On the morning of that day, Fan Xiaodao and others searched the entire Jiangnan Mint Bureau completely, but found nothing.

It's too clean here.

Cleanly incredible.

Fan Xiaodao could not figure out how millions of fake money, thousands of kilograms of pig iron and tin materials evaporated overnight? Where are those things hidden? A day ago, this was the largest fake money production base, and now it has become the cleanest mint.

The two decided to start with the personnel.

In the material yard, a group of people stood there.

A chief handed over a list, "There are 230 people in the Jiangnan Mint. Due to work confidentiality, they eat and live in the Mint. Food is delivered regularly from outside. In addition to a few adults, two others were injured. Three of them returned to their hometown to visit relatives. The rest were all here."

Fan Xiaodao looked around and there was no familiar face.

When we came yesterday, the furnace farm was in full swing, with nearly a hundred people. One of them was responsible for the explanation. It was said that the furnace water splashed into his eyes, blinding one eye. Another person was tall and had a finger missing, but he was extremely powerful. More than 200 kilograms of iron ingots were carried without any effort.

But now none of these people are seen.

Strange thing!

He asked, "Who are there people in the furnace field? Please leave the list!"

Fifty or sixty people walked out. Seeing that these people were wide-sleeved and round, most of them were dressed in short collars, Fan Xiaodao said, "Roll up his sleeves and stretch out his hand!"

Everyone did as they said.

These people have been working in the furnace farm for many years, melting copper water, rough skin, and mostly on their arms and bodies, there are signs of scalding by sputtered copper water, and these people are indeed the case, and there is nothing unusual. He decided to ask someone separately from Zhao Xing, looking around everyone, and specifically picking some people who look flashing and dodging, and clicking about a dozen people, calling them into two separate rooms, and they are separated.

"Sir, the younger one is named Liu Neng. He has worked in the Mint for more than ten years."

Fan Xiaodao asked: "Does there be one-eyed and nine-fingered in your mint?"

Liu Neng shook his head, "No. Most of us come from Mamiao Village, Chuzhou. Every household in the village is a blacksmith. I know most of the people here. As for the one-eyed you mentioned, I have never seen a villain."

"Where were you yesterday morning?"

Liu Neng said: "Precaution the fire in the No. 6 furnace."

The Mint has three furnace fields, A, B and C, with a total of 30 furnaces. Yesterday he went to see the furnace field of No. C, and did not go to Field A to check it. So he asked again, "Why did there be any strangers in the character C field yesterday?"

Liu Neng replied: "Sir, let's live. From entering the venue in the morning to leaving at night, I can't leave eating, drinking, defecation and urination. I really don't know about this. However, you can ask the people in the venue."

Zhao Xing is responsible for inquiring about the people in the field.

"The villain, the king is the king of the turtle, the wave is the big wave, I am the supervisor of the material yard, sir, what do you want to ask, the villain must know everything, let you return with all your fun!"

This Wang Dabo is a silly man. He can nag about a few more questions when asked, but often speaks without any hesitation and answers the questions that are not right, which makes Zhao Xing a little trouble.

Zhao Xingdao: "Be serious!"

Wang Dabo said: "Sir, I must be serious when I ask. But this is how I am. Even if I come, I will speak like this."

"Talk well."

"Why, sir, isn't my words human? If you don't understand, I can find someone to translate for you."

Luo Cheng said in a deep voice, "If you ask, say it if you know it; if you don't know, say it if you don't know, don't mess with something that is not there."

Wang Dabo spat, "Freedom of speech is the right of every Ming people. If a person has no power to speak, wouldn't he become the silent majority?"

Luo Chengdao: "Speaking does not mean you can speak without any restraint."

Wang Dabo said: "Why, what about interrogating the prisoner? Do I know that I am just cooperating with your investigation, not the subject of interrogation. You must first figure out who is the subject of class and who can unite. If you ask questions in this tone, I have the right not to speak."

Seeing that he was like this, Zhao Xing picked up a copper ingot from the ground, secretly used internal force to rub the copper ingot into long thin strips, and then used his fingers as a cut to cut the copper strips into four or five pieces.

This move made Wang Dabo stunned.

Zhao Xing said: "I am in a bad mood now and want to find someone to vent my vent. What will happen if you say that my palm will hit you?"

Wang Dabo swallowed his saliva and became extremely honest. He didn't dare to talk nonsense and said, "Master, may I ask."

"During this period, can iron be fed into the material yard?"

Wang Dabo said: "Yes, but not many."

Luo Cheng asked, "How many aren't there?"

"A few thousand pounds."

"A few thousand pounds are not too much?"

Wang Dabo said: "The materials in our yard are often tens of thousands of pounds, and more than tens of thousands of pounds are purchased. A few thousand pounds are not much larger, so of course it is not a lot."

“What to do?”

Wang Dabo shook his head, "I don't know the details. It was arranged by Lord Niu. In our mint, a batch of iron materials will be added every once in a while. It is said that some agricultural tools are to be built."

"farm tools?"

"You also know that although the Mint is responsible for making money, he doesn't know that he has work every day. Anyway, things and people are ready-made. In his spare time, he will make some farm tools and sell them outside, which can be considered as making some private work to supplement it."

"Where are those iron materials?"

"Then I don't know, you have to ask Lord Niu."

Zhao Xing asked, "Do you know, can someone in the mint make money with pig iron?"

Wang Dabo said, "Fake money? On the market, one pound of copper is forty cents, and two hanging coins can be cast, one and a half hanging coins can be cast. We are a mint bureau here. If we really want to make money, use iron instead of copper, wouldn't we take off our pants and fart it? What's more, we use copper to cast coins, and they are all real money, but they are not circulated through the official market. Who can recognize it as fake?"

This sentence is like a revelation, awakening the person in the conversation.

Yes, this is a mint. Even if you mint fake money, why bother to look far and far, to lose the foundation and use iron?

Zhao Xing told Fan Xiaodao about this matter, and Fan Xiaodao was also a little confused.

But the fact is that the Mint made iron tin coins. This was what he saw with his own eyes. Why?

Zhao Xing analyzed: "If you make copper coins, they can deduct them and report losses. There will be a lot of money in a year. There is no need to take risks unless it is..."

Fan Xiaodao said: "Unless it was intentional."

But for such a big mint, the supervisor is also from the fourth rank, so there is no need to cause trouble.

This logic doesn't make sense.

Fan Xiaodao said, "No matter what, find the evidence first, otherwise, our future will be explained here."

Zhao Xing also smiled bitterly and said, "Your village still lacks the deputy camp leader? If it really doesn't work, I will roll up the bedding and go to Qingzhou with you."

The accounts have been checked and there is no problem.

...

In the Mint Office.

Niu Gong personally made tea for Xie Zhihua, "Sir, the new Mingqian Longjing released this year will be specially reserved for you."

Xie Zhihua was upset and had no intention of drinking tea. "Isn't it the mess you made? Let me wipe your butt?"

Niu Gong said: "Sir, I went to the toilet in the morning and brought paper."

puff!

A cup of tea was poured on Niu Gong's face, and Niu Gong was not angry at all, and almost flatteredly said: "Thank you for giving the tea!"

Seeing him like this, Xie Zhihua actually smiled anxiously, "Niu Gong, Niu Gong, I doubt, how did you become a fourth-rank official?"

Niu Gong whispered, "Sir, you are so noble that you have forgotten so much. I respected you 100,000 taels of silver at the beginning. I bought this official!"

Xie Zhihua's face turned pale. He regretted that he shouldn't have received the money at the beginning. However, no wonder he was. When Niu Gong asked someone to come to him, he also presented the money with the money and a letter of recommendation from the prince-consort. Even if he didn't want it, he had to make such arrangements for the prince-consort's sake.

Seeing Niu Gong look like this, he turned to Feng Qun, "Young Master Feng, have all the goods been processed?"

Feng Shaoshen said, "We only received your flying pigeon letter this morning. We originally wanted to transport it out by Mr. Qu's boat, but on the one hand, the time was too tight, and on the other hand, Xu Ting was too cunning, so we sent someone to block the water and land transportation. We had to find a secret place and hide the batch of goods."

It is right to hide it, otherwise if they really find fake iron tin money, with Xu Ting, the opponent, there is no way to pay the debt. "Is the person who transports the goods reliable? The two people outside are now looking for people to ask questions like mad dogs. If he really finds clues, no one of us three will want to live."

Feng Shaojian laughed and said with a stern smile: "Sir, it's important. In order to prevent the population from falling into poverty, I use it all my own people. I have been following me for many years and I will never reveal a word."

Xie Zhihua then breathed a sigh of relief.

However, he was still a little worried, "Where are those people?"

Young Master Feng pointed outside, "It's all over the river."

Xie Zhihua's heart skipped a beat. Unexpectedly, this eunuch who spoke softly and had a feminine expression was so cruel. However, this was an extraordinary time and he could not tolerate any kindness.

He nodded and said, "In extraordinary times, you have to use extraordinary means. You are doing this well. Lord Niu, learn more from Feng Shaojian in everything." He asked again, "Feng Shaojian, where is that batch of goods hidden?"

Feng Shaojian approached his ear and whispered a place. When Xie Zhihua heard this, he couldn't help but give him a thumbs up, "It's not in chaos when facing danger, there's a general's volition! It's noon soon. Let's go out and see what Governor Xu has to say."

The three of them walked out of the office.
Chapter completed!