Compared with Jin Kingdom intelligence agents, Chen Qing was more concerned about checking Qin Huairen's property. After all, he promised to pay 7,000 households a compensation of 50 guan each for demolishing their houses. Fifty guan was not much, but the total amount was huge, a full 30 guan.
As much as 50,000 yuan.
He was worried that this huge amount of money had no source, and thought that Qin Huairen had delivered it to his door.
The second largest household in Datong Prefecture in terms of wealth and strength made its fortune by making money from the national crisis. Isn't this the solution given by God?
Qin Huairen's wives, concubines and children were rushed to the guest room and imprisoned. Hundreds of soldiers searched the whole house. All kinds of money were piled up in the large courtyard of the central hall. There were hundreds of large boxes. Copper coins were piled directly on the ground, forming a tower.
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Dozens of officials were sorting and registering, and the lids of each large box were opened. Chen Qing stepped forward to investigate. All kinds of jewelry, jade, jewelry, gold and silver, silk and satin, porcelain, calligraphy and paintings were piled in each large box.
At this time, there was another burst of cheers in the inner house, and the soldiers discovered another cellar of copper coins. Five cellars of copper coins alone were discovered.
"How many records are there?" Chen Qing asked Yelu Qiyan.
Yelu Qi smiled brightly and said: "According to their records, there are fifty or sixty thousand taels in a cellar of copper coins. Calculated, the copper coins alone are close to 2.67 million taels, and the silver record is 30,000 taels, and the gold record is eight thousand taels."
Two, four thousand hectares of land, twelve shops, seven houses, and tens of thousands of dollars in the shops."
"Is there any money in the closet?" Chen Qingxiao asked.
Yelv Qiyan shook his head, "This man is a rich man. He hides all his wealth at home and never puts it in the closet."
Chen Qing thought for a while and said: "All the copper coins will be used to compensate the demolition households. I estimate that there will be a gap of tens of thousands of guans. These tens of thousands of guans will be paid out from the treasury of Prince Yong's Mansion, and then the silver, gold and other property will be handed over."
The treasury, land, houses, and shops given to King Yong's Mansion will belong to the Mansion and County Yamen, and the grain and livestock will also belong to the Mansion and County Yamen."
"Will there be any objections from the Interior Department?"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, there is a clear division between the treasury and the temple treasury. In fact, they are both the same thing. They are both treasury, but the approval authority is different."
"I understand my humble position, what about Qin Huairen's family?"
"They will not take away their own property, and then they will be given a small house, a shop and 300 acres of land, and everything else will be confiscated."
"Follow the order!"
Yelu Qiyan took another box from the small table next to him and said, "This is for Your Highness."
Chen Qing opened it, and inside was a set of three pieces of jewelry, a red phoenix gold hairpin, a gold bracelet and a gold chain, with a sapphire hanging on the chain. The workmanship was quite exquisite.
Chen Qing smiled and said: "You want me to give it to Xiaomei?"
Yelu Qiyan quickly bowed and said: "I dare not make decisions for His Highness because of my humble position."
"Didn't you decide for me?"
Although these gold jewelry are exquisite and may be considered high-end jewelry in Datong Mansion, Chen Qing's wives and concubines really don't like them. Their jewelry and collections are all top-notch treasures.
Chen Qing handed the wooden box to the soldier and accepted it.
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After solving the source of the 350,000 yuan compensation money, Chen Qing felt relieved and rode back to the military camp. When he came to his tent, he saw Xiaomei talking to the commander of the soldiers in front of the tent. What was he talking about?
Chen Qing turned over and dismounted and asked with a smile: "What are you talking about?"
Xiaomei said a little embarrassedly: "I asked Brother Wu whether he would go back to Jingzhao directly after the new year or go somewhere else? Brother Wu said he was going to Lingzhou, but he doesn't know now."
Chen Qing shook his head and said: "I won't go to Lingzhou for the time being and will go back to Jingzhao directly."
Next to him, Wu Duo asked: "Your Highness, are you sure you don't want to go to Lingzhou?"
"It's not that I don't want to go, but that I can't go. The snow over Lingzhou is much thicker than here, completely blocking the road. The snow won't start to melt until March next year. Do we have to stay in Datong for another two months?"
"Bad job and stupidity!"
Chen Qing waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about these trivial matters. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Tomorrow night I will spend New Year's Eve with the Datong army. Don't forget to bring the brothers there with you, and tell the brothers not to put on airs and to mingle with the soldiers of the border army."
"Remember your humble position!"
Yao Mei asked anxiously: "Your Highness, do you want me to go tomorrow?"
Chen Qing said with a smile: "Tomorrow you will spend New Year's Eve with your family. There won't be many opportunities in the future. I may get very drunk. You should come and take care of me early the day after tomorrow."
Yao Mei nodded, "I remember it too."
Chen Qing walked into the tent. He remembered something and handed the box to Yao Mei, "Is this for you?"
"For me?"
Yao Mei took the box and opened it in surprise, and was stunned. There were three pieces of glittering jewelry inside. These were treasures she had never seen before.
"Your Highness! I can't have it, it's too expensive."
Chen Qing smiled and said: "You are King Yong's personal maid. Will King Yong, the most powerful person in the world, still give you a few pieces of copper jewelry?"
"I...I never dared to think that I would have gold jewelry."
"Take it! Work hard and work hard, and the princess will reward you in the future."
Yao Mei hesitated and said: "Your Highness, I...can I give it to my mother? Her only silver hairpin was sold by my brother and I in Shanyang County. She has never seen gold jewelry in her life."
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Chen Qing secretly praised Yao Mei for her filial piety and said with a smile: "The things are already yours. It's your business to whomever you want to give them to. It's not a peerless treasure. I usually won't interfere."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Chen Qing sat down and said with a smile: "Just saying thank you is not sincere, you have to use actions to express your gratitude!"
Yao Mei suddenly blushed with embarrassment, turned around and ran out of the tent. Chen Qing shouted from behind: "I'm thirsty, hurry up and make some tea!"
"I know!" Yao Mei agreed immediately outside the tent, her voice seemed to be mixed with honey.
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In the afternoon, Yan Jun hurried to the military camp. He wanted to report an extremely important piece of information to Chen Qing.
"We found a secret from the information we grabbed from the stove. In Daihai, about 150 miles away in the northwest, there is a Jurchen called Ang'a Xiashui. There is a small tribe of Tata tribe there, with about a hundred people.
, raised hundreds of thousands of sheep, came with the army this autumn, but did not go back, most likely to provide logistical supplies to the nomadic army invading the south."
Chen Qing suddenly remembered the advice Liu Dajiang had given him. It seemed that this was the case. He immediately asked: "Has your guide Liu Dajiang come?"
"Didn't follow!"
Chen Qing immediately ordered: "Send someone to find him now. He knows about this."
Yan Jun quickly left his tent and sent his personal followers back to the barracks to find Liu Dajiang.
Not long after, Liu Dajiang hurried over and met his niece Yao Mei at the door of the tent. He asked in a low voice: "Are you going home to offer sacrifices tomorrow on New Year's Eve?"
Yao Mei nodded, "Your Highness asked me to go home for New Year's Eve!"
"I understand. I'll go back and tell your parents to prepare."
At this time, the soldiers shouted: "Liu Canjun, His Highness lets you in!"
Liu Dajiang hurriedly walked into the big tent, bowed and saluted, "Liu Dajiang, of humble rank, meets your highness!"
Chen Qing said to Yan Jun: "General Yan, tell Liu Canjun the important information just now!"
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After listening to Yan Jun's introduction, Liu Dajiang nodded and said: "This is the logistics tribe I told His Highness. Generally speaking, there will never be ordinary herdsmen on the southward route of the army. Their cattle and sheep will be forcibly requisitioned by the army.
Therefore, ordinary tribes will stay far away to ensure safety. Ang'a Water is the only way for the nomadic army to go south. There are herding tribes there. There is only one possibility. They are the logistics tribes of the army, but the logistics tribes of the Tata tribe are definitely
It’s not enough. I guess there is another tribe over there at Baishuibo, which should be the logistics tribe of the Klei tribe.”
As expected of a guide, he is indeed experienced. Chen Qing asked again: "Can the army go to A'ang to launch water at this time?"
Liu Dajiang thought for a while and said: "Beizhong went to Baishuibo at this time last year, but the snow last year was very heavy, and it was very difficult for Beizhong to ride a horse. The snow this year is obviously not as heavy as last year. Beizhong thinks it is feasible, but it must be resolved quickly.
To prevent heavy snowfall in the first month.”
"Does it snow every year in the first month?"
"About that, there will be a heavy snowfall around the middle of every year, so Datong has always had the custom of watching lanterns in the snow to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which refers to the heavy snowfall in the first month."
Chen Qing nodded and said to Yan Jun: "We must remove these two supply points, send 6,000 troops, take a day off on the first day of the first lunar month, and send troops on the second day of the first lunar month. According to what Liu Canjun said, we will fight quickly.