People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 357 Three thousand sickles and three thousand soldiers

State Yashi Cao Guanxi.

The carriage stopped in the center, Qian Zhuo and a subordinate removed the thick felt cloth from both sides, revealing a cart full of new scythes piled inside.

The sharp blade shone coldly in the twilight.

Qian Zhuo took a step back, and bowed his hands solemnly to Feng Hua: "Feng Canjun, please check, there are a total of [-] new sickles, this is the second batch, tomorrow, I will send the third batch, and there will be a fourth Approval, all the thousand sickles ordered by the state government will be in place."

"Trouble Shichiro!" Feng Hua smiled gently, then waved back.

Immediately, two officials came down from the steps of the government office, and started counting the three hundred sickles on the cart.

Qian Zhuo backed away until he reached the door.

At this time, Facao's arrester, Chen Ming, was standing at the door, watching everything coldly.

"Brother Chen, what do you think the lord is going to do? Get so many scythes all at once, do you want to distribute them to the common people for them to use?" Qian Zhuo chatted casually, and asked with some other meanings.

Chen Ming glanced at Qian Zhuo impatiently, and then he said patiently: "The prince is very talented, I can guess what he thinks at will.

But thinking about it, it should be like this. After all, many ordinary people even have to borrow a sickle from their homes. How could the summer tax harvest be so fast.

Isn't our lord most concerned about Xia's tax collection? "

"That's true!" Qian Zhuo looked stunned and nodded in agreement.

The root of everything, in the final analysis, still falls on taxes.

Qian Zhuo couldn't help thinking of Qian Zhe's attitude on this matter.

Let it go, don't participate, don't plan, don't intervene.

In this way, no matter how this year changes, whoever wins and who loses, the Qian family will be able to gain a firm foothold.

To Qian Zhe, this kind of strategy switch is just a matter of one sentence, but to Qian Zhuo, it is already a bit traumatic.

"Brother Chen, I'm afraid you will have a lot of crops in the field this year, right?" Qian Zhuo looked at Chen Ming with a half-smile.

Chen Ming's body suddenly paused strangely, and then he glanced at Qian Zhuo with a terrifying expression, seeing that there was not much special smell on his face, Chen Ming turned his head.

Looking ahead, Chen Ming said indifferently: "It's not like your brother doesn't know about my affairs. This year's tax, my brother has already communicated with Hucao. They will collect the land tax according to the amount recorded in the yellow book. .”

"Hehe!" Qian Zhuo chuckled twice, and then said again: "In the past few days, a lot of scythes have been delivered every day, I'm afraid I will bother Brother Chen, how about, let me be the host today, and have a good relationship with him." Dude conspired to get drunk, I wonder if dude can reward me?"

"Brother Qian invites you, how dare you refuse." Although Chen Ming had a smile on his face, there was a trace of gnashing of hatred in his words.

Banquet, Hongmen Banquet.

Qian Zhuo stopped talking, and looked at Feng Hua who was about to verify the number of sickles.

According to what my elder brother said, the king of Nanchang always likes to take one step and count three steps when doing things, so what is going on now?

Three hundred sickles, one thousand sickles, what exactly does the king of Nanchang want to do?
Could it be that he still needs to rely on these thousand sickles to build an army of sickles?

Qian Zhuo shook his head, he couldn't understand Li Xuan's opinion.

At this moment, a burst of footsteps suddenly sounded from behind.

Immediately, Hu Cao joined the army and Han Jiang walked in from the outside.

Qian Zhuo and Chen Ming immediately cupped their hands and said, "Hanhu Cao."

"You two!" Han Jiang nodded slightly, then looked at Feng Hua behind the car, and asked, "Brother Feng, is there a logarithm? I have already registered 500 people here, and I need to gather at least [-] for tomorrow. If not, the prince will blame it..."

"Enough, definitely enough." Feng Hua pointed to Qian Zhuo on one side, and said with a smile: "The second batch of [-] new scythes has been delivered, and there are [-] more tomorrow, and the rest will be delivered the day after tomorrow. Sending three hundred pieces will definitely not delay the matter of the prince."

"That's the best." Han Jiang nodded slightly, and then he was about to say goodbye and leave.

At this moment, Qian Zhuo couldn't help but stepped forward and asked, "Dare to ask Hanhu Cao, what are these sickles used for?"

"Why, didn't your elder brother tell you?" Han Jiang stopped, looked at Qian Zhuo with some surprise, paused for a while, and then explained: "These things are used to distribute to Muzhou immigrants who have just been naturalized in Wuzhou Yes, starting tomorrow, they will be in corvée!"

"Corvice?" Qian Zhuo's expression paused, and then he suddenly came to his senses, and quickly asked: "Is it this year's corvee? Why, are they going to serve corvée just after they are naturalized? Is it possible that there are a thousand strong men who want to do hard labor?"

A thousand sickles correspond to a thousand laborers, Qian Zhuo's heart sank inexplicably.

"Qian Qilang, are you asking too much?" Han Jiang frowned, looking Qian Zhuo up and down, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

Qian Zhuo was very perceptive, and immediately cupped his hands and said, "Hucao, don't think too much, Qilang is just thinking, if there is a shortage in the state government, the Qian family will be able to make up for it immediately, my brother has specially instructed me to maintain a good relationship with the state government ?"

Qian Qilang smiled a little embarrassedly, Han Jiang looked at it and laughed, nodded and said, "So that's the case."

After a short pause, Han Jiang followed up and said: "If there is a need, it is true. That is, the thousand new sickles may still be insufficient. I am afraid that three thousand will be enough in the end. I don't know if the Qian family can get them in time." Provide... don't worry, the state government will definitely not let the Qian family suffer in terms of price."

"Don't dare, don't dare, after you go back, try your best to supervise." Wei Wei stood up straight, Qian Qilang thought about it, and said seriously: "Hu Cao Rongzhi, the most important thing right now is the summer tax, not only the state government, but also the money tax." So is the shi.”

"Not bad!" Han Jiang nodded.

"Therefore, there are quite a few craftsmen in the family who have to go home to harvest the grain." Qian Zhuo pondered for a while and said: "I can't guarantee that there will be more. In the future, at least two hundred sickles will be delivered. As for the future, no less than this number of new sickles will be delivered every day."

"Such a great kindness!" Han Jiang hurriedly cupped his hands, and said excitedly: "Rubi, thank you Qilang, and I will wait for the good news in the state capital."

"Hu Cao is being polite!" Qian Zhuo hurriedly returned the salute with a respectful demeanor.

……

The carriage drove out of the state government office slowly, and two figures turned out from behind the screen wall of the inner courtyard.

The one wearing the gold silk gown with a black background was none other than Li Xuan; the one standing beside him with a respectful expression, but looking faintly at the direction in which the carriage disappeared was none other than Xu Jian.

"Send two cautious men to watch him secretly, remember to go as far away as possible, record everyone they come into contact with every day, and don't miss a single one." Li Xuan turned his head and explained in detail,

"This subordinate understands!" Xu Jian cupped his hands solemnly.

Qian Zhuo is the Qilang of the Qian family, and the Qian family is one of the four major families in Wuzhou, and the King of Yue is behind him. Once the news of him being watched gets out, the entire Wuzhou will inevitably cause turmoil.

"En!" Li Xuan nodded lightly.

Xu Jian's mind is cautious, and most of his subordinates come out of state prisons, so naturally there is no need to worry about their abilities.

Immediately, he was not very worried about this aspect. What he was really worried about was what kind of role Qian Zhuo, and even Qian Shi, would play in the future.

In the depths of the eyes, a line of entries emerged silently.

[Qian Zhuo, born in the Qian family in Wuzhou, the seventh in the family line, the family hut manager, responsible for the operation of the chief's family business, greedy, selfish, loves money like life, and only seeks profit. 】

Qian Zhuo is not a member of Tianyin Sect, but for the sake of money, he doesn't care whether the other party is a member of Tianyin Sect.

As long as there are enough interests, he will immediately rush forward desperately.

He doesn't care whether it violates the law or whether it causes future troubles.

Seeing this clearly, Li Xuan has a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between Qian Zhuo and Tianyin Sect.

"Okay, go and call Zhang Canjun and all the Cao Canjuns over." After Li Xuan finished speaking, she turned and walked towards the lobby of the state government office.

"Here!" Xu Jian cupped his hands immediately, then turned around and called for someone else.

Walking in the state government office, the officials who passed by all around stopped when they saw Li Xuan, and bowed slightly.

Li Xuan smiled and nodded slightly, but he didn't pay much attention to them. What he was thinking at the moment was more about the appearance of Elder He, one of the four elders of Tianyin Sect, at the city gate.

Yesterday, Elder He left Zhoucheng with Ye Wanwan and fled to Lanxi, but only one day later, she returned.

why?
Raising his head, Li Xuan looked at the sky in the northwest in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Faintly, a beacon appeared in his eyes.

A thin silk thread is connected between the beacon and Li Xuan.

Sixty miles, Ye Wanwan is now in the northwest of Wuzhou, sixty miles away from the city.

That's where Lanxi is.

Yesterday, Elder He took Ye Wanwan away from Zhou City as if he was a treasure, but after only one day, she returned desperately to kill her.

It's not because Li Xuan is practicing the Age of Gods technique in Wuzhou now, is it?
This method has only just begun to appear in front of outsiders today,
The Buddhist and Taoist sects of Wuzhou have to hold three consecutive days of lectures and debates at the gate of the state city, and then return to their respective counties and villages to carry out the missionary work of the Taiyin Emperor and Moonlight Bodhisattva on a large scale, integrating the Tianyin Goddess The preaching of legends.

Afterwards, whether it is the Tianyin Emperor God who replaced the Tianyin Goddess, or the Moonlight Bodhisattva reincarnated as the Tianyin Goddess, they will gradually replace the belief in the Tianyin Goddess.

However, this technique of the age of the gods always takes a certain amount of time, and the only ones that can really bear fruit in the short term are the ex-Tianyin believers in Zhoucheng who have lost their faith.

For the other nine counties in Wuzhou, the fundamental shake-up of the Tianyin religion between the counties and townships is not critical.

This is a long-term method, like a slow poison.

Once successful, Tianyin Sect will never be revived again.

Pulling back my thoughts, from the current point of view, it seems that He Lao has only one purpose in returning to Wuzhou this time, and that is to meet Qian Zhuo.

After a while, she left Wuzhou again.

Li Xuan didn't know if Elder He had seen other people before seeing Qian Zhuo, but the only person Li Xuan could stare at now was Qian Zhuo.

Qian Zhuo, Qian Shi, mines, weapons, and even copper coins.

There is no doubt that the Tianyin sect purchased ordnance through Qian Zhuo.

Zhang Yi, the former captain of Guoyi in Yangzhou, the Xia family in Hangzhou later, and the Qian family in Wuzhou all provided weapons to Tianyin Sect.

In addition, there are copper coins.

When I was in Yangzhou, there was always a mystery that had not been solved in the case of evil money, that is, where did Yangzhou's evil money and copper come from.

Now all is clear.

The Qian family owns a copper mine.

So how to deal with Qian?

While thinking, Li Xuan slowly walked into the lobby.

(End of this chapter)