Chapter 183: Return to Beijing
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On September 20, the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse, Qin Du secretly set off from Tokugawa County for the capital. Before leaving, Qin Duan held another meeting and determined that after he left, Liang Qiming would be mainly responsible for government affairs, and Zhu Yongqing, Liu Xiaoshan, and Shangguan Yonglun would be responsible for defense.
At the meeting, everyone proposed that in addition to completing the fundraising task, there are several other very important tasks such as recruiting all kinds of talents, publicizing the Tokugawa revival plan, coordinating all aspects of relations, attracting investment, etc., and Qin Duan also asked everyone to not slack off in their work, especially the work of intelligence gathering, suppressing bandits, and absorbing immigrants should be stepped up, and he hoped that he would make great progress in all aspects of the work when he returned to Tokugawa.
Because Qin Dui was reluctant to make a noise, he insisted on bringing only ten personal guards back to the capital, and even none of his own women, and everyone couldn't change Qin Dui's mind after hard persuasion, so they had to select twenty of the most elite guards to protect Qin Dui's safety and keep it strictly secret from the outside world.
After all, there were only twenty people who came, and they brought a lot of treasures to be used in Beijing, and it would be really troublesome if they really encountered a large number of robbers and horse thieves.
After leaving the Tokugawa Prefecture, Qin Du and twenty guards dressed in civilian clothes and lightly dressed in simple clothes, marched to the territory of Northwest Prefecture, although there were little changes along the way, but after all, there have been some gratifying changes, especially in the area near Tokugawa Prefecture, where many peasants from other places have settled here, and houses have begun to be built.
Thanks to the coordination of the Cho and Xu families, Huitong Bank, the only money bank in Tokugawa County, agreed to be guaranteed by the government to lend small sums of money to farmers and craftsmen who had settled down, so that these people could borrow money from the government or with government guarantees. Of course, the premise is that it has passed the necessary qualification checks.
Looking at these changes, Qin Dui's heart was filled with joy, like the feeling of a parent seeing a baby growing up.
However, Qin also found many problems, many irrigation ditches have been damaged and need to be repaired urgently, and the state of road traffic facilities is also worrying. If these problems are not resolved quickly, they will greatly hamper the implementation of the recovery plan.
Qin Du saw it in his eyes and worried in his heart, he really hated that he couldn't solve these problems immediately, but he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and he only hoped that Liang Qiming's work efficiency could be higher, so that the revival plan could be completed smoothly as soon as possible.
Due to Liu Dashan's main battle troops, Zhu Yongqing's garrison troops, and Shangguan Yonglun's cavalry troops, while strengthening the training of the troops. They also took the troops out of the city from time to time and took turns to train and march along the main transportation arteries, so that they could not only temper the overall marching ability of the troops, but also play a very good deterrent role in the social order of the whole territory; although no other obvious results have been achieved at present, except for the Hamas case, there has been a certain improvement in public order, and in addition, as the end of the year approaches, the number of businessmen who go out to do goods has also increased. There are also many more pedestrians on this road than there were a few months ago.
When Qin Du and his entourage were about to enter Bonan Mansion in Northwest County, they met a father and son three, and the three were from Jinzhong Mansion in Zhongshuo County. drove the donkey to return to Jinzhong after handing over the goods in Tokugawa Mansion, so Qin Du and his party accompanied the father and son. "Uncle, what are you sending to Tokugawa-gun?"
Qin Duan also wanted to know what the foreign businessmen thought of his revival plan, so he asked intentionally.
The father of the three is over half a hundred years old, but he is very strong and very talkative at first glance. "It's to send our specialty old vinegar there, and a few of them are also from Tokugawa, but are you heading to the capital?" The old man seemed to be in a good mood.
"Yes, we came from Loulan to buy goods in the capital." Qin Duan also smiled and accosted.
The old man didn't believe it. You are not a person who does business at first glance, and you will not bring some local specialties when you come from Loulan, and Loulan's specialties are very affordable in the capital. The old man smiled and shook his head.
"What does the old man look like about us?" Qin Duan didn't expect his excuse to be pierced by the old man at a glance.
"Well, the old man looks like you are from the yamen." The old man pondered for a moment before replying.
"Oh? On what basis did the old man conclude that we were from the yamen? Qin Duan really didn't expect this old man's eyes to be so powerful, and he could actually identify himself as a member of the government with just one meal.
"You don't look like you're in business, these young and strong, they look like bodyguards, and they're protecting you back and forth, so the old man dares to guess that you are an official, or maybe you're also a child of an official family." The old man said without concealment.
"Oh, I see, your old vision is amazing." Qin Du laughed, neither admitting nor denying it. "The old man has been in business for some years, hasn't he?"
"Our family has been doing this vinegar business for generations, and we can only support our family when we run around all year round."
The old man also sighed when he talked about business, "In the past few years, there has been chaos everywhere, and the business has not been determined, which is difficult." ”
"Yes, let's just say that this Tokugawa Prefecture, the Huns invade every year, and there are groups of bandits, and no one can guarantee when something will happen." Qin Duan also deliberately led the topic to the side.
"It was the old yellow calendar a few months ago, four months, Lord Qin, the current city guard of Tokugawa Prefecture, led the army to beat the Huns to the ground, I heard that the Huns paid 30,000 horses to buy the road, and Lord Qin let them go back, and I don't know why Lord Qin would be kind to those Huns, why didn't he destroy them all?"
The old man's eyebrows fluttered as he spoke, and he expressed his incomprehension of Qin Duan's behavior. "Two days ago, I heard that Lord Qin had captured another group of robbers, and the social order is much better now than a few months ago, and it seems that the people of Tokugawa County have become good officials."
"But from the perspective of our way, the Tokugawa Prefecture still looks quite depressed." Qin Duan asked in confusion.
"Even people have to take one step at a time to heal diseases, let alone such a big Tokugawa gun?"
The old man was a little unhappy, "Besides, I heard that some time ago, Tokugawa County was doing something to welcome outsiders to Tokugawa to settle down and farm and do business, even we know there, and many villagers are asking the old man, this time to Tokugawa County, we went to the yamen to ask for a notice, and took it back to the villagers to see." After speaking, the old man immediately took out a notice from his arms and raised it in front of Qin Duan.
"So, there are still people there who are interested in coming to Tokugawa-gun?" Qin Duan finally got to the point.
"Of course, whoever cares about his business or farming doesn't want to live a better life, no matter how difficult it is to leave his homeland, he has to be able to afford to eat, even the old man is a little moved, but it's a pity that Tokugawa County doesn't produce vinegar." The old man also had some regrets.
Entering the realm of the Northwest County, the shape of shì has obviously changed somewhat, but due to the lack of strong government and military support, the situation here has not changed much compared to the previous three months when Qin Du passed here, and I heard the local people say that although the Huns are gone, the local horse thieves and bandits are becoming more and more rampant. In order to avoid leakage, Qin Duan ordered everyone to hurry up and strive to leave the boundary of the Northwest County as soon as possible.
After a few days of trekking, Qin Du and his entourage left Northwest County safely, crossed Guanxi County, and stepped into the territory of Meishan County. When he stayed in Yeshan Mansion City, Meishan County, Qin Duan went to the bird market here, and paid a lot of money to ask local people to choose two precious cuckoos and a thrush for himself, and bought them at a large price, preparing to work in the capital.
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A month later, that is, in the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse, on October 25, Qin Du and his entourage finally stepped into the gate of the capital, although they only left for more than four months, but there were so many earth-shattering events during this period, and they also experienced the baptism of blood and fire, so that they did not have much energy to consider the feeling of returning to the capital again.
Due to this return to the capital, Qin Du did not report to the imperial court, but at that time, Qin Du was appointed as the punctual of Tokugawa Castle, and His Majesty the Emperor had a decree that Qin Du should give priority to state affairs and could return to the capital to face the saint at a convenient time. It stands to reason that he should go to the palace to meet the emperor first, but when Qin Du arrived in the capital, it was already in the afternoon, and unless it was an urgent business, he could only wait until the next morning.
Of course, what Qin Du wants to see most in his heart is that Liu Rushi and Li Xiangjun, who have come to the capital and live in Yixianglou, but this is in the capital, and if Wei Zhongxian knows that he will return to the capital and not visit him tomorrow, I am afraid that it will be a little bad, and it will be very embarrassing to go to visit who to visit first, and if he is not careful, he will offend a large number of people, which is not conducive to the work he is preparing to carry out.
Besides, this time to ask for money from the imperial court in the capital, which requires the help of Wei Zhongxian, the leader of the eunuch party, so at this time, Qin Duan must visit him first, as for Liu Ru is and Li Xiangjun, they will come to Japan for a long time, and they will have more time to get along in the future, and now they still focus on major matters.
After thinking clearly, Qin Dui went to Wei Zhongxian's mansion, because Qin Dui had been living in Wei Mansion all the time before leaving the capital, and the guards knew Qin Dui, so they didn't stop Qin Dui at all, and directly asked him to bring people into Wei Mansion.
"Lord Qin, when did you come back, I knew you were back, so I would have asked someone to clean up the yard where you lived in advance." The housekeeper of the Wei Mansion looked at Qin Du and said in surprise.
"Hehe, I'm in a hurry, so I'm back, why is the yard where I live still there." Qin Du said.
"The factory said that the courtyard in the west wing is specially reserved for Lord Qin, and anyone who comes back can live there." The butler said.
"Is the factory in the house?" Qin Duan asked.
"The factory is still in the palace at this hour, and he may not be able to come back in the evening, or I will ask someone to clean up the west wing, let Lord Qin rest first, and when the factory father comes back, I will tell you again." The butler said.
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