I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

Chapter 544 I am not as fast as you in making money as a minister

This man who looks a bit sinister is Zhou Xiaosan?
Of course they are no strangers to this person.

Not only has I heard it, it is like thunder, the first person in Chang'an to learn some skills from the store, and then from a mere bad guy to this position, that is a living legend.

It's just... Chang'an has a more legendary figure like Yin Xuan guarding him, which makes Zhou Xiaosan look a little more ordinary.

They are not very happy to deal with Zhou Xiaosan.

Although Zhou Xiaosan's reputation has always been good, but... a person who is rumored to have the ability to read people's hearts, and he can't hide any cases or clues before his eyes, the pressure is really too great to get along with.

Let him investigate the case?

But...it's related to the Ministry of Industry, shouldn't it be better for Dali Temple to handle this matter?
How could it be Zhou Xiaosan's.

Zhou Xiaosan, who stood quietly aside for a long time, opened his mouth slowly, smiled slightly, and said softly: "Since you have all heard my name, you naturally know my methods."

"Give you a chance to take the initiative to stand up, and you can still be counted as surrendering yourself, and you can still be punished lightly."

The group of people remained silent and stood tremblingly.

Zhou Xiaosan paused for a moment: "If I had to do the investigation myself, then...the end would be different. Could it be that you are still lucky and think you can escape my eyes?"

Still no one moved.

Zhou Xiaosan frowned, and continued: "Even if you think you can escape my eyes, can you escape Duke Zhengyang's eyes?"

"Mr. Zhengyang is..."

Before Zhou Xiaosan could finish his sentence, someone knelt down in the crowd with a bang bang, with an extremely regretful look on his face.Yin Xuan's name is extremely useful.

At least... none of these people can do it, and they don't have the guts to do something to provoke Yin Xuan.

"I'll recruit, I'll recruit, don't tell Mr. Zhengyang." The craftsman cried and crawled out from the crowd, knelt at the feet of Zhou Xiaosan and Lu Yigong, kowtowed.

Looking at this person, Lu Yigong was a little surprised.

He knew this craftsman. He entered the Ministry of Industry by hand during the Takede period. He worked hard for nearly 20 years. He came from a poor background. He has never heard of any connection with the family.

"Who ordered you?" Zhou Xiaosan looked at him coldly and asked.

The craftsman shook his head in panic: "It wasn't instigated by anyone, it was the little old man who was fascinated by ghosts for a while."

"Ghost obsessed?" Zhou Xiaosan raised his eyebrows.

The craftsman nodded: "The little old man is greedy for the low price of kerosene, and he heard that kerosene is similar to that tung oil, so he thought about selling the tung oil from the Ministry of Industry and replacing it with kerosene."

"And then took the initiative to take on the job of oiling."

When Lu Yigong heard this, his face turned green, and he was furious: "How long have you been doing this!"

The craftsman shivered and replied in a low voice, "It's only been done for half a month."

"How much oil and water did you catch?" Zhou Xiaosan rubbed his hands, very concerned about this question.

The craftsman said softly, "About 130 guan."

130 for half a month?

How come there are so many?
Lu Yigong rubbed his hands, a little unimaginable, now that he has become a minister, under the guise of the change of power, the extra money he can make is almost only half a year.

A small craftsman can have so many in half a month?

"Half a month, 130 pennies?" Zhou Xiaosan was also startled, this number is really scary, "Where did you get such a lot of money?"

The craftsman's voice became even more trembling: "Sell copper coins, and then buy kerosene. After going in and out, so many copper coins have been saved."

The amount of tung oil used by the Ministry of Industry is huge. If we sell all of it, we can indeed earn so much, but... we still have to buy kerosene. Lu Yigong frowned and thought for a while, as if... the price of kerosene is not cheaper than tung oil?
Lu Yigong turned his head and looked at Zhou Xiaosan. Didn't this Zhou Langzhong notice what he had noticed?

"Do you know what kerosene is?" Zhou Xiaosan asked with a flat face.

The craftsman nodded, and said hesitantly, "That's what Mr. Zhengyang took out. It's used for daily lighting. It's better than other oils."

Zhou Xiaosan nodded.

Kerosene is something that Yin Xuan asked a few little girls to get out not long ago, and it is a kind of thing that is refined by processing oil.

Used to make rubber, or as fuel for steam engines.

Of course, due to the current industrial level, this thing will not be able to be used for a while. After it was built, Yin Xuan put it aside.

You still have to make money, Linlang Pavilion, so there is one more thing.

Although kerosene is more expensive, it is clean and has less smoke, and it is still quite popular-after all, electric lights have not yet been fully rolled out.

"Then do you know how much this thing costs?" Zhou Xiaosan asked another question.

The craftsman nodded, and replied honestly: "Twenty sticks and one stone."

"Twenty pennies and one stone?" Zhou Xiaosan gasped, and looked at the craftsman coldly, "A penny is only a penny? Is this the price you charge for kerosene?"

The craftsman responded.

Zhou Xiaosan frowned, walked slowly, put his hands behind his back, and said in a cautious tone, "Then do you know how much kerosene is sold at Linlang Pavilion?"

The craftsman hesitated and said: "When the little old man sold the first tung oil, he thought about this question and went to Linlang Pavilion to ask the price."

"But I don't know why... Linlang Pavilion's oil price is actually more expensive than the black market price. It costs... ten cents a penny."

Ten cents a tael, 16 taels a catty, 120 catties a stone, twenty pennies a stone, almost a penny a penny, ten times cheaper than Linlang Pavilion.

"Don't you think it's strange?" Zhou Xiaosan frowned, and reprimanded, "How dare you buy it at such a price and such a strange thing?"

The craftsman lowered his head and said in a muffled voice: "I was suspicious, but... the price he gave is really too low."

"Besides, I bought two taels of kerosene from Linlang Pavilion, and the quality is the same as that person sold me. Although the kerosene is cheaper, the quality is good."

"Pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other. The little old man suddenly became aggressive, so he did such a stupid thing."

Is it cheap?Is it a quality issue?
"You never thought about why such a big pie fell on your head?" Zhou Xiaosan frowned and sighed helplessly.

The craftsman didn't speak.

The pie was so delicious, and it was full of meat, how could he have the brains to think about these things.

"Who sold it to you, and where do you live?" Zhou Xiaosan raised his hand, rubbed his head, and prepared to continue the investigation along this line.

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