Zhou Min was afraid that Luo Tao would be silenced by the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce again, so he directly led dozens of internal guard soldiers, using the excuse that the quantity of weapons delivered by the internal guards did not match the number, went directly to the weapons supervisor, and found Luo Tao, the weapons supervisor.
Soon, the arms supervisor Luo Tao had his hands tied behind his back and was escorted into a carriage wearing a black hood. Although the internal guards were relatively concealed, they were still discovered by some officials, which immediately caused whispers within the arms supervisor.
When the military commander Zhuo Zangyu received the news, he was immediately shocked and rushed to the King of Jin's palace to ask for an audience. After a while, the guards led Zhuo Zangyu into the palace.
"The humble minister Zhuo Zangyu comes to see His Highness!"
Guo Song waved his hand and said with a smile: "Is Inspector Zhuo here for the internal defense?"
"Exactly, the internal guards came too suddenly, and the low-ranking officials didn't know anything about it. The officials of the Ordnance Supervision took him away as soon as they said they would arrest him." Zhuo Zangyu said with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone. He felt that the Ordnance Supervision should at least inform him first.
of oneself.
Guo Song nodded and said: "The internal security officials will explain the situation to you in the afternoon. The reason for their sudden action is that they are worried that the other party will abscond in fear of crime, so they have no choice but to do so."
'Fleeing in fear of crime!'
Hearing these four words, Zhuo Zangyu was shocked. Only then did he realize that he was the military commander. If a subordinate committed a crime, he, as the supervisor, would also have a heavy responsibility. The dissatisfaction in his heart was suddenly wiped away.
Started to feel uneasy.
"Your Highness, I wonder what crime Luo Tao has committed?"
"Recently, the internal guards uncovered a case of privately hiding soldiers and armors. Three hundred sets of soldiers and armors were all leaked out from the weapons supervisor. According to the internal guards' verification, these soldiers and armors were sold to the black market by the weapons supervisor Luo Tao. He
It also involves the sale of a large number of other soldiers and armors. As the chief officer, don't you know anything about it?"
Guo Song's tone was still calm, but his eyes became sharp and he looked at Zhuo Zangyu coldly.
Zhuo Zangyu took a breath of surprise and quickly explained: "Your Highness, the weapons supervision and control system is strict. Each batch of weapons is issued to each army in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of War, and then it is reviewed regularly. Each time the weapons are replaced,
A, they all have to exchange the old for the new, and the account books are strictly managed, and the account books are separated from the physical objects. Even if Luo Tao is the weapons supervisor, he cannot enter the warehouse at will? Even if he has this intention, he has no chance!"
"Then you have to ask yourselves? Which link is the problem?"
Zhuo Zangyu was sweating profusely: "I will go back and investigate now, I will definitely investigate to the end? Give His Highness a complete explanation."
In fact, Guo Song also had doubts. Was the management system of the Ordnance Supervision completely inherited from the Hexi era, or was it formulated by himself? He could not imagine where the loopholes would be.
So he doesn't plan to hold Zhuo Zangyu accountable for the time being, but he must understand the truth.
After thinking for a moment, he then said: "Will you send someone to the inner guard later? Do you want to take back some of the captured private weapons and study them carefully? I will say hello to the inner guard."
"Wei Chen obeys the order!"
Zhuo Zangyu bowed and retreated.
Guo Song still recalled the whole incident and tapped his fingers on the table. He had to clarify two major questions. First? Why could this arms inspector sell a large amount of banned weapons? Second? This matter has nothing to do with Tangzhou.
How connected are the chambers of commerce?
.........
Zhou Min is worthy of being the second-ranking figure in the internal defense. In the afternoon, he reported the latest investigation results to Guo Song, which was indeed beyond Guo Song's expectations.
"You mean, Luo Tao is making a fuss about discarded weapons?" Guo Song asked in surprise.
"exactly!"
Zhou Min reported in detail: "The main reason is that our threshold for scrapping weapons is relatively low. Many weapons that Zhu Sijun thinks can be reused are already considered scrapped here.
Luo Tao discovered this loophole three years ago? He got a lot of scrapped weapons from Zhu Si's army, and then replaced our scrapped weapons? After the weapons were sent to the smelting workshop, they were directly canceled, and he then sent our scrapped weapons
Go to a small workshop in Qizhou to repair it? Then sell it as a new weapon for profit."
Guo Song nodded. "This is indeed a loophole? But if Luo Tao wants to implement it, he still can't do it by himself, right?"
"It's true that he can't do it on his own. Luo Tao also confessed that his accomplices are all stewards and warehousemen of the scrap warehouse. The scrap warehouse only cares about the quantity, not the serial number. The same goes for the melting shop, so he bought old weapons to replenish the quantity to ensure that the quantity is not enough.
He also gave priority to sending the old weapons he bought to be melted down, so that they would be difficult to detect. I have already sent people to arrest the participants in the used weapons warehouse."
Guo Song paced back and forth with his hands behind his hands. This was indeed a crime of high IQ. He took full advantage of the loopholes in management. When he first formulated the rules, he considered that the number of weapons was too large and there were also a large number of seized weapons mixed in. It was completely in accordance with
It is not practical to manage weapon numbers one by one, so it is stipulated that used weapons are managed according to the number of pieces. Unexpectedly, the people below caught the loophole that the scrap standard is too low.
However, if it is unrealistic to raise the scrapping standard, it will harm the safety of soldiers. The only way is to check the weapon numbers, not necessarily one by one, but sampling can also be done.
"What else?" Guo Song asked again.
Zhou Min said with a smile: "We discovered that Luo Tao did not have a black panther tattoo on his arm. After investigation, we found out that the black panther selling weapons on the black market was not Luo Tao himself, but Luo Tao's brother-in-law, Jiang Yansi.
This man was a little frivolous. After drinking too much, he pretended to be his brother-in-law. Everyone thought he was the weapons supervisor. Qin Xiaoyi specially asked Qin Xiaoyi to identify Jiang Yansi and confirmed that Jiang Yansi was the Black Panther and Luo Tao was his brother-in-law.
Drag it out."
Guo Song suddenly realized. He had been wondering just now. Since it was a highly intelligent crime, how could he make such a low-level mistake and go directly to deal with a black market broker? It turned out that there was a problem with the personnel.
"But I want to know, who is that old Sogdian man named Kang?" Guo Song asked, pointing to the report sent by Zhou Min early in the morning.
"Your Highness, we have made it clear that the old Sogdian man named Kang actually dealt with Jiang Yansi, not Luo Tao. According to Jiang Yansi's account, he had dealt with the Sogdian man named Kang three times, and the tea shop was
The third time, a thousand sets of armor were sold in the first two times, but the old Sogdian man was very mysterious and Jiang Yansi knew nothing about him. On the contrary, the old Sogdian man discovered that Jiang Yansi was not reliable and treated him very little.
I am very vigilant, and each meeting does not exceed a cup of tea. I also wear a mask, and my accent is different every three times I meet.”
Guo Song nodded, this Tangzhou Association is indeed very cunning!
He asked again: "Where have the thousand pieces of armor mentioned earlier been sent?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, the delivery location is Hanzhong."
"Where in Hanzhong?" Guo Song asked.
Zhou Min shook his head, "I only know that it is Nanzheng County, Liangzhou. I don't know the specific location, but I suspect it is the Hanzhong Villa where Commander Wang went."
Guo Song walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and actually sent a thousand sets of soldiers and armor to Hanzhong. It can be seen that there were not less than a thousand people there. Wang Yue only led 500 cavalry, which was a bit underestimating the enemy.
He immediately turned back to Zhou Min and said: "Notify the internal defense liaison office in Hanzhong and ask Commander Wang to act together with the local garrison!"
.........
When Wang Yue led his army to Hanzhong, the Jin King's order also arrived at the Internal Guard Liaison Office in Nanzheng County, Liangzhou through Yingxin.
Wang Yue did not dare to disobey the order, so he immediately found the army stationed in Hanzhong. There were not many troops stationed in Hanzhong, only 5,000 people. They were all stationed in Nanzheng County, Liangzhou. The leader was called Pan Ying, a tiger general.
In terms of military position, Wang Yue was already a first-class cavalry general and was about to be promoted to a hussar general. Pan Ying's military rank was too far behind him. In addition, Wang Yue had the gold medal of the King of Jin in dispatching troops. Pan Ying immediately led five thousand soldiers.
The soldiers followed Wang Yue to Dingjun Mountain.
Dingjun Mountain is located a hundred miles southwest of Nanzheng County. This area has high mountains, dense forests, and rugged roads. The mountains are dotted with basins where local residents reclaim land and grow food.
There are also some manors scattered in the basin. These manors are hidden in the mountains, like a paradise.
The person who led Wang Yue and his party was a waiter from the tea shop. Last year, in order to complete the mission, their tea shop adopted 20 homeless orphans and sent them to Hanzhong.
It happened that the villa was purchasing supplies in Nanzheng County. Due to the shortage of manpower for transportation, this guy also went to the villa. It was this small oversight that left the villa with hidden dangers.
The clerk looked at a crossroads, pointed to the west and said, "You should go that way. The rock looks like an eagle's beak. I was very impressed. The villa is under the eagle's beak."
"How far is it?" Wang Yue asked.
"There are still more than ten miles at most."
Wang Yue looked at the sky and saw that it was already afternoon, so he ordered: "The whole army will rest on the spot!"
Pan Ying, the general, asked in confusion: "There is only a dozen miles, why doesn't the general rush in at once?"
Wang Yue shook his head, "We don't know anything about the villa, so we'd better send someone to check it out first, and then act with confidence in mind!"
He immediately sent three elite men to the villa to investigate the information.