After entering the Li Mansion, Zhu Houwei first went to the main hall to sit down and rest, ran from the front gate of the Li Mansion to the back door, and then chased from the back door to the North City Gate, and then walked quickly from the North City Gate to the Li Mansion, he was really tired and almost vomited blood, after all, the body was only 11 years old, and it had not yet begun to develop, so much distance was already a big burden.

The Jinyi guards who rushed in began to raid the house, after all, they were professional, and the soldiers of the land and water battalion did not have the ability to copy out the hidden money. In this era, wealthy families would choose to store some gold and silver treasures in the secret room built in the mansion, or a big tree, and under the ground near the rockery, if you want to find out, you need to have professionals.

A group of soldiers from the amphibious battalion guarded the area around the main hall, while the others continued to find the enemies hiding in the house. Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhu Houwei with a smile, but Zhu Houwei ignored him, panting and looking at the main hall.

The Li Mansion is worthy of being the mansion of a wealthy merchant, and the entire Li Mansion is 500 meters long and about 300 meters wide. The main hall is 5 meters high, the cornices, the painting is gorgeous and sultry, most of the porcelain in the main hall is the best in the kiln, and a small number is the fine product in the official kiln.

Ancient Chinese porcelain definitely belongs to the high, in Europe in this era, if anyone has a set of porcelain from the Ming Dynasty at home, whether it is an official kiln or a private kiln, it is a symbol of status. Zhu Houwei was also very interested in this, and deliberately learned some superficial porcelain knowledge.

After a while, Jin Yiwei came over to report the results of the seizure, and seeing his happy face, it was estimated that it would not be less. The brocade-clothed guard Qianhu entered the main hall and gave a salute to the two, and said happily, "His Royal Highness the Prince, Second Highness, Li Mansion, ah, the thieves' collaborator materials have been clarified, a total of 200,000 taels of silver, 21,000 taels of gold, 150,000 taels of silver, and antiques, calligraphy and paintings are not counted." ”

Zhu Houwei said, "The gold and silver will be handed over to Zhang Shilang, and 20,000 taels will be taken out as a reward for the guard's pension and this meritorious person, as for the silver ticket as written evidence, let's put it here first." Jinyi Wei Qianhu immediately replied "yes". Then he retreated.

The general flag of the land and water battalion also walked in at this time, gave a military salute and said, "My lord, this place has been investigated clearly, and all the enemies have been wiped out." A total of 58 maids and female dependents were found, and a man who claimed to be Huairen's master, wearing women's clothes, hid under the bed in the wing room, and was caught by us. In addition, 200 horned bows, 20,000 arrows, 100 spears, 500 long knives of various colors, 500 pairs of iron armor, and 46 good horses were found. ”

Zhu Houzhao's brothers' faces sank, they didn't expect them to collect so many armor and weapons, I don't know how many have been shipped out of Daming. Zhu Houzhao said, "First send that master to Master Zhang, except for the horses, all the other armor will be sent to the official office." ”

When everyone left, Zhu Houzhao asked, "What are we going to do now?" Zhu Houwei replied, "Let's go to Zhang Shilang first." Then the two brothers left the Li Mansion with the land and water camp.

More than 20 people were separated, leading the horses back to the yard first, and the rest went to the government office. In this operation, for the Zhu Houzhao brothers, the biggest gain was not the 200,000 taels of silver tickets in written evidence, but these horses.

Although there was no shortage of horses in the Ming Dynasty, the price of horses was still very high. An ordinary military horse costs 70 taels of silver, Zhu Houwei looked at the horses behind him and knew that he had made a lot of money this time, because of the 46 horses, nearly 30 of them were not common Mongolian horses, but Western horses.

Mongolian horse is one of the oldest horse breeds in China and even in the world, mainly produced in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, and is a typical grassland horse breed. The horse is not large, with an average shoulder height of 120~135 cm and a weight of 267~370 kg. The well-trained Mongolian horse, which is not frightened or deceived on the battlefield, is extremely brave, and has always been a good military horse. Mongolian horses are native to the Mongolian Plateau, in a semi-wild state of survival, they have neither comfortable stables, nor exquisite feed, in the fox wolf infested grassland to eat and sleep in the open, summer to endure the scorching heat of mosquitoes, winter can withstand the cold of minus 40 degrees, and Mongolian horses adapt to long-distance running, endurance is quite good. Of course, there are some disadvantages, because of the short stature, the weight will be small, and the cavalry is short in front, and the taller horses always have to take advantage of it.

The 30 Western horses are different, standing next to the Mongolian horse is a head taller, about 150 cm to 165 cm high at the shoulder, and the head is basically about 2 meters, just standing there gives people the feeling of a behemoth. Zhu Houzhao and the soldiers of the land and water battalion are very fond of it, these days, there are no luxury cars, but men are eager to have a stylish car, horses are the first choice, even if Wu Dalang rides on a sweaty BMW, it will attract a super high return rate. One of the brocade guards said next to the Zhu Houwei brothers, who were observing the horses at close range, "These horses should not be sweaty horses, they are probably from the extreme west, they are all stallions, they have not been castrated, and they can be used as the best **." Zhu Houzhao's brother's eyes lit up, and with good horses, he could train a good cavalry unit. There are still people who know how to raise horses, as long as these high-headed horses are used for breeding, maybe there will be horses that combine the advantages of Western horses and Mongolian horses in the future.

Riding skills can not be trained in a short period of time, only Zhu Houzhao's riding skills are good in the entire land and water battalion, and the officers of the land and water battalion can only do the level of infantry on horses, and cannot effectively hit the target in the process of running on horses; due to the length of the guns, they have to use two hands to shoot, and once their hands are unreined, they may fall off their horses, and now they can only ride on horses to hurry. As for the recruits, they have not yet been trained to ride horses, and none of the 1,000 people can ride horses.

When he arrived at the county office, Zhang Shilang's interrogation had reached the final stage, and the county magistrate and the county were only willing to admit corruption and not collaborating with the enemy, but the captured master couldn't stand the criminal law, so he made all the moves, and even confessed a message that the one who ran out of Huairen might be a big man in the north. But it's not very old, only 23 or 4 years old.

Brother Zhu Houzhao went to the back of the lobby and continued to eavesdrop, at this time the master had already recruited all the money, and also told some hidden evidence, many of which were evidence about the county and the county and the north. At this moment, the county Cheng could only admit it, but Yan Ying laughed madly, "Hahahahaha, the deficit of the treasury is not Huairen County, the whole Ming Dynasty is like this, Lord Zhang, you can't catch it, Shanxi is a place, and the contact with the Northern Yuan Dynasty is not worth my small county, the senior officials of Datong Mansion are involved in the whole body, Datong is in chaos, the Great Wall can't be defended, Lord Zhang, you don't dare to catch it." I studied hard for more than ten years, and finally the title of the gold list, and it took a few years to become this official, thousands of miles for the official only for money, with a good fortune, the face of the small family can not live, what a prosperous era, what a great rule, all the high-ranking officials of the family of gold and silver sea fool the people, fool the emperor, this world, hahahahaha. ”

Fornicating with foreign enemies, this is to be copied all over the house, and now it is impossible to deny it, so Yan Ying seems to be crazy and unscrupulously says everything in his heart. As an official, there is no one who is not bright in his heart, even if he doesn't understand it at first, he can see these current situations clearly after a long time. However, no one has stepped forward to change the status quo, no matter what kind of excuses there are, the reality is that everyone is cowardly, in line with the principle that others do not move, and I do not move, saying things that are not right, you fool me, I fool you. Even if a few stunned young people dared to tell the truth, they were immediately swept away by various factors like a tsunami, and then became calm and the sun was shining.

The guards around him heard it but didn't hear it, these people may be vegetables on the battlefield, but they have been in the capital for a long time, and they also know what they can listen to, what they can say, and what they can't listen to, and what they can't say. Zhang Shilang still seemed to have a calm face and a solemn appearance, but the slight twitch at the corner of his mouth still expressed the shock in his heart. There was only Yan Ying's crazy laughter in the lobby, as if he had become a benevolent gentleman, a husband of solar terms, and everyone else in the hall was a ghost. Zhang Shilang said lightly, "Yan Ying, you don't have to put aside the guilt, what you find out now is that you are judging for embezzling the treasury and communicating with foreign enemies, since you have committed a crime, you have to bear the bitter fruits, and it is useless for you to quibble." Come on, press them down, and put them in prison with their families, waiting to be released. ”

Once the death penalty may be imposed, it is necessary to report to the capital, to see whether it is beheaded after the autumn, or immediately beheaded, whether it is sent to the capital vegetable market, or solved locally, which must be approved by the emperor. The Ming Dynasty and other Han dynasties were still very concerned about the death penalty and were cautious.

The two cousins were silent, and when Zhang Shilang was sentenced, Zhu Houzhao lowered his head and asked, "Is what Yan Ying said true?" When he asked, he didn't look at Zhu Houwei, he couldn't see his expression, and he didn't know whether he was asking himself or Zhu Houwei. However, Zhu Houwei still replied softly, "I haven't been to a few places, I haven't seen it with my own eyes, I don't know if Daming is like this, but even if it is, then change it, as the son of my father, the descendant of Taizu, I can't wait for death to eat for the rest of my life." "Zhu Houwei did plan to wait for death when he first came to this world, but for this situation, as a prince, he can also influence the emperor and crown prince, which gives him the confidence to say no to the status quo. Zhu Houwei, who has some knowledge of history, knows that his relatives did not end well, so he also has greater motivation to change the status quo and change the future.

Zhu Houzhao raised his head, looked at Zhu Houwei, and asked expectantly, "You help me?" ”。 Zhu Houwei nodded heavily, "For a lifetime." The two brothers looked at each other and smiled, and Zhu Houzhao also regained his former look.