Chapter 093: Windfall

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Three days later

"Uncle..."Zhao Xin walked into the Qincha Xingyuan quickly: "All of them are sent, but all the merchants who are involved and have entanglements with Liu Weisi are sent." ”

Chen Cao stood up: "How did Hangzhou Commercial Bank do it?" ”

Zhao Xin said with a righteous face: "According to the uncle's orders, there are Liu Youwei and Qi Shangwen and the political envoy according to the tainted evidence of the inspection department, hehe, the Hangzhou commercial bank participated in the assembly of the mob and provided funds, which involved the major crime of rebellion, and the subordinates have arrested twelve large and small shopkeepers, sealed all the warehouses of the Hangzhou commercial bank, and seized three million taels of silver in the money bank under their names alone. ”

"It seems that Zhang and I are going to continue to prepare for a counterattack." Chen Cao touched his head: "Come, let's confiscate 30 million taels of cash now, and I can't eat it alone." Chen Cao took out a piece of paper and wrote as he spoke: "It is reported that a total of 10 million taels of gold and silver have been seized in Zhejiang, and 5 million should be handed over to the national treasury, 3 million to His Majesty's internal funds, and 2 million to the governor." ”

"The rest is ours?" Zhao Xin raised his eyebrows.

Chen Cao nodded: "The time for the silver to go is faster than the news from Zhejiang, otherwise there will be discord I am worried that the Donglin Party will die in advance, but I believe that the emperor and Wei Gelding will do some things when they receive the five million taels, otherwise, Lao Tzu will use the money to rebel and show them." ”

Zhao Xin arched his hand: "Uncle put it down, and his subordinates will definitely do it." ”

"Has the inventory begun?" Chen Cao frowned.

Zhao Xin took the letter: "My subordinates will do it." ”

Zhao Xin left on the front foot, and Zhang Yangming came to visit on the back foot.

"Master Zhang, why do you have time to come to me?" Chen Cao smiled and welcomed Zhang Yangming into the lobby.

Zhang Yangming arched his hand: "Uncle Dingwu, the lower officials came this time to ask about the aftermath in Zhejiang." ”

"Didn't you say it all that day?" Chen Cao frowned, and then said with a smile: "As a eunuch who has been handed down from generation to generation, Ben Bo also knows about taking people's money to eliminate disasters for others, after all, didn't you do the same when Zhejiang was in turmoil?" ”

Seeing Zhang Yangming's embarrassment, Chen Cao snorted and said, "Oh yes, you are all Donglin Party, a party is easy to talk about, and you lose your words..."

"That's not what Uncle Ding Wu said," Zhang Yangming felt that there was no need to hide it since the words had already been spoken: "We are all scholars, not like Uncle Dingwu, who is as open-mouthed as a lion." ”

"Eh..."Chen Cao waved his hand and said: "This is not called a lion opening his mouth, Lord Zhang, you have to think so, these charges are all solid crimes, once investigated, all the people in Zhejiang will suffer, and they will have to raid their homes and exterminate their families, even if they escape this catastrophe, it will be the exile of the whole family, if it is you, what do you think?" ”

Chen Cao's words are not unreasonable, Liu Youwei and Qi Shangwen's surrender made the entire Zhejiang officialdom fall into passivity, and the last straw that crushed the camel was the suicide of the political envoy Liu Weisi.

Zhang Yangming felt that he couldn't say anything about Chen Cao at all, so he also gave up arguing with him, and instead talked about Zhejiang: "Ding Wubo, you have gained a lot in Hangzhou this time, can you get angry before Xiaguan in the next thing?" ”

Oh...

The old guy turned out to be worried about this.

Chen Cao smiled and nodded: "Ben Bo knows, Master Zhang let it go, after the matter in Hangzhou is dealt with, Ben Bo will go south to inspect the Zhejiang Prefectures, and then the new army will be recruited for the given military army, and there will be no more major purges, you can rest assured." ”

Zhang Yangming breathed a sigh of relief, he was really worried that Chen Cao would take advantage of this to rectify the entire Zhejiang officialdom: "Since this is the case, it is inconvenient for the lower officials to disturb, what does Uncle Wu need, even if he sends someone to patrol the yamen, the lower officials will definitely do their best to assist." ”

"Oh yes," Chen Cao stopped Zhang Yangming: "Lord Zhang, Ben Bo is a good person, you'd better inform your subordinates, Ben Bo is patrolling the mansions in the south, don't deliberately find fault with it, so as not to misunderstand." ”

"Thank you Ding Wubo for reminding me to leave the official..."

Sending Zhang Yangming away, Chen Cao's comfortable 'so-and-so lying' collapsed on the chair, the whole person pulled the elder, closed his eyes and recuperated, he already leisurely felt that he would live a god-like life before the age of thirty, with a group of beautiful wives and concubines, surrounded by children, and a lot of money: "Hehe, although this kind of life is a little frizzy, it is much better than serving tea and water to the director in the department as a pug..."

"Uncle?"

"Ah..."Chen Cao muttered to himself leisurely, how did he know that Xu Ling walked into the lobby with something, Xu Ling couldn't understand Chen Cao's words, so he screamed tentatively, which scared Chen Cao.

"Xu. Girl..."Chen Cao sat down, because his 'Chen Cao laying' was really difficult to get into the elegant hall.

Xu Ling heard Chen Cao call herself 'girl', thinking about being forced by Chen Cao that night, she was really embarrassed, and her face turned red suddenly: "Uncle... Uncle... The slave maid boiled you a bowl of bird's nest porridge, you have to drink it empty. ”

Chen Cao took the bird's nest porridge and felt that Xu Ling's self-proclaimed 'slave' was really ugly, so he said: "Don't call yourself 'slave' in the future, call yourself... Well... Forget it, just call yourself 'me'. ”

"How's that going to work?" Xu Ling shook her head, the hierarchy of this era is very strict, especially between the lords of wealthy families and ordinary people.

"Hey, forget it, you can do what you like," Chen Cao looked at Xu Ling again, but he had some immature thoughts in his heart, but after thinking about it, it was really not good to do it in broad daylight, so he put down the bowl and took Xu Ling's hand and said: "I, Chen Cao, am also an earl, since I want your body, then I have to be responsible, I don't worry about the food cooked by others outside, I will hand it over to you in the future, are you willing?" ”

Xu Ling was a little embarrassed to be caught by Chen Cao like this, but thinking that she had been forcibly occupied by Chen Cao before, and she had already had a substantial relationship, where could she make other plans, so she lowered her head and whispered with a red face: "The slave has been married, although she has not given birth, but she is no longer a complete body, and the uncle is a noble man... Slave maid..."

"Okay, I know," Chen Cao patted the back of Xu Ling's hand: "Follow me Chen Cao, you will never suffer, I like people like you..."

"Huh?"

"Uncle..."Zhao Xin hurriedly walked into the lobby, but when he saw Chen Cao grabbing Xu Ling's hand, he hurriedly turned around to exit.

"Come back," Chen Cao stopped Zhao Xin, and then let go of Xu Ling's hand: "Go ahead." Then he straightened up: "What's the matter?" ”

Zhao Xin saw that Xu Ling had left, so he turned around and walked into the lobby, and arched his hand with a smile: "Uncle, happy event, you are really a god, the major wealthy merchants in Hangzhou, but all those who have anything to do with it, all the money has been sent, and the money of those big merchants has also been delivered, this is the account book." ”

Zhao Xin handed over the account book: "In general, the amount this time has reached 56 million taels, uncle, it's a big deal..."

Chen Cao smiled at the corner of his mouth, and then carefully calculated the account: "Except for 10 million taels of this money, the rest must be used for the construction of the new army," Chen Cao looked at Zhao Xin with a smile: "Do you also want to be a prince of the country..."

Zhao Xin was excited: "Uncle, in broad daylight..."

"I know," Chen Cao waved his hand: "By the way, it is impossible for Hangzhou Commercial Bank to make such a little money, and then check." ”

"The subordinates are about to make a report," Zhao Xin handed another account book to Chen Cao: "This is taken from the commercial bank, the Hangzhou commercial bank has warehouses in Taizhou, Shaoxing, Jiaxing, and Ningbo, and according to their shopkeeper, there are still a lot of goods at the mouth of the sea in Shaoxing Prefecture, and there are merchant ships in Guangdong City that have just set sail and are about to return to Hangzhou." ”

Chen Cao looked through it and looked at Zhao Xin: "According to your estimates, how many assets do you have?" ”

"The subordinates let their accounts calculate," Zhao Xin arched his hand: "The combined assets can reach at least 30 million taels." That's not all, if you uproot their employees and shopkeepers, uncle, add another 50 million taels. ”

"Don't..."Chen Cao shook his head: "If you see it, you will accept it, and you must not mess around again, the recovered assets are 30 million, 10 million will be given to Your Majesty, and the remaining 20 million will be handed over to the treasury, so much money will be received in your hands, even the Donglin Party has nothing to say." ”

"Then the uncle only received forty-six million, which is too little, uncle." Zhao Xin looked helpless.

Chen Cao looked at him funny: "How much do you think I should take?" ”

"Why don't you make up an integer..."

"Okay, I know, the difference of four million will be paid by you Zhao Xin to make up for me."

"Ahh

...

His own life was bought back with countless money, Chen Cao stayed in Hangzhou for a few more days, and before leaving, he specially arranged for Qi Shangwen to fill the vacancy in the yamen of the political envoy and arrange a suitable position, after all, this guy was his cheap old man, and he had to deal with it well for the sake of his daughter's face, as for Liu Youwei, Chen Cao did not break his promise, and directly arranged it under Huang Chongtao's sequence, and first awarded the title of commander, and then arranged it after there was a suitable vacancy position.

Until Chen Cao left Hangzhou, it was already the second day of December, and his next destination was to go to Taizhou Mansion to meet the famous Qi Jiajun at that time.

Although Qi Jiguang was buried in Penglai, the real head of the Qi family at this time was Qi Changguo, who was 51 years old and the governor of Nanjing's Right Army, who was actually awarded the title of Taizhou general.

His son Qi Xianzong worked under Chen Cao, and now he is also the commander of the Nanjing Right Guard of Zheng Sanpin.

Therefore, Chen Cao planned to go to Taizhou Mansion to meet this elder first, and then see if there were any useful people under his command who could be used for himself, after all, the signboard of Qi Jiajun was personally laid down by Qi Jiguang.

Chen Cao's boat went down the Dongyang River from the Yanzhou Mansion until Xianju stopped ashore, and then a team of more than 1,000 people headed towards the Taizhou Mansion.

Huang Jianchun, the prefect of Taizhou, got the news early on, and on December 11, he finally saw the Qincha team waving flags in Shili Pavilion in Linhai County, the capital of Taizhou.

"Huang Jianchun, the prefect of Taizhou, greets Fengtian to inspect the Zhejiang Prefectures, and the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Ding Wubo..."