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The mistress that Hua Cailiang kept in Mingyue Hutong owned two farms, thousands of acres of prime farmland, and more than a dozen profitable shops.
In addition to these, Xiao Mo also heard that Madam Yang found more than 300,000 taels of silver from the outer room.
It was just a concubine who helped Hua Cailiang hide so much money.
If Uncle Hua hadn't exposed it, all the money would have become the concubine's when he raided the Hua family.
But now, the Hua family is fighting among themselves, and all the family properties hidden in the cracks of the rocks have been dug out by their own people. Xiao Mo doesn't need to investigate it himself, they will help to put it on the table.
"Hua Cailiang is really amazing. They say a cunning rabbit has three burrows, so how come he has 10 or 20 burrows?"
Ye Jintang flipped through the account book in his hand and was completely surprised.
In addition to Ningchuan City, Hua Cailiang also purchased properties in other cities, and even had shops and houses in the capital.
It seems that he had thought of a way out for himself from the very beginning. If he or the Hua family encountered disaster one day, these properties hidden in the dark would be enough for the Hua family to make a comeback.
However, he had not anticipated that each member of the Hua family was as fierce as jackals and tigers. Just because the basement and storeroom of the Hua family were stolen, they panicked and immediately fought for the family property hidden in the dark.
"It's finally time to close the net. Jintang, what do you think we should do with the City Lord's Mansion in the future? We can't leave such a big and nice yard idle forever. That would be too much of a waste. How about we move in?"
"There are only two of us. Wouldn't it be too empty to live in such a big yard?"
"If you feel the palace is too empty, why don't we have a few more children? With more children, the palace will be more lively."
Ye Jintang rolled her eyes at Xiao Mo in annoyance. She didn't want to have a baby too early. There was nothing wrong with living in a world of two.
The Hua family had not been dealt with yet, and Xiao Mo and Ye Jintang were already discussing how to renovate the City Lord's Mansion.
"Your Highness, the concierge just reported that the people we sent out have returned."
"Oh, who is it? Hurry and bring that person to the study."
Xiao Mo stood up in surprise. After waiting for such a long time, he finally waited for the tax inspector to come back.
Soon a detailed tax record was placed on Xiao Mo's desk.
"I have fulfilled your trust. All the tax items and amounts of Yushan City have been recorded in the register. Please review it."
"well."
"Someone please give me a seat and serve me tea."
Xiao Mo opened the account book anxiously, read through it quickly, and handed the account book to Ye Jintang beside him.
"Did you receive my pigeon message?"
"I have received all of them. When I was checking the tax revenue of Yushan City, I paid special attention to the Hua family. They also have a lot of businesses in Yushan City, and the Hua family has a close relationship with the Lord of Yushan City. Song Meng learned many tax items from Hua Cailiang."
As he spoke, he handed Xiao Mo a document on the business dealings between Song Meng and Hua Cailiang.
Yushan City is much smaller than Ningchuan City. Although they are both cities, Yushan City is usually under the jurisdiction of Ningchuan City.
The accounts clearly record the trade transactions between the Song and Hua families.
One of the major items is actually human trafficking.
Hua Cailiang had connections, so Song Meng learned from him to keep and capture people and then sell them to Hua Cailiang.
"These two are really birds of a feather."
Xiao Mo looked through all the account books and had a general idea in his mind. When dealing with Hua Cailiang, he would also have to deal with all the minions in other cities as well.
“I don’t know what the situation will be like in other cities.”
"It's probably not much better than Yushan City. Otherwise, how could the Hua family have accumulated so much gold and silver?"
The entire Ningchuan Prefecture has become Hua Cailiang's tool for making money, and it is not easy to eradicate it completely.
Xiao Mo asked his men about some matters concerning Yushan City, and then asked them to go and rest first.
It takes five or six days to walk from Yushan City to Ningchuan City. The journey was freezing cold and the travelers were exhausted.
When there were only two people left in the study, Ye Jintang continued, "There is one more thing. If the prince wants to remove all of Hua Cailiang's minions at once, is there anyone suitable to be sent to other cities to manage all the official affairs in the city?"
There are only a few people with achievements around Xiao Mo, and he can't send them all out, so selecting talents is urgent.
"Well, we will deal with the Hua family before the New Year, and we will deal with the other cities after the New Year. I will take this opportunity to select talents, and I will send one of my own people over next year when I select one."
Ye Jintang nodded. Xiao Mo still had a very long way to go if he wanted to take control of the entire Ningchuan Province.
The first carriage came back, and in the following days many more carriages came back one after another.
This matter soon alarmed Hua Cailiang who was still recuperating from illness.
He asked someone to inquire about the news, but he only heard that they were Xiao Mo's former subordinates. He didn't know what they were sent out to do, and they have only recently returned to the city.
Hua Cailiang had a vague feeling that something was wrong, but he didn't have the energy to think about it at the moment. Those brainless relatives of the Hua family had been causing him a lot of trouble recently, so he had to settle the Hua family first.
Xiao Mo had more and more evidence of various kinds in his hands. He asked someone to organize all the evidence of Hua Cailiang's crimes and write them on white paper. It took five large sheets of white paper, each one meter long, to write down all the crimes committed by Hua Cailiang and his family.
Looking at the densely packed handwriting on the white paper, Xiao Mo felt mixed emotions.
Each of the above pieces of evidence was written with the blood of countless civilians.
Countless wronged souls have waited for many years, and finally the day came when someone would settle accounts with the Hua family.
"Shi Bin, when will the private soldiers you mobilized arrive?"
"Tomorrow afternoon."
"Okay, then we'll raid Hua's house tomorrow evening."
In order to be on the safe side, Xiao Mo not only had someone kidnap the general who held military power around Hua Cailiang in advance, but also specially mobilized his 10,000 private soldiers.
If the Hua family dares to resist, it will be a good opportunity for them to practice.
It snows every other day in Ningchuan City in winter. When you wake up in the morning, the sky is gray and looks like it is going to snow.
Ye Jintang knew that Xiao Mo was going to raid the Hua family today, so she didn't stay in bed. She got up early, washed up, and prepared to raid the Hua family with Xiao Mo.
"Jintang, just wait for my news in the palace. I'm afraid Hua Cailiang will do something extreme if he's desperate."
Hua Cailiang also has guards, and he can even mobilize thousands of city defense troops in the city. Although Xiao Mo has made all the preparations and has already put his generals under custody, no one knows whether Hua Cailiang has any backup plans.
If the two sides really fight, swords and knives have no mercy, and hurting Ye Jintang would be a loss.
"Your Majesty, you forgot that we still haven't found the real account book in Hua Cailiang's hands."
"It doesn't matter whether we can find it or not. The Hua family has so much evidence of their crimes, none of them can escape."
"It's better to find it out. Hua Cailiang made a lot of money from taxes, and the money he gave to Imperial Noble Consort Dehui will definitely be recorded in the account book. If we send the account book to the capital, I don't know what the emperor will think."