When Chu Nanzhi and Peng Pai led the government officials to the salt well in Majia Village, it was the scorching sun at noon, and all the salt workers from the salt wells gathered around the temporary sheds to rest and eat.
Seeing the official figure, they all subconsciously lowered their heads.
Chu Nanzhi inspected everyone and asked directly: "Where is the commander in charge of the salt well here?"
The salt workers shook their heads in silence.
Chu Nanzhi thought about it in his mind. Now that the county government is short of manpower, the manpower sent out by Lin Jinxiao yesterday may only be enough to seal up the private salt wells clustered near Sanghai and arrest the smugglers in the county.
There have been no problems with this salt well, and it is far away from the county seat. It is neither on the list given by Tan Miao, nor has it been included in the control scope for the time being.
If poisonous salt was secretly produced here, then the information must have been obtained at the same time as Kang Mingtang, and the evidence would have been destroyed.
However, since salt can be destroyed, problematic salt wells cannot be disposed of immediately.
After thinking deeply, she decisively walked up to the salt workers and said sternly: "We suspect that this place is involved in the production of low-quality salt. Please cooperate with the investigation. If anyone dares to be protective, once found out, he will be dealt with severely."
More than a dozen salt workers looked at each other, and finally replied with a grimace: "We really didn't know."
Chu Nanzhi nodded and then asked, "Have you been working in the salt well these past two days?"
"Yes, the government's salt tax has been increased recently, and we are working day and night to make brine and boil salt."
One of the salt workers answered truthfully.
Chu Nanzhi looked at the speaker with a smile and whispered, "What's your name?"
"Chen Si."
"Chen Si?"
Chu Nanzhi nodded thoughtfully: "You guys cook salt together every day?"
Chen Si added: "Yes, we divide the work, and no one can do it without anyone."
"very good."
Chu Nanzhi smiled happily: "So, has anyone been absent from work in the past two days?"
Everyone looked at Chen Si together.
Chen Si clenched his fists: "What are you guys looking at me for? I just felt unwell yesterday and went back to rest for the day."
Chu Nanzhi raised her eyebrows: "When did you come back?"
"Just now."
"Where did you come back from?"
"from"
Chen Si paused: "From home."
Chu Nanzhi looked at his whole body. He was dripping with sweat. He looked just as embarrassed as his group. Then he looked at the other salt workers, who were all calm and composed. The sweat on their bodies had long since dried.
Without thinking too much, she directly ordered Li Sanmu: "Take this person down."
Li Sanmu led his men to attack him and took Chen Si into custody.
Chen Si stared angrily and cursed: "You stinky bitch, what's wrong with you? Why should you take me?"
"Chen Si, Chen Wu."
Chu Nanzhi sneered unhappily: "If I guessed correctly, you should be brothers with him, and after he went to Kang's house last night, he came here to report to you. You are waiting for an opportunity.
Waiting for news from Kang Mingtang, but what you didn’t expect is that Kang Mingtang is incompetent and how can we be defeated."
"I"
Chen Si wanted to argue again, but Chu Nanzhi stared at his soaked clothes and sneered coldly: "Look at your whole body. If you came from home to work, you would need to be in such a hurry? You would be sweating profusely. If you weren't in a hurry,
What's the point of coming here to report the news?"
Hearing this, another salt worker couldn't help but complain: "This Chen Si usually likes to be lazy. I thought why he was so diligent today is because he was holding something back."
"Where is Commander Salt?"
Chu Nanzhi said angrily.
"At the salt well to the west."
Chen Si looked at the fearful eagle eyes and replied tremblingly.
"lead the way."
Chu Nanzhi yelled at him and led a group of people to the salt well in the west.
As Chen Si walked away, he explained with a grimace: "It's just an abandoned salt well over there. Commander Yan went there just to check it out. There's nothing worth making a fuss about."
"Cut the nonsense."
Chu Nanzhi scolded him and kicked him hard on the butt. The guy finally led the way obediently and only dared to look around furtively from time to time.
Afraid that he would delay, Chu Nanzhi directly took out the knife from Li Sanmu's hand and threatened, "If you dare to have any evil thoughts, I will chop you with one knife."
Chen Si was so frightened that he was forced to continue walking forward, but he secretly complained in his heart.
Nowadays, the officials of Haikang County are under control, and the Yandao Yamen is also guarded. The people below are leaderless and have no way to contact the superiors. They are all helpless. If someone hadn't delivered a letter last night, they would not have known about the county.
Something happened.
There is no way to destroy the salt well with such thunderous means.
I hurriedly and slowly arrived at the salt well in the west and saw a middle-aged man pouring white salt into the well.
Chu Nanzhi picked up the knife in his hand and threw it away.
A sword blade passed in front of the man, and the man shivered in fright. He dropped the salt bag in his hand and staggered back a few steps.
Chu Nanzhi looked at the man with a scared look on his face and secretly hid here to spread salt. He must be the salt commander.
The government officials hurried over to escort him and picked up the small half bag of salt that had not been poured out on the ground.
Chu Nanzhi strode up to the man, took the salt into his hand, looked at it, and asked the man, "What's your name?"
"Haikangyan."
"I asked for your name, not Yan's."
Chu Nanzhi raised her head and looked at him.
"The younger one is called Haikangyan."
The man answered solemnly, and his legs were faintly trembling. He didn't expect these people to come so quickly.
"Haikangyan, tell me, why do you want to destroy such fine salt?"
Chu Nanzhi casually picked up a handful of salt and held it in her hand to look at it again and again.
Haikangyan pretended to be calm and replied: "These salts have expired. I was worried that they would cause trouble if they entered the market, so I took advantage of this time to destroy them."
"Commander Salt ordered you to do this?"
Chu Nanzhi snorted coldly: "You, the salt commander of the salt well in the village, dare to destroy it into salt without the order of your superiors. Don't you have the guts?"
"Madam, you are joking. The Salt Commander is still suspended pending trial. How dare I do that?"
"That's not an honest explanation."
Chu Nanzhi picked up the knife on the ground and took a look at the salt well next to it. He saw that the surrounding area was clean and did not seem to be abandoned. He immediately understood and asked with a stern face: "
Why are the salt wells here abandoned?”
"The people above said that the salt production here was not abundant, so it was sealed together with the salt well in Niujia Village."
"That's it?"
Chu Nanzhi was wary when he heard that it was related to Niujiacun.
Looking at the shining cold knife in her hand, Hai Kangyan hesitated and added: "According to...it is said that the salt produced is not very clean."
Listening to this answer, Chu Nanzhi looked at the spotless salt well again and couldn't help but smile: "It's quite honest. I have to ask you to continue to be honest, otherwise the knife in my hand will not recognize anyone."
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She expected that this man didn't know his identity, and with so many government servants following him, he would naturally think that he was also a county government official, so she could intimidate him.