The grass in the factory should be plucked

Xie Changan pulled Jiang Li, used all his light skills, and flew away.

When passing by a shop, Xie Changan casually picked up two veil hats and stuffed a silver ingot into the shopkeeper's pocket.

The shopkeeper saw a flash before his eyes, and suddenly there was an ingot of silver in his hand, weighing five taels!

He was overjoyed. It was not like pie fell from the sky, but money came instead!

Xie Changan put a veil hat on Jiang Li's head and put one on himself. Only then did the two slow down their pace.

Jiang Li glared at him and said, "This veil hat only costs a few coins, and you actually gave me five taels!"

It's such a waste!

Xie Changan was stunned: "Is it so cheap?"

He smiled and said, "The shopkeeper must be frightened, so let's consider this as compensation for him."

Jiang Li snorted. This was not a shock, but a surprise!

"Deduct it from your salary!"

"Okay, when have I not given my salary to you?" Xie Changan said with a smile.

"Our Director General of the Commerce Department is in charge of the imperial merchants of the world. Every day he looks at mountains of gold and silver. How can he take a mere five taels of silver seriously?"

"You don't know how expensive firewood and rice are until you run a household!"

The two of them bickered as they headed towards the Longmen Trading Company.

The Hangzhou branch of Longmen Commercial Bureau is not far from the West Lake, and is next to a tea mountain. I heard that there is now a Longmen Tea House specializing in tea.

Although some officials complained about the Longmen Commercial Bureau being changed to a "government-run" one, believing that the government should not compete with the people for profits, Cui Jue and Jiang Li both wrote letters to refute the argument that the government-run Longmen Commercial Bureau had the function of curbing monopolies and regulating prices.

During the last drought, the Longmen Trading Company stockpiled grain in advance, controlled grain prices, and cracked down on illegal grain traders who wanted to raise prices. This prevented the victims from selling their children and becoming homeless.

Nangong Qinghe agreed with this, so on the basis of the original Longmen Trading Bureau, it added branches such as Longmen Tea House, Longmen Grain House, and Longmen Silver House.

These shops were small in scale and were not profit-oriented. Their purpose was to regulate prices and issue government guidance prices to prevent private businesses from becoming dominant and monopolizing the market.

Of course, the traditional official salt and water transport cannot be touched as it will affect the interests of too many people.

The two of them walked very quickly and soon arrived at the Hangzhou branch of the Longmen Commercial Bureau.

This is a manor. On the left side hangs a sign that reads "Longmen Commercial Bureau Hangzhou Branch" and on the right side hangs a sign that reads "Longmen Tea House". It turns out that the company is using the land of Longmen Tea House for its office.

This was also what Jiang Li requested. As a management department, Longmen Commercial Bureau did not need a large space and should be kept as simple as possible to save office expenses.

There were not many customers at Longmen Tea House, but Longmen Commercial Bureau was bustling with people, all of whom came to buy smoking cessation pills.

There is no way. Now the imperial court has banned the sale of Xiaoyao Paste, which may kill those "drug addicts".

Fortunately, Longmen Medical Bureau has developed a smoking cessation pill, which is sold at a very low price, only charging the cost.

Although the store was crowded, people lined up in an orderly manner because there were soldiers sent by Hangzhou prefect Zhou Zhitu to guard it.

Jiang Li and the other person hid aside, and Xie Changan asked quietly: "Do you want to sneak in and take a look?"

Jiang Li shook her head: "Didn't I give Brother Shen a locator? I feel like he's not here!"

Xie Changan was startled: "Can you sense where he is?"

Jiang Li closed his eyes, sensed it carefully again, frowned and said: "I can't be sure, it's like there's a layer of fog and I can't see clearly."

Xie Changan hesitated for a while and said, "I still need to find someone to ask."

He drew a few secret codes on a corner outside the Longmen Commercial Bureau while no one was paying attention, and then went to a nearby teahouse with Jiang Li to wait.

The secret code drawn by Xie Changan was the contact signal of the Eastern Depot.

They had just ordered a pot of West Lake Longjing tea and some snacks when they heard someone knocking gently on the door.

"Come in." Xie Changan said in a deep voice.

A factory guard pushed the door open and came in. Seeing Xie Changan and Jiang Li, he was stunned for a moment, then quickly knelt on one knee: "Your subordinate Chen Yi greets His Majesty, and greets His Majesty the Duke!"

He was the leader of the Chen Guard, and it was the Chen Guard that accompanied Shen Muchun to Jiangnan.

"Get up." Xie Changan said.

"Prince Jing'an and I came here in secret. You must keep your mouth shut and not reveal our whereabouts!"

"Yes!"

Chen Yi was a little panicked, wondering what went wrong?

First, Governor Liao sent a pigeon to inquire about the situation, and now even Prince Jing'an and Duke Dingguo have come in person!

Jiang Li said: "Tell us about the recent situation and try not to leave anything out."

"Yes!"

Chen Yisheng was afraid of missing something, so he started from the beginning.

After they escorted Shen Muchun and the people from Longmen Medical Bureau to Hangzhou Prefecture, Shen Muchun first asked them to find a few "drug addicts" as research subjects and purchased a large number of medicinal materials. Then, Shen Muchun and the people from Longmen Medical Bureau began to study smoking cessation pills behind closed doors.

During this period, the owners of the tobacco shops and the behind-the-scenes bosses frequently hired a number of killers, intending to assassinate Shen Muchun and the people from Longmen Medical Bureau and prevent the release of the smoking cessation pills, but they were all dealt with one by one by the Chen Ziwei.

After the smoking cessation pills were developed, they were promoted and sold with the cooperation of the Hangzhou government.

Naturally there were some saboteurs and troublemakers at the beginning, but with the suppression of the Chenzi Guards and officers and soldiers, progress was smooth.

"Where is Ryan Burr? Where is he?"

Chen Yi said, "Mr. Rui An caught a cold a few days ago and stayed at home to recuperate. He has not been seen for three days. Today he said he has recovered and went into the mountains alone to collect herbs."

"You went into the mountains alone? No secret guards following you?" Jiang Li frowned slightly.

Chen Yi said in panic: "It's the tea mountain behind Longmen Tea House. Mr. Ryan said there's no need to follow him."

Xie Changan glanced at Jiang Li and asked in his heart: "Is it really in the back mountain?"

Jiang Li frowned: "The positioning symbol is vague and cannot be confirmed."

Since Shen Muchun was safe, why didn't he write a letter to his family? Why did Jifeng and Zhufeng lose contact one after another?

Considering the time when Ji Feng lost contact, the problem should have been that Shen Muchun "caught a cold" and stayed in the house for three days to recuperate!

Xie Changan asked Chen Yi again: "Have you seen Ji Feng and Zhu Feng?"

Many of the guards of the East Factory had seen the two peregrine falcons. Chen Yi thought for a moment and said, "I saw Ji Feng five days ago."

Peregrine falcons fly very fast and disappear in the blink of an eye. If Jifeng hadn't sent him a message a few days ago, he would never have seen them!

Xie Changan frowned in thought, his expression solemn.

Chen Yi was feeling uneasy. Was there some problem that he had overlooked?

Xie Changan said, "Send two secret guards to the back mountain to keep an eye on Lord Rui An. Don't let him out of the secret guards' sight!"

"We'll come back at 10:00 p.m. Before that, we must keep an eye on Ryan's every move!"

When Chen Yi heard that they were going to monitor Ryan Earl, he was very surprised. What happened to this person?

He actually went from being a “protected object” to a “surveilled object”!

He did not dare to ask, and bowed and said, "I obey your command!"

After Chen Yi left, Xie Changan said, "Let's change into the clothes of the secret guards tonight, blend in with the Chen guards, and sneak into the Longmen Tea House to have a look."

When Jiang Li heard that he was going to "return to his old job", he couldn't help but be eager to try.

However, their top priority now is to go back and feed the twins and the dragon.

The two went to the restaurant to pack up cooked food and cakes, carried a few food boxes, found a deserted place, and dived into the lake.