Chapter 420: Separate Actions
Although she had already asked Xing'er to go to Shen Mansion to inform Shen Jinyu, for the sake of prudence, and Zhao Qingyan still wanted to discuss some things about the dam repair with Shen Jinyu again, she decided to meet with Shen Jinyu before leaving for Fuzhou.
If she went directly to the road and was tired of traveling all the way, she didn't have so much energy to think that she could still discuss those very difficult things with Shen Jinyu with Shen Jinyu despite fatigue and fatigue.
The next day, Zhao Qingyan and Wen Qiao went separately to do their own things. When Wen Qiao came back yesterday, he said that he wanted to leave as soon as possible on the second day, but now it seems that Wen Qiao still overestimated the difficulty of the things that needed to be dealt with.
The emperor did send people to guard the mansion where Jiang Cheng had hidden the grain, but the people who counted the grain did not arrange it. This made Wen Qiao have to find another way by himself. After eating a simple meal with Zhao Qingyan, the two of them walked out of the gate of Huai'en Houfu together.
"Go ahead." Zhao Qingyan stood outside the gate of Huai'en Houfu, looked at Wen Qiao, who was only a few steps away from her, and urged. Wen Qiao was dressed in a brocade robe and jade robe, and just standing in front of others, it made people feel amazing.
Hearing Zhao Qingyan's words, Wen Qiao didn't move. He stood in place again and looked at Zhao Qingyan deeply, and instructed uneasily: "You pay attention to safety, and come back as soon as possible after talking to Shen Jinyu." After speaking, Wen Qiao's eyes turned to the two maids Lu Luo and Xing'er who were following Zhao Qingyan, and said to the two of them, "Take care of your master."
Wen Qiao ordered, and the two of them saluted Wen Qiaofu neatly and replied, "Yes." After instructing Zhao Qingyan and the two maids, Wen Qiao looked up at the sky, only to see that the sun had already come out after a delay for a while.
The matter in Fuzhou was urgent, and Wen Qiao did not dare to delay any longer. He hurriedly said goodbye to Zhao Qingyan, then took the horse brought by the little servant, and turned over on the horse neatly.
Zhao Qingyan stood in place, squinting slightly at Wen Qiao's distance. No matter which aspect, Wen Qiao is very eye-catching. This is probably the advantage of good-looking people. After a moment's distraction, Zhao Qingyan heard Xing'er staring at her suspiciously with a pair of apricot eyes, "Master?"
After coming back to her senses, Zhao Qingyan glanced more in the direction where Wen Qiao left, she quickly retracted her gaze and said lightly: "Let's go." After the two servants and the master had entered the carriage, the coachman drove to the destination where they were going.
This time, Shen Jinyu was finally not in the study. When Zhao Qingyan was taken all the way by the subordinates of the Shen Mansion, he saw Shen Jinyu standing in the courtyard from a distance, stretching out his hand to direct the subordinates to get something.
After getting closer, Zhao Qingyan took a look, but saw that those subordinates were actually sorting out books. "The princess." Seeing Zhao Qingyan coming, a smile flashed on Shen Jinyu's face and shouted at her.
"Lord Shen." Zhao Qingyan nodded to Shen Jinyu, and then looked at the subordinates who were sorting out the books, with a few doubts in his eyes, he asked Shen Jinyu, "What is Lord Shen doing?"
Seeing that they were about to leave for Fuzhou, Zhao Qingyan thought that Shen Jin should have locked himself in the study at this time to read the classics left by his predecessors. Shen Jinyu followed Zhao Qingyan's gaze.
He replied with a smile: "I'm going to Fuzhou in the near future, I thought that I shouldn't be able to come back to the capital for a while, so I thought that these books in the study had been put for a long time, so I asked my subordinates to sort them out." See if there are any books that you can use, and take them with you. ”
As soon as Shen Jinyu explained this, Zhao Qingyan instantly understood. She sighed that Shen Jinyu was not a scholar, and he really lived up to this name. If he's not tactful, he's really a nerd.
When Wen Qiao arrived at the house where Jiang Cheng had secretly stored grain and grass, there were already many guards fenced around him. The guards are as strict as being in the palace. Wen Qiao walked all the way into the courtyard, and all the food had been moved to the yard.
"Shizi." When Treasurer Fu saw Wen Qiao coming, he took a few steps closer to him, and then respectfully bowed to him. Seeing Fu Si Kui, a trace of surprise flashed in Wen Qiao's eyes, and he asked, "Why is Fu Si Ku here today?"
Fu Siku was very young, and he smiled softly, with a full sense of youth. He replied to Wen Qiao's words and said, "Your Majesty sent our treasury to inspect the grain first, and now these are all to be registered."
The grain and grass have now been found, and Jiang Cheng has been punished as he deserves. Wen Qiao really couldn't understand why the emperor still asked people to check and register grain. He shook his head meaninglessly, looked into the eyes of Treasurer Fu, and asked, "Then Treasurer Fu has checked and registered?"
Fu Siku replied: "The grain here now is a little less than the grain distributed before, and I have already listed the specific figures, and I will let people send them to the prince later."
"Before coming here, Your Majesty told me that if the food is about the same, please ask the prince to set off with the food first. If it is not enough in the future, please report it to Your Majesty. ”
"Okay." After listening to Fu Siku's words, Wen Qiao understood what the emperor meant. He guessed that the treasury should not be rich now, and it was for this reason that the emperor would let him reraise it himself when the grain and grass were lost.
"Then the prince will check and count first, and I will go back to the palace to report to Your Majesty first." After seeing Wen Qiao, Fu Siku didn't dare to stay for a long time. Wen Qiao probably knew the reason why Fu Siku was in such a hurry to leave, so he nodded directly and said goodbye to him.
After Treasurer Fu left, a guard handed over the list of surplus grain to Wen Qiao. It is indeed the same as what Fu Siku said, it is not much close, if he is a little thrifty, it should be enough for the people of Fuzhou to continue to survive.
Wen Qiao folded the list into the hidden pocket of his sleeve, and then waved to the lieutenant general who followed behind him, and said, "Lizi, you let them all in." Five sacks of grain were carried in a horse-drawn cart. ”
There were forty sacks of grain left, and eight more wagons would be enough. and eighty thousand pieces of silver. In addition, the batch that Zhang Xinzhi transported to Fuzhou before was similar to the batch sent by the emperor at the beginning.
Li Zi listened to Wen Qiao's order, and soon asked his soldiers to come in in an orderly manner to carry food. The soldiers in the barracks are accustomed to hard days, and their daily training is hard and tiring, and I don't know how many generations easier it is to carry food than training.
Dozens of bags of grain were quickly carried by the soldiers onto the wagons. Wen Qiao personally inspected each carriage and confirmed that there was no problem before he was relieved.
Originally, I thought that counting the grain would take time, but I didn't think that it would be done quickly.
The food is ready, now it is only necessary for them to go. Wen Qiao stood in front of the first carriage transporting grain, and suddenly became idle, and he thought about what he needed to do to go to Fuzhou again this time.