Qingzhou Mansion.

The fans of Dongchang have been secretly following Ah Niu for a long time.

Judging from all indications, they have basically concluded that Ah Niu is a Tartar.

They have been holding back just to prevent the grass from startling the snake.

And now they really can't bear it, because Ah Niu actually wants to infiltrate the government to find out information.

This is absolutely intolerable to Dongchang Fanzi.

If this Tartar was really allowed to pry the news away under their noses, wouldn't it be Tai Sui's head breaking ground? They still have to be ridiculed by the bunch of dogs in the Military Intelligence Department of the Inner Factory?

So it must not be tolerated!

They moved very quickly, and Ah Niu was subdued before he had time to react.

After that, they began to interrogate Ah Niu, hoping to get some useful information from him.

But the results were disappointing.

Dongchang's ability is naturally a must, but no matter how they torture them, Ah Niu just doesn't say what they want.

The people in the East Factory felt a little frustrated, and a good clue was broken at a glance.

Just when all the work came to a standstill, a fan came up with a way to talk about it.

He promised Niu that he would let him go as long as he gave him useful information.

Ah Niu is really tempted.

He didn't want to die, he didn't want to die like a wild dog in such a mess.

Since there is hope for life, even if it is very slim, he must grasp it as much as possible.

He said everything he knew.

He revealed to the fans of Dongchang that there were other fine works in Qingzhou, and the number was no less than fifty.

He didn't know who they were, but he was sure they were all disguised as victims.

Dongchang Fanzi can continue to investigate along this clue, and he will definitely be able to find clues.

The fans of the East Factory are naturally overjoyed. While they ordered Ah Niu to be taken into custody, one of them once again targeted the victims.

According to Ah Niu's words, these people are not too old, otherwise it would be impossible to come to Shandong alive.

So the scope is much narrower.

Dongchang Fanzi investigated day and night, and finally targeted 500 people.

The rest of the dozens of Tartars must have been among the five hundred.

The next task is to focus on the observation of these 500 people, and if there is anything unusual, it will be recorded immediately.

Judging from all indications, many of them are indeed very suspicious, but many of them are not much different from ordinary victims.

After more than three days of squatting and observation, Dongchang Fanzi narrowed the scope to 100 people.

These 100 people are seriously suspected, and each feature is in line with Ah Niu's description of fine work.

Dongchang Fanzi decided to wait for them to show their feet like they had captured Ah Niu.

It turns out that the best hidden details will eventually reveal flaws.

These Tatars were arrested one after another, and Dongchang Fanzi interrogated them one by one, and obtained a lot of useful information.

It turned out that the main purpose of their visit to Qingzhou this time was to get some potatoes and sweet potatoes to go back to planting.

The north under the rule of the Tartars has reached the point of thousands of miles of red land and cannibalism.

If the situation is allowed to develop, it is likely that the Ming army will not be required to go on the Northern Expedition in the end, and the Tartars themselves will have civil strife.

Therefore, Dolgon pinned his hopes on potatoes and sweet potatoes, hoping that this high-yielding crop that the Ming had just promoted and planted would bring the Manchus back from the brink of death.

This wishful thinking is really loud.

However, Dongchang's fan will naturally not let them succeed.

All of these works were bound up and sent back to Nanjing, as evidence of the Tartars' invasion of Shandong, and handed over to the Son of Heaven for adjudication.

And the Qingzhou prefect was also taken down by the people of Dongchang and escorted to Beijing because of dereliction of duty. The specific affairs of Qingzhou Mansion are temporarily represented by the adjutant Tongzhi.

A great threat was nipped in the bud.

Soon Nanjing received the news.

The first person to receive the news was naturally Liu Chuanzong, the director of the Dongchang factory.

When he learned that his family had captured dozens of Tartars, he couldn't stop laughing.

Okay, okay. The little didn't disappoint him.

This battle can be regarded as a turnaround battle for Dongchang.

For a long time, the East Factory has been suppressed by the Inner Factory, and there is no chance of winning.

In the heart of His Majesty the Emperor, the inner factory must also be ranked in front of the east factory.

But after this Qingzhou incident, the scale in His Majesty's heart will definitely shift again.

After all, the Qingzhou incident broke out in Dongchang from the beginning. The subsequent follow-up decisions and arrests were also done by Dongchang.

The inner factory only played the role of a spectator in the whole process.

His Majesty the Emperor will definitely favor Dongchang and himself this time.

As soon as he thought of this, Liu Chuanzong couldn't hold back his excitement anymore and ran towards the Qianqing Palace.

At this moment, Zhu Cihong was resting in the warm pavilion, and when he learned that Liu Chuanzong wanted to see him, he opened his eyes and announced his visit.

After Liu Chuanzong entered the warm pavilion, he knelt on the ground and saluted, and then said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, there is a result in Shandong." ”

Zhu Cihong sighed, waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about it." ”

"After a thorough investigation by Dongchang, Qingzhou Mansion really mixed in the fine work of Tartar. There are 53 people in total, and all of them have been arrested. ”

Zhu Cihong was still a little surprised when he heard this.

Fifty-three, more than he had imagined.

He originally thought that the Tartars would send a dozen fine works at most, but he never thought that there would be more than fifty people.

Another thing that surprised Zhu Cihong was that Dongchang was able to catch Tartar in such a short period of time.

It was really impressive for him.

"What are these Tartars sneaking into Qingzhou for?"

"Back to Your Majesty, according to their confessions, Dorgon sent them to steal potatoes and sweet potatoes and learn how to grow them."

Liu Chuanzong said everything he knew in one breath like pouring beans into a bamboo tube.

Sweet potatoes, potatoes...

This Dolgon's news is really well-informed.

Zhu Cihong has only been promoting potatoes and sweet potatoes in Shandong for less than a year, and there is news from the Tatars.

It seems that Dolgon still has some vision and can realize the importance of potatoes and sweet potatoes.

"What else did those details say?"

Zhu Cihong asked angrily.

"Back to Your Majesty, those who say that the north side is about to run out of food. That's why the Tartars pin their hopes on potatoes and sweet potatoes. ”

I see!

Zhu Cihong expected that the food problem in the Manchus would be severe, but he did not realize that they had reached the point of almost running out of food. It seems that Zheng Zhilong's hasty escape back to the sea still had a great impact on the Manchu Qing.

Without Zheng Zhilong, the Manchus could only raise food through the channels of Jin merchants. And the Jin merchants alone were not enough to feed hundreds of thousands of troops.

Zhu Cihong faintly felt that the time for the Northern Expedition had come.

It's just that the Northern Expedition should be completed immediately or after this winter, Zhu Cihong hasn't thought about it, he decided to summon Lu Zhenfei to discuss with him.

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