"What?" Chu Zheng exclaimed.

He'd been there.

Although the mountains are high and dense, and the population is sparse, there are still some villages around because of the small town.

Within a radius of two hundred miles, there are at least ten stockades.

The population is several thousand.

Moreover, the people there are very strong, where did the elders get such strong force to kill those people?

"Eggs?" After being taken aback, Chu Zheng said again.

"Yes." The man said: "Zhennanhou said that the people of the Elders' Church are very capable, and some of the insect people they originally fused with were originally living in those villages, so the people in those villages would not guard against them, so they directly poured insect eggs into the food and water for those people to eat." ”

"All dead?" Chu Zheng only felt that his hands and feet were a little weak.

"There are about fifty or so people alive, and those are the ones who put the eggs in boxes." The man said.

Chu Zheng closed his eyes slightly and said, "Go on." ”

"The people of the Council of Elders immediately agreed to Zhennanhou, divided half of the small boxes and one-third of the large boxes to him, and asked Zhennanhou to help us prepare the carriage and horses." The man said, "We first moved those boxes to the town, and then we used the carriage pretending to transport the medicinal herbs out of the mountain, which delayed us for some time. ”

"Moreover, the people of the Presbyterian Council said that since the eggs have been given to us, there is no need for them to stay in Phoenix Mountain, and they said that they would come to the capital with us." The man continued: "The subordinates can only agree, take them out of the mountain from the direction of the South China Sea first, and then pretend to be a few caravans, separate a few roads, and then cross the river from Jiujiang, which will take many long detours and delay a lot of time." ”

"You are going from the South China Sea, and Zhennanhou is not blocked?" Chu Zheng said coldly.

The big head is in the hands of the Qi family, there are so many insect eggs, where can Zhennanhou not be red-eyed!

"The subordinates did not enter the hinterland of the South China Sea, but went north from Liushui." The man paused for a moment and said, "However, before leaving the mountain, Elder Mo asked Zhennanhou to say something in private, and Zhennanhou let us go north from Liushui." ”

"So, do you have any suspicions on your way?" Chu Zheng nodded.

It seems that the Council of Elders values the Imperial Tomb very much, and before the Imperial Tomb is opened, it still has to maintain him to some extent.

And the Council of Elders can also govern Zhennanhou.

"No, the subordinates divided the people into five teams, the people of the Presbyterian Council pretended to be a team of officials and gentry who returned to the north to visit relatives, and a few subordinates pretended to be caravans transporting medicinal herbs and furs, and the boxes taken by the subordinates were all small boxes, pretending to be luggage or goods are very light, plus we have enough guides, so we have not aroused any suspicion, and there are no people who ask more." The man said.

"Very well, where are the boxes now?" Chu Zheng turned around and said.

"The subordinates didn't dare to bring those boxes back, so they were all hidden in the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, and they were placed in several places."

The man hesitated for a moment and then said, "As for those insect people, the elders will keep half of them for Zhennanhou, and the other half will be brought over, saying that they will be placed by us." ”

Chu Zheng frowned slightly and said, "Those people from southern Xinjiang came over and didn't arouse suspicion?" ”

"No, the Presbyterians had made them change their attire beforehand, pretending to be bodyguards hired from the south, and they didn't speak along the way." The man said.

"In this case, those people should not be brought into the capital, find a place to hide, and do not stay with the box." Chu Zheng nodded and said, "Send someone to watch them and see how those people are different from ours." ”

"Yes."

"Also, what kind of box did Elder Mo leave behind by themselves? How many? Chu Zheng called the man who was about to go out.

"It's a smaller one than that, about ten boxes." The man said.

Chu Zheng waved his hand and asked the man to go down to do errands, and then looked up at the sun in the sky.

It was already the middle of May, and the sun in the capital was incandescent in color, but after looking at it for a while, a golden light appeared in his eyes.

Chu Zheng closed his eyes, took a few steps back, and retreated into the shadows of the room.

After the Qin family raised the banner, there was no movement.

The spring military salaries and grain were not distributed, and the two of them did not pay a single fold.

completely acquiesced to what the imperial court said, and all the things of the Qin family army were handled by themselves.

But correspondingly, the inspection of the border is very strict.

Many caravans are not allowed to pass, and if you want to pass the customs, you have to pay a high fee.

This made the caravans that had arrived in the capital in the last two months sell their things more expensive than in previous years.

(There are still many people who buy it)

Even if it is passed by ordinary people, it is not lightly allowed, and similarly, it is necessary to pay a high fee.

In this way, except for the real profiteering or the urgency that has to be passed, the rest is the spies.

(It's okay, why did you spend so much money to get through?) If the caravan can make a lot of money, then there must be real goods)

One of the spies he sent spent a lot of money to pass the test, but once he passed, he never came back!

Thinking about it, the reason why the two of them are so confident now is that they can figure out these means to collect some money, or sell the county lord's dowry and Gu Xinyue's private house.

After that incident, the county lord's mansion was half-sealed (he didn't dare to seal it all without a verdict), and he secretly went to the county lord's mansion to take a look.

In Nafu, there are still some furniture and other things left in the courtyard with a façade in front, but the real courtyard blocked by a fence behind it is empty.

Not only the grand dowry of the county lord, but also some of the original valuable ornaments are gone.

He searched a few times before finding a tunnel in a hidden compound behind him (which was the inspiration for his tunnel).

It seems that they had made preparations long before they got married, and the valuable things had already been shipped out.

The dowry of the county lord, those jewelry brocades and other things alone are worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and if they are added together, they can be sold for millions of taels of silver.

plus Qin Qide's reward of gold and silver.

and the ...... that I gave to Gu Xinyue

It is possible to stabilize the morale of the army for the time being.

However, for the 400,000 army, this is just a drop in the bucket.

It can be stable for up to three months.

So, apart from collecting taxes at the gates, are those two people having another way?

Like, form your own caravan?

He sent people to inquire about the caravans coming from outside, and asked them about the situation in Ganzhou and why they paid such a high fee to send them to the capital.

The people of those caravans only said that Ganzhou was poor, and their things were all sold from the Western Regions, and they couldn't afford to sell them in Ganzhou, and as for Qinzhou, they all arrived in Qinzhou, and of course they were directly sent to the capital and sold.

As for profits, even if the high tariffs are removed, they can earn more than 100,000 taels of silver on this trip.

The caravan from Ganzhou will take more than half a year to go back and forth, even if the five caravans that come over are all those two, it is only a few hundred thousand taels of silver.

What's more, those caravans have been gone for some years, and there are specific merchants in the capital to receive the goods, and the prices are not very high, and they have not been long after, and after the goods are sold out, they buy some silk needlework and embroidery and other things to go back.

They didn't bring anything like food.

Look like that, it wasn't the two of them who made it.

Those two were just holding their breath.

It's a pity that even if they struggle again, in a few months, they won't be able to survive.

Now, it is Su Cen who is in the way in the capital.

In fact, he decided to look at Gu Xinyue's face and treat Su Xingxing well.

It's a pity that Su Cen doesn't appreciate it at all!

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