The heavens start with letting the bullets fly

Chapter 478 Visiting the Liu Family
Dealing with illegal activities must not be carried out in a big way.

Because there has been no action here yet, the news has been received over there.

Even the people in the yamen will deliberately delay, the relevant procedures and the distribution of weapons are ink marks, and when everything is ready, the day lily will be cold.

Therefore, Chen Zhao planned to take a few of his henchmen to go out first, and after knocking down all of them as private salt dealers, he would wait for a large group of people to arrive and carry out legal measures.

You must know that behind the Yangzhou salt merchants are rich and powerful lords, with all kinds of backgrounds, so every once in a while, the power of this salt merchant may change.

The Liu family ranked last among the top ten salt merchants in Yangzhou, but they were very self-motivated, so they were very courageous. They built a private salt warehouse by the canal so that they could be transported to the ship as quickly as possible.

Not at all afraid of others knowing.

When Chen Zhao came down to this private salt warehouse with a few confidantes, there were already people screaming, and in the dark night, densely packed torches illuminated the sky, and everything could be illuminated from a long distance away. See through.

Since they were selected by Chen Zhao, they naturally had good physical skills. Under the leadership of Chen Zhao, several people stood on a few big trees not far from the warehouse and watched from a distance.

Good guy, he is indeed a force that can be ranked among the great salt merchants. There are 200 coolies carrying it here, and there are hundreds of strong men with knives and guns around.

Throughout the dynasties, the sale of private salt was a business of beheading.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao, the "general soaring to the sky", who was "full of golden armor in the city", Qian Miao, the king of Wuyue who "blossomed on Moshang, can return slowly" in the Five Dynasties period, and Zhang Shicheng, the king of Zhou who competed with Zhu Yuanzhang at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, They were all private salt dealers.

It can be seen that this industry is full of fierce people.
Even though several of Chen Zhao's confidants were also practitioners, they couldn't help but look pale.

Naturally, Chen Zhao would not let his newly recruited men do desperate work so quickly, so he smiled slightly: "Just watch carefully from above. If you see anyone escaping, don't say anything. Just tell me later."

Before his subordinates could react, Chen Zhao had already jumped down, and then landed deliberately.

When many private salt dealers heard the movement, they were just dazed, and rushed over aggressively.

Everyone is holding a knife and drawing a gun, with a murderous look on their faces.

After all, they are used to this business, and they are used to fighting against the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, bandits along the way, and local snakes from all over the place.

Whenever you encounter such a thing, don't talk nonsense, just hack and kill.

What's more, the other party has already arrived at the private salt warehouse, so there is no need to say more.

Chen Zhao laughed, jumped into the crowd, took a steel knife at hand, swung it suddenly, the knife was like snow, and people's heads rolled.

Seventeen or eighteen people were killed by him in an instant.

Inspired by his saber energy, more than 20 other people lost their hands and feet, and howled loudly.

Even an army with high morale will almost collapse when the casualty rate exceeds [-]%.

What's more, it's just a group of private salt dealers?
After seeing the land full of barbarians and hearing the wailing of their companions, the remaining gangsters stopped in Bengbu and fled in all directions, crying and screaming.

Then several of his henchmen jumped down from the tree, looking shocked.

Chen Xunjian just waved a few knives, and the gangsters were scared away!
Is this still the extremely brave private salt dealer in their minds?

Shocking!

"You guys, go and inform the Yanding team to come here." Chen Zhao said with a smile, "If you want to go fast, you can go slow, even if you arrive at noon tomorrow, you just want to get the reward. Then take your time."

"Yes! Your lord!"

The confidantes did not dare to neglect and left in a hurry.

Now that the private salt dealers and coolies have been scared away by Chen Zhao, the salt team can definitely come and pick up ready-made ones.

Although Chen Zhao has the Yanding team under his control, he is not sure that he has fully grasped it. Officials at all levels and salt merchants have been operating for many years, and it is impossible for him to resolve it in just a few days.

So for this operation, he wouldn't care who could come over, but who couldn't, he would definitely keep a notebook.

An hour later, the salt team arrived, and they were all shocked when they saw the barren land and the whole warehouse of private salt.

……

The next day, a news spread throughout Yangzhou City.

Chen Zhao, the inspector of the Salt Censor Yamen, led the salt team to decisively attack, destroying a private salt warehouse, seizing [-] stones of private salt, and arresting dozens of private salt dealers.

It was a seizure unprecedented in more than a decade.

Yangzhou City suddenly shook.

The major salt merchants were also shocked, and many people connected in private and began to inquire about the news.

And Chen Zhao went straight to the house of Liu, the master behind the illegal salt.

Even if it is ranked at the bottom of the top ten salt merchants, the Liu family is also a wealthy family, and the mansion of the owner Liu Qingyun occupies a large area and is not small.

The doors of the house are all people in fine clothes, with their eyes high above the top, and there is no one else in their eyes.

When Chen Zhao came over, the disciples didn't even look at him.

When he revealed his identity with a smile, these disciples were even more dismissive.

There are also people who have a frivolous tone and sneer at the identity of the "inspector".

Chen Zhao sighed and had no choice but to impress them.

He didn't do anything, he just picked up the stone lion weighing several thousand kilograms at the gate of Liu's house and threw it at the gate of Liu's house.

"Boom!" The painted gate of the Liu Mansion was smashed to pieces.

Amid the roar, a panicked scream came from inside.

Chen Zhao still had a calm expression on his face, looking at several doors in his spare time, and said calmly, "Chen Zhao, the ninth-rank inspector of the Yangzhou Yan Yushi Yamen, came to visit Liu Qingyun, the head of the Liu family. Please inform me."

……

"Oh my, I heard the magpies chirping when I woke up early in the morning. It turned out to be Mr. Chen who came to visit me. I apologize for not being able to welcome you from afar."

A moment later, Liu Qingyun strode out of Liu's mansion and bowed deeply to Chen Zhao.

Looking at his eloquent expression, it was hard to imagine that his front door had just been broken into.

Faced with such humiliation from Hong Guoguo, this Liu Qingyun turned a blind eye to it, which shows his amazing endurance.

Chen Zhao smiled and said: "Master Liu, I just used the stone lion at your door to smash your door."

"Oh my, it's all the servants who are rude and neglected Mr. Chen. Mr. Chen doesn't remember the fault of a villain, so please ask Haihan. As for the matter of the gate, it is already letting Liu see the supernatural power of Mr. Chen. Thank you so much, Mr. Chen, please come inside."

"That's not necessary, your door is spacious, so it's okay to say it here."

"Yes, yes, Mr. Chen is humorous, Mr. Liu admires it so much, please enlighten Mrs. Chen."

"I don't dare to teach you. It's just that [-] catties of private salt were intercepted during the inspection of the salt censor's yamen last night. Patriarch Liu must have heard about it." Chen Zhao said flatly.

"Yes, Mr. Liu has heard a little bit about it. As soon as your lord took office, he made great achievements. It is foreseeable that he will become a great success in the future. It is foreseeable that Mr. Liu will congratulate you again!" Liu Qingshan offered flattery without hesitation.

"According to the usual way, there are two solutions for this batch of private salt. One is to hold a sale, and the one with the highest price will get it; the other is to sell it directly to your salt merchants. This official believes that the owner of the Liu family has a good reputation in business. , so I want to directly sell this batch of private salt to your government at a low price, what do you think?"

"My lord, Liu is very grateful for your love. I wonder how much the salt will sell for?" Liu Qingyun still looked normal.

This batch of private salt belonged to his Liu family. If it was used by Yushi Yamen to hold a sales meeting, Liu Qingyun would be laughed to death.

So he could only grit his teeth and buy it back.

What happens to you, you solve it yourself.

"Selling you 24 taels of silver for a rock salt is cheap enough!" Chen Zhao smiled lightly.

"What?" Rao Liu Qingyun was deeply scheming, and couldn't help but change his face.

(End of this chapter)