Li Zhi stood on horseback in front of the alley of bricks and tiles, looking at the deserted Huang family yard, silent.
All kinds of furniture and belongings in the house are still there, and there is even a pot of brewed green tea on the table. Obviously, the Huang family escaped in a hurry.
He fled immediately after receiving the notice. Apart from the banknotes, he took away all the other belongings at home.
The company commander of the personal guard came up and said: "My lord! Neighbors said that the Huang family escaped this afternoon." After thinking about it, the personal guard said: "My lord, the Huang family is a construction contractor and can't run very far. I They are probably still in Tianjin. Should we mobilize our forces to conduct a search and catch them?"
Before Li Zhi could answer the words of the guard platoon leader, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from ahead. Han Jinxin rushed over with the secret guards.
Han Jinxin jumped off his horse, raised his hands and said to Li Zhi: "My lord, I sent people to scout and chase them all the way to Dagu Port. I learned that the Huang family boarded a bird boat from Nanzhili in the morning and took advantage of the north wind to go south. It's gone. I'm afraid it's gone far now."
When the guard company commander heard this, his mouth opened wide in surprise.
"Is the commander-in-chief not mistaken? How can a construction contractor from the Huang family escape from Tianjin so quickly?"
Han Jinxinyun glanced at the guard company commander lightly and said calmly: "Absolutely right."
Li Zhi frowned even more when he heard Han Jinxin's words.
With the strength of the Huang family, it is impossible to find an escape route so quickly. Not to mention that the Huang family can get the news of the collapse of the factory as soon as possible and escape before Li Zhi arrests him. Just talk about the Dagu Pier. There were only a dozen sailboats on board, but he was able to immediately get a bird boat started and take him to escape south.
The project cost of four large factories was only more than 10,000 taels of silver, and the Huang family was just a small engineering contractor. But the power shown by the Huang family's escape was far beyond the level of a construction contractor, and more like a capable Easily call upon the powerful figures within Li Zhi's leadership.
Li Zhi fell into deep thought and thought for a long time before asking: "Besides Liu Yiyi, who else is there in the Steel Town Engineering Department?"
When Han Jinxin heard this question, his face was a little nervous, and he turned his head stiffly to ask his subordinates.
Li Zhi frowned when he saw Han Jinxin's actions. From Han Jinxin's expression, Li Zhi felt that Han Jinxin seemed to be pretending not to know. Han Jinxin seemed to be avoiding getting involved in this matter for some reasons.
Although Han Jinxin was loyal to Li Zhi, he was still wary of certain forces.
Han Jinxin asked for a long time before he handed over his hand and said to Li Zhi: "Master, back home, in addition to Liu Yiyi, the general manager, the Steel Town Engineering Department also has deputy manager Li Zhenpin."
Hearing Li Zhenpin's name, Li Zhi couldn't help but narrowed his eyes.
Li Zhenpin is a famous libertine of the Li family. He is the grandson of Li Zhi's second grandfather, Li Yousheng, and has always been idle. Li Yousheng sent Li Zhenpin to study since he was a child. Li Zhenpin studied for several years but did not know a few words, so he gave up school. Later, he stopped studying. If you don't work in business, you just eat at home.
After Li Zhi established the soap workshop, Li Yousheng managed to force his grandson Li Zhenpin into Li Zhi's factory. Now more than ten years later, Li Zhenpin can be regarded as one of Li Zhi's elders. He has been promoted to the position of deputy director of the engineering department based on his qualifications. .
Because his official reputation was not good, even though he was promoted, he was still in a deputy position.
Li Zhi thought of Li Yousheng's efforts to shirk responsibility for the engineering department just now, and couldn't help but suspect Li Zhenpin's role in the accident. If Li Zhenpin was involved in the accident as deputy director, Li Yousheng did have the motive to cover for his grandson.
Li Zhi looked at Han Jinxin and asked, "Han Jinxin, has Li Zhenpin done anything unusual recently?"
Han Jinxin looked at Li Zhi's expression and knew that no matter how much he pretended not to know, he could not deceive Li Zhi. He could only answer honestly: "Li Zhenpin sent people to Yangzhou to buy three Qianjin Ji at the beginning of this year. In the middle of the year, he bought a Qianli at a high price."
Baoju was very arrogant in Fanjiazhuang. Last month, a businessman ran into his horse on the road, and he asked his servants to go up and beat the businessman. In the end, Li Yousheng suppressed the matter."
"Nowadays, the people in Fanjiazhuang call Li Zhenpin 'The Great Prince' and are very afraid of him. They say he is the number one dude in Fanjiazhuang."
When Li Zhi heard Han Jinxin's words, he frowned. He worked hard to create a fair and upright social environment. However, under his eyes, there were members of the Li family like Li Zhenpin walking through the market without knowing it.
Li Zhenpin, a deputy general manager, only earns twenty taels per month. If he is not greedy and does not take anything, how can he have the money to buy a rich lady and ride a thousand-mile horse?
Li Zhi suddenly became angry and shouted sternly: "Han Jinxin, do you know the crime of not reporting what you knew?"
Han Jinxin was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground and said loudly: "Han Jinxin deserves to die. However, apart from these things, Li Zhenpin's secret guards did not find that he had any other evil intentions."
Li Zhi looked at Han Jinxin and knew that Han Jinxin did not dare to offend Li Yousheng, so he couldn't help but sigh.
Han Jinxin looked at Li Zhi and couldn't help but sigh when he saw that Li Zhi was still a little angry that he didn't report his knowledge. He knew that if he didn't tell him, he would lose Li Zhi's trust, so he had to hand over his hand and said to Li Zhi: "
Mr. Guo, this is a family matter of the Li family, and Han Jinxin didn’t dare to say anything about it.”
When Li Zhi heard Han Jinxin's words, he knew that Han Jinxin was forced to revolt by himself.
The so-called not daring to comment is just a polite word before attacking.
Li Zhi nodded and said: "It doesn't matter, Tianjin is the people's Tianjin, and the Li family is just the managers of Tianjin. Han Jinxin, if you have any clues, tell them boldly. I will never influence fairness and justice because of family interests!"
Han Jinxin looked at Li Zhi's face and saw that there was no pretense of generosity on Li Zhi's face, so he gritted his teeth and said: "My lord, according to the clues obtained by the secret guard, I am afraid that the person who calls the shots in the engineering department of this steel town is not Liu Yiyi."
, but Li Zhenpin."
Li Zhi nodded, knowing that Han Jinxin was willing to risk everything this time.
Unlike other Li family members, Li Yousheng is the hidden patriarch of the Li family and has a great influence on the high-ranking children of the Li family. Although Li Yousheng is only the general manager of Fanjiazhuang, his actual influence exceeds that of Li Laosi
Such a commander-in-chief and the Li family's children are all over the government offices, and they will sell Li Yousheng's face.
And Li Yousheng doted on his grandson Li Zhenpin very much.
Therefore, even the commander-in-chief Han Jinxin did not dare to offend Li Zhenpin easily.
But Han Jinxin trusted Li Zhi after all. When Li Zhi forced him to speak, he finally told the situation.
"Li Zhenpin usually guards Li Yousheng's influence and is very domineering in his work. Although he is only a deputy in the engineering department, others call him 'General Biao', which means that he Li Zhenpin is the cousin of the Duke of Guo. Liu once worked with Li Zhenpin
We fought once, but were quickly put in order by Li Zhenpin, and later on the engineering department was completely dominated by Li Zhenpin."
"Liu Yiyi is a cautious person, and he doesn't seem like someone who could cause such a big accident. Li Zhenpin usually makes the final decision on the bidding for other projects in the engineering department. For this factory project, the final decision is probably made by Li Zhenpin."
Li Zhi took a breath when he heard Han Jinxin's words.
Li Zhi was meditating there when he saw Cui Changwu riding over with two clerks from the disciplinary inspection team. When he rode in front of Li Zhi, Cui Changwu got off his horse and bowed with his hands.
Li Zhi said: "Cui Changwu, such a big thing happened, you came too late."
Cui Changwu seemed a little afraid of getting involved in the Li family's family affairs, so he bowed his hands and said nothing.
With a wave of his hand, Li Zhi said: "Here comes! Call Liu Yiyi, I want to question him carefully!"
However, as soon as Li Zhi finished speaking, he saw a bodyguard riding over at a high speed. The bodyguard walked up to Li Zhi, got off his horse, half-knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Your Majesty! Liu Yiyi, the general manager of the Steel Town Engineering Department, hangs the beam
