian up and take care of him."

"Yes."

Several detectives in Xuanyi quickly stepped forward, put Zhang Qian in shackles and took him away.

"Zhao Qian, it's time for you, the inspector, to show your talents."

Ling Yun smiled at Zhao Qian, who was pretending to be a servant and inspected hundreds of households.

Zhao Qian clasped his hands together and said, "Master Imperial Envoy, please rest assured, when it comes to solving crimes, his subordinates are not as good as Ma Butou, and when it comes to arresting criminals, his subordinates are not as good as Ji Butou, but when it comes to ransacking homes to find money, I, Zhao Qian, are definitely the number one."

Ling Yun laughed and said, "I've heard that Zhao Baihu is an expert in ransacking houses to find money. Today I want to see what Zhao Baihu is capable of."

Zhao Qiandao: "Your Imperial Envoy will give the officials three days to ensure that all the gold, silver and jewels that these salt officials have embezzled and hidden have been found."

(End of this chapter)