Qi Wenhan brought Gu Yuzhi the news that Li Yanping had left Changzhou overnight. He sat in his chair and swung his legs, feeling that everything had been good news lately.
Despite being in a good mood, Gu Yuzhi was still a little curious: "Why is Manager Li leaving now?"
As Manager Wen said, the head manager of a business must oversee the overall situation.
The head manager has run away, how can we manage the overall situation?
Gu Yuzhi's eyes suddenly lit up, and his voice was filled with excitement: "Did he admit defeat?"
This Manager Li doesn't seem to be very capable.
Prefect Qi chuckled at his naive words: "My spies have reported back that Li Yanping is heading to Jiangnan. I think he's probably going to discuss cooperation, since Li's business empire involves more than just clinics."
So you haven't given up yet.
Gu Yuzhi pursed his lips, then suddenly remembered something: "Jiangnan? I remember that my third brother's fiefdom is in Jiangzhou. I wonder if this Li Ji Trading Company has any cooperation with my third brother."
His casual remark alerted both Chief Clerk Xie and Prefect Qi. They exchanged glances, then pretended to be nonchalant and looked away.
Fortunately, Gu Yuzhi's attention was quickly drawn to the thick stack of files in Prefect Qi's hands: "What is Prefect Qi holding? Is it a confession? Has Huang Fu's verdict been handed down? And the casino's accountant, has he been caught?"
He silently calculated that it was already May, and he still hadn't gone to see Xinliang.
I wonder what Xin Liang is like now!
Prefect Qi quickly said, "I searched the Huang residence and checked the accounts with the Li Family Medical Clinic. I found that Huang Fu's residence did indeed have a lot of unexplained income. After investigation, it was found that most of the unexplained income from Li Family Medical Clinic's inferior medicinal materials went into Huang Fu's own pocket."
Wen Xiuzhu simply explained: "This is embezzlement."
Gu Yuzhi knew about the embezzlement; he had just learned about it recently.
He pursed his lips and snorted, "That Huang Fu is really wicked. He's not only bad to us, but also to his own employer."
But then Gu Yuzhi laughed again: "But if Manager Li knew this news, he would definitely be furious."
Manager Wen said that once Xinliang is fully developed, his business will definitely involve grain trading and the like, and the conflict with Li's business will only be greater.
So when Manager Li is unhappy, he's happy!
Shu Xiaohan scoffed, "That's right. Because of his selfish desires, he dragged the entire Li's Medical Clinic in the northern desert into this mess. Putting aside whether these clinics are innocent or not, if I were the owner of Li's Trading Company, I would definitely want to dig up Huang Fu and whip his corpse!"
After saying this, Shu Xiaohan felt it was inappropriate and quickly spat a few times: "Young Prince, you mustn't repeat what I just said."
Gu Yuzhi was used to Teacher Shu's words about not studying, and tilted his head to indicate that he wouldn't study.
Qi Wenhan continued, "I have already had these unexplained incomes registered. Half of them will be paid to Your Highness as compensation, and the other half will be deposited into the government treasury."
Although Changzhou was the most prosperous city in the northern desert, the prefectural government office was extremely poor.
Especially during the snow disaster in Changzhou last winter, the government built refugee houses and distributed porridge, which almost emptied the government's treasury.
The disaster relief funds arrived, but before they could even be put into the warehouse, they were immediately sent to Xinliang.
There's no other way. His Highness took in so many refugees, so how could he possibly have to pay for the repair of the official road?
Qi Wenhan believed that if he said such shameless things, Xie Changshi would have him thrown out on the spot!
After he finished speaking, he glanced at the young prince and Chief Secretary Xie without leaving a trace, as if afraid that they would make him vomit up the other half as well.
Chief Secretary Xie didn't speak, but also looked at Gu Yuzhi. Gu Yuzhi rolled his big eyes and said, "Prefect Qi handled it very well. I think it's very fair."
Anyway, the Wen family medical clinic wasn't really harmed, and Prefect Qi was already quite satisfied with the amount of property he awarded them.
Qi Wenhan's face immediately lit up with a satisfied smile: "As for the casino's accountant, I've already caught him. The IOU provided by Your Highness and Zhang Sheng's cousin are indeed very good leads."
He handed over his statement, a hint of smugness in his voice, and said, "I was afraid that Li Yanping would interfere, so I waited until he left Changzhou Prefecture before arresting him."
Everyone in Mobei knows that Li Ji Trading Company is behind the casino, but while they know it, the casino staff have never admitted it.
Previously, some people had sued the casino, but since most of them eventually withdrew their complaints, Prefect Qi had no legitimate reason to take action against it.
This time, he almost completely uprooted the casinos in Changzhou, and the crimes committed by everyone from the accountants to the thugs were simply too numerous to count.
With a stern face, Chief Secretary Xie read the testimony and whispered to Gu Yuzhi. Only when he saw the words "Quanzhou" did he look up at Prefect Qi and ask, "It says here that the casino has a cooperative relationship with a brothel in Quanzhou. Has Prefect Qi investigated this brothel?"
Gu Yuzhi's gaze darted back and forth between Chief Secretary Xie and Prefect Qi, and he whispered, "What kind of building is a brothel? Is it a building that's blue?"
Chief Clerk Xie and Prefect Qi both inwardly cried out in dismay. Before they could figure out how to explain, Gu Yuzhi continued, "How strange! Why would anyone like to paint their building blue, and not just one?"
He enthusiastically veered the subject: "My fifth brother once told me in a mysterious way that my fourth brother went to a brothel during a day off. I asked him what was so great about going to a brothel, and my fifth brother said I'd find out when I grew up."
Gu Yuzhi didn't notice at all that everyone around him, as well as those in his mind, was stiff and had extremely unnatural expressions.
He snorted smugly, "Saying that I'll grow up, I doubt even Fifth Brother knows for sure, that's why he's lying to me like this!"
Shu Xiaohan's mouth was agape as if an egg could fit inside. Wen Xiuzhu put away his fan and coughed a few times. He looked up and suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked down and saw Shu Xiaohan looking him up and down with a strange gaze.
Wen Xiuzhu instinctively squeezed his legs together, and said angrily, "I've never been there! What kind of 'green building' is that? Just thinking about it makes me feel disgusted!"
His only pleasure in life was making money; he couldn't even take care of his family, so why would he even think about brothels?
Shu Xiaohan pouted and shrugged, giving off an "I don't care what you say, let's see if I believe you" vibe.
Wen Xiuzhu was so angry that he almost fainted, but he couldn't argue about the matter of the brothel in front of the young prince, so he had to shut his mouth in frustration.
At this moment, it wasn't just Wen Xiuzhu who kept quiet; Chief Secretary Xie and Prefect Qi also did so.
The two men's faces turned a deep purplish-red, and they were silently screaming in their hearts, "Your Highness, please stop talking!"
We really don't want to know these royal secrets!
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