The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Zhu Wei, King Qin and others waited in the study for a while, and then the engineer from the Dajiala Safe Factory came in.Everyone looked up and saw that the yamen servant in front, with a face full of dust and exhaustion, was the one sent by Zhu Wei to Pingan Prefecture; With a backpack and hair coiled casually, she is a girl in her 20s!

The girl looked at Zhu Wei with high spirits and quick steps, and cupped her hands: "This must be Master Zhu."

Zhu Wei said: "Exactly. Dare to ask the girl what to call her."

"My surname is Song, just call me Song Gong."

Zhu Wei nodded: "Song Gong came rather quickly."

Song Gong said: "I heard that you are anxiously waiting to use the things in the cabinet. The two of us traveled all day and night."

The yamen servant said from behind: "Master, this Song Gong is good at riding, and the villain almost collapsed from exhaustion."

Zhu Wei glanced at him: "Even a woman's physical strength is inferior. Let's rest."

Song Gong said: "It's not surprising. Our maintenance workers have been running outside day and night, and we have already practiced; ordinary people can't compare with us. Where are the things? Take me there quickly."

Zhu Wei said: "Song Gong first rest for a while, have some tea and refreshments before he is busy."

"No need." Song Gong said, "Finish work earlier and then rest."

If someone volunteered to work earlier, why would Zhu Wei be polite?Immediately stood up.Everyone went back to the warehouse again.

I saw that Song Gong also walked around the safe.The little eunuch just now couldn't help asking: "Sister, is the cabinet broken?"

Song Gong said casually: "No. It's fine."

The little eunuch said: "Many locksmiths have come to do it."

"Didn't they not open it?"

"Although it hasn't been opened, is it broken?"

"No." Song Gong took off the big backpack behind his back, "I have repaired so many safes, this one is considered to be in perfect condition." The little eunuch was taken aback.

Song Gong moved away, took out a booklet as thick as a brick from his backpack, squeezed it in his hand, and took out another strange looking thing.Suddenly there was a click, and the thing suddenly emitted a very dazzling white light!Several guards rushed to King Qin like a gust of wind: "Protect the prince!"

Song Gong looked back at them and explained: "This is a battery lantern. Your warehouse is too dark. I need to check the factory code at the bottom of the cabinet."

Nai lifted the lantern to the back of the safe and put it on the ground. He leaned against the safe and lay down on his back, looking sideways at the bottom of the safe.Everyone in Qin State looked at each other in blank dismay.But I heard her say: "DJL06P12..." I don't know what it is.Immediately sat cross-legged, picked up the thick booklet and approached the lantern to read it.Not long after, she found what she was looking for, and traced a line on the booklet with her finger.There was another click, and the lantern went out. "The power of the battery is limited, so we have to use it sparingly." Mr. Song stood up and walked back to the front of the safe with the lantern in his hand, starting from the first combination dial, and turning it to the last one with ease. With a "crack" sound like the spring of a sword, Song Gong said: "The cabinet door is unlocked, you can open it yourself. According to the rules of our factory, engineers are not allowed to open the customer's cabinet door by themselves, in case they see something they shouldn't see." thing."

Zhu Wei was still a little taken aback: "Open?"

"Open it." Song Gong carried the lantern and held the thick booklet and walked towards the next safe, "My lord, check the contents by yourself, I'll open this."

Still in disbelief, Zhu Wei went to the first safe, reached out and grabbed the handle and pulled hard: Open!The crowd cheered.I saw that there were not many things in the safe, but a stack of documents.Zhu Wei and King Qin exchanged glances, and closed the cabinet door.That Song Gong had already lay down, checked the new factory code, and grinned quietly.

In just a short time, all the safes that the locksmiths in Chang'an City stared at were opened.Song Gong stood up and patted the dust on his body, and while tidying up the lantern, he said, "The work is finished. Is there anything else?"

"It's gone." Zhu Wei thanked repeatedly and praised, "Young lady is really good at it."

Song Gong said: "Since that's the case, I'm going to find the inn. If you have something to do, you go...well, I'll find the inn and let you know."

Zhu Wei hurriedly said: "Miss has worked hard all the way here, how can I let you stay in a hotel? We have our own post in Chang'an, so it is good for the girl to go and rest. The official post is also safer, you are a girl's house after all."

Song Gong thought for a while: "That's fine." Nai smiled and said, "It's better to work generously for the government." Zhu Wei then sent a yamen servant to lead her away.

These more than 30 safes are filled with documents.Zhu Wei and Qin Wang sent others to guard outside the storehouse, and lit several glass clear oil lamps in broad daylight, only the two of them looked inside the room.Some of the documents are a running account of bribery.Whoever bribes someone for whatever reason can get it; whoever asks someone for a bribe for what reason can get it; whoever fails can get their money back.and so on.Others are the shortcomings of the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty and their families. Someone's dude killed someone, and someone's relatives and friends robbed the civilian daughter.Then there is who stole the tax money.

Zhu Wei couldn't help secretly praising the people behind the scenes for their ability to pull people into the water.The state of Qin had already abolished the salt tax.Since Liu Feng became prime minister, the land tax has been reduced by [-]%. In addition to mining, tea and iron, large taxes such as luxury goods tax and gambling tax have been added, and commercial taxes have also been subdivided into various categories.A few days ago, Zhu Tong checked the taxes of Qin State in recent years.Liu Feng did lose weight when he left, but not very much.The real sharp reduction began after Fuyuntang had been in operation for about half a year, and the bulk of the reduction was in the taxes on business, mining, gambling and luxury goods.According to the file in the safe, most of the merchants have no problem.There are so many casinos hidden underground, and the owners of the mines are all local tyrants, it is unavoidable to lie about the amount of mining.The root cause of the sharp drop in taxes is the government's false accounts.At first, there were only a few people who made false accounts, and then more and more people made it to most of the imperial court.

Zhu Wei found a booklet and handed it to the King of Qin with a bang.The king of Qin saw it, and it was recorded that a certain county magistrate and his subordinates made false accounts to embezzle tax money, and the person he sent to check the taxes last time was his uncle.After a while, the king of Qin found another ink-greedy man, and he sent him to check taxes.King Qin dropped the booklet heavily, gritted his teeth and said, "No wonder they couldn't find it out! They are the ones who co-authored it and checked themselves."

Zhu Wei's scalp felt numb looking at the files in this room.After a while, he let out a long sigh: There are really too many officials involved this time.

There is a safe, Zhu Wei remembers that it was placed in the innermost part of the warehouse of Fuyun Hall when it was moved.However, when Song Gong opened the cabinet, he muttered that according to the code, the factory date was the latest.Zhu Wei felt a little weird.Open it and see that the upper and lower floors of the huge cabinet are empty, except for a flat box the size of a palm and the height of a thumb placed in the middle drawer.The box is made of rosewood, which is flat and not carved with any patterns or even painted.There is also a small lock on the box, which is a mechanical spring double buckle steel lock produced by Dajiala.

Zhu Wei took the box in his hand, and said to the King of Qin with a frown, "I don't know if Song Gong can open this thing."

The king of Qin took it and weighed it, but found nothing. "Or let the locksmith try it first?"

Zhu Wei walked quickly to the door, and called his confidant master who was guarding outside, and asked him to hire a good locksmith who could open the mechanical spring double buckle lock.Turning around and going back to the warehouse, he saw King Qin standing in a daze.Zhu Wei didn't dare to disturb, and quietly waited beside him.After a long time, the King of Qin said quietly: "I have expended so much effort, and the state of Qin is still the same."

Zhu Wei pondered: "My lord, there is no one to blame for this matter. Even if there is no Floating Cloud Hall, there are Qingfeng Hall, Mingyue Hall, and Xiaoxing Hall. This is the nature of human beings."

Qin Wang sneered: "What is your nature? Greedy for money?"

Zhu Wei said: "Wealth, power, fame, and sex. Most of the people's plans are these four things, and more power and wealth can be used to exchange fame and sex." He sighed, "It's true. Until just now, the old ministers began to admire the prince. At that time, the prince wanted to worship Liu Feng as his prime minister, but the whole court opposed it. Although the old minister agreed with his mouth, it was because the old minister had to support the prince since he was a minister. At that time, the old minister also looked down on Liu Xiang in his heart. None of the Jinshi passed the exam, and he is still a merchant..." King Qin's expression softened a little.Zhu Wei picked up a booklet and said, "If you follow Prime Minister Liu Feng's old policy, copy the tax forms in triplicate into booklets and store them in merchants, county government offices, and Jincao, and double-entry records must be used everywhere. Debt—although the little officials below should do more things, this stuff probably won’t happen. It’s hard to hide a small fish tank even if you want to hide it.”

King Qin frowned and said: "Didn't the lonely king say that we will follow the national policy set by Prime Minister Liu?"

Zhu Wei said: "As the saying goes, tea is cold when people leave. He is no longer in Qin State, and many people are dissatisfied with his national policy. How can he not move. I don't know how many changes have been made."

The King of Qin was annoyed: "Did you all ignore the words of the lonely king?"

Zhu Wei smiled wryly, "No one dares to control anyone..."

The King of Qin smashed the safe heavily: "Where is Yushitai!"

Zhu Wei said, "The Yushitai has no time to take care of trivial matters such as slightly changing the national policy."

"Small matter?!" King Qin sneered, "According to Zhu Aiqing, what is a major matter?"

Zhu Wei said: "Officials are breaking the law!" Pointing to a cabinet of paperwork, he said, "If these are handed over to the Yushitai, they are all big things, a real big thing. It’s because the petty official who works under him is so lazy that he doesn’t even have a serious criminal official, what is it if it’s not a trivial matter?”

Qin Wang smashed the safe again: "The big things are all indulged in small things."

Zhu Wei lowered his eyelids and said: "What the prince said is very true." After saying that, he didn't say a word.

King Qin gritted his teeth.After a long while, the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, he picked up the red sandalwood box and threw it on the ground with a "slap".Even though the box looked crude, it was still made of red sandalwood.Not moving at all.King Qin was full of resentment and had nowhere to vent his anger, so he stomped on his feet again.The box remains the same.King Qin stepped on the box and jumped twice with one leg. The box was like a brick.King Qin kicked the box hard, and it could be regarded as kicking the box into the air—Zhu Wei nodded secretly in his heart: Master Wu is not lazy, he has a little leg strength. "Dang!" The box fell and hit a safe.

The king of Qin didn't let it go, he drew his sword and slashed upwards.The red sandalwood wood is hard and dense, Qin Wang was still a young man, and his strength was not strong, so he cut it many times and only left scratches.King Qin shouted: "Come here!" Two guards ran in immediately.King Qin pointed to the box, "Cut it open for the lonely king!"

The one who came in was the leader of the guards, with a sword on his body, which cut iron like mud, and he split the box according to his order.He was clever, and he slashed straight towards the piece of wood on Ansuo along the gap, chopping off a whole piece of wood in chains.King Qin felt a little relieved when he saw the box opened.Open the lid, and there is a piece of paper inside.It was daytime, and the room was still lit with oil lamps. Zhu Wei glanced aside and saw that it was a land deed.Qin Wang took out the land deed and looked at it, his eyes straightened immediately!After a while, my whole body trembled, and the title deed floated away from my fingers.

Zhu Wei bent down to pick up the title deed, but didn't dare to look at it.The room was instantly as silent as a cemetery.

Suddenly someone shouted outside the door: "Master, Uncle Tong is here!"

Zhu Wei shouted like a savior: "Let him in quickly!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhu Tong strode in and said with a smile: "Uncle, my nephew heard that a gentleman has come, can you open the safe?" He glanced around and saw that the doors of the cabinet were all open, and praised, "Sure enough, there are folks here. Experts, no engineers are needed."

Zhu Wei coughed twice: "That gentleman didn't open the safe, the engineer from the original factory has arrived." Nai winked and handed him the land deed in his hand.

Zhu Tong looked down, frowned and said, "I'm afraid this thing is not real."

Before saying a word, King Qin's eyes lit up immediately: "Isn't it true?! Is it fake?"

Zhu Wei said: "This thing is hidden very carefully, if it's fake..."

Zhu Tong said: "If it's fake, it's also fake. Anyway, I don't think it's right. Even if it's true, it's probably a fake gift."

"What fake gift?"

"The owner of Fuyuntang wanted to give the land deed to the Queen Mother, but he didn't really give it to her old man. He just wrote a contract and took it to make a transaction, and then locked it in the safe. The Queen Mother completely I didn’t know I had such an industry.”

Zhu Wei frowned: "What is this?"

Zhu Tong smiled and said: "What else can I do, scare people. They have this thing, except for the prince himself, who would dare to investigate Fuyuntang? Uncle, do you dare? Unless it is Liu Feng who has already left."

King Qin said with a sullen face, "Why did Liu Feng dare to investigate?"

Zhu Tong said: "In the past few days when I returned to Chang'an, I have inquired about many things about Liu Xiang, but he is not afraid of offending the powerful."

Qin Wang narrowed his eyes and looked at him a few times: "Are you afraid?"

Zhu Tong said: "I'm afraid." King Qin frowned. "Liu Feng is naturally not afraid. He is not from Qin State. Man Shuo's family members don't even have a concubine. Wan Sheng has uncles, brothers and sisters in Qin State, and Wan Sheng has relatives, daughter-in-law and children. If Wan Sheng is also alone, Wan Sheng is not afraid. Old Ping An Lord Hou's guards have guns and guns, but Uncle Wansheng doesn't. For this alone, Wansheng has to be afraid of him."

King Qin picked up the title deed and read it over again. "Are you suspicious of peace?"

Zhu Tong said: "If there are no other clues, Wansheng will be the first to suspect him. In the Qin Kingdom, who else would dare to impersonate the name of the Queen Mother? If they are found out, they will not be convicted?" King Qin pondered.Zhu Tong glanced into the box and said, "What is that?"

Only then did Qin Wang Zhu Wei discover that there was another piece of paper in the box, which was folded squarely.Open it to check, it turned out to be a map, with mountains, waters and houses.Zhu Wei wondered, "Where is this?"

Zhu Tong pointed: "It says: Qinghua Mountain."