Chapter 2: The Scarlet Silver Bar
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After Geng Zhongming left, Chen Xin waved his hand to let a few guards leave, and then asked Song Wenxian and a few others, "What do you think of Geng Zhongming's words?"
Song Wenxian first said: "The subordinates feel good, Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde are illiterate, their correspondence and correspondence are written by the master, after writing, the two of them just draw the charge, the painting is very easy to imitate, but the master's handwriting is his own best, since the master was caught by us, let him write some letters, but the content of it should be carefully pondered."
Zhou Shifa also said: "This Chen and Li Jiucheng were sometimes stationed in Kuandian together, and the two had a great relationship, which is known to everyone in Dongjiang. If you want to be convicted of the crime, there is no more evidence witness, Geng Zhongming and Wang Bingzhong are both witnesses; There is no evidence at the moment, but let the master write a few letters, pretending to have a period of contact, let's go to Lushun to arrest Chen, and put it in his bedroom, Lu Zhi still has a few Jinyi guards, it is best for them to find out by themselves. ”
Lushun's general Chen sometimes never expected that he would be remembered by a group of terrible people on the other side of Liaohai, who was also a member of the rebel army in the original history, and after Li Jiucheng occupied Dengzhou, he crossed the sea to surrender and vacated Lushun's position. After Chen Shi left, he was occupied by Gao Chengyou, who betrayed Phi Dao, and Huang Long sent Li Weiluan to beat Gao Chengyou away because he had no face to stay on Phi Dao, and changed his station in Lushun on the grounds of preventing chaos in Dengzhou nearby.
But now that Chen Xinxian has taken a fancy to this place, Huanglong can only continue to stay on Phi Island. Several people in the room are characters who often engage in intrigue and trickery, these abilities are not innate, and practice makes perfect, but ordinary people don't have much opportunity to practice, and a few industry elites set a rough plan in a few words, and Zhou Shifa and Zhang Dong immediately went to mention the master.
Only Song Wenxian and Chen Xin were left in the room, Song Wenxian took a sip of tea relaxedly, and then said to Chen Xin: "My lord is a good method, this Geng Zhongming is afraid that he will have a long-term nightmare, how should this person be used in the future?"
Chen Xin smiled: "Wang Bingzhong can't stay. He knew the matter of Dengzhou best, and it was just a convenient thing to use to scare Geng Zhongming. Leaving Geng Zhongming behind, there are too many benefits, the first is that Geng Zhongming and Li Jiucheng are virtuous and old, and they are also from Dongjiang. In the past two years, there have been one chaos after another in Dongjiang Town. I guess that the imperial court is now muttering in my heart as soon as I hear the word Dongjiang. Regardless of whether Li Jiucheng votes for Jiannu or not, with Geng Zhongming in Dengzhou, the imperial court will not be relieved, and the official will have more reason to stay in Denglai. ”
Song Wenxian listened carefully. Nod your head appropriately from time to time, so that the leader can have a stronger sense of achievement.
Chen Xin continued: "Second, killing Wang Bingzhong this time can somewhat alleviate the grievances of the locals in Pingdu Prefecture, but there is no need to alleviate it in Dengzhou." After the intelligence bureau went back, it spread some rumors that were unfavorable to Geng Zhongming, and used him in front as the opposition of the locals, and we had more room as the middle force. ”
Song Wenxian admired: "The third benefit must be the backbone of the city, which is prepared for the layout of the Dongjiang River in the future."
"Exactly, with Mr. Song helping the official, the official can indeed save a lot of worry, Geng Zhongming is the one who left the highest official position in the standard camp this time. Let's clean up Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde. arrested Li Yingyuan, killed Wang Zideng, and immediately had to deal with Chen Shi, all of them were people from Dongjiang Town, if they didn't leave the signboard of Geng Zhongming. In the future, the people of Phi Island will feel that there is no way to live in Shandong, and they may turn to Jiannu as a last resort, leaving Geng Zhongming completely different, not only has an example. It is also possible to attract Dongjiang manpower to take refuge through guò's connections, all of whom are Han people from Liaodong. It is very beneficial for us to operate southern Liaoning in the future, even if some of them are soldiers, it is better than taking refuge in Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji's daughter is a bone, and the official can also do it. Geng Zhongming not only wants to use it, but also uses it in the future. After the situation stabilizes this time, I plan to set up a foreign affairs department and ask Mr. Song to officially assume the official position of our department, and Dongjiang Town will be the place where Mr. Song will focus his attention. ”
Chen Xin had discussed this matter with Song Wenxian, Song Wenxian had always done this, and he was also the one to do, he said: "My lord, this Geng Zhongming may be a good fighter in Dongjiang Town, but my Wendeng battalion is like a cloud, he is afraid that it is nothing, how can he be useful?"
Chen Xin smiled yinyin, "Let him collect business taxes and test the reactions of all parties." ”
Song Wenxian was stunned for a moment, and slowly turned into a smile, "There is a lesson from Li Jiucheng's past, this time there is a tragedy of killing, no one in the place dares to provoke Geng Zhongming, he really wants to collect business tax, the local government does not dare to report it at all, in the past, collecting business tax was the target of public criticism, and now after the chaos, collecting some business tax is nothing, it is better than killing people and setting fires." If Geng Zhongming is forced to be in a hurry, they will have to worry that their heads will not be guaranteed, at least their official positions will not be guaranteed. This time I beat Geng Zhongming, forgive him for not daring to have other thoughts, besides, this person's head is still active, maybe he can also figure out this matter. ”
Chen Xin smiled: "If he can't figure it out, Mr. Song can find a time to wake him up and let him do things with peace of mind." I plan to use his signboard and collect taxes on various land roads in Denglai, and use him as a villain in Dengzhou City, and I will protect the merchants with the tax revenue of Wendeng, and keep those merchants willingly. Dengzhou this time by this heavy blow, in the short term all industries withered, but people with vision can also see as an opportunity, the original monopoly in the hands of the big hands of the industry has become a blank, now there is a lot of land, the displaced people will continue to gather in Dengzhou, as long as there are people, soon more prosperous than the original, Jinan and Qingzhou businessmen will have a lot of businessmen here to do business, let them develop the habit of paying taxes, after we get to those places, the resistance is not too big. ”
After he finished speaking, he smiled and said: "In the future, Geng Zhongming's side will still have to install people to turn the standard camp into the help of our Wendeng camp." If there is anything to test and fight the way forward, let Geng Zhongming do it, he wants to make some money, as long as it is not excessive, let him go. ”
"The subordinates obey the order, but if Geng Zhongming is stationed in Dengzhou City in the future, the adults will also have to guard against him."
"Most of the Beicheng was burned down, a place near the Caoqiao was cleared as a barracks, a thousand headquarters were stationed, and a division was sent to control the North Gate Wengcheng every day, Geng Zhongming was no more than a thousand people, and the Intelligence Bureau planted some eyes and ears, if he dared to think about it, he would be too long." ……
Outside the east gate of Pingdu Prefecture, the 1,000th headquarters is stationed here.
On the official road outside the camp, the 4,000th headquarters of the reserve battalion is being opened, and the direction is to Dengzhou.
Chen Ying walked around anxiously by the camp wall, Zhou Shao'er squatted on the ground and said with a smile: "It's useless to be anxious, this time it is the 2,000th headquarters that has been transferred, and it is the instructor who wants to return to Liaodong who is saying that the Central Military Department has no clear order, and it is difficult to say whether he will go in the end or not."
"I hope I'll have to think about going back, but I can't do it. I applied to go to the second president. ”
"You don't think about it, Lu Qian will not let people go, I heard that this time Lu Qian may be alone in one place, so he will not let the veteran leave. Besides, you really want to go back to Liaodong, don't think about coming back for a year and a half. What should your daughter-in-law do? ”
"Ahh Daughter-in-law. Chen Ying stopped suddenly, "Yes, I have a daughter-in-law." ”
Zhou Shao'er continued to laugh and said: "You see that you speak the same as a Wendeng person, so what's wrong with staying and being a Wendeng person."
Chen Ying was silent for a while. Shaking his head, he said: "I don't share the hatred with Jiannu, even if I kill enough of seven people, it will be difficult to solve the hatred in my heart." I didn't have anything to eat in Dongjiang Town back then, so I escaped with a boatload of people to save my life and take revenge. Now that I have a daughter-in-law, as long as I can have a queen, even if there is anything, the daughter-in-law and children will not worry about not eating. Even if I want to die in Liaodong, I will go. ”
"Then you'll have to wait for a post-not. You don't know if your daughter-in-law is pregnant, maybe we will also be transferred to Liaodong then. ”
Chen Ying suddenly said: "The 4,000th headquarters of the reserve battalion, isn't it the original first general of the peasants and soldiers, Zhong Laosi is the company commander, I apply to be transferred to him......"
"Zhong Laosi, forget it. He couldn't protect himself. He ignored the authority of the military judge in Dengzhou, Nie Hong wanted to take him as a model, Wang Changfu didn't want to protect him too much, only Zheng Sanhu was fighting for him, and the lawsuit had already reached Lord Chen. ”
Everyone knows about Zhong Laosi now. Not only did he throw away the booklet of the judge of the company at that time, but later Zhao Xuan went to persuade him to explain the matter, and he spoke disrespectfully to the instructor and scolded Zhao Xuan for being the reincarnation of a demon. said that when there was no instructor, the war was still better. It is said that Huang Side and Nie Hong were very angry with him and teamed up to clean him up.
"Zhong Laosi is also true. Although Zhao Xuan was originally a demon, but now how good he is, the youngest soldier has always been happy to find him to help, he is willing to help anyone who has something, and Zhong Laosi, the dog, still scolds him. He didn't want to think about how much power the instructor and military judge had, and now he couldn't even submit the opinion of the commander to the Central Military Department without the countersignature of the instructor, he was good. ”
Zhou Shao'er scolded Zhong Laosi a few words, after all, he was still a little worried about this old boss, and looked carefully at the queue passing outside, and he didn't see Zhong Laosi's figure in the queue of the third company, and he didn't know if he was arrested.
At this time, there was a suona sound from the thousand headquarters, "What's the matter?" Zhou Shao'er muttered, pulled his legs and rushed in the direction of Qianzongqi, and turned around and threw back a sentence, "Let your team wear armor, and everyone else gathers." ”
Chen Ying hurriedly returned to his tent and asked his soldiers to put on their armor, and the other teams also lined up in their respective tents, and several captains got together, exchanging their own gossip, and guessing wildly what new orders would be.
After a while, Zhou Shao'er rushed back, and several captains greeted him, Chen Ying asked first: "Are you transferring us to Liaodong?"
Zhou Shao'er waved his hand, "Geng Zhongming and Wang Bingzhong, who were stationed in the south gate urn city, were infighting, it is said that the department commander said that Wang Bingzhong had robbed too much, and there was a suspicion of indiscriminate killing, and at the same time he had some old enmity with Geng Zhongming, and the two sides fought, and the third division was transferred to the East Gate Urn City, let's stay put, prohibit going out, and keep a team of people in armor." ”……
The men and horses of the reserve camp stationed in the north gate of the urn city also began to put on their armor and go up to the city wall, and the short assembly horn echoed in the courtyard of the urn city.
"What's the matter?" Liu Minyou heard the sound of the horn and said to himself in confusion, he was still in the urn city, and the cleaning of materials was nearing the end, and they were all classified and sorted into piles. The gold, silver and jewelry obtained were close to Dengzhou, and the gold in them was about 60,000 taels, which became a major item, and the items such as cloth, silk, cattle and horses were much less than those in Dengzhou.
In just a few days, Dong Yu took more land from the state government than more than 200,000 mu.
Chen Xin informed him an hour ago that the Central Military Department was preparing to return to Dengzhou, and asked him to stay in Pingdu Prefecture with the people of civil affairs to continue clearing the fields.
A Tang horse from the 5,000th headquarters of the reserve battalion hurriedly came and reported to Liu Minyou: "Lord Liu, Geng Zhongming and Wang Bingzhong are fighting among themselves, and there is a fierce battle going on in the south gate of the urn city, our department will close the two gates of the north gate of the urn city, and the men and horses have been properly deployed, so Mr. Qian, please don't worry about it."
"Hey, with you here, there's nothing to worry about." Liu Minyou let out a long sigh, and asked with some doubts: "Geng Zhongming and Wang Bingzhong are not all clearing the rebels. Why did you start fighting on your own?"
Tang Ma said in a low voice: "Back to Mr. Liu, my subordinates don't know about this matter, it was the Chinese army light cavalry who came to inform me, I only heard that it is the most fierce in the south gate urn city, and there are also people and horses fighting in some places in the city. I didn't say that we should suppress it. ”
Liu Min said urgently: "There is also a battle in the city? Isn't Lord Chen in the state government? Hurry up and send some men to the state government to be on guard. ”
"Lord Chen has already left the city from the east gate. The subordinates saw the Chinese army flag leave, and the south gate was fought after the adults left. ”
"So coincidentally?" Liu Minyou's brows furrowed deeply.
Natang Ma didn't think much about it, but just asked, "Does Mr. Liu have anything else?"
"No, you go and report to your president. So he doesn't have to worry about us. ”
After sending away Tangma, Liu Min had a person who stood in place, and the information that he had been in contact with scattered since he arrived in Dengzhou was somewhat related to Chen Xin. The Intelligence Bureau continued to increase its funds before the war, and it happened to appear in Zhenhaimen during the rebellion. Liu Pojun was confident in several military meetings in Wendeng, and was not nervous about the mutiny just a few hundred miles away, and the hidden troops in Qixia and Ninghai Prefecture received information on the second day of the mutiny, apparently with sufficient intelligence support.
Dengzhou and Pingdu are also heavy losses, when the chaos in the city is not settled, there are local officials and officials who quickly change the land deed, obviously the intelligence bureau has a plan before entering the city, and every qiē is like a big drama performed under Chen Xin's arrangement.
This Wang Bingzhong was a hero guarding the north gate a few days ago, and today he is a sinner who robbed the people. It made Liu Minyou feel a sense of uneasiness in his heart.
On the one hand, there was a kind of uneasiness of conscience, and on the other hand, he knew that these resources could allow more poor people to survive, so he did not want to think about it thoroughly. In the end, he finally didn't speak.
He was quietly thinking about the recent events alone, until Wang Erya came over and interrupted him, "Mr. Liu, you still have time to be in a daze, the slave family has done everything you explained." Two hundred and twenty-eight thousand taels of silver have been counted and packed. What is the use of all this money? Originally, you said that the land was not enough, but now the land is enough, why don't we open another cigarette factory and give me an extra 100,000 taels of silver, and the slave family will open another cigarette factory near Dengzhou, and how about transporting goods to Beizhili, Tianjin, Guanning, and Dongjiang?"
"Open." Liu Min was absent-minded, "The factory in Jinghai is smaller, and it is really inconvenient to bypass Weihai to transport goods to the north, I estimate that the sales volume will increase greatly this year, and you will finish the Pingdu thing, and go to Dengzhou to arrange this matter." ”
"Okay." Wang Erya's gray face immediately brightened, "Then Mr. Liu has to let the trading company use some thoughts, and the trade routes in the north will be spread out more earlier, Shanxi has not come to Wendeng directly to buy goods so far, the north is bitter cold, and I like this thing more." ”
Liu Min looked at her unkempt appearance, and couldn't help but be a little funny, "Director Wang, you are a woman who can endure hardships better than ordinary men." However, he was also cruel to his subordinates and workers. They call you ...... behind their backs."
"Dominatrix, I already knew that Lao Cai couldn't bear the hardships yesterday, and scolded me like this to my face, and it was even more ugly."
Liu Minyou was surprised and said, "You don't see it?"
"What's so strange, I was the only one left in my house who was killed by the Tartars, if the soldiers and horses of the court can fight, why should I be alone. The tobacco factory is to earn money for Lord Chen to raise soldiers, what kind of world is it now, what kind of hardship is it to suffer this little hardship, if there are no soldiers and horses, when the Tartars come here, it will be really bitter. can let more people survive in troubled times, don't be like me, I will be worthy of my heart, what is it to be scolded by a few words. ”
After Wang Erya finished speaking, she bowed her head a little lonely and was silent.
At this time, the main gate opened again, and two civil affairs people went over to pick up a few carriages, each of which was full of boxes, and one person said to Liu Minyou: "Geng Zhongming sent a batch of Wang Bingzhong's dirty silver, ask Mr. Liu to send someone to check it."
"The slave family is busy." Wang Erya made a blessing to Liu Minyou, took the command of a few people to unload the box, and opened it in front of Liu Minyou, which was full of gold and silver.
Liu Minyou was silent for a moment, his eyes swept over the piles of land deeds on the table, as well as the mountains of materials and silver boxes in the urn city, and finally landed in a silver box in front of him, full of silver, and the silver ingots were still stained with shocking red bloodstains, he breathed a sigh of relief, "It's not worth it, it's easy to say, a few people can really do it." ”
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