Evergreen Immortal.

"Is there any more cargo?"

Yan Zhongxing suddenly became interested.

As the chief officer of the Trade Department, he is undoubtedly the one who cares most about goods among everyone.

Li Rui nodded:

"yes."

Hearing this, Yan Zhongxing's eyes lit up.

"Could it be that the captain of the Anning Guard hid the goods in advance?"

That's right.

Otherwise, how could he be so bold and make the decision to abandon the goods?

‘Not all, not even part. ’

Hope arose in Yan Zhongxing's heart and he quickly asked: "Where is the goods?"

With the goods, even if the first mutual trade between the two countries is a complete success, they can still communicate with His Majesty the Emperor and the Chief Minister.

Not only Yan Zhongxing, but everyone including Cao Wei and Dao Mo showed interest.

Especially Dao Mo and the others.

They were all present at the time, and they could all see that nearly 10,000 kilograms of goods were abandoned on the official road.

Businessmen from Wu Kingdom were even more confused.

‘Is it possible that this Yu State official has some tricks to hide the truth? ’

For a while.

Everyone's eyes fell on Li Rui.

Li Rui's face remained normal, his words remained calm, and he said calmly: "There are a hundred catties of Nanjiang tea cakes here in Xiaguan."

As soon as these words came out.

The businessman from the Wu Kingdom who spoke first was laughed out loud: "A hundred catties? A thousand catties is barely useful."

This time, there were hundreds of people from the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce alone, not to mention businessmen and individual traders.

A pound of tea cake for each person?

It's just child's play.

If word of this gets out, everyone in the world will definitely laugh at him, and no one will do business with the Wu Kingdom in the future.

Yan Zhongxing was thoughtful after listening to Li Rui's words.

Li Rui didn't even look at the businessman from Wu Kingdom and continued:

"As far as I know, there are a lot of tea cakes in Qinghe City. Together, they should be enough."

"I mean, the goods we want don't actually have to be in southern Xinjiang."

Hear the words.

Yan Zhongxing and Cao Wei's eyes lit up, and they all understood what Li Rui meant.

"Great idea!"

Yan Zhongxing praised.

He is a businessman who is good at settling accounts and understands the meaning behind the words.

Qinghe is adjacent to southern Xinjiang.

Although the mutual trade between the two countries has only started now, in fact, the private trade has never been interrupted for thousands of years. Which of the big families, clans, and families in Qinghe City does not have something from Southern Xinjiang?

Taken together, the number is much greater than the total number of Wu Kingdom's caravans this time.

They have always limited their thinking to the goods of the current caravan. However, once they start thinking, Qinghe City will be a huge Wu Kingdom warehouse!

"As expected of an old man from Qinghe!"

It’s nothing more than spending more money.

As the agency that manages the mutual trade between the two countries this time, the Municipal Trade Department is directly managed by the Ministry of Revenue, and the emperor personally pays attention to it.

There is really no shortage of money.

As long as we can solve the urgent need this time, we can make up for it in the future.

In fact, the form of this mutual trade is greater than the content. As long as it is open and seems to be passable on the surface, those businessmen really dare to sue the Municipal Trade Department for this?

Yan Zhongxing is not someone who is easily bullied.

Dao Mo also understood.

It doesn’t matter what the goods are, as long as the people are there.

Compared with future profits, the loss of gold and silver in one trade is nothing.

'No wonder he chose to abandon the goods so decisively. ’

Only now did Dao Mo understand Li Rui's true intention.

Think back to everything that happened last night.

It was clear that everything was part of Li Rui's plan. From the initial sacrifice of things to protect people, to the choice of route into the mountains, everything had been planned for a long time.

It seems thrilling, but in fact it is as stable as an old dog.

Dao Mo couldn't help but admire this kind of character.

Everything will be successful if it is foreseen, and it will be ruined if it is not prepared.

Li Rui is so cautious and thoughtful in doing things, which is really a blessing to both countries!

"wonderful!"

Xu Wen, who was standing next to him, was originally from the authority. Now that he thought about it, he couldn't help but praise him.

Dao Mo took the initiative to express his position: "We, the Wu Kingdom, can pay for the purchase of goods this time. I only hope that Master Cao and Master Yan can smooth things over and help manage the relationship."

Yan Zhongxing smiled slightly:

"Easy to say."

During this period of time, his stay in Qinghe was not in vain. He had already been running around to establish good relations with the well-known forces in Qinghe City.

Now is the time to use it.

Cao Wei also nodded.

In Yu State, especially in Qinghe, there is no sect that dares not to do business with the imperial court.

Moreover, it’s not like they don’t give money.

He smiled and looked at Li Rui appreciatively: "Very good."

Then his face became solemn:

"But since the goods were lost from your hands, it's your job to find them. I won't embarrass you, as long as you can find out the identity of the person who did it this time."

"yes."

Li Rui bowed and clasped his fists. He had already made plans to investigate the case.

He is a Simao captain, and this is his job.

"very good."

Cao Wei turned to look at Yan Zhongxing and Dao Mo: "That's it for now. It's more important to prepare for the opening of the market. Let's go back to Qinghe quickly to prepare."

"What Mr. Cao said makes sense."

Yan Zhongxing and Dao Mo nodded in unison.

Then everyone rode back to the city.

Two days later.

People from the government knocked on the doors of large households and large households in Qinghe City one after another. After asking, they found out that they were actually coming to do business.

I only want things from southern Xinjiang.

At first, these people thought it was fishing law enforcement and hid them one by one.

Later, it turned out that the government had no intention of doing so, and because they were on their own territory, and other families had nothing to do with the things they had brought out, they agreed one after another.

If there is a hard fight, the security guard and the trade department will naturally invite him to have tea.

Just two days.

The goods will be ready.

Mutual trade between the two countries has opened normally.

There are more than 30 businesses in Wu Kingdom, and more than 100 people gather in the market designated by the Department of Trade to open shops. Businessmen from Qinghe and surrounding areas who heard the news poured into the market, which was very lively.

"I heard that many people even come to the capital."

Ning Zhongtian and Li Rui also came to join in the fun.

But those of them who knew the inside story were not very interested in the things they bought in the store.

They were all collected from various houses in Qinghe, just to make up the numbers.

certainly.

For those businessmen from other places, there are still many novel and good things.

Always, although there are flaws, the flaws cannot hide the virtues.

It's considered a pass.

"Brother Li, do you think those people will come?"

Ning Zhongtian glanced at the sea of ​​people in the market, thinking:

‘Even if you come, you won’t be able to find him with so many people, right? ’

Li Rui shrugged:

"Just trying my luck."

Yes, he came to the Shimaosi Market not to buy anything, but to investigate a case.

In fact, there is no need to check.

He was almost certain that those who took action must be a few people in southern Xinjiang who were rebellious against the prince.

It's just a show.

Cao Wei and Yan Zhongxing have already inquired about the situation at several other ports through their connections.

As expected.

Including Qinghe, a total of three ports were attacked.

There were casualties in each case, and at one of the ports, all people and goods were destroyed. In desperation, they could only declare that the construction of the site was not completed and the time was extended.

The emperor was so angry that the Simao Xiaowei who was responsible for the matter was directly dismissed from his post and exiled, and the generals and generals of the guard were also demoted.

With the support of peers.

This shows how beautifully Qinghe has done things.

It can be said that Li Rui not only failed, but even made great achievements.

But after all, the goods were still lost. Although it was impossible for Cao Wei to reward Li Rui openly, he was much more relaxed about the investigation and did not set a time limit.

There is no set time.

In fact, it was hinting to Li Rui that it didn't matter whether he checked or not.

After all, without checking, you can guess that it must be the thieves from southern Xinjiang. Is it possible that the An Ning Guards will go into the territory of Wu Kingdom to arrest people?

An Ningwei had almost no losses this time, so it was certainly impossible for them to dip into muddy waters and cause trouble for themselves.

But Li Rui will not relax because of this.

Cao Wei can ignore it because he is a general.

He is different, he is the Simao Xiaowei who is responsible for the stability of trade.

What happened before is just the beginning. Those princes will definitely send people to try their best to disrupt the business at Qinghe Port.

So he must find a way to catch Xizuo lurking in Qinghe.

The actions that day are a good clue, and you can follow the clues.

The other end of the Market Department.

A young man and woman walked among the crowd.

The man's expression was not very good, and his eyes were gloomy: "Damn it, where did they get the goods?!"

The woman glanced at the man and said, "No matter how loud you speak, they are all deaf and can't hear you."

Qi Yu glared at Liu Jiaoniang.

He snorted and stopped talking.

Yes, these two people were Qi Yu and Liu Jiaoniang. However, through Liu Jiaoniang's superb disguise method, outsiders could not tell their true identities at all, and they even appeared in the Trade Department openly.

They just heard the news and came here to confirm it.

Qi Yu looked at the goods appearing out of thin air in the store.

According to a rough calculation, thirty shops have tens of thousands of goods, which is quite large.

He couldn't even think about it without thinking. They had already moved all the goods of the Wu Kingdom caravan. Where did he find so many Wu Kingdom goods?

Is it possible that there are gods in Qinghe?

In short, this time the Qi family's operation in southern Xinjiang was a complete failure.

The opening of the market in Qinghe did not make the slightest impression.

Just when Qi Yu was depressed.

Liu Jiaoniang said: "I have inquired about it. These goods were collected from the homes of wealthy families in Qinghe City. It seems to be the idea of ​​an official named Li Rui."

"Li Rui?"

Qi Yu frowned.

Liu Jiaoniang nodded: "Not bad."

"He was also the one who led the An Ning Guard this time, and he was also the one who sacrificed things to protect people."

Qi Yu narrowed his eyes slightly.

Killing intent flashed.

In other words, the official named Li Rui single-handedly sabotaged this operation.

"Must die!"

Qi Yu said through gritted teeth.

Liu Jiaoniang looked at Qi Yu with disgust and said disdainfully:

"Chuxi, what's the use of killing a sixth-grade official?"

"Are you here just to kill people?"

Qi Yu was speechless for a moment. When he thought that he was speechless by a woman, he couldn't help but get angry:

"Then what do you think we should do?"

However, Liu Jiaoniang seemed to have not heard him at all, but was staring in one direction.

Qi Yu followed Liu Jiaoniang's gaze.

I saw an old man over seventy years old walking among the crowd with his hands behind his back, his eyes almost narrowed to a slit.

It's really what you said.

"Li Rui!"