Chapter 172: What a Surprise

"Master Hou, it seems that the Japanese army has also given up the idea of pursuing us."

Chen Cao looked at the treasures and women that were constantly being transported on the ship, and he was immediately satisfied, he made a lot of money on this trip to the Japanese Kingdom, and the important thing is to transport these treasures back is the main reason, and the focus is to do some transactions with the Dutch East India Company in Taiwan, such as arms deals.

"What are you chasing? Tokugawa Tadanaga is our commander after the break, and now that the port of Edo is in our hands, and their warships have gone to Kyushu again, where do you say they got the strength to fight us? ”

Chen Cao shook his hand, and then asked Zhao Xin to continue counting his belongings at the dock, and then he walked into the resting cabin, as soon as he entered the cabin, Chen Cao took Zhang Chunyao into his arms, even if it was on the sea in the summer, it was extremely hot, Zhang Chunyao, who was only wearing a thin gaule, fell into Chen Cao's arms, with a look of intoxication.

"Chunyao, I can't say we have to go back."

"The concubine also wants to go back, and the bed at home is at least more stable than on the ship."

Chen Cao, who walked out of the cabin, glanced at him: "So fast? ”

Zhao Xin also knew that Chen Cao must be doing something serious inside, so he didn't dare to disturb more: "I have to report, after all the boarding is completed, I have to hand over the account book to Hou Ye to watch." ”

There are five thick account books, it seems that there are a lot of things, Chen Cao looked at it casually, and then sat on the chair in the aisle of the cabin: "You tell me." ”

"Yes..."Zhao Xin said and put the account book on the table, and then took out a summary book: "This time the silver is estimated to be more than 10 million taels, 3 million taels of gold, all kinds of gold, jade, silver, coral and other utensils are countless, packed with more than 100 boxes, the total value will not be less than 40 million taels, in addition, according to the orders of the Hou Ye, nearly 30,000 women under the age of forty were also all on board, and many soldiers also searched the dead Japanese army and the rich people in the city according to the orders, If all the income of the generals, sergeants and pawns is collected, it is conservatively estimated that there will be an income of five million taels. ”

Also, Chen Cao looked at the big bags and small bags tied to his body and made those new soldiers smile from ear to ear, so he shook his head: "The order is given to all divisions, and the property collected by the soldiers must be handed over uniformly, and whoever dares to hide it privately will be the first place in the army." ”

If it weren't for the precedent for the New Army to have instructors who specially explained the precedent of handing over the seized proceeds during training, otherwise these new troops would definitely not be willing to take out their own income if they got such benefits again.

"Zhao Xin, all the soldiers seized, whether it is gold and silver artifacts or jade jewelry, will be valued according to the market value of my Ming Dynasty, and then each soldier will be rewarded separately, ten taels per person..."

Chen Cao said with a serious face.

Under the system of raising soldiers with high salaries, the composition of these displaced people and untouchables is deeply obedient to the military law of the new army, and if ten taels of silver are ordinary soldiers, it is half a year's salary, who would not like money?

Moreover, the discipline of the new army was strict, and after Chen Cao's order was issued, the gendarmerie corps of each battalion and company took up their own work, and the non-commissioned officers who guarded them handed over all their captures.

The progress seems to be in order...

Four days later, Chen Cao's fleet arrived at Fangjin Mountain, and to Chen Cao's surprise, a fleet from Daming had already been waiting in the port.

"Master Hou, the troops left behind said that the people who came were sent by the imperial court to deliver the decree, because they wanted to see Lord Hou, so they stayed in Fangjin, and the Jinyi Guard who followed was a person from Fusi in Beizhen, I heard that there were other things to inform Lord Hou."

After Zhao Xin finished speaking, he stood on his side, and then straightened his robe: "Let's go, go ashore to meet the angel." ”

"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: ......

Now that the war of the Japanese Kingdom is over, I feel deeply uneasy in the world, and I can't bear to use troops again, so I ordered Chen Cao to lead his troops to return to the Hajj as soon as possible, and all the future affairs of the Japanese Kingdom will be handed over to the Marquis of Xianning, and I will appreciate this..."

"Chen Cao's decree, long live my emperor, long live, long live..."

Chen Cao stood up and behaved very calmly, he didn't know the little eunuch who announced the decree, he should be a new person in the palace, as for the Xianning Marquis Qiu Yue, Chen Cao only had a relationship with him when he was in the Jingshi Dynasty, and that was also the white and pure marquis he saw in the noble queue when he left.

"Marquis Xianning, this lord should return to the court by holy decree, and everything here will be handed over to Marquis Xianning."

Chen Cao politely bowed his hand to Qiu Yue, and Qiu Yue also smiled and said: "Where is it, Dingwu Hou is tired, this place will be handed over to Benjue, and then I have to ask Dingwu Hou to help me more." ”

After a few words of greeting with Qiu Yue, Chen Cao took the people of Beizhen Fusi to the boat, and the accompanying Qianhu officials saluted Chen Cao very respectfully: "Xiaguan Beisi Qianhu Chenglin, I have seen Master Hou..."

"Tell me, but the Governor has a confidential matter to pass on to me?"

Cheng Lin nodded and handed a secret letter to Chen Cao: "This is the Governor ordered the subordinate to hand it over to the Hou Ye, and the Governor asked the subordinate to pass the message to the Hou Ye, this time it was because the Japanese delegation arrived in Beijing, and Lin Qingliu took advantage of this to attack the Duke and the Hou Ye, but please rest assured that the Hou Ye ordered the Hou Ye to return to the army, but also let the Hou Ye go back after the matter was finished." ”

"Ben Hou knows, is there anything else?"

Chen Cao opened the letter and read it, the things mentioned in the letter were similar to Qianhu's words, but there was also a confrontation between Donglin and the eunuch party in the Great Dynasty, Wei Zhongxian also asked Chen Cao in the letter not to give up the hard-won results, which also made Chen Cao feel very relieved and felt that this old eunuch was not ordinary cunning.

Cheng Lin hugged his fists: "Yes, there is one more thing, the governor is ready to attack the Donglin Party, but he has already moved the former official Zhang Wenda, the former official secretary Zhang Wenda, Lord Zhang died of illness at the beginning of the month, Tian Zhenfu asked the subordinate to report to Hou Ye, and said no to Hou Ye in advance..."

Zhang Wenda is dead?

Chen Cao trembled all over, then lost his mind a little, and immediately asked, "Affected Lord Zhang?" ”

Cheng Lin nodded: "There is no way, Tian Zhenfu knows that Lord Zhang and Master Hou have an old relationship, so let his subordinates try to avoid involving Lord Zhang in their affairs, but the things behind are getting bigger and bigger, and it has reached the point where Tian Zhenfu is uncontrollable..."

Things are very complicated, this is the same as the Donglin Party disaster in the fifth year of the Apocalypse in the original history, the dead Zhang Wenda was also held accountable, and Zhang Wenda also asked Chen Cao to protect Zhang Wenda's family when he drank with Chen Cao before his death, and now he is in the Wa Kingdom, he has to go back as soon as possible to help, otherwise Zhang Wenda's family will suffer, and he is really faceless as a nephew.

"Ben Hou knows, you go down first."

"Yes..."

Cheng Lin left, and Zhao Xin spoke: "Master Hou, things are not simple..."

"Qiu Yue should have many interests involved, so they think it's a good thing to be in the Wa Kingdom, there is a silver mountain here..."Chen Cao sighed: "It seems that Wei Zhongxian is not worried about me, there are traitors in our house..."

As soon as Chen Cao's words came out, Zhao Xin became alert at the moment, so he walked out of the cabin and looked around: "Isn't it Jinyiwei?" ”

"It's hard to say..."Chen Cao shook his head: "Last time, all the money in Zhejiang was taken away by Wei Zhongxian, and he also earned his nephew the title of Duke of Ningguo, and Lao Tzu fell into a marquis, but this marquis should have been mine a long time ago..."

"Master Hou, do you want to check it out below?" Zhao Xin said and gestured.

Chen Cao shook his head: "I already have a plan for this matter, you just need to secretly send people to monitor the generals at all levels in the army, especially the people who are Keguangxian." ”

Zhao Xin nodded: "If necessary?" ”

"If necessary, these people have to 'die on the battlefield'..."

Zhao Xin nodded coldly: "My subordinates understand..."

"Prepare, it is necessary for the Wa State to stay behind, and let Shi Xiu stay with the people of the Third Division, stationed in Fangjin, and also, you personally lead the team to take all the boats with the property to Chongming Island, leave the property there, and only return to Nanjing with things worth 10 million taels, and after selling them, hand them over to the emperor and Wei Zhongxian."

Zhao Xin thought about it and nodded and asked in a low voice: "Master Hou, the thousands of households on Chongming Island belong to the jurisdiction of Zhenhaiwei, and our infiltration has not yet come to an end." ”

Zhao Xin's meaning is very clear, once the people of Suzhou Mansion know that there is so much money on Chongming Island, they will definitely try their best to get Zhenhaiwei to come forward, but once this matter is broken, then the money will be wasted again.

"The loss of money is not terrible..."Chen Cao shook his head coldly: "The terrible thing is that Lao Tzu has lost so much money but is still kept in the dark by the traitor, which is the most terrible." ”

Zhao Xin was taken aback, and then suddenly realized: "Isn't Master Hou going to use these treasures to lure the traitor into the bait?" ”

Chen Cao turned his head to look at Zhao Xin, and smiled evilly: "Money is something outside the body, I am not rare, and sometimes it is shown here, and there is money later, the key is the mole lurking inside us, that is the most hateful, so this time I will scatter all the money, Lao Tzu, I also have to catch this thing that eats inside and outside, otherwise it will be difficult to understand the hatred in my heart." ”

"Master Hou's clever plan, his subordinates will do it, what about Xianning Hou?" Zhao Xin frowned.

"Let the spy act as a monitor, I have to know Qiu Yue's every move, and the most important thing is to know when he will send a letter to the court and what the content is."

"Subordinates understood..."