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In the west of Taiyuan City, Zhenming Shop.

There are open shelves on the second floor of the store. Customers can enter and select products, and then take them to the first floor to check out.

This is the structural layout provided by Lin Feng to Zhen Ming’s store by drawing on the business model of later supermarkets.

Two customers who looked like they were locals from Taiyuan walked into the shop and went straight to the second floor. One customer was wearing a coat on a hot day in June or July, and his waist was bulging as if he was carrying something.

The guards on the first floor didn't care either. They focused on whether any goods were stolen and they didn't care what was brought in.

When the waiter on the second floor saw a customer coming to the door, he looked like a wealthy person, so he quickly came over to greet him warmly. One of the two men called away the inquiring waiter, and the other put a piece of colored glaze on the shelf while everyone was unprepared.

This row of shelves originally sells glazed products, so they are not conspicuous even if they are placed on them.

The two of them walked around and left without buying anything. There were many such customers, and the waiter didn't pay any special attention to them.

After a while, Zhu Mintai, the steward of Prince Jin's Mansion, came over with Shen Shizhong, the clerk of Taiyuan Mansion's execution room, and several policemen.

When the guard at the door saw someone from the government coming, he quickly went to invite Li Linquan, the shopkeeper.

Li Linquan has been engaged in business for a long time and has experience in dealing with the government. He hurriedly greeted them and said, "Why are the officials here today? Why don't you go and have a cup of tea first? If you have any favorite products, I can arrange them for you."

"Shopkeeper, something has happened to you. This is Manager Zhu from Prince Jin's Mansion. The Prince's Mansion has lost several precious royal treasures. Someone reported that they appeared in your shop. We suspect that the stolen goods are being sold, and we are here to investigate." Secretary Shen Shizhong said in a businesslike manner.

"Our Zhenming store only sells goods produced by itself. There is no case of selling stolen goods. Someone must have framed the case. Please ask the officials to investigate." Li Linquan explained with a hint of uneasiness.

"Whether it is a frame-up or not, we will find out once we go in and investigate. Someone, please guard the door on the first floor of Zhenming Shop first. No one is allowed in or out. Let's go in and check carefully." Shen Shizhong ordered.

The government officials who came with them immediately separated two people to guard the door of the first floor of the shop. Several other government officials followed Shen Shizhong and others and rushed to the second floor.

A group of people went straight to the glazed product area and rummaged around. A yamen servant took out a glazed product and shouted: "I found it. This is a gift from the palace."

When Zhu Mintai asked, he immediately stepped forward, pretended to pick up the glass and looked at it, then turned it over and said, "Look, there is a mark of the imperial gift engraved underneath. This is the treasure stolen from the palace."

Shen Shizhong came over to take a look and shouted: "Shopkeeper Li, is this what you said is absolutely nothing? I think your Zhenming store is a black shop. Maybe you stole the treasures lost by the palace."

"Yes, a total of three pieces of precious glass were stolen from our Jin Palace this time. They must all be in Zhenming Shop. The other two may have been sold by them." Zhu Mintai, the steward of the palace, added.

"Several officials, our store will never sell stolen goods. Someone must have deliberately framed them. If there are treasures from the palace, how could we just put them here for sale?" Li Linquan explained anxiously.

"The stolen goods are all there, but I still want to deny it. Someone, please seal up the Zhenming store for me, and take the shopkeeper and the clerk back to the government office for review." Shen Shizhong issued an order.

"Masters, this is the property of the Zhenming Army. Are you sure you want to do this?" Li Linquan had lived in Jiazhou for a while and already knew the power of the Zhenming Army. At this time, he straightened his waist and spoke in a tone of voice. asked seriously.

Shen Shizhong hesitated for a moment. Of course he knew that this was a complete frame-up, but he was still a little afraid of offending the Zhenming Army in this way.

"What are you afraid of? If the sky falls, there will be someone tall to hold it up. Lin Feng has been appeased by the court. Can he still control Taiyuan Mansion?" Zhu Mintai saw that the people in Taiyuan Mansion were hesitant and immediately stepped forward to cheer up.

When Shen Shizhong heard this, he realized that since the superior officer had given an explanation and the arrow was on the string, he should be offended, so there was nothing to hesitate about.

Jiazhou Prefecture Government Office, Governor's Mansion.

Lin Feng had just returned from the grassland and was going to look through recent documents. It was already the beginning of August, and both the Governor's Office and the Zhenming Group had many documents that needed his review.

But Lin Feng could not imitate Chongzhen. He did not trust anyone and needed to personally approve everything, no matter how big or small. He delegated power to various departments in the Governor's Mansion for general matters.

Of course, after they have finished their work, the Secretariat will regularly summarize the situation and report it to themselves for review, so as to keep track of the progress of various affairs.

Guo Zheng hurriedly came in and reported: "Sir, something has happened in Taiyuan City again. Taiyuan Prefecture has sealed up our newly opened Zhenming Store and arrested Mr. Li Linquan and other people in the store."

"What's going on? They don't have a long memory?" Lin Feng asked.

"It probably wasn't the idea of ​​the Shanxi Governor's Office, but it was the eldest son of the Jin Palace, Zhu Shenxuan, who asked one of his stewards to collude with Li Xi, a fellow magistrate of the Taiyuan Palace.

They sent people to falsely accuse our Zhenming store of selling the imperial treasures lost from the Jin Palace, and sealed the store in this name. ” Guo Zhenghui reported.

"I think Li Xi is tired of living. Please sort out the situation and hold a meeting later to discuss how to deal with this matter." Lin Feng ordered. "Yes!" Guo Zheng took the order and left.

Soon, Secretary Lin Jiakang, Staff Department Wang Qin, Civil Affairs Department Su Shunnian, Town and Fu Department Fang Tiezhu, and Intelligence Department Guo Zheng, and several related officials from the Governor's Office were summoned to Lin Feng's office.

"Guo Zheng, please tell everyone the information about Taiyuan first." Lin Feng spoke.

"Yes, we received urgent information from the Taiyuan Intelligence Station in the morning. The Crown Prince of Jin sent people to collude with Li Xi, the magistrate of Taiyuan Prefecture, to seal up Zhenming Store, which we had just opened in Taiyuan, and captured shopkeeper Li Linquan and others in an attempt to engulf our store. " Guo Zhenghui reported.

"What, such a thing can happen!"

"The Crown Prince of Jin Palace is so courageous!"

"We must fight back resolutely!"

……

Everyone said one after another.

Lin Feng looked at several people and said: "Guo Zheng has just reported the matter. We must resolutely fight back against this provocative behavior from the Jin Palace. Everyone, please tell us what you have in mind to fight back."

"Sir, we have just accepted the imperial court's invitation. I'm afraid it would not be a good idea to immediately launch an attack on the city at this time. I suggest that we send a fierce letter to the Shanxi Governor's Office first and order him to solve this problem immediately, otherwise we will have to When we send out troops to attack, we must first salute and then attack." Su Shunnian took the lead in saying.

"Sir, there are more than 1,000 governor soldiers and more than 2,000 defense guards in Taiyuan Prefecture. If we mobilize some civilians, it is estimated that the number of troops defending the city will exceed 5,000. If we attack by force, the losses will be relatively large. I suggest sending troops urgently. It would be better to exert pressure and send another letter to order the Shanxi Governor's Office to solve this problem." Wang Qin also made suggestions.

"Guo Zheng, what's your opinion?" Lin Feng asked.

"Sir, since a forceful attack will cause greater losses and will immediately turn against the imperial court, which is not in line with the strategy formulated by your lord earlier, I feel that it is better to fight without defeating, focusing on the Jin Palace.

We can follow the pattern of the last time we entered the city to kidnap the Prince of Jin, and then send a small force into the city. With the cooperation of our Taiyuan Intelligence Station, we can conduct an arrest operation and be responsible for their release. Guo Zheng suggested after thinking for a while.

"What you all said makes sense. It is indeed not the right time to start a war with the imperial court. However, it is impossible not to take a strong counterattack against the provocation of the Jin Palace. It will make people think that our Zhenming Army is weak and easy to bully. We will not think about it in the future. Let’s open another store in Taiyuan City,” Lin Feng said.

"Sir, how should we measure the scale of this counterattack?" Wang Qin asked.

"I think Guo Zheng's suggestion is good. Let's send a small team in to directly deal with Li Xi and others who are involved in this matter. Let those who dare to touch the interests of our Zhenming Army carefully weigh the consequences. Then send a large army to press against Taiyuan. City, forcing the Shanxi Governor's Office to resolve the matter peacefully." Lin Feng said.

"Sir, let me take the people there for this operation," Wang Qin said.

"Wang Qin, you are responsible for commanding a battalion of the 1st Mobile Brigade and the 1st Shanxi Combat Brigade in Linxian County to press against Taiyuan City and put pressure on the Shanxi Governor.

As for Taiyuan City, I still need to go there in person. Fang Xiaoyu took a hundred personal guards and sneaked into Taiyuan City in several batches. Vice-captain Panda led the remaining guards to stay in Jiazhou.

As for the reasons for me to go in person, one is that I am the only one who can bring weapons into Taiyuan City, and the other is that we need to collect some interest from Prince Jin's Mansion. These are all things that can only be done conveniently if I go there. " Lin Feng arranged after listening.

"Sir, it's too dangerous for you to go in person." Wang Qin and Su Shunnian dissuaded him.

"We have a hundred fully armed men in Taiyuan City, plus the internal support of Jiang Rong, a member of the Jinyiwei Baihu family, and there is an army of 2,500 people commanded by Wang Qin outside. Even if we capture Taiyuan City, it is possible. , but the current situation is not suitable for us to occupy Taiyuan.

So you don't have to worry about my safety. Once there is a real threat, organize an all-out attack on the city and transfer the second mobile brigade from Jiazhou to capture Taiyuan. " Lin Feng said.

"Sir, let me follow you into the city so that I can contact Yu Feng at the Taiyuan Intelligence Station." Guo Zheng volunteered.

"Okay, then you and Fang Xiaoyu will follow me. Guo Zheng, you go into the city first and organize the intelligence station to find out the situation in Taiyuan City as soon as possible." Lin Feng explained.

"Yes!" Guo Zheng and Fang Xiaoyu said.

"During my visit to Taiyuan, everyone was responsible for the affairs of Jiazhou. In case of major emergencies, please contact me in time. If you can't contact me, it will be the same as last time. Ieyasu, Shunnian and Tiezhu will do the same. The final decision." Lin Feng explained.

"Understood!" several people replied in unison.

Lin Feng insisted on going to Taiyuan in person this time, mainly because he was interested in the wealth of the Jin Palace. After the recent explosion of troops, the pressure to secure military expenditures has been great. These vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty are all extremely wealthy. Since they have taken action against the Zhenming Army's industry this time, there is nothing to be polite about. (End of chapter)