Chapter 709: Black eats black

"Diet?" Chen Ao's body couldn't help but lean forward slightly, and asked with concern on his face.

A lieutenant quickly walked over, touched Zheng Chu's pulse, and said, "I'm still angry, I'm afraid I'm scared."

Chen Ao was both angry and funny. When the tiger's body shook, he could actually shake people. It was obvious that he was extraordinary. He said, "Call the doctor, pour chili water on him, pour cold water on him, wake him up first. I still have a debt to settle with him. If he dies, wouldn't this be wronged?"

Several lieutenants had to carry Zheng Chu to the ear chamber next to the Mingwu Hall. When Zheng Fu saw Zheng Chu's cowardly appearance, he snorted slightly, full of contempt.

Chen Ao said to the lieutenant: "Come here, bring a stool for Brother Zheng."

The stool was moved, and Zheng Fu was not polite, sat down sternly and said, "The King of Success and the King of Pingxi has won, and Zheng is a bandit. If you want to kill and cut it, you will be punished. Why do you need to do this in one go?"

Chen Ao said lightly: "The thief is a thief. Even if the Zheng family wins, it is still a thief. Even if the Zheng family does, it cannot be washed away even if they jump into the Yellow River."

Zheng Fu could not argue with Chen Ao, but just snorted coldly, licked his mouth, and said, "Since he is a thief, please ask His Highness Pingxi to discuss the crime."

Chen Ao shook his head and chuckled softly, "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, why are you anxious?" He was silent for a moment before saying, "I want to discuss with you."

Zheng Fu couldn't help but be stunned, looked up at Chen Ao, and said, "Is Your Highness a thief?"

Chen Ao sneered coldly: "It depends on what Brother Zheng said." He raised his legs and said slowly: "Actually, what I want is simple. Is the Zheng family's business in your hands?"

Zheng Fu immediately understood that King Pingxi was going to be evil and could not help but sneer: "So what?"

Chen Ao smiled and said, "This is simple. From now on, all the Zheng family's business surnamed Chen will no longer be Zheng. Anyway, even if I don't want these things, I will still have to copy them. I can't bring the money into the coffin. I believe you know this sentence more than I do."

Zheng Fu couldn't help laughing and said, "The King of Pingxi is a good plan. Do you know that if someone impeaches you, I'm afraid you may not be able to escape."

Chen Ao took a sip of tea and said in a very serious tone: "I only need the Zheng family's business. As for the Zheng family's wealth, they are still confiscated and returned to the public. The Zheng family owes me 120 million yuan of silver. Even if these businesses are paid back to my account. However, to take over the Zheng family's business, we have to bring the account books. Which warehouse has a few entries, how much is the monthly surplus, whether it is sold silk or weapons, and what kind of warehouses are sold, I believe that I may not be able to check these books even if I want to check them. I just don't know where these books are hidden?"

Zheng Fu sneered: "Your Highness and the Zheng family are irreconcilable. I am not the bastard of Zheng Chu. How could I make such a deal with you?"

Chen Ao smiled and said, "I advise you to say it well. I will tell you the truth. Concubine Zheng is over. Li Bangyan is now eager to separate his relationship with the Zheng family. The Zheng family is over. It is imperative to kill the clan. Anyone with the surname Zheng..." Chen Ao wiped his neck and said, "Absolutely no one can survive the beginning of spring."

Zheng Fu's fat body squirmed on the stool uneasyly, put his hands on his knees, and said pale: "So what?"

Chen Ao leaned against the pear wood chair and smiled and said, "Simplely, take out the account book and all the business of the Zheng family belongs to me to repay the debts owed to me by the Zheng family by credit. I will give you a chance to continue the incense."

Zheng Fu's Adam's apple rolled, stared at Chen Ao and said, "Please explain it more clearly."

Chen Ao's eyes fell on Zheng Fu's hands, and Zheng Fu's hands were trembling slightly, and even his lips trembled. He smiled softly and said, "Zheng Shuang and the Zheng family have broken up, so according to law, Zheng Shuang can live or die, take out the account book, I will buy him a hundred acres of fertile land and a different restaurant, and then his life, death, honor and disgrace have nothing to do with me. But if I don't take it, I can only accompany you to the underworld." Chen Ao's hands touched the case, and continued with a smile: "Think about it yourself, this is the last chance I have given you. If you miss it, I will never mention this matter to you again."

Zheng Fu hesitated for a moment and gritted his teeth and said, "Who knows if Your Highness can keep his trust?"

Chen Ao smiled and said, "You can only believe in me. Besides, the Zheng family is over. A small Zheng Shuang will not benefit or harm me if I kill him. To put it more ugly, even if I want to eliminate the roots, a person like Zheng Shuang is not worthy of being my enemy."

Chen Ao's words were very rude. When he spoke Zheng Shuang, he spoke to the extreme contempt. Zheng Fu believed that a person who regarded him as an ant in the eyes of King Pingxi was life or death, and it was impossible for him to cause any harm to King Pingxi. Zheng Fu gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I handed over the account book, I hope Your Highness can keep his word."

Zheng Fu was a straightforward person. Since he had made up his mind, he immediately told Shen Ao about the location of the account book. Chen Ao called a doctor and ordered him to take someone to pick it up. Then he looked calm and said seriously: "I am ordered by the emperor to supervise the Zheng family. Do you have any secrets in the Zheng family? Should you confess honestly today, or do you ask me to send someone to find physical evidence?"

In fact, the Zheng family's case has been confirmed. What we are doing now is nothing more than a procedure. Zheng Fu doesn't know? He exclaimed and said, "The criminal is willing to admit his guilt."

Chen Aolian asked several charges, and Zheng Fu happily admitted it. After the caption was made, Chen Ao said satisfied: "Then I still have to ask, who else are involved in the collusion with the enemy?"

Zheng Fu thought about it carefully and said some names of merchants in Huaizhou.

Chen Ao sneered: "It's just these?"

Zheng Fu had to tell them all. The doctor next to him was flying in his pen and did not dare to be careless at all. Anyone who entered the confession was afraid that his life would end.

Chen Ao was still unfulfilled, and suddenly laughed: "It turns out that he is a smart person, so I still want to ask you, did Li Bangyan participate in this matter?"

Zheng Fu was silent, then shook his head and said, "Your Highness, let the villain bite Li Bangyan, and the villain obeys His Highness, but Li Bangyan did not directly participate in the matter of collusion with the enemy."

The two words are very important. Chen Ao grabbed this sentence and said, "Is this indirect participation?"

Zheng Fu smiled bitterly and said, "Who is Li Bangyan? The magnificent party issued an order, with a high position and power. Just relying on the confession of the villain, King Pingxi wanted to defeat him? Without direct participation, there would be no iron proof. Without iron proof, what can King Pingxi do to Li Bangyan?"

Chen Ao couldn't help laughing, curled his lips, stood up and said, "Come on, send him back to Zheng's house to wait for the prosecution, don't make things difficult for him."

Zheng Fu was taken away, and Chen Ao sat on the pear wooden chair without moving. He frowned, and he didn't know whether it was excitement or loss at this moment. He was surprised that he could not catch Li Bangyan's handle. Now Li Bangyan has been in power for two years. He has been saying more or less for two years, but there is one thing that is certain, that is, Zhao Ji has already relied on him.

This is a very strange emotion. Zhao Ji obviously did not have any good feelings for Li Bangyan, nor did he like it very much, but if he had no serious crimes such as collusion with enemies and plotting against him, Zhao Ji would not have made up his mind to attack Li Bangyan. This is also a great weakness of Zhao Ji. After all, what Zhao Ji thought was just to be a Taiping emperor so that he would not have to work hard to do it. He could travel around Wansui Mountain every day, recite poems, and paint. As long as it was not related to the government, Zhao Ji was interested.

It has to be said that Li Bangyan is a smart man. Although he has a close relationship with the Zheng family, he has no handle left. Chen Ao believes Zheng Fu's words, and the Zheng family has no evidence to punish Li Bangyan.

Chen Ao couldn't help but smile bitterly. Since this was the case, he could only use another method to solve the prodigal prime minister.

Chen Ao asked someone to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, picked up a pen and wrote a word on the paper, then blew the ink traces, folded the paper, picked up a letter cover on the case, and called a lieutenant and said, "Send it to the Li family to show Li Bangyan."

At this moment, the doctor who went to search the account books came back and brought a box. Chen Ao opened the box with great interest to look at it. There were piles of book books inside. Zheng's family business is too big, and Zheng Fu is a careful person. He has been in charge of the Zheng family's business for decades and has experienced experience. These book books are classified in different categories, and there is no mess at all.

Chen Ao called a few doctors to clean up together. After spending a day, he finally nodded. The Zheng family's business was distributed across the country, especially in the north of the Yangtze River. There were more than 30 caravans stationed in various places. These were land caravans, and they also had contacts with the Western Xia, Khitan, Jurchen, Tubo, and even the great cannibals in the west. There were more than 100 warehouses, and there were more than 100 shops, including more than 100 shops, including Suhang, Quanzhou, Jingji, Daming Prefecture, Xijing and other places, and Shuzhong and ordinary prefectures. In addition, there were silk workshops distributed in Suzhou, Hangzhou, kilns in Quanzhou, Jinfang in Shuzhong, and even two weapons workshops. However, this was a secret business and was not public.

You should know that the ban on martial arts in the Song Dynasty was relatively strict. Except for decorations such as swords, no other weapons must be worn, let alone the production of weapons privately. The Zheng family dared to take such risks, which is probably related to the huge demand for iron products from the Jurchens.

What surprised Chen Ao the most was that the Four Seas fleet in Quanzhou actually belonged to the Zheng family's industry. When Chen Ao was in Quanzhou, the Four Seas Merchant fleet was already quite large. It is said that there were hundreds of ships of all sizes and had seven cargo warehouses in Quanzhou. It was one of the most powerful fleets besides the officials and businessmen at that time. Chen Ao also summoned their boss, but who would have thought that the Zheng family was behind the scenes of the Four Seas fleet.

The scale of the Zheng family's business is definitely a consortium in later generations. If the Shen family is considered a huge wealth, especially the teahouse, winery and weekly business, the Shen family has a lot of cash on hand, but compared with the Zheng family, even if they have similar financial resources, they still lack the foundation.

What Chen Ao is in urgent need of now is the Zheng family, which is spread all over the country, and almost any government office has the foundation of the Zheng family. With this foundation, not only can the Shen family's business complement and expand rapidly, but Chen Ao also has an urgent task that needs to be handled with the Zheng family's business to complete.

"How to start?" Chen Ao couldn't help but smile bitterly. If he asked him to do some small business, it would be no problem with Chen Ao's talent. Sui Ya Tea House was created by him, but if he asked him to sort out the business of the Zheng family, Chen Ao could only stare at him.

Suddenly, Chen Ao clapped his hands and said to himself: "Go back and ask Chun'er."

When he said something, Chen Ao couldn't help but smile. As the saying goes, he has a good wife in his family, and he will not ask for anything.

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