Jinyiwei's psychic case: the opening is Lingbo Weibu

As soon as Xu Shan led his troops to the scene of the crime, a group of merchants blocked the encirclement and complained to the garrison soldiers at the top of their lungs.

Seeing the arrival of Suzhou officials, a clerk who was responsible for maintaining order at the scene hurried over.

"Inspector Ren, Prefect Gao, and these merchants, they..."

"No need to tell us. This matter should be reported to Imperial Envoy Xu and Lord Xu."

"As long as it involves this case, we have no right to interfere and only obey the orders of Imperial Envoy Xu."

"what?"

Hearing this, the clerk turned his head and looked at Xu Shan, who was also younger than himself.

"what's the situation?"

Xu Shan, who dismounted sideways, asked immediately.

"Xu, Imperial Envoy Xu, this year's Yangtze River floods have caused fertile farmland to be submerged. This has also caused food prices to rise steadily."

"Prefect Gao, in order to stabilize grain prices, we first opened the warehouses to release grain, and then encouraged merchants to bring in grain from other places and provided certain subsidies."

"Now that the sudden rise in grain prices has been contained, the Suzhou government has cleared the official roads to facilitate the transport of tax silver. As a result, merchants are unable to transport grain from other places in a timely manner."

"Now Wujin and its surrounding areas have been blocked again to prevent criminals from secretly transporting the looted tax silver..."

"There's no clear announcement yet about when the lockdown will be lifted. So, after learning that Kochifu and his team were here, the local Chamber of Commerce gathered here to demand an explanation."

Hearing this, Xu Shan frowned and said, "I have heard about the flood in Jiangnan."

"The Ministry of Revenue, didn't they bring disaster relief grain directly down?"

"Emperor Xu, that's just a drop in the bucket."

Hearing this, Xu Shan glanced at this guy.

Is it just a drop in the bucket, or is there someone trying to profit from the national crisis and enrich themselves?

At this stage, Xu Shan is not prepared to argue with them about this matter.

"My Lords, if this blockade continues, the whole of Wujin will suffer from a food shortage."

"If any unrest occurs, it will be even more difficult for you to deal with it!"

The businessman in the lead, dressed like a wealthy man, screamed again at the top of his lungs at Gao Teng's gaze.

It was under his leadership that the accompanying merchants kept making a fuss.

"Emperor Xu, you have to give a definite answer on this matter."

"Otherwise, this matter will not end well."

Gao Teng, still with a smile on his face, stepped forward and added fuel to the fire.

"We need to survive!"

"Wu Jin, we need food."

……

As if it had been discussed beforehand, led by a middle-aged wealthy businessman, the slogans became louder and louder.

Some of them are very rhyming, you would be missing out if you don’t take the postgraduate entrance examination.

Xu Shan glanced at Gao Teng and slowly walked up to them.

With a faint smile, he asked the richest businessman, "What's your name?"

"Sir, I am Zheng Jiahua, the second manager of Yongchang Trading Company."

"If we had no other choice, we wouldn't want to do this."

"Everyone said so, didn't they?"

"Yes!"

As soon as the other party finished speaking, Xu Shan tilted his head slightly and said in surprise: "Yongchang Trading Company? The name sounds familiar!"

After he finished muttering this, Wang Qinian, who was standing beside him, whispered in his ear, "Sir, Yongchang is the largest trading company in Suzhou Prefecture. The owner behind it is the Duke of Qing's Mansion."

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Xu Shan frowned at first, then sneered and muttered: "Put it here, setting a trap for me!"

Whether he is released or not, Xu Shan may be held responsible.

Release it? If the tax money cannot be found or is shipped out, it will be a serious crime.

If Wu Jincheng were to suffer a famine or riot, he would not be held responsible!

“It’s a little interesting, but not much!”

After muttering this in his heart, Xu Shan smiled and said, "Manager Zheng, it's not us who are unwilling to let you go!"

"But he is not safe on this official road now!"

"The remnants of the Demon Sealing Clan have recently been shooting caravans here, attempting to create chaos so they can transport the stolen tax silver."

"It's very dangerous for you to go out and collect food at this time!"

"hehe."

After hearing Xu Shan's poor excuse, Yan Ke, Ren Feng and others who were listening couldn't help but sneer.

"Sir, life and death are determined by fate, and wealth and honor are determined by heaven!"

"For the sake of the people of Wujin, we are willing to take this risk."

The aggressive Zheng Jiahua spoke directly.

"But we're afraid of taking responsibility! After all, I'm new here, and I don't want to cause trouble before it's too late!"