Shopkeeper Shen said that although this kind of silver has existed since ancient times, there are few ingots on the market, and it is mostly used for jewelry heads, which is quite rare.

"This silver is slightly lighter than silver, but the treasure is better and not easy to turn black. Some wealthy families cast small turfs to enjoy." said Shopkeeper Shen, "If you say you are casting such a large ingot, it is the first time you see the small one."

"Is this fake silver?" Li Ziyu saw him wandering around and talked for a long time but didn't tell the truth or the fake, so she asked directly.

"I dare not say that," said the shopkeeper Shen, "Zhuti silver has been there since the Han Dynasty and has been circulated throughout the years. Even in this Guangzhou market, the price of Zhuti silver jewelry is higher than that of silver jewelry."

Li Ziyu returned to the municipal bureau with this information. Wu Xiang heard that this was "not silver". He immediately took Li Ziyu to take all the gold and silver collected from Widow Wang's house, as well as pieces of ingots and jewelry, to Jufenghao for inspection. The result was that except for the five ingots of silver and a few pieces of jewelry that were Zhuti silver, the others were silver and gold of different quality.

"These silver and jewelry are definitely not from this poor widow, they must be left by the dead or suspected murderer," said Li Zhenguo.

"If it is a suspect, I think he is likely to take Zhu Tiyin away. After all, this is not a common thing, and staying behind may be the root of the disaster. I think the silver is likely to be the deceased. The suspect thinks it is just ordinary silver." Li Ziyu expressed his opinion cautiously.

Overall, it seems that the possibility of being a dead person is very high. According to the manager Shen, although Zhu Tiyin is not rare in Guangzhou, it is not everywhere. It is mostly in the form of jewelry. Now the deceased actually brings fifty taels of Zhu Tiyin at once, which makes people connect the deceased with the Yunnan-Guizhou area.

Wu Xiang remembered several issues that the Mu Bureau had recently mentioned at the meeting of naturalized civil cadres, especially the recent issuance of new currency, and everyone should pay close attention to the abnormalities in the financial and economic aspects of the market - Zhuti Yinyin Yining is definitely a question.

He immediately decided to report the situation to Mu Min first. At the same time, he took the following series of measures: issue notices to various police stations and public security checkpoints across the city to find out whether there is a head in the jurisdiction; publish a revelation of the corpse recognition in the "Yangcheng Express" - although the corpse has no head, he still hopes that the family of the deceased can confirm the identity of the corpse through physical characteristics descriptions. Finally, he continues to investigate the evidence and clues found.

The investigation work must have fallen on Li Ziyu and Zhao Gui again. This time, their task is to investigate the victim's clothes.

There is really a lot of evidence of clothing found on the scene. There are seven or eight pieces of men's trousers, jackets, short shirts, and unburned fragments of clothing and soles taken out of the furnace. After comparison, the size is the same as the headless corpse, and it should be the victim's clothing.

Although there are clothes, things are not necessarily simple. Guangzhou is a commercial port and a regional political center. There are many officials, gentry and businessmen, and "department stores gather". Not only are there a wide variety of silk and satin cloth produced in this province, but there are also textiles from all over the country, even Europe, Southeast Asia, and Japan. There are probably thousands of types of patterns, textures, weaving methods... There are probably thousands of types together. Although there is a yarn and satin association, industry associations such as Jibei Office can ask, but the workload is still too large - not to mention that the store buys, the office guild may not be clear. Maybe it has to ask one by one. Even if you ask which store's goods are from, the clerk may not remember who the material is sold to. Moreover, if the material becomes clothes, it has to be done by the tailor's hand. There is a twists and turns in this, and any link may be broken due to the forgetting of the parties involved.

Li Ziyu thought about it over and over again and decided to start with the two remaining soles.

There are much fewer shoes shops than those selling satin fabrics. It is much easier to check. Li Ziyu immediately went to a famous local shoe shop and asked the shopkeeper to give him a look. What kind of shoes are the soles of the shoes, and where might they be sold.

The shopkeeper got the two burnt soles, looked at them, and said, "This is not the product of the small shop."

"Which company is from? Can the shopkeeper see?"

"No one is from any house. This is done by the woman at home himself." The shopkeeper said, "Please look. The soles and uppers of the shoe are not the method of the store."

Li Ziyu was disappointed and secretly scolded herself for being confused: she didn't wear shoes in the store, and most of them still made shoes by themselves - he used to wear shoes that he made in the past.

"...But the sole of this shoe has a font size." said the shopkeeper.

"Oh, which one?"

In the Middle Ages, there were not many people wearing shoes. Most poor people did not wear shoes. Even if they were wearing shoes, they were made by themselves, either straw sandals or cloth shoes. Traditional women's red craftsmanship, making shoes is a basic skill. Most of the shoes in the shoe shop are purchased by the rich and leisure class. However, the truly sophisticated families also regard their own women's family members and servants making shoes, and rarely care about the shoe shop.

However, whether it is a shoe shop or a wealthy family, the soles are mostly purchased from outside - making soles is a hard job.

The soles are exclusive to the business, commonly known as "breasted ones". The shopkeeper hired poor women and sent them to strips of cloth and paste, which were made at their own homes and paid by pieces.

This means using strips of cloth to bond together layer by layer with paste, and then dry them with soldering iron into thin cloth plates similar to cardboard. Then cut the strips into pieces of soles, then wrap the soles with new cotton strips, and finally glue the multiple layers of soles together with paste to dry. This is the finished product that can be sold.

"I can tell at a glance that the sole of this shoe is the product of Lao Hou's family outside Xiaonanmen. His shoe is made of linen in the rag head. The sole material is only six or seven layers. The key is straw pulp mixed with earthen paper in the paste. If it is not peeled, it will be hard and thick. If it is peeled, it can even be seen with straw stems - it is really a good product. Large shoe shops are generally not used, and they are mostly sold to small shoe shops and vendors who do rural business, and they also sell a lot of their own retail."

Li Ziyu took Zhao Gui to find Lao Hou's family outside Xiaonan Gate. Lao Hou recognized it as his own product at a glance. As for where he went, he couldn't say it. He had to sell this kind of soles to various shoe stores in a month. Vendors wholesale thousands of pairs, and even hundreds of pairs of them on the store. Even if the share of the shoe store that does not sell soles is removed, the remaining figures are still considerable. Where can the vendors and the servants remember who bought it?

Moreover, judging from the wear of the sole, the shoe has been made for more than half a year, and a lot of the twine on the sole has been broken, and holes have been worn out in some parts of the sole.

This is equivalent to saying nothing. Li Ziyu was disappointed and was about to say goodbye. A shop suddenly interrupted and said, "Isn't this the batch of soles sold to Changyu?"

After the shopkeeper said this, Lao Hou also remembered that this was indeed the sole he sold to Changyu.

Why do both the shopkeeper and the boss remember? Because the quality of this batch of soles is particularly poor. The price given by Changyu is so low that ordinary squeezing workshops are unwilling to take it. In the end, Lao Hou took it, but it was said that it would not contain the quality. Therefore, the material used in this batch of soles is very much straw slurry, and the cloth squeezing is only covered with five layers.

As for why Changyu ordered such a batch of inferior woven soles, Lao Hou knew nothing. Anyway, he and Changyu were both paid and sold, and it was over. But what he could be sure was that all the soles were sold to Changyu and there were no other customers.

Li Ziyu got this important clue and asked Changyu's address. He quickly took Zhao Gui to Changyu to learn about the situation.

Changyu's store is in a remote street near the small north gate. It is a small shoe shop with a door-sided door. The visit of Li Ziyu and Zhao Gui suddenly caused a commotion in the shoe shop. The shopkeeper quickly came out and nodded and bowed. After hearing them ask about the inferior buns of bad robes in the shopkeeper Hou, the shopkeeper's face was not good-looking, and he bowed to tea and took out a red envelope. Li Ziyu finally explained to him that he was here to investigate the case, regardless of whether his shoes were good or bad.

"Did you make these shoes here?" Li Ziyu showed off her two burnt soles.

The shopkeeper took it over, looked at it and said that it was indeed his family's goods. In addition to the soles of the shoes that were purchased from the Hou family, the twine used for soles of the shoes was his family.

Li Ziyu remembered what the shoe shop owner said and asked, "It is said that this shoe sole is not what the shop guy does..."

Changyu's shopkeeper nodded and said, "It's not what my guy did. My shoe shop is small and it's all outsourced to others."

Changyu is a small shop with poor strength. He has only two partners except the shopkeeper. His business volume is very small and unstable. Therefore, the business model is to make soles, uppers, and twine, and to be sent out for processing to poor women. It is paid on a double basis.

As for why he had to order such a batch of inferior woven soles from Manager Hou, the manager said with shame: "It's because the customer's price is too low, and the shop really wants to do this business, so he came up with this bad strategy."

It turned out that half a year ago, a customer ordered five hundred pairs of cloth shoes from him, saying that it was a reward for the client. However, the price was very low, only half of the price of ordinary shoes.

"...... Just this price, there will be a commission of 95," the shopkeeper said with a wry smile. "You have to follow the ordinary method and have to pay for money to do it. But it is rare for a small shop to have such a big deal. If you are confused for a moment and be confused about money, you... will agree."

Since it is so cheap and to make money, he can only rely on counterfeit and shoddy products. Fortunately, the other party also said that as long as you wear it for ten days and half a month, the transaction will be completed. Naturally, he tried his best to figure out a way to cut corners.

"Since the store has been opened, although it is not a time-honored brand, it is the first time I have made such shoes. I am really ashamed."
Chapter completed!