After all the quilts were loaded and unloaded, Li Siye did not immediately transport another thousand quilts to the market in Qiuci. Instead, he went directly to Cao Zhenqing, a member of the French army, and had a conversation with him.
"The fur traders in Kucha Market are maliciously increasing their prices. How come you, the legal advisor, don't care about it?"
Cao Zhenqing said angrily: "Do you think I don't want to take care of it? The market in Qiuci is different from the two cities of Chang'an and Dongdu. The Duhu Prefecture does not have a city department. Besides, even if a city department is set up, the management cannot be like that of Chang'an.
So strict, arresting people as long as the price increases? Isn't that a mess? After all, this is on the border of the Tang Dynasty, with the thirty-six tribes of Anxi, the nine surnames of Zhaowu, and the Tubo devouring people outside, watching with eager eyes. Unless it is clear what is the
Who is disrupting the market? Arresting so many fur traders will cause trouble."
Li Siye put his hands on his hands and smiled and said: "That's right. I'm just waiting for your words. What if I can help you find the culprit who disrupted the market?"
"If you can find it!" Cao Zhenqing patted his chest and said, "Whatever you want to do in Qiuci from now on, just give me instructions."
Li Siye approached his face and asked, "Really?"
"certainly."
"Well, first bring me the seal of your joining the army and let me take care of you."
Cao Zhenqing was startled and said angrily: "You are so broke and you haven't found anyone yet! What do you want to do with my big seal?"
Li Siye quietly leaned into his ear and whispered: "We have prepared a thousand pieces of cloth, and each piece of cloth will be stamped with the seal of your Protector of the Palace. As for what it will be used for, this is top secret."
Cao Zhenqing breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, I believe you once."
Li Siye sent all the quilts to the newly rented shop in Kucha Market, but did not open the door for business. Instead, he waited for three days, making everyone both openly and secretly impatient with the wait.
Three days later, Su He opened the door for business as the shopkeeper. The business was booming immediately. It was so good that thirty or forty customers rushed back and forth to buy, almost bursting the door of the store.
The cotton-padded jacket and quilt shop had almost no advertising or even a buffer period, but it was able to sell more than 500 pieces on the same day. This situation is really abnormal.
When the shop closed that afternoon, Su He hurriedly grabbed Li Siye who came to check on the business situation, dragged him to a corner and whispered: "Listen to me, today's business is a bit strange."
"Didn't you say that five hundred pieces were sold? What's so weird about it?"
"The key is that the customers who come to buy are always the same 20 or so familiar faces. They buy five or six sets each time. Some people even come to buy more than 30 times in one day. I doubt these quilts and jackets,
Unscrupulous traders have secretly taken them away, and after our goods are sold out, they may have to sell them at a higher price."
Li Siye's tone was frivolous and he looked nonchalant: "I have prepared a thousand sets of cotton-padded clothes and quilts, each set is sold at a price of four hundred yuan. Can they eat such a large amount of goods?"
"Hey, Mr. Li, don't underestimate these Anxi merchants. There are many richer than me among them. Let alone these one thousand pieces, they can still eat no matter how many cotton-padded clothes and quilts they have."
Li Siye stopped joking with him and asked seriously: "Did you send someone to follow them? Where have these people gone?"
"Of course, I, Su Ji, am the shopkeeper for nothing? They send all the quilts they buy to a warehouse in the west of the city."
Li Siye frowned, his eyes were like sharp goshawks, then he smiled and patted Su He on the shoulder: "Yes, the results of my people's investigation are the same, you don't care about this matter, continue to sell them
, don’t let these guests see the flaw.”
"But……"
"It's okay, I have my own solution."
As night fell, the weather in Kucha was dry and clear, and the air smelled sweet and cold. In a warehouse in the west of the city, the door of the warehouse was wide open, and the coachman drove several carriages into the warehouse and began to load quilts on the cars.
A man wearing black night clothes squatted on a spruce tree not far away, his figure blocked by the dry crown branches, and he was staring at the moving site with stern eyes.
Several carriages were filled with cotton-padded clothes and quilts, and were driving slowly along the street. The man in black slid down from the tree and secretly followed the vehicles forward.
The four towns in Anxi also have a curfew at night like Chang'an, but these vehicles seem to have special care, and the patrol soldiers only asked them and let them pass.
The man in black dodged the patrols and followed the vehicle to the warehouse at the back door of the largest leather goods shop in Kucha. Immediately, several guys came out to carry the goods. After the goods were moved, the coachmen drove off and left at Kucha Market.
The shop immediately returned to silence.
The man in black did not leave. He jumped lightly onto the courtyard wall, then climbed onto the roof, walking slowly on the rubble like a cat. He carefully listened to the sounds coming from below, then squatted down and pulled the tiles away.
I took out a piece and saw the scene on the second floor of the leather goods store.
Xiao Ting sat cross-legged in front of the table in the center, while the store boss and several waiters knelt down below, listening to the boss's instructions.
"How many sets did you buy today?"
"We bought more than 400 sets in total and sent them all to the warehouse in the backyard of our store. But Alang, what if the other party has a lot of inventory and we can't eat them all? There will be no money in the account and these quilts will also be backlogged.
In hand."
Xiao Ting smiled grimly and said: "Don't worry, he doesn't have much inventory. After his inventory is sold out, we will increase the price and start selling, and we will also use the name of his Congling Shouchu. Not only do I want to use him
He makes money with his cotton-padded clothes and quilts, but also uses his life to claim credit from the Protector. People like this who don’t care about life and death are stepping stones for me to climb up.”
The man in black closed the rubble, turned around lightly and left the roof, then walked along the eaves and walls of the streets and alleys, and soon came to an inn in the east of Qiuci City.
Li Siye lit an oil lamp and waited patiently in the next room. When he heard three long, two short and five knocks on the door, he took the initiative to go over and open the next door.
After Tian Zhen entered the door, he took the initiative to pull off the black mask, nodded to Li Siye and said: "I found it, it is indeed Lu Ji Leather Shop, and the boss behind them is Xiao Ting, an officer in charge of military affairs in Anxi."
Li Siye smiled coldly and said: "As expected, it's this Xiao Ting. I really didn't accuse him wrongly, so it's easy to handle. After he bought all the quilts and made a public offer to sell them, Cao Zhenqing, a member of the Fa Cao army, and I immediately took action to kill these gangs.
Catch them all in one fell swoop!”
Tian Zhen was disgusted with Li Siye's sinister expression, as if he was working for a bad person, but he just remained cold and silent.
Li Siye didn't care about his true thoughts and just thought about it and continued: "One more thing needs to be done next. Keep the flute firmly in the Protector's Mansion. Don't let him know when you do it, otherwise all your efforts will be wasted. How should this work?"
If you want to stabilize Xiao Ting, you must find someone with enough weight to hold him back. Who to look for? Lai Duhu will definitely not work. Lai Duhu is an impatient person and cannot hide things easily. He is the only suitable person.
It was General Gao Xian Zhigao. Not only was he the guardian of Kucha, he was also a witness and participant in the entire incident.
It's just that he has only met Gao Xianzhi twice, and never said a few words to him twice. How can he convince General Gao to become this tool man? Should he use roundabout ways to persuade him with disguised compliments, or should he explain the situation directly?