Fenghou

Chapter 424
Early the next morning, Chen Qing came to the Internal Affairs Battalion. The Internal Affairs Battalion is also called the Third Scout Battalion. It is a special organization dedicated to finding and eradicating enemy spies. The commander is Wang Hao, with six departments and [-] people. One is stationed in Longgan County and Deshun Prefecture, and the other four are in Chengji County.

In the past few months, Wang Hao and his internal affairs battalion have not been idle, actively looking for enemy spies in Chengji County, mainly the puppet Qi army spies and Xixia spies.

"Beizhi has found six clues related to the Xixia people, and has sent people to monitor them separately. It is estimated that the spies of the Xixia people are among them. The trouble is the puppet Qi army. Beizhi has not found any clues so far."

"Could it be that the puppet Qi army hasn't had time to set up an intelligence point?" Chen Qing asked tentatively.

Wang Hao shook his head, "The puppet Qi army has been paying attention to us, how could it be possible not to arrange an intelligence point, the humble job probably already existed, it should be a shop, restaurant or something like that."

"Then do you have any directions to look for?"

"The humble official intends to investigate from the pigeon letter or eagle letter, including the Xixia people, but this requires the cooperation of the government."

"They will definitely cooperate. Go to Jiang Yanxian and he will arrange it. But now I am more concerned about the Xixia spies. The Xixia people are increasing their troops to Lanzhou. They will definitely strengthen the intelligence collection of Chengji County. This is their tradition of."

Wang Hao thought for a while and said: "We already have a highly suspicious target called Xuechuan Restaurant. The humble job has sent two people to apply for their buddies, but there is no evidence yet."

"Isn't his name the evidence? The Xixia Army stronghold in Gong County is called Baichuan Restaurant, and this place is called Xuechuan Restaurant. Isn't it interesting?" Chen Qing laughed.

"That's right! Xixia people are sometimes a little silly, maybe they thought they would be exposed!"

"It's not stupid, it's their belief!"

Chen Qing said lightly: "In fact, they all have the same name as Yinchuan Restaurant."

Chen Qing stood up and said, "Let's go and see this Xuechuan Restaurant!"

"A lowly job is afraid of scaring the snake!"

"Don't worry, I asked Jiang Yanxian to accompany me to patrol the city normally!"

The most prosperous place in Chengji County is called Sima Bridge. Jishui passes through the city and finally flows into the Wei River. Sima Bridge is a small bridge on Jishui. It is located at the intersection of East Street and West Street, so this area is called Sima The bridge is the busiest commercial place in Chengji County, and next to it is Simaqiao Wazi, which is the busiest business.

Lv Xiu brought her master Li Qingzhao, junior sister Zhao Qiaoyun, sister-in-law Li Mei, and Yu Ying and Yu Lian to Simaqiao under the escort of the Tao sisters. She and her elder brother Lu Wei made an appointment to visit the shop here.

After reading Master Li Qingzhao's sad words, Lu Xiu decided to do something for Master?Chen Qing reminded her to find something for Master, such as opening a restaurant or teahouse, giving half of Master's share, and she will be busy when she has business sustenance.

Li Qingzhao refused at first, but she couldn't resist Lu Xiu's insistence, and finally agreed. Although she likes to drink, she prefers to open a teahouse.

Lu Xiu still used her husband's privilege to find a shop in the best location.

"This way!" Lu Wei waved to them not far away, and they made an appointment to meet here.

When they came to a shop that had just been built, Lu Xiu smiled and said, "Second Brother, is this the place?"

Lu Wei pointed to a two-story shop behind him and said: "It covers an area of ​​two acres. It was originally the land of the county government. It was an open space. This time, a new shop was built together. The Simaqiao Wazi is diagonally opposite, and it is a little to the east. It's state school."

Lu Xiu looked towards the opposite side, and the other side was a restaurant with a large signboard with four big characters 'Xuechuan Restaurant' written on it.

"Master, why is this restaurant called Xuechuan Restaurant? Is there an allusion?" Lu Xiu asked with a smile.

"It probably originated from Li Bai's poem "The Journey Is Difficult"! If you want to cross the Yellow River and the ice-blocked river, you will climb the Taihang Snow Mountain, so it is named Xuechuan."

At this time, Lu Xiu found that the two waiters in the restaurant were staring at her. She felt a little unhappy, so she turned to her brother and smiled, "How much does this building cost?"

Lu Wei stretched out five fingers and said with a smile: "This number!"

Lu Xiu exclaimed, "Five thousand guan?"

Lu Wei said unhappily: "My eldest sister, this is not Lin'an, this is a small county in the northwest, only five hundred guan!"

"so cheap?"

"Of course, people here have a low income, five hundred guan is a lot of money, and only big families can afford it."

Lu Xiu smiled and said: "Second brother, this price is too expensive, you should make it cheaper! Anyway, you don't need money for the land, how about three hundred guan?"

Lu Wei rolled his eyes, just now he said the price was too cheap, but now he thinks the price is too expensive.

"I want to give you the store for nothing!"

"Great!"

"Great for your size!"

Lu Wei smiled angrily and said: "Your husband said that if I bend the law for personal gain, I will be dismissed directly, so I have to follow the market price. The market price here is [-] guan. If not, you can resell it in two years, and you will be guaranteed a thousand coins to break the bank."

Lu Xiu was so excited that she clenched her little fist, "Then I'll sell it for two thousand!"

Everyone laughed dumbfounded, and walked into the shop together to take a closer look.
In Xuechuan Restaurant, a waiter quickly walked up to the shopkeeper and said in a low voice, "The woman opposite just now, I can confirm that she is Chen Qing's wife."

The shopkeeper immediately became very interested, and quickly asked, "Is she here to buy from the shop opposite?"

"It should be! The county magistrate is also there, and the group of them went into the shop."

The shopkeeper nervously and excitedly considered the benefits he could get. First of all, it was information. The shop opened by Mrs. Jiedushi, whether it was a restaurant or a teahouse, would always be visited by military generals and local officials. This is an opportunity to get in touch with them. You have to let your buddy punch in.

Maybe he can kidnap Mrs. Jiedushi and send her to Xixia, that would be a great contribution!

The shopkeeper sat behind the counter and began to dream.

At this time, Chen Qing was inspecting the state school not far away. Chen Qing was also very concerned about running the school. He needed a large number of talents, and these talents were not only cultivated by the state school, but more importantly, he recruited them in the name of the state school. Professor, just like Li Jingwei, the magistrate of Fengtian County, who fled to Tongxi County, Gongzhou with his two sons to live a difficult life, and finally died of illness.

If the recruitment of professors with high salaries was made public earlier, Li Jingwei was a Jinshi, so of course he would come to apply for professors, and he would be able to be recruited by himself.

Although Li Jingwei is dead, Chen Qing believes that there must be many officials from Shaanxi Road fleeing to the northwest, and this is the opportunity to recruit them.

Chen Qing asked Jiang Yanxian again: "Before I sent someone to send two teenagers, one named Li Songnian and the other named Li Songshi, how are they doing?"

"They are very good and have a solid foundation. After studying hard for a few more years, they can go to Lin'an to take the imperial examination."

"They're living in the state school now?"

Jiang Yanxian nodded, "The two brothers and more than a hundred other scholars live in the school dormitory. In the past two days, everyone has gone to harvest wheat, and there is no one in the state school."

"The recruitment of professors must be done quickly, and the recruitment notices should be posted in all surrounding states and counties. The most lacking in the Northwest are scribes. Even if they don't come to be professors, they must have other functions."

"Beizhi understands that it will be implemented in two days."

After inspecting the state school, Chen Qing continued to walk towards Simaqiao. From a distance, he saw the real target of this inspection, Xuechuan Restaurant.

(End of this chapter)