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

Chapter 365 The move is astonishing, step by step

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, amidst the sound of dangling wheels, the carriage slowly drove into the Qian family's mansion in the west of the city.

The car curtain was lifted, and Qian Zhe came out from inside.

His face was as usual, as if nothing had happened.

In the entire courtyard, servants and maids stood on both sides in a regular manner.

Qian Zhe waved his hand casually, and the servants and maids immediately went to work separately, only the butler was still serving.

"What's the situation in Jinhua now?" Qian Zhe asked as he walked in, "How long will it take for the king of Nanchang to harvest the entire Jinhua?"

"If it's about harvesting the entire Jinhua, this old slave thinks it will take at least seven days." The butler said very cautiously.

Qian Zhe heard the subtext in the butler's words, looked at him with a half-smile and asked, "What if it's not?"

"If not, then it will only take another three days to complete the harvest of the grain required for the autumn tax, and then transfer to Yiwu, Dongyang, and Pujiang. The overall summer harvest time will be ten days faster than in previous years, and it is Lowest." The butler's face suddenly became serious.

Autumn grain harvesting is also very particular.

There is a big difference between harvesting all the crops one by one, or just harvesting the food needed for taxation and then turning around and leaving.

If all harvests are made per acre, then in the entire Jinhua, perhaps at the limit, the summer harvest time of the entire Jinhua can be shortened by half.

But if you look at the entire Wuzhou, then these 3000 people can only increase this speed by less than one tenth at most.

A few days, the icing on the cake, is not enough to have enough impact.

But if you only need to harvest taxes, this time can be increased by a full ten days.

This means that if the Tianyin Sect wants to start an incident, the time that has already been advanced must be advanced by several days.

Their plans are already tight, and now they have to advance, they will be even more flustered, and more prone to mistakes.

"It seems that the king of Nanchang will definitely do this." Qian Zhe's eyes showed a trace of fear.

A few days ago, people hadn't seen what King Nanchang wanted to do, but now as his actions gradually revealed, smart people have seen his plan.

This was another blow to Tianyin Sect.

"Do you think, after Nanchang King's move, what else is there?" Qian Zhe asked subconsciously.

"Patriarch, the prince of Nanchang is astonishing. It's hard for ordinary people to see through the series of steps. But once you see through, it's impossible to stop it." The housekeeper looked at Qian Zhe with a hint of worry in his eyes.

Qian Zhe paused, raised his hand, waved it, and the housekeeper immediately bowed and left.

Turning around and walking towards the study, the maid serving in the study stood at one side, bowing and waiting.

No matter which family it is, there will always be one or two people who are responsible for cleaning and tidying up the study room, and they will not change people casually, otherwise it will be tantamount to making trouble for themselves.

Qian Zhe sat down on Hu's bed, and the maid respectfully handed him a cup of tea, and then quietly retreated into a dark corner.

Sitting on Hu's bed, Qian Zhe began to think about Li Xuan.

In fact, many people, including Qian Zhe, have been thinking about Li Xuan's every move in Dongyang and Zhoucheng.

I hope that from these things, we can find out what Li Xuan wants to do, what he plans to do, and what he will do when he comes to Wuzhou this time.

Only in this way can they accurately grasp Li Xuan's context.

Then take the opportunity to make a profit on this matter.

Or in other words, use this incident to control Li Xuan in a disguised form.

But Nanchang Wang Lixuan is very difficult to control. He has soldiers in his hands and has a clear goal.

Two words, Xia tax and Tianyin religion.

The summer tax is the core, and it is what the emperor asked Li Xuan to do, so he will definitely do it with all his strength.

After that came Tianyin Sect.

When Li Xuan left the state city with a group of immigrants from Muzhou, it meant that he had already taken the initiative in the matter of taxation and food.

At the same time, when he left Zhoucheng, he also took the initiative in matters related to Tianyin Sect.

Now it depends on what he will do next, and how Tianyin Church will respond.

……

Suddenly, the candles in the house flickered.

Qian Zhe raised his head sharply and said coldly, "Who?"

"It's me!" A figure walked out from the dark shadows while speaking.

The maid who was standing in the shadows slowly slipped and fell to the ground at this time.

Dressed in a dark green night girl, with her hair tied up high and her face facing the sky, Zhang Wanyu, who was still delicate and sharp-eyed, walked under the candlelight, her hands tucked into her sleeves, and there was no movement.

At the same time, a young man in a black brocade robe came out from behind the bookcase on one side.

Holding a long sword in his hand, he looked at Zhang Wanyu warily.

Qian Zhe raised his hand and swung it back slightly. In the blink of an eye, the young brocade-robed man had retreated behind the bookshelf.

"So it's Hall Master Zhang. I don't know what's going on here this time?" Qian Zhe leaned back slightly and looked at Zhang Wanyu who suddenly appeared. She didn't seem to care about the crisis brought about by her sudden appearance.

"I have something to report to Patriarch Qian." The corners of Zhang Wanyu's mouth curled up slightly, as if she had thought of something interesting.

"Say it!" Qian Zhe's expression finally became a little dignified. It's probably not easy for the head of the Tianyin Sect to find something interesting.

"Just this morning, the King of Nanchang clashed with Jinhua Xuge, and then directly sent troops to raid Xuge's house, and then..." Zhang Wanyu was already a little uncontrollably happy, and said: "Afterwards, he copied more than a dozen people from Xu's house. A knife and gun, a few crossbows, and an iron armor..."

Hearing what Zhang Wanyu said, Qian Zhe couldn't help interrupting him, and said bluntly: "Master Zhang doesn't think that those things come from my Qian family, does he? And even if they come from my Qian family, the King of Nanchang would won't care."

"Oh, is Patriarch Qian so confident?" Zhang Wanyu looked at Qian Zhe with some amusement, then shook her head at last, and said, "Patriarch, please finish listening. In that courtyard, the King of Nanchang not only copied the weapon, but also rescued the An innocent woman who was kidnapped, it is said that they have kidnapped many innocent women before, and the most important thing is that the King of Nanchang also confiscated [-] mu of hidden land in the Xu family."

"How much?" Qian Zhe couldn't help but yelled out. Even he was very surprised by this number.

Two thousand acres of land, this is not just some fiddle with the corners, but a huge piece of connected land, and it has to be concealed, which is not an easy task.

It just so happens that someone did it.

"Master Zhang definitely did not come to the Qian family for no reason, can you tell Qian how this matter has anything to do with my Qian family?" Qian Zhe stared at Zhang Wanyu firmly.

Zhang Wanyu's appearance here at this moment is enough to prove the deep relationship with the Qian family behind this matter, even if this matter has nothing to do with the Qian family, the people of Tianyin Sect will do everything possible to make them talk to the Qian family relationship.

"The head of the family may not know that those fields belong to the Xu family on the surface, but in fact they belong to the Qian family." The smile on Zhang Wanyu's face began to shrink, and then turned cold, calm, and solemn.

Silently, a heavy pressure was already on Qian Zhe's shoulders.

Sitting there, Qian Zhe's expression became more and more gloomy. After a long time, Qian Zhe raised his head and looked at Zhang Wanyu: "Qilang made these things, right? What else did he do, the hall master might as well explain it clearly once."

It could be heard from the voice that Qian Zhe was in a very bad mood right now, but the worse his mood was, the happier Zhang Wanyu was.

"Other details, I don't know. I only know that the fields in Qilang's hands are far more than these three thousand acres, and most of them are concentrated in Jinhua and Yiwu, and the king of Nanchang is completing Jinhua's tax and food. After the harvest, he will immediately turn to Yiwu... No, maybe he will stay in Jinhua for a few more days, maybe the Yintian he found in Jinhua is enough to stop him."

Zhang Wanyu took a deep breath, her face revealed a sense of pleasure, and she squinted at Qian Zhe: "Patriarch, how big do you think such a field will be?"

The first task of the King of Nanchang when he came to Wuzhou this time was the Xia tax.

The only reason why the king of Nanchang could put down the summer tax and stay in Jinhua to stare at it was that the number of hidden fields there was unbelievably large, almost comparable to the amount of summer grain collected by the imperial court.

It is conceivable that what a huge number that is.

Qian Zhe felt heavy in his heart. He slowly raised his head, looked at Zhang Wanyu, and said indifferently, "It's impossible for Wuzhou to have so many hidden fields, otherwise the major families would have already discovered it."

"The Patriarch is right. If there are so many hidden fields in Wuzhou, then the major families in Wuzhou would have already discovered it. But did the Patriarch forget that Qilang is also from the Qian family?" Zhang Wanyu's mouth flickered. A sneer.

If it is said that the most greedy person in the Qian family, even Qian Qilang is not as good as the old bastard in front of him.

Qian Qilang's greed is superficial, while Qian Zhe's greed is deep down.

Looking at the silent Qian Zhe, the sneer on Zhang Wanyu's face gradually dissipated.

The current Qian family may have indeed encountered some difficulties, but it is not without solutions.

As long as Qian Zhe is willing to kill Qian Zhuo directly, no matter what kind of crisis the Qian family faces, it can be easily resolved, but the premise is that Qian Zhe can be ruthless.

Her heart became serious again, Zhang Wanyu looked at Qian Zhe, took a step back, and then said in a low voice: "It seems that the Patriarch doesn't fully believe what I said! But it doesn't matter, I am here this time, I just hope that the Patriarch will see For the sake of reporting the information this time, how about also reporting a piece of news to this seat?"

"What do you want to know?" Qian Zhe raised his head slightly and looked at Zhang Wanyu.

The Hall Master of Yuhang said so much just now, and now she finally gets to the point.

"It's a very simple thing. I just want to know that when the King of Nanchang came to Wuzhou, besides one navy warship that had returned to Hangzhou and two merchant ships from the Kai family, there were three official ships. These three One of the official ships is now parked at the pier, but there are two more, but they are nowhere to be seen."

Zhang Wanyu's face became serious, she looked at Qian Zhe, and narrowed her eyes slightly: "We all know that Captain Guo Yi of Nanchang Wangjian School Kuaiji Prefecture has a regiment of [-] soldiers under his command, but one of these soldiers is now in Dongyang, and one is in Dongyang. I went to Jinhua with the King of Nanchang, and there is another team that is being recruited, so there are three teams, where are the three teams?"

"I don't know." Qian Zhe shook his head, looked at Zhang Wanyu calmly, and thoughtfully said, "At the beginning, many people in Wuzhou were watching every move of King Nanchang, but after the assassination, everyone Attention has been diverted, as for where these people have gone, no one knows."

Qian Zhe shook his head, and said helplessly, "You should know that the King of Nanchang arrived in Wuzhou not long ago, and among his subordinates, I and others have not been able to infiltrate."

"But what is certain is that his hands have been staring at you all the time, watching your every move."

(End of this chapter)