Since the beginning of last year, hundreds of Jinyiwei's spies and Jinyiwei's Japanese traitors have begun to collect intelligence in Dongying.

The arrival of Ji Gang made the greatest use of this force and formed a mature intelligence network in Dongying.

In the more than a year they have been in Dongying, they have collected all kinds of information at the level of Dongying. Although they are not particularly professional, in this era when intelligence work is still at the most rudimentary level, they still get a lot of important information in Dongying.

However, there is too much information, which also leads to the fact that the authenticity of some information cannot be confirmed, and more specious information is not taken seriously.

The information about this warehouse was not directly reported by the intelligence officers, but Huang Yuan synthesized the different information of several people, and guessed that this might be the warehouse where the Imperial Family transferred valuable materials.

It's just that until he gets confirmed, he can't move the crowd because of this.

More importantly, only by finding gold and silver in this way will his personal credit be greater.

Zhao Yongliang attached great importance to the credit of this smashing on his head, and he immediately asked the guards to return to his ship and gather another hundred people.

If too many people are found, it will be easy to find, and if a large amount of gold and silver is really found, if you want to keep this credit, I am afraid that fifty people will be less.

The people to be summoned arrived on Nangang Island on a ship specially arranged by Huang Yuan, and they didn't let the hundred people get off the ship at all, he and Zhao Yongliang took fifty musketeers on board, and only a few of his trusted subordinates were entourage.

The boat moved slowly upstream along a small river, and on both sides of the shore could be seen groups of Ming soldiers, counting all the people in the houses that had not collapsed.

However, the young and middle-aged people have long since run out, and only a few old, weak, sick and disabled are left, and they are not only unable to help the army carry supplies, but also a burden.

However, the Ming soldiers did not want to help them, and expelled them from the house one by one, concentrated them in the open space, and then sent only a few soldiers to guard them.

The Anjigawa River is a peninsula on the north side of the port, surrounded by water on three sides, with only a narrow road connecting the peninsula to the mainland.

Coming to the predetermined warehouse, Zhao Yongliang came forward to hand over the remaining soldiers, and the soldiers of the 3,500 Lin Wei began to count and carry them in an organized manner.

Huang Yuan and several subordinates observed the terrain and let the boat continue to sail upstream.

But when their ship arrived at the dock of their destination, they found that a thousand-stone ship with the flag of the Inner Supervisor had stopped at the dock, and on the shore, dozens of Inner Supervisors could be seen rummaging around.

Huang Yuan and Zhao Yongliang's hearts were cold, the two glanced at each other, and frowned at the people on the shore who were wearing internal prison uniforms.

"Could it be that the news has leaked?"

Huang Yuan shook his head and said, "No, these subordinates are trustworthy, what's more, I didn't tell others my guess before arranging the ship." ”

Zhao Yongliang shook his head and said, "That may be that the internal prison also got the news...... It seems that it is impossible for us to monopolize this credit. ”

Huang Yuan nodded and said, "His Royal Highness Taisun has set up an advisory department in the internal prison, which is specifically responsible for handling all kinds of information from all over the country. The members of the Advisory Department are all senior information collectors in the internal supervision, and their leader, Sun Lin, is even more known for his intelligence analysis, and it is very likely that they have also analyzed from various information that there may be a large amount of gold and silver hidden here. Come to the shore, no matter what, find out what they're up to. ”

As soon as the ship stopped at the dock, an inner supervisor shouted loudly on the deck of the Thousand Stone Ship: "This place has been requisitioned by the inner supervisor, I don't know which lord is in front of you!" ”

Huang Yuan walked out of the crowd and asked, "Contemptible Huang Yuan, who is responsible for the coordination of the army's transfer of materials, does not seem to belong to the scope of internal supervision and transfer. ”

A Fengyu in a red robe came to the deck, and when he saw that it was Huang Yuan and Zhao Yongliang who were there, the smile on his face became even brighter.

"It turned out that Commander Zhao and Huang Shoubei were in front of each other, and they were contemptible and blessed, and they saluted the two adults."

Huang Yuan and Zhao Yongliang are not familiar with this Chang Fu, but they have seen him behind Zhu Zhanji many times on this expedition. Moreover, Zhu Zhanji had summoned him many times on this expedition, and they all knew that he was the supervisor sent by the Department of Counseling.

Most of the original staff of the Advisory Department were transferred from the Celebrant Supervisor, and after the official establishment of the Counseling Department, except for the young eunuch Sun Lin, who was well-known to everyone, everyone else was unknown.

This Chang Fu was originally unknown, but to be able to become a master, obviously his ability will not be too bad.

Although their official positions are high, they are two systems with internal supervision. What's more, the inner prison is the domestic slave of the royal family, and it depends on the master to beat the dog, not to mention that their master also controls the world.

Zhao Yongliang and Huang Yuan didn't dare to take it big, no matter what, these internal supervisors must have more opportunities to contact Zhu Zhanji than them, and they are not afraid that they will not help, or they will do bad things in the future.

After the two of them greeted each other, Huang Yuancai asked again: "The cleanup of this place has not been arranged in the inner prison, I don't know why Chang Fengyu led people here?" And this matter was originally arranged by me, and it seems a little unreasonable not to tell me. ”

Seeing Huang Yuan coming here in person, Chang Fu knew that this matter could not be hidden. What's more, Huang Yuan was originally responsible for this matter, and it became more and more difficult to get rid of him.

So he quickly analyzed the pros and cons in his heart, and laughed loudly: "Our family's actions were naturally instructed by His Highness, but I didn't expect Huang Shoubei and Commander Zhao to get the news so quickly, so it's better to go to our family's ship and talk in detail......"

Huang Yuan and Zhao Yongxian glanced at each other, and both of them nodded slightly and accepted Chang Fu's invitation.

This thousand-stone ship, which was assigned to the internal supervision, was not a pure warship, and was mainly used for cargo transshipment. Most of the things on the ship were also for Zhu Zhanji.

When I came to the ship and entered the cabin, I could find that although the exterior of this ship was the same as that of other warships, the interior was very luxuriously decorated, and the decorations everywhere were tributes, which ordinary people did not dare to enjoy at all.

invited Huang Yuan and Zhao Yongliang to sit down, Chang Fu smiled and said: "Ming people don't say secret words, our family is also Lisuo people, Huang Shoubei and Zhao Commander made a special trip to come, I'm afraid it's also for the emperor's annuity, right?" ”

Huang Yuan sighed in his heart, he originally thought that the other party had similar things to him, but now it seemed that the other party had far more information than him.

But it's right to think about it, the information he has comes from Taisun, and all the information from Taisun has been screened by the Information Department, and he can analyze this information from the small amount of information, and the Information Department will probably have more information.

He smiled and said, "Indeed, Yuan has been reading the information transferred to me by His Royal Highness Taisun for the past few days, and found that since last winter, the Emperor of the Japanese Dynasty has transferred a batch of materials from the ancient capital of Nara, and wants to transfer them to Edo. However, due to the burning of Nagasaki and Osaka, this batch of goods has not been shipped. Later, our Ming fleet blockaded Osaka Bay, and this batch of supplies should still be here. ”

Chang Fu praised: "Huang Shoubei is worthy of seeing thousands of miles, and so little information can analyze so much information, but my intelligence department has directly obtained first-hand information, not only knowing that this batch of goods is the gold and silver that the Japanese emperor is going to transport to Edo to build a city, but also knows the approximate amount. ”

Zhao Yongliang couldn't help but ask, "Does Your Highness know about this?" ”

Chang Fu said with a smile: "My advisory department is naturally assigned by His Highness, and I dare not hide it, but His Highness doesn't want to distract the army, so we pulled out this information." ”

Huang Yuan and Zhao Yongliang were greatly frustrated, if Zhu Zhanji didn't know about it, they would naturally make him happy when they found this batch of gold and silver.

But since Zhu Zhanji already knew about this matter, they just offered gold and silver, and it was just a matter of course.

It's just that they have already arrived here, and they can't get out of it at this time, not to mention, they are also interested in this batch of gold and silver.

Since the matter had been made public, Zhao Yongliang generously let one hundred and fifty soldiers of Yulinwei get off the ship to assist the people in the inner prison to find this batch of gold and silver.

The addition of Yu Linwei was much faster than only one hundred and ten inner prisons. They searched each warehouse and checked the ground for signs of excavation.

But even if they dug three feet into the ground here, they didn't find out where the gold and silver were, which made several people's faces a little unsightly.

As an outsider, Zhao Yongliang has not participated in the analysis of intelligence, so the first one is a little frustrated. "Could it be that the information is false, or that the Emperor has already let people transfer this batch of gold and silver?"

Chang Fu looked back at a middle-aged man who didn't look amazing at the back of the crowd, and asked: "He Zongqi, you have been in Osaka for more than a year, and the situation here was first reported by you, and you are also the most familiar with the situation here, have you ever found that this batch of goods has been transported away?" ”

He Zongqi, who originally looked amiable, puffed up his chest at this time, walked to the front of the crowd, and said loudly: "I have seen a large number of goods and goods arriving here, and I have been paying attention to the situation here since then, so I am sure that this batch of gold and silver has not been transported away. When the goods arrived, all those involved were executed. Dongying lacked large vehicles, heavy gold and silver, and difficult transportation, and for the sake of secrecy, they did not dare to let ordinary people get involved and leak the news. ”

The crowd nodded, believing that his words were correct. The transportation of gold and silver is indeed difficult, a small box is hundreds of catties. However, the roads in Dongying are rough and vehicles are scarce, and it is indeed difficult to keep secrets if you want to transport such goods.

Huang Yuan looked at the pit ground that had been dug and asked, "From what you can see, where will they hide these goods?" ”

He Zongqi pondered for a while, looked at the river next to the port, and said uncertainly: "Since there is no one on land, will it be hidden in the water?" ”

A sentence woke up the dreamer, and everyone was refreshed and looked at the special dock of this warehouse. Since the gold and silver have not been transferred, and there is no land left, then the most likely thing is only in the water.

Huang Yuan looked at Zhao Yongliang, and Zhao Yongliang immediately sounded the whistle on his neck and summoned the Yulin Guard personnel to gather.

When the soldiers covered in mud lined up neatly in front of him, he said loudly: "Diver out of the ranks, go into the water and check to see if there are any boxes or anything like that." ”

Most of the members of Yu Linwei came from Fengyang and Jiangnan, and nearly half of them knew how to water, and these 150 people could easily elect 50 people.

However, it didn't take so many people, Zhao Yongliang selected twenty soldiers with superb water skills and asked them to take off their clothes.

Although it was only the end of April, and the river was still a little cold, after all, it was already early summer, and they dug for half a day, and they were not afraid of cramps after entering the water.

This time, news soon came that a soldier had found a rope tied to the underwater part of the wooden stake in the dock, and along this rope, thirty boxes of wooden boxes had been strung together and sunk to the bottom of the water.

These wooden boxes are difficult for ordinary people to get out of the water, but the ship of the internal supervisor already has a crane on it, and this crane can lift a cow onto the ship at once, let alone just a box.

When the thirty sludge-stained boxes were neatly laid out on the deck of the inner watcher, a smile of relief appeared on everyone's faces.

The three of them gave in, and Chang Fu took the lead in opening one of the smaller boxes.

The thirty chests were made of mahogany, which was extremely sturdy, but there were some differences, the smaller ones had six, the larger ones had twenty-four, but the smaller ones were heavier.

Everyone knows that gold is heavier than silver, and everyone is looking forward to these small boxes.

When Chang Fu cut open the wax seal and personally pried open a small box, the yellow light inside made everyone cheer.

When Zhu Zhanji got the news, it was already dark.

After a day of intense battle, even the most excited Ming soldiers showed a trace of fatigue at this time.

But everyone did not dare to be careless, because this was the first day of the war, and there was no way to attack the Dongying people head-on, and they were probably all looking forward to the arrival of the night.

In order to deal with the possible attack, Zheng He had been busy all afternoon, arranging the defenses of each occupied area.

In addition to the position on the shore that needs to be defended, the fleet should also pay more attention to possible attacks, and there are many people who are good at water, so they must be prevented from diving and scuttling ships.

Hearing that the inner eunuch and Yu Linwei had seized 3,000 catties of gold and more than 7,000 catties of silver at once, he just sighed and said that he knew.

Three thousand catties of gold is less than 50,000 taels, and more than 7,000 catties of silver are only 100,000 taels, which together are worth almost 500,000 taels of silver, which is just the cost of this army's expedition.

He is not a lover of money, and the only thing that matters to him is fame.

On the contrary, Zhu Zhanji was more excited, because with this batch of seizures, the basic expenses of this army have been saved, and if there are captures in the future, it will be a profit.

He is different from most people in this era, as a businessman in his previous life, he paid the most attention to cost and profit.

(I'm in a hurry on the road, and I hope to bear with me if there is something wrong...... ）

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