At Tianjin Port, Yinzhen rode at full speed and arrived in just one day.

After washing, changing clothes and eating a bowl of noodles in the mansion.

He also successfully met his confidant whom he had placed here.

"How's the matter I gave you earlier, which I asked you to investigate?"

Yinzhen drank the last bowl of hot soup and sighed with satisfaction.

He was in a hurry to travel during the day, and all he ate was hard dry food, which was not as delicious as the hot noodles.

"I was just about to write you a letter explaining this."

The person promoted by Yinzhen was named Shen Chang. He was quite insightful in mathematics and was a capable person.

It's a pity that he was born in a poor family and his parents were just tenant farmers. When his second brother caught the White Lotus demon, he left him here to clean up the mess. There he met Shen Chang, who had already become a legal advisor in the local government office by then.

You have to know that this man is only in his early thirties now. It is not easy for him to become a legal advisor at the age of 26 without any help from his relatives at home.

"Sit down, no need to be so formal."

Yinzhen initially did not think much of Shenchang and only gave him some favors, allowing him to handle some unimportant matters at the port for him.

After all, he was a Han Chinese and not from a formal imperial examination background, so it was a great reward for him to show some favor to him.

But after a few more contacts, he found that this person had an extremely high sensitivity to numbers, and he did everything he was asked to do very well. Only then did he begin to take Shen Chang seriously.

Now in this port, Shenchang represents his face.

Shen Chang smiled and sat down, completely without the arrogance he had at the port.

"Thank you, sir. The opium did indeed come from English merchant ships, and the person who reviewed and approved it each time was Ulanara Baoli from the Imperial Household Department."

It turned out to be him...

Yinzhen knew this person. He was one of the officials sent by the Imperial Household Department to supervise the operation of the port.

Every time I saw him, he was very humble and rarely reached into the tax purse.

Yinzhen pondered for a moment and asked again,

"Besides him, who else do you think is wrong?"

"this……"

Shen Chang's face showed a bit of embarrassment. After all, this port has been opened for several years. After the initial strict inspection period, it is normal to have problems.

No one would start making money right after taking office, otherwise he would be seeking death.

Yinzhen glanced at him unhappily.

"Are you still hiding something from me? Just tell me the truth."

"It's not that I'm hiding it, but if I tell it out loud it will be seen as a power struggle."

Shen Chang sighed and expressed all his concerns.

Although he was valued by Yinzhen, there was another person at the port besides him, Wanyan Hecun, who was in check and balance with him. That person's background was far beyond his reach. To Wanyan Hecun, he was a "lowly person", and it was a great shame for him to be on the same level as him.

When Yinzhen heard this, he knew that Wanyan Hecun was involved, and his face instantly fell.

He Cun is the third son of Wanyan Daipeng. He has some ability, otherwise he would not have been left in the port for nearly three years.

"Did he reach out to the tax levy?"

Shen Chang shook his head.

"That's not the case. It's just that in the past few months, He Cun has been very close to Bao Li and others. They even wanted to bring me in, but I felt it was inappropriate and refused."

Yinzhen's anger suddenly rose in his heart. He could never have imagined that He Cun, one of his confidants stationed at the port, would dare to betray his master so blatantly.

"Do you know how much benefit Baoli gave He Cun?"

He said this with gritted teeth.

Shen Chang shrank his neck and mumbled,

"I don't know..."

Seeing that Yinzhen was about to get angry, Shen Chang quickly added,

"but!"

"But what?!"

Yinzhen stared at Shenchang, his eyes unconsciously glancing at his butt. The meaning was very clear: if his answer did not satisfy him, then he should watch out for his butt.

"But when Bao Li tried to win me over, he said that I should enjoy with them the treasures they had brought from the West."

What?

The anger on Yinzhen's face froze instantly.

A treasure brought from the West, yet He Cun could so brazenly betray his master in just a few months. That treasure... must be opium.

Good, good, good!

Paulie's intentions have even reached his people!

You are simply asking for death!

Yinzhen's expression was uncertain.

While Shen Chang was wiping his forehead, he was also observing Yin Zhen's expression.

"Do you know what that treasure is?"

Yinzhen came back to his senses from his thoughts.

"It's what I asked you to check."

His face was full of murderous intent, and he wanted to pick up the knife and chop Paulie immediately.

But he couldn't, because the emperor had not yet expressed his attitude. If he killed Baoli because He Cun betrayed his master, he would be faced with countless impeachments.

Shen Chang was also shocked for a moment. The attraction of opium was so great that it led He Cun to defect in just a few days.

How can this be so unreal?

No matter how bad He Cun's future is by following this gentleman, it is still better than following Bao Li. At least this gentleman is the real "master" of this port. Could it be that opium is more tempting than power?

Shen Chang scoffed at this.

However, these noble people of high birth may have their own unique insights.

Yinzhen thought for a moment and decided to endure it for another day.