The gentry of Anren Mansion thought about it, and it was the most practical and useful to send silver.

Once you've decided to give money, it's time to think about how and how much to give.

After deliberation, everyone unanimously decided that each household should give 1,000 taels of silver, which together would be nearly 20,000 taels, and that there would be several thousand taels in the hands of individuals.

In their opinion, the country is barren, and the people who stay in Anren Mansion are all martial artists with little status, and each person will give a few thousand taels of silver, which is almost the same.

As for who will deliver it, after several people discussed, they decided to hand over this task to a middle-aged man named Zhu Taining.

Among the people present, he was the only one who had not been an official in the court, and it was most appropriate for him to come forward.

At the end of the discussion.

The gentry soon sent the money to Zhu Taining's mansion.

Zhu Taining was also neat, exchanging 20,000 taels of silver for gold ingots, treasures and other more valuable things, divided them into several portions, and put them in a food box.

The next morning, he carried a food box and went to a general's house.

The general's name was Du Qing, a martial artist of Daqian, a hereditary earl, very young, a partial general in the battalion, because during the siege of the city, his arm was injured and he was left in Anren Mansion to recuperate.

His position in the Qianren army is not high, but his status is not low, and he stays in Anren Mansion, if you want to dredge up the relationship, it is very suitable to find him.

In the early morning, mist shrouded the city of Anningfu.

Zhu Taining stood in front of the door of the mansion with a food box, could smell the earthy smell in the air, wrinkled his nose, and reached out to knock on the door.

The door slowly opened, and standing at the door was a soldier, looking Zhu Taining up and down, his eyes showing vigilance.

Zhu Taining had a flattering smile on his face, saying that he was a businessman in the city, and he wanted to discuss some things with Uncle Du.

The tone is also sincere.

The guard looked at him, didn't know what he thought, didn't ask much, and let him into the mansion.

In the main hall.

Zhu Taining saw Du Qing, the Earl of Qianguo, who was wearing light armor and had gauze wrapped around his arm.

He put the food box in a corner without moving, walked to the middle, and bowed dignifiedly, with a flattering look on his face, explaining his intention.

"Uncle Du, the younger one is a merchant in Anren's Mansion, who is in the cloth business, and when I passed by the Yamen yesterday, I saw a notice saying that the land would be redivided in a few days.

Although the small one is a businessman, his ancestors also left some land, adding up to a few thousand acres, so I would like to ask Uncle Du if there is room for accommodation in this matter?"

Du Qing glanced at him and said coldly, "It is clearly written on the notice that the re-division of the land is the decision of the Prime Minister, and no one can change it.

Moreover, this Jiannan Dao is Miss Tang in charge, if there is anything, don't come to General Ben."

After speaking, he looked at the soldier on the side, gave him a look, and was about to send off the guest.

Seeing this, Zhu Taining immediately became anxious and hurriedly said:

"The little one knows that Uncle Du has a lot of opportunities every day, and he doesn't have time to hang out on weekdays, so he wants to buy some dishes unique to Anren Mansion so that you can taste the taste of Anren Mansion."

When Du Qing heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? General Ben is curious, what is the taste of the dishes in Anren Mansion?"

Zhu Taining still had a flattering smile on his face, lifted the food box, walked in front of Du Qing, opened it, and introduced:

"This first dish is a traditional dish of An Yan Province, called Qing Shui Chuan Pearl."

As he spoke, he took out the golden bowl in the first layer of the food box, and grabbed a handful of them inside, all of which were pearls of excellent quality, which were worth one or two thousand taels of silver, to say the least.

Seeing this, Du Qing sneered in his heart.

Miss Tang means that after the prime minister's order is announced, the gentry who cooperate will only divide the fields, and the gentry who do not cooperate will all raid their homes!

Of course, the so-called cooperation and non-cooperation are just a mouthful of the final word.

If you say you cooperate, you will cooperate, and if you say you don't cooperate, you will not cooperate.

Therefore, Miss Tang means the end

The amount is too much to find out some that do not cooperate.

After all, the imperial court did not need so many gentry who were looting the people's fat and ointment, but it needed gold and silver in their hands.

"The gentry of Anren Mansion were too cowardly, and they all hid to be shrunken turtles, but I didn't expect one to suddenly appear, not bad."

Du Qing thought so in his heart, but a smile appeared on his face, and said, "This dish is good, is there anything else?"

When Zhu Taining heard this, he sneered in his heart, then Shen Guan kept saying that the generals of the Qianguo were not greedy for money, but in fact? The world is as black as a crow! Where is there anyone who can't get along with silver!

Restraining the disdain and contempt in his heart, Zhu Taining looked flattering and continued:

"There is also this second dish, which is also a famous dish in Anren Mansion, called Braised Red Shrimp on a Golden Plate, please take a look."

As he spoke, he opened the food box on the second floor.

I saw that the gold bricks were neatly arranged, and together they were several thousand taels of silver.

Du Qing glanced at it, with a warm smile on his face, looked at Zhu Taining, and said, "These two dishes are hard dishes, I'm afraid you won't be able to make them alone."

Zhu Taining didn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence, and he was a little eager to speak.

Seeing this, Du Qing showed a smile on his face, and said, "It is said that eating people has a short mouth and a short hand, and this general should always know who sent these two dishes, and when the fields are divided in the future......

Speaking of which, it came to an abrupt end.

When Zhu Taining heard this, he was slightly stunned, not that he didn't understand the meaning of Du Qing's words, but he didn't expect this matter to go so smoothly.

I thought that the other party would be insatiable and make a lot of money, but I didn't expect that a few thousand taels of silver would send them away.

It was unexpected.

"Otherwise, Qianguo is a small country, even the earl has never seen much of the world, and a few thousand taels of silver can make them betray the prime minister of Qianguo, which is really ridiculous."

Zhu Taining thought so, with a happy smile on his face, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said:

"If you go back to your uncle, these two dishes are indeed not made by one person, but by several masters."

"Tell me, which masters?"

"There is Master Shen in the south of the city, and Master Song in the north of the city......

"Which Master Shen?"

"Master Shen Guan."

"Okay, you go ahead."

Zhu Taining said it to the gentry who had made up the silver in one breath, and let out a breath, a little dry mouth.

Du Qing handed him the teacup on the table and asked, "What's your name?"

Zhu Taining was slightly stunned, and his heart almost forgot about himself, and he hurriedly said, "The little one's name is Zhu Taining."

After speaking, he stretched out his hand to take Du Qing's teacup, smiled, and saluted, "Uncle Xie."

Du Qing looked at the soldiers on the side and ordered, "Go get pen, ink, paper, and inkstone."

Then he looked at Zhu Shouning and said lightly:

"Write down all the names you just said."

When Zhu Taining heard this, a mouthful of water almost squirted out.

After talking about feelings for so long, I didn't remember a name, wasting my tongue.

He said a few words in his heart, took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, wrote down everyone's names, and presented them with both hands: "Uncle, it's okay."

"Hmm."

Du Qing took the paper and nodded, his eyes revealing a touch of excitement.

After staying in Anren Mansion for so long, he felt like his limbs were going to rust, and now he was finally able to find something to do.

Raiding more than a dozen homes in one go, he had never done it before.

Du Qing looked at it from top to bottom for a while, solemnly put away the list, looked at Zhu Taining, waved his hand and said, "You go down."

Zhu Taining noticed Du Qing's eyes, and always felt that something was not right.

But what was wrong with it, I couldn't say it, so I could only bow and leave.

After he left.

Du Qingteng stood up from the chair and said excitedly:

"General Ben wants to see Miss Tang! Tomorrow lead the troops to raid the house!"

............

Following.

Zhu Taining's mansion.

More than a dozen gentry gathered together, all with smiles on their faces.

"Brother Shen! What did you swear yesterday, those generals don't care about silver, what is the result? Taining only used a few thousand taels of silver to get an earl!"

A gentleman looked at Shen Guan, his eyebrows raised, and he looked proud.

Shen Guan's face was slightly gloomy and remained silent.

When the rest of the gentry saw this, they all laughed and ridiculed.

"There is no man in this world who does not love silver, but the amount of silver is not in place!"

"As long as there is enough silver, don't say it's a group of vulgar martial artists, it's His Majesty the Emperor......

Before he could finish speaking, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside, followed by the anxious voice of the servant.

"Master, it's not good!"

"A group of dry people came out there, shouting that they were going to raid the house!"

As soon as this remark came out.

The gentry's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Raiding the house? How is this possible?"

"Yes, sir, those guys are at the door, and the carriages are here!"

The servant's face was terrified, and his voice trembled.

When the rest of the gentry heard this, they all looked at Zhu Taining, their faces twisted together, and said:

"Zhu Taining, what the hell is going on!"

Zhu Taining looked dazed, completely unaware of what was going on.

This time.

A sound of neat footsteps sounded in the mansion.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of soldiers in gray uniforms walked into the courtyard with neat steps, and without saying a word, kicked in the door, picked up the valuable things and left, their movements were neat, without the slightest drag, as if they had practiced countless times in advance.

The gentry looked at them in amazement, completely stunned.

What's going on with these guys, they're too skilled in raiding their homes!

"You guys, go and stand at the door, don't try to escape, or you'll be killed on the spot!"

A centurion said coldly with a cold gaze.

When the gentry heard this, their hearts tightened, and they did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and hurried to the door.

As the protagonist of the raided house, Zhu Taining was anxious, his steps were brisk, and he consciously walked in front.

As soon as I went out, I saw a familiar figure, first stunned, and then shouted loudly:

"Uncle! Uncle Du!"

Du Qing, who was raiding the house, heard the voice, glanced at him, walked over, and asked coldly, "What's the matter?"

You brought someone to raid the house, and asked Lao Tzu what was the matter?!

Zhu Taining was slightly stunned, and a monstrous anger rose in his heart.

took a deep breath, pressed it down, and said, "The next person said that the uncle was going to raid the house, and the little one thought that there must be a misunderstanding in this......

Du Qing raised his eyebrows, and said very naturally, "No misunderstanding, it's a raid."

「......」

Zhu Taining was stunned when he saw that he looked like he should have been, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Side.

When the rest of the gentry saw this scene, they thought that Zhu Taining had offended the earl in some way.

Although there was no expression on his face, he was more or less gloating in his heart.

"Uncle, the little one just sent you a food box yesterday, a piece of clear water and pearls, and a braised red shrimp on a gold plate, have you forgotten?"

Zhu Taining said anxiously.

Du Qing looked at him with a flat expression: "I haven't forgotten, don't you know that bribing an official is a serious crime?"

「......」

This answer completely exceeded Zhu Taining's expectations, and he was stunned again.

Seeing this, Du Qing reached out and patted him on the shoulder, saying

"If you don't send that food box, it's nothing, and since you send it, you have to be prepared to be raided."

「......」

Zhu Taining had a look on his face, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he couldn't speak.

Du Qing said again: "Actually, General Ben reminded you at the beginning that it was the Prime Minister's order to redivide the fields, and in Daqian, no one could disobey the Prime Minister's order, and the same was true in Jianzhou."

The voice fell.

Zhu Taining finally came back to his senses, and if he wanted to add to the crime, there was no excuse, these dog-like things were nothing more than to find a reason to confiscate their family property!

I thought they wouldn't slaughter the city, but I didn't expect the result to be the same!

Zhu Shouning looked at Du Qing in front of him, took a deep breath, and calmed down.

At this point, there is no other way but to accept this fact.

Behind.

The gentry, who were gloating, naturally realized this.

They looked at Du Qing cautiously and whispered, "Uncle Du, I'll wait......

Du Qing seemed to know what they were going to say, glanced at them, and said lightly:

"Do you want to ask, will your house be raided?"

The gentry nodded heavily.

Du Qing showed a warm smile on his face and asked, "Guess why the soldiers under General Ben are so skilled in raiding homes?"

「......」

The gentry were stunned for a moment, then realized something, and their expressions froze on their faces, like falling into an ice cave, as if they were on the edge of an abyss.

It's not easy to raid a house.

It's hard work, but it's also technical work.

These gentry survived on this land and stood for hundreds of years, so they naturally had some skills.

Precious family property is tightly hidden, and even if you search carefully, there will always be fish that slip through the net.

Fortunately, before raiding the house.

Miss Tang handed out a booklet to each general.

I heard that it was compiled by the Prime Minister himself, called "A Guide to Copying the Family".

The above lists in detail the various methods of raiding the house, as well as the problems that may be encountered when raiding the house.

In addition to this, the objects of the raid are classified in detail.

Different types, different means.

Du Qing didn't care about it at first, but after copying his home, he found that this book was really useful!

If it weren't for this "Guide to Raiding the House", he didn't know how many treasures he would have missed.

One way or another.

After seven busy days.

The gentry's home was finally raided.

Boxes of gold, silver, and jewelry were piled up on horse-drawn carts, and there was almost no end in sight as far as the eye could see.

The copied family property could not be sent back to Chang'an in a short time, so a warehouse was built in Anren Mansion for temporary storage.

The carriage shuttled between the prefectures and cities, causing hundreds of people to watch.

The people of Anren Mansion obviously couldn't imagine that a single ingot of silver that they couldn't get even if they couldn't get their lives in their eyes was like dung in the hands of the gentry.

Those old men took out a little silver casually, which was enough for their lifetime expenses.

They couldn't understand why the old man had so much silver, but he still bullied them desperately for a little copper coin.

At this moment.

Looking at the carts of gold, silver and jewelry, their minds were blank, and an inexplicable anger rose in their hearts.

At the same time, an idea came to mind.

"Well done!"

"These shits, all damn it!"