"You're welcome, Lord Lu." Feng Zhaowu touched his head innocently. Seeing that Lu Zhi didn't dislike it, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your Highness, I still have things to do, so I'll leave first." There were still many things in the palace that needed her attention, so Lu Zhi said goodbye softly.
"Your Highness's affairs are more important. Lord Lu should go and do his work first." Feng Zhaowu said quickly, indicating that he was not a clingy person.
Lu Zhi nodded and went straight to Zhangtai Palace. Zhao Qingrui stayed in Zhangtai Palace most of the time.
"Your Highness, the Ministry of Works has already begun to demolish the existing buildings in Xianyang. However, something unpleasant has occurred. One of the merchants is unwilling to move away." Sheng Guanping said in embarrassment.
Since entering the cabinet, he realized that being a prince was not easy, and being an emperor was even harder. There were too many things to do every day, and he was so busy that he lost his mind.
"What's the reason?" Zhao Qingrui raised his eyebrows.
"According to reports, he is a grain merchant with a large family business. He has traveled far and wide over the years and has accumulated countless fortunes. He has a large business in Xianyang, and he is dissatisfied with the compensation given by the court." Sheng Guanping said carefully.
"A grain merchant, that's indeed a fat sheep. Let's not worry about this matter for now. I will have someone check this person out. If he has no criminal record, then we can talk about it. If he does, then we will deal with him according to the law. Anyway, Daqin is short of money." Zhao Qingrui touched his chin.
"Yes." Sheng Guanping was silent for two seconds and understood what Zhao Qingrui meant.
If you don't move away, the imperial court will probably use force.
That person is so stupid that he even wants to go against the imperial court, thinking that he can get more compensation.
These things have been discussed long ago, and it is impossible to pay more compensation.
After Sheng Guanping left, Lu Zhi came over.
Because of the five-year plan, everything in the court was proceeding in an orderly manner. Although Zhao Qingrui had many things to take care of every day, they were just that.
Within two days, the merchant's information was delivered to Zhao Qingrui.
Looking at the information in his hand, Zhao Qingrui raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Is this news true?" Zhao Qingrui looked at Dun Ruo.
"Your Highness, it is true. The evidence is on the second basket of bamboo slips." Dun Ruo said respectfully.
Zhao Qingrui looked at the basket of bamboo slips and felt a little headache. There were too many of them.
However, thinking of what they had done, Zhao Qingrui still picked it up and looked at it carefully.
The merchant's name was He Mao. He was not very famous among the merchants in Daqin. In fact, he was very low-key.
He was just a grain merchant in Xianyang, but he had a lot of secret businesses, such as selling illegal salt and mining iron ore.
He rarely sells these things in Daqin, so he goes to the grassland to sell them.
Over the years, he has made a lot of money from various tribes on the grassland.
"The evidence is conclusive. Detain him and interrogate him to see if he has passed on any information about the Qin Dynasty to the tribes on the grassland." Zhao Qingrui said coldly.
From the information we found out about Dun Ruo, he mined iron ore illegally, which was enough to sentence him.
This person has been dealing with tribes like the Huns for many years, so she can't help but care about this matter.
"I'll go right away." Dun Ruo said with a serious expression.
There is a high possibility that this bastard really did this. If the news of Daqin was leaked, or even the sweet potatoes of Daqin were leaked, it would be extremely disadvantageous to Daqin.
What's more, these tribes are enemies of the Qin Dynasty. This man has no bottom line when it comes to making money.
He Mao, who was waiting for the court to pay more money, was drinking wine leisurely. After Zhao Qingrui brought out a lot of technology, all aspects of Daqin were developing rapidly, and wine was one of them.
He Mao likes the taste of this white wine. It is mellow and smooth on the palate. A small sip fills his mouth with the aroma of the wine.
"Master, Master, something terrible has happened. Something terrible has happened." The steward came running in in a panic.
"What happened?" He Mao frowned unhappily.
"Master, the people from the Weiwei Office have surrounded our mansion." The steward said with a pale face.
"How could that be? What did those people say?" He Mao's heart skipped a beat.
The reason he didn't move out this time was just to get more benefits. Now commercial taxes have increased, especially for goods of higher value, which are even subject to separate taxes.
On the surface, he was a grain merchant, which allowed him to thrive in Xianyang.
He is not short of money. Whenever he encounters trouble, he can just spend some money to deal with it.
Now that grain production has increased, grain prices have dropped a lot, and the profits he has gained have also decreased.
He wanted to take advantage of Qiao to gain more benefits, and even wanted to establish some relationship with the court.
Unfortunately, although he had good intentions, he didn't expect Zhao Qingrui to cut off the source of the problem and let the people from the Black Ice Platform investigate him first, and even found out a lot of information.
Wang Yuan came with his guards and directly surrounded He Mao's mansion.
He Mao hurried out and asked, "Young General, I am an honest citizen. Why are you surrounding my residence?"
"Are you He Mao?" Wang Yuan looked at He Mao coldly.
"Yes, it's Xiaomin." He Hema said seriously.
"Arrest them, arrest everyone in the mansion, send them all to the Supreme Court Prison, and let the Supreme Court's people interrogate them." Wang Yuan waved his hand.
"I haven't committed any crime, you can't arrest me." He Mao struggled violently. If he was really thrown into jail, he would be skinned alive even if he didn't die.
Seeing that hundreds of guards surrounded his house, obviously afraid that people would run away, He Mao's heart sank.
Could it be that the court discovered something about what happened today?
Impossible, impossible. He acts very secretly and the court should not be able to find out.
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