Early the next morning, Chen Qing arrived at the Internal Affairs Battalion. The Internal Affairs Battalion is also called the Third Scout Battalion. It is a special organization dedicated to finding and eradicating enemy spies. The commander is Wang Hao, with 300 people from six departments under him. Among them are those in Longxi County, Gongzhou.
and Longgan County, Deshun Prefecture each station one unit, and the other four units are all in Chengji County.
In the past few months, Wang Hao and his internal affairs battalion have not been idle. They are actively looking for enemy spies in Chengji County, mainly spies from the puppet Qi army and Xixia spies.
"Beizhi has found six clues related to the Xixia people, and has sent people to monitor them. It is estimated that Xixia spies are among them. The trouble is the puppet Qi army. Beizhi has not found any clues so far."
"Is it possible that the puppet Qi army has not had time to set up an intelligence point?" Chen Qing asked tentatively.
Wang Hao shook his head, "The Puppet Qi Army has been paying attention to us. How could it not be possible to set up an intelligence point? The humble position must have been there for a long time. It should be a shop, restaurant or the like."
"Then do you have any directions?"
"I plan to investigate from the perspective of pigeons or eagles, including the Xixia people, but this requires the cooperation of the government."
"They will definitely cooperate. You go to Jiang Yanxian and he will make arrangements. But now I am more concerned about the Xixia spies. The Xixia people are sending a large number of troops to Lanzhou. They will definitely strengthen their intelligence collection on Chengji County. This is their
tradition of."
Wang Hao thought for a while and said: "We already have a highly suspicious target called Xuechuan Restaurant. The humble position has sent two people to apply for their jobs, but there is no evidence yet."
"Isn't his name proof? The Xixia Army stronghold in Gong County is called Baichuan Restaurant, and this place is called Xuechuan Restaurant. Isn't it interesting?" Chen Qing laughed.
"That's right! Xixia people are a bit stupid sometimes. Maybe they think they will be exposed!"
"It's not stupidity, it's their belief!"
Chen Qing said calmly: "They actually have the same name, Yinchuan Restaurant."
Chen Qing stood up and said, "Let's go check out this Xuechuan Restaurant!"
"I'm afraid of disturbing others in my humble position!"
"Don't worry, I'll ask Jiang Yan to accompany me on a normal inspection of the city!"
.........
The most prosperous place in Chengji County is called Sima Bridge. The Ji River passes through the city and finally flows into the Wei River. Sima Bridge is a small bridge on the Ji River. It is located at the intersection of East Street and West Street, so this area is called Sima Bridge.
Qiao is the most prosperous commercial place in Chengji County, and next to it is Sima Qiao Wazi, which has the hottest business.
Lu Xiu brought her master Li Qingzhao, junior sister Zhao Qiaoyun, sister-in-law Li Mei, Yu Ying and Yu Lian to Sima Qiao under the protection of the Tao sisters. She and her brother Lu Wei had made an appointment to come here to see the shops.
After reading Master Li Qingzhao's sad words, Lu Xiu decided to do something for Master. Chen Qing reminded her that she could find something for Master to do, such as opening a restaurant or teahouse, and giving Master half of her share. She had business sustenance.
, will become busy.
Li Qingzhao refused to agree at first, but later could not overcome Lu Xiu's insistence, and finally agreed. Although she liked drinking, she was more inclined to open a teahouse.
Lu Xiu took advantage of her husband's privileges and found a store in the best location.
"This way!" Lu Wei waved to them not far away, and they made an appointment to meet here.
They came to a newly built shop. Lu Xiu smiled and said, "Second brother, is this here?"
Lu Wei pointed to a two-story shop behind him and said: "It covers an area of two acres. It was originally the land of the county government. It was an open space. This time we built a new shop together. Diagonally opposite is Sima Qiao Tile, a little to the east.
It’s the state school.”
Lu Xiu looked across and saw that the other side was a restaurant with a big sign with the four characters "Xuechuan Restaurant" written on it.
"Master, why is this restaurant called Xuechuan Restaurant? Is there any allusion?" Lu Xiuxiao asked.
"It probably comes from Li Bai's poem "The Journey Is Difficult"! If you want to cross the Yellow River, which is blocked by ice, you will have to climb the snow-covered mountains of Taihang, so it is named Xuechuan."
At this time, Lu Xiu found that the two waiters in the restaurant were staring at her. She felt a little unhappy, so she turned to her brother and smiled: "How much does this building cost?"
Lu Wei stretched out five fingers and said with a smile: "This is the number!"
Lu Xiu exclaimed, "Five thousand strings?"
Lu Wei said angrily: "My eldest sister, this is not Lin'an, this is a small county in the northwest, only 500 guan!"
"so cheap?"
"Of course, the income of people here is low. Five hundred guan is a lot of money. Only wealthy families can afford it."
Lu Xiu said with a smile: "Second brother, this price is too expensive, or it should be cheaper! Your land doesn't cost money anyway, how about three hundred guan?"
Lu Wei rolled his eyes when he heard this. Just now he said the price was too cheap, but now he thought it was too expensive.
"I would like to give the store to you for free!"
"Very good!"
"That's great for your size!"
Lu Wei was angry and said with a smile: "Your husband said that if I engage in favoritism and bend the law, I will be fired directly, so I have to follow the market price. The market price here is five hundred guan, but little sister, if you have the money, you can buy it in the shop here."
If not, you can resell it in two years and I’ll guarantee you a thousand dollars to break the bank."
Lu Xiu was so excited that she clenched her fists and said, "Then I'll sell it for two thousand guan!"
Everyone burst into laughter and walked into the store to take a closer look...
In the Xuechuan Restaurant, a waiter quickly walked up to the shopkeeper and whispered: "The woman across from you just now, I can confirm that she is Chen Qing's wife."
The shopkeeper suddenly became very interested and asked quickly: "Is she here to buy the store opposite?"
"It should be! The magistrate is here too, and they went into the store."
The shopkeeper nervously and excitedly considered the benefits he could get. The first was information. Whether it was a restaurant or a teahouse opened by Jiedushi's wife, military generals and local officials would come to support them. This was an opportunity to get in touch with them.
You have to let your guys punch in.
Maybe he could even kidnap the Jiedushi's wife and send her to Xixia. That would be a great achievement!
The shopkeeper sat behind the counter and began to have wild thoughts.
.........
At this time, Chen Qing was inspecting the state school not far away. Running the school was also of great concern to Chen Qing. He needed a large number of talents, and these talents were not only cultivated by the state school, but more importantly, he recruited them in the name of the state school.
Professor, just like Li Jingwei, the magistrate of Fengtian County, he fled with his two sons to Tongxi County, Gongzhou to live a hard life, and finally died of illness.
If the recruitment of professors with high salaries had been made public earlier, Li Jingwei was a Jinshi, so of course he would apply for professors, and he would have been recruited by himself.
Although Li Jingwei is dead, Chen Qing believes that there must be many Shaanxi Road officials who have fled to the northwest, and this is an opportunity to recruit them.
Chen Qing asked Jiang Yanxian again: "I sent someone to send over two young men, one named Li Songnian and the other named Li Songshi. How are they doing?"
"They are very good and have a solid foundation. If they study hard for a few more years, they can go to Lin'an to take the imperial examination."
"They live in the state school dormitory now?"
Jiang Yan nodded first, "The two brothers and more than a hundred other scholars live in the school building. Everyone has been harvesting wheat these two days, and there is no one in the state school."
"We must hurry up on recruiting professors and post recruitment notices to all surrounding states and counties. What is most lacking in the northwest is scribes. Even if they are not professors, they must have other roles."
"I understand, I will start implementing it in the next two days."
After inspecting Zhouxue, Chen Qing continued towards Sima Qiao. From a distance, he saw the real target of this inspection, Xuechuan Restaurant.
