Fenghou

"I just have a lot of stuff, and I'm afraid it won't fit in a three hundred stone boat."

"If it's money, it can be handed over to Baoji Cabinet, or it can be put out in a cargo ship."

One sentence reminded Li Xuemin that he could indeed find Baoji Cabinet.

Putting aside the matter of belongings, Li Xuemin thought of another thing.

"Just now you said the inner guard, is the inner guard looking for something recently?"

"Recently there has been some movement in the inner guard. I got news that Zheng Ping transferred a thousand elite soldiers to the inner guard. It seems that he is going to do something big."

Li Xuemin became nervous, "Could it be that I found you?"

"We are businessmen, businessmen are just looking for money, what does he care about us?"

"Hmph! Merchant, don't pretend to be in front of me. I know what you did. Otherwise, how could thousands of people lurk silently? You are the real driving force behind the scenes..."

"Li Tongjue!"

Wang Lin's face sank, and he said coldly: "You are on the same boat as us. Do you think you can get rid of yourself when you say this? If you are a smart person, you'd better learn to shut up, otherwise no one can guarantee that you will be on your way." Safety."

Wang Lin's unceremonious threats made Li Xuemin's face turn red and turn pale. Only then did he realize that the other party didn't take him seriously at all, so he could only grunt resentfully and fell silent.

"So be it!"

Wang Lin stood up and said, "The purpose of my visit today is to send you and your family away as soon as possible. You should pack up quickly, and you don't need to look for treasures. I will directly transport them to Jiangling Mansion by cargo ship. Your family will leave tonight. I found it too dangerous for you to stay in Shuzhong."

After speaking, Wang Lin turned around and left quickly.

Wang Lin's last words made Li Xuemin motionless as if struck by lightning. When Wang Lin walked away, a deep sense of fear shrouded his heart. He knew Wang Lin too well. Eighteen members of Meng Wanchun's family were wiped out, and 24 members of Li Dan's family, the proprietor of Li's Distillery, were wiped out. He deliberately tested Wang Lin just now, and he found that Wang Lin had the same murderous intentions towards him.

If his whole family followed him, they would definitely be murdered and dumped on the way, and then he would blame the inner guard...

Thinking of the inner guards, Li Xuemin suddenly realized that Wang Lin must have been investigated by the inner guards, that's why they were so nervous. He knew too much, and killing himself to silence his words was his purpose.

Li Xuemin was pacing back and forth, and finally his heart broke. Since Wang Lin wanted to kill him to silence him, then don't blame him for preempting it.

He immediately ordered the housekeeper in the yard: "Get me a carriage, I'm going to the barracks!"

Chapter 842 Arrest

Zhong Huan hurried to the barracks.

Just a quarter of an hour ago, Zheng Ping sent someone to inform him that there was an emergency and asked him to come to the barracks immediately.

"Zheng Dutong, what's the hurry?"

As soon as Zhong Huan arrived in front of the big tent, he met Zheng Ping. Zheng Ping pulled him aside and said in a low voice, "Just now Li Xuemin came to surrender to me and presented a lot of evidence, which is shocking!"

Chong Huan is overjoyed, Li Xuemin is the key person, he provides evidence, which can save him a lot of detours, and basically close the case.

"Why would he think of surrendering himself?" Zhong Huan asked puzzled.

"He said he knew too much, and Wei Tong's subordinates wanted to kill him to silence him."

"Wang Lin?"

"Yes! That's the name, do you know this person?"

Zhong Huan nodded, "He is the chief culprit of Meng Wanchun's extermination of the family. He is also Wei Tong's confidant. He is in charge of the entire Sichuan Road business. Four thousand thieves sneaked into Chengdu, and he is the one who funded and arranged behind the scenes."

"It's not that simple. The armor and weapons obtained by those thieves were all provided by him. To be precise, Wei Tong provided them. A few years ago, Liu Guangshi rebelled. Before I had time to seal off the water in Xiazhou, they seized this loophole. More than 2 sets of armor were disguised as goods and transported to Hezhou, except Uncle Wei Guo, who has such a big hand, and got more than 2 sets of armor at one time."

Chong Huan sighed, "The king of the county also ordered the inner guard to find out the source of these soldiers. It turned out to be Wei Tong."

Zheng Ping patted his arm with a smile, "Isn't it a bit of a feeling that you have nowhere to go, and it doesn't take much effort?"

Zhong Huan scratched his head, "It really does feel that way!"

Zheng Ping put away his smile, and said solemnly: "Then do it quickly, and don't let him escape."

"Zheng Dutong, maybe my strength is not enough."

"Is a thousand soldiers not enough?"

Chong Huan sighed, "I got a list of Wei Tong's industries in various places in Sichuan, and there are more than 130. I still don't know which ones are their own people and which ones are hired locals. The best way is to first Arrest them, and then screen them one by one."

"Well, I will lend you 4000 people, and I will send 100 people to arrest each point. Forget it, you go and arrest Wang Lin yourself. You give me the list, and I will arrange arrests. You hurry up and arrest Wang Lin." Capture Wang Lin, he is a key person, don't let him escape."

"The humble job is going to arrest people!"

Zhong Huan got on his horse and ran out of the camp on the horse path, towards the government office of the inner guard.

Zheng Ping looked at his back and nodded, "You brat is not bad!"

He immediately turned around and shouted, "Give me some soldiers!"

……

The Yonghe Commercial Bank in the north of the city was in turmoil. Countless people were burning accounts and documents. Many workers moved out the large gold and silver boxes from the underground warehouse and prepared to hide them secretly.

Wang Lin just got the news that Li Xuemin was missing.

When he left Li Xuemin's official residence, he left two of his subordinates to monitor Li Xuemin. Unexpectedly, Li Xuemin went out in a carriage, but did not come out after entering a teahouse. Min did not go home either, and his whereabouts are unknown.

Wang Lin immediately realized that something was wrong, and he wanted to move immediately, burn the important documents, and take away the gold and silver.

In fact, Wang Lin had no intention of killing Li Xuemin at all, but just wanted to send him out of Sichuan as soon as possible.

Although Li Xuemin kept probing, it only made Wang Lin realize that Li Xuemin knew too much. Once he was caught by Chen Qing, it would be very detrimental to his master.

But even at this time, Wang Lin still had no intention of killing Li Xuemin, but only decided to send their family away that night. It was true to send Li Xuemin's belongings away by cargo ship.

After all, Li Xuemin is not a businessman who can be slaughtered at will, but one of the few confidantes of Empress Dowager Wei. Wang Lin knows very well that if he offends Empress Dowager Wei, he will not be able to bear it.

But things in the world are so erroneous, so full of drama, there must be a cause and an effect.

Wang Lin's extermination of Meng Wanchun's family and Li Dan's family have already left a brand of murderous, vicious and ruthless in Li Xuemin's heart.

So much so that Wang Lin originally said very sincerely, 'I found it too dangerous for you to stay in Shuzhong. ' But Li Xuemin interpreted it as a death threat.

In the end, Li Xuemin surrendered to Zheng Ping in panic for help.

"Crash!" A loud noise not far away brought Wang Lin's thoughts back to reality.

He walked over quickly, only to see a box fall from the cart and shattered, and the blackened silver ingots inside were scattered all over the floor.

"You idiots, how do you do things?" Wang Lin pointed at several of his subordinates and scolded angrily.

Several subordinates were so frightened that they bowed their heads and did not dare to say anything.

"Hurry up and find a new box to pack!"

One of his subordinates rushed to find the box, and Wang Lin picked up a silver ingot, which was a 25 taels of horseshoe silver, which had been blackened with time, and was obtained by Wang Lin from Li Jinxiao three years ago.

Sichuan has been rich in gold and silver since ancient times. Because of the slack mine management, many wealthy families in many places also unscrupulously mine wild mines. The Li family in Hechuan is one of them. Their family has accumulated a large amount of gold and silver for decades, and the result was used by the uncle Wei Tong for [-] yuan. Most of the armor was replaced.

These gold and silver are still in Wang Lin's hands, and they haven't had time to be transported back to Lin'an. The 30 taels of silver and 3 taels of gold in Yonghe Commercial Bank are only a small part of it, and more gold and silver are stored elsewhere.

"Boss, here it is!" A subordinate rushed over with a wooden box.

"Put it up and send it away!"

As soon as Wang Lin finished speaking, he only heard 'Boom! ' With a loud noise, everyone in the yard was stunned, and Wang Lin was also stunned.

At this moment, a man stumbled and fled in, shouting, "Run, the Western Army is coming in!"

There was a commotion in the yard, and the stewards scattered and fled in all directions. Wang Lin shouted: "Big carts go through the back door!"

Several guards dragged Wang Lin and ran to the backyard, "Don't worry about money, life is the most important thing!"

Behind it is a Cao River with a special pier where a boat is moored.

As soon as Wang Lin got on the boat, he saw more than a dozen small boats pouring out from the alleys in all directions. Hundreds of soldiers raised their crossbows and aimed at Wang Lin. Wang Lin was so frightened that he raised his hands and did not dare to move.

……

Jingzhao's second imperial examination has ended, and [-] Jinshi and [-] students have been admitted.

Chao Kun got No.7 in the exam, and his "Nanyang Goods Breeding Examination Revised Chapter" won the No.1 countermeasure.

His prose "Nanyang Travel Notes" won No.1 in literature, and No.3 in calligraphy.

Thesis "Young life is not 5, self-cultivation is to wait for it, so life is established!" 'Won No.[-].

But he missed twelve words in his posting, so he could have won the number one score, but finally got No.7.

But even so, all departments offered the best treatment to invite him to join, much more bullish than the No. 1 champion Taiyuan Wang Huanlun.

Chao Kun chose the preparatory group of the Municipal Bureau of Shipping under the Finance Department. He has a heart-warming heart and does not want to be restrained. The Municipal Bureau of Shipping, which is expanding to the outside world, is more suitable for him.

In the morning, Chao Kun, led by his elder brother Chao Qing, came to the county king's office.

After two years of experience, Chao Qing has become much more mature. In contrast, his brother Chao Kun still looks very young and nervous.

"Brother, why did the county king want me to go east together?"

Chao Qing shook his head, "I don't know, maybe it has something to do with the Municipal Bureau of Shipping. The Municipal Bureau of Shipping must deal with the east, not the west, right?"

"I see."

Seeing that his brother was a little nervous, Chao Qing smiled and said: "Don't be so nervous, the county king is very easy-going, and he won't blame you if you didn't get No.1 in the exam. Don't worry! It should be a good thing."

The two brothers walked into the official room, Chao Qing asked his brother to wait at the door, he stepped forward and bowed and said: "Jun Wang, he is here!"

Chen Qing put down his pen, looked at the young man behind Chao Qing, and said with a smile, "You are Chao Kun!"

Chao Qing waved his hand lightly to his brother, and Chao Kun hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "The humble Chao Kun, see the king of the county!"

Chapter 843 Eradication

Chen Qing knew that although the young man in front of him felt young and shy, it was only a superficial phenomenon, and his heart was much stronger. " and "Nanyang Travel Notes", it was agreed that this young man would become the best pioneer of the Western Army.

Chen Qing nodded and said with a smile, "How is your father doing now?"

"My father is in Chengdu, and he plans to move to Jingzhaolai with my uncle. Thank you for your help."

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "I am the son-in-law of the Lu family, and my mother-in-law is your aunt. Speaking of which, we are a family. It is also my honor that your father and uncle are willing to serve as officials."

Next to him, Chao Qing was secretly surprised that the king of the county had never been so close to him before. He immediately realized how much the king of the county valued his brother, even far more than himself.

Chao Qing was happy for his brother, but also felt a little disappointed in his heart. He wondered why the county king valued Chao Kun so much. Could it be that article?

Chen Qing laughed again: "You mentioned Penghu in "Nanyang Travel Notes". There is a saying that there are many Han people on Penghu Island. Does it refer to the big island or the small Penghu island in the middle?"

"Of course it refers to the big island. I thought the local Han people were fishermen, but when I came back, I met a fisherman in Quanzhou. He told me that there are many farmers on the big island of Penghu. As far as he knows, There are at least 2000 people, and people continue to go to the island."

"Why do you have to go to the Big Island of Penghu?"

"Humble job thinks it should be tax avoidance!"

Tax avoidance is a good reason, Chen Qing nodded, and continued to ask: "You also mentioned in the article that hundreds of miles south of Penghu, there is a land of bliss with thousands of miles of land, where the brave can live, but you mean the Sulu Kingdom?"

"There is a Sulu Island in the south, but there is no country yet. The land of bliss mentioned by the humble official is several large islands in the north, with a radius of thousands of miles. The Nanyang people call it Luzon. The natives live on it. They are very fierce and must be defeated. Talent can gain a foothold, so the humble position is said to be for the brave."

Chen Qing smiled and said: "Go back and clean up, and go east with me, Chao Qing will tell you!"

"I told the humble job that the humble job has been packed and ready to go at any time!"

……

The last night before Chen Qing's departure was spent with his wife, Lu Xiu. They hugged and talked several times.

"My husband is going east this time, will the Jin soldiers take the opportunity to attack?" Lu Xiu asked with some concern.

Chen Qing smiled slightly, "If we don't attack them, they will burn incense. Hebei Jinbing is no threat to us. Even if Datong Jinbing wants to attack Taiyuan, they will not be able to attack. I am not worried at all, and you don't have to think too much about it." , there are enough troops over there."

"After my husband leaves, the government affairs will be left to me again."

"You negotiated with Qiaoyun. I think you have done a good job, but you have to remember that Qiaoyun is only assisting you and giving you advice, but it is you who make the decision, not her."

"I know, this is Ji'er's power, I'm just exercising it on his behalf, I will handle it well, husband don't have to worry."

Chen Qing nodded, and said again: "There is also A-Lian, she is six months pregnant, it is estimated that the child will be born when I come back this time, I will leave it to you."

"I'll take care of them, but what to name the baby?"

"You guys give the child a nickname first! I'll name him when I come back."

After a pause, Chen Qing smiled again: "If it's a daughter, I'll name it Jing, and if I have another daughter, I'll name it Ying. I've already thought about it."

Lu Xiu shook her head, "I'm afraid it's my son this time, my feeling is right."

Chen Qing kissed his wife on the forehead, "Rest early, I will go to the barracks at five o'clock."