Chapter 3052 Secret Hand [Happy New Year, All the Best]
"Yes." The subordinates did not dare to delay and immediately sent a message to the people in Yongtai Mansion, asking them to speed up and investigate everyone in Yongtai Mansion.
Zhong Huan added: "Let's get up half an hour early tomorrow, rest half an hour late, and get to Yongtai Mansion as soon as possible."
"Yes." His subordinates hurried down to deliver the order.
Zhong Huan wrote a letter to Qin Sanlang, telling him all his worries and the hidden dangers of keeping Ning Ji. Finally, he asked Qin Sanlang to write a letter to Wei Xiao, asking Wei Xiao to kill Ning Ji immediately and avoid future troubles forever!
After finishing writing, he did not dare to delay, so he asked someone to bring the letter eagle, and said to the dead man who raised the eagle: "The urgent letter should be delivered to the hands of the Duke of Qin as soon as possible."
"Yes." After the dead man made some preparations, he released the letter eagle to deliver the message within half an hour.
At dawn the next day, when the sky was still dark, the clanging gong sounded, and someone shouted loudly: "Get up, everyone, get up, we will set off for Yongtai Mansion in a quarter of an hour!"
After the people from the Liu family caravan were woken up, they cursed: "Hu Liu, I'm having a sweet dream, so you came to beat the gong to wake up the soul, don't you deserve a beating?!"
Hu Liu replied: "Don't mess with me. This is an order from my boss. You can't afford it. Anyway, my boss said that anyone who dares to hold back will have the whole caravan's night fragrance poured out, or their wages and rations will be deducted!"
"So serious!" The people in the Liu family caravan were so frightened that they woke up. They quickly grabbed a handful of snow and put it on their faces. After waking themselves up, they started packing their luggage.
Seeing that someone was sleeping hard, he kicked the other person: "Get up quickly. If you delay the caravan's schedule, my boss will have to chop you alive."
After a busy quarter of an hour, everyone gathered together and ran towards Yongtai Mansion following the people in front who held torches to light the way.
After traveling quickly for five days, we finally arrived at Yongtai Mansion.
The newly built Yongtai Mansion is majestic and majestic, with an endless stream of merchants passing by. The East Gate is even more surrounded, making it appear bustling and lively.
Because there were so many people coming and going, an entire Qianhusuo army was deployed to guard the city gate. No one dared to cause trouble, so they all lined up to enter the city honestly.
Half an hour later, it was the turn of the Liu family caravan.
Liu Dongjia came forward and handed over the road guide, caravan documents, household registration and other things: "My lord, please take a look."
The junior official of the government office looked at the things handed over by Liu Dong's family, and his eyes fell on a post. He immediately became serious and asked gently: "Are you related to Mr. Qi from Long'an Prefecture?"
This is Qi Yi's famous post.
Zhong Huan returned to Beijing in disguise, so the Zhong family, Qin family, Gu family, Luo family, and even people directly related to these four families were not available, so Qi Yi was chosen.
Zhong Huan and Qi Yi had no apparent connection, and Qi Yi was a trustworthy person. Apart from Emperor Jingyuan, Qi Yi would not be anyone's secret chess player, so Zhong Huan could safely use his connections.
Liu Dongjia smiled and said: "Master Qi is someone's distant cousin-in-law... Mrs. Qi's mother is someone's cousin's aunt."
After hearing this, the junior official nodded and said, "In order to prevent someone from pretending to be an official relative and ruining the official's reputation, this post will be sent to the government office for inspection. You can go to the government office to get it yourself at this time tomorrow."
"Hey, I understand, thank you sir." Liu Dongjia was very good at doing things and gave the junior officer a red seal.
With all the etiquette and Qi Yi's name posted, the Liu family's caravan will be able to enter the city soon.
The size of the Liu family's caravan was not large, with only about a hundred people. It was far inferior to the merchant houses and escort agencies in the city that often had hundreds or even thousands of people, but they were still being targeted.
However, Dong Liu's family pretended not to know and only told their own people: "It's getting late. Don't cause trouble. It's important to go to the horse and carriage shop to settle down."
The carriage and horse shop was very large and crowded with people. Zhong Huan secretly calculated the size of the carriage and horse shop and was shocked.
He calmly followed Dong Liu's family to the yard reserved by Liu's caravan.
After arriving at the yard, Zhong Huan asked someone to call over the hidden stake that was left behind in Yongtai Mansion.
After the people arrived, Zhong Huan asked: "How many carriage shops, inns, escort agencies, and workshops are there like this in Yongtai Mansion?"
Zheng San said: "It's all up there, please take a look."
He took out a booklet from his clothes and handed it to Zhong Huan.
Zhong Huan took it and took a look, his face became darker and darker... Good guy, there are more than 20,000 people in Yongtai Mansion.
Zheng Sandao: "In addition to the extra people in the city, there are also many more people in the farms outside the city. It is estimated that there are about ten thousand people... The largest number of people is the Zhen family from the northeast. His family reported to the government that The long-term workers of the Zhen family, because the Zhen family wants to open a grain farm here, so they want to buy a farm and raise long-term workers to farm."
Zhong Huan frowned: "Northeast Zhen family?"
It seems to be one of the famous families in the Northeast, but it has been outshined by the Wang family in recent years. In the past two years, because the Wang family gave birth to a queen, the Zhen family moved out of the Northeast to avoid being exposed... It turned out that they settled in Yongtai Mansion.
"The Zhen family is really good at choosing places. It is located at the intersection of four roads." Zhong Huan sneered, obviously doubting the Zhen family.
Zheng San nodded: "Their family's vision is indeed ruthless and courageous. They spent all their wealth to buy a farm and people, vowing to learn from the Cao family's grain business and make a comeback. This time there was a war in the Northeast, and their family also donated money. He bought a lot of food and gained a lot of good reputation."
"How is the relationship between the Zhen family and Ning Ji?" Zhong Huan asked.
Zheng San replied: "I checked, and there is no friendship... After the Wang family became powerful, the Zhen family once tried to find Ning Ji with generous gifts to help negotiate an agreement, in order to ease the relationship between the Zhen family and the Wang family, but Ning Ji ignored him. …The original words are that I don’t want to pay too much attention to these mundane things.”
mundane affairs?
Haha, Zhong Huan sneered, but he could really pretend... If he really didn't love this world, why would Ning Ji live? Just kill yourself?
Zhong Huandao: "Keep an eye on the Zhen family. Their family may be Ning Ji's secret target... Even if not, there are so many people hiding in the farm. Who knows if their family is secretly raising private soldiers?"
Zheng San: "Yes, my subordinates will definitely find out."
Zhong Huan continued to look at the personnel book, and his eyes fell on the Zhongzhou Xing Family Escort Agency. He frowned, tapped the book with his fingers, and asked, "Why does this Xing Family Escort Agency have so many more escorts?"
The bodyguards in the bureau can be used as private soldiers just like the guards of wealthy families. With so many bodyguards suddenly added, Zhong Huan is very worried.
Zheng Sandao: "My subordinates have inquired about it. It was ordered by Mr. Dou, saying that they need to increase manpower to transport grain and grass to the Duke of Qin, so as not to delay the delivery of grain and grass in time and delay the Duke of Qin."
Zhong Huan was still not at ease and asked: "How is Dou Ke's control over the Xing Family Escort Bureau? As far as I know, he has been busy with matters in the capital and Jiangnan for many years. He is not interested in the business and people in Zhongzhou. , don’t pay much attention.”
Zheng San was stunned and replied: "Master Dou really didn't pay much attention to the affairs here before, but the people of the Xing Family Escort Agency have been raising them for many years, so they should be trustworthy."
Huh, it should be credible?
Zhong Huan smiled: "Beicang Mansion's military thief Xizuo has been rooted in Dachu for five generations. How many years has Dou Ke been raising people from the Xing Family Escort Agency? What if even he was kept in the dark? This Xing Family Escort Agency There are suddenly so many escorts, it’s unusual, focus on the investigation, get to the bottom of it!”
After a pause, he added: "Inspect the Jinling Wushi Escort Bureau thoroughly... They also opened an escort agency in Yongtai Mansion, and their power in Jiangnan is not small. If something happens, there will be many rich people in Jiangnan." If every household suffers, the national treasury will suffer heavy losses."