Half an hour later.

On the official road, a team of people and horses hurried over, the leader of the man was about fifty, wearing official robes, his face was anxious, the soldiers waiting for disposal gave way one after another, their eyes were full of expectation, many officers came forward to salute, the people who came did not care about returning the salute, turned over and dismounted, and walked forward quickly.

"The Governor of Xiaguan Lizhou, Wu Shitong, has seen the Protector of the Kingdom."

Qin Huaidao, who was sitting in the carriage, did not get up to return the salute, turned his head to look at the other party, looking a little rich, with a strong smell of wine on his body, his eyes were anxious, but he couldn't see the confusion after being drunk, this detail made Qin Huaidao realize that something was wrong and did not reply.

The samurai didn't dare to hold it up, it was a hussar general with a grade of official residence, a few levels higher than himself, and quickly explained: "My lord, Hou Minghao, the commander of Zhichong, is the niece and son-in-law of the lower official, and he came to invite the lower official to drink at noon, and he was happy for a while, and he couldn't help but be greedy, and he was drunk, but he didn't expect that bastard to take the opportunity to steal the seal letter of the lower official, forge the transfer documents, take away the transfer token, and cause a monstrous disaster. ”

One got drunk and threw off the responsibility cleanly, and returned Hou Minghao to the charges of stealing sealed letters, forging documents, and transferring troops without permission, which is a conspiracy and ruthless!

Qin Huaidao glanced at Hou Minghao who was in a coma, did not break it, and continued to stare at Wu Shi Tong, his eyes became cold, what Hou Minghao said during the interrogation just now was that when he was drinking, he mentioned the transfer of troops to suppress bandits, and Wu Shi Tong took the initiative to hand over the seal letter and tokens, but it was not stolen when he was drunk, and one of the two lied.

Perhaps the samurai pretended to be drunk, brushed himself off, and did not admit it afterwards, forcing Hou Minghao to hand over and rob the finances; Maybe he deliberately sent the seal letter to Hou Minghao with wine, and if the incident happened, he would shirk his responsibility on the grounds of drunkenness, just like now.

Either way, the samurai are inseparable.

Su Dingfang held down the handle of the knife with one hand, and he was about to move his hands.

The invisible murderous aura shrouded the past, Wu Shi Tong felt a chill, his neck shrank, and he panicked even more, seeing Qin Huaidao's cold gaze like a knife, he hurriedly continued: "My lord, the lower official will arrange to surround Hou Minghao's family, raid the house, and wait for the adult to deal with it, and the lower official will also tell the truth and ask the court to deal with it." ”

Wai Hou Minghao's family just wanted to nail the crime to Hou Minghao, it seemed that he would atone for his crimes, but in fact he had ulterior motives, as for telling the court, it was just to remind Qin Huaidao that he was an official of the court, and even if there was a mistake, he had to be dealt with by the court, and he couldn't do anything with him.

Of course, Qin Huaidao understands this rule, but the other party actually threatened, even if it is disguised, he can't be forgiven,

It's nice to kill the other party, but it's too cheap for the other party.

The thought flashed in his heart, and Qin Huaidao said coldly: "Hou Minghao intends to rebel, how to judge it is a matter of the imperial court, are you negligent, or deliberately instigated, it is up to the imperial court to decide, but the loss of this official cannot be held accountable, I heard that the Hou family is the largest salt merchant in several states in Shannan West Road, this official will give you five days, and you will see 100,000 stone of salt as compensation within five days, one day overdue, the official will come to the door in person to urge, and then it will not be compensation, and the whole family of the Hou family is waiting for the court to deal with it at home, if you escape a person, take your head is asked." ”

100,000 stones is the limit of the Hou family, and it has been asked during the interrogation just now, first hollowing out the Hou family, and then slowly liquidating, if you dare to stretch out your hand, you must bear the anger.

"This?" Wu Shi Tong's face changed greatly, he was not sure if the Hou family could take out 100,000 stones, and besides, Hou Minghao committed such a big crime, the Hou family would definitely escape, how could he stop it? Isn't that embarrassing yourself?

"Can't do it?" Qin Huaidao's eyes were cold.

Su Dingfang even drew the knife directly, and the sound of the knife coming out of the sheath was terrifying.

Wu Shi Tong also came out of the war, but after all, he was a Wenchen, and his courage was a little worse, seeing Su Dingfang's posture of wanting to do something, thinking of the mistakes he had made, it would not be good for the court to really cut off his head.

However, when I thought of my second daughter in the palace, I became a little stronger, and when I gave birth to a son and a half daughter in the future, that is, the emperor's relatives and relatives, who can compete with the protector of the country, it is not too late for the gentleman to take revenge for ten years, he suppressed his anger and said: "The lower official will do it, what else does the lord command?" ”

"Get out with your people." Qin Huaidao said coldly.

Not long after, the samurai left with the soldiers and the corpse, but the captives were detained.

Wu Shi Tong didn't know whether Hou Minghao was alive or dead, he was worried, but he didn't dare to ask for it, and when he turned to leave, a chill flashed in his eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"My lord, that's it?" Su Dingfang asked unwillingly.

"Don't worry, we don't have enough manpower, some dirty can't be delayed, someone has to do the work, right? Let the warrior Tong deal with the Hou family first, dog eats dog, let's get some benefits, and when we return to Chang'an, we will slowly clean up, don't want to run. ”

Su Dingfang reminded: "Young master, the second daughter of Wu Shi Tong is a talented person in the palace. ”

"The prince hasn't let go, what is a talented person? During the interrogation just now, the bandits said that there are still dozens of old, weak, sick and disabled people in the old nest, you take 50 people on a trip, the elderly, women, children and children will be pardoned, and the others will not be left, and the property will be taken back to make up for the losses, and the other 50 people will drive the damaged carriage back to Lizhou to repair it, and the non-broken ones will be driven back to the salt pit by the village protection team, is there a problem? ”

"No problem, arrange it right away." Su Dingfang agreed, and hurriedly arranged the manpower.

Soon, a group of people rushed to Lizhou with the damaged carriage, Su Dingfang took another fifty people into the mountains, and the village guards took the prisoners and drove the other carriages back.

When they came to the big pit, the horse-drawn carriages were kept in a centralized manner, and a person who was good at raising livestock was selected from among the miners to take care of the mules and horses, and everyone returned to the big pit to continue refining salt.

This kind of petty ambush didn't take Qin Huaidao to heart at all.

At dusk, Su Dingfang and the others returned, covered in blood and looking very tired, but their eyes were bright and excited, and they were carrying big bags one by one, looking very heavy.

Everyone went down to the pit and hid the bag in everyone's exclusive cave room, Su Dingfang casually cleaned his face, saw Qin Huaidao coming, hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and said in a low voice: "Young master, the cow and the mountain thief's nest is a pot, none of them ran away, they are all young and strong, there are no women, children and old people, and a batch of gold has been seized, at least ten thousand gold, and tens of thousands of silver." ”

One gold is equal to ten, and ten thousand gold is disappointment, which is a huge amount of money.

"These bandits are quite fat." Qin Huaidao was happy when he heard it.

"That's not it, there are still some green salt, cloth, and medicinal herbs, I really can't carry it, I found a place to bury it, and I have time to get it when I turn around, and the thief's den burned him clean."

Qin Huaidao praised: "The bandits are not producing, cloth, green salt and medicinal materials are estimated to be looting the caravan, burn it well, lest someone occupy the mountain as the king, pass the order, the transport team and the village protection team have made a great contribution this time, one person will be rewarded with an additional hundred guan, and the salary will be counted separately, you will take a thousand guan." ”

"Young Master Xie." Su Dingfang said gratefully, the money is good, but this atmosphere and attention are even more moving.

Many of the surrounding guards listened to it and said gratefully: "Thank you for the reward." ”

"Thank you, Lord for the reward." A driver also shouted in surprise.

"It's all you deserve, everyone fights hard, how can I be stingy, I don't have much silver, a little heart, you can move into Qinjiazhuang after you go back and become an official member." Qin Huaidao said with a smile.

"Really?"

"Thank you, Lord for your grace!"

"My lord is benevolent and righteous, and my brothers swear to follow him!"

The transport team is excited, compared with a hundred pieces of silver, everyone values being a member of Qinjiazhuang, the transport team is only the periphery, a member of Qinjiazhuang is the real person, can share a set of blue brick houses, and let children go to school in Qinjiazhuang College for free, future generations have hope, it is simply a heavenly life.

Thinking of Qinjiazhuang's initial poverty and current wealth, everyone smiled understandingly, patted the shoulder of the coachman next to him, and released goodwill, as if welcoming a family.

Qin Huaidao saw that the morale was good, and said with a smile: "Everyone, maybe there are still people staring here in secret, don't be careless, the transport team lives in those thatched huts on the ground, squeeze it, make a living, you must be vigilant." ”

"Obey." And they answered with joy.

"Alright, let's divide the money." Qin Huaidao said with a smile, went up and opened a bag, and took out a string of silver from it and distributed it to everyone, a string of consistent, a thousand copper plates, it was very troublesome, thinking about turning back to get out the banknotes, the denominations are diverse, the national promotion is unrealistic, and the support of the imperial court is needed, it is too troublesome, so it will be issued internally and circulated internally.

There are nearly 10,000 people who follow Qinjiazhuang to make a living, and it is a big project to pay wages every month, and it is much easier to use paper money, and it can save a lot of things.

When the time is ripe and the credit system is established, we will find a way to promote it nationwide, and controlling finance is equivalent to controlling the imperial court.

Thinking of this, Qin Huaidao became more and more determined to issue banknotes, and as soon as possible.