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The piercing pain made him want to chop off his feet directly!
"Pour cold water on him..."
Su Ying sneered, his eyes were heartless, without the slightest hint of pity.
They followed Shi Dian, and took people's lives if they disagreed with each other. For such a cruel person, wearing iron shoes is showing kindness to them.
Stab it!
There was a burst of white mist, and in an instant, water vapor filled the air, and the fiery red iron shoes were doused by cold water, causing Ada endless pain.
The iron shoes have been fused with his feet after cold extraction...
"Answer my question, or I will let someone tear off the iron shoes..."
"My lord, I said I said, please let my elder brother go!"
Ah Er on the side hastily rolled and crawled and howled.
Su Ying raised her eyelids, her eyes fell on Ah Er, and she said calmly, "That's fine. You say the same."
Immediately waving their hands, the two jailers dragged Ah Da away like a dead dog.
"The four of us brothers are subordinates of Shi Wei, the commander of the Zhenyuan Army, and we were ordered to travel this time to protect the third son."
"What are you doing in Ningyang City?"
"Returning to my lord, I don't know the specifics. I only know that the Shi family got news not long ago that a salt mine was discovered in Luoxia Mountain outside Ningyang City. So the third son took the initiative to invite Ying, and brought people to investigate the situation first. "
"Salt mine?"
Su Ying was startled, she didn't expect it to be this thing.
In all dynasties, selling illegal salt was a major crime of ransacking one's family and exterminating one's family.
There is nothing else, because things like salt are huge profits and can only be held in the hands of the court.
It is said that there was a county magistrate in a border area in the former Great Zhou Dynasty, and a salt mine was discovered in its territory.
This person secretly picked them together with several big families in the territory without telling the court, and then sold them to the Eastern Wilderness Monster Clan, Southwestern Barbarians, and Northern Grasslands through waterways.
In just one year, he made a profit of 3000 million taels of silver.
When the imperial court found out and began to investigate, it was found that half of the money this guy got from selling smuggled salt was bribed to a group of higher-level officials in the state government.
However, even so, excluding mining and other expenses.
He even confiscated 1000 million taels from the basement of his home.
In the end, the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty was furious, and from top to bottom, they killed a man's head.
It's not that there are no salt merchants in Daxia, but because of the hundreds of millions of people in Kyushu, there are many salt merchants.
But those are all formal taxpayers, and each one is recorded in the register, with official approval issued by the government.
Only with approval can you legally sell strategic materials such as salt and iron.
Without approval, it is tantamount to treason.
Why private salt profiteering?
It's because they don't pay taxes.
As long as it is mined, it can be sold at any price.
Of course, the premise is to have a certain strength.
The reason why the former county magistrate was able to sell them at will was because Da Zhou Nian had been completely corrupted from top to bottom.
As long as they can make money, everyone will turn a blind eye.
But today's Great Xia is obviously different.
"Where is the salt mine?"
Su Ying asked in a deep voice.
"do not know."
Ah Er shook his head: "Only the third son knows about this matter. We are only responsible for protecting him."
"very good."
Su Ying nodded and waved his hand: "Let him go."
Immediately, under Ah Er's suspicious eyes, he sneered and said, "Go back and tell your master that you want his third son, so bring gold to see him."
Ah Er was relieved when he heard that, it turned out that he was asking for money.
It's easy to ask for money.
What the Shi family lacks most is money.
Immediately asked cautiously: "I wonder how much my lord wants?"
"30 taels, gold..."
thump.
Ah Er sat directly on the ground, his face ashen ashes...
"Then you should just kill me..."
puff!
As soon as the words fell, Su Ying pointed out.
A vajra finger directly pierced through the center of his eyebrows.
Ah Er's eyes widened, he looked at Su Ying with an incredulous face, and a difficult voice came out of his throat...
Until he died, he couldn't believe that Su Ying would kill him as soon as he said it.
Looking at his corpse, Su Ying couldn't help snorting coldly.
"This is the first time this officer has encountered such a cheap request..."
Chapter 41 Clue, Immortal Drunk
After leaving the prison, Su Ying walked straight towards the original mansion of the Blue Wolf Gang.
Zhang Liang followed beside him, asking worriedly.
"My lord, are we really going to offend the Shi family? That is one of the three major families in the Qingzhou Prefecture. The forces are intertwined, and there are still people in the court."
Hearing this, Su Ying stopped, turned around, looked at Zhang Liang, and said indifferently: "Is there no one in the court? What about the Shi family? At the beginning, I was still debating whether to make a collusion with them Charged with the remnants of the previous dynasty, I never thought that these idiots would come to do exactly what I wanted. Dare to sell private salt? Hmph, it’s really a latrine picking a lantern and looking for death!”
Su Ying's original intention was to teach Shi Dian a casual lesson.
Of course, his so-called lesson is mainly about making money.
Are you not arrogant?
Aren't you lawless?
Don't you regard human life as worthless?
Su Ying didn't believe that the Shi family would really spend 30 taels of gold for a waste.
If you don't have 30 taels, you can bargain.
Is there 10 taels?
Unfortunately, Shi Dian did not expect that the purpose of Shi Dian's visit this time was because of the salt mine in Luoxia Mountain.
In this way, Su Ying immediately turned passive into active.
Zhang Liang was taken aback when he heard the words, but he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief when he thought that Su Ying's most proficient thing was to turn black and white to frame the blame...
"Immediately after you go back, write an urgent letter and ask the Four Ghosts of Xiangxi to send it to Mr. Li in the county city, and report everything that happened today, especially the matter of the salt mine. Everyone must be messed with. Know...."
"My lord, the salt mine is very important, should we be more cautious?"
Zhang Liang said with some worry.
He didn't understand why Su Ying was like this. You must know that the imperial court has regulations, as long as the salt mine is discovered, it is a great achievement.
What Zhang Liang originally thought was to force the location of the salt mine from Shi Dian, and then report it directly to the court.
At that time, maybe they can leave Ningyang directly, and maybe they can be promoted to the county seat.
"Old Zhang, sometimes you are very reliable in handling things, but when you encounter major events, your vision is a bit narrow. Although I have the three princesses as my backing, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Jing, I am in danger and waiting for her to save Daylily, it will be cold.
But if everyone knows about the salt mine, the Shi family will immediately become the target of public criticism. Do you think they will still have the heart to deal with me then? "
Seeing that Zhang Liang frowned slightly, Su Ying continued to smile and said, "In this way, I will be able to drive away tigers and wolves. While sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, at the same time, I will collect the salt mines. Anyway, the salt mines have always been designated by the imperial court. People mine and sell, they can, why can't this official?"
Although salt and iron are prohibited substances, someone must sell them after they are mined, otherwise they are dead objects and cannot be realized.
Throughout the dynasties, there has never been a lack of court officials who secretly sold private salt.
When he has earned enough money for promotion, he will stop immediately.
Since others can, why can't he, Su Ying?
Of course, if you want to sell it, you should sell it aboveboard.
Although the profit is less, it is a steady stream.
Otherwise, if they sell it privately, sooner or later, they will not be able to cover the fire with paper, and at that time, even with the tiger skin of the third princess, they will not be able to protect themselves.
Zhang Liang thought for a while, his eyes lit up, and he exclaimed: "So, your lord is really brilliant. In this way, we can also become official merchants, no, imperial merchants!"
"That's right. By then, Ningyang may not be unable to become the next county town..."
After finishing speaking, Su Ying got up and left without looking back.
.....
The courtyard of the Blue Wolf Gang was almost finished repairing, Su Ying left a large courtyard for the old ghost and Taoist Chi Tie each.
One is responsible for watching the brewing, and the other is responsible for building weapons.
In a few days, Su Ying is going to move the entire county government here.
As for the original county government office, it was transformed into a place for temporary detention and interrogation of prisoners.