Chapter 2057
Chapter 2057
Chapter 2057
It was nearly midnight.The courtyard where the Jinfa is located is still under the strict blockade of the city defense army. Horses are set up at the nearest street intersections, guarded by heavily armed soldiers, and there are even several cavalrymen waiting for orders at each roadblock. safe.At this time, there were actually no people walking around on the street, and the main purpose of setting up checkpoints was to prevent people from escaping from the designated circle.
As for whether someone from the outside world will try to rescue these people detained in Jinfa, there is no need to worry about this issue. Almost all Jinyiwei registered in Zhangzhou City have been arrested and brought to justice, and it is unlikely that some fish that escaped the net will be caught in the martial law again. There was a storm in the city of Zhangzhou.
However, even in the middle of the night, there are still carriages coming and going in and out of this blocked area from time to time.These unified black carriages are all the private property of the Xu family, and the relevant personnel of Jinyiwei captured in other places in the city are constantly sent to this temporary detention place for interrogation so that the intelligence personnel can cross-check the confession in real time.And the various information obtained from the interrogation here will also be sent to various important government offices in the city by these carriages as soon as possible, and the big shots will decide the next measures to be taken.
When Xu Yuxing set off early in the morning, he never expected that the day would be so busy that he hardly even had time to stop and have a good meal.If he hadn't considered that there was a Haihan intelligence officer who needed to take care of him, he might have skipped the meal directly, because the smell of blood in the air in this place made it difficult for him to eat, so When his subordinates brought the dinner, he just planed a few bites and finished.
Since the establishment of the intelligence agency under his command, it seems that this is the first time that such a situation requires all staff to work together.In the past, most of the tasks of this organization were to collect and organize intelligence from all parties, and it was rarely necessary to carry out large-scale arrest missions, let alone directly fight with Jin Yiwei.
Although angry at Jin Yiwei's bold and reckless behavior, Xu Yuxing is actually a little excited because of the current situation. He remembers a theory mentioned by the instructor when he was training in Sanya. Equal to nothing, only when a crisis is encountered, the value of the intelligence department will truly be highlighted.And the current situation in Zhangzhou City is just the time for the intelligence department to show its talents.
It's just that the information obtained through the interrogation so far still seems to have not made a real breakthrough, especially the weapon smuggling channel that Haihan asked to find out, and still hasn't been able to get a clear message.
It's not that Xu Yuxing's subordinates didn't work hard enough. After most of the trial, ten more people died during the execution.If it wasn't for Xu Yuxing's special exhortation, Shi Biao, who was already dying at this time, would have given his life to Jinfa.But among the captured group of people, only Shi Biao was considered a valuable insider, and there was really nothing he could find out from the rest of the population.
Xu Yuxing looked at Jin Ming, who was reviewing the confession transcript, and couldn't help but persuade him: "Master Jin, it's too late now, and it seems that it will be difficult to make any progress today, why don't I send a carriage to take you back first?" rest?"
Hearing this, Jin Ming raised his head and said, "There's no rush. In fact, if you carefully read the confessions of these people, you will still find some valuable information."
"Oh? Master Jin please advise!" Xu Yuxing naturally wanted to know whether the intelligence officer of Haihan could find new information from the statement he had already read.
Jin Ming said: "So far we have obtained more than [-] confessions. If we compare these confessions, the authenticity of some key information is relatively easy to determine."
"For example, their confessions all mentioned the origin of these muskets. The local Jinyiwei went to sea to complete the handover with another foreign Guangzhou Ship, and several people mentioned that the other party should not be a colleague, but more like a maritime merchant. This information is basically consistent with the information that our country has previously obtained.”
"With regard to the materials that were destroyed before we broke in, it can be basically confirmed from the confessions of these people that they included the account books of Jinfa and the records of goods in and out of the warehouse. This is very likely to involve the gang that traded weapons with Jinyiweijin. The transaction records of people. Although they destroyed the records here on the Jinfa, it does not mean that they did not leave traces elsewhere. I read every statement specifically. At that time, no cash was used to complete the transaction with the other party at sea. They did not trade other goods at a discount to the other party, but returned to Zhangzhou immediately after receiving these boxes."
When Jin Ming said this, he paused on purpose, wanting to test Xu Yuxing: "According to what we have so far, Jinfahao has received a lot of Spanish silver coins in past transactions, which means that they used to trade in cash, but In this arms transaction, the party that shipped the goods was not Jinfa, and they neither paid nor traded other goods to the other party, but it is obviously impossible for the other party to do charity and give these things to Jin Yiwei for free. The third young master believes that this account How is it settled?"
Xu Yuxing's reaction was also very fast, and his eyes lit up: "Master Jin, what you mean is that Jin Yiwei may feel that cash transactions are inconvenient, so he directly transferred the money to the other party through institutions such as Bank Bank?"
Jin Ming nodded in praise and said: "The third young master is indeed quick-witted, and that's exactly what I mean. Although these Jinyiwei destroyed the relevant transaction records of Jinfa, we may still find some clues in other places. From the bank Of course, taking the account is only a theoretical possibility, and maybe the two parties had unsettled accounts before, and this batch of weapons just happened to be used to pay off the account. But I think that if someone is sent to Huifeng to check this Jinfa There may be new discoveries about the relevant accounts of the account!"
"Master Jin is right, I will send someone to do it!" Xu Yuxing realized that this was indeed a direction of investigation that might lead to new clues, so Dang even called a capable man over and asked him to rush to the Huifeng immediately , investigate all accounts related to Jinfa.
Jin Ming added from the side: "The people of the Jinfa account need to be interrogated again to confirm whether they have any money transactions with other banks in addition to the Huifeng account."
This small hidden clue discovered by Jin Ming through the transcript of the confession did reflect the advantage of his rich investigation experience, which just made up for Xu Yuxing's deficiency in this respect.And Xu Yuxing's execution ability is also very strong, and he immediately began to pursue this clue that currently only exists in theory.
Jin Ming was actually very tired at this time, and now he was reading the confession under the oil lamp, feeling that the words on the paper were a bit blurred.However, he knew that the current investigation in Zhangzhou had made significant progress, and it was very likely that more clues would be unearthed. If he could find out the identity of the middleman, it would be a great achievement.
However, Xu Yuxing sent someone to check the accounts of Huifeng account in the middle of the night. Even if there was full cooperation there, it would not be possible to find out some tricks in a short time.Fortunately, there are quite a few rooms for people in Jinfa, and two quiet upper rooms have been cleared out, allowing Xu Yuxing and Jin Ming to lie down and rest for a while.
Although they could still hear the screams from the torture process from time to time, they fell asleep quickly because of their exhaustion.They were not woken up from their sleep until the latest news was sent back from the Huifeng when the sky was about to dawn, and they rushed to the study to check the statistics sent back.
The shopkeeper Qin of the Huifeng had already been specially approached for a conversation before, so even though he came unexpectedly in the middle of the night, the Huifeng still cooperated with him and brought several accountants over overnight. Check the related accounts of Jinfa for investigators.
At that time, the Huifeng account was found. One of the reasons was that Xu Yuxing wanted to investigate the exchange channels of bulk silver coins, and it did receive results. The investigation target of the Jinfa account was confirmed through the list provided by the shopkeeper Qin.But today's day really made Xu Yuxing dizzy. If it wasn't for Jin Ming's reminder, he would never have thought of reviewing the accounts of Jinfa through the bank again.
However, after a good night's sleep, Xu Yuxing's mind cleared up a lot, and he thought of more details about the settlement method.Regardless of the settlement method between the middleman and Jin Yiwei, since Jin Yiwei chose to use the Jinfa number as a cover to conduct transactions with the other party, and it has been confirmed that there is a large amount of money exchanged, the middleman is very likely to be with the Jinfa number on a daily basis. Merchants with business contacts must first have a basis for trade cooperation before they can develop to the level of weapon smuggling step by step.
Therefore, investigating the recipients of their money and money through the bank is not just the chance that Jin Ming said, but a very useful investigation method, and the possibility of obtaining information is far greater than Jin Ming's expectations.
The preliminary investigation results of a group of people working on the Huifeng ship for most of the night have all been copied and sent to Xu Yuxing.This investigation report includes two records. The first is the record of all the expenditures of the transfer of silver taels by the Jinfa number through the Huifeng number in the past year, and the second is the transfer of silver taels received by the Jinfa number from other people during the same period. Accounting records.Time, number, objects, all items are recorded in extremely detailed.
The items in the two records are the same, but the content is very different. There are not many accounts transferred to the Jinfa account, and the largest amount is only 200 taels of silver, which is obviously not a big deal.But there are quite a lot of expenditure accounts, and among them, the large expenditures of more than a thousand taels were carefully marked by the transcribers for easy inspection.
Xu Yuxing put the records on the desktop and checked them with Jin Ming. Both of them were very fast readers, and they quickly read through these accounts, and also found something worth noting.
"Jinfahao has exchanged a lot of silver coins through Huifenghao before. It can be seen that when the other party traded with Jinfahao in the past, they mostly used cash to buy goods, and Jinfahao's local operations in Zhangzhou are very low-key. The goods are sold openly, so there is no record of this entry."
Xu Yuxing first expressed his opinion on the difference in the content of the two records: "From the perspective of the expenditures of the Jinfa account, most of the targets are local merchants, the number is not large but the time is relatively concentrated. Compared with the Jinfa account exchange we had before The timing of the silver coins is just right, it is very similar to the Jinfa Hao who came forward to complete the purchase of various commodities locally, and then sold them to middlemen who used Spanish silver coins.”
"My thoughts are the same as those of the third young master." Jin Ming agreed with Xu Yuxing's reasoning: "Judging from these account records, Jinfa's business model is relatively simple, and what it earns is the oil and water at the price difference. However, since the other party It is a Han Chinese maritime merchant, and it is reasonable to say that it is possible to complete the purchase in the Zhangzhou area by itself, but it is necessary to use the Jinfa to do this, and the reason is worth studying."
"Either they have some unspeakable secrets and dare not show their face in Zhangzhou City, or they deliberately send money to Jinfa through this kind of transaction, so as to gain the trust of Jinyiwei, so that they can carry out subsequent weapons smuggling activities. Or There is a possibility that they need to use a relatively safe channel to exchange a large amount of silver coins in their hands into official silver that can be smoothly circulated in Daming territory, and then the Jinfa number will be directly transferred to the other party's account through the bank." Xu Yuxing said to this Three possibilities were immediately analyzed.
Jin Ming said: "It will naturally save a lot of trouble if the property under Jin Yiwei's name comes forward to exchange official silver, but they probably didn't expect that the bank where Jin Yiwei deposits silver would be so easily checked by us. Third young master, we can This judgment is to investigate the relevant merchants who have money transactions with Jinfa, and see if there is any one that only collects money from Jinfa, but has not sold anything to Jinfa.”
After the two analyzed and sorted out the situation, they suddenly felt that the situation that had reached a dead end became suddenly clear again.
According to the records obtained, the large amount of expenditures from the Jinfa account is actually not much, and the objects are even fewer. It is not difficult to conduct further investigations.
At this time, the sound of cock crowing came from outside the window. Xu Yuxing got up and pushed open the window. Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, he patted his stomach and said, "Suddenly I feel very hungry. Would Mr. Jin want to have breakfast together?"
Jin Ming responded with a smile: "I have exactly this intention."
Xu Yuxing called his subordinates, and after giving some instructions, he and Jin Ming left Jinfa.At this time, there is really no need for them to stare here anymore, hurry up and have breakfast to replenish your physical strength, and if possible, catch up on sleep for a while.Maybe there will be new news coming back soon after dawn. At that time, there may be a new round of arrest and interrogation. It is necessary to ensure a clear mind and plenty of energy.
Although they haven't verified their speculation so far, Jin Ming already has a faint feeling that he is getting closer to the truth of the matter and will soon be within reach.
(End of this chapter)
It was nearly midnight.The courtyard where the Jinfa is located is still under the strict blockade of the city defense army. Horses are set up at the nearest street intersections, guarded by heavily armed soldiers, and there are even several cavalrymen waiting for orders at each roadblock. safe.At this time, there were actually no people walking around on the street, and the main purpose of setting up checkpoints was to prevent people from escaping from the designated circle.
As for whether someone from the outside world will try to rescue these people detained in Jinfa, there is no need to worry about this issue. Almost all Jinyiwei registered in Zhangzhou City have been arrested and brought to justice, and it is unlikely that some fish that escaped the net will be caught in the martial law again. There was a storm in the city of Zhangzhou.
However, even in the middle of the night, there are still carriages coming and going in and out of this blocked area from time to time.These unified black carriages are all the private property of the Xu family, and the relevant personnel of Jinyiwei captured in other places in the city are constantly sent to this temporary detention place for interrogation so that the intelligence personnel can cross-check the confession in real time.And the various information obtained from the interrogation here will also be sent to various important government offices in the city by these carriages as soon as possible, and the big shots will decide the next measures to be taken.
When Xu Yuxing set off early in the morning, he never expected that the day would be so busy that he hardly even had time to stop and have a good meal.If he hadn't considered that there was a Haihan intelligence officer who needed to take care of him, he might have skipped the meal directly, because the smell of blood in the air in this place made it difficult for him to eat, so When his subordinates brought the dinner, he just planed a few bites and finished.
Since the establishment of the intelligence agency under his command, it seems that this is the first time that such a situation requires all staff to work together.In the past, most of the tasks of this organization were to collect and organize intelligence from all parties, and it was rarely necessary to carry out large-scale arrest missions, let alone directly fight with Jin Yiwei.
Although angry at Jin Yiwei's bold and reckless behavior, Xu Yuxing is actually a little excited because of the current situation. He remembers a theory mentioned by the instructor when he was training in Sanya. Equal to nothing, only when a crisis is encountered, the value of the intelligence department will truly be highlighted.And the current situation in Zhangzhou City is just the time for the intelligence department to show its talents.
It's just that the information obtained through the interrogation so far still seems to have not made a real breakthrough, especially the weapon smuggling channel that Haihan asked to find out, and still hasn't been able to get a clear message.
It's not that Xu Yuxing's subordinates didn't work hard enough. After most of the trial, ten more people died during the execution.If it wasn't for Xu Yuxing's special exhortation, Shi Biao, who was already dying at this time, would have given his life to Jinfa.But among the captured group of people, only Shi Biao was considered a valuable insider, and there was really nothing he could find out from the rest of the population.
Xu Yuxing looked at Jin Ming, who was reviewing the confession transcript, and couldn't help but persuade him: "Master Jin, it's too late now, and it seems that it will be difficult to make any progress today, why don't I send a carriage to take you back first?" rest?"
Hearing this, Jin Ming raised his head and said, "There's no rush. In fact, if you carefully read the confessions of these people, you will still find some valuable information."
"Oh? Master Jin please advise!" Xu Yuxing naturally wanted to know whether the intelligence officer of Haihan could find new information from the statement he had already read.
Jin Ming said: "So far we have obtained more than [-] confessions. If we compare these confessions, the authenticity of some key information is relatively easy to determine."
"For example, their confessions all mentioned the origin of these muskets. The local Jinyiwei went to sea to complete the handover with another foreign Guangzhou Ship, and several people mentioned that the other party should not be a colleague, but more like a maritime merchant. This information is basically consistent with the information that our country has previously obtained.”
"With regard to the materials that were destroyed before we broke in, it can be basically confirmed from the confessions of these people that they included the account books of Jinfa and the records of goods in and out of the warehouse. This is very likely to involve the gang that traded weapons with Jinyiweijin. The transaction records of people. Although they destroyed the records here on the Jinfa, it does not mean that they did not leave traces elsewhere. I read every statement specifically. At that time, no cash was used to complete the transaction with the other party at sea. They did not trade other goods at a discount to the other party, but returned to Zhangzhou immediately after receiving these boxes."
When Jin Ming said this, he paused on purpose, wanting to test Xu Yuxing: "According to what we have so far, Jinfahao has received a lot of Spanish silver coins in past transactions, which means that they used to trade in cash, but In this arms transaction, the party that shipped the goods was not Jinfa, and they neither paid nor traded other goods to the other party, but it is obviously impossible for the other party to do charity and give these things to Jin Yiwei for free. The third young master believes that this account How is it settled?"
Xu Yuxing's reaction was also very fast, and his eyes lit up: "Master Jin, what you mean is that Jin Yiwei may feel that cash transactions are inconvenient, so he directly transferred the money to the other party through institutions such as Bank Bank?"
Jin Ming nodded in praise and said: "The third young master is indeed quick-witted, and that's exactly what I mean. Although these Jinyiwei destroyed the relevant transaction records of Jinfa, we may still find some clues in other places. From the bank Of course, taking the account is only a theoretical possibility, and maybe the two parties had unsettled accounts before, and this batch of weapons just happened to be used to pay off the account. But I think that if someone is sent to Huifeng to check this Jinfa There may be new discoveries about the relevant accounts of the account!"
"Master Jin is right, I will send someone to do it!" Xu Yuxing realized that this was indeed a direction of investigation that might lead to new clues, so Dang even called a capable man over and asked him to rush to the Huifeng immediately , investigate all accounts related to Jinfa.
Jin Ming added from the side: "The people of the Jinfa account need to be interrogated again to confirm whether they have any money transactions with other banks in addition to the Huifeng account."
This small hidden clue discovered by Jin Ming through the transcript of the confession did reflect the advantage of his rich investigation experience, which just made up for Xu Yuxing's deficiency in this respect.And Xu Yuxing's execution ability is also very strong, and he immediately began to pursue this clue that currently only exists in theory.
Jin Ming was actually very tired at this time, and now he was reading the confession under the oil lamp, feeling that the words on the paper were a bit blurred.However, he knew that the current investigation in Zhangzhou had made significant progress, and it was very likely that more clues would be unearthed. If he could find out the identity of the middleman, it would be a great achievement.
However, Xu Yuxing sent someone to check the accounts of Huifeng account in the middle of the night. Even if there was full cooperation there, it would not be possible to find out some tricks in a short time.Fortunately, there are quite a few rooms for people in Jinfa, and two quiet upper rooms have been cleared out, allowing Xu Yuxing and Jin Ming to lie down and rest for a while.
Although they could still hear the screams from the torture process from time to time, they fell asleep quickly because of their exhaustion.They were not woken up from their sleep until the latest news was sent back from the Huifeng when the sky was about to dawn, and they rushed to the study to check the statistics sent back.
The shopkeeper Qin of the Huifeng had already been specially approached for a conversation before, so even though he came unexpectedly in the middle of the night, the Huifeng still cooperated with him and brought several accountants over overnight. Check the related accounts of Jinfa for investigators.
At that time, the Huifeng account was found. One of the reasons was that Xu Yuxing wanted to investigate the exchange channels of bulk silver coins, and it did receive results. The investigation target of the Jinfa account was confirmed through the list provided by the shopkeeper Qin.But today's day really made Xu Yuxing dizzy. If it wasn't for Jin Ming's reminder, he would never have thought of reviewing the accounts of Jinfa through the bank again.
However, after a good night's sleep, Xu Yuxing's mind cleared up a lot, and he thought of more details about the settlement method.Regardless of the settlement method between the middleman and Jin Yiwei, since Jin Yiwei chose to use the Jinfa number as a cover to conduct transactions with the other party, and it has been confirmed that there is a large amount of money exchanged, the middleman is very likely to be with the Jinfa number on a daily basis. Merchants with business contacts must first have a basis for trade cooperation before they can develop to the level of weapon smuggling step by step.
Therefore, investigating the recipients of their money and money through the bank is not just the chance that Jin Ming said, but a very useful investigation method, and the possibility of obtaining information is far greater than Jin Ming's expectations.
The preliminary investigation results of a group of people working on the Huifeng ship for most of the night have all been copied and sent to Xu Yuxing.This investigation report includes two records. The first is the record of all the expenditures of the transfer of silver taels by the Jinfa number through the Huifeng number in the past year, and the second is the transfer of silver taels received by the Jinfa number from other people during the same period. Accounting records.Time, number, objects, all items are recorded in extremely detailed.
The items in the two records are the same, but the content is very different. There are not many accounts transferred to the Jinfa account, and the largest amount is only 200 taels of silver, which is obviously not a big deal.But there are quite a lot of expenditure accounts, and among them, the large expenditures of more than a thousand taels were carefully marked by the transcribers for easy inspection.
Xu Yuxing put the records on the desktop and checked them with Jin Ming. Both of them were very fast readers, and they quickly read through these accounts, and also found something worth noting.
"Jinfahao has exchanged a lot of silver coins through Huifenghao before. It can be seen that when the other party traded with Jinfahao in the past, they mostly used cash to buy goods, and Jinfahao's local operations in Zhangzhou are very low-key. The goods are sold openly, so there is no record of this entry."
Xu Yuxing first expressed his opinion on the difference in the content of the two records: "From the perspective of the expenditures of the Jinfa account, most of the targets are local merchants, the number is not large but the time is relatively concentrated. Compared with the Jinfa account exchange we had before The timing of the silver coins is just right, it is very similar to the Jinfa Hao who came forward to complete the purchase of various commodities locally, and then sold them to middlemen who used Spanish silver coins.”
"My thoughts are the same as those of the third young master." Jin Ming agreed with Xu Yuxing's reasoning: "Judging from these account records, Jinfa's business model is relatively simple, and what it earns is the oil and water at the price difference. However, since the other party It is a Han Chinese maritime merchant, and it is reasonable to say that it is possible to complete the purchase in the Zhangzhou area by itself, but it is necessary to use the Jinfa to do this, and the reason is worth studying."
"Either they have some unspeakable secrets and dare not show their face in Zhangzhou City, or they deliberately send money to Jinfa through this kind of transaction, so as to gain the trust of Jinyiwei, so that they can carry out subsequent weapons smuggling activities. Or There is a possibility that they need to use a relatively safe channel to exchange a large amount of silver coins in their hands into official silver that can be smoothly circulated in Daming territory, and then the Jinfa number will be directly transferred to the other party's account through the bank." Xu Yuxing said to this Three possibilities were immediately analyzed.
Jin Ming said: "It will naturally save a lot of trouble if the property under Jin Yiwei's name comes forward to exchange official silver, but they probably didn't expect that the bank where Jin Yiwei deposits silver would be so easily checked by us. Third young master, we can This judgment is to investigate the relevant merchants who have money transactions with Jinfa, and see if there is any one that only collects money from Jinfa, but has not sold anything to Jinfa.”
After the two analyzed and sorted out the situation, they suddenly felt that the situation that had reached a dead end became suddenly clear again.
According to the records obtained, the large amount of expenditures from the Jinfa account is actually not much, and the objects are even fewer. It is not difficult to conduct further investigations.
At this time, the sound of cock crowing came from outside the window. Xu Yuxing got up and pushed open the window. Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, he patted his stomach and said, "Suddenly I feel very hungry. Would Mr. Jin want to have breakfast together?"
Jin Ming responded with a smile: "I have exactly this intention."
Xu Yuxing called his subordinates, and after giving some instructions, he and Jin Ming left Jinfa.At this time, there is really no need for them to stare here anymore, hurry up and have breakfast to replenish your physical strength, and if possible, catch up on sleep for a while.Maybe there will be new news coming back soon after dawn. At that time, there may be a new round of arrest and interrogation. It is necessary to ensure a clear mind and plenty of energy.
Although they haven't verified their speculation so far, Jin Ming already has a faint feeling that he is getting closer to the truth of the matter and will soon be within reach.
(End of this chapter)