Guo Zefu received a ransom of one million taels of silver. He released Cheng Liangjin according to Zhang Shuheng's order. After some twists and turns, Cheng Liangjin returned to Yangzhou. Cheng Liangjin was extremely angry about his kidnap. He found the people from the Governor's Office of the Grain Transportation, hoping to investigate the matter strictly. But the final result was left unresolved, because the investigation of the Governor's Office of the Grain Transportation and the Nanzhili Office was that after Zhang Xianzhong entered northern Anhui, local water bandits defected to Zhang Xianzhong, and they even robbed Zuo Liangyu's food and grass. Not to mention kidnapping Cheng Liangjin, such a thing was just a trivial matter for those giant bandits.

Cheng Liangjin, who was kidnapped, was also frightened. In the future, he would never dare to leave the area along the canal and the activities protected by the canal naval forces.

In the attic of Dadewang Branch of Huai'an, Li Guodong and Wang Quan talked about how to use the ransom.

Li Guodong opened a box, took out a silver ingot, flipped it a few times, looked carefully, and found that there was a seal from the Governor's Office and a number on the silver ingot. So he said: "One million taels of ransom are official silver, which is the official silver issued by the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the

Wang Quan thought for a moment and replied, "We can only use this silver unless we melt it and then cast it into silver ingots. It will only be melted and then cast it again, and the loss is quite large. We have another way to give the silver ingots to Zheng Zhilong and ask him to help us buy food from Annan and other places."

"This official silver is the silver that is earned by the Governor of the Grain Transportation Administration. How could this thief have official silver?" Han Dashan asked.

Wang Quan replied: "Cheng Liangru's family sold part of the property, and those property were bought back by people in the yamen, so they got a lot of official silver. Most of the money they own in stock was also official silver."

Han Dashan said in confusion: "Isn't it illegal for the deposit of official silver among the people?"

Li Guodong snorted coldly: "So what I'm illegal? Is the thing Cheng Liangru did legal? What punishment did he receive?"

Han Dashan sighed: "Brother is also kind-hearted and generous. We have received the ransom. Why don't you cut Cheng Liangjin and kill such a dog thief to save any future troubles?"

Li Guodong smiled and said, "You think he is a future trouble. I think he is a moving bank treasury and a living bank treasury. When we need it in the future, we will blackmail him a little. When we have the chance, we will directly confiscate his family. Isn't that money ours?"

Wang Quan also said: "This is a full range of sins. It's a long time since we should die! We are giving him a life for the time being!"

A fleet came from the north on the canal under Huai'an city. The fleet stopped on the Huai'an wharf and walked down a young young man in his early twenties on a large ship. He was fair-faced, thick-eyed and big-eyed. Although he was wearing the costumes of a young master scholar, he pretended to be a porter. The boatman's personal guard spy could tell at a glance that this man was a military general! The servants around him were also elite soldiers who had been through many battles.

Zhang Shuheng quickly found out the results: Wu Sangui, the second son of Wu Xiang, the general of Jinzhou of Guanning Army, came.

"Wu Sangui?" Hearing Zhang Shuheng's report, Li Guodong frowned, "What is this kid doing in Huai'an?"

"Bizhi is staring at this person. Report to the lord immediately if there is any movement."

After two days, Zhang Shuheng's people followed Wu Sangui and found that Wu Sangui was coming to Huai'an to get cigarettes. They entered 30,000 boxes of fake cigarettes from several fake cigarette shops protected by the Governor of the Canal Transportation Office. Although the fake cigarettes on Zuo Liangyu were robbed by Guo Zefu's people and even the cigarettes and ships were burned, Liu Zeqing's fake cigarette factory was near Huai'an and was produced on site, and was protected by the Governor of the Canal Transportation Office. The fake cigarettes produced tended to expel real cigarettes from the Huai'an market. This was the fake goods expelling real goods.

But three days later, Wu Sangui walked into the gate of Dadewang Business.

Before Zhang Shuheng could report that Wu Sangui was coming to Dadewang, but Wu Sangui walked straight into the gate of Dadewang's business.

"Young Master, are you here?" Wang Quan had known through the portrait provided by Zhang Shuheng that the person who came was Wu Sangui. He pretended not to know him and welcomed him enthusiastically. "Although our business is small, there are all goods from north to south. Whether it is Humps made in Mongolia, Bear Paws made in Liaodong, Dongzhu, Goryeo ginseng, Thais' transparent glass, and Japanese silverware, we can supply them here."

Wu Sangui smiled and said, "I come to your business, and there is no need for gold, silver and jewelry. As long as I can buy five thousand boxes of Dadewang cigarettes from you, I will take them back."

Since there was a business coming to the door, Wang Quan naturally would not refuse. He immediately provided 5,000 boxes of cigarettes of different grades according to Wu Sangui's request. Wu Sangui paid the money and happily carried the cigarettes onto the boat and left Huai'an.

"Lord, these cigarettes are much more expensive than what we bought two days ago. Why don't you buy those cheap cigarettes and spend more money to buy these five thousand boxes of cigarettes in vain?" asked a servant.

Wu Sangui opened a box of real cigarettes, took out one from the inside, unpacked the packaging, took out a pack of cigarettes, and opened the cigarette box to divide one for more than a dozen servants. Finally, he opened a box of fake cigarettes, took out another pack from the inside, and divided it: "Please compare it, what is the difference between the taste of the two cigarettes?"

More than a dozen smoking servants smoked two types of cigarettes. After comparison, they found that the tastes of the two cigarettes were much different.

"Master, the real cigarette tastes much better. I smoked the real cigarette first, then the fake cigarette, and found that it was simply difficult to enter the fake cigarette." said a servant.

"That's right," Wu Sangui nodded, "We bought two types of goods. Fake cigarettes were sold as low-end products, and sold to ordinary soldiers of the border army and the coats of Jiannu. If they wanted to sell them to officers over a hundred households, Jiannu's Niuluo was real or above. These fake cigarettes were too low-end. The real cigarettes were still attractive to them, and they did not lack money. So, the Dadewang real cigarettes I bought were all high-end products, and low-end and mid-end products were replaced by fake cigarettes."

Wu Sangui's words could not escape Zhang Shuheng's eyes and ears. A shipworker on the ship was a spy of the personal guards. Wu Sangui's words soon reached Wang Quan's ears.

In the inner hall of the Dadewang business in Huai'an, Zhang Shuheng knelt in front of Wang Quan's apology.

"Look! Look! If you can deal with the fakes in time, Wu Sangui would not buy the 30,000 boxes of fake cigarettes this time! Fake cigarettes are rampant, and our mid-range and low-end cigarettes cannot be sold, and all of them are occupied by fake cigarettes!" Wang Quan threw a piece of information in front of Zhang Shuheng.

"Entertainment father, the child knows that he is wrong! Give him another five days to destroy all the fake cigarette factories near Huai'an." Zhang Shuheng kowtowed.

Huai'an Tobacco Factory is the largest tobacco factory that produces fake cigarettes. Its backstage is very strong, including the Governor of the Canal Transport, Liu Zeqing, the general of the Canal Transport, and some salt merchants in Huai'an. This tobacco factory is located in Andong County, 30 miles away from Huai'an. The reason why Zhang Shuheng has never taken action against this fake cigarette factory is because the backstage is too big. If the tobacco factory is burned, the Governor of the Canal Transport will order a thorough investigation of the matter. At that time, the Dadewang business may be investigated by the Governor of the Canal Transport.

Wang Quan said: "I also know that you are in trouble. To do things neatly and without leaving any trace, relying solely on our own people is not enough, and you have to use those water bandits. So, within five days you said, it is a bit too urgent. We must first consider how to do it so that we will not lead to disasters on ourselves."

"Boy understand! Boy will go find them now."

"Go! Make sure to do it clean!"

"promise!"
Chapter completed!