At the beginning, I became a county magistrate with greed of 500 million. The empress asked me to be

Should they support the increasingly corrupt Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, or should they have the Huanyi Weaving Bureau supply a total of 600,000 pieces of silk and cotton cloth for free every year?

As long as the empress is not a fool, she should know what choice to make.

In Xia Yun's impression, the empress was not an incompetent and tyrant, so she would definitely abolish the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau in the end.

"I am the deputy director of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau appointed by His Majesty himself. You have no right to arrest me! Let me go! Let Xia Yun come out to see me!"

Outside the governor's office, Zhou Yunyi, who had just arrived, was caught on the spot by Qin Tianye, and two guards were pressing him to the ground.

At the same time, the one hundred soldiers brought by Zhou Yunyi were also disarmed and squatted on the ground, not daring to move.

"If you don't let me go, I will write to His Majesty tomorrow and accuse the entire governor's office of treason!"

Zhou Yunyi, who was pressed to the ground, was extremely furious at this moment and kept cursing.

He never thought that as the deputy director of the Jiangnan Weaving General Administration, he came with his men in a threatening manner, but was pinned to the ground without even seeing Xia Yun.

"Noisy."

Qin Tianye frowned when he heard this.

The two guards immediately understood what he meant, and each of them slapped Zhou Yunyi in the face with full force.

Snapped!

Snapped!

Zhou Yunyi, who was cursing loudly, was stunned by these two slaps, and the light in his eyes dimmed.

"Put him in a dungeon!"

After Qin Tianye gave the order, he turned and walked into the governor's office.

From a certain perspective, Zhou Yunyi had reached the destination of his trip and entered the prefectural government office.

But at this time, he was held down by the head by two guards and forcibly taken into the governor's office.

"How are the scholars doing?"

In the lobby of the governor's office, Xia Yun suddenly remembered that there were still hundreds of scholars imprisoned in the dungeon.

"Apart from the constant yelling and cursing, no one is starving to death yet."

Xu Wan'er answered the truth.

"Then let them continue to starve. When they are too hungry to curse, come back and tell me the news."

The corner of Xia Yun's mouth curled up slightly in a sneer.

His original plan was to starve those scholars for two days, but now it seems that two days is too short!

......

After all, Zhou Yunyi was a third-rank official in the imperial court and had served in Hangzhou for many years, so the news of his arrest spread quickly.

In the lobby of the Jiangnan Weaving General Administration.

When Wang Changqing received the news that Zhou Yunyi had been arrested, a grim look suddenly appeared on his face.

"He is not good enough to accomplish anything, but he is more likely to cause trouble! I have already warned him that Xia Yun is not someone you can easily mess with!"

Wang Changqing slammed the table, his face full of disgust towards Zhou Yunyi.

"Eunuch, what should we do now? Should we go to the governor's office to ask for someone?"

At this time, the messenger boy kneeling in the hall asked cautiously.

"You want someone? Humph!"

"If Xia Yun was so easy to talk to, Chen Hanzhi wouldn't have fallen into his hands!"

Wang Changqing snorted coldly, and a myriad of thoughts instantly emerged in his mind.

Finally, after pondering for nearly a quarter of an hour, Wang Changqing realized the most important issue.

"High positions and generous salaries are all empty talk. We all came from the palace. We don't deserve to lose our lives in a place like Zhejiang!"

"Come here, pass on my order. Pack up your belongings immediately and set off back to the capital!"

After careful consideration, Wang Changqing made the most realistic choice.

He has neither soldiers nor power now, so how can he be a match for Xia Yun? Instead of staying in Hangzhou and taking risks, it is better to run away!

"Eunuch, return to Beijing? What about the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau?"

The servant kneeling on the ground showed an expression of extreme surprise on his face.

Could it be possible that the Jiangnan Weaving General Administration, such a huge business, would just be given up?

"Jiangnan Weaving General Administration? Just wait, in a few days, this government office will no longer exist in our Daliang Dynasty."

"Hurry up and pass the message! We are leaving tonight!"

Wang Changqing scolded sternly.

He was now afraid that Xia Yun would bring his troops directly to his doorstep.

"Yes, I will go and pass the order now!"

After realizing his master's determination not to be questioned, the servant boy no longer hesitated and immediately turned around and left the hall.

......

At ten o'clock in the evening, the Jiangnan Weaving General Administration was brightly lit.

Hundreds of eunuchs and guards packed up all their belongings, boarded the carriages back to Beijing, and set off in a grand procession.

Naturally, Xia Yun also learned the news at the first time.

"Run away?"

Xia Yun was quite surprised to hear that Wang Changqing, director of the Jiangnan Weaving General Administration, was leading his men directly back to the capital.

"Yes, sir, all the people in the Jiangnan Weaving General Administration returned to Beijing with him."

Xu Wan'er nodded, with a look of disbelief on her face.

"Wang Changqing... is quite interesting."

A deep look appeared in Xia Yun's eyes.

He thought that after Zhou Yunyi was arrested, the other party would come to his house to demand his release.

I didn’t expect Wang Changqing to run away back to Beijing. Never mind!

"I have received the order from the governor. From tomorrow on, the Huanyi Weaving Factory will officially take over all the business of the former Jiangnan Weaving General Administration."

"Across Zhejiang Province, whether you are a retail trader or a large trader, the price of all raw silk has increased by 10%. You can go to the Huanyi Weaving Factory to purchase the silk yourself."

Since the Jiangnan Weaving General Administration had run away, Xia Yun naturally took over the silk and cotton cloth business.

"Okay, my lord!"

Xu Wan'er nodded excitedly. Silk and cotton cloth have always been the focus of Zhejiang's business.

Now that they have replaced the Jiangnan Weaving General Administration, it will not be an exaggeration to say that they will make a fortune in the days ahead.

"How much money is left in the Construction Bureau's account now?"

Xia Yun then asked.

"The Construction Bureau currently has 6.5 million taels of silver on its books, of which 3 million taels have been budgeted for various projects. The actual amount of silver available for allocation is about 3.5 million taels."

Xu Wan'er told him about the current financial situation as if she knew everything about it.

Upon hearing this, Xia Yun nodded with satisfaction.

Since coming to Hangzhou, he has given all his money to Xu Wan'er to manage.

Now it seems that this decision was a wise one.

"Tomorrow morning, a notice will be posted to recruit soldiers throughout Zhejiang Province. Those who meet the recruitment requirements will be given a one-time payment of 20 taels of silver as a settlement allowance. The monthly salary will be modeled after the Zhejiang Camp regulations."

Since he was not short of money, Xia Yun finally issued the order to conscript soldiers.

"Okay, my lord!"

Xu Wan'er nodded again!

......

In the blink of an eye, a night passed.

The next morning.

Early in the morning, Xia Yun first inspected the expansion work of Hangzhou city defense.

When he appeared on the east gate wall with Chong Heihu, the workers had already started working.

Qin Tianye was also on site to supervise the work in person.

"Your Excellency!"

When Qin Tianye saw Xia Yun coming, he immediately rushed over to meet him.

Since Xu Wan'er is now coordinating multiple projects, the city defense expansion project is under his personal charge.