How many businessmen like Zhong Ronggui are doing business in many countries?
Too many to count!
Meng Wenhao, whom Xiao Lingyue had rescued in the bandit camp, was from a family of maritime merchants in the Eastern Qi Dynasty. His family had many caravans, and they traveled to various countries for trade all the year round.
Business families like Meng Wenhao exist in various countries and cannot be traced at all.
Zhong Ronggui's caravan is hidden among these private caravans, just like a leaf hidden in the woods. As long as they don't take the initiative to expose themselves, the gods will not be able to find them.
Theoretically, all business matters, including merchants, national finance, etc., are managed by the Household Department.
Even the national treasury is located in the household department, which is equivalent to a country's money bag.
Such an important place is usually managed by the emperor or the prince. Emperor Zhaoming had previously handed over the household department to the prince, so Zhan Beihan was not suitable to intervene.
For all these reasons.
The caravan led by Zhong Ronggui has always been in peace, acting in secret without being noticed at all.
And this time.
If it weren't for the assassination at Xiangguo Temple, the relationship between the Nanyan assassins and the Hulangshan bandit village would have been exposed, and even Zhan Beihan would have been personally investigated.
Later, due to the exposure of the bandit camp, a major case of iron ore smuggling was triggered, allowing Zhan Beihan to follow the clues and find the imperial mausoleum.
Zhong Ronggui’s caravan may still not be exposed!
In other words, it was not the caravan that was exposed, but the exposure of the bandit camp that affected the caravan, which led to Zhong Ronggui's arrest.
Xiao Lingyue couldn't help but feel frightened when she thought of this.
It’s really a circle within a circle!
No wonder the bandit village in Hulang Mountain was able to smuggle iron ore under the nose of the capital for five years, but no one ever discovered it.
All the checkpoints among them have been cleared long ago.
pity.
An overly precise calculation can ensure nothing goes wrong.
But precisely because of excessive precision, just like a precise gear, as long as there is a problem with one of the links, the entire layout will be completely messed up, making it easier for others to follow the clues and catch everything.
This is probably because there are gains and losses!
"...Sister-in-law?"
King Xiang's voice rang in his ears.
Xiao Lingyue came back to her senses and looked at him silently: "Your Highness, Prince Xiang, can you stop calling me that?"
It sounds weird.
"What do you call your younger siblings if you don't call them, Miss Xiao?"
King Xiang exaggeratedly said: "Spare me, my third brother will stare me to death if he finds out."
Xiao Lingyue: "...forget it."
She brought the topic back up: "I reached a deal with the leader of the caravan, Zhong Ronggui, and he handed over this small map. According to his explanation, the caravan and the delivery party each have one such small map.
Every transaction was made using a map to determine the location.”
King Xiang suddenly realized: "No wonder they only need to send a blank piece of paper! If it accidentally falls into the hands of outsiders, no one can guess the real delivery location without the same topographic map."
"That's right." Xiao Lingyue nodded.
The topographic maps in the hands of the caravans and delivery persons were scaled down based on the county government's topographic maps.
In duplicate.
Even if someone got the letter paper, it would be useless to compare it with the county government's big map.
Because the map sizes are different, the ink dots on the letter paper simply cannot correspond to the correct location, so naturally the real delivery point cannot be found.
"These people are really racking their brains to avoid being caught smuggling iron ore!"
King Xiang sneered and said: "Unfortunately, a wise man will always make mistakes. If you dare to do such a thing, you will have to pay the price sooner or later!"