Chapter 303: The Rich Zhang Family
Hearing this, everyone had different expressions.

Pang Tang, who had been silent all this time, stepped forward, bowed to Yang Zhengshan, and said, "Since General Yang has already submitted a petition, then this matter will wait for your majesty's decision. I just hope that General Yang will not resort to violence in the city!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "Master Pang, rest assured, I will not kill innocent people. As for the soldiers behind me, please guide them, they are all well-trained soldiers!"

Pang Tang was worried that Yang Zhengshan would start a massacre in the city and cause unrest. In that case, even if the Salt Transport Bureau's affairs had nothing to do with him, he would still be to blame.

After hearing Yang Zhengshan's assurance, Pang Tang nodded and bowed again, "I am busy with official duties, so I will leave now!"

After that, he turned and left.

Yang Zhengshan also saluted him in return.

Obviously, this matter should have nothing to do with Pang Tang, otherwise he would not have left so easily.

Leaving with Pang Tang were a group of officials from the provincial government and the prefectural government.

Of course, whether these people are involved is debatable, but they won’t show up now anyway.

Pang Tang left, and Dong Yanhe stepped forward, "Order all the soldiers of Liaoan Vanguard to return to the camp!"

The soldiers looked at each other, and many of them looked at Xu Huazhen in front of them.

Dong Yanhe said with a cold face: "Anyone who dares to disobey military orders will be punished according to military law!"

Xu Huazhen was sweating profusely. He was the commander of the Liaoan vanguard, but Dong Yanhe was the commander of Liaodong. The soldiers in front of him should obey Dong Yanhe's orders.

Among the Liaoan vanguard soldiers on the streets, many smart lower-level flag officers and soldiers had already secretly retreated.

What a joke, this is obviously not something they should be involved in.

They had no idea what Xu Huazhen had done. They didn't get even a penny of the money Xu Huazhen had embezzled. Moreover, the commander-in-chief had already given the order, so they didn't need to worry about it and could just obey.

Of course, Xu Huazhen also had many trusted confidants. These trusted confidants were filled with anxiety at this time. They only looked at Xu Huazhen in front of them and had no intention of caring about the soldiers leaving behind.

As many soldiers left, officials from other yamen also left quietly.

Now is not the time to join in the fun, mind your own business and leave quickly to avoid being implicated.

Seeing that most of the soldiers had left, Dong Yanhe clasped his fists and bowed to Yang Zhengshan, "General Yang, I'll invite you to have a drink some other day when I have time!"

"No problem!" Yang Zhengshan smiled.

Then Dong Yanhe left, ignoring Xu Huazhen who was still struggling.

Well, Censor Tang Bo has also left.

He was probably somewhat involved, but there was no point for him to stay here at this time, so he chose to slip away first.

Luo Fu took a deep breath, looked at Yang Zhengshan deeply, and turned to leave.

There was no point in staying here any longer. He should go back and think of a way to see if there was any chance of recovery.

However, he wanted to leave, but Yang Zhengshan didn't want him to leave.

"Lord Luo, don't leave in such a hurry!"

Yang Zhengshan shouted.

There was another noise outside the city gate, and the infantry behind finally arrived.

For more than a thousand soldiers, a forced march was a big test for them.

However, Yang Zhengshan was still very satisfied that they arrived on time.

"General Yang, is there anything else?" Luo Fu looked at Yang Zhengshan with a cold gaze.

Yang Zhengshan patted Hongyun's mane. Hongyun took small steps forward, and his pair of big, Caroline eyes seemed to be examining Luo Fu.

"You are the main culprit, you can't leave!"

"And you, haha, should be considered an accomplice!"

Yang Zhengshan first looked at Luo Fu, then at Xu Huazhen who was sweating profusely beside him.

"Take it!"

"You have no right to arrest me!" Luo Fu's face changed drastically and he said sternly.

"Please, it's already this late, what's the point of talking about power or not! This general has no right to lead troops to Liao'an Prefecture!" Yang Zhengshan said disdainfully.

Several followers immediately stepped forward. Xu Huazhen looked struggling and wanted to resist.

"Ok!"

Yang Zhengshan handed the spear to him and said, "Why, do you want to fight with me?"

It’s not that Yang Zhengshan looked down on Xu Huazhen. A commander of a garrison was no match for him.

If the commander of the garrison in the border town still had some strength, the garrison in Darong Mansion was in serious disrepair, and many of its officials were just filling in the gaps.

Xu Huazhen should not be considered a filler. If he didn't have some ability, Luo Fu would not value him.

But even if he has some strength, he is nothing in front of Yang Zhengshan.

Xu Huazhen looked at the gun tip right in front of him, his breath suddenly lost, his body collapsed a little, his face pale, and he allowed two followers to capture him. Two daggers stabbed fiercely into his scapula.

"Ah~~"

A shrill scream was heard, and Luo Fu's face turned pale.

Xu Huazhen didn't dare to resist, and he didn't dare to resist even more.

Although he knew that he was captured by Yang Zhengshan and would most likely face trial from the emperor and the court, he still did not have the courage to resist.

In terms of ability, he is worse than Xu Huazhen, but in terms of courage, he is probably not as good as Xu Huazhen.

As Xu Huazhen and Luo Fu were captured, the remaining Liaoan vanguard soldiers were also disarmed and captured one after another. The smart soldiers had already run away, and the rest were a little stupid, or perhaps they had a closer relationship with Xu Huazhen.

No matter what, Yang Zhengshan can't let them go and has to capture them first.

After everyone was captured, Yang Zhengshan drove his horse into the city.

"Song Dashan!"

"grown ups!"

"Replace the Liaoan vanguard, take over the city defense, station at the four city gates, and strictly check people entering and leaving. If there are any resistance, kill them on the spot!" "Order another team of people to go to the Salt Transport Bureau, seal up the Salt Transport Bureau's account office and warehouse, and detain all the officials of the Salt Transport Bureau!"

Yang Zhengshan gave the order.

The people from the Liaoan vanguard are definitely useless, and Yang Zhengshan must take over the city defense.

The Salt Transport Office must also be sealed off. The account books, deposits, etc. within the Salt Transport Office will all be evidence of Luo Fu's corruption, bribery, and pre-sale of salt permits. Of course, this also includes Luo Fu's mansion.

"And seal up Datong Pawnshop and all the Zhang family's businesses!"

Speaking of the Zhang family, Yang Zhengshan's expression became more serious.

The Zhang family was one of the richest families in Liaodong. Their businesses included money houses, pawnshops, salt, tea, grain, cloth, etc.

The Zhang family’s salt business must have been connected to Luo Fu, and the Zhang family’s pawnshop was where Luo Fu lent money.

However, in Yang Zhengshan's opinion, the most troublesome part of the Zhang family was not the pawnshop and salt business, but the money house.

Datong Money House is the largest money house in Liaodong area and also the money house that issues the most silver bills in Liaodong area.

The Yang family now has a lot of silver bills from Datong Money House.

After Yang Zhengshan came to this world, the first silver bills he came into contact with were also those from Datong Money House. At that time, Yang Zhengshan was still in Anning County.

In other words, Datong Money House's business covered almost all prefectures and counties in Liaodong area, and it was unknown how many silver bills it issued.

If something went wrong with Chase Bank, the consequences would be unimaginable.

In Yang Zhengshan's opinion, sealing off the Zhang family's house would be more troublesome than sealing off the Salt Transport Administration.

However, he had to seal off the Zhang family because all the dirty money that Luo Fu had embezzled and accepted bribes was in the Zhang family's hands.

Song Dashan didn't care about anything else. After hearing Yang Zhengshan's order, he immediately gave orders to the soldiers behind him.

It is easy to take over the city defense. The Dusi Yamen has retreated, Xu Huazhen has been captured, and the remaining soldiers of the Liaoan vanguard will definitely not occupy the city defense and refuse to let go.

Song Dashan led fifty cavalrymen with four hundred soldiers to take over the city defense, and then sent another fifty cavalrymen with three hundred soldiers to seal off the Salt Transport Bureau. Finally, he personally led the remaining soldiers to seal off the wealthy merchant Zhang's family.

Yang Zhengshan came to the Zheng family's mansion with his entourage.

At this time, the officers and soldiers in the Zheng family mansion had disappeared without a trace, and Zheng Xiao was standing in front of the gate looking around.

Seeing Yang Zhengshan coming, Zheng Xiao let out a long sigh.

"Master Yang, Master Yang, you are finally here!"

Zheng Xiao had a very frustrating life these past two days. A group of soldiers had imprisoned him and his family in the mansion. Xu Huazhen was even more despicable as he had the guts to kill the servants in his family.

This was the first time that Zheng Xiao encountered such a frustrating situation.

However, no matter how aggrieved Zheng Xiao felt before, he was very grateful to Yang Zhengshan when he saw him now.

Yang Zhengshan stepped forward, clasped his fists, and said, "Master Zheng, I am relieved to see that you are fine!"

"Master Yang, thank you so much!" Zheng Xiao grabbed Yang Zhengshan's arm and said sincerely.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "Let's go to the mansion to talk. This matter has yet to be concluded!"

Zheng Xiao came to his senses immediately after hearing this, "Yes, this matter has an end!"

"Master Yang, please!"

Afterwards, the two of them entered the Zheng family's mansion.

Zheng Xiao asked the servants to serve tea, fruits and snacks, and after a busy period, he sat down.

"Master Yang, what's the situation?"

At this time, his mind calmed down and he began to consider the situation at hand.

Yang Zhengshan took a sip of tea and asked, "Master Zheng, do you know which prince is behind Luo Fu?"

"Prince?"

Zheng Xiao was stunned, then frowned.

"Lord Yang said that everything Luo Fu did was instructed by a certain prince?"

He had no idea that there were other people behind Luo Fu. He had only been in Liao'an Prefecture for three months and had not yet sorted out the internal affairs of the Salt Transport Bureau, let alone the people and forces behind Luo Fu.

But he is also a smart man. When Yang Zhengshan mentioned it, he immediately thought that there must be other people supporting Luo Fu behind the scenes.

"I don't know, this is just my guess!" Yang Zhengshan shook his head slightly.

Zheng Xiao fell into deep thought while holding the tea. After a long while, he said, "Based on the current situation, the Crown Prince, the Third Prince, the Fifth Prince, and the Sixth Prince are all possible!"

Yang Zhengshan frowned slightly, but did not dwell on the matter any further, because it involved the prince's issue, which was not something he could get involved in right now.

"Then how much do you know about the Zhang family?"

Zheng Xiao thought for a moment and said, "The Zhang family has many businesses, covering all walks of life throughout the Liaodong region, and there are countless officials and dignitaries who are on good terms with the Zhang family."

"For Luo Fu to be able to achieve what he has today, the Zhang family must have contributed a lot!"

"As for the rest, I don't know much! After all, I've only been in Liaodong for three months!"

Yang Zhengshan took a sip of tea and said, "It seems that the biggest trouble is not Luo Fu, but the Zhang family!"

"Yeah!" Zheng Xiao nodded in agreement.

Among the four classes of people, merchants have the lowest status. However, when their wealth reaches a terrifying scale, the energy they unleash is absolutely terrifying.

Money can make ghosts push the mill. Yang Zhengshan doesn’t know whether ghosts can push the mill, but he knows that money can make officials, the powerful and the martial artists push the mill.

Thinking of the martial artists in the martial arts world, a cold light flashed in Yang Zhengshan's eyes.

"I'll go to Zhang's house first!"

After saying that, he stood up and walked quickly towards the door.

"Lord Yang!" Zheng Xiao was stunned and quickly got up and followed him.

(End of this chapter)