Chapter 1126 Serial Number
"what are you thinking?"
Shen Hao picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip. The slightly bitter taste of the medicinal material inside made him frown slightly, but there was a sweet aftertaste not long after the mouth, and the taste was not bad.
It was mainly sent by family members to relieve the summer heat, and Shen Hao did not refuse.
"If you go back to the adults, the subordinates think you can try."
Standing in Shen Hao's residence was Wang Jian. This guy was ordered to rest at home for a few days, and he came here yesterday when he was on official business, because of the new intelligence news from the dead city.
The front-line spies had very little information. Firstly, there was no need for them to know too much. Secondly, they were building a fire break for the intelligence system.
But after the information is aggregated and finally reaches the hands of the fourth department of Heishui, it will be different, and a more intuitive result can be restored like a puzzle.
It was at noon the day before yesterday that Shen Hao got the latest information about the city of the dead. At that time, Wang Jian was still resting, and it was sent by Zhang Liao. Combined with some inferences all the time, in the end, it was unexpected and seemed reasonable to pull out a branch line, which made Shen Hao amused.
As the intelligence focus of Heishui, the Zhengyang Sect of Wushi City has been "taken care of" all the time, but due to environmental constraints, Heishui's own intelligence channel in Wushi City has been slow to develop, and he wants to cut into the core A suitable entry point has not yet been found.
But the slowness is a bit slow, but there are naturally gains. In addition to the large number of intelligence dealers and informants in the city of the dead, Heishui's huge investment in the city of the dead can still get a considerable return.
For example, two aspects were mentioned in the information about Zhengyangzong that was fed back this time. One is that Zhengyangzong purchases medicinal materials for a long time, but hardly sells medicinal herbs. The second is that the Guochao began to reverse the human trafficking network in the country, and at the same time strictly investigated the people on the waterways of the Ruoshui and Xia River basins, which led to the death of human trafficking in the city of Wusi, but the abnormal behavior of Zhengyangzong was obvious. The reaction was visibly flustered.
Both intelligences are interesting, especially the former one.
Where did the medicinal materials of Zhengyangzong come from? It's not hard to guess at all.
The flow of medicinal materials in the Jingjiu Dynasty was numerous, and large transactions were recorded in the yamen and strictly controlled. Basically, 90% of the medicinal materials were taken away by the major sects and the government-run shops of the old Jing Dynasty, and the rest of the floor would be snatched up by casual cultivators. Even though there are still some medicinal materials collected by private searchers in various cities, they are generally very few, and they are not enough to be counted.
Including the Longevity Gate, one of the three leaders of the City of Death, most of the medicinal materials purchased in the City of Death are not from the old Jing Dynasty, but from the barbarian land.
There are generally two types of channels. The first type is purchased from the barbarians by the caravan of the old Jing Dynasty, and then sold to black merchants in the city of Wushi or the disciples of various sects. Then it was transported back to the dead city by water or sea.
The second is that the people in the dead city go to the border of the barbarians on their own to directly find the existing people or tribes of the barbarians to negotiate acquisitions.
The flow of the former medicinal material is still traceable, and it was even carried out with the acquiescence of the Jingjiu Dynasty's frontier army, which is another tacit understanding between the Jingjiu Dynasty and Wushi City. The intermediary of its transactions is either silver money or spirit stones.
The latter is one of the few behaviors in the city of death in vain. Although it will not turn Jing Jiu's face, the transaction required is much more difficult. Because to trade directly with the barbarians, what is needed is not money and spirit stones.
Silver coins and spirit stones are hard currencies, but not many people like them in today's barbarian land.
The reason is very simple, that is, if you don't have enough to eat, who do you buy things with money?
Barbarian physiques are about to be killed and become a rare species, who will use the spirit stone?
Survival, the most basic need, is the only theme on the barbarian land today. So if you want to trade with the barbarians, that must be what they need.
For example, food for the belly, or a sharp tool that can be used for survival: iron.
In the words of the southern frontier army, as long as you have food and iron tools in your hands, you are an ancestor in the barbarian land, and you can ask for anything you want, even if you want the wife of a tribal elder.
So here comes the problem. The medicinal materials of Zhengyangzong can be sure to come from the barbarian territory, and they are not in the trading list of Jingjiu Dynasty and Wushi City. The medicinal materials of the Zhengyang Sect can only be obtained from private and direct exchanges with the barbarians.
Where did Zhengyangzong get its food and ironware? And is it a steady supply?
There is only one answer, and that is to find a way out from Jingjiu Dynasty.
Long-term, stable, and private delivery of grain and ironware to the dead city, avoiding the interrogation of the water gate, and avoiding the records of the entry and exit of grain and ironware by various government offices. This is definitely not something that ordinary people can do, and must be escorted by considerable power in the Jingjiu Dynasty.
Then Shen Hao didn't do it on purpose, he just naturally connected the medicinal materials of Zhengyangzong with the Qin family who frequently appeared in front of him recently. There is no sense of incompatibility together.
Didn't the Qin family have so many pills that they had to sell them on the black market? And the quantity is not small and stable. Could it be explained that the source of the elixir in their hands is Zhengyangzong? After all, Zhengyangzong's alchemy ability is supported by evidence. Didn't Ma Sankui, a former pseudo-evil monk, rely on elixir to knock on the door of the black market? It seems that it is not impossible to change to the Qin family now, but it is more hidden.
What Ma Sankui came to the black market back then was nothing more than grain and ironware. Now the Qin family's biggest purchases are also grain and ironware. It's just that the Qin family has more means, and the food channels will be turned around, using others as a cover to hide themselves.
And according to the information that has been found, the end of the route of the Qin family's food is likely to be the dead city.
Isn't it closed?
After a stroke, a complete closed loop is very clear. Although it is only a possibility, the possibility of being close to the real situation is more than 70%, because even if it is a coincidence, it is impossible to put together one loop after another. . That is to say, at this time, the file of the Qin family can be connected with the pile of files of the pseudo-evil monks.
Even if Shen Hao wanted to, he could formally launch an investigation against the Qin family at this moment, including arresting people and searching. But he was in no hurry.
If it had been before the banquet at the beginning of the month, Shen Hao might have directly attacked the Qin family. But now the situation has changed, and Lu Lingliang's involvement made him think that the case of the Qin family can be dug deeper?
Therefore, the first piece of information about Zhengyangzong, which was newly arrived in Wushicheng, was put on hold for the time being, and continued to follow up secretly.
On the contrary, it was the second piece of information about Zhengyangzong that made Heishui No. 4 think it was a rare opportunity, and at the same time hoped to get Shen Hao's warrant for action. Wang Jian came here today mainly for this matter.