Fenghou

Chen Qing sighed slightly, "To tell the truth, Mr. Zhang, it's not that I don't want to take Sichuan Road, but the black and white letters of me and the imperial court are there. I want to take it, and I still lack an opportunity."

"What does this opportunity mean? A civil war broke out? Or a complete separation from the court?"

"No, I don't want to cause war in Sichuan. I think the best way is to seal the king of Shu and control Sanchuan."

Zhang Chunxiao said with a slight smile: "So the county king took Emperor Xiaoci back, and took over Sichuan justifiably through the mouth of Emperor Xiaoci?"

Chen Qing nodded, "That's right, this is also a kind of coercion of the emperor to make the princes!"

Zhang Chunxiao was really touched, he didn't expect that Chen Qing would trust him so much, and told him such secret things frankly, this is full of sincerity!

He quickly knelt down, saluted and kowtowed: "Thank you, the king of the county, for his heart-to-heart and sincerity to the humble official, and the humble official will never betray his trust and live up to the trust of the county king!"

Chen Qing quickly helped him up and said, "Mr. Zhang, you don't have to be like this. I always employ people without suspicion. Since I want Mr. Zhang, I will definitely treat each other honestly."

Zhang Chunxiao nodded and said: "It is indeed a great event that the king of the county can welcome back the late emperor. The reputation of the world is determined. No matter who slanders the king of the county, it is useless, but I think the king of the county still lacks one thing." The sharpest weapon, with it, even in the future, it can justifiably replace Zhao Song."

"What weapon?"

"Newspaper, a newspaper that spreads all over the world, or several newspapers, so that people in the world get information from newspaper A, newspaper B, or newspaper C, but they are all in the If it is in the hands of the county king, then the county king has the truth."

Chen Qing was surprised: "Are there newspapers in this dynasty?"

Zhang Chunxiao took out a thick stack of newspapers from the back room, put them on the table, and said: "These are the newspapers of this dynasty, the official "Residence Newspaper", and dozens of various fashion and current affairs tabloids, the most famous one is "Beijing Daily News, which criticizes current affairs, is deeply loved by the people, and even Cai Jing fears it."

Flipping through the newspapers, Chen Qing was deeply moved. He had never thought of such a sharp propaganda weapon.

Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said, "How about asking Mr. Zhang to run a private copy of the "Beijing News" for me? I will provide all the financial resources I need."

Zhang Chunxiao smiled slightly and said: "My partner and I can contribute articles, but we have no experience in running a newspaper, and we don't know where to start. Let me recommend someone to the county king! He founded the "Beijing News" during the Xuanhe period. very popular."

Chen Qing asked anxiously, "Who is this person?"

"His name is Yang Tianfang, and he opened an engraving agency in Bianliang. The king of the county invited him, and the newspaper business was easily solved."

Chapter 797 Little girl

Coming out of Taixue, Chen Qing went back to the city along the official road. At this time, a camel caravan came behind, consisting of more than 200 camels. The decoration style was not like that of the Sogdians.

Chen Qing asked the team to step aside and let them go first. The caravan passed by Chen Qing. At this moment, a man suddenly jumped off the camel and rushed towards Chen Qing. over him.

The guy was frightened and dumbfounded. Liu Qing searched his body and found that the other party had no weapons. He said angrily, "What do you want to do?"

The man pointed to Chen Qing's waist, "I saw this!"

A jade pendant hung around Chen Qing’s waist, which is white jade produced in Khotan, which is also the seed material of Hetian jade in later generations. The Song Dynasty was dominated by literati. The literati liked jade and strange stones. Almost all men wore jade, but most of them were Xiuyu jade. In Jingzhao, there are mostly Lantian jade, but Khotan jade is too rare and precious, and only the rich and powerful have it.

Chen Qing smiled and said, "Do you have it too?"

"I have that too!"

The clerk took out a piece of jade from his bosom, about the size of an egg. Chen Qing took the jade, and his eyes lit up immediately.

"Do you want to sell this piece of jade?"

The man swallowed and said, "I picked up this piece of jade from the river. I almost drowned. If you want fifty guan, I'll give you another small piece."

Chen Qing immediately said to the soldiers: "Give him ten taels of silver!"

The soldiers gave the clerk ten taels of silver, and the clerk was trembling with excitement, and quickly took out a small piece of Ziyu, 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 man said timidly, "I sold the jade I picked up to this general."

The leader of the caravan glanced at Chen Qing, suddenly his face turned pale with shock, and he bowed his head, "I don't know that I am the king of the county, I am guilty! I am guilty!"

Chen Qing gave the soldiers a wink, and the soldiers quickly helped him up. The caravan leader glared at the man, "How much money did you take from the county king? Pay it back quickly."

Chen Qing waved his hands and smiled, "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 caravan leader sighed, "Since the king likes it, next time! I'll pick up two sacks for the king."

Chen Qing nodded with a smile, "Okay! If you pick it up, I will reward you with an honorary officer!"

At this time, Chen Qing suddenly remembered something and asked, "Are you merchants from Khotan?"

"Exactly, we came from Khotan County."

Coming from Khotan Kingdom, he had to pass through Dunhuang, Chen Qing wanted to know about Cao Changchun's situation, so he asked him, "Do you know about the situation of the Yellow-headed Uighur?"

"Yellow-headed Uighurs and Xizhou Uighurs have been fighting for Shazhou. When I came this time, I heard that the two armies were preparing to fight again."

"Who has the upper hand?"

"It must be the Xizhou Uighurs, with the upper hand in terms of 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 Uighur, but Cao Changchun flatly rejected him, saying that outsiders should not interfere in the fight between the Uighur brothers. This made Chen Qing a little annoyed, so he stopped asking.

"I see, you guys go!"

Chen Qing took a name card and gave it to the businessman, and the business leader left with gratitude.

Chao Qing whispered next to him: "When the two Uyghurs fight and lose both sides, it will be a good opportunity for us to seize the Hexi Corridor."

Chen Qing gave him a hard look, and Chao Qing was too frightened to say anything.

……

Back in his official room, Chen Qing immediately summoned Hu Yanlei, the commander of the intelligence battalion.

Chen Qing paid more attention to intelligence than any ruler. For this reason, he spared no effort to establish a large and rigorous intelligence system, which consisted of four parts. It is directly under the command of Chen Qing, and each army also has its own scout battalion, which does not conflict with Tang Qian's scout army.

The scout army is responsible for detecting information inside the enemy's territory in the city and outside the city.

Then there is the intelligence battalion led by Hu Yanlei. The intelligence battalion also has thousands of people, men and women, old people and children, mainly lurking in the enemy's major cities.

The third one is Wang Hao's inner guard. The inner guard is in charge of anti-enemy intelligence operations in his own territory, as well as protecting the safety of senior officials.

The fourth is the Intelligence Division, which has now been renamed the Staff Department, which is under Chen Qing's Staff Department. The Staff Department is mainly responsible for sorting out and analyzing intelligence, and it is currently in charge of 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.

"See the county king for a humble position!"

Chen Qing asked: "Did Chitang Town arrange someone to lurk in there?"

Chitang Town is close to Chitang Pass. At the beginning of March next year, the Western Army and Jin Guo will exchange hostages at Chitang Pass. In order to grasp the direction of Jin Guodong, it is the most important to arrange eyeliners in Chitang Town in advance.

"Reporting to the king of the county, the manpower has been arranged. Two groups of people have been arranged. One group is 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 watch the shop. The group pretends to be a nearby farmer, he goes to the town to sell vegetables every day, and then uses the letter eagle to contact Taiyuan City."

"Well done, I have an important task for you today, maybe you have to go there yourself."

"Please order from the king of the county!"

Chen Qing handed him a note, "The owner of this engraving agency is 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 over. You take a letter from me to invite him, and protect him to come to Jingzhao safely."

Hu Yanlei is from Bianliang, he knows the "Beijing News" very well, and he immediately realized that the king of the county is going to run a newspaper.

He took the note and said, "You can leave at any time!"

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "No hurry, I'll write you a letter, you leave early tomorrow morning."

……

In the afternoon, Chen Qing returned to the mansion. As usual, he went to the study first.

This was also Chen Qing's habit. After resting in the study for a while, he went to have dinner.

During this period, as more than 100 million refugees gradually came to an end, Chen Qing also breathed a sigh of relief.

All aspects are running relatively smoothly, this month is also the most relaxing time for Chen Qing, spending time with his family and children.

The study door opened, and Lu Xiu walked in with a cup of tea. He put the tea on the table and said with a smile, "Drink a sip of tea to moisten your throat, and eat later."

"Hey! Axue didn't follow you?"

"What do you say?"

As soon as Chen Qing turned his head, he saw his daughter Axue crawling into the room through the window. He was startled, and hurriedly stood up and said, "Little guy, you will fall like this!"

"It won't fall, I climbed several times!"

The chubby Axue jumped onto her father's body as soon as she jumped, and hugged her father's neck tightly, "Haha! Mom, I hugged a big tree."

Lu Xiu said unhappily: "Look at your skin, come down quickly, your father's neck will be broken by you."

A Xue pursed her lips and said, "No way!"

Chen Qing loves 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 time.

Chen Qing put his daughter on the desk, smiled and said, "Babe, play here for a while, and Daddy will take you to dinner later."

"Okay!"

Axue clapped her hands happily, and her big black eyes glanced at the small box on the table. It was her favorite treasure box, and she could always find something good.

Chapter 798 Yingluo

Of course, the small box is not sharp things like knives, but all kinds of gadgets. To be precise, he put it there specially to surprise his daughter.

Axue pouted, and began to concentrate on finding treasures in the small box. Lu Xiu beside her sighed helplessly, and said to Chen Qing, "Don't forget, my husband, you still have Bing'er, who is also your daughter."

Chen Qing chuckled, "Of course it's also my baby. I'll bring her here to play with me tomorrow."

"Hey! There are sparkles."

Axue found an egg-like jade, and grabbed it out with her small hands. It was a beautiful jade seed. The jade was mature and fat white, very plump, without any blemishes, and it had a maroon-red polyred skin color on it.

Lu Xiu's eyes lit up. Her grandfather, Lu Yihao, was known as a jade idiot. He was very obsessed with jade, which also affected Lu Xiu. In her dowry, there was a pair of Khotan Ziyu, and she began to fall in love with the gentleness of Khotan Ziyu.

Lu Xiu cast a reproachful look at her husband, she didn't give such a good baby to herself, but gave it to her daughter to play with.

Seeing her husband's smiling face, Lu Xiu immediately understood that the husband was found for her, and her daughter would get tired of playing with it after a while, so the jade should be hers.

But she was afraid that her daughter would break the jade, so she quickly took out a pearl, secretly stuffed it to her husband, and pouted at her daughter.

Chen Qing understood, took out the pearl and shook it in front of his daughter, "Does Xueer like this?"

"like!"

Xue'er took the pearl, holding one in each of her two little hands, and refused to let go.

Chen Qing couldn't help laughing, this is called stealing chickens and losing a handful of rice!

Lu Xiu was annoyed, so she had to hug her daughter and said, "Xue'er is good, the stone will hurt, mother will hold it for you."

She thought her daughter would not agree, but she obediently handed the seed jade to her mother. After Lu Xiu took it, she realized the reason. This jade weighed at least three taels, and she thought it was too heavy.

"Where did you come from?" Lu Xiu asked her husband in a low voice, smiling openly.

"On the way back from Taixue today, I met a caravan from Khotan. A guy gave me this piece of jade. He picked it up from the river. I gave him ten taels of silver. Everyone was happy."

Lu Xiu happily said: "Let them pick up some more, I'll spend a lot of money to buy them."

"That's up to you. I'll tell the merchant. He promises to pick up two sacks for me, and I'll reward him with an honorary officer."

At this time, a maid said in the courtyard: "Madam, dinner is served!"

"Let's go eat!"

Chen Qing took his wife and daughter to the front hall for dinner, but he didn't notice that Xue Er quietly stuffed another piece of jade into his small pocket.

……

Zhao Yingluo was also sitting at dinner. She ate with everyone a month ago. She was very restrained at first, but she gradually got used to it. Xueer especially liked her, and she had to sit with her every time she ate.

"Auntie, here you are!"

Xue Er took out a small piece of jade from his pocket, and Chen Qing suddenly remembered that it was given to him by that guy as an extra head. It was also a very good piece of jade with white flesh and red skin, but it was not as big as the previous one, but it could be made A very beautiful pendant.

It's just that Chen Qing didn't expect to be discovered by Xue'er, and secretly hid it. This little guy is such a villain!

Zhao Yingluo took Ziyu with a smile and said, "It's actually Khotan jade, give it to your mother! She likes it."

"No! I'll give it to my aunt."

Lu Xiu shook her head and smiled, "Yingluo, you can accept her wish!"

"That's good! Thank you Xueer."

Zhao Yingluo pinched Xue'er's little cheek, who wouldn't like such a little sycophant!