In the tobacco restaurant, Zhou Bangning held the bill of exchange with a smile on his face.

"Young master, I have got so many silver dollars, do you want to take a sip?" the leader who looked at the scene asked with a flattering look.

Zhou Bangning was so angry that he was just thinking about it, so he lay comfortably on the cigarette collapse, asked two little maids to install cigarettes for him, light the cigarette gun, and sucked happily.

At this time, outside the tobacco hall, more than a hundred men in black clothes came out from all corners and headed straight to the Zhouji Tobacco hall.

The thug standing at the door watching the venue was about to stop him, but the man in black kicked away and ran into the tobacco hall.

Those who were lying on the collapsed smoke had already formed hallucinations and had no response to the fight.

The people in black rushed in, swung their sticks and smashed them into pieces, smashing the tobacco shop.

At this time, when the leader who heard the movement came out, he couldn't help but be furious when he saw this scene. Unexpectedly, someone dared to rush forward in the Zhou family's tobacco shop, led his subordinates and the servants of the Zhou family and rushed forward.

The two sides had a melee in the tobacco shop, and the Zhou family's servants were not the opponent of Guoansi. In a short while, they were all fucked to the ground.

Zhou Bangning had just taken a few mouthfuls of smoke and was already floating. His eyes were bloodshot and he was confused. When Jiang Zhi'e picked up, he was beaten up.

After a while, all the people in the tobacco shop were lying on the ground, and the inside was smashed to pieces.

Seeing this, Jiang Zhie waved his hand and said, "Retreat!"

The man in black came and went like the wind, quickly evacuating, leaving behind the thugs of the Zhou family and the guards who were wailing all over the ground.

After a while, the leader got up and helped Zhou Bangning up from the ground. After a while, Zhou Bangning recovered and immediately felt pain all over his body.

"Damn, who did it?" Zhou Bangning was furious, "Where is my bill of exchange?"

"Young Master, could it be those two sluts who were blackmailed by us and were unwilling to give up. They asked someone to smash the tobacco shop and snatch the bill of exchange!" The leader covered his swollen eyes and gritted his teeth.

Zhou Bangning was furious, "Little slut, they are seeking death!"

...

In a restaurant in Shanghai County, Gao Huan sat with a heavy face, and Jiang Zhie stood in front of him with a grand atmosphere.

Gao Huan asked in a deep voice, "I founded the Guoan Affairs Department because I hope you can see and hear me. Shanghai is so in chaos, opium harms people, so the Guoan Affairs Department has not received any news! To be honest, did someone take the money from the profiteering businessmen and act as their protective umbrella!"

Jiang Zhie was sweating on his forehead and hurriedly was on the ground, saying, "Please calm down your anger. This matter was indeed neglected by me. However, the National Security Department is loyal to Your Majesty and will never deceive Your Majesty!"

Gao Huan looked stern, "Give me an explanation! Otherwise you don't have to do it anymore, go to Beiling to raise horses!"

Jiang Zhie was shocked and knew that the emperor was really angry, so he quickly explained, "Report to Your Majesty. The collusion between officials and businessmen in Jiangnan is quite common. Shanghai is just a county town, and the National Security Department has not sent many personnel to move in before. This time, when he received his Majesty's arrival in Shanghai, he brought more than 100 subordinates from the capital to guard him. He really didn't know enough about the Shanghai issue!"

Jiang Zhie quietly glanced at Gao Huan and continued, "Your Majesty, as for opium, I did not expect that the harm was so great and I didn't understand this thing!"

Gao Huan is so dark that Jiangnan has a developed economy and money can cultivate more talents and allow them to enter the officialdom to protect the property and interests of Jiangnan's wealthy people.

This is difficult to avoid. If you have money, you can run a good academy and hire a good teacher, which will form a positive cycle.

During the Ming Dynasty, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi, the most economically developed, had the number of Jinshi and top scholars, and had long been at the forefront of various provinces, while other provinces were difficult to compete with these two major economic provinces.

Officials born in Jiangnan and trained by them will naturally look to wealthy families in Jiangnan. In addition, the government encourages industry and commerce and loosens the ties between officials and businessmen. Therefore, the phenomenon of collusion between officials and businessmen is indeed quite common. The Guoan Department also turns a blind eye to some problems.

For some big taxpayers and businessmen who are protected and spoken by local governments, as long as they are not too out of order and make things too big, Gao Huan doesn't care much about it.

After all, Gao Huan had hoped that these merchants could grow up quickly and then expand overseas without allowing them to develop, so they would definitely not be able to go overseas.

After listening to Jiang Zhie's explanation, Gao Huan probably believed that the National Security Bureau was not taken seriously because of policy inertia. Most people did not understand opium.

Gao Huan pondered for a while, "Then you can tell me what you know now!"

When Jiang Zhie heard the words, he was like being amnesty. As long as the National Security Department pays attention to one thing, his ability to move is indeed strong, and he soon learned about the general situation of the Zhou family and the tobacco shop.

"Report to Your Majesty, according to my preliminary understanding, Zhou Yanhui is the half-brother of Zhou Gelao. He came to Shanghai four years ago, and then took advantage of Zhou Gelao's reputation to acquire several pieces of land in Shanghai to build houses and shops, making a fortune. After that, Zhou Yanhui continued to acquire land, opened brothels and casinos, and quickly accumulated wealth!" Jiang Zhi'e reported what he had just learned, "However, the Zhou family really became the richest man in Shanghai because Zhou Yanhui cooperated with British merchants to sell opium!"

Gao Huan said in a deep voice: "This opium is so harmful, so many families have been destroyed. Has no one reported it to the court and the government?"

Jiang Zhie shook his head and said, "No, or there is, but it was solved by the Zhou family!"

Gao Huan narrowed his eyes, "How did he solve it?"

Jiang Zhie said: "Often people will only go to the county to complain. The Zhou family can stop the people's reports in the county by spending some money. The news reported cannot reach the province and the court. In addition, because of the short time, I don't know much about it, but now I have found several suspicious cases."

"What case?" Gao Huan frowned and asked.

Jiang Zhie said in a deep voice: "I learned that the former Shanghai county magistrate seemed to be preparing for the high-profile Zhou Yanhui to have a conflict with the Zhou family, but when he returned home one night ago, he drowned in the pond in front of the door. In addition, there was a former Shanghai Dianshi who raped a widow, was dismissed from office and imprisoned, and died in a labor reform farm not long ago. The farm said that he committed suicide for fear of crime, but Bei Zhi checked the coroner's autopsy file and found that the person might have been strangled to death first!"

After hearing this, Gao Huan stood up, his lips trembled with anger, "Okay! OK! OK!"

When Jiang Zhi'e saw Gao Huan's expression, he knew that His Majesty the Emperor was completely furious.

Gao Huan said three good words in a row and gritted his teeth and said, "The National Security Department will continue to investigate for me and must find out the matter clearly. In addition, arrange a team of guards and I will go to the Shanghai County Government!"

...

The Guoan Department has made trouble in Shanghai, and Gao Huan thinks that Zhou Bangning will definitely look for him again.

Now Gao Huan estimated that Du Yinxi's troops were about to arrive, so he decided to go to the county government first to reveal his identity.

At that time, the Zhou family will definitely be in a hurry and will definitely take action to facilitate the investigation of the National Security Bureau.

The magistrate of Shanghai also had a surname named Zhou, and his name was Zhou Zhaowen, who was from Yixing. When he learned that Gao Huan had arrived, he was shocked and hurriedly led his subordinates to greet him.

Gao Huan stood in front of the Shanghai County Government and looked at the somewhat simple county government. Zhou Zhaowen quickly explained: "Your Majesty, Shanghai has a developed economy and a large number of foreign populations, including many lonely people. Seeing that they were pitiful, I changed the original county government to a charity hall and took in the widows and beggars. The county took care of their food and drink so that they would not starve to death."

"Yes!" Gao Huan nodded, with a hint of admiration in his tone.

Zhou Zhaowen was very happy when he heard this, "The Holy Emperor came to the court, and Shanghai County under his rule is not allowed to starve to death!"

Gao Huan walked into the Xinxian County Government and found that the place was small and the furnishings were simple. It looked like Zhou Zhixian County was a clean official.

At this time, Zhou Zhaowen didn't know that Gao Huan had a conflict with the Zhou family, nor did he know that Gao Huan was here to investigate.

When he entered the yamen, Zhou Zhaowen reported on the economic development of Shanghai while tentatively asking why Gao Huan suddenly came to Shanghai County. He smiled and said, "When will your Majesty return to the court, I will not notify the ministers, so that the Shanghai officials and civilians can go to the dock to welcome him. Now that your Majesty suddenly arrives, I am not prepared at all. Please forgive me for not accepting you!"

Gao Huan smiled and said, "I informed the Qing family, aren't you going to see many problems?"

When Zhou Zhaowen heard the words, he immediately sweated from his back. At this moment, there was a neighing horse outside. Zhou Bangning led a group of subordinates directly into the county government and broke into the lobby. "Master Zhou, please immediately order me to catch two sluts!"

Zhou Zhaowen's face turned pale and he quickly stood up and scolded, "Bold, who told you to come in!"

Zhou Bangning came in with a horse whip and found Gao Huan sitting on it. He couldn't help but glared. He didn't take Zhou Zhixian's words to heart and pointed at Gao Huan with the horse whip, "Okay! Bad, you are actually here!"

Before he finished speaking, Yang Yan grabbed the whip and then swung the big palm fan, and slapped him in the face, making his eyes look like stars, and he fell in circles in the lobby.

Yang Yan endured it for a long time, and with one palm, he directly killed Zhou Bangning half his life.

The servant supported Zhou Bangning, who covered his face with one hand, and was shocked, "Bad, you dare to hit me!"

Yang Yan stepped forward a few steps, got so angry that he picked it up, and slapped another slap in the face, "I'm the one who hit you!"
Chapter completed!