Wu Tianshi said that her husband Wu Deng had made a big mistake, but Lu Junbi, the nominal boss, was completely unaware of this.
In the eyes of others, Lu Xiucai might have neglected his duty, but Official Lin did not show any displeasure.
Lin Daguan was not surprised at all by Lu Junbi's unexplained reaction.
Yangzhou Lin's Salt Industry has just been in trial operation for half a year, so it can be said that it is still an immature group.
In the division of labor of the shopkeeper, Lu Junbi is responsible for upper-level affairs and public relations, as well as general accounts, and his main scope of activities is Yangzhou City;
The Wu couple are responsible for specific matters such as salt distribution and salt batching, and their main work locations are at the production, verification, and transportation sites such as salt farms and salt laboratories.
Lin Daguan's arrangement naturally meant that the two sides could check and balance each other.
Under normal circumstances, Lu Junbi shouldn't be so aware of what wrong things Wu Deng, an old gangster, did behind his back.
If Wu Deng made any mistake outside, Lu Junbi in Yangzhou City would know it immediately, which would make Lin Daguan worried.
And if Lu Junbi helps Wu Tianshi speak for him, that will be even more worrying.
Therefore, the questioning of Lu Junbi was actually a kind of test by Lin Daguan to his subordinates, but no one realized that it was just a test.
As the leader who controls a complex and huge society, Lin Daguan faces all his subordinates and may be tempted at any time. Every word may be a test.
At least this time, Lu Junbi and Lu Xiucai passed the test unintentionally.
Therefore, Official Lin no longer "embarrassed" Lu Junbi, looked at Wu Tianshi again, and said:
"Even Lu Sheng doesn't know. What kind of mistake could it be that deserves you to take it so seriously?"
Wu Tianshi replied: "I hope the high-ranking officials will retreat to prevent the news from leaking out."
Lin Daguan smiled and said: "Those who can stand here are all people I can trust. And everyone is more trustworthy than you, so what else do you have to worry about?"
When the guardians Zhang Wen, Zhang Wu and Lu Junbi heard this, they laughed together "hehehehe".
They even began to speculate that Wu Tianshi asked to exclude others in order to be alone with him.
Wu Tianshi felt bitter in her heart, but she had already said what she had said before, so she had to say it now.
"In the past few months, Wu Deng, a poor man, has used the guise of the 7,000 jins of salt from the high official Renqi to secretly sell 600,000 jins of salt."
Everyone present was shocked when they heard this number, including Mr. Lin himself.
At present, among the one or two hundred salt merchants in Yangzhou City, the dozen or so salt merchants with the largest business scale, excluding normal salt, mostly produce around 2 to 4 million jins of salt every year.
And this Wu Deng bought 600,000 kilograms of private salt for himself in a few months, which was equivalent to one-quarter to one-fifth of the annual surplus salt of the first-line salt merchants!
This number was quite large, enough to shock everyone present.
People who originally thought Wu Tianshi was being pretentious or suspected that Wu Tianshi was making a fuss out of a molehill now understand.
Lu Junbi immediately became angry. He was the boss of Lin's Salt Industry, but he didn't know anything about such a big thing!
Since Lin's Salt Industry "rented" 7,000 salts and started trial operation in March, it has only wholesaled a total of 1.4 million kilograms of residual salt from the main salt belt!
And this Wu Deng, as the second shopkeeper, dared to do 600,000 kilograms of private work under the banner of Lin's Salt Industry!
Thinking of this, Lu Junbi couldn't restrain his anger and shouted at Wu Tian: "How dare you betray your master and seek profit for yourself, pretending to be a public servant for personal gain!"
Although the Zhang family brothers who were guardians of the left and right were not involved in the salt industry affairs in the association, they also shouted angrily at this time:
"Wu Deng dares to seek personal gain under the guise of sitting in the palace. He deserves to die! Don't be lenient to sitting in the palace!"
Wu Tianshi, who had exposed her husband's crime, remained silent and bowed her head in silence.
After the Zhang brothers finished scolding, they took the initiative to invite Ying and said: "As long as we sit down and give the order, my brother will lead people to arrest Wu Deng!"
Bang! Amidst the commotion of his men, Officer Lin suddenly slapped the table next to him heavily!
Everyone's voices suddenly stopped, and only the serious lectures of Official Lin were left in the room:
"The principles of human ethics are the foundation of life, and it is also the law of nature and human heart for a husband to guide his wife! Therefore, the government generally does not allow wives to sue their husbands, just like they do not allow sons to sue their fathers.
Mr. Wu Tian, although your case for reporting your husband is excusable, it goes against the laws of nature!"
Everyone: "."
Suzhou is considered to be the most open place today. You, Lin Daguan, come from a distinguished family and do not stick to trivial matters. How can you be more conservative than an old scholar?
I also heard Lin Daguan say loudly and resoundingly: "I would rather not accept the unjust accusation of violating the rules and destroying the ethics, even if my personal interests are harmed. This is self-denial and restoration of etiquette!"
Now even Wu Tianshi's defenses were broken. Is there a serious illness in Lin Tailai's mind?
You took huge risks and faced moral pressure to report your husband, and this is what you got?
Before Wu Tian could say anything else, Lin Daguan waved his sleeves and said, "Please step back. From now on, you must abide by women's ethics!"
This was not the result she wanted! Wu Tian stood up and walked out of the room in a daze.
After Wu Tianshi left, Lu Junbi hurriedly asked: "Wu Tianshi's accusations must be true, because once you check, you can see that they can't deceive anyone at all, so why are you ignoring them?"
Lin Tailai asked: "What do you think is the key point of this matter?"
Lu Junbi said doubtfully: "What else is the point? Isn't the point that Wu Deng secretly trafficked 600,000 kilograms of salt?"
Lin Daguan said unceremoniously: "You can have some snacks, Mr. Lu! Why is this the point? Am I someone who values 600,000 kilograms of salt?"
Protector Zhang Wen on the left was still thinking hard, but Protector Zhang Wu on the right suddenly realized it!
"The key point is Wu Tian herself. She is showing her favor to Zuo Guan again. She even wants to report her husband. The purpose is to get Zuo Guan to accept her!"
Lin Tailai: "."
Have you, Zhang Wu, watched too much "Jin Ping Mei" and have to think about everything in three ways?
The normal interactions between men and women were ruined by common people like you!
Afraid that his younger brother would be beaten, Zuo Dharma Protector Zhang Wen quickly asked in a flattering manner: "We really don't know, but we would like to sit down and give you some advice."
Lin Tailai withdrew his unkind look at Zhang Wu and explained:
“Selling salt in large quantities is a highly professional matter. From collecting salt to transporting salt, batch inspection, sales, etc., there are many links in the whole process, and each link is a checkpoint.
In just a few months, it was an extremely difficult task to secretly go through all the links and traffic 600,000 kilograms of salt by borrowing our salt and hiding it from us. Where did Wu Deng come from?"
Lu Junbi said: "Wu Deng has been helping the Zheng family with things before, so he must have accumulated a lot of experience and connections.
It doesn’t seem very strange if we use all our previous connections to open up the joints of 600,000 kilograms of salt.”
Lin Tailai shook his head and said: "Those experiences and connections actually belong to the Zheng family, not Wu Deng.
Now that Wu Deng has left the Zheng family system, it is good that he will not be retaliated against. How can he still use his original connections?
So someone must be helping Wu Deng secretly, so that Wu Deng can still traffic 600,000 kilograms of salt in a few months without telling us!
Who is helping Wu Deng and what is the purpose? This is the focus of the matter!"
Several subordinates looked at each other, but they couldn't help but accept it. Their ability to grasp the key points while sitting in the hall was not very strong.
After Lu Junbi digested what Lin Daguan said, he questioned again: "Maybe they just want to use Wu Deng to smuggle salt. They have no other purpose except making money, but their greed has suddenly become big."
Official Lin's face gradually darkened, and he sneered: "First of all, they already have such strong strength, they can just find anyone of their own, why do they still want to find Wu Deng, the shopkeeper of someone else's house?
Second, if it was normal cooperative smuggling, why didn't Wu Deng report it? Why didn't he dare to let me know, but instead hid it from the entire society?
So I dare to conclude that someone is plotting against me, deliberately helping Wu Deng smuggle a large amount of money, and secretly collecting evidence!
Then wait for the opportunity to implicate me from Wu Deng and impeach me for trafficking in a large amount of illegal salt! If there is any evidence, one bomb will be accurate!"
Upon hearing Lin Daguanren's final conclusion, his subordinates once again felt deep admiration.
It's amazing how you can find the truth out of thin air without any evidence, just relying on a few words and pure logical reasoning.
The right protector Zhang Wu suddenly became furious, "I just took care of the governor and the inspector, who else in Yangzhou is so indifferent now?"
Lin Tailai said soberly: "It doesn't matter if the soldiers in the iron-clad camp have taken care of the governor and governor, sooner or later new governors and governors will come.
Officials are all transient, and only the interests surrounding the salt industry are eternal.
As long as there is this benefit, there will be no shortage of calculations."
After Zhang Wu was stunned for a moment, he said unconvinced: "Is it possible that all the previous efforts to deal with the governor and the governor were in vain?"
Lin Tailai replied: "It's not in vain. Temporarily suppressing two hostile officials is still of great benefit.
It can avoid fighting on multiple fronts in all directions, eliminate the huge interference from the government, and focus more on grabbing the interests of the salt industry.
In other words, temporarily create a good development environment for Lin's Salt Industry."
Later, Officer Lin comforted everyone and said: "You don't have to be too angry, I am worried that I can't find an excuse to continue plundering!
So maybe it’s a good thing that someone is plotting against us, and the fruit they bite back will be even richer!
It doesn’t matter whether the person who arranged for Wu Deng is the Salt Transportation Department, the Salt Patrol Censor, some salt merchants, or even a joint operation by vested interests!
This place is different from Taihu Lake. The bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish! I wish my people were higher up!"
At this time, Lu Junbi raised a possibility: "Could it be Governor Yang?
After all, we had a feud a few months ago, and he had every motive to plan it out in the past few months."
Official Lin frowned and said: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! It can't be him who has been defeated! Otherwise, there is no point in fighting back!
If you want to make it official, it must be the Salt Transport Department or the Salt Patrol Censor!"