The inner guard soldiers quickly found the secret room, and the soldiers cheered, "Found it!"
The young man struggled desperately, unable to conceal his anxiety, and tried to rush to the room where he found the entrance to the secret room. The guard guard guarding him became impatient and knocked him out with a stick.
After opening the entrance and going down, there is a large cellar below, which is paved with bluestones. Because it is too close to the Cao River, water seeps through the gaps in the bluestones, and the air in the cellar is very humid.
The soldier found the 10,000 yuan that had been defrauded. Dozens of boxes with shop marks were neatly stacked in the corner. This place was less than a hundred steps away from where the money box was put on the boat. The other party had obviously used a trick to pretend to use the boat to transfer the money.
It was transported away, but actually came back at night.
In addition to the money from the counter shop, there is also a lot of silver, about ten thousand taels, which is also placed in the box.
At this time, a large number of wooden boxes and straw bales on the opposite side of the wall caught the attention of the soldiers. They stepped forward to check and exclaimed for a moment that they were weapons. The soldiers took the weapons out and found brand-new spears in the straw bales.
It's a sword and armor.
There were also ten large wooden boxes. The soldiers pried open the wooden boxes and were stunned. There were actually ten iron fire mines in the wooden box. Seven of them were empty shells, but three of them were complete iron fire mines, which were small.
The iron hedgehog still has the waterproof wooden shell on it.
Zhong Huan looked serious. This situation is too serious. This is not a black market merchant who exchanges silver. This is an intelligence agency. He must report to King Yong immediately.
Just then, a soldier pointed to the sky and shouted: "The dove is still there!"
Everyone looked up and saw the pigeon still hovering about thirty feet in the sky. The soldiers raised their crossbows to shoot. Zhong Huan shouted: "Don't shoot, let me do it!"
He raised a military crossbow, aimed at the sky, and found the flying pattern of the pigeon. With a click of the hanging knife, the crossbow arrow shot up into the sky, just blocking the flight path of the pigeon. The pigeon was unable to dodge and was shot through by an arrow.
The body, with a cry, fell from the sky.
The soldier had picked up the pigeon a long time ago and ran over to give it to Zhong Huan. Sure enough, there was a message tube tied to the pigeon's leg. Zhong Huan took out the pigeon message and unfolded it. His face changed slightly and he immediately ordered: "Bring ten big boxes with you."
, return to the government office immediately!"
Half an hour later, Chen Qing also rushed to the Internal Guard Office. At the same time, the Military Department, Firearms Bureau and other official offices were also alerted and rushed to the Internal Guard.
Chen Qing read the pigeon letter, and there was only one sentence in it, 'Send the heavy equipment to Shouchun as soon as possible'.
This turned out to be Zhang Jun's autographed pigeon letter. It was beyond Chen Qing's expectation. Zhang Jun, who was so mediocre and incompetent, could be so cunning and cunning, and quietly obtained Tie Huolei. If it hadn't been for some mistake,
In the event of a vote-making incident, Zhang Jun would probably have obtained these iron fire thunders.
Thinking of this, Chen Qing broke out in a cold sweat on his back. He was really unprepared. He was so careful, but something slipped through the net.
What troubles Chen Qing now is whether this batch of firearms is the first batch, or have firearms already fallen into Zhang Jun's hands? He will have trouble sleeping and eating if he doesn't understand this issue clearly.
At this time, Xie Ying, director of the Firearms Bureau, and Lu Wei, Sima of the Military Department, came forward to report. Lu Wei bowed and said: "Your Highness, there are numbers on the firearm boxes, which is easier to check. We searched the records and found that these nine iron fire thunders are large
The mines were issued to the Xihe Road garrison for training the year before last. A total of forty mines were issued to them at that time. They returned six dumb mines and the remaining thirty-four exploded. In other words, these nine fire mines should have been exploded.
I didn’t expect it to be still there.”
Xie Ying also bowed and said: "Your Highness, the system here in Jingzhao is strict and implemented in place. There is no loophole to exploit. But the only loophole is the iron fire thunder that was sent out in the past. Are they recycled in accordance with the regulations? But now
It seems that there is obviously a problem."
Chen Qing nodded and said to Lu Wei and Xie Ying: "Tomorrow, the Military Department and the Firearms Bureau will conduct a comprehensive internal inspection, and then prepare to set up a joint investigation team to patrol various places to see if there are any fish that have slipped through the net, and then only leave one drawing for me, and the others
All the blueprints were destroyed, leaving only 300 Iron Bulls and Fire Thunders. The Iron Dogs and Iron Hedgehogs were also destroyed, and none of them were allowed to remain."
"Your Highness, it is more practical to deal with the warship Iron Fire Thunder!"
Chen Qing shook his head, "The kerosene is enough, but the iron fire thunder is too dangerous. Once it is successfully copied by the Jin Kingdom, we will be passive."
"I understand, I will start a thorough investigation tomorrow."
At this time, Chen Qing asked Wang Hao and Zhong Huan to come up again and said to them: "The person behind the scenes is actually Zhang Jun. It is indeed beyond my expectation. You must do two things next. First, follow the clues and follow the clues."
, uproot all the forces that Zhang Jun has planted in our territory, and wipe them out completely; secondly, we must interrogate this person in charge. I want to know whether there is only one batch of iron fire thunder, or whether Zhang Jun has already obtained it. This is very important.
, everything about these iron fire mines must be investigated clearly."
They both bowed and agreed.
The next morning, Lu Qingshan was invited to the official room by Chen Qing.
"Your Highness is looking for a humble position in an emergency?"
Chen Qing smiled and said: "I have been busy since I came back, and I didn't have time to ask about your situation. I heard from the princess that the counselor also wants to buy a house?"
Lu Qingshan said with some embarrassment: "This must be what my wife told the princess. In fact, it is not about buying a house, but about replacing it. Don't I have thirty acres of land in the new land in the south of the city? But my family prefers the atmosphere in the east of the city. We
I also took a fancy to a house, an eight-acre mansion. The other party offered me 80,000 guan, and later we talked about 70,000 guan. Then I wanted to sell part of the land in Nancheng to raise money. After the seller heard about it, he came to me and said that he didn’t need to pay him.
I thought it was acceptable to exchange his eight acres of house for my ten acres of shop land, but my family didn't want to accept it, so we had a long quarrel over this matter."
Chen Qing said with a smile: "The south of the city has the benefits of the south of the city, and the east of the city has the benefits of the east of the city. Some people like the south of the city, and some people like the east of the city. It all depends on personal preference. In fact, Counselor Lu can balance it out and don't have to give him all the shop land.
, leave part of the land for shops and use residential land to make up the rest, so I think it will be acceptable to all aspects."
Lu Qingshan smiled bitterly and said: "It's hard to buy harmony with money. I decided not to buy the house in the east of the city. Then I divided the thirty acres of land in the south of the city equally among my three sons. Counselor Jiang promised to find me an official house in the east of the city.
, this will solve it.”
"Does everyone in the family agree?" Chen Qingxiao asked.
"We all agree that the three sons are all born to my old wife. Your Highness also knows that I have no concubines, so I give a bowl of water an equal amount and everyone has no objection."
What Chen Qing admires most about Lu Qingshan is that Lu Qingshan did not take concubines. He and his wife lived together for forty years and gave birth to three sons and a daughter. The daughter married the second son of the former Prime Minister Li Guang. Li Guang was demoted, which was also somewhat
It has something to do with Lu Qingshan.
Chen Qing didn't ask Lu Qingshan about his family affairs, he just exchanged a few words. Chen Qing immediately changed the topic to business matters.
"Counsellor Lu should be very familiar with Zhang Jun!"
Lu Qingshan nodded, "Of course I am familiar with him, I have worked with him for many years."
"What is he like as a person? I mean his ambition."
Lu Qingshan smiled slightly and said: "I guess Your Highness was also deceived by his appearance. He is very greedy, embezzling military salaries, reselling grain, and annexing land wantonly. His rent is 600,000 dan a year. Even the emperor thinks that he is
He is imitating Xiao He and deliberately destroying his reputation to eliminate taboos. But in fact, he successfully deceived the emperor. He is very ambitious. Almost all the food he gets from the rented food every year subsidizes the army. I have impeached him a long time ago.
But the emperor didn't believe it, so Qin Hui gave him good words."
Chen Qing sighed and said: "I just found out yesterday that he was plotting my Iron Fire Thunder, and he almost succeeded. I'm afraid this person is a wolf disguised as a wild dog, and he will be cruel to me when I least pay attention.
Take a bite."
"Your Highness is absolutely right. He is such a person. He pretends to be mediocre and incompetent, so that you can slowly dispel your guard. But he will definitely seize the opportunity at the critical moment. The reason why he is reused by the emperor is because of his
He was the first to respond to King Qin's army during the Liu Miao Incident. His response was extremely swift and he was able to rescue him!"
Chen Qing thought for a moment and asked: "If I want this poisonous snake to bite the court hard, is there any way?"