Chapter 264: Losing the Jade Plate

Knowing that Pearl was going to move, his mother's family went back, and Qin Hui personally sent it far away and brought a lot of gifts back. The servants who moved to transport items, furniture and salutes took the first step, and when Pearl and Qin Hui arrived with the child, they had already cleaned up the master bedroom, Pearl was tired, and directly hugged the child to sleep, but Qin Hui couldn't rest, so he went to work first. When Pearl and the child woke up, they fed their son, and asked the nurse and the girl to take him out to bask in the sun, and see for themselves how the salute and the furniture were placed. Dinner is also going to be open, and eating at noon is very simple, especially Qin Hui has been really busy recently, and he is tired and tired, so he should make up for it. Now Pearl himself will also prescribe medicine, picked a few kinds of medicinal materials, especially Tongkat Ali and some soothing medicinal materials put in the tonic soup to cook, until an hour before going to bed, found a little girl to watch the fire, the kitchen people also instructed, this is busy with other things.

The gold and silver brought this time is only half of the original, and the things are also half of the original, and they received congratulatory gifts twice, and accumulated a lot of things, and the pearls took advantage of this move, and the caravan at home came over, and they transported the things to the Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, and some of the gold and silver utensils and pearls were re-gilded in the space, and then inlaid with some gems and diamonds, and some of them need to be reprocessed and refined, all of which have been marked, and when they arrive at the Zhuangzi, there will be craftsmen who will reprocess them. It's okay to process it, or give it away, or sell it. Besides, if it is processed, it will not be recognized in the future, and if it is sold, the price will also rise. Another reason is that if someone wants to catch Qin Hui taking bribes in the future. But it's hard.

Their dowry furniture has been moved, the Qiangong bed is placed in the west room, the east room is the master bedroom, in a place like the north, it is better to sleep on the kang in winter, and then move to the west room in summer. The furniture was all set, the dust had long been planned to be clean, and Pearl went to the treasury to check again, and knew what was missing and what was missing without a ledger. Checked it out. It was found that a jade plate was missing. Pearl directly called out the person in charge of transportation, and said where the plate was placed at that time, which car, and the person in charge quickly found out that it was a mother-in-law who used to work in the kitchen of the governor's mansion to steal it. In the past, she was in charge of the inner warehouse. Now after the people of the pearl come. Replaced with his own people. She was sent down, and when she left, she said that she wanted to go home, and asked for a deed of sale! Now they are gone. Song Zheng's meaning is to forget it, but the pearl remembers the appearance of the plate, it is a good jasper plate, there is a gilt decoration on it, the plate is given by others, although the loss of a jade plate at home is not a big deal, but if it is sent by someone else, the pearl thinks it is better to be careful. immediately sent Liu Qing to find this mother-in-law, be sure to seal her mouth, and get the things back.

Qin Hui heard Song Zheng's report to him about this matter, Qin Hui's hand holding the pen first paused, and then continued to bow his head to write, while writing, he said, "I know." Madame did the right thing, you don't have to worry about it. ”

Qin Hui actually wanted to know in his heart what Pearl would do with this matter. If it was just the plate recovered, then Qin Hui could only say that his wife was very cautious, if she not only recovered the plate, but also found a way to deal with the tail, then she would have to look at the pearl differently! Sure enough, within half a month, the person who went out to run errands came back. Liu Qing first reported to Pearl,

"Madam, the mother-in-law will sell the plate when she goes back, and I have asked their whole family to sign a deed of sale and send them to the coal yard in the northwest, and it will not be before the end of the year to hear the news that their whole family is dead. The plate was sold to a north-south goods store, I recovered it, and burned the account book, and the shopkeeper and his men were also sent to southern Xinjiang, where there are our people and will deal with it. ”

The so-called treatment, that is, to make them disappear, the pearl will not use them easily, but once it is said to be clean, it must be the cleanest way. How to do it, pearls never ask. The backyard was still so peaceful, and the people in the storehouse knew that something was missing, and the lady knew, and after confirming who it was, she didn't hear anything else. As for Qin Hui, he naturally knew what Liu Qing had done, he didn't speak for a long time, and after sending people out, Qin Hui thought about it for a long time, it seems that his daughter-in-law's power is really not small! But it's okay to deal with it like this, Qin Hui is not afraid of being caught, in their position, there are a lot of gifts coming and going, some are given to him, and some are given back by him, naturally they can't really be like Qing Shui, if that's the case, he can't do this job. But the pearl method is right, and it is also troublesome to take it out silently like this. It seems that the daughter-in-law is still a person who can get rid of big things! The heart is careful enough, and the hands are ruthless enough. To be his wife, she is absolutely qualified, but looking at the way Pearl treats her children, it is estimated that the things that can make Pearl ruthless are for the sake of the family and the children, and also for him! Thinking like this, my heart is very warm, and I go back to eat at night, and keep giving pearls vegetables.

"I heard the plate was recovered?"

"Yes, it took some effort to chase it back, and the master won't blame me for being ruthless, right?" Pearl absolutely believes that Qin Hui knows what he has done,

"Madame is doing a good job, it would have been better if she could have been more careful. I'll do it next time I'll do something like this, you know? Qin Hui pinched Pearl's cheek again.

Pearl smiled, even if this matter is in the past, the new official took office three fires, Qin Hui, the old fritter, of course, will not choose those things that offend the local magnates, let alone suppress his subordinates, what he wants to do is to collect good seeds, and promote them, military expenses are allocated, although it is said that a number is given, but in fact, less than eighty percent are transported to them, if it is distributed to the generals under him, and then it is sent down, it is estimated that there will be less in the hands of the soldiers. This was also the cost of building the city walls. Qin Hui plans to use cement, which can save manpower and allow the city wall to take care of both. In terms of military spending, Qin Hui asked his trusted subordinates to bring the silver to the barracks, according to the names and hairs of the people, so that the money in the hands of the soldiers was twice as much.

Of course, this did offend many officials, but Qin Hui also let go, he would definitely not let these officers lose money, everyone was waiting and waiting, waiting for the next order of the adults.

After two months of preparation and reconnaissance and command, Qin Hui began to get busy, first took his subordinates to suppress the bandits in the local area, and the things that were obtained from the bandits' dens were all sent to those officers, and the bandits must be supported by the local clans, they knew very well that those bandits had been staring at them for a long time, and they also sent a lot of silver to these officers, and this part was also a lot, and it was distributed to the soldiers. And after these anti-bandit actions, a group of people were promoted to official positions. In this way, hello everyone, I am good, Lord Qin Hui is a good one, and his favorability has gone up several steps.

If you have meat to eat, people will be willing to listen to you, Qin Hui's three fires are burned beautifully, and there are 250,000 taels of silver in the official treasury, which have been accumulated for many years, just because I am worried that there will be problems in the frontier, and when the time comes, the grain and grass will not be able to be helped, or the military salary will not be used when it will not arrive. This money can be used, but it must be used in practice, Qin Hui wants to buy military supplies, but he is a little embarrassed, what he is worried about now is weapons, food and grass.

Returning to the back house in the evening, Qin Hui did not hide his worries in front of Pearl, Pearl sent all the people waiting, and asked while serving soup to her husband,

"Sir, is there anything wrong? Look your brow hasn't been lifted yet! ”

Qin Hui sighed, drank all the tonic soup in one go, thought about it, and waited for Pearl to put the rice in front of him before he spoke, "I'm worried about armaments." The last time the military salary was paid, the actual number of sergeants reported to me was only seventy percent of the number on the roster, and now I can't see anything, but once the war starts, this trouble will be great. There are also swords used by soldiers who are really not the same, the number of war horses is even smaller, and the cavalry has no qualified dressing opportunities. The range of the artillery is only a kilometer, and the shells are often dumb, if this is attacked by the barbarian cavalry, the situation of the four northern provinces is worrying! ”

"Why don't you buy horses and equipment? It's too late to recruit soldiers for training now. Speaking of artillery, there are still a lot of skilled craftsmen in our girders, and if you think about it, you may not be able to solve it. Especially the war horse, the border market is still open, so you should be able to buy it! Pearl said, "Aren't all the horses on the prairie like this as war horses?"

"Although there are horses to buy, they are not good horses, and besides, the barbarians know that we buy a large number of horses here, so it is inevitable that they will have doubts, and it will not be good when the time comes. And I heard that the barbarians have a very good way of taming horses, in case these horses turn against each other on the battlefield, wouldn't it be a bad thing? Speaking of this, Qin Hui didn't eat again, Pearl thought about it, put a chopstick slippery loin for her husband, and whispered,

"Actually...... I have good horses on my pasture. Speaking of this, he looked at Qin Hui again, Qin Hui didn't take it seriously, took a bite of food, and then said, "How big can your ranch be, there are some good horses, but they just look good, right?" ”

Pearl thought for a while and said, "A few years ago, I bought the ranch, which is a thousand acres, and there are more than 1,400 horses in it, and I bought twenty sweaty horses from the northern caravan. ”

As soon as he heard Pearl's words, Qin Hui couldn't care about eating his meal, and hurriedly asked, "What you said is true?" ”

"Yes! Originally, I was going to buy it and make money! Let people come back from the north again, this road is very far, transport 100 horses, can get here, at most 20 horses, this price is not cheap, how, the lord wants? ”

Qin Hui picked up the chopsticks and started eating, now that he had an appetite, he said while eating, "Madame, don't worry, when will the master let you lose money, don't worry." ”

Pearl also replied with a smile, "Then I'll just wait for the benefits of the master, don't forget the interest!" ”

Qin Hui came to pinch the pearl's cheek again, but was dodged by the pearl, this person is really. (To be continued......)