Steel Dynasty - Chapter 167

[Chapter 167 Trap]

“Li San, I order you to send people to watch all medical clinics immediately. No one who buys medicinal materials for bruises will be spared.”

Xiao Ming said solemnly to Li San in Prince Qi’s palace.

Li San had already learned about the burning of Guanzhuang on his way back. Now Wang Xuan was in Cangzhou City, responsible for collecting intelligence on the grassland, and he was responsible for matters on the fiefdom.

This incident made him feel guilty because he had not received any information beforehand.

“When Xianguan came, he had already arranged for someone to secretly investigate the matter.” Li San hesitated and continued, “By the way, Your Highness, Xianguan asked the secret guards to keep an eye on the businessmen coming back from the grassland these days, and he found that there were a few businessmen who came back from the grassland. A businessman behaved suspiciously. After entering Qingzhou City, these people searched for information and wandered around the workshop area and the equipment department.

“You mean these businessmen are spies on the grassland?” Xiao Ming said.

“Isn’t that true? These smugglers are only interested in profit. They can use our money to do things, and they can also use the barbarians’ money to do things.” Li San said.

“Using our money to do things?” Xiao Ming frowned, “Do the secret guards also buy information on the grassland from them?”

Li San nodded, “Only these merchants in the vast grassland can penetrate into the barbarian tribes. This period At that time, the barbarians were very wary of strange caravans. The caravan that the subordinate asked the secret guard to pretend to be was almost captured by the barbarians. It was difficult to obtain information about the barbarians. Therefore, the only way to obtain some information was to bribe these merchants. “

In reality, the two people .

There are no secrets in the face. Li San is right not to believe these businessmen. Xiao Ming said: “In that case, you should secretly arrest these suspicious businessmen now and torture them. We don’t have much time to go around in circles with them.” , At this time, I would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go. “

Li San nodded, his expression suddenly darkened.

Li Sangang left and Xiao Ming was preparing to go out when Li Kaiyuan suddenly asked for a meeting outside the palace.

During this period of time, he was busy preparing for the war in Cangzhou. He didn’t pay much attention to the business of the Chamber of Commerce, but left it to Li Kaiyuan to handle.

“Your Highness.” When he arrived in the main hall, Li Kaiyuan bowed and said.

“Excuse me, you, the vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, are so busy, how come you have time to come to my place?” Xiao Ming asked.

Li Kaiyuan said with a playful smile: “Your Highness, no matter how busy I am, I can’t forget about you, Your Highness. Hehe, Your Highness, I have something great to tell you this time.”

“What’s the matter?” Xiao Ming was not interested. One after another things made him a little irritable.

Seeing that Xiao Ming was in a low mood, Li Kaiyuan said, “Your Highness, you must be happy to hear this. I sent His Highness two ships of saltpeter.”

“Two ships of saltpeter? Didn’t Chen Wenlong say that there is no saltpeter on the market now? ?” Xiao Ming asked strangely.

Li Kaiyuan said: “Your Highness has to thank Qin Yuanwai. A few days ago, I came back from Jinling City and met the Qin family’s merchant ship returning to Qingzhou. I never thought that the cargo on it was saltpeter. When I returned to the city, I knew that Your Highness There was a shortage of saltpeter. When I thought about it, I went to see Mr. Qin. He was very happy and said that the saltpeter was being delivered to His Highness.

“Oh?” Xiao Ming frowned instead of being happy after hearing this.

“Your Highness, what’s wrong? Isn’t this a good thing?” Li Kaiyuan asked.

“A good thing? It’s indeed a good thing. It’s just that Qin Chuanyun didn’t come to take credit for this good thing, so why did he humbly give it to you?” Xiao Ming said.

Li Kaiyuan was startled for a moment, then suddenly came back to his senses, “Yes, this boy was much more attentive than me before. Your Highness, what do you mean?”

Xiao Ming did not answer, but asked: “When you see Qin Chuan “Where was he?”

“He is on the dock and seems to be going somewhere else,” Li Kaiyuan said.

Xiao Ming rolled his eyes. When these two things were connected, he felt more and more wrong about Qin Chuanyun.

“Hurry up and call Li San back.” Xiao Ming said anxiously.

Seeing Xiao Ming’s embarrassed expression, Li Kaiyuan did not dare to ask any more questions and ran out immediately. After a while, Li San was chased back.

Xiao Ming told Li San the whole story and immediately headed to Tuojiang Pier with the secret guards.

But when we arrived at the dock, Qin Chuanyun was nowhere to be seen.

The guards in the city soon came to report that except for some servants and Qin Chuanyun’s concubine, all important members of the Qin family were not in the city.

“Qin Chuanyun!

“

This king treats you well! “Xiao Ming said angrily.

Li San said cautiously: “Your Highness, Yuan Qin has always been from a wealthy family, but I didn’t expect him to be so forbearing. Not only did he deceive Your Highness, he also made me relax my vigilance against him. I am guilty. “

This is not your fault, it is my fault. A wealthy family will always be a wealthy family. How could they be willing to become commoners?” “Xiao Ming murmured to himself.

Li Kaiyuan said at this time: “Your Highness, the decision is still undecided at this time. Maybe Qin Yuanwai just took his family out. Look, aren’t all the merchant ships of the Qin family here? These two ships were loaded with saltpeter. “

While the three of them were talking, an old man suddenly walked out from the bow of the boat. When he saw Li Kaiyuan, the skinny old man said: “Shopkeeper Li, Mr. Qin went back to visit his family with his family. Before leaving, he specifically asked the old man to come. I will hand over the things on this boat to His Highness to solve His Highness’ urgent need. “

Your Highness, look, maybe this is just your guess.” “Li Kaiyuan said.

There are two merchant ships with a length of more than thirty meters docked at the dock. These are the standard water transport merchant ships of the Qin family. If the warehouses are full of saltpeter, this will really save Qingzhou from worrying about gunpowder. Source of material.

Xiao Ming frowned and got on the boat with Li San. At this time, he couldn’t help but feel that he was too sensitive.

After all, he couldn’t conclude that Qin Chuanyun did it just by guessing.

“Your Highness, this saltpeter is right here.” The old man led Xiao Ming to the cabin. As expected, it was filled with saltpeter.

Li Kaiyuan said: “Your Highness, you see, maybe Qin Yuanwai has really done a good thing.”

The old man said at this time: “Yuanwai bought these saltpeters at a high price from a Shu businessman. I heard that the saltpeter in Shu The cave was sealed by the King of Shu. Only with the order of the King of Shu can we continue to mine.”

As he spoke, the old man raised his hand and rubbed his eyes. Because he was standing very close to the old man, there was a faint smell on his hand. drifted into his nose.

Xiao Ming was shocked and turned pale. He shouted loudly: “Gunpowder! Get out of here!”

Li San was startled. He raised the knife and dropped it. The old man fell down with a groan while covering his chest.

The three of them quickly fled out. Before they had gone twenty meters, a deafening “boom” sounded. Xiao Ming pushed Li San and Li Kaiyuan down quickly.

At this moment, a wave of air passed over the three people in an instant.

“Li Kaiyuan, you bastard, I’m going to kill you!”

As if his body was broken, Li San got up from the ground, reached out and punched the blinded Li Kaiyuan.

(End of chapter)