I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

"Lord Jiang is not fussy about small matters. He is truly a man of great talent."

Chen Qingyun was still praising Jiang Zuo, but in his heart he had already sent him to prison and taken him to the execution ground.

"You are too kind. In fact, if we report this military achievement to the court and receive a lot of money as a reward, after being exploited by those corrupt officials, there will be less than a fraction left in our Anding County. It is better to keep the money in the national treasury so that it will not be given to those corrupt officials."

Jiang Zuo told the truth.

After hearing this, Chen Qingyun suddenly realized.

Over the years, the corruption in the Great Yan State has been difficult to eradicate. Even rewards for military merits would be embezzled and become the private money of local officials.

This situation has not improved even though Chen Qingyun killed a large number of corrupt officials.

Greed is human nature and is difficult to erase.

No matter what, after returning to Beijing, I must give orders again to severely punish this group of corrupt officials!

But he turned around and thought: "Aren't you Jiang Zuo also a corrupt official?"

Those boxes of gold, silver and jewelry are irrefutable evidence.

He is a hypocrite after all!

Why are there so many corrupt officials in this world?

Are there no honest officials in the Great Yan Kingdom?

Chen Qingyun fell into deep thought.

Chen Qingyun couldn't help feeling sad when he thought about the important officials who had followed him through life and death in the past and now became corrupt officials who exploited the people and committed corruption and abused their power.

It would be a pity to kill this man Jiang Zuo, but it would be difficult to calm the anger in my heart if I don't kill him.

This man is good at governing the country, he is both civil and military, a great talent, and his battle with the barbarians just now was indeed impressive.

"I heard that the barbarians in the north are all brave and good at fighting. Lord Jiang repelled them in such a short time. Such general talent is truly admirable." Chen Qingyun said.

"It's just a trivial matter, not worth mentioning."

"I wonder how you defeated the barbarians. Although I am from a merchant family, I am also somewhat interested in marching and fighting. I wonder if you can explain a little bit."

Jiang Zuo must have some ability to be able to govern Anding County in such an orderly manner.

Jiang Zuo said: "This group of grassland barbarians are composed of tribes of all sizes. They are originally a group of scattered sands. They only come for money. As long as we set a little trap, they will definitely step on it. What's more, we in Anding County have powerful weapons. Even if we face off, those barbarians may not be able to defeat us."

"The ultimate weapon?" Chen Qingyun became more and more curious.

What kind of weapon could allow the Anding officers and soldiers to defeat ten enemies at once?

If Jiang Zuo used these things to rebel in the future, wouldn't that be...

Jiang Zuo said: "This is the secret of our Anding County and cannot be spread outside. I hope Miss will forgive me."

"clear."

After hearing what Jiang Zuo said, Chen Qingyun became even more curious.

Privately hoarding weapons is a more serious crime!

The crimes that Chen Qingyun listed for Jiang Zuo were enough to execute all ten clans.

"Miss Chen, why don't we go back to the restaurant and continue discussing the sale of fabrics. I have already contacted the seller and am waiting for you to go and see the goods."

After chatting for so long, Jiang Zuo almost forgot this important matter.

How can we not make a fortune from such a fat sheep?

Chen Qingyun nodded.

restaurant.

After everyone had finished their meal, Jiang Zuo took Chen Qingyun to choose fabrics.

"Miss Chen, please feel free to choose. The best fabrics in Anding County are all here. If you are not satisfied, I will help you find another batch." Jiang Zuo said.

Chen Qingyun touched it and couldn't help but praise it: "It is indeed top-grade silk."

The fabric is soft and silky, and Chen Qingyun loves the color and texture.

Although she didn't really come here to buy fabric, since she was already here, why not do it in full force.

"Miss Chen, how many pieces do you want to buy? Our textile factory has sufficient production capacity, so we can give you as much as you want."

Jiang Zuo patted his chest and said.

Textile mill? What is that?

Chen Qingyun didn't understand, so he just said, "Three hundred horses."

She just said it casually. Of course, the empress didn't need this little money at all.

"No problem." Jiang Zuo was delighted and said, "Boss Chen has a good eye. This is our best-selling model. One piece only costs ten taels of silver."

"Only???"

When Chen Qingyun heard the price, he was stunned on the spot.

In the capital, a piece of top-quality cloth would cost at most one or two taels of silver.

The cloth of an ordinary person only costs one hundred coins.

Is this cloth that weighs ten taels per piece made of gold?

It's clearly a rip-off.

Chen Qingyun did not get angry, but turned around and asked, "Qiuyue, what do you think?"

Qiuyue beside him quickly understood and said, "The cloth is good, but the price is too high. Lord Jiang, aren't you deliberately trying to cheat us out of our money?"

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a trap.

"What are you talking about, young lady? I can assure you that there is no other similar fabrics in the world." Jiang Zuo vowed.

"What if we find it?" Chen Qingyun said disdainfully.

She just couldn't believe that in such a huge country like Yan, there wasn't even a piece of good cloth.

"If he really finds it, it means that our cloth was stolen by him." Jiang Zuo said calmly.

"..."

You are the one who says all the good and bad things!

At this moment, a short and thin man in his forties or fifties came over. He was Jiang Zuo's strategist, Master Guo. He said to Jiang Zuo, "Sir, Zhao Li wants to see you."

"Let him come back tomorrow. I'm entertaining guests." Jiang Zuo said.

"He said there was something extremely urgent and he had to see you today," said Master Guo.

"Then hurry up." Jiang Zuo was a little impatient, but soon smiled, "Miss Chen, I'm sorry, please wait a moment."

Chen Qingyun remained silent and nodded slightly.

Looking up, a young man in brocade and jade clothes walked in with anxious steps. As soon as he entered the door, he bowed and said, "Greetings, sir."

"What's the matter?" Jiang Zuo asked.

"It's like this, the one in the county center..." Zhao Li said, but when he turned around and saw Chen Qingyun and Qiuyue, he immediately stopped talking.

Jiang Zuo understood, but waved his hand, "Just say whatever you want to say, it's okay."

Zhao Licai continued, "I have reserved the apartment in the county center for nine thousand three hundred taels."

"Nine thousand three hundred taels. No, the price has risen to ten thousand taels now. You have to know that that is a top-notch residence. The gentry within a hundred miles are all scrambling to buy it. Ten thousand taels is considered cheap." Jiang Zuo said lightly.

Ten thousand taels!

Chen Qingyun was shocked by this number again.

Wow, no wonder gold, silver and jewelry could be shipped out in truckloads, turns out this is how they got there.

Is this how Jiangzuo made money? Collusion between officials and businessmen?

One more crime!

By the end of this year, Jiang Zuo must have made a lot of money.

I really want to capture Jiang Zuo right now and execute him in public. If Jiang Zuo was not still of some value, the empress would never want to keep him alive.

Jiang Zuo had no idea that his deal with Zhao Li would be seen by the current empress...