That night, the storage area of ​​Quanzhou Port was busy, and countless workers were fighting at night, and people were crowded.

"Hurry, hurry up and load and transport it away."

A supervisor stood under the huge label with the "Eighteen" and urged him. From time to time, he turned his head to look at the brightly lit area in the distance, more than ten miles away, which was the place where the feast of the bay was.

A person came out of the darkness, and what shone under the moonlight and lanterns was Wei Zhun's face.

Although Zhu Wenqi's subsequent question was evaded during the day, the whole port of Quanzhou was scared. Seeing that Zhu Wenqi was taken by Dou He and others to the bay for a feast, Wei Zhun stayed and urgently contacted the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce. The workers sent to move the entire 18th district overnight.

"Hurry up, hurry up."

Wei Zhun's forehead was a little sweaty. He kept urging and even made a big profit: "As long as you can move all the workers tonight, all the workers will be rewarded with one or two silver."

Work overnight and give a tael of silver!

This generous wage made the workers of hundreds of No. 100 immediately become motivated. They all gathered up their strength to carry boxes and bags of goods from dozens of warehouses in District 18, put them on a cart parked on the main road, filled a cart and took a cart away.

Seeing that all the trucks were about to leave District 18, a burst of dense and noisy footsteps sounded, which made Wei Zhun's face change suddenly.

Before he could hide in the darkness, a team of officials rushed over with torches in their hands. Under the reflection of the flames, the official uniforms of the yamen members stinged Wei Zhun's eyes.

"The Department of Commerce investigates and deals with it, and now suspects that this batch of goods is a smuggled product, and is now being seized."

The team led a young man, but the civil servant who had taken out the accounts of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce for Zhu Wenqi in Zhu Wenqi's office.

I saw this man take out a document from his arms and spread it out: "According to the order of the Chief of the Business Department, Lord Zhu Meikun, to investigate the 18th District of Quanzhou Port Warehouse. This order is stamped with the seal of the Tongzhengsi of the Quanzhou Prefectural Office. Anyone who blocks it will be blocked will not be killed."

After saying that, he waved his hand, seventy or eighty yamen behind him drew their swords and unsheathed them. With a loud shout, hundreds of workers were scared to put down their goods and stood in the distance as if they were stunned.

Wei Zhun swallowed with difficulty. Before he could speak, he took a step and was knocked to the ground by two yamen officers and put in shackles.

"You are arrogant."

Wei Zhun lay on the ground in anger and yelled: "I am the deputy chief of the shipping department. If you commit any crime, you need the official documents of the inspector. What power do you have to punish me?"

"Now, you are still using the procedures of the Tuchasi Department to arrest you at the investigation site?"

The young public official squatted down and whispered in Wei Zhun's ear: "Master Wei, during the investigation and smuggling process, anyone can stop him or her from killing you. You don't understand this. If you don't cooperate, don't blame the law for ruthlessly chopping you first."

This threat immediately scared Wei Zhun. He lay on the ground for a long time and did not dare to speak. He watched these dozens of yamen seal all the warehouses of No. 18.

"Please give me a message to you, do you have a freight list in these warehouses in District 18?"

The young civilian stared at Wei Zhun with bright eyes and threatened in a low voice: "It's better to think clearly, otherwise it's just a fight against the law."

After saying that, a yamen driver drew a knife in his hand and pressed the cold blade to Wei Zhun's neck, which scared Wei Zhun almost incontinent.

"No."

The world is big and the life is the greatest.

How could Wei Zhun be willing to put his life here for the little bribery of Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce? He immediately confessed to the bamboo tube: "The 18th District is full of smuggled goods, and the main sources are goods from Nanyang and Japan."

If there is no freight list, it means there is no customs declaration, so there is naturally no need to pay tariffs.

This is a batch of goods without any records. No matter how much you sell, you can directly enter the pockets of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce.

Without circulating, there will be no circulating tax.

Some handicraft products do not need to be paid taxes in the Ming Dynasty at present, and this tax law was abolished a few years ago.

"Smuggling, tax evasion, and stolen people and stolen people will be seized, and all of them will be taken down."

The young civil servant was very happy and felt that he had solved a major case. He stood up straight: "Immediately report to the inspector's office to cooperate, take all the people present to the prison, and sentence them to the sentence after the case is closed."

This scared hundreds of workers in the ranks and cried.

"What are you panic!"

The public official shouted: "If the investigation is clear, you will be just a employed person. At most, you will be fined some money and work for a little while. But if you confess, Master Si Zheng will report to the prefect's office and you will be exempted from this punishment. So you can cooperate well and tell what you know."

This made the workers calm down and couldn't help but thank them and curse the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce.

The investigation and investigation department could wait for half an hour before we welcomed the large army of the inspector. There were many people coming, and at a rough look at hundreds of numbers.

Under hundreds of torches, the entire 18th district was reflected like daytime.

"I am the official's Censorship Office, Zhao Wu is in charge of every operation. Who are you?"

The team leader of the Censorate Office was full of courage and looked down at the fair-looking public official from a high position, which put some pressure on the latter.

"He Yi, a public official of the Department of Commerce."

Although he felt breathless, He Yi still responded calmly with his head held high.

When he heard that he was just a small civil servant, Zhao Wu had a hint of disdain on his face: "What qualifications do you have to take the investigation and investigation to investigate such a major case of smuggling?"

"Is it enough for me to receive the order from Lord Si Zheng?"

He Yi directly retorted: "The General Secretary of the Prefectural Office has added seals, and this matter has been approved by Lord Zun of the Ministry. Zhao Chuzheng, do you have any other opinions?"

The Censor is here to cooperate, not to ask you to pick on the tricks.

Seeing that He Yi brought out the great god Chen Tianzheng, Zhao Wu certainly did not dare to have any verbal opinions, but he explicitly refused He Yi's suggestion to take everyone including Wei Zhun back to the prison.

"You said there were smuggled goods here, why didn't I see them?"

Zhao Wu looked around, and the few confidants behind him dispersed and tore off the seals from the warehouse door one by one. This made He Yi lively: "You are bold! You can't stop!"

This loud shout immediately caused both sides to draw their swords to confront each other.

"Do you want to die?"

He Yi pointed at Zhao Wu, and his fingers were trembling with anger: "If you dare to openly confront someone on the scene, you will be beheaded if you dare to confront him openly."

"Is that true?" Zhao Wu smiled contemptuously, then reached out and grabbed He Yi's collar, pulled the latter in front of him, and said coldly: "You only have dozens of people here, I have brought more than two hundred people. Do you think it's a big deal? Is it because you have more witnesses or my more witnesses? Will these workers speak for you?"

Workers are all ordinary people, and it is better to have less trouble than to have more trouble. When they speak to He Yi, they become accomplices of smuggling.

Seeing that He Yi was angry but didn't know what to say, Zhao Wucai whispered to threaten and tempted: "You are still young, and you have finally passed the provincial examination and were admitted as a civil servant. There is no need to snatch your future and bet on it."

It’s not your turn to Quanzhou to act recklessly. If you go back honestly and say you don’t see anything. I guarantee that you will be transferred to the post next month, and the officials and officials are all their own people. If you don’t want to, you can also get you a few thousand taels. Wouldn’t it be good to leave Quanzhou and be a rich man?”

"Confronting law enforcement, knowing the law violates the law, bribery, and threatening the imperial civilians."

He Yi's eyes widened and gritted his teeth: "How many heads do you have enough to cut."

Zhao Wu laughed anxiously and threw He Yi down: "It seems that you are planning to go all the way to the dark. Since that's the case, brothers, do it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, more than two hundred guards from the inspectors took a few steps forward, and they were in a big fight.

This added a bit of murderous intent to the already tense atmosphere.

At this critical moment, another team of people came.

Zhao Wu and He Yi both looked over, and their faces changed after seeing the visitor.

Jinyiwei!
Chapter completed!