After leaving Taixue, Chen Qing returned to the city along the official road. At this time, a camel caravan came from behind, consisting of more than two hundred camels. Judging from the decorative style, it did not look like the Sogdians.
Chen Qing asked the team to step aside and let them go first. The caravan passed by Chen Qing. At this time, a man suddenly jumped off the camel and rushed towards Chen Qing. The soldiers roared angrily and held up dozens of spears.
Got him.
The waiter was immediately frightened. Liu Qing came forward to search him, and found that the other party had no weapons. He said angrily: "What do you want to do?"
The waiter pointed at Chen Qing's waist, "I saw this!"
Chen Qing hangs a jade pendant around his waist. It is white jade produced in Khotan, which is also the seed material of Hotan jade in later generations. The Song Dynasty was a world of literati. The literati liked jade and strange stones. Almost all men wore jade, but generally it was Xiu jade.
, Jingzhao people mostly wear blue field jade, but Khotan jade is so rare and precious that only the rich and powerful have it.
Chen Qing smiled and said, "Do you have one too?"
"Me too!"
The clerk took out a piece of jade from his arms, about the size of an egg. Chen Qing took the jade and his eyes suddenly lit up. The jade was white and delicate, with no flaws on the whole body. There was also a very aggregated jujube red skin on the top of his head.
"Are you selling this jade?"
The clerk swallowed his saliva and said, "I picked this piece of jade from the river and almost drowned. If you want it, take fifty pieces and I'll give you a small piece."
Chen Qing then said to his soldiers: "Give him ten taels of silver!"
The soldier gave the boy ten taels of silver. The boy was so excited that he trembled all over and quickly took out a small piece of jade the size of a red date and gave it to Chen Qing. Both of them were very happy.
"Ajie, what are you doing?"
The leader of the caravan came over. He was a short old man with a white beard. The boy timidly said: "I sold the jade I picked up to this general."
The leader of the caravan glanced at Chen Qing and was suddenly shocked. He bowed his head and said, "I don't know that I am the king of the county. I am guilty! I am guilty!"
Chen Qing winked at the soldiers, who quickly helped him up. The leader of the caravan glared at the man, "How much money did you take from the prince? Pay it back immediately."
Chen Qing waved his hand and said with a smile: "This is a fair trade. I like Khotan jade but I can't buy it. He is willing to sell it to me. I am very grateful to him!"
The leader of the caravan sighed, "Since the prince likes it, let's do it next time! I will pick up two sacks for the prince."
Chen Qing smiled and nodded, "Okay! If you pick it up, I will reward you with a decorated officer!"
At this time, Chen Qing suddenly remembered something and asked: "Are you businessmen from Khotan?"
"Exactly, we came from Khotan County."
Coming from Khotan, they had to pass through Dunhuang. Chen Qing wanted to know the situation of Cao Changchun, so he asked him: "Do you know the situation of the Yellow-headed Uighurs?"
"Yellow-headed Uighurs and Xizhou Uighurs have been fighting over Shazhou. When I came here this time, I heard that the two armies were preparing to fight again."
"Who has the upper hand?"
"It must be the Xizhou Uighurs. They have the upper hand in terms of both military strength and population."
In fact, Chen Qing was just asking. Last time he expressed his willingness to send troops to help the Yellow-headed Uighurs, but Cao Changchun refused, saying that outsiders could not interfere in the fight between the Uighur brothers. This made Chen Qing a little annoyed, so he stopped asking.
"I understand, you go ahead!"
Chen Qing took a name card and gave it to the businessman, and the businessman leader left with great gratitude.
Chao Qing next to him whispered: "When the two Uighurs fight and both are injured, it will be a good opportunity for us to seize the Hexi Corridor."
Chen Qing glared at him fiercely, and Chao Qing was so frightened that he didn't dare to say a word.
Returning to his official room, Chen Qing immediately summoned the intelligence battalion commander Hu Yanlei.
Chen Qing paid more attention to intelligence than any other ruler. To this end, he spared no effort to establish a large and strict intelligence system, which consisted of four parts. One was the scout army, commanded by Tang Qian and composed of 10,000 troops;
It was directly led by Chen Qing, and each army also had its own scout battalion, which did not conflict with Tang Qian's scout army.
The scout army is responsible for detecting intelligence within the enemy's territory within the city and outside the city.
Then there is the intelligence camp led by Hu Yanlei. There are thousands of people in the intelligence camp, including men, women, old people and children. They are mainly lurking in the enemy's major cities.
The third Wang Hao's inner guard, the inner guard is responsible for anti-enemy intelligence operations in his own territory and protecting the safety of senior officials.
The fourth is the Intelligence Department, which has now been renamed the General Staff Office and is subordinate to Chen Qing's Staff Department. The General Staff Office is mainly responsible for collating and analyzing intelligence, and is currently headed by Yang Jin.
The first three are operational agencies, while the fourth is an intelligence analysis agency.
Not long after, Hu Yanlei hurried to Chen Qing's official room.
"For your humble position, please see the county king!"
Chen Qing asked: "Did Chitang Town arrange for someone to lurk in?"
Chitang Town is close to Chitang Pass. In early March next year, the Western Army and the Jin Kingdom will exchange hostages at Chitang Pass. In order to control the Jin Kingdom's eastward direction, arranging spies in Chitang Town in advance is the top priority.
"Reporting to the prince, the manpower has been arranged. Two groups of people have been arranged. One group is from a small grocery store in the town. A pair of old people were transferred from Taiyuan. They pretended to be the parents of the shop owner to look after the shop. The shop owner was temporarily transferred to Taiyuan, and the other
The group pretends to be a nearby farmer, and he goes to the town every day to sell vegetables, and then uses Xinying to contact Taiyuan City."
"Well done. I have an important task for you today. You may need to go there yourself."
"Please give the order from the prince!"
Chen Qing handed him a note, "The owner of this engraving agency is called Yang Tianfang. He founded the Beijing News in the past. I want to invite him back to Jingzhao. He may bring a group of people with him.
You bring a personal letter from me to invite him and protect him from coming to Beijing safely."
Hu Yanlei was from Bianliang. He knew the Beijing News very well. He immediately realized that the prince of the county was going to publish the newspaper.
He took the note and said: "You can leave at any time for your humble job!"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, I'll write you a letter and you can leave early tomorrow morning."
In the afternoon, Chen Qing returned to the mansion. As usual, he went to the study first.
This is also Chen Qing's habit. After resting for a while in the study, he goes to have dinner.
During this period, as more than one million refugees gradually came to an end, Chen Qing also breathed a sigh of relief.
Everything is running smoothly. This month has also been the most relaxing time for Chen Qing, spending time with his family and children.
The study door opened, and Lu Xiu came in with a cup of tea. He put the tea on the table and said with a smile, "Drink some tea first to moisten your throat. We will eat later."
"Hey! Ashue didn't follow you?"
"What do you think?"
When Chen Qing turned around, he saw his daughter Axue crawling into the room from the window. He was startled and quickly stood up and said, "Little guy, you will fall if you do this!"
"I won't fall. I climbed up several times!"
The chubby Axue jumped on his father's body and hugged his father's neck tightly, "Haha! Mom, I hugged a big tree."
Lu Xiu said angrily: "Look at you, come down quickly, your neck will be broken by you."
Axue pouted her lips and said, "No way!"
Chen Qing loved this baby girl the most. She was underweight when she was born and almost died. Now she is two years old and she is at her most naughty. She is pampered by everyone and is fearless. Of course, except her mother, who will really beat her.
Chen Qing put his daughter on the desk and said with a smile: "Baby, play here for a while. Daddy will take you to dinner later."
"OK!"
Ashue clapped her hands happily, and her big black eyes suddenly glanced at the small box on the table. It was her favorite treasure box, and she could always find good things.
