At the top of Nancheng, Chen Qing and several counselors looked at the Taoist temple in the distance. A long black line appeared on the official road more than ten miles away.
"Coming! Coming!" the soldiers shouted, and a cavalry team rushed out of the city to meet him.
This is the transport team consisting of 10,000 camels and 5,000 carts. It is the first batch of goods coming from the Shangluo County transit warehouse. This batch of goods is mainly composed of kapok, tea cakes and sucrose, all of which come from Quanzhou.
One hundred huge sea ships were transported, sailing through the open sea and the Yangtze River, and finally arrived at Xiangyang Prefecture.
However, the transfer warehouse in Xiangyang had not yet been built, so they were unloaded at the old wharf, placed in temporary warehouses, and then transported to Shangluo County by Qianshi cargo ships via the Han River and Dan River.
At present, the warehouse in Shangluo County has not been built yet, but like Xiangyang, it uses warehouse tents, that is, huge tents, surrounded by fences, and soldiers stand guard. In fact, it is no different from the warehouse.
But warehouses still need to be built. Tents can easily be destroyed and set on fire, and a large group of tents can easily be burned down with a rocket.
Not long after, a huge team came to Jingzhao City, but they did not enter the city, but continued along the outer official road to the warehouse group in the north of the city.
At this time, Chen Qing and his counselors also arrived outside the city, and Lu Jinwen, the chief steward of the transportation of goods, quickly stepped forward to report.
Chen Qing smiled and asked: "How was it? How long did it take along the way?"
This is what everyone is most concerned about. The biggest reason for the caravan to take the Shangluo Road is to avoid the Shu Road. Although you have to climb the Zhongnan Mountain from Shangzhou to Guanzhong, it belongs to the tail of the Zhongnan Mountain. The canyon is wide and flat, so it is easier to walk.
Much more.
Lu Jinwen has been responsible for transporting goods from Chengdu to Guanzhong. He has been traveling on the Shu road for several years. He has the most say. He can't hold back his inner excitement. He quickly bowed and said: "Reporting to Your Highness, from Shangluo to Jingzhao, today
It’s the fifth day. In fact, we’ve walked for four full days. It’s much shorter than taking the Shu Road for more than a month, and the road is much easier to walk on, so big cars can go directly.”
"How many trips will it take you to transport the goods for two hundred ships?"
"About three trips will be enough."
"Can three trips be enough?" Chen Qing was a little unconvinced.
"Reporting to Your Highness, the main reason is that the carts can carry goods. A cart can carry twenty stones of grain, which is equivalent to the transportation capacity of five camels. These five thousand carts have played a huge role. This trip carried nearly
40% of the goods are shipped, so I said it can be shipped in three trips."
"What if it comes from Bashu? How many trips does it take?"
"With 30,000 camels, it takes about five trips."
Chen Qing happily turned around and said to Jiang Yanxian: "It seems that choosing Shangluo Road is very wise!"
Jiang Yanxian also smiled and said: "This is also the biggest gain this year. We have established a very smooth material transportation route and made full use of water transportation, so the cost is the lowest."
Next to him, Zhang Miao was a little worried and said: "I heard that the imperial court has established a navy in Zhenjiang Prefecture. Will it intercept our cargo ships on the Yangtze River in the future?"
Chen Qing shook his head, "I never consider this issue. I will use facts to prove that any action taken by the court against us will come at a heavy price and will definitely make them regret it."
At this time, a soldier galloped over on horseback and whispered a few words to Chen Qing. Chen Qing nodded and said to everyone: "You go to the warehouse! I have something else to do, so I won't go."
Zhou Kuan smiled and said: "I heard that a lot of Fengcha was sent. If Your Highness doesn't go, you won't be able to share it!"
Chen Qing also said with a smile: "I knew that Old Zhouyi would have other intentions when he came running in such a hurry. As expected, I guessed right. It's useless to be early!"
Everyone laughed, and Chen Qing laughed again and said: "There are thirty boxes of Fengcha, each box is five kilograms. Each person will take one box, and the rest will be distributed to Jingzhao and officials from various places. Even officials from the ninth grade can
At this point, Counselor Zhou, I’ll leave this matter to you and Counselor Jiang.”
"Don't worry, Your Highness! Our Department of Civil Affairs promises not to be partial."
Chen Qing got on his horse, ran away and stopped his horse again and shouted: "Don't forget to return my box!"
Everyone was dumbfounded and laughed. They had really forgotten His Highness King Yong.
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Chen Qing, escorted by hundreds of soldiers, rode to the Internal Guard Office. Wang Hao and Zhong Huan had been waiting at the door for a long time.
Chen Qing turned over and dismounted and asked, "When did General Xiao Zhong come back?"
Zhong Huan said quickly: "Report to Your Highness, I came back at midnight last night."
"Looks like it's paid off!"
"The harvest has been great. Please give me a detailed report in the inner hall, Your Highness!"
Chen Qing quickly walked into the military office and went to the inner hall. Chen Qing sat down and a tea boy came in to serve tea.
"Beizong's investigation has been full of twists and turns, with several misjudgments. If Beizhong's men hadn't brought news from Bianliang, Beizhong would have thought they were just businessmen."
Zhong Huan then reported the detailed process of the investigation to Chen Qing, and finally said: "After learning the true identity of the other party, Beizhi did not stay and retreated directly. Beizhi felt that it was not Beizhi's task to contact them. The Liu family
If there is sincerity in investing, I will definitely send someone to Jingzhao to contact His Highness."
Chen Qing nodded. He was actually a descendant of Liu Mei. He was considered a relatively senior relative of the Song Dynasty. It is completely understandable that he had huge wealth.
He thought for a while, then turned back and asked Wang Hao, "I remember Wang Tongzhi reported to me that you found the boss of Taibai Restaurant in Xianyang County. Have you interrogated him?"
Wang Hao bowed and said: "Report to Your Highness, I have personally interrogated you in my humble position, and the other party's answer is the first level answer. He is the domestic servant of Liu Zhen, the largest grain merchant in Bianliang. The reason why he is hiding is because he is afraid of being known by the court."
The Liu family has invested heavily in Jingzhao, and the imperial court will definitely deal with them. It is reasonable and reasonable, but I did not go into detail about the humble position. "
"But...who told him to hide? How did he answer?"
"I asked Beizong, and he said that because the newspaper didn't publish the news about the sky-high price, he felt a little bad, so he decided to hide. No one informed him. Beizong thought there was no problem, so he let him go."
Chen Qing sneered and said: "But now it seems that the big shopkeeper is obviously lying. Someone must have informed him that the internal guards were investigating, so he hid temporarily. Wang Zongzhi, the Liu family came to Jingzhao to invest in land and houses.
I don’t object to buying a store at all, and I even welcome it, but I don’t like being deceived by others, especially when I think there are doubts about the tip-off. Frankly speaking, I suspect it’s Baoji Cabinet Shop.”
"Your Highness's guess is very likely!"
Zhong Huan said: "I have also considered this along the way. Only three people know that I am investigating. Weizhi County can exclude them, followed by Yaren. I have specifically asked him not to tell anyone else. He should know the severity. In the end, it is
Baoji Cabinet Shop, it is said that the background of Baoji Cabinet Shop is very complicated, with more than one proprietor, all of whom are dignitaries of the Song Dynasty, and it is very likely that the Liu family is one of them."
Chen Qing expressed his appreciation for Zhong Huan's idea and said to Zhong Huan: "Since you are investigating this matter, you should continue to investigate and confirm for me whether Baoji Cabinetry secretly notified Taibai Restaurant and the big shopkeeper hid it."
, In addition, I also want to know who are the proprietors behind Baoji Cabinet Shop? I can avoid trouble with them, but we can't make mistakes."
Wang Hao finally understood, "Your Highness, you mean that Baoji Cabinet is actually an intelligence agency of the imperial court?"
Chen Qingtan said: "Baoji Cabinets are distributed in all important cities, what could be more convenient for them to collect intelligence? If it is confirmed that Baoji Cabinets have the function of intelligence, then what about Taibai Restaurant?
We often go to Taibai Restaurant to eat, have we been bugged? There are also security issues, there are many links to this, does Wang Tongzhi understand?"
Wang Hao took a deep breath and said, "I understand, I understand!"
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[I'm really sorry, I have something to do at home, so I will update twice today, and will definitely update three times tomorrow.]
