The Golden County Magistrate

She didn't want to talk nonsense with him anymore, so she took the package off her back and opened it. Inside was a wooden box.

"This is what the boss asked me to bring to you. With the money from last time, you won't lose a single tael." Bai Lu stuffed the box directly into his arms.

Chen Yan's eyes lit up, and he took the box and opened it directly. The thick stacks of silver bills in the box caught his eye.

Bai Lu looked around uneasily.

This guy is really careless. In such a place, he just opened a box containing hundreds of thousands of silver bills. Isn't he afraid of being tempted by the money?

She didn't know that within Qingshan County, even if there were thieves who were bold enough to rob silver bills, they would never run out of the county!

Chen Yan smiled and counted them one by one.

Bai Lu couldn't help but curl her lips again.

Isn't it just hundreds of thousands of silver taels? Is he so happy? What a money-grubber!

But then again, if I had so much silver, it would be great...

Chen Yan was happy for a while, but suddenly his smile faded and he sighed.

Bai Lu was surprised and said, "Why are you sighing?"

"I say, can you exchange it for silver next time?"

"You bring the silver notes here, and I have to go to the silver shop to exchange it for silver. Isn't it troublesome!"

"And the nearest Caiji Silver Shop is far away in Wuyin!"

Chen Yan complained dissatisfiedly.

Bai Lu looked at him speechlessly.

She had only seen one person who made so much silver in one breath and complained about it!

And this is 450,000 taels of silver!

If it is converted into cash, how many carriages will it take to pull it here!

If it gets bumped on the way, she will have to pay for it herself.

If she encounters robbers and robs the silver carriage, she can't afford it even if she sells herself!

"Hei'er, go and give this box to Zhang Dabiao and tell him to do it."

Chen Yan turned around and called a yamen runner who was guarding outside.

The milk tea business is the current key project. In order to prevent someone from trespassing and making trouble, he transferred two yamen runners from the yamen to guard it.

At this time, one of the yamen runners trotted in from outside and took the box: "Okay, sir! I'll go right away!"

Turned and ran away.

Bai Lu opened his mouth wide, completely confused!

A silver note worth more than 500,000 taels of silver!

Chen Yan actually handed it to an ordinary yamen runner like this!

The box is not locked!

What if the latter gets greedy, then it's over?

When Chen Yan saw her expression, he guessed what she was thinking and couldn't help laughing.

"Oh, you don't know this county well enough."

"Don't even mention handing it over to someone in my yamen. Even if I pick someone from the street and ask him to deliver these banknotes for me, he will never steal even one!"

Bai Lu came back to his senses and couldn't help but said, "Just brag! Okay, since you are so confident, why not prove it? Let's go outside and find someone to try."

Chen Yan shook his head immediately, "Forget it then."

Bai Lu snorted, "I said you were bragging. It will be proven once you try."

Chen Yan shook his head even harder this time, "No, no, no, you misunderstood. Yamen runners have salaries, so you don't have to spend money to ask them to deliver. But if I ask someone on the street to help, I have to pay for running errands. It's not cost-effective."

Bai Lu was too lazy to argue with him about this and said, "Let's not talk about this. The boss asked me to ask Mr. Chen, how did you get the evidence?"

Chen Yan thought to himself, how could I tell you about this?

I can't tell you how those capable men in my Nafu Camp climbed over the wall and entered the house to search for evidence!

"I'm sorry to tell you about this." He refused flatly.

Bai Lu frowned slightly.

She pretended to ask casually, but Tang Yun said before coming that this matter was extremely important.

Fenglingwei's secret investigation in Jizhou has been going on for quite a while.

However, nothing was found.

This made Tang Yun begin to doubt whether she had guessed wrong and there was no instigator behind the scenes?

But at this time, she actually saw Chen Yan's detailed investigation materials.

There were even documents and documents that were obtained from other people's homes!

Moreover, those people didn't know anything!

Apart from other things, Tang Yun asked herself that her Fenglingwei didn't have this kind of investigation ability.

This made her interested in Chen Yan's investigation ability and gave her an idea.

If he was asked to investigate the situation behind Jizhou, would he find anything?

Seeing that Chen Yan refused to tell the truth, Bai Lu said, "The boss wants to ask you for something. This is about the private secrets of our chamber of commerce. I wonder if Mr. Chen can lend me a hand?"

Seeing her serious expression, Chen Yan changed his mind and nodded, "Okay, follow me."

Back to the county government office, to the backyardIn the inner hall, only two people were left facing each other alone.

Bai Lu organized what he was going to say in his mind before he spoke: "I wonder what Lord Chen thinks about the civil uprising in Jizhou?"

Chen Yan sighed: "I am naturally worried! If the world is not peaceful, this business will be difficult to do. I hope that His Majesty can quell the civil uprising as soon as possible."

Bai Lu said with a slight frown: "I am not asking you this opinion! Lord Chen, do you think there is some mystery behind this civil uprising?"

Chen Yan said without hesitation: "Is there any doubt about this? There must be a mystery!"

Bai Lu was refreshed: "You also saw it? The boss also saw it!"

Chen Yan said happily: "Your boss is really quite perceptive! On the surface, this civil uprising is that the victims have no food to eat and it is difficult to survive. In fact, if you think deeply, you will find that this is not just a problem of food itself!"

Bai Lu was slightly shocked and said: "Lord Chen means..."

Chen Yan said meaningfully: "Miss Bai should know that people take food as their first priority, and food safety comes first!"

Bai Lu pondered these two sentences carefully and was moved for a long time.

I didn't expect that Chen Yan could say such concise and thought-provoking words.

The people need food to survive, and a stable source of food can support the people.

But...

"Master Chen, please forgive my ignorance. I don't understand what these two sentences have to do with the mystery?" Bai Lu couldn't help but become serious.

"Then I might as well give you some advice."

"The direct cause of the civil unrest in Jizhou is that the people can't survive, and the further reason is that there is a shortage of food and the stability of the food source cannot be guaranteed."

"So, if the food source can be stabilized, the people will naturally not have any more dissent."

Chen Yan said seriously.

Bai Lu nodded while listening, and it seemed to be similar to what she understood.

But Chen Yan continued to say: "Therefore, if we start a food business and transport food from the south to Jizhou for sale, we will be able to sell it at a high price! This is a great business opportunity!"

Bai Lu was stunned.

What is he talking about?