Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 388 Xuzhou Commercial Affairs Mingcha
After asking Yuan Lang to send the farm tools to Jiang Zuo Yuan, Yuan Tan stepped out of the Hou's mansion and went straight to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Zhuge Jin just sent a report last night, and he was very interested.

"My lord, I think the traces of these people are quite suspicious."

Seeing Yuan Tan coming, Zhuge Jin hurried forward, handed a list to Yuan Tan, and said in a low voice.

Yuan Tan took the list and looked carefully, but it was the names of several registered merchants in Xuzhou.

"Oh... people who were already doing business in Xuzhou before we came to Xuzhou, oh, and there are a few who just arrived this month."

It has to be said that Zhuge Jin's ability to handle affairs is really excellent. The list he handed over to Yuan Tan is not just a few names, but a general list. The whereabouts of these people, as well as the recent movements in and out of Xuzhou are listed side by side.

So after Yuan Tan read it once, he had a rough idea.

There are a total of five merchants on the list, three of which are original local merchants in Xuzhou and have shops in Xuzhou.

As Xuzhou gradually recovers these days, their business is getting smoother and smoother, and there seems to be nothing suspicious about it.

But since entering July, these merchants have started to go out frequently to buy goods, although the goods they buy are very ordinary.

But although Xuzhou has recovered, the money and food left in the hands of the people are limited after all. These few merchants are either in the cloth business or in the porcelain business.

Although these things have the possibility of large transactions, they are for the people of Xuzhou right now.

Whether it is buying cloth for new clothes or buying porcelain for home use, it is a bit too extravagant.

But the reasons that the clerks from these three merchants mentioned when they left the city were that the business in the stores was good and they sold a lot these days, so they wanted to talk more with the partners there.

Let them increase shipments.

It sounds like there is nothing wrong with it.

However, after Zhuge Jin realized that these people were acting suspiciously, he specially ordered people to conduct a secret investigation on the transactions in the market.

After this investigation, some clues were found.

The bosses of these three merchants have bought a lot of goods these days, but there is no sign of being bought in large quantities, whether it is porcelain or cloth in the market.

In this way, the reason why they come in and out quite frequently is very doubtful.

"Did Ziyu ever go to monitor these companies?" Yuan Tan put down the documents in his hand and asked in a deep voice.

There are spies in the city. This kind of thing can be big or small, and it can be caught or not. After all, this kind of person is just like a businessman, and there are endless arrests.

Especially in this kind of troubled times, the management of household registers in various states and counties is quite chaotic, even though Yuan Tan has worked hard in the past year.

But almost every day there are new refugees entering the household, plus a large number of refugees recruited before.

Among them, many spies have already sneaked in, and it is not easy to track them down.

Yuan Tan had previously ordered the Ministry of Civil Affairs to file and register the current registered citizens of Xuzhou one by one according to the business registration process, but this kind of thing can't be rushed and can only be done slowly.

So at the moment, Yuan Tan is still paying attention to the fact that spies have entered the city, but he has not taken any actual action.

But this standstill is only for those spies who have not yet shown their feet.

Since the traces of these merchants have been exposed, Yuan Tan naturally has no reason to let them go.

Hearing Yuan Tan's question, Zhuge Jin nodded quickly: "I have ordered people to investigate, and there should be some news back."

With that said, Zhuge Jin pointed to the other two traveling merchants on the list and said: "These two merchants also need attention. Since Junhou is planning to use troops next year, then the spies on Cao Wei's side need to pay more attention. The traces of the two traveling merchants are quite suspicious, and more importantly, they come from Chenliu."

"Oh? Chen Liu?"

Hearing this sentence, Yuan Tan's eyes lit up slightly, as if thinking of some interesting possibility, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he looked at the other three merchants on the list and said: "In that case, Ziyu might as well check it out, What is the connection between these two traveling merchants and these three land merchants?"

On the list, the three land dealers before July were all very law-abiding citizens, and all of them were law-abiding citizens who paid their taxes on time.

But after July, Yuan Tan implemented relevant policies, which attracted a large number of traveling merchants.

These three families became active, apparently the masters behind them wanted them to start.

And who can leave such local people as spies in Xuzhou, besides Liu Bei and Cao Cao who once occupied Xuzhou, can there be a third candidate?

Yuan Tan checked the time when the two traveling merchants on the list entered Xuzhou for the first time, and mentioned: "You Qi check to see if the three companies started to change, whether it started after these two traveling merchants entered Xuzhou. of."

Zhuge Jin originally only compiled a rough list, and had no idea how to investigate.

Although he is good at political affairs, he is still young, and he doesn't know much about many things, and he doesn't have much contact with them.

Although five people with suspicious traces were identified, I really didn't know where to start for a while. After Yuan Tan made a point, I finally realized that I looked at Yuan Tan with admiration: "I don't want you, Your Majesty. There is such a talent.”

Naturally Zhuge Jin didn't dare to say these words, but the admiration in her eyes was hard to conceal, she quickly lowered her head to express her understanding, and hurried down to set up.

But what he didn't expect was that Yuan Tan's system completely betrayed his psychological changes.

"Ding, your performance shocked Zhuge Jin, shock point +10"

Although his shock point balance has once again broken through five figures and is advancing towards six figures, Yuan Tan is quite happy to have received ten shock points.

After all, he didn't do anything on purpose, he just casually said and got ten shock points.

From this point of view, it is not far away from opening a wave of high-level prize pool ten consecutive draws.

With an unexpected harvest, Yuan Tan left the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Although Zhuge Jin had his own suggestions, this kind of anti-smuggling investigation was before the establishment of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

It is still necessary to let professionals like Chen Deng's official department do it.

With a two-pronged approach, the purpose of these five people can be identified faster.

If it is different from what I expected, then there will be a good show waiting for me to watch.

……

In the early morning three days later, they all waited in the mansion.

Chen Deng and Zhuge Jin came together this morning, and each submitted their own investigation reports. Looking at the records on the two letters, Yuan Tan smiled: "As expected, Yuan Long, Ziyu, you don't need to investigate this matter for the time being, and you don't need to alarm the five people, just keep monitoring, and I have a clever plan for the rest."

"Ah, this..."

Hearing Yuan Tan's words, both Zhuge Jin and Chen Deng were surprised. They thought that since they were sure that these five people were spies of Cao Cao.

The most important thing to do right now is to catch them all quickly, and by the way, ask if there are any other spies of Cao Wei in Xuzhou City.

Why is the lord acting like this now?

Yuan Tan looked at the two important ministers who looked surprised, smiled, gently tapped the table, nodded and said to Zhuge Jin: "If I guessed correctly, the Ministry of Civil Affairs' treasury should be almost empty of money and silk. Alright."

"That's true," hearing Yuan Tan's sudden mention of this matter, although Zhuge Jin couldn't guess the master's intentions, she subconsciously clasped her fists and replied, looking at Yuan Tan's eyes, she became more and more puzzled.

Seeing the confused two people, Yuan Tan didn't hold back anymore, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, my treasury in Xuzhou is counting on these people to enrich me."

(End of this chapter)