Author: Zero Romance

Chapter 3159

At the same time, outside a private house not far from Xingxianfang, an inconspicuous carriage quietly stopped at the gate.

After a moment, the door of the mansion opened half of the door silently. Then the curtain on the carriage was lifted, and a black shadow swooped out of the car and rushed into the door without stopping.

The gate then closed and the carriage immediately started to leave as if nothing had happened.

On the lantern swinging slightly under the eaves of the door, two conspicuous large characters indicate the ownership of this private residence - Wangfu.

This palace is not that palace, and the owner of this private residence is not the vassal prince or prince conferred by the Ming Dynasty, but the former general magistrate of Hangzhou, Wang Yuanwang.

In the officialdom of Hangzhou during the Ming Dynasty, Wang Yuan could be regarded as an anomaly. Other officials in the same position generally stayed for at most two or three terms. Even if they were not promoted, they would probably be adjusted.

But Wang Yuan actually never moved up and down. He stayed in the post of Hangzhou Tongpan for more than 20 years. It was not until Haihan took over Hangzhou that he resigned along with several other senior officials of the Hangzhou government office.

Usually a position that has been held for such a long time without promotion is either due to mediocre abilities and insufficient merit for promotion, or insufficient background and connections, making it difficult to compete with others at critical moments.

However, Wang Yuan's stagnation in the officialdom does not fall into these two situations. Wang Yuan is not only good at work, but also has quite strong connections, because the forces behind him were those entrenched in Ningbo and Zhoushan at that time.

The Haihan people in the area.

The cooperation between Wang Yuan and the Haihan people can be traced back to twenty years ago.

After several officials suddenly disappeared in Hangzhou, few thorns in the Zhejiang officialdom dared to openly oppose Haihan. However, some officials wisely chose to accept Haihan's "kindness" and began to work openly and openly.

Secretly, he provided various conveniences to Haihan, including Wang Yuan, the general magistrate of Hangzhou.

The general judge of the sixth grade is not a big figure in Zhejiang official circles. However, Wang Yuan is in charge of Jianghai defense in Hangzhou and can be regarded as an official with real power. This is of great use to Haihan who is eager to open up the market in Zhejiang.

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At that time, Haihan's trading activities in Zhejiang were only semi-open. Many goods produced in Haihan were either embargoed by the Ming Dynasty or had to pay high tariffs, so smuggling became Haihan's way of importing goods to Zhejiang.

One of the main ways.

Wang Yuan used his power to issue inspection-free pass documents for Haihan merchants, which saved a lot of unnecessary trouble. Of course, he also relied on this operation to earn considerable gray income for himself.

Wang Yuan was not without opportunities for promotion later on, but Shi Diwen hoped that he could stay in his original position. After all, the cooperation between the two parties had passed the test of time and the process had been very smooth. If a new person were to take over Wang Yuan's position, not only would it be necessary to re-adjust, but also the process would be very smooth.

I may not be able to cooperate with Haihan without reservation like him.

Wang Yuan later figured out that he had no backing in the court. Even if he could be promoted, most of the fellow magistrates who were promoted to the fifth rank would be gone, and he would probably not even be able to touch the prefect of the fourth rank. And maybe after promotion, he would

They will be transferred out of Hangzhou and arranged to work in other state capitals.

Instead of doing this, it is better to guard the ready-made cornucopia and work for Haihan with peace of mind.

Later, Wang Yuan simply became one of the intermediaries between Zhejiang Sansi Yamen, Hangzhou Fuyamen and Haihan. Later, Haihan came to Hangzhou, and several senior officials of Sansi Yamen set up an underground casino before leaving.

In order to make money, it was Wang Yuan who came forward to communicate with Haihan, so that this business could be preserved.

However, the good times did not last long. The casino was suddenly closed down by the government not long ago. Although the charges were not made public, Wang Yuan was notified because the casino allowed officials to gamble, which caused other problems.

The closure of the casino had limited impact on Wang Yuan, but if something like this happened, he could not explain it to the other major shareholders. Although those shareholders had resigned and left Hangzhou, Wang Yuan still needed to rely on their relationships to replace him.

Haihan clears the trade channels, otherwise he will have no value to Haihan.

And the person who came to the door in the dark today was the culprit behind this incident.

In the study, Wang Yuan didn't have a good face when facing this uninvited guest: "Zhu Zhongyun, do you know how much trouble you caused last time when you brought that officer to the casino? That man turned around and sold us out.

, and then someone from the Haihan government came and sealed the casino directly!"

"Do you know how much investment and how many connections were used to open this casino?"

"Do you know how much money we will lose if the casino is closed for one day?"

Wang Yuan had been holding back his anger for the past few days, and now it came out all at once. He really didn't understand why the Ming Dynasty would send such a troublemaker here to disrupt the good casino business.

The middle-aged man sitting opposite Wang Yuan was the businessman surnamed Zhu who the Haihan Security Department was fully pursuing. Gong Shiqi and others could not have imagined that the target they were tracking was hiding so close to Hangzhou City.

But in the face of Wang Yuan's rebuke, Zhu Zhongyun seemed calm and responded softly: "It's just a casino. Even if it disappears, this loss is not a big deal. Mr. Wang, as far as I know, if you do this

The capital of the casino was not paid by you, right?"

When this casino was originally opened, the capital was provided by the adults of the Sansi Yamen. Wang Yuan was responsible for coordinating the relationship, which was equivalent to taking dry shares. However, the inside story was obviously not accessible to ordinary people.

Wang Yuan avoided answering the question and snorted coldly: "You've obviously left, why did you come back? Now that the casinos are gone, what's the point of sneaking back to Hangzhou?"

Zhu Zhongyun said: "Of course I sneaked back to Hangzhou to complete my unfinished mission. As for the casino, since it can't play its due role, then it's gone. The mission I want to perform is more important than that casino.

too much!"

Wang Yuan said suspiciously: "Didn't you come to Hangzhou just to find out information about Haihan? Is it possible that you have other missions?"

Zhu Zhongyun still responded calmly: "Master Wang, just do your job well. If you shouldn't ask about things, it's best not to ask about them, so as not to get into trouble!"

When Wang Yuan heard his tone, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

After leaving office, he stayed in Hangzhou and managed the underground casino for those adults. He also knew that in addition to making money, this business also performed some functions of gathering intelligence.

However, this seems normal to Wang Yuan. He can send the Haihan people secretly to the areas ruled by the Ming Dynasty. Of course, he can also arrange for the Ming Dynasty's spies to collect intelligence on the Haihan people in Hangzhou. Both sides can do their own thing without interfering with each other.

It's just that Zhu Zhongyun's behavior is different from those who came to Hangzhou for business before. Not only did he want to use the casino as a place to lure Haihan officials into trouble, but he also didn't care about the consequences. Obviously, apart from collecting intelligence

, he has other goals.
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