Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Inside the Fenghua Brothel.

Zhou Tie, Qian Desheng, Zhao Lie, and others were all sitting around in the reception room.

Xie Xian sat in the master seat, looking at a stack of documents in his hand, and raised his head to ask.

"Are these all the members' information? Are there any omissions?"

The servant nodded: "Manager, it's all here, there won't be any mistakes."

Xie Xian nodded and said softly: "Okay, you can leave."

After the servant turned and left, Xie Xian rubbed his brow, feeling a little irritable.

Along the way, he had already told everyone about the general situation of Jianjiang.

After only resting for a day in Jianjiang, he immediately led everyone to Fenghua Brothel without stopping.

According to the master's request, investigating the salt administration should be done discreetly.

Without any identity or power, they could only find an entry point from Fenghua Brothel.

Before leaving Jianjiang, Fenghua Brothel had already arranged for someone to be responsible for management.

Corresponding files should be established for all members.

There might be someone useful among them, so he came here specifically to check.

However, the result was obviously disappointing, and not much useful information was found.

Zhao Lie saw his worried look and asked: "Sir, is there no gain?"

Xie Xian shook his head.

Zhou Tie glanced at the thick stack of documents and asked: "Old Xie, we've been gone for so long, and the number of members has actually increased so much. Fenghua Brothel's business is good."

"These are all rich people, isn't there even a salt merchant among them?"

Qian Desheng, who had been silent, spoke: "Forgive me for speaking frankly, but I also looked around Fenghua Brothel just now, and it is indeed good."

"But... I'm afraid it still doesn't catch the eye of salt merchants."

"The wealth of salt merchants is unimaginable to ordinary people. Back then, I accompanied His Majesty on an inspection of the salt merchants' homes."

"Mansions occupying thousands of acres! Beauties like clouds, carved beams and painted pillars, even His Majesty couldn't help but marvel at it!"

"Jianjiang is just a key place for transit, not the main salt-producing area. Fenghua Brothel's reputation is not enough to attract salt merchants from far away."

"Even if we find them, we can only find salt smugglers. But those people are doing business that will cost them their heads, how can they leave traces here for you to find?"

"Even if they like this place, they would rather spend more money than become a member."

Before Xie Xian could speak, Zhou Tie rolled his eyes at him: "Old thing! Why do you talk so much? At your age, what can your brain still remember?"

"Are salt merchants more awesome than our Taoyuan County?"

Hearing his sarcastic tone, Qian Desheng suddenly stood up, pinched his orchid fingers, pointed at him, and said angrily: "Zhou Tie! Are you done yet? You've been arguing with me all the way?"

Zhou Tie sneered: "So what if I argue! Do you think you're still the former eunuch in charge? Taking money and not doing anything! If it weren't for my strong skills, I might have fallen! I'll remember this for the rest of my life!"

Qian Desheng also refused to admit defeat: "You're tough my ass! You can spend money to buy the top scholar, how do you know the second place didn't spend money to buy it?"

"Are you fucking trying to provoke me!" Zhou Tie glared and rolled up his sleeves to go over.

Zhao Lie quickly got up to pull him away.

Qian Desheng raised his head, closed his eyes, and shouted sharply: "You try hitting me!"

"His Majesty will marry our princess in the future, I will make sure you die horribly!"

"I spit! You still want to go to heaven!?" Zhou Tie's mouth was still tough, but his fist had slowly lowered.

This was not the first time Qian Desheng had shown off to him on the way here, and he couldn't be sure what the situation was.

What if the master really marries her? This old eunuch's skill in stirring up trouble is not ordinary!

Seeing him admit defeat, Qian Desheng smiled coldly: "Heh, you little trash, you have no strength!"

"Damn, you have to die today!!!"

"Enough!" Xie Xian slammed the table and said angrily: "We're here to do business, what's the point of dwelling on past grievances?"

"If you quarrel again, I'll report you all to the government!"

The two immediately stopped arguing.

Zhao Lie secretly gave Xie Xian a thumbs up, as expected of the sir!

"Butler Qian is right, we definitely can't get in touch with legitimate salt merchants, we can only find salt smugglers," Xie Xian said.

"Sir, but where can we find salt smugglers? What is the relationship between smuggled salt and official salt?" Zhao Lie asked.

Xie Xian smiled slightly: "I have also handled smuggled salt in the county. These people are almost everywhere in various cities, but they are either big or small."

"A core location like Jianjiang City must have salt smugglers出没."

"They are nominally salt smugglers, but in fact, the salt in their hands all flows out from the official salt fields."

"Otherwise, with such a large amount of salt used in Taoyuan County, which salt smuggler would dare to privately manufacture so much salt?"

Zhao Lie thoughtfully said: "Even if we find them, what should we do next?"

"Well, so we must first find a thread, and then find a way to become a salt smuggler ourselves."

"With this identity, the follow-up things will be easier to do."

Zhao Lie suddenly realized: "I see, what was Sir looking for when flipping through the information just now?"

Xie Xian picked up the information: "The north-south distance is too far, and finding the relationship of smuggled salt in the county is probably meaningless."

"Even if the mastermind behind Liu Xun is related to the salt administration, it is impossible for the scope of influence to be so large, not to mention that the north is not the main salt-producing area."

"I have already read all the members in Fenghua Brothel, and there are not many useful things."

"So we have to stay here for a while, let our people pay more attention, and by the way, carefully check outside!"

"Strive to find the salt smugglers!"

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