Zhong Xiuwen came to the study very early in the morning, and his horse-like face almost startled the blindfolded Xu Hanliang.
"I don't know about this either."
Xu Hanliang, who had just woken up, wiped his eyes.
Last night's thunderous explosion indeed covered the entire city of Changshu.
In terms of location, it should be on the side near the Qinchuan River.
As for the sound, it seems to be explosive.
Gunpowder during the Song Dynasty was already under development, and muskets and early grenades were already available.
However, in terms of power, there are still some things that are uncontrollable. It is a weapon that can cause unknown damage to the enemy and damage itself by three thousand.
The explosion yesterday was probably caused by gunpowder.
In Xu Hanliang's view, there were many alchemists in the Song Dynasty. Perhaps those alchemists accidentally exploded the furnace in a physical sense when they were refining elixirs.
At this moment, a fierce knock on the door suddenly started coming from the door.
Seeing this, the young mother quickly opened the door, and saw several servants pouring into the door.
"Xie Yuanlang, my county magistrate will let you go."
After several officers stood still, the leader, Xing Baotou, spoke.
"What's wrong?"
Xu Hanliang was puzzled.
"You don't know what happened last night?"
Mr. Xing was a little surprised.
"whats the matter?"
This is the second question I have asked myself today, how could Xu Hanliang know so much.
Mr. Xing frowned and then said: "The water transport case."
"Isn't that what happened two years ago? Why is it involved again?"
Xu Hanliang was a little puzzled.
After Xing Captou's description, Xu Hanliang realized that this water transport case was hugely different from the previous one.
Last night, those water transport ships were about to cross the Qinchuan River, but who knew that there were suddenly several explosions in the water.
Immediately afterwards, several small boats poured out, all of which were well-trained killers.
They actually intercepted those water transport ships. By the time the Xiang army arrived, the killers had already disappeared.
The millions of taels of silver on the water transport ship have also disappeared.
But after hearing these things, Xu Hanliang felt a little strange for the first time.
According to the calculation in this era, one pound is equal to sixteen taels, so one million taels of silver is equivalent to tens of thousands of jins.
Tens of thousands of kilograms of silver are just gone, unless all of those assassins are Chu Overlords and can carry the cauldron.
"Didn't you hunt down those robbers?"
Xu Hanliang then asked.
"Nowadays, heavy troops have been deployed at every pass and important road, and nothing has been discovered yet."
"That's why the county magistrate asked me to invite you. The chief police officer of Pingjiang Prefecture came to our place early in the morning and is investigating the case."
Xing Baotou didn't say much and introduced the matter from beginning to end.
After hearing these words, Xu Hanliang understood what happened.
Even if Caoyin was robbed here, the matter must have something to do with the county magistrate.
You must know that that is one million pieces of silver, which can be said to be the largest amount of water transportation this year.
If his whereabouts are really unknown, then Tokyo’s expenses for this year are unknown where they were obtained.
This news has not reached Tokyo yet, otherwise, people from the imperial court will come.
After hearing this, Xu Hanliang finally understood why the county magistrate was so anxious.
"Okay, take me to see it."
Although he didn't know the specific situation, Xu Hanliang decided to go and visit first.
After Xing Baotou nodded, he quickly brought Xu Hanliang to the county government office.
At this time, in the county government office, the water transportation officer who escorted Caoyin, the county magistrate, and the chief arrester of the state government were sitting together.
His expression was a little solemn, and he flipped through his hands to read the news that his subordinates had returned.
However, although there is a lot of information presented here, there are still only a few that are useful.
This major case involving one million taels of silver really made them feel overwhelmed.
This matter itself is within their scope of authority. If it is not resolved, the black hat on their heads will definitely be lost.
And if he is really implicated, it will at least be a crime of dereliction of duty, and he will probably go to Cangzhou to dig potatoes.
It didn't take long for Xu Hanliang to arrive at the county government office under the leadership of the government officials.
"This time I'm in trouble for you again. The main reason is that things are a little too difficult."
Jiang Wen looked helpless and looked at Xu Hanliang.
The water transportation officer and the chief catcher only glanced at Xu Hanliang and then looked away.
Regarding Jiang County Magistrate's invitation to Xu Hanliang, the water transportation officials thought it was a foolish move to seek medical treatment in a hurry.
Xu Hanliang was just a scholar. Although he was said to have written a book on punishment, he had never entered officialdom.
Even though he had the ability to solve two small cases, it was basically just talk on paper.
Can he check it? No, he doesn't have the ability.
Guanyin must have not left the city, and they were basically certain of this.
After all, the weight of the official silver is there, and there is no way to take it out of the city at once.
Even if they are taken out separately, it is still impossible.
This kind of official silver transported by water can generally only be used after it has been melted, otherwise it can be recognized at a glance.
It is even more impossible to melt millions of silver in a short period of time.
Therefore, Jiang Wen had already ordered the entire Changshu to be sealed off, and the inns were also sealed off.
For these millions of silver, even if the whole of Changshu is closed for a month, it will not hurt.
It's just that in this era it's easy to block traffic arteries, but I can't bear to have people go over the mountains.
"Lord Magistrate, can you tell me what happened yesterday again?"
Xu Hanliang thought for a moment and spoke again.
Compared to those government officials, Jiang Wenna was a true witness and watched what happened.
Jiang Wen nodded and then said.
Yesterday at Xu hour, Caoyin arrived in Changshu.
It was probably around Hai hour, when we passed a section of reed swamps, and then there was the sound of explosions.
Immediately afterwards, the bottom of the boat was blown through, and all the silver fell into the water.
Before the water transport soldiers could react, many assassins came to restrain them.
It took about two sticks of incense before the reinforcements from the Xiang army slowly arrived.
And let tidemakers who are good at water properties, as well as some officers and soldiers who are familiar with water properties, salvage the silver in the river.
But after entering the river, only a few thousand taels of silver ingots were found scattered.