fake prince

Chapter 456

Xinyi Gang·Headmaster

The whole gang was on a big boat, drifting with the water. At this time, seven or eight boats and dozens of fast boats surrounded them.

The flaming arrows hit the boat one by one, and caught fire with the wind. The people who were huddled on the boat and planned to escape had to show up. Once they came out, before jumping into the water, what awaited them was a rain of deadly arrows.

There were quite a few masters who were shot as hedgehogs and fell into the water. They didn't even kill one or two officers and soldiers as a backing, so they died aggrieved.

"what is that!"

Just as the big boat where the leader of the Xinyi Gang was hiding smashed into a road and was about to escape, the fast boat that was about to intercept it caught up, but was directly knocked over by a huge black shadow in the water, overturning the boat again and again, causing the officers and soldiers to stop their offensive. The members of the Xinyi Gang are about to use this unknown force to escape.

"Go to hell!" A sword light entered the water, like a thunderbolt falling from the clear sky, with a "poof", the water surface suddenly rolled, and blood came up after a while.

"Brave man, please stay!" Not waiting to be surprised that the person in the water might be a demon, the supervisor of the inspection patrol focused all his attention on the man who drew his sword and was about to leave, and hurriedly greeted him, trying to persuade him to stay.

But the man didn't even glance at it, he jumped straight away and left.

Seeing this person leaving so quickly, the inspector couldn't help but darken his face.

The person next to him saw the abnormality in the greeting just now, and couldn't help asking at this moment: "Master Zhang, did this person help us? Are you afraid that this person will be banned by force?"

Zhang Xunjian glanced lightly: "Yes, all force should be in the hands of the imperial court. Heroes use martial arts to violate the ban and cause serious harm. These quacks are arrogant and tyrannical. Not to mention helping us once, they have saved us ten thousand times." , but also beheaded and ransacked the house.”

"That's what we do as officials."

Many people think that meritorious service can be safe, but in fact, as long as it is not in the system and is not controlled, no matter how much meritorious service is made, it will be cleaned up.

The difference is just the possibility of giving a chance to join.

"What your lord said is true, but if I read correctly, I know this person." The people around him pondered: "Before coming, he had passed Minglu in front of the Qi Zhifu, and it is said that he is a guest of the new Fucheng. It’s not easy to kill.”

"Fucheng, the champion of the new division?" The inspector couldn't help but change his face. He was an official of the ninth rank, and the Fucheng was a sixth-rank official.

Immediately he couldn't help being discouraged, and sighed: "It is because of the protection of these officials that the quacks are so rampant!"

"If it goes on for a long time, it will bring disaster to the country and the people!"

Thun An

In an open space, hundreds of officials were busy all the time, looking at the two heads hanging on the bamboo poles from time to time, the heads were fresh, and there was still blood dripping down.

On the wooden table are trophies.

"Five taels of gold, a total of one hundred, 500 taels!"

The little official looked carefully at the gold bars placed on the table in front of him, all of them were of excellent quality, five by two and a small one, that is, golden pancakes that could be held in the palm of a child, and there were a hundred of them neatly stacked , After counting the number, someone sat at the table with a pen and recorded it, and then a yamen servant stepped forward and put [-] gold bars into a box, sealed the box and put it on the open space.

"One box of silver, ten taels and one ingot, a total of 1000 taels!"

"Five pairs of jade ruyis, the color of the water is high-quality, and the estimated price is 500 taels!"

"Brocade 110 three pieces!"

"Seven pieces of coral ornaments!"

"Six boxes of silver, five taels and one ingot, a total of 6000 taels!"

"Ten boxes of silver, ten taels and one ingot, a total of 1 taels!"

As the trophies were recorded one by one, the officials present felt relieved even though they were busy and tired.

The fact that Shun'an Mansion has no money and a deficit of 70 taels has always been a sharp sword hanging over these people's heads. As long as it is less than a day, their promotion will be affected. This is a stain on the resume, and it will take three years Points were deducted during the official assessment of the first term.

Not to mention, which government does not need money?Without money, it is difficult to move an inch, and the current locust extermination, because of lack of money, can only be carried out in a tight manner.

But now, there are a lot of spoils, and these small mines are collected, and they will be sold at that time, which will be another income. The gold mine is in the hands of the government, and it can produce 500 taels of gold a year, which is equal to 6000 taels of silver. .

Not only can the crisis of lack of money in various departments of Shun'an Prefecture be alleviated immediately, but they can do things with money, and they don't have to be tied down to be an official.

Even though he thought so, he glanced at Qi Hongxin and the head hanging on it.

This is not a gangster, but a petty official, counting the property, taking it when there is a mess, and reporting it to Qi Hongxin who is lying on the eyeliner of the crowd if he doesn't want to - without saying anything, he will be punished in public immediately.

"These are all collected from the main rudders of the three gangs? How many have been registered?" When Qi Hongxin came over, he saw boxes of silver placed as high as hills, and his heart was relieved. At the same time, I asked Su Ziji, who was only here to supervise.

In Shun'an Mansion, apart from the magistrate who is in charge of various affairs, only Su Ziji, who has just taken office, is suitable to be in charge of money and grain affairs.

The county lieutenant, that is, the Fuwei, is an official who specializes in counting soldiers. Although his rank is not low, he usually does not interfere with the registration of trophies.

Because Su Ziji had just taken office and was only an agent, he was not taken seriously by these officials at first, but as he dispatched missions with ease and called every official by name, the people here gradually put aside their contempt.

Hearing Qi Hongxin's question, Su Ziji smiled: "Gold is 500 taels, and the silver record is 600 taels."

After a pause, he continued: "These occupy two-thirds of the warehouses of the three gangs, and the other third is some jewelry, calligraphy and painting, and silk. If they are exchanged for silver, there should be seven to eight thousand taels."

"As for the land under the name, it is based on merit distribution."

When the water is clear, there will be no fish. Now Shun'an Mansion wants silver. Land is not rare, but officials and county soldiers both like land more, and both are happy.

If it weren't for this, it wouldn't be two heads.

After saying this, Qi Hongxin's expression relaxed: "500 taels of gold, about [-] taels of silver? It can barely solve the current embarrassing situation of no silver in Fucheng."

"Unfortunately, it's still far from enough."

But there was no way around it. When he learned about the three gangs and the private mine from Su Ziji, he was already mentally prepared to confiscate the private mine and not get much loot.

It is impossible for the three gangs to rely on their own strength to take root in Shun'an Mansion so deeply that the government will deliberately ignore them. They must have a background.

And the gold and silver obtained from various private mines every year must have continuously flowed to the forces behind it, and it may not be possible to keep much in their hands.

Now that so much has been confiscated, it is a surprise.

"My lord!" Just when Qi Hongxin was in a better mood, the master who followed Qi Hongxin to Shun'an Mansion to take up his post had a rather ugly face and held a booklet: "This is just found out of a box. You look at this!"

Seeing the master's expression like this, Qi Hongxin took the booklet in his hand, opened it and read a page, and then his face darkened.

"Bastard!"

"These people are damned!"

(End of this chapter)