Chapter 169: Snatching my minerals to scare you to death

When the chirping of crickets stopped, it was already dawn. When everyone got up to have breakfast, Zhang Zhong seemed very energetic. He thought he slept well last night.

But the seven people who were in charge of the military and the county magistrate of Taihu County were different. Their eyes were dark and people were yawning constantly, as if they didn't sleep all night last night.

It’s not their fault. It’s really that the letter from last night has caused them too much impact. If you really follow the method in the letter, you don’t know if there will be any more trouble. Once someone discovers it, it will not be as simple as beheading, and even the entire clan will be destroyed.

They also admitted that if they did that, Zhang Zhong would not have time to take care of them. Otherwise, let alone the rent and tax this year would reach 150,000, it would be a big deal to collect it, and even the relief from the court would be needed.

With such a choice in mind, how could the eight people sleep well? Even if they lay down, they couldn't sleep. The county magistrate of Taihu County fell asleep at dawn early, but the dream-stricken thing woke him up.

All night, eight people were asking themselves whether to do it or not?

Zhang Zhong didn't know why the eight people didn't sleep well. He only knew that these eight people had absolutely no good intentions.

Seeing the eight people listlessly eating some porridge and never eating anything else, Zhang Zhong ignored them and ate slowly by himself. Today, there is still a place to go, which is more than an hour away. Zhang Zhong was afraid that he would not eat casually when he was hungry when talking to others on the road, so he had to eat enough first.

After everyone had almost finished their meals, the team continued to set off and prepared to go to another beautiful place.

As soon as we went down the mountain, another team appeared at the foot of the mountain. From the flag, we can see who was here, Li Xun, the prince of Tong'an County.

When he saw Li Xun, Zhang Zhong seemed very calm and took the officials over to greet him. Li Xun is of high rank. From a first-rank official, others can't compare to him.

Zhang Zhong felt that nothing was because he was familiar with Li Xun. He never treated Li Xun as a great person. He always regarded him as a junior, only caring for love but not respecting him.

But other people are not like this, especially the few people who participated in the army. They are really scared now. They are afraid that Li Xun will find something when he gets there and impeach them directly. It is impossible for them to deal with Zhang Zhong to deal with Li Xun.

They were feeling uncomfortable at this time when they didn't sleep well last night. They met Li Xun again. They were scared once again and immediately felt dazed and confused when they saw both sides of the road.

But Zhang Zhonghe talked to them from time to time, forcing them to deal with it. Now it was over. Their spirit was not enough. They were also worried that Li Xun would suddenly appear, and they always wanted to see what Li Xun meant.

Li Xun had no time to care about them, so he ran to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, watching the two of them accompanying the four little guys there, and also helped peel fruits and feed them to the four little guys who were slandering.

As a prince, Li Xun did not feel arrogant at all when he was serving others himself. Not everyone in the Zhang family could feed things. After he came over, he just washed his hands and still had the fruit he brought. The Zhang family did not check it at all. This shows his status, as a family.

What made Li Xun even more proud was that the four little guys were not fed by anyone, even if there were some people in the inner courtyard, they always smiled at him when he fed him, which made him happier than he suddenly earned 10,000 yuan.

It was not until the four little guys were so full that they kept their stomachs over and never ate again that Li Xun asked Zhang Xiaobao: "Why are you so anxious to find me? I am busy building roads. I plan to repair the roads before this winter comes. There must be roads leading to various counties and piers.

There is also the fruit tree planting. I planted the fruit tree on the roadside, and there is a ditch between the two trees. When you grow up and passers-by are thirsty when you walk, you can use stones to cut down a few fruits to eat. Four kinds of fruits, except in winter, are available in spring, summer and autumn.”

"What fruits are there in spring?" Zhang Xiaobao thought Li Xun had made out of off-season fruits.

"Yes, it's just the flowers of the locust tree. If it really doesn't work, I'll ask someone to look for it again. There must be some. When the trees grow, my fiefdom will be better than others. I'll say, "What's the matter? I'll be busy, and I'll spend tens of thousands of dollars in a quarter of an hour."

Li Xun used the words he learned from Zhang Xiaobao, and Wang Juan laughed. In fact, Zhang Xiaobao was right at the beginning. He was indeed hundreds of thousands of dollars a minute, but Li Xun didn't believe it.

Zhang Xiaobao listened to Li Xun's plan and did not attack him. Instead, he knew whether he would succeed or not. He just spent more money. He looked around and saw that except for the four little guys who ate fruit and ate and ate and ate, no one could hear them talking, and said:

"Do you want to get rich? It's the kind that has a lot of money? I have a way to make you rich, so don't worry about others causing trouble."

"I don't want to, how do I want to spend money now? How can I have the intention to make money? My money is enough for me to build a fiefdom. After the fiefdom is built, I can get more money. I don't have to worry about not losing big because of small things. I am not afraid of others causing trouble. I don't rebel. Who dares to cause trouble for me? Who dares? I'm tired of living and die, so why do I need to do it?"

Li Xun actually refused, which shows that he is now working hard on construction and does not consider new sources without shortage of funds.

"I really don't want to? I just make a fortune in your fiefdom. There are two mines, one is a copper mine and the other is a marble mine. They have been secretly mined for several years. I saw that there was no mountain we just came down, and there was a copper mine on it. As a result, there was only one entry for ore income in the official booklet.

Do you understand what I mean? And that marble is really marble, as white as clouds, and seems to be transparent. I used that one to pave the floor at home, and stopped the person who was secretly dug and two mines. If I didn’t find a way, I would steal it all."

Zhang Xiaobao pointed to the mountain he had just come down, and then to the clouds floating in the sky.

Li Xun was stunned after hearing Zhang Xiaobao's words. After a while, he suddenly shouted: "What? Really? Retreat, why are you here?"

After returning the guard who rushed over to protect himself, Li Xun lowered his voice with a pale face and asked Zhang Xiaobao: "Xiaobao, you didn't lie to me, are you? Who is so brave to secretly dig copper and marble mines in my fiefdom for several years? I think they don't want to live anymore. Let me know who it is, so I will let them spit out all the money for several years for me."

"Really, when did I deceive you? But what happened a few years ago had nothing to do with you. It was not your fiefdom at that time. After we arrived here, they probably could only transport it out three or four times. My father met it once, but they ran away and didn't catch up.

The goods were left behind, and most of the marbles were used for Xiaobei and the others to play. The copper mine was still there. You can arrange for someone to take it away. There was a copper mine on the mountain just now, and the place I want to go to now is the marble mine."

Zhang Xiaobao finally found a solution to the problem. Although the two mines are good, the goal is too big. After all, they can get money by digging. It is not suitable for possession of his own family. It is better to give it to Li Xun and let Li Xun take it away, and no one can say anything.

Li Xun felt right after hearing this. The past had nothing to do with him, but he was still uncomfortable. What he thought was that if others didn't secretly dig it up and kept it for him, how much more could he get? There was no shortage of money, and the problem was that others would not be able to take his own money for nothing.

Now he finally understood why Zhang Xiaobao asked him to come. "You don't need to give me what you left behind. Xiaobei and the others like to play on the marbles? Then after I take back the place, I will give you more marbles. It's better to do this. Let's mine together, just like when your family was doing business.

Now that I have good things, I have to think of you, Xiaobao, do you know who dug it secretly? Tell me, I will deal with it immediately, beheading is light, and I will be punished by them for being a private coin, and the entire clan will be destroyed."

Li Xun didn't care about Yunshi for Xiaobei and the others. The four little guys were so cute, no matter how many Yunshi there were, it didn't matter. He wanted to find someone now and then do it.

Zhang Xiaobao saw Li Xun's reaction and knew that he was right. As expected, this is true, but there is no evidence now. Killing is easy to convince the public. If you want to deal with people, you have to find an excuse.

"Young Master Li, don't worry. People actually know that they are the officials here. Any officials who can be contacted will be suspected. After finding the evidence, let's take a look at the place first and remember it, it's better to have a goal."

"Yes, yes, you can't just do it. There is no evidence, and it's not an extraordinary period. It doesn't matter. They always have to dig, right? As long as they dig, they can catch them and see who is brave."

Li Xun was not the young master who only knew how to bully people at the time. Since he had a fiefdom, he had to do things according to the rules and agreed to Zhang Xiaobao's proposal.

Zhang Xiaobao thought for a while and asked, "What if the person he found in the end was from your royal family?"

"This... If it's a royal family, then it's stolen and sent to someone else, but the people below must be cleaned up. You can't let the emperor kill all my cousins, it's impossible."

Li Xun said his thoughts without any concealment, that is, the leader is fine, and the subordinates are unlucky to do things. Who told you not to get things done well? If you are caught, you have to bear such punishment.

Both Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan could understand Li Xun. Not to mention this time, when wasn't this the case? Something happened, the little fish was caught, and the place was changed in a medium manner, and the big fish was fine.

"Just know who the person you doubt is, don't show it." Zhang Xiaobao said to Li Xun.

"I understand, I don't talk to them much. Who am I? I am the prince, what are they? Hey? The little guys can eat again, and the fruits can digest quickly."

As Li Xun spoke, he saw that all four little guys were being carried to the *** and was preparing to feed the fruits.

As soon as they finished speaking, they pulled Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan away.

Because the team walked slowly, it took nearly three hours to get to the place after walking slowly. No one had eaten at noon. Some people ate too much in the morning, while others couldn't eat and were too worried.

From a distance, I can see the green mountain in front of me.

Zhang Xiaobao said to Li Xun who was looking for a mine everywhere: "Did you see the trees over there? There are also grasses, which are actually stuck on the back. If you look closely, you will find that the trees and grass are not growing so well. They shouldn't be that long, and you don't know who is so stupid and can't even see the yin and yang surface.

The big tree, with its shade on its back, is actually denser than the sunny place, and there are grass in the steep place. Whose grass can grow vertically with the slope under that situation?

What is this place? Taihu County, what did my father come here for? *** Who do you think has anything to do with the spiritual civilization construction in Shuzhou? On the mountain just now, the location of the mine cave was actually a lake. I thought that only my Zhang and Wang families had such skills. The artificial lake and the county magistrate of Taihu County are quite capable."

After hearing Zhang Xiaobao's words, Li Xun couldn't understand what it meant. Looking at the trees and flowers on the mountain, it was true. When he agreed with Zhang Xiaobao's insincere words, he said angrily:

"There is no good official, and they are protected from each other. Anyone who is caught is not a single official. It is guaranteed that there are problems in a series of problems. Why do you think this is?"

"This is a historical reason and a problem with the management mechanism. It is difficult to explain it in a few words. Even if it is explained clearly, it is not easy to solve it. It is difficult."

Zhang Xiaobao knew that this was a problem related to the overall human society. Even if it was a high salary to maintain integrity, it was useless. Singapore really had no corrupt officials? Then, if the local area was small and easy to manage, who could eliminate it if it was such a big country?

"As long as this society still governs people, then don't expect all officials to be honest. You must know that the reason why society can develop is because of human beings. Without human beings, there will be no more. As long as it exists, there will be such a situation."

Zhang Xiaobao said the most fundamental reason.

Li Xun was able to understand a special word from Zhang Xiaobao, which he learned over the years. He knew that Zhang Xiaobao was right, but he was still uncomfortable and asked: "Why is Sanshui County different? No matter how you find an official, you will not experience corruption, bribery, or use your power for personal gain."

"That's not that they don't have **, they understand that they can be promoted without any trouble. When they leave office, they will get a lot of money, which will exceed the money they are greedy, and there is no risk at all. The income is proportional to the risk. Ten thousand guan is likely to lose their lives, and five thousand guan is easy to obtain. Of course, they have to choose five thousand guan."

"Then didn't you say before that if there was a 300% profit, someone would risk all the dangers to get it?" Li Xun argued.

"That means that if the supervision mechanism is not working, does Sanshui County have such an opportunity? The most important thing is that there is a more powerful threat in Sanshui County, that is, the Zhang family, especially my father's official position, even if it is useless to take all the tens of thousands of taxes collected just now.

They understand the Zhang family's determination that they will chase after them when they go abroad. The chances are too small and the risks are too high, so they are so honest. Moreover, they are treated well in normal times, so why do they have to take risks?”

Zhang Xiaobao knew the reason, the most important thing was that the Zhang family had the ability to make money and didn’t have to be greedy. If the Zhang family did not have this ability, they would not be able to control the following things.

"What should I do? Is there no solution?" Li Xun became even more depressed. He knew that there was no second Zhang family and could not suppress the place at all. He was rich and capable, and had no ambition to rebel. Where could he find another Zhang family?

"There is no way. There is a way to do it, that is, find a very powerful emperor who can see through everyone's hearts, or see through everyone's hearts in a few breaths. Even if everyone in the world adds up, they can't beat him alone. He can increase the production of the land and let the flood disappear. In this way, it will be fine, and there will be no more corrupt officials."

Zhang Xiaobao gave an answer.

"What you are talking about is not the emperor, but the god." Li Xun became even more depressed.

Zhang Xiaobao smiled and said, "It is impossible to make everyone and officials have no selfish intentions, but you can find ways to make officials make as few mistakes as possible. It turns out that fifty of the 100 officials are bad, so don't expect none of them. If you drop to ten, you will succeed."

"How can I surrender?" Li Xun felt that, and if he couldn't eliminate it, he would reduce it.

"When the army ruled by *** is loyal and powerful enough, it is enough to monitor officials without relying on manpower. Now you don't have to think about it. It's useless. I'll tell you, come and praise you."

Zhang Xiaobao also had such a dream, but it could not be realized at all. When he saw the people over there talking, he turned around and looked here and pushed Li Xun.

Li Xun was unwilling to deal with such an official, but had no choice but to go over and join the ranks of praise for local officials. He knew that the trees that were very unreasonable were behind the marble mines, and he also praised the unique trees and the beautiful scenery of this place.

"Yes, it's really a good place. Lord Zhang will definitely build such a place to make people entertain, especially the tree. Other places are densely sunny, and the one here is like this. It's really different. It grows strangely, weirdly, and has a good view."

Li Xun was depressed and frightened people. He pointed to a tree and said, frightening the county magistrate of Taihu County to the point of trembling, and the sweat on his forehead dripped in a series of twists and turns.

"There is also the vine, which is long in the other places, slanted, or climbing upwards directly. The one here is actually long in a horizontal direction, and it does not require anything to fix it. It is beautiful. When it is to be written into a memorial and the emperor, it is also auspicious. I decided to send people here to guard it day and night until the court sends people to check it."

Li Xun's anger was not over yet, so he continued to scare him.

This time, not only the county magistrates of Taihu County were trembling, but even the recording officers and soldiers were also afraid. The important thing was to write a memorial and let the people from the court come over and watch it day and night, they would definitely know the fraud and understand what was going on in the mines behind.

The first person to be arrested was the county magistrate of Taihu County. As long as he confessed, he would not even want to run away. If he really wanted to hide, he would kill all the county magistrates and those who had a relationship with the county magistrate. Killing himself and others would also be a crime of not investigating them.

Several people were thinking about what to do at the same time, and Zhang Zhong spoke at this time.

"Your Highness, this is inappropriate."

"Oh? What's wrong? Isn't this vine so simple? Come on, go up and take a look, and you have to figure it out even if you dig three feet into the ground."

Li Xun is often with Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. Not only has he learned knowledge, but he has also learned a lot of bad things.
To be continued...