"This is a good idea, you can consider it. Tell Ge Ziyun and the people from Zhanhu Hall to ask around to see if there are any iron ore on the island." Tang Wen nodded.
"Understood, I'll do it right away." Luo Yiwu nodded.
At noon the next day, Tang Wen and his party finally arrived at Mei Zhai in Jiangzhou City.
However, as soon as they walked into Mei's house, everyone was stunned.
"What are Chaosheng and the others doing? They have talismans posted everywhere." Luo Yiwu muttered.
"Is it ghost hunting?" said the fish hero.
"Okay, let's eat first." Tang Wen waved his hand.
Because the group of men who followed him were all nervous, they decided to change the subject first. After all, the Chu people were all ancients and believed in ghosts and legends.
"Did you catch the ghost?"
After lunch, I hurriedly washed up and took a lunch break. When I got up, I called Tang Wen and Luo Chaosheng over for questioning.
"Not yet, but it still happens occasionally. Everyone is very nervous and panicked. If we don't think of a way, we are afraid that they will go crazy." Tang Jun said.
"Yes, some of the guards are a little incoherent and blabbering. I'm afraid they can't stand it and will scare people to death." Luo Chaosheng nodded.
"It's really evil. Is there really a ghost?" Tang Wen muttered, but he also felt a little scared in his heart.
"How about inviting a Taoist priest to come over and catch ghosts?" Luo Chaosheng said.
"No need to invite, no one dares to come. The last host invited several people, and I heard that one Taoist priest was so frightened that he went crazy. After that, no one dared to come over to perform rituals." Tang Jun shook his head.
"It's a strange thing. It's okay. I'll stay here for a while this time. I must solve the ghost problem. If it doesn't work, just move out." Tang Wen said.
With a glance from the corner of his eye, he saw that Tang Jun and Luo Chaosheng were both relieved. These two guys were probably also quite frightened.
"Master, we were fooled by Mr. Qin." Luo Yiwu said angrily.
"There are some good officials in the yamen. It's just a deal between me and Qin Botong. He is using me, and I also want to use his power." Tang Wen said angrily.
"Sir, I don't know what happened to Shen Xihe from Duobaozhai in the provincial capital. We contacted him about delivering goods, but he actually ignored us," Tang Jun said.
"Isn't it sold out yet?" Tang Wen asked.
"It shouldn't be. I haven't been here since I picked up the goods last time. They should have been sold out long ago." Luo Yiwu said.
"Ignore him, forget it. If we open our own supermarket, we won't give it to him if he wants." Tang Wen snorted.
"Could it be related to Linghai Academy?" Tang Jun asked.
"What does Chen Xihe have to do with Linghai Academy?" Luo Yiwu shook his head.
"Last time we peeped into their presbytery, the great elder Cui Tingjiang didn't say he wanted to ruin our business, but he also seemed to say he wanted to attack the master's brothers and sisters.
Have they found out that Shen Xihe has business dealings with us?
Therefore, Shen Xihe was so scared behind his back that he did not dare to do business with us." Tang Wendao.
"It really makes sense, it's possible." Luo Yiwu thought for a while and said.
"If he touches my brothers and sisters, doesn't he touch Tang Hao?" Tang Wen sneered.
"No, sir, the eldest lady, the eldest lady is in the provincial capital. You said you wanted to see her last time, but then you were worried about things. Will they take action against the eldest lady?" Luo Yiwu's face suddenly changed and he said
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"No way, the eldest lady knows that my family has moved to Koh Samui. If something happens, she will definitely write to inform me." Tang Jun said.
"Whether it's okay or not, Tang Jun, you go to my sister's house immediately and ask." Tang Wendao. Tang Jun nodded and hurried away.
"By the way, Chaosheng, have you contacted Li Zitong?" Tang Wen asked after Tang Jun left.
"I contacted him, but he didn't see me.
Later, when I inquired about it, I found out that something had happened. It seemed that his father had a conflict with the Presbyterian Church.
The Presbyterian Council won't even let him hold meetings," Luo Chaosheng said.
"Yiwu, please immediately arrange for someone to contact Xiao Gai and his group. I will treat them to dinner at Mei Zhai in the evening." Tang Wen said.
Below, Tang Wen, accompanied by Luo Yiwu, went straight to the provincial capital commander's office.
Last time, the governor's office of Thousand Tent Province owed him one million taels of silver, and he had to go and get it back.
Shortly after the guard announced entry, Tang Wen entered the Yamen.
"Brother, sit down." Jiang Xuan saw Tang Wen and greeted him enthusiastically to sit down.
"Master Jiang, there has been a lot of fighting in the east recently, so you must be very busy." Tang Wen smiled and took a sip of tea after sitting down.
"I'm busy, but I can't help you with something." Jiang Xuan said helplessly.
"Brother Jiang refers to the money from the governor's Yamen?" Tang Wen asked.
"These bitches, please let me come forward and ask you to buy a tent.
As a result, only half of the money was given and the other half was not given.
Yesterday, I had a quarrel with them. They were so annoying that I even wanted to lead troops and raid their Yamen." Jiang Xuan said angrily.
"Why not? We signed the official contract document, and the contract was stamped with the seal of the Chief Envoy's Yamen." Tang Wen said.
"That's right, I'm still a witness. I'm still free now, why don't we go together. If I don't give you any money, I'll give them a good look." Jiang Xuan said.
The Great Chu Dynasty had both the Duwei Department and the General Military Office, and Linghai Province also had a Navy Office.
The Dusi is subordinate to the Central Committee of the Imperial Court, and is managed by the Linghai Province Governor's Yamen, but the General Military Yamen has no control over it.
This is a seemingly independent military organization directly under the imperial court.
In fact, it is not the same as the six gates. The six gates are in charge of Jianghu affairs, part-time major cases, and command the national police.
The purpose of setting up the Duwei Department in Dachu was also to contain the General Military Office and prevent them from becoming the dominant one. The direct boss of the Duwei Department in Linghai Province was the Dudufu of Haisheng City.
There are only a few governor's offices in the country, and the powers of the governor's office are similar to those of the governor.
Moreover, in terms of rank, Jiang Xuan, the commander-in-chief of the capital, was only of the third rank, and the commander-in-chief, including the chief envoy, were all of a higher rank than him.
In terms of power, on someone else’s territory, you might as well be the commander-in-chief and governor.
Well, to put it bluntly, he felt a little aggrieved to be caught in the middle.
This is because he has direct superiors at the top, the governors of major prefectures, and at the bottom, there are governors of various provinces who are in charge of him.
Similar to today's schools, township leaders can also supervise you, and the Education Bureau is your immediate boss.
"Well, thank you, Mr. Jiang." Tang Wen cupped his hands and said.
"Why are you being polite to me? Just call me Brother Jiang. I don't care about you, sir." Jiang Xuan said with a smile.
"You're welcome. In formal occasions, you have to call me Mr. Jiang. You can't lose etiquette. In private, of course you are Brother E." Tang Wen said with a smile.
"Yes, Lord Tang." Jiang Xuan said with a smile.
The two of them went straight to the Chief Secretary's Yamen because the money had to be taken out of people's pockets.
"Brother, the Chief Secretary of Linghai is called 'Wan Hansong'. He is a capable person and has courage.
Moreover, he actually came from a martial arts background. Back then, I was the number one martial artist in the imperial court, and my skills were much higher than mine.
You have to restrain yourself when you see him later, and don't have a rash conflict with him." Jiang Xuan warned on the carriage.
"Wu Zhuangyuan, then he must be at least the second grade now, right?" Tang Wen asked.
"Absolutely. In terms of martial arts, he is definitely the best in Linghai, similar to Qiu Zhaohai, the commander-in-chief, and Luo Ping'an, the master of Liufan Hall." Jiang Xuan said with a bitter smile.
"Luo Ping'an also has second-level skills?" Tang Wen was shocked. He originally thought that guy was only at the third-level level.
"Of course, if you don't have a second grade, who will obey you?
I'm afraid someone knocked down the hall master's chair before it was even warm enough to sit on.
Like Junmen, other government offices are better.
The six sects are different, they are a sect, and their fists can hit everything." Jiang Xuan said.