Chapter 1098 Zooming

Wang Yiming continued: "My lord, there is indeed a problem with that car dealership.

Generally speaking, the car and horse dealers either build their own transfer stations along the road, or rent other transfer stations to replace horses and supplies. At the same time, they can grasp the road conditions earlier so that the convoy will not be trapped halfway due to accidents.

Those who build their own transfer stations are all medium and large car dealers, and those who rent other transfer stations are all small car dealers. And this car and horse shop belonging to the in-law relationship of the third son of the Qin family is a medium-sized car and horse shop, but it does not have its own system of supply stations. It only has self-built supply stations in a few big cities in Jingbei, and the rest are rented.

It is obviously a medium-sized car and horse dealer in terms of the size of the fleet, but the business it can receive is not much, which is not as good as some small car and horse dealers.

We cleaned up their tax records, reversed the past, and then counted the part of the income that can be concealed in the car dealership, and the result was that the car dealership was losing money every year, and the loss lasted for more than eight years. . And even though they were losing money, the manpower of their chariots and horses has been increasing instead of decreasing.

In addition, Zhou Wang, the owner of the car and horse shop, is not a simple merchant. According to the information we have found so far, Zhou Wang is an exquisite person who is extremely good at managing people from top to bottom.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about this "management", the cost is definitely a big item, and taking into account the business losses of his car dealership, it is really strange that Zhou Wang can still live well this week. People have to be sure that he secretly has other money-making business. "

Shen Hao agreed with Wang Yiming's speculation, nodded, and said, "According to your thinking, what is Zhou Wang's business of secretly collecting money?"

"Either the smuggling will make a direct profit. Or the Qin family behind him will find supplies for him. In fact, these two can be said to be one, and there must be connections with the Qin family behind them."

Shen Hao was not surprised either, these were already within his expectations, but what Wang Yiming gave was the actual situation after the investigation, which could be used as evidence, but it was not enough.

"What about the smuggling route? How to get out? Where to go?"

"Returning to my lord, my subordinates have now found out that there are two routes for Zhou Wang's chariots and horses to take goods secretly. Although both of them have twists and turns, they will eventually converge to a place called "Tradacna"."

Having said that, Shen Hao got up and walked to the wall with the map hanging on it, motioning for Wang Yiming to point it out.

Not all places are marked on the huge map, so Wang Yiming carefully identified the location before pointing out a place on the map.

"My lord, giant clams are almost here."

"Weak water?" Shen Hao was a little surprised. Strictly speaking, the location Wang Yiming pointed out on the map is near the intersection of Ruoshui and Xia Rivers. It should be a small village and town, but it should also be a wharf for loading and unloading near the waterway.

"Yes, my lord, this pier is not big, and it is usually used by small ship merchants. And Zhou Wang's car and horse company also has a permanent supply station here. He will have people transport the goods secretly in two ways. In the Baijiang River Basin, they will find a ship to transfer to the weak water, and finally unload the cargo at the giant clam. Because they are all in the territory, and the supplies are not strictly controlled, and Zhou Wang can get most of the procedures, so he has never been checked.

After the cargo arrives at the giant clams, they will change ships and load the cargo, but their whereabouts after that are unclear, only that they are heading southeast along the weak water. "

That's all Wang Yiming can find out for the time being. If he is given a little more time or allowed to bring someone back for interrogation, he is confident that he can dig up more information.

But what Wang Yiming didn't know was that what he said could actually form a clear thread in Shen Hao's heart.

Shen Hao's eyes were fixed on the map on the wall, following the approximate location of the giant clam, he entered the weak water and went southeast, and finally merged into the huge sea of ​​treasures.

And this water area flowing down the river is not simple, Shen Hao's eyes quickly and naturally fell on a red dot and no mark on the edge of this water area.

In vain city, this body of water will pass through in vain city.

It can even be said that there are only two kinds of boats walking from this water area. One is a merchant ship dedicated to delivering goods to the dead city, and the other is a sea merchant who will go down the river and finally go to sea.

A mere Zhou Wang is naturally not qualified to hook up with a sea merchant, and the Qin family is far behind. So there is only one remaining destination, and that is the City of Death.

"interesting!"

Although it was a bit of a surprise, it was not completely unprepared. Before, Shen Hao felt that if the Qin family wanted to smuggle to the barbarians, they would either have to venture into the sea of ​​bamboos to try their luck; or someone would help them figure out the way and way to ship the goods without them needing to worry about it.

Now it seems that the Qin family used the latter method, which is more convenient for them.

Then who is going to pick up the giant clams? This is not difficult to guess. It should be a certain caravan in the dead city. If you want to verify it, let the Blackwater spies in the dead city pay more attention and you will be able to find out.

"Then Zhou Wang, you continue to dig deep into the details, starting before his Zhou family and the Qin family got involved, secretly, until now, I want all his connections, especially those two fortunes. The approval and distribution of procedures along the route of the cargo, the supply points of the carriages and horses, the transporters, the ship merchants who change ships, etc., all the details should be grasped as much as possible.

Of course, it's still the same, keep confidentiality first, don't act too smartly. Understand? "

"Subordinates understand!"

Then he waved Wang Yiming back. Shen Hao continued to look at the map on the wall in a daze, and a smile gradually rose from the corner of his mouth.

"Well, you Qin family, you really hid it deep enough!"

I thought it was greedy, and wanted to take the opportunity to clean up the other party, but found that the other party was still secretly smuggling towards the barbarian territory. Continue to dig, and found that the other party's line is not doing it alone, it is just a link in the whole smuggling network, and the forces of the dead city are involved behind it.

This gave Shen Hao a rare "curiosity" that he hadn't seen for a long time. It stands to reason that the mere Qin family is not even considered a powerful family, nor is it a Xiu clan, nor does it have any great business network under its name, how could it be possible to get on the line of the dead city? To say "unbelievable" is not an exaggeration.

If we think about the first doubtful point, it seems that the appearance of the city of death in vain can give us a reasonable answer.

That is the elixir that is regularly sold in the Qin family's black market.

This bothered Shen Hao originally, because he couldn't think of where the Qin family got so many sought-after pills that they could sell them instead of using them for themselves. Now counting the city of death in vain, there is an answer to this question.

A certain faction in the dead city gave the Qin family the pills, and the Qin family collected grain and irons and transported them back to the dead city, and then the power in the dead city tried to send them to the barbarian territory.

Of course, there is still one link left to close the whole conjecture, that is: what can the force in the dead city get from the barbarian territory?