As Jiang Huai clung to the window and climbed up, a familiar figure appeared at the window.
He grinned and said, "Lili!"
Fu Li gently pried the wooden window frame apart with both hands, and it snapped silently.
After all the window bars were removed, Jiang Huai leaned against the windowsill, revealing half of his body.
Fu Li carried Jiang Huai out and jumped onto the roof.
About half an hour later, Old Dai arrived with a person wearing a cloth turban.
He took out a bag of silver, walked to the big tree, and said to the leader, "I brought the money, but where is the person?"
The man didn't react for a while, so Lao Dai kicked him and the man fell limply to the ground.
"What happened? Where's the child? Go check on him!"
When the people in the main room ran to the room, they found that not only were there no children, but there weren't even any windows left.
Seeing that things were going wrong, Yao Da turned and ran.
An Yi stood coldly at the door, holding his sword in his arms, looking at Yao Da as if he were a dead man.
"Xi Hu, hehe!" Jiang Huai clapped his hands and jumped and laughed on the roof.
In the blink of an eye, the four standing thugs and Yao Da were all lying down, and Fu Qiyuan arrived with his men.
"Huai'er!" Fu Qiyuan called out towards the roof. Seeing his son jumping around, his heart finally settled down.
On the way back, Fu Li asked Jiang Huai, "Where are the things?"
Jiang Huai reached into his pocket and rummaged around for a long time before pulling out a green, thumb-sized candy-like object.
"Why didn't you crush it?"
"I couldn't find it!"
"Next time, put it in the hidden snap on your belt, not in your pocket. It would be troublesome if that fat guy stole it!"
"I can't eat it, it'll give me a stomachache!"
"It's not a stomachache, it's something that will kill you!"
Fu Qiyuan, who was walking in front, paused for a moment, then quickened his pace.
Jiang Shan was unaware that her son had inadvertently become bait. Just as she raised her foot to stomp down, the "building" of Tong's Private Kitchen suddenly tilted and collapsed.
It went even more smoothly than she had imagined.
No, it was even more thorough than she had imagined.
Not only was the Tong family's property seized, but the owner, Mr. Tong, was also arrested on charges of attempted kidnapping.
Fu Qiyuan acted swiftly and ruthlessly, leaving Magistrate Pei no room to maneuver. He could only watch helplessly as his brother-in-law was sentenced to five years in prison, and he himself was fined a year's salary by the prefect for condoning his brother-in-law's crime.
This was the result of spending a considerable amount of money to smooth things over.
Magistrate Pei's wife cried and made a scene at the Pei family mansion, blaming the Pei family for not helping her.
The Pei family has already lost 20,000 taels of silver trying to smooth things over, and this whole mess was caused by that idiot Tong family. It has nothing to do with the Pei family; they have already done everything they could.
The only ones truly affected were the Tong family and Magistrate Pei.
Tong was indignant. If it weren't for the letter from Pei's aunt telling them that while the Duke of Rong was in the capital, he could send the heir of Rong from Jiangling to Yuzhou to stir up trouble and uproot the Jiang family, their Tong family wouldn't have gone to such extremes and offended Fu Qiyuan so badly.
What's even more infuriating is that those thugs were clearly hired by Pei's fourth uncle, but in the end, they pushed all the blame onto his younger brother!
In order to keep his official position and protect the Pei family, the master of the house was willing to sacrifice the only legitimate son of the Tong family!
Why did Ke Tong's family move from Jiangling to Chongqing to open a store?
This was to help the Pei family strike at the Jiang family!
In her anger, Tong Shi argued with Prefect Pei every day, so Prefect Pei simply hid in the room of his newly acquired concubine.
From then on, the relationship between Madam Tong and Magistrate Pei deteriorated drastically, and the backyard of their mansion became a battlefield without gunpowder.
In less than three months, he had defeated his competitors. Jiang Shan was in high spirits and began to busy himself with the matter of the inspection team's visit.
In addition to increased tax revenue from maritime shipping, Chongqing has also seen a significant increase in the trading volume of agricultural and sideline products, thanks in no small part to Chengbang Logistics.
Jiangshan, as the unsung big boss behind Chengbang Logistics, can do whatever he wants with ease!
Chengbang Logistics has been operating for half a year. Not only have all the sea and land routes within Yuzhou City been opened, but four additional routes to other provinces have also been opened. Among them, the route from Yuzhou to Nanshan was established after Jiang Yong led his team to travel back and forth many times.
Jiang Yong is ambitious despite his small stature. His goal is to establish a special line from Yuzhou to Nanshan, through Qingyuan and Jiangling, and then via Changsha and Hangzhou directly to Beijing. The line will first travel by water, then by land, covering more than 3,000 li in a straight line and nearly 5,000 li in a roundabout way.
The route from Yuzhou to Nanshan has been completed, and his next targets are Qingyuan and Jiangling. These two places are not far apart, just a short distance apart.
Jiang Shan visited all the logistics dispatch points and temporary warehouses in Yuzhou City and set his sights on a warehouse in the west of the city.
This warehouse in the west of the city stores rice and grain.
Since ancient times, rice has been synonymous with the people's livelihood, and the imperial court has attached great importance to it. This warehouse, apart from wholesaling to a few stable merchants, does not sell rice on a daily basis. The fundamental reason is that the Yuzhou government requisitioned half of the grain in the warehouse as a supplement to the Yuzhou official granary.
This brings us back to the economy of Chongqing.
Yuzhou is located by the sea, so grain production is extremely low. The main source of tax revenue is still maritime trade, and the government's granaries are never full.
It's fortunate that no major disasters have occurred in recent years, otherwise the people of Yuzhou would definitely be facing famine.
Since the emergence of Chengbang Logistics, Yuzhou Taishou Cold Merchants sensed something unusual and decisively extended an olive branch of friendship to Chengbang Logistics.
Since Chief Secretary Fu arrived, the collusion between officials and businessmen has become even more pleasant.
Recently, the Pei family has been unusually active, indicating genuine collusion between officials and businessmen.
First, Pei Guangnian, the eldest son of the Pei family and vice president of the Chongqing Chamber of Commerce, frequently appeared in the Chamber's social activities. He took on all the responsibilities, whether it was contributing money, manpower, or effort, and his dedication was commendable!
Then there's Pei Guangji, the second son of the Pei family and concurrently the Vice Prefect of Yuzhou. He's been running around trying to win over officials from all sides, seizing every opportunity to promote the recent achievements of Yuzhou, openly and secretly boasting about his own accomplishments. In short, he's saying: "I'm having such a hard time! I'm so busy! I'm working so hard!"
When the inspector was about to arrive in Yuzhou, the manager of the warehouse in the west of the city found Magistrate Pei and reported something to him.
This matter shouldn't have been reported directly to Magistrate Pei, but since Magistrate Pei had been handling everything personally these past few days and the situation was urgent, the steward, in a responsible manner, came directly to him.
"What? Sell them all? That won't do!" Upon hearing the steward's words, Magistrate Pei frowned deeply, shaking his head vigorously.
The manager patiently said, "I'm worried that there will be rain and snow next month. If the old grain stored in the warehouse isn't sold, it will get moldy after the rain and snow. I'm afraid I'll be punished by the boss then!"
"It's just a little damp, it shouldn't have gotten moldy so quickly. Let's wait until Inspector Shi investigates before we say anything more!" Pei said, judging as expected.
The steward, still uneasy, said, "Sir, I'm still worried. Should we ask the Prefect...?"
"No need. I will write a letter myself. Take it back to your master!"
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