Chapter 160 House Arrest
"This old man's eyes are really poisonous!"
When he walked into the yard, Xi Ren couldn't help but sigh.
Although she did not respect Chen Yang much, and knew that Chen Yang did not know how serious the real crisis Han Qian was facing, she was still shocked that Chen Yang could guess many things Han Qian deliberately concealed in a short period of time. She thought to herself, maybe this is the so-called "there are people outside the people, and there are mountains outside the mountains?"
"Emperor Tianyou is very suspicious, but he still has the best ability to judge people. How could he be disconnected when he chose Chen Yang as his teacher for the third prince?"
Han Qian said with a smile, but he thought of Chen Yang's cold attitude towards him. The dark feeling was afraid that Chen Yang would no longer regard him as a member of the journey from this incident?
Thinking of this, he sighed slightly in his heart. At this time, he could not tell the conspiracy of the Xinchang Hou Mansion and the Wanhonglou, so he could not refute Chen Yang's accusations with force.
Of course, he was so determined, and it was more important to be selfish and could not refute Chen Yang's accusations with confidence.
Even though the final facts could not achieve the effect he expected, depriving Chai Jian of command over the guard camp completely suppressed Zhang Ping, making it difficult for them to point fingers at the third prince in Xiangzhou, at least it would win him the initiative for the past few months during the war.
The process of raising loans for the money shop is actually a snowball process. As long as Han Qian can seize the initiative during the war on the Northern Front, he can raise 30 to 50 million yuan in the name of the Linjiang Marquis' Mansion. Even if he can only embezzle part of it, he can redeem a considerable number of the Xi clan members. In the end, the fleet led by Feng Xuan and the ship gang led by Yang Qin became the force in his hands that he could compete with the four surnames.
This power does not need to be very powerful. It is not only two or three hundred elites. It only needs to be able to compete with the four surnames, which is enough to make him and his father and son gain a foothold in Xuzhou.
Whether it is threatening or tempting Li Zhigao, or Li Zhigao did not agree with the practice of adoptive father Xin Changhou, and was more pragmatic and more capable. However, the most fundamental thing about Li Zhigao being convinced by Han Qian was that Li Zhigao had his ambitions.
Chen Yang may not know more about the inside story, but he also saw through these things that he had a particularly big opinion on them.
"This old man meets Du Chongtao tomorrow with the third prince. Will Du Chongtao easily agree to the Dragon Que Army to eat the empty salary of 5,000 civilians?" Xi Ren asked with some concern.
She knew that Han Qian raised money from the money shop, and even if he did not have a responsible attitude for this, he would eventually use it to expand the strength of Zuosi. However, even if Xinchang Hou Mansion and Wanhonglou chose to endure, they would cut off the additional subsidies to Li Zhigao's troops.
In order to fulfill his promise to Li Zhigao, he would have to get a job and subsequent salt sales, otherwise Han Qian would still be unable to control the development of the situation here.
But she couldn't understand why Han Qian was sure that Du Chongtao would easily agree to this matter?
"Du Chongtao may have a strange ambition, but his wings are not yet full, so he will care more about Emperor Tianyou's attitude," Han Qian said, "You must know that Emperor Tianyou's attitude towards the third prince is naturally also an attitude of Emperor Tianyou. It is likely that Emperor Tianyou's main attitude at this time. If Du Chongtao cannot understand this, he will be as stupid as Mr. Xinchang."
"..." Xi Ren was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that Han Qian had already reached this point in his calculations. But then he thought of something and said, "You dare to act so arrogantly when you go back to Jinling. You are sure that Xinchang Hou Li Pu and others will understand this point, but the facts are not as developed as you expected?"
"How can you predict the enemy's initiative in everything? Of course, I miscalculated the minds of these people. This may be the key to the fact that Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang, is not as good as his brother. Or Li Yu, the Prince of East Zhejiang, has known about the existence of these people for a long time, but he has long recognized that they have insufficient success and failure, so he will not plan with them, right?" Han Qian said tiredly, "Du Chongtao can be ranked alongside Li Yu, Xu Mingzhen and others, and I believe his vision should be higher. Of course, in order to give An Ning Palace an explanation, he probably will have some twists and turns in the specific process, or in the end, the scale of the civil servants who are vain paying wages will be reduced."
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At this time, Yang Qin led Feng Xuan and Gao Bao and the others to come in.
The main force of the Dragon Que Army arrived in Xiangzhou City and stationed in Niushou Village in the east of the city. Feng Xuan, Gao Bao, Feng Zhang and others also led a fleet of four surnames, carrying eight ships of supplies outside Xiangzhou City.
"You will transport eight ships of supplies to Canglang immediately. The Longque Army will directly requisition this batch of supplies, but the money or corresponding discounted supplies will be settled to you in a few days," Han Qian ordered, "Xiangzhou does not dare to owe the third prince's food and salary. However, in a short time, the troops will gather on the western front, and the turnover of supplies in the army will not be so fast."
Han Qian did not want to break up with the four surnames immediately. He temporarily borrowed the four surnames' materials and still had to settle the money or the corresponding discounted materials in a timely manner.
However, as long as Du Chongtao agrees that the Dragon Que Army will receive the money, grain and food of three or five thousand elite civilians in vain - although this matter will be a little twists and turns, Han Qian believes that Du Chongtao will eventually make concessions - and the money and food are mainly controlled by him, Han Qian dares to advance the batch of materials transported by the four fleets in advance.
In short, the Ponzi scheme is to tear down the east wall and repair the west wall. As long as there is an east wall that can be decomposed, the west wall will not fall.
Before Shen Yang selected another 200 young generals from the army to strengthen the strength of the newly formed guard camp, Han Qian was not afraid to leave Xiangzhou City and decided to let Tiancheng, Yang Qin and the other four-ranking fleets led by Feng Xuan, Gao Bao and Feng Zhang go to Canglang, and lay out the things he planned to do in Canglang first.
In order to fulfill his promise to Li Zhigao, Han Qian also asked Feng Xuan to transport tarpaulin, local cloth, wounded medicine, tung oil, leather and other military supplies worth three to four million yuan directly to Jingzikou and handed it over to Li Zhigao to take over.
Xiangzhou will ensure that all the military supplies gathered under Deng Xiangxing Camp are supplied, but they are mainly food and fodder. However, the amount of supplies provided by Xiangzhou is extremely limited, and the army needs to be fed and fed.
At present, the imperial court ordered that the materials gathered from Jiangxi prefectures to Xiangzhou should be mainly grain.
The Dragon Que Army lacked too much materials. Even though Li Zhigao's troops and the guard camp have always received key material support, there are still serious shortcomings in the cold clothes injury medicine.
Li Zhigao was only in his early thirties and was already a veteran general in the army. He led his troops to guard Jingzikou, so Han Qian didn't have to worry about any big mistakes. But sometimes he had to admit that the morale of the general soldiers was directly proportional to the supply of materials.
The Xinchang Hou Mansion and Wanhonglou have not yet reacted to this mutiny between Han Qian and Li Zhigao. Even though Li Puji's black veil woman received information in Jinling, she was out of reach for the matter in Xiangzhou in a short period of time, but Han Qian must be prepared to welcome them to counterattack.
The best preparation is that Li Zhigao can completely master the troops of the First Capital and establish military achievements.
However, the main military officers of the first capital were still loyal to the direct lineage of the Xinchang Hou Mansion. It is still unknown how many of them could win over Li Zhigao. However, on the one hand, Li Zhigao had to suppress his generals and soldiers without restlessness, and also reached the military pressure from Shaoxishan (Wuguan) in the west wing, which was not easy.
Arranged Tiancheng and Yang Qin and the others to leave. At this time, Yao Xishui's voice came quietly through the courtyard wall: "Everything is under your control. You should withdraw the people in this yard at this time and give me my freedom, right?"
"Have I ever imprisoned Miss Yao's freedom? I'm not afraid that Miss Yao has a bad temper. Why did she suddenly stab me with a sword?" Han Qian smiled, "I have a banquet here. If Miss Yao didn't mind, she could come over and have a drink."
After a while, Yao Xishui walked over with two maids. Before entering the yard, she deliberately rolled up her sleeves, revealing her arm of Shuang Sai Xue. She told Han Qian, who was watching from alert, that she had no weapons hidden on her body.
Han Qian would not relax his vigilance because of this. In such cold weather, Yao Xishui and the two maids were wearing thick jackets and fur clothes. Who knew that their bulging bodies were still hidden by other weapons, and signaled Xi Ren to come forward and search Yao Xishui and the others carefully.
Xi Ren originally admired Han Qian very much, especially Han Qian dared to take such a big risk to lobby Li Zhigao, which made her greatly change her view of Han Qian. However, when she saw him, she was afraid that the three girls would attack him, and she couldn't help but look at him with contempt, so she reluctantly stepped forward to search for Yao Xishui and the others.
Mature men know better about weighing their interests, and their behavioral development is easier to predict. Han Qian is more cautious about women who are easily driven by emotions.
The reason why the Xinchang Hou Mansion and the Wanhonglou made the situation so bad was not because of their excessive emotional control?
Therefore, in the past few days, Han Qian did not restrict the actions of Chai Jian, Zhang Ping and Li Chong, but sent someone to put Yao Xishui under house arrest.
"Have you ever thought about how to clean up this mess, or you don't care about the flood outside Xuzhou at all?" Yao Xishui asked at Han Qian with a gaze.
"If Miss Yao and her wife can figure it out, Han Qian's move is really for you and for your own good, and there will be no endgame or endgame?" Han Qian took off the sword from his waist, put it on the table in front of him, and said with a smile.
"You put the knife on others' neck, and you still have the face to say that you are thinking about others?" Yao Xishui sneered.
"Miss Yao, this is because your hair is long and your knowledge is short," Han Qian said, "I remember that you sacrificed your lust to lure me, and even drugged me in my wine, trying every means to create the illusion of my sudden death. Tell me, have I ever complained about you afterwards, and have not yet offered suggestions for you diligently? Why can I do this? Because I know that Miss Yao pointed out a path with an infinitely bright future for me. Why can't I figure it out to you when I come to you?"
Yao Xishui's beautiful eyes flashed by cold light.
Han Qian stood up, walked to Yao Xishui, suddenly reached out to take off the hairpin on her head, and knocked it down, it was made of gold or silver, but was cast by fine steel, and threw it towards the table. The sharp hairpin penetrated the table for more than an inch.
Yao Xishui didn't expect that Han Qian said she was tempted by lustfully, but it was done on purpose to lure her into revealing her flaws.
"This is just a little girl's self-defense, just to prevent someone from having any inappropriate thoughts about the little girl. When did Lord Han become so timid, or did Lord Han still have inappropriate thoughts about the little girl?" Yao Xishui asked.
"I'm not afraid of trouble, but I'm afraid of death, and I'm even more afraid of dying inexplicably at the hands of women." Han Qian said.
"I can't decide whether to kill you or not," said Yao Xishui. "At least, you are safe until you get further orders from your wife."
"..." Han Qian couldn't help laughing, patted his thigh and said to Yao Xishui, "When it comes to using tricks, no one of you is my opponent. Instead of trying hard to scare me here, it's better to find a way to repair your highness's already broken trust in you! You won't be thinking about it until this time that your biggest defeat is that you didn't think about how to win your Highness's trust and then win the trust of Emperor Tianyou, but you are trying to control everything! Could it be that you have always had the tradition of controlling the king to show your selfish desires?"
Yao Xishui's beautiful eyes closed, stared at Han Qian and said, "Don't try to test me with such words."
"Look, Miss Yao has not been fooled this time, and her mind has finally returned to normal levels. It seems that she will ask Miss Yao for more advice in the future!" Han Qian stood up and bowed, preparing to ask Yao Xishui to leave, without any intention of asking her to stay for a banquet.
Chapter completed!