Chapter 226: Hai Kangyan
Chapter 226 Hai Kang Yan
When Chu Nanzhi and Peng Pai led the yamen servants to the salt well in Majia Village, it was at noon in the scorching sun, and the salt workers from various salt wells gathered around the temporary sheds to rest and eat.
Seeing the figure of the official messenger, they subconsciously lowered their heads.
Chu Nanzhi inspected all the people, and asked directly: "Where is the commander in charge of Yanjing here?"
The salt workers shook their heads in silence.
Chu Nanzhi thought about it in his mind. Now that the county government is short of manpower, the manpower Lin Jinxiao sent out yesterday is probably only enough to seal up the smuggled salt wells by the sea and arrest the smugglers in the county.
There has been no problem with this salt well, and it is far away from the county seat. It is neither on the list given by Tan Miao, nor has it been included in the scope of control for the time being.
If it is true that poisonous salt is secretly being produced here, then the information must have been obtained at the same time as Kang Mingtang, and he will take the opportunity to destroy the evidence.
It's just that salt can be destroyed, and problematic salt wells cannot be disposed of for a while.
After some deep thinking, she walked up to the salt workers decisively and said sharply: "We suspect that this place is involved in the production of low-quality salt. Please cooperate with the investigation. If anyone dares to have a heart of protection, once found out, they will be dealt with severely."
More than a dozen salt workers looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally replied with a bitter face: "We really don't know."
Chu Nanzhi nodded, then turned to ask: "Have you been working in the salt well these two days?"
"Yes, the government's salt tax has increased recently, and we are all making brine and boiling salt day and night."
One of the salt workers answered truthfully.
Chu Nanzhi looked at the speaker with a smile, and said softly, "What's your name?"
"Chen Si."
"Chen Si?"
Chu Nanzhi thought about it and nodded: "Do you boil salt together every day?"
Chen Si said again: "That's right, division of work, no one can do without anyone."
"very good."
Chu Nanzhi smiled gratifiedly: "Then, has anyone been absent from work in the past two days?"
Everyone looked at Chen Si in unison.
Chen Si squeezed his fists: "What are you all looking at me for, I just didn't feel well yesterday, and I went back to rest for a day."
Chu Nanzhi raised her eyebrows: "When did you come back?"
"Just now."
"Where did you come back from?"
"from"
Chen Si paused: "From home."
Chu Nanzhi looked at his whole body, sweating profusely, but he was as embarrassed as his group of people, and then looked at the rest of the salt workers who were calm and relaxed, the sweat stains on his body had already dried.
No need to think too much, she directly ordered Li Sanmu: "Take this person down."
Li Sanmu led his men straight up to attack Chen Si.
Chen Si stared at his eyes angrily, and cursed: "You stinky bitch, what's wrong with you, why should you take me?"
"Chen Si, Chen Wu."
Chu Nanzhi sneered angrily: "If I'm not wrong, you should be brothers with him, and after he went to Kang's house last night, he came here and reported a letter to you, you are waiting for the opportunity, Wait for the news from Kang Mingtang, but what you didn't expect is that Kang Mingtang's inability to deal with us."
"I"
Chen Si wanted to argue again, but Chu Nanzhi stared at his drenched clothes, and said coldly, "Look at your whole body, if you come to work from home, you need to be in such a hurry? You are sweating profusely, if you are not in a hurry What is it to report the letter?"
Hearing this, another salt worker couldn't help complaining: "This Chen Siping likes to be lazy on weekdays. I thought why he was so diligent today. It turned out that he was holding something in his heart."
"Where is Commander Yan?"
Chu Nanzhi said furiously.
"At the salt well to the west."
Chen Si looked at the frightening eagle eyes, and replied tremblingly.
"Lead the way."
Chu Nanzhi yelled at him, and led a group of people to the salt well in the west.
Chen Si explained with a bitter face as he walked: "It's just an abandoned salt well over there. The Yan Commander went there just to check and check, and there is nothing to make a fuss about."
"Less nonsense."
Chu Nanzhi reprimanded, and kicked his **** fiercely, this guy finally led the way obediently, only daring to look around furtively from time to time.
Afraid that he would delay the time, Chu Nanzhi directly pulled out the knife in Li Sanmu's hand, and threatened: "If you dare to have any wrong thoughts, I will chop you up with a knife."
Chen Si was so frightened that he was forced to continue walking, but he secretly groaned in his heart.
Now Haikang county government officials are under control, and the Yandao Yamen is also guarded. Those who have no leader at the bottom have no way to communicate with their superiors. Something went wrong.
With such thunderous means, there is no way to destroy the salt well.
Hurry up to the salt well in the west, and saw a middle-aged man pouring white salt into the well.
Chu Nanzhi picked up the knife in his hand and threw it over.
A sword edge passed in front of the man, the man trembled in fright, the salt bag in his hand fell to the ground, and he staggered back a few steps.
Chu Nanzhi looked at the man with a frightened look on his face, and sneaked here to sprinkle salt, presumably it must be the head of the salt order.
The yamen servants hurried over to **** him away, and picked up the small half bag of salt that hadn't been dumped on the ground.
Chu Nanzhi strode up to the man, took the salt into his hand and asked the man while looking at it: "What's your name?"
"Hai Kangyan."
"My mother asked your name, but didn't ask Yan's name."
Chu Nanzhi looked up at him.
"The young one is called Hai Kangyan."
The man answered submissively, and his legs trembled slightly, but he didn't expect these people to come so quickly.
"Hai Kangyan, tell me, why did you destroy such a good salt?"
Chu Nanzhi casually picked up a pinch of salt and squeezed it in his hand to watch it repeatedly.
Hai Kangyan pretended to be calm and replied: "These salts have expired, and I am worried that if they enter the market, they will cause trouble, so I will destroy them at this time."
"The Salt Commander instructed you to do this?"
Chu Nanzhi snorted coldly: "If the commander of the salt well in your village would dare to destroy it and turn it into salt without the order of his superiors, wouldn't he have the guts?"
"Young lady, you are joking, the officer of the salt order is still suspended pending trial, how dare you be a young man."
"That's not an honest account."
As Chu Nanzhi said, he picked up the knife on the ground, looked at the salt well next to it, and saw that the surrounding area was cleaned up, and it didn't look like it was discarded. She immediately understood it, and asked with a calm face: " Why is the salt well abandoned here?"
"The people above said that the salt production here is not abundant, and it was seized together with the salt well in Niujia Village."
"That's all?"
Hearing that it was related to Niujia Village, Chu Nanzhi was full of vigilance.
Looking at the shining cold knife in her hand, Hai Kangyan hesitated and added: "According to... it is said that the salt produced is not very clean."
Hearing this answer, Chu Nanzhi looked at the spotless salt well again, couldn't help laughing and said: "It's still honest, I have to ask you to continue to be honest, otherwise the knife in my hand will not recognize people .”
She guessed that this person didn't know her identity, and with so many yamen servants under her, she would naturally feel that she was also a county yamen servant, which was just enough to frighten him.
(end of this chapter)