dream of red mansion

Chapter 365

On an official road leading directly from north to south, a fast horse is galloping at a high speed.

Occasionally, pedestrians and caravans passing by on the official road all hurriedly gave way.Because, they all recognized that this was the flying horse message from the post station, and there were two small yellow flags on the back of the rider.

There are four levels of fast horse communication at the post station.The highest level is for the [-]-mile urgent summons that may not appear once in several years or even decades.This class is usually only used when there is an invasion of foreign enemies, a rebellion occurs, or when the mountains collapse.

The second class is the six-hundred-mile express, which is usually the most urgent summons, and it can only be used for important documents sent to the court or the emperor.Waiting again, it is four hundred li urgently.

Finally, it is natural that there is no rush for a fast horse summons, which usually requires a daily travel of about 180 miles, and no less than [-] miles.Violators will also be punished.

For urgent documents, in order to warn others not to approach, a small yellow flag will be inserted behind the sender to indicate the degree of urgency.More means more urgent.

Inserting two pawns in the back like this means that the urgent document (memorial) of six hundred miles is being delivered.No one else dares to delay, if you don't pay attention, you will be ransacked and beheaded!

When encountering urgent documents, every time I go to a post station, I will ask to change people and horses!In order to ensure that the documents can arrive safely and quickly.

The horse continued to gallop, and soon turned into a place hidden by mountains and forests.

Suddenly, an arrow pierced through the air, piercing the post envoy's chest fiercely and accurately.He didn't understand until his death that there are still people who dare to rob and kill the post envoy in this peaceful and prosperous age.

The fast horse continued to gallop forward, but the person on the horse had already rolled to the side of the road.

A group of people quickly sprang out from the forest on both sides of the avenue, groped his body for a while, and after a while, quickly rushed into the forest again and disappeared.

The imperial envoy was walking, and in the living room of the main room, Jia Qing and Jia Yun who came from Jinling were discussing matters.

"Is the person I entrusted to you like this?" Jia Qing asked Ye Chengliang. After he rescued Wu Qi very cooperatively, Jia Qing sent him to Xunfeng, where his brothers took care of him.

Jia Yun said: "Second Uncle, don't worry, I have already told Ni Er personally, let him take care of him."

Nodding his head, Jia Qing didn't want to mention him again, and asked again: "Is the matter of timber settled?"

"How dare my nephew not do my best to handle what the second uncle asked me to do? Half a month ago, we got three big ships full of [-] materials, and the king escorted the eldest brother back to Beijing." Jia Yun said with a smile.

"Material" is the unit of weight, and a material is about 600 catties.

"Okay." Jia Qing praised, and then said: "Next, you will be in the south, build up the winery, and slowly open up the restaurant. Don't be greedy, just take your time."

"Yes."

"My lord, Lord Zhan Min, please see me."

Just as Jia Yun was about to say goodbye and leave, Jia Qing said, "It's okay, Zhan Min is a powerful figure in the south of the Yangtze River, and it would be good for you to get to know him."

"Nephew obeys Second Uncle." Jia Yun felt a little nervous.

He has been in Jiangnan for so many years, and he is very familiar with Zhan Min's name.Although Jia Qing's status is higher, but because he is a senior of his own family and is used to getting close, so facing Jia Qing, he will not put too much pressure on him.

The premise is that everything that Jia Qing explained has been done.
After a while, Zhan Min walked in vigorously.

"Xiaoguan has seen adults."

"Lord Zhan, no courtesy." Jia Qing called him up, then pointed to Jia Yun and said, "This is my junior, his name is Jia Yun, the second eldest in the family, Lord Zhan calls him Yun Er."

Zhan Min cupped his hands and said, "Zhan has met Er Ye Yun."

Jia Yun also hurriedly returned the gift.Jia Qing said: "He will do some small business in the south of the Yangtze River in the future. If there is any mistake, please take care of Mr. Zhan."

Zhan Min understood Jia Qing's meaning as soon as he heard it, and said with a smile to Jia Yun: "Nobles are deeply rooted in the south of the Yangtze River, so why do they need Zhan to take care of them? However, if Second Master Yun doesn't dislike it, you might as well go to Fusi in Nanzhen often in the future As a guest, Zhan will definitely prepare the best banquet for Second Master Yun."

Jia Yun secretly thought that her second uncle's face was really big, and said with a smile: "Master Zhan is too polite, how dare you bother him, naturally it is Yun Er who invites you to drink."

"it's the same."

Jia Qing said with a smile: "Okay, Yun'er will ask Mr. Zhan for advice in the future. Now, you go down first."

"Yes."

"What do you want from me?" After Jia Yun left, Jia Qing asked Zhan Min to sit down.

Zhan Min said: "I want to ask my lord, what should I do with the generals of Wu Zhongwei?"

Jia Qing questioned, "Has Chamberlain not sent anyone to inquire?"

"No."

Jia Qing frowned suddenly.Sure enough, he is indeed an old fox, so calm!

However, no matter what he thought, he was going back to the capital soon, so he didn't even bother to guess.

"Escort them to the Ministry of Criminal Justice in Nanjing, and they will be punished as the crime of robbing civilian women."

The reason why it was handed over to the Ministry of Punishment and not to the Yangzhou Government Office or Yingtian Mansion was because the latter two were subordinate offices of the Governor's Mansion.Handing them over is equivalent to voluntarily handing it back to Chamberlain.

"Yes."

Zhan Min responded, and then his expression became less serious. He stood up, took out an account book from his arms, and said to Jia Qing: "This is the account book of the White Lotus Sect that has been searched by the officials these days. Please have a look at it."

Jia Qing waved his hand and said: "I don't need to look at it, you can roughly talk about how much assets their White Lotus Sect has, I just have an idea in mind."

So Zhan Min closed the account book and said with a smile: "According to the results of the 110 and three properties of the White Lotus Sect that have been searched by the officials over the past ten days in the entire Jiangnan area, there are a total of 38 taels of cash. In addition, There are jewelry, jewelry, etc. equivalent to 440 taels of silver.

In addition, there are various shops, restaurants, teahouses, restaurants and other industries, which are initially estimated to exceed 200 million taels. "

After finishing speaking, Zhan Min said with some regret: "Actually, the reason why there is so little silver in cash is because apart from the White Camel Mountain, although Xiaguan and others moved quickly, other properties of the White Lotus Sect were still left behind by them. Most of it was swept away."

Jia Qing nodded, this number is still very objective.After all, the White Lotus Sect is not a salt merchant, a group of bandits, no matter how big their family is, it is impossible for them to gather a huge amount of wealth.

It can also be seen that Zhan Min probably didn't make too much of it.That's what smart people do.

"Okay, I got it. Cash and jewelry and other equivalent silver should be sent directly to the household department and turned over to the national treasury.

As for other industries, etc., they will be handed over to the local governments, registered one by one, and wait for sale. "Jia Qing said calmly.

Zhan Min nodded in response, put the account book back into his bosom, but took out a box from his sleeve, handed it to Jia Qing respectfully, and said: "This is a little thought from the lower official to your lord."

"Okay, you go down."

This is what the title should mean, and I believe Feng Tang and others will also have it.Therefore, Jia Qing didn't say any nonsense and just accepted it.

In fact, he is not interested in this kind of silver, because he doesn't like this kind of silver.

However, I don't like it, but I can't let the people who work hard for me have nothing to do.If you don't accept it yourself, how can Zhan Min and others feel at ease?
If you want to really distinguish between public and private, probably only if you become one person, above tens of thousands, and have absolute decision-making power, you can openly raise the "wages" of your subordinates.

(End of this chapter)