I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

Chapter 198
The gentry in Anren Mansion thought it over and over again, and it is the most practical and useful to give money.

After deciding to send money, you should consider how and how much to send.

After deliberation, everyone unanimously decided that each household would contribute 1000 taels of silver, and the total amount would be nearly 2 taels, and there could be several thousand taels in the hands of individuals.

From their point of view, Qianguo is poor, and the people who stay in Anren Mansion are all military men of no status, and each of them will send a few thousand taels of silver, which is about the same.

As for who would deliver it, after several people discussed it, 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 never been an official in the court, and it was most appropriate for him to come forward.

After the deliberations are over.

The gentry quickly sent the collected money to Zhu Taining's house.

Zhu Taining also handled affairs neatly. He exchanged 2 taels of silver for more valuable items such as gold ingots and treasures, divided them into several portions, and packed them in food boxes.

The next morning, I took the food box and went to the mansion of a general.

The general was named Du Qing, a military honor of Dagan, a hereditary earl, who was very young, and was a partial general in the Fifth Army Battalion. Because he injured his arm during the siege, he was left behind Anren mansion recuperates.

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 relations, it is perfect to find him.

In the early morning, mist shrouded Anning Fucheng.

Zhu Taining was carrying the food box, standing in front of the mansion gate, could smell the earthy smell in the air, wrinkled his nose, and reached out to knock on the gate.

The gate opened slowly, and there was a soldier standing at the gate, looking up and down at Zhu Taining, with a look of vigilance in his eyes.

With a flattering smile on his face, Zhu Taining said that he was a merchant in Fucheng and wanted to discuss some matters with Master Du.

What he said was sincere.

The guard at the gate looked at him, thought of something, and let him into the mansion without asking any further questions.

In the main hall.

Zhu Taining saw Du Qing, Earl of Qian Kingdom, who was dressed in light armor and gauze was wrapped around his arm.

He put the food box in a corner with no expression on his face, walked to the middle, saluted respectfully, with a flattering expression on his face, explaining his purpose of coming.

"Uncle Du, the younger one is a merchant in the Anren Mansion. He is in the cloth business. When he passed by the yamen yesterday, he saw a notice saying that the fields would be redistributed in a few days.

Although the young one is a merchant, his ancestors also left some land properties, which add up to thousands of 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 calmly: "It is clearly written in the notice that the redistribution of land is the prime minister's decision, and no one can change it.

Moreover, Miss Tang is in charge of Jiannan Road, so don't come to General Ben if you have anything to do. "

After finishing speaking, he looked at the soldier on the side, gave him a wink, and was about to see off the guests.

Seeing this, Zhu Taining immediately became anxious and hurriedly said:
"I know that Uncle Du has a lot of things to do every day, and he doesn't have time to hang out on weekdays, so I want to buy some dishes unique to Anren Mansion, so that you can taste the taste of Anren Mansion."

Du Qing raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said, "Oh? I'm curious about the taste of the dishes in Anren Mansion?"

Zhu Taining still had a flattering smile on his face, picked up the food box, walked up to Du Qing, opened it, and introduced:

"The first dish is a famous traditional dish in Anren Prefecture, called clear water boiled pearls."

As he said that, he took out the golden bowl from the food box on the first floor and grabbed a handful of it. They were all high-quality pearls, and at least they were worth one or two thousand taels of silver.

Seeing this, Du Qing sneered in his heart.

Miss Tang meant that after the prime minister's order was announced, the gentry who cooperated would only divide the land, and the gentry who did not cooperate would all have their homes confiscated!
Of course, the so-called cooperation and non-cooperation are nothing more than a matter of opinion.

If you say you cooperate, you will cooperate, if you say you will not cooperate, you will not cooperate.

Therefore, Ms. Tang's intention was to find out as many uncooperatives as possible.

After all, the imperial court does not need so many gentry who search for the fat and anointing of the people, but it needs the gold and silver in their hands.

"The gentry in Anren's mansion are too cowardly, and they all hide their heads like turtles. I didn't expect one to appear suddenly. It's not bad."

Du Qing thought so in his heart, but a smile appeared on his face, and said: "This dish is good, do you have any more?"

Hearing this, Zhu Taining sneered in his heart, then Shen Guan kept saying that the generals of the Qian Kingdom are not greedy for money, what is the truth?All the crows in the world are black!How can someone have trouble with Yinzi!
Containing the disdain and contempt in his heart, Zhu Taining continued to say with a flattering face:
"There is also this second dish, which is also a famous dish in Anren Mansion. It is called Braised Red Shrimp on a Golden Plate. Please have a look."

With that said, he opened the food box on the second floor.

I saw that the pieces of gold bricks were neatly arranged, and when added together, there were thousands of taels of silver.

Du Qing took a look, with a warm smile on his face, looked at Zhu Taining, and said, "These two dishes are hard dishes, I'm afraid you can't do them alone."

Zhu Taining didn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence, he hesitated to speak.

Seeing this, Du Qing showed a vague smile on his face, and said: "It is said that cannibals have short mouths and short hands, and this general should know who gave these two dishes. .”

Speaking of which, stop abruptly.

Zhu Taining was slightly startled when he heard this, it's not that he didn't understand the meaning of Du Qing's words, it's just that he didn't expect that this matter would go so smoothly.

I thought that the other party would be greedy and take advantage of it to make a fortune, but I didn't expect that they would be sent away with a few thousand taels of silver.

It was unexpected.

"How else can you put it? Qianguo is a small country. Even the earl has never seen anything in the world. It's ridiculous that a few thousand taels of silver can make them betray the prime minister of Qianguo."

Thinking of this, Zhu Taining showed a happy smile on his face, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said:
"Returning to Uncle, these two dishes were indeed not cooked by the young one alone, but by several masters together."

"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 continue."

Zhu Taining mentioned the gentry who collected money in one breath, let out a breath, and felt a little dry.

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

Zhu Taining was slightly taken aback, he almost forgot himself, and hurriedly said: "The younger one's name is Zhu Taining."

After finishing speaking, he reached out to take Du Qing's teacup, smiled, and saluted, "Uncle Xie."

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

Then he looked at Zhu Shouning again, and said lightly:

"Write down all the names you just said."

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

After talking about feelings for so long, I didn't remember a single name, which was a waste of words.

He cursed 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 done."

"Ah."

Du Qing took the paper and nodded, with a look of excitement in his eyes.

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

Copying the homes of more than a dozen households in one go, he had never done this before.

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

Zhu Taining noticed Du Qing's eyes and always felt that something was wrong.

But what was wrong, and I couldn't tell, so I could only salute and leave.

After he left.

Du Qingteng stood up from the chair suddenly, and said excitedly:
"The general wants to see Miss Tang! Tomorrow the army will raid the house!"

The next day.

Zhu Taining's residence.

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

"Brother Shen! You swore what you said yesterday. Those generals didn't care about money. What happened? Taining managed to settle a count with only a few thousand taels of silver!"

A gentry looked at Shen Guan with raised brows, looking smug.

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

Seeing this, the rest of the gentry laughed and ridiculed.

"There is no one in this world who doesn't love silver, it's just that the amount of silver is not in place!"

"As long as there is enough silver, let alone a group of vulgar warriors, it is His Majesty the Emperor."

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

"Master, it's not good!"

"A group of gangsters came outside, yelling that they want to ransack the house!"

As soon as this word comes out.

The gentry all stared wide-eyed, with an expression of disbelief.

"Copy the house? How is this possible!"

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

The servant looked terrified and his voice trembled.

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

"Zhu Taining, what's going on!"

Zhu Taining looked bewildered, completely unaware of what happened.

at this time.

A burst of neat footsteps sounded in the mansion.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of soldiers in gray uniforms walked into the courtyard with neat steps. Practiced countless times in advance.

The gentry looked at them blankly, completely bewildered.

What's the matter with these guys, the actions of raiding the house are too skilled!

"You guys, go to the door and stand still, don't think about running away, or kill them on the spot!"

A centurion said coldly with cold eyes.

When the gentry heard this, their hearts tightened, and they didn't dare to neglect in the slightest, and hurriedly walked to the door.

As the protagonist whose house was ransacked, Zhu Taining was anxious, walked briskly, and consciously walked ahead.

As soon as he went out, he saw a familiar figure. He was startled for a while, and then shouted loudly:
"Uncle! Uncle Du!"

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

You brought someone to ransack the house, and you asked Lao Tzu why? !
Zhu Taining was slightly taken aback, a burst of overwhelming anger rose in his heart.

Taking a deep breath, he pressed down forcefully, and said: "The servant said that the uncle wanted to rob the house, I think there must be a misunderstanding..."

Du Qing raised his brows, and said very naturally: "There is no misunderstanding, it is just copying the house."

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Zhu Taining was taken aback when he saw him acting like it should be, and didn't know what to say for a while.

aside.

Seeing this scene, the rest of the gentry 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, I just sent you a food box yesterday, a dish of boiled pearls in clear water, and a dish of stewed red prawns in gold plate, did you forget?"

Zhu Taining said anxiously.

Du Qing looked at him with a calm expression: "I haven't forgotten, don't you know that bribing an officer is a felony?"

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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, and said, "It's okay if you don't send the food box. Since you do, you have to be prepared to have your home ransacked."

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Zhu Taining had an expression of being overwhelmed by Xiang, the corners of his mouth twitched, unable to speak.

Du Qing said again: "Actually, this general reminded you from the beginning that the redistribution of land is an order from the prime minister. In Dagan, no one can disobey the order of the prime minister, and the same is true in Jianzhou."

The voice fell.

Zhu Taining finally came to his senses, there was nothing wrong with wanting to commit a crime, these dog-like things were just looking for a reason to confiscate their property!

I thought they would not slaughter the city at first, but unexpectedly, the result is still the same!
Zhu Shouning looked at Du Qing in front of him, took a deep breath, and calmed down.

So far, 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 ransacked?"

The gentlemen nodded heavily.

With a warm smile on Du Qing's face, he asked, "Guess, why are the general's soldiers so proficient at raiding homes?"

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The gentry were startled for a moment, then realized something, their expressions froze on their faces, as if falling into an ice cave, as if facing an abyss.

Copying is not easy.

It's physical work, but also technical work.

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

The precious family property is well hidden, no matter how careful the search is, there will always be fish that slip through the net.

Fortunately, before ransacking the house.

Miss Tang distributed a pamphlet to each general.

I heard that it was compiled by the prime minister himself, and it was called "Guidelines for Copying Homes".

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

In addition, the objects of the house raids were also classified in detail.

Different types, different means.

Du Qing didn't take it seriously at first, but only found out that this book is really useful after he ransacked his home!
If he didn't have this "Guidelines for Confiscating Homes", he wouldn't know how many treasures he would have missed.

No matter how.

After a busy seven days.

The homes of the gentry were finally ransacked.

Boxes of gold, silver and jewelry were piled up in carriages, and as far as the eye could see, the end was almost invisible.

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 countless people to watch.

The people of Anren Mansion obviously did not expect that a piece of silver that they could not get even after a desperate effort in their eyes was like dung in the hands of the gentry.

Any amount of money those masters took out would be enough to spend their entire life.

They couldn't figure out why the masters had so much silver, but they still bullied them desperately for a little copper.

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, a thought emerged.

"Good job!"

"These dogs are all damned!"

(End of this chapter)