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"You mean that in addition to selling Wushisan, they also exported pig iron armaments to the Arab world?"

After hearing this, Su Qinchao swallowed the food in his mouth whole before speaking: "This is a serious crime for the Yi Jiu clan. How dare they do this?"

"That's what the letters say, and it's also clearly written in the accounts!" Gao Zhili shook the letter in his hand. "Didn't you bring this back? Didn't you read it?"

"I only found his personal account book. These letters were probably inserted by the secret guard."

Su Qinchao shook his head. He just flipped through it casually at that time, and when he saw that it was related to the Maritime Customs, he stuffed all the things into his bag.

Moreover, at that time, Qi Min had to deal with the expert who was guarding the prefectural government, which took up a lot of time, so he had no time to look at it so carefully.

"Not only that, these two letters also explain why they instigated Xingxian to kill the Governor of Grain Transport!" Gao Zhili handed the other two pieces of letter paper to Su Qinchao.

"I don't need to see to know that it's because of the uneven distribution of the Five-Stone Powder spoils that led to the internal strife!" Since ancient times, money has moved people's hearts. People die for money and birds die for food. He was not surprised at all.

"Not entirely. In fact, it was because the prefect and the gatekeeper of the Maritime Customs wanted to kick the governor of the grain transport out of the team selling Wushisan and keep all the finances for themselves, which led to the Xingxian incident."

"I guess the Governor of the Grand Canal did not agree and wanted to threaten them with the evidence he had, so they did this!" Su Qinchao sneered and took another piece of mutton from the pot and stuffed it into his mouth.

This mutton is really good, very tender, and it’s so delicious that it makes your teeth fall apart when you take a bite.

"But I can't figure it out. It was because of the Governor of the Grand Canal that they were able to successfully transport the Five Stones Powder to various places in secret. Now that the Governor of the Grand Canal is gone, what are they going to do?"

Gao Zhili flipped through the remaining letters again, but found no clues about this part.

"You forgot that in addition to water routes, they can also go by land! This commercial chain must be connected. Since they can abandon the line of the Governor of the Canal Transport, it means that they already have a new route."

Su Qinchao put down his chopsticks and burped.

"Then what method should be used? It can connect the north and the south at once!" If I form a team by myself, it is obviously not cost-effective. It is better to bring the Governor of Grain Transport with me.

Gao Zhili stroked his chin and pondered for a while, and suddenly thought of a place that could perfectly solve this problem: "Could it be the escort agency?"

"That's possible." Su Qinchao nodded. He thought so too.

The escort agency travels all over the country, and they only need to arrange one or two confidants to follow the escort team when transporting the Wu Shi Powder, and they can naturally achieve their goal, and they also save the burden of the Grain Transport Governor.

"Let's go to the escort agency together tomorrow to check and confirm!" to see if it is as they guessed.

"it is good!"

...

next day

Because they slept too late last night, they slept until noon before waking up separately. This time, they slept in the same bed again.

So when Gao Zhili woke up, he saw Su Qinchao sleeping with his eyes half open. Even though he had known that he had this problem, his heart still skipped a beat.

"Hey, wake up, it's time to get up!" Gao Zhili put on his clothes and then reached out to push Su Qinchao.

It's rare to see this guy sleeping so soundly. It seems he was really tired yesterday.

"Stop making noises, let me sleep for another quarter of an hour!" Su Qinchao closed his eyes and turned over impatiently while holding the quilt.

"Then I'll buy some food and come back to call you!"

"Good~"

After they finished their lunch, they asked the waiter to prepare hot water. They each took a hot bath and changed their clothes before leaving together.

"When I was buying food earlier, I asked a beggar on the street. There are eight escort agencies in Yangzhou City, and the most famous one is Weiyuan Escort Agency."

"I know this company. I entrusted this company to send Yunniang to Yanmen Pass. It is said that this escort company has a history of 120 years and is well-known for its integrity and safety. Most wealthy families would ask them to transport things."

"Yes, so I plan to go there first." Gao Zhili shook the folding fan in his hand, causing Su Qinchao to quickly move aside.

It’s only February and I’m fanning myself and not feeling cold.

"Hahaha!" Looking at Su Qinchao's expression, Gao Zhili leaned over and slapped him hard a few times.

The two of them laughed and joked all the way until they saw the gate of Weiyuan Escort Agency, then they straightened their appearance and went in.

"I'm looking for your escort leader!" As soon as he stepped in, Su Qinchao took out the token that Wang Jizhou had given them a few days ago and handed it to the middle-aged escort who came up to him for inspection.

"So you are the distinguished guest of the prefect's house. Please come in. I will go and invite the escort leader right away."

After confirming the token, the middle-aged escort welcomed the two men into the main hall, ordered someone to serve tea, and then hurriedly walked to the back hall.

Then the two of them picked up the tea bowls and prepared to taste them.

A tall, middle-aged man with a righteous face and dignified appearance walked in after opening the door curtain at the back of the hall, followed by the middle-aged escort.

This escort leader looks really majestic, Su Qinchao thought to himself, his righteousness is almost overflowing from him, and he looks very safe.

"My name is Sun Zhongtang. May I ask what important matter you two gentlemen may have?" After standing in front of the two men, the escort leader Sun Zhongtang smiled and bowed and asked.

"Can I have a word with you?" Su Qinchao and Gao Zhili also stood up and returned the greeting.

"Of course! Please come in, my lord!" Sun Zhongtang immediately understood and led Su Qinchao and the other person to the study in the back hall.

"What do you want to know, sir?" Sun Zhongtang was also a smart man. He took the initiative to ask without waiting for the two to ask.

"We want to find out which escort agencies the prefectural government has cooperated with recently?" Su Qinchao stated his purpose directly without beating around the bush.

"As far as I know, in addition to our escort agency, there are three other escort agencies that have received work from the prefectural government."

"Which other three companies are there? Has your family taken any work from them recently?" Su Qinchao and Gao Zhili looked at each other and asked repeatedly.

"There is the Longhu Escort Agency in the east of the city, the Wantong Escort Agency in the north of the city, and the Longsheng Escort Agency across the street." Sun Zhongtang paused and continued:

"In addition, at the end of every month, the prefecture will send a batch of goods to the four prefectures. Our family is responsible for Yizhou Prefecture, and I don't know about the other three."

Although these escort agencies would exchange information with each other, it was only superficial.

The specific details will not be disclosed, which is also one of the means for each company to ensure business.

"I see..."

The two of them talked with Sun Zhongtang in the study for nearly an hour. Only after they got the information they wanted did they hurriedly say thank you and leave.