Chen Qing said calmly: "You asked a very good question. You should know that the Yu Qingfeng family and the Wang Zhenbang family also obtained honorary officers by donating money and food to the Western Army. According to regulations, the upper limit of the land that the two families can own is
Fifteen hectares, but in fact, both families own more than 200 hectares of land. What’s the reason?”
"I beg Your Highness to clear up my doubts!"
"I can tell you that the Zheng family only owns twenty hectares of land in Yong State. It is a manor covering an area of 2,000 acres, and it was given to Zheng Ping by me. The other two hundred and eighty hectares of land of the Zheng family are all overseas.
, the same goes for the Yu Qingfeng family and the Wang Zhenbang family. Their family’s land is also overseas, and there are no land restrictions overseas.”
"Overseas? What does overseas mean?" Xiang Kui was confused.
"The current overseas is the Southern Ocean, and it will be even wider in the future. We will build a powerful navy to continuously occupy the vast unowned land overseas. You can carry out land replacement and replace the farmland in your hands with overseas land.
According to the replacement ratio of one to ten, the current one hectare of Jiangnan land is replaced by ten hectares of overseas land, and the three hundred hectares of land is replaced by 3,000 hectares of overseas land. It can be replaced by a big island. This is actually the best way. Of course,
You can also sell the land, we are not forcing you, and we will give you a certain amount of processing time, but it cannot exceed one year."
Xiang Kui sighed, "I completely understand what Your Highness means!"
Chen Qing added: "I am very happy that you are willing to express your allegiance, but I also have a bottom line. I will do whatever it takes. If you only express your allegiance after I have already reached the city, it will be impossible for you to keep your property. At most
Save your life, so I have only one piece of advice for you, being pragmatic is the way to save your life!"
After saying that, Chen Qing wrote a line and handed it to Xiang Kui, "Take it back!"
Xiang Kui could see clearly that the words written by His Highness King Yong were exactly: 'Those who know the current affairs are heroes!'
Xiang Kui left Jingzhao and returned to Lin'an that day. He stayed in Jingzhao for less than half a day, but he already got what he wanted.
Walking towards Kuigang, Chen Qing immediately summoned Cao De. Cao De cupped his fists and said, "Your Highness, he has left and returned to Lin'an!"
Chen Qing nodded, "I know that he is eager to go back and report. I don't know what they will choose in the end, but I came to you because there is another big thing!"
Chen Qing thought for a moment and said, "Your father is still in Lin'an, right?"
Cao De nodded, "Not only my father, our entire Cao family is in Lin'an."
"Has the property been transferred?" Chen Qing asked again.
"Father's letter said that the property is being transferred to Fujian Road!"
"I wrote you a note. You immediately send someone to give it to your father and ask him to take the note and ask Lu Gang for help. Lu Gang will use a sea ship to transfer the Cao family to Quanzhou. The matter is urgent, so you act quickly.
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With that said, Chen Qing handed an envelope to Cao De. Cao De was startled and asked urgently: "Your Highness, what happened?"
"In fact, nothing happened. It was just a precaution. I am worried that the conflict between the powerful and the emperor will intensify. In order to keep the throne, the emperor will attack the powerful. There is only this possibility. If the emperor really takes action, the first to bear the brunt will be those related to Yong Guo.
Families, such as your Cao family, Huyan family, Gao family, Yang family, Liu family, etc., I have to protect these families, so I will inform you first."
"I understand, I will immediately send someone to ride a horse to Lin'an!"
Cao De left quickly, and Chen Qing paced back and forth in the official room with his hands behind his hands. He knew that asking these powerful families to give up their land would also endanger their vital interests. They would definitely not accept it, and they would inevitably take another approach.
This is a means of self-protection, or in other words, they have prepared another means. Being loyal to them is only their last resort, not their first choice.
Chen Qing will wait and see
The next day, a light snow rolled over Jingzhao City. This was the first light snow since the beginning of winter. It snowed all night. The next day, Jingzhao City was covered with a thin layer of white snow, and the weather became cold.
Today is a day off, and it is also the first day off after his family moved to the inner palace, but Chen Qing does not have time to accompany his wife and children. During this period, he has a lot of important things to do. He just met Xiang Xiang who came from Lin'an yesterday.
Kui, and today he has to meet Zhong Huan who has just returned to Jingzhao from Yanshan Road.
Chen Qing met with Wang Hao and Zhong Huan in the Qilin Pavilion of the Inner Palace, where he handled court affairs and met with ministers.
Zhong Huan and four of his men were promoted and rewarded by Chen Qing on Yanshan Road. Zhong Huan was promoted to deputy commander, Li Wan and Wang Fu were promoted to commanders, and Yelu Kang and the boatman were also promoted to head of the capital, and each received a silver reward.
Thousand taels.
Zhong Huan returned to Jingzhao Mansion this time to report the detailed process to Chen Qing, mainly the details. Chen Qing paid special attention to the development of the Jinguo Iron Fire Thunder.
Zhong Huan reported very carefully. They entered the Liaohe River and began to report, detailing the situation along the way and arriving at Shangjing City. At this time, Chen Qing interrupted his report, "From the Liaohe River to Shangjing City, you all took the waterway.
I want to know, can a ship worth three thousand stones reach Shangjing directly from the Bohai Sea?"
"Reporting to your highness, three thousand stones should be enough, but larger ships may not be able to do it. There are some sections of the river that are quite narrow."
Chen Qing nodded, "Keep talking!"
"After we landed, we went straight up the mountain. There were only ten sentries on the mountain. At that time, we couldn't figure out why there were so few sentries. Later we figured out the reason. One reason was that we came directly up the mountain cliff and did not take the surrounding trails. There must be sentries on the surrounding trails.
The second reason why people can't go up the hill is that the various experiments are relatively top-secret. The Jin Kingdom didn't want more soldiers to see the experiments, so there were very few soldiers on the top of the mountain, which made it easier for us."
Zhong Huan then told in detail how he deployed, how the opponent tested the iron fire thunder, and how he shot Hu Shatu.
Chen Qing took a few steps with his hands behind his back and asked: "You are saying that the wooden fire mine was tested the day before, and the iron fire mine was tested on the day of the assassination. There was only a brick house on site, right?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, that's exactly what it is!"
"Wan Yanchang also showed up at the testing site on the day of the assassination?" Chen Qing asked again.
"Exactly, I think he came here specifically to check the Iron Fire Thunder explosion. Can you tell that he didn't know about it beforehand?"
"How do you say this?"
"Because the iron fire thunder had been placed in the brick house, the soldiers brought it out to Wan Yanchang for inspection. He was surprised and repeatedly stroked the iron fire thunder, so the humble official said that he did not know about it in advance, and after the match was lit, the soldiers
None of them responded. It was not until Hu Shatu yelled that he covered his ears and squatted down that the soldiers reacted. They covered their ears and squatted down. From this, it can be inferred that this was the first time to test the iron fire mine, so everyone did not know how to take precautions.
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Chen Qing was silent in thought. From various indications, this should be the first time that the Iron Fire Thunder exploded in the Jin Kingdom. Regardless of whether Hu Shatu was assassinated or not, as long as the Iron Fire Thunder successfully exploded, they would be able to create a second one sooner or later.
Iron Fire Thunder, then the third one, and the fourth one. I really don’t have much time left for me.
In addition to Hu Shatu and Tie Huolei, another focus of Chen Qing's attention was Zhong Huan's return journey, from Tongmen Water to the Whale Sea, then south along the coast of Koryo, and then around to the Bohai Sea, which Chen Qing saw again
Another line of attack.
"Did the ship encounter any dangers or difficulties when you returned?"
Zhong Huan thought for a while and said: "The big ship is traveling along the coastline of Korea. There are no violent storms. If it is difficult, it is because the supply is a bit difficult. If there is a supply point in the middle, it will be completely smooth."
Chen Qing nodded slowly. Regarding the supply points, Tamna Island should be captured as soon as possible.