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Chapter 725 All-rounder
Li Xia planned to leave for Chongqing Mansion again.

In the year of Xinyou, Kublai Khan went north to Hara and Lin, and Li Xia first showed his self-reliance and had a rift with the Song court. It was time to firmly stabilize the land of Shu.

If he has time, he even wants to go to Dali again, but unfortunately it is too far away, so he can only talk to Gao Changshou and Nie Zhongyou in person after meeting.

This time, instead of riding a fast horse lightly, he took Yijia chariot seriously.

Put on a momentum to let the local officials know that the king of Pingling County is on tour again, and they should be more cautious when collecting autumn taxes.

The accompanying subordinates and officials are mainly Zhang Hongdao, Zan Wanshou, Li Zeyi, etc., all of which belong to Li Xia who wants to entrust important responsibilities in the future.

In addition, people like Li Ye and Yan Yunyun plan to go to Kuimen to investigate and set up commercial taxes.

Li Xia originally wanted to bring all his family members with him, but Gao Mingyue was tied up by the child, and Zhang Wenjing should not go out again, lest she be delayed on the road for several months and have to hurry on the road with a big belly.

On the third day of October, the chariots and horses set off.

Han Qiaoer, who just got started, has completely rolled up her hair, without the silly bangs on her forehead, she looks a little unusual, her face is rosy and pale, adding a lot of charm.

Han Qi'an went out to see her off, and seeing that the daughter finally looked more virtuous, she nodded in satisfaction, then frowned again, dissatisfied with the fact that the girl was still bouncing around while walking.

"We're leaving, you guys have to remember to feed Little Fatty! Grandfather, you have to take care of yourself and come back to celebrate your birthday..."

When Han Qiaoer got into the carriage, she poked her head out and waved her hands endlessly. In the end, she ignored her father's increasingly ugly expression, turned her head and chatted with Nian'er again, her brows and eyes were full of the joy of a spoiled bride.

Over there, Han Qi'an threw down his sleeve and cursed to himself.

"Be pampered and spoiled!"

Scolding is scolding, but he also knows his daughter's heart, and Li Xia has a sense of propriety.After turning around to look at the surrounding scenery, he said with emotion: "It's a good year, it's good to be like this every year..."

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Jinghu North Road, Jiangling Mansion.

Jiangling Mansion is also known as Jingzhou City.

To the west of it is the Wushan mountain range, which separates Jinghu Lake from Sichuan. Only the Yangtze River rushes out of Wushan and becomes an important traffic route.

After the Han River arrived in Xiangyang, it flowed south to the north of Jiangling, and then turned to the east.

Therefore, the location of the thoroughfare of the seven provinces of Jiangling is very important. It controls Bashu in the west, connects Xianghan in the north, leads the rivers and lakes, and refers to Wuyue.

In today's world situation, Sichuan and Shaanxi are actually becoming vassals and towns, and there is a hidden heart of disobedience.As an important place in the Central Plains facing Bashu, Jiangling, an important town in the southeast, is even more important.

Different from Sichuan and Shu's depression, Jiangling City is extremely prosperous.

Looking from the Qujiang Tower, I can see that there are only four cottages on one street, and the babbling sound makes Jiang Fan feel as if he is in Lin'an.

"The citizens of the Song Dynasty are very good, but it's a pity that the good times don't last long."

This was what Li Xia once said, and Jiang Fan only knew how to say it. In short, it was just a sentence of emotion, which made him seem a little deeper.

A man went upstairs, closed the door, and said, "Master, I finally figured out that the workshop for counterfeiting coupons is hidden in Qin Jiushao's mansion."

"Sure enough, I will say who has such ability."

When Jiang Fan walked to the case, the spy had already laid out the blueprints and began to explain.

"The house is on the shore of the North Lake, covering an area of ​​more than [-] acres. There are all kinds of pavilions, towers and pavilions. The wall is nearly one foot high. It is guarded by officers and soldiers, so it is difficult to go inside..."

"Difficult to find out?"

"Yes, I bought the servants in that house several times, but I still haven't heard the news from inside."

Jiang Fan was a little surprised.

Since he took over the Public Opinion Department, he has never encountered such a situation where he couldn't even get in the other party's door.

"What about counterfeit coupons?"

"A batch is printed every half month, and different merchant ships enter Shu, and Jiangling seems to have a new voucher made in Shu. These people seem to have some means in doing things... Commander, why don't you just force them in? Find a way to get them in." Thunderbolt cannons come into the city, directly..."

"Shut up." Jiang Fan scolded, and said: "Maybe we can do it by force, how do we go then? Can't we cross the Yangtze River in a small boat? Go and check for me, and we can talk when we find an opportunity. Also, ask me Qin Jiushao, I want to know about his past."

"Yes."

When the spy got out of the teahouse, Jiang Fan immediately went to the window to watch, and he was relieved to find that there was no tail behind the spy.

After a while, when another spy came from a distance, Jiang Fan's eyes suddenly became serious, and he raised his binoculars to observe the two businessmen carrying burdens further away.

"Idiot, you have been followed... But, are these two really private salt dealers?"

Jiang Fan became more and more puzzled, it was the first time he saw the government driving private salt dealers.

He casually made a cross on the table to remind his subordinates, rolled up his sleeves, turned around and left the teahouse, and then hid in another stronghold...

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By the North Lake, Jiangyuan.

This place was originally the other courtyard of Xu Yuanwai from Jiangling Mansion. After Qin Jiushao took office, he obtained a series of criminal evidence against Xu Yuanwai in only three days.

For example, there is often the custom of killing living people to sacrifice to ghosts and gods here in Jinghu Lake. Xu Yuanwai somehow became a believer in "Light-opening ghosts". The obscene temple is called "Caisheng", and occasionally some officials and scholars are arrested, thinking that one sacrifice to such a smart person can be worth three.

During the Taiping period, Song Renzong didn't like these things. He investigated and dealt with several such major cases, and the capital of the crime was executed by Ling Chi.

But Xu Yuanwai's criminal evidence doesn't stop there.

Therefore, Qin Jiushao easily threatened to occupy this Jiangyuan and most of the Xu family's property.

It will be another lucrative income if you sell it after you get promoted.

He really didn't do this well, the evidence was forged, and he didn't take care of everything. Except for bluffing Xu Yuan, it was almost the same as robbery, leaving a lot of grounds for talking.

It's not that he can't do better and doesn't want to take more trouble.

Yugong, he urgently needs to get a foothold early and spread out his stall to do things; Yuzi, he is over fifty years old, and he may not have many years to make money for officials, so how can he be restrained?

How much money can you collect by slowly greedy for ink?
He is a genius in arithmetic, and he can figure out how to make money most efficiently.

There is a luxury mansion in Jiangling, and a counterfeit certificate workshop was directly built in it, a large number of officers and soldiers were dispatched to guard, and merchant ships were sent to Chongqing to redeem grain... At the same time, Qin Jiushao also ordered people to arrest a large number of private salt dealers in Jiangling Mansion. Afterwards, Tangtang changed suddenly and became the largest private salt dealer.

Not only did he sell salt, but he also sold wine, tea, iron, and lacquerware. In just two months, he paved a business route that could not only complete Jia Sidao's errands, but also make money for himself.

Considering the remoteness of Qiongzhou, he can still make countless fortunes within a few months after taking office, let alone in this famous capital of Jingchu?
……

It was already the end of October, Qin Jiushao was sitting in the hall drinking and having fun with more than ten beauties.

He is not like some ordinary people in the world, who only chase beauties and giggle. He is much more elegant, good at singing, dancing and music, and also proficient in poetry.

In the early years, those who sang and cited with Qin Jiushao were Liu Kezhuang, Zhou Mi and other ci masters. Although everyone turned their faces later, it can be seen that his poetic talent is also top-notch.

The beauties also like to play with Qin Jiushao, they are wonderful people who are proficient in everything from shooting and throwing pots to guessing riddles. They also have power and money. Who doesn't like it...

"Qin Lang, is your servant dancing well?"

"Okay! Lingbo sings at Linhuzhu, Nenyu Wenluan sings and dances. Luosocks walk towards Wuxia clouds, pearl jackets wet at dusk and rain in Tang Dynasty."

"Qin Lang has another drink..."

After hearing a report from a servant, Qin Jiushao got up with a pot, drank heavily as he walked, left the warming room, and went to the front yard to meet the guests.

As soon as the cold wind blew, he looked around, and his eyes became more wary.

In the side hall, several leaders of private salt dealers were already waiting there.

"In the past few days, I have spread the net to stare at some people. They are all inquiring around, but they are all lost..."

"It doesn't matter if you lose your heel, Jiangling Mansion is not big, so please tell me carefully, and I will calculate it."

Qin Jiushao was a little drunk, and walked to the case, while listening to the report, he took a pen to mark on the map of Jiangling Fucheng.

Following these clues, he drew a few lines, spread out the "Jiangling Mansion Chronicle" and compared it with the household registration book, talking about it.

Finally, he picked up his pen and circled around casually.

When doing this, he seems to be scribbling.

"The person in charge is hiding near here, arrange our people to watch, and pay more attention to foreign accents..."

"Yes."

After finishing the arrangement, someone said, "Mr. Yu is here."

"Ask him to come in, you guys retreat first..."

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Yu Desheng walked into the side hall, and when he saw Qin Jiushao, he said: "The private salt dealers you arranged can't keep an eye on Li Ni's people at all."

Sitting there, Qin Jiushao didn't know whether he was sleeping or thinking, and replied slowly, "Salt dealers certainly can't keep an eye on spies."

Yu Desheng was stunned.

"We forged Sichuan-Shaanxi coupons, and guessed that Li Ni would send someone to destroy them. Mr. Yu also said that Li Xia's army has a powerful thunderbolt cannon." Qin Jiushao said: "So, we are very strict and ordered the city gate to tighten Search, strictly prohibit ordnance and firearms from entering the city, that’s all.”

Yu Desheng originally thought that if someone came to Jiangling with a firearm, he would take it right away, so that he would not have to hide in this compound every day.

I didn't expect the other party to be so calm. "

"What do you mean? Are you planning to just keep hiding like this?"

"Why not? We are here to make coupons, not to catch detailed works. There are endless details."

"Since we know that Li Ni sent people to come, we must take them down."

Qin Jiushao seemed to have guessed what Yu Desheng would say. Although he disagreed in his heart, he handed him the marked map and said, "I have calculated that the other party's stronghold is probably near here. Just call the Jingmen army to capture it. "

"Need to mobilize troops? If there is a big trouble, it will be like Chongqing again..." Yu Desheng stopped in the middle of his sentence.

"Mr. Yu doesn't want to transfer troops, but wait for me to find them slowly."

Yu Desheng said: "I have a plan. You take out a batch of counterfeit coins and hook the other party?"

"No. The other party is a veteran and will not take the hook."

Qin Jiushao didn't bother with Desheng's schemes at all.

"The scope is still large, but you can't escape if you call 200 people to search the other party carefully. I've already done the calculations, so there will be no mistakes..."

Although Yu Desheng hated Qin Jiushao, he had to admit that apart from official career and communication, Qin Jiushao was better than most people in any talent.

On the next day alone, he dispatched troops to block Jiang Fan...

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"Damn it, I underestimated Qin Jiushao!"

"Commander, what should we do? We're going to check it out soon."

"Our footholds have been completely cleared by him, we will withdraw immediately!"

"Walk."

"The front street is blocked. I'm checking my accent and household registration."

"Find a place where you can still hide, are there any officials living nearby?
"There are a few families over there who are officials. They seem to hate Qin Jiushao very much. I have heard them cry for Qin Jiushao..."

Several people spoke quickly and in low voices, and hurriedly turned into a remote alley.

Jiang Fan thinks that this time he has lost everything.

In the beginning, he made a big mistake.Because I heard about "Nine Chapters of Shu Shu", I thought Qin Jiushao was a scholar like Li Ye.

It is only now that I really realize how big the gap is between ordinary people and geniuses.

However, the shouts of the Jingmen soldiers from the rear came, and the courtyard door in front had been opened, and someone angrily said, "Qin Jiushao is doing something evil again?!"

Jiang Fan suddenly had a thought.

You can't compete with your opponent in intelligence, so can you compete in character this time?
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(End of this chapter)