Qian Qianyi is a smart person.

He believed that Zhang Jingyi was also a smart person.

So at this time, a condition that Zhang Jingyi could not refuse was proposed, and I think Zhang Jingyi would not object.

For example... I don't want to be searched.

In fact, he can also pay a fine.

So after he said that, he looked at Zhang Jingyi carefully, waiting for Zhang Jingyi's reaction.

As a result, a short gun hit his forehead soon.

At this moment, the black barrel of the short gun was only one centimeter away from his forehead.

So... Qian Qianyi was scared and howled, "Give me your life, spare me..."

Zhang Jingyi looked at him coldly and cursed: "Dog guy, do you still want to talk to me about conditions, who do you think you are?"

Zhang Jingyi is not afraid of people like Qian Qianyi not saying anything.

To put it bluntly, Zhang Jingyi is still worried that he will not submit to this point if he is cowardly?

The condition is that he deserves to say it?

The exchange of interests is a matter between the strong and the strong.

It has nothing to do with cowards!

Qian Qianyi was so scared that he didn't dare to let out, so he said in a panic: "If you don't dare, if you don't dare, your Highness will spare me."

Zhang Jing slapped the musket on the desk and sneered: "Can you say it now?"

Qian Qianyi swallowed: "Your Highness, think about it, how much gold and silver have entered our Ming Dynasty, which has led to such a surge in prices in Jiangnan. In just a few decades, prices have only risen but not fall. This is unprecedented. Since the money... Since it comes from outside, the criminal official thinks...eight out of ten are related to those maritime merchants?"

“Maritime business?”

“Yes, maritime business.”

Zhang Jingyi said: "Isn't my Ming Dynasty forbidden the sea?"

"I have let go of some days, but... the ban is still very strict. According to the Ming Dynasty's laws, you can actually go to sea, but... you need a ship to attract you."

Zhang Jing frowned and said, "It's just like Yan Yin?"

"Yes. For a long time, when the Ming Dynasty was strictly prohibited or relaxed, it needed ship induced. However, when the ship was strictly prohibited, the ship was blocked very hard, and when the sea was opened, there would be more, but it was also very limited."

Zhang Jingyi said: "Why are the court not sure about these things."

Qian Qianyi said for granted: "The court is in the capital!"

"What does this mean?"

Qian Qianyi smiled bitterly and said, "The mountain is high and the emperor is far away."

Zhang Jing asked again: "So how did you get this ship guide?"

"This...it's a long story. This ship quotation was originally something after the ban was relaxed. The ship owner was asked to fill in limited equipment, goods, names, age, household registration, address, yearning for the place, return deadline, etc. At the beginning, it was mainly to go to Fuzhou Prefecture and Quanzhou Prefecture to open, but... these two prefectures were not open at all. According to the previous laws of the Ming Dynasty, the ship quotation that can be applied for every year was forty-four pairs, that is, after opening these forty-four pairs, they were not allowed to open again. After that... it was increased to one hundred and ten pairs due to special reasons."

"But... this is just a rule, but in fact... as long as you have a relationship with Nanjing, you can hold the note from the Nanjing Ministry of War, Ministry of Revenue, or even other noble people, and you can only open a few pairs if you want, and it is useless to show off."

Zhang Jingyi was surprised and said, "In this way, actually... the so-called maritime ban has long been useless?"

"You can't say that..." Qian Qianyi smiled bitterly: "For the people, it's very strict. But for some people, they don't care anymore."

"So where do these ships go?"

"Go anywhere, anyway... anything can be exchanged for money."

Zhang Jing frowned and said, "But my Ming Dynasty has now opened the sea ban."

Qian Qianyi said: "That's just Zhang San's fleet can go out to sea, but on the southeast coast, not everyone can go out to sea. If anyone goes out to sea rashly... Once discovered, there will always be a way to destroy your family."

Zhang Jing nodded. Going to sea requires large cargo ships, recruiting a large number of people, and purchasing a large amount of goods everywhere.

This is not something that ordinary people can do. Moreover, only God knows how many levels it takes to gather, how many governments it needs to go through, and how many governments it needs to deal with.

Therefore... although the ban was opened, in fact, there was only Zhang San's fleet in the north, and in the south... it was really hard to explain.

Qian Qianyi continued: "These ship owners have been operating for hundreds of years, and their roots are deep..."

"Who are these ship owners?"

"have no idea."

"I don't know?" Zhang Jing was furious.

Under Zhang Jingyi's anger, Qian Qianyi shook his fear and said quickly: "I really don't know, how can all ship owners use their real names? They are doing beheading business... What's more, even the owners of ships are nine out of ten, they are just slaves to some people, and the real person behind them... who knows?"

Zhang Jingyi said: "What you mean is that the ship owner is just a white glove, but there is someone else behind the scenes that make a real profit."

White gloves?

Qian Qianyi obviously didn't know what white gloves were.

But he probably understood what Zhang Jingyi meant.

So he said, "That is, the so-called cunning rabbit has three holes. On the one hand, it earns too much money. These people... must be afraid that the trees will attract wind, so... the ship owners they control are mostly using fake identities. Everyone knows that the people behind these ship owners are not simple, and who will meddle in other people's business?"

"The second is that the true identity of these people is sensitive, and naturally, it is impossible to reveal their true identity. Otherwise, wouldn't it become a thorn in the side? However, the criminal official believes that these people have been operating for so many years... the wealth accumulated is amazing."

After hearing this, Zhang Jing became more interested and couldn't help but say, "You have said so much, but what about the clues?"

Qian Qianyi said with a bitter face: "They are too hidden, even if they are criminal officials, they are hard to see."

Zhang Jing immediately cursed: "So you said so much, are these just your analysis?"

"Not right." Qian Qianyi shook his head quickly: "There is indeed a clue for the criminal officer...that is... Zhang Pu has a close relationship with those maritime merchants."

After hearing this, Zhang Jing cheered up: "Zhang Pu, who is in the Reshe?"

Qian Qianyi was stunned and nodded: "That's right."

Zhang Jingyi said: "Is he telling you?"

"How could he tell the criminal? To be honest, although Zhang Pu said in the name of Donglin, he wanted to take Donglin as his responsibility, but in fact... he has always been very alert to the criminals and others. Although he always talks about respect, in fact... he may not take us seriously."

"Is that true?" Zhang Jingyi smiled and said, "Since you didn't take you seriously, how did you know this?"

"Qinhuai River."

Zhang Jingyi: “…”

Qian Qianyi took a deep breath: "The Qinhuai River is a place of gold and powder in the Six Dynasties. The famous prostitutes and thin horses inside are famous all over the world... I wonder if your highness has heard of this?"

Zhang Jingyi looked at him with a strange look.

After a long time, he said, "You might as well make it clearer."

Qian Qianyi was so anxious that he was sweating. I had already made such a clear hint that you were pretending to be deaf and dumb?

So Qian Qianyi coughed and said, "The criminal official is there and has some reputation."

"Famous?" Zhang Jing said: "What's the reputation?"

"That kind of reputation!"

Zhang Jingyi said: "It means... you have been there too many times, and everyone knows you?"

Qian Qianyi shook his head and tried to defend himself: "No, no, no, it's a literary name... The criminal official is in Jiangnan and is quite famous. Most of the famous prostitutes and thin horses in the Qinhuai River look up to people like the criminal official, so the criminal official will go occasionally, and it is inevitable that he will be favored by beauty."

What he said was serious.

Zhang Jingyi looked at him with uncertain eyes. This guy is over 40 years old and is thin, but he is really not related to a handsome man.

He actually said...beauties favored me?

Zhang Jingyi said lukewarmly: "You pick up the key points."

"The famous prostitutes and skinny horses there...many people have had good friends with criminals, even... even..."

"Good to wear a pair of crotch?"

Qian Qianyi thought about it and nodded: "Yes, that's about that."

"Then, stop taking turns, I'm not interested in listening to these."

Qian Qianyi then said, "Zhang Pu loves this path the most and goes often. He has a lot of money. After he goes, he will inevitably drink. After drinking, he will be unrestrained. This beastly person..."

Speaking of this, Qian Qianyi couldn't help but show contempt.

Zhang Jingyi is also aware of it. You are a prostitute, but you actually despise other prostitutes?

Qian Qianyi said: "Occasionally, he would say something, so naturally there would be no pragmatic words in his words. But... the criminal officer would sometimes listen to the thin horses who often entertained him and say that he claimed to be in the south of the Yangtze River and could not compare to the three families. These three families, not to mention that they were rich enough to rival the country, even a few Ming dynasties, could not match. Sometimes he also said... he would give some gifts on behalf of others, and the actions would be a matter of millions of taels of silver..."

"Million taels?" Zhang Jing was shocked.

Even Zhang Jingyi was scary when he heard this number. His Zhang family is now considered a super big dog family, but he can give it to others at will? This is something that he dare not even think about.

Qian Qianyi continued, "Occasionally... he would also mention some ships, and overseas matters... Of course... these may be just his praising words, but there is one thing... the student heard from the thin horse that served him, but he felt that... this person was not simple."

Zhang Jing's eyebrows and eyes twitched, and at this moment he was really moved.

It would be fine if it was bragging, but if it was not bragging, would it be true?

If that's true, he seems to have a commission of 10%, right?

Zhang Jingyi suppressed his impulse and said, "What are you talking about here? If you don't talk about it, let the thin horse speak, and I will go to the Qinhuai River to get people immediately."
Chapter completed!