Third Master Cong’s great head is only worth two hundred thousand taels, which is not as valuable as Second Master Bao’s head. How can you bear this?
The furious Jia Cong even repeatedly urged his second brother Jia Lian to visit the major gangs in the capital for him.
He, Jia Cong, personally issued a reward for cutting off the head of Mr. Cong of the Rongguo Mansion. The Yongfeng Mansion would reward him with a million taels of silver!
When Jia Cong gritted his teeth and replied to the letter, the turmoil in the capital was no less than that in Jiangnan.
This was the first time that Mr. Lian knew that his family's heads were so valuable. Unfortunately, no one in the capital was really stupid.
Silver is a good thing, but it also needs life flowers, right?
Although the "cold-faced gentleman" Liu Xianglian has an official status, he has a bold personality and never shows his family background when making friends. The friends he made earlier are still his guests.
The mysterious man's high reward for Ning Rongjia's family was quickly delivered to Liu Xianglian.
Although the word "jianghu" is mentioned in the storybook so magically, in fact, when the various gangs in the capital received the reward order, they were not thinking about how to earn the money at all, but how to use this money. Throw away the hot potato.
As the saying goes, the magistrate is wiped out and the county magistrate is destroyed, let alone the top martial arts in Great Xia such as Ning Rongjia's family.
Counting Jia Cong, the uncle of Yongfeng, the entire Ningrong Jia family has more than 1,500 personal guards who can come and go in the capital at will.
One thousand and five hundred armored and armed elites were enough to bring together all the gangs in the capital and slaughter them all.
You only think about making this lifeless money if you have a flaw in your brain...
Liu Xianglian told her brother-in-law Jia Lian the news, and then Mr. Lian had a "banquet" with most of the leaders of gangs and escort agencies in the capital at the largest restaurant in the capital.
Of course, these people who can receive invitations are all people Liu Xianglian helped select to make friends with.
Appearing in the restaurant with Jia Lian was Cao Jiugong, the commander-in-chief of the Zuo Army and the commander of the Long Imperial Guard.
As the spy chief of Daxia, how could Cao Dudu miss the opportunity to integrate the underground forces in the capital.
He hit it off immediately with Jia Lian and made a detailed recruitment plan on the same day to capture this huge group of forces that wandered between black and white.
As for those who were not invited, they were all sentenced to death, but they would die early and die later.
…
After the Little New Year, the situation in Jiangnan has apparently stabilized.
With the arrival of the principal and deputy officials from all parties selected by the Ministry of Personnel, the executive power of the center once again showed its strong power.
Not to mention changing a new crop of local officials would mean emptying out most of the imperial court. As long as the six central ministries do not collapse, there will be no shortage of people who want to be officials in Daxia today.
Jia Cong buried his head in papers every day, carefully investigating all the news about the Beijing County Prince's Palace and southern Xinjiang from the seventh year of Yuanyou to the present.
Soon, he found clues in some very inconspicuous official documents.
The two major shipping companies in Quanzhou and Ningbo have records of goods going out to sea several times.
In particular, there are several shipment records that are very interesting. Someone in southern Xinjiang bought rice from Jiangnan...
Southern Xinjiang has three crops a year. Just sow a handful of seeds and you can grow enough to feed a family. Why would you buy rice from Jiangnan?
"The Chief Envoy of Cochin is never short of food, so where did these fleets send the food?"
Jia Cong drew two circles along the map...
"If you use this method to save food for the winter, it will dissolve in water. Are you really stupid or are you pretending to be smart?"
…
Whoosh~bang!
New Year's Eve came soon, and Lao Shisan went to the Chief Envoy Office of Nanzhili tonight to celebrate the New Year with Mr. Ci Fu, Wen Kuijun Xu Jin, and officials from all parties who had just arrived in Jinling to take up their posts.
The departure of several big bosses did not reduce the festive atmosphere in the Wu Prince's Mansion by half, because Master Pardon finally returned to the Central Plains from southern Xinjiang.
The sun in southern Xinjiang was really scary, and Jia Cong almost didn't recognize Mr. Pardon with his black chirping.
If it weren't for those white teeth, under the cover of night, Mr. Pardon would be able to disguise himself very well even if he wasn't wearing night clothes.
"Come on, Girl Lin, Girl Three, this is the New Year's money for you."
Mr. Pardon, who grinned with white teeth, gave Daiyu and Tanchun big red envelopes inhumanely.
Jia Cong's eyes widened. This was really a red envelope, a big red baggage~
Daiyu and Tanchun were confused for a long time before they connected the big red baggage with the new year's money.
Under the repeated urging of the Pardon Master, the two finally came to their senses and took over...
"Oh, it's so heavy!"
Daiyu only felt her hand heavy, staggered and almost fell down by the baggage.
With a crash, a corner of the loose baggage spread out, and all kinds of pearls, jade, gold and silver ingots rolled onto the floor. The most special ones are several small gold Maitreya Buddhas, which are spinning and spinning after falling to the ground.
"Oh~"
The room was already brightly lit, but now it was dazzled by this golden light. Everyone, including a few maids, turned into a big crowing rooster.
What a big red envelope~
The inhumane Pardon Master~
"Dad, you robbed the South China Sea Dragon King's Crystal Palace?"
"Uncle, it's too valuable, I can't have it!"
"Uncle, I can't have this..."
Jia Cong, Dai Yu, and Tan Chun spoke almost at the same time, but the pardon master waved his hands indifferently: "What a fuss, this little thing is not even one percent of what I brought back from southern Xinjiang. Keep it obediently, on weekdays Use it as pocket money. When you girls get married, I will give each of you a car as dowry!"
ha?
Is this the pardoner who is as good as His Majesty the Emperor when it comes to money?
Jia Cong grabbed his father's sleeve and acted obedient.
"Dad, where's mine?"
Snapped!
The Pardon Master slapped his son's hand away, took out a small red envelope and gave it to Jia Cong.
"Now, this is yours."
Jia Cong had a bad premonition in his heart. When he opened it, he saw that there was a penny inside.
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"Dad, am I still your precious egg?"
Brother Cong, who felt "out of favor", lay down on the ground and was about to start rolling around.
But I saw Mr. Pardon happily gulping down the wine Dai Yu offered him, and said slowly: "My good son, how could my father not pamper you? Don't worry, your share is the biggest..."
When Jia Cong heard this, he immediately got up from the ground, approaching with a playful smile.
Then I heard Master Pardon grinning at Daiyu: "Niece, my uncle will teach you a lesson today. This man will become bad when he has money. Brother Cong's share will be given to you later. If someone delivers it to you, you can collect it for him~"
…
The Pardon Master did not leave empty-handed when he left Southern Xinjiang.
Several large ships were filled with gold, silver and jewelry "picked up" from southern Xinjiang.
When the army goes on an expedition, the mix is always profitable.
Forty percent was turned over to the court, 30% was given to the soldiers, and the remaining 30% belonged to the generals leading the troops.
As the guard of Southern Xinjiang, Mr. Pardon naturally gets the most. In addition, he discovered many barbarian ruins in southern Xinjiang. On the pretext of suppressing bandits, he looted all the temple ruins in the dense forests of southern Xinjiang. Even the jewelry inlaid on the walls and the gold plated on the Buddha statues were all destroyed. I shaved it clean.
Not to mention, the people in southern Xinjiang are so poor that they can’t afford to wear trousers, but every religion is rich and powerful.
The richest temple in the country, the Great Baoen Temple, is not as good as a random temple.
Have you ever seen the pure gold life-size statue of Gautama Buddha?
The gold bricks alone almost crushed three transport carriages.
Originally, these had already made Master Pardon smile. He didn't expect that on his way back to Beijing after leaving office, he encountered three Western yellow-haired merchant ships...
Don't expect Mr. Pardon to abide by any treaty of friendship and trade between the two countries. As long as the news does not spread, who knows if the Xia people will not abide by the signed treaty?
After a friendly exchange of artillery, Mr. Pardon captured these three merchant ships with almost no casualties.
After the soldiers boarded the merchant ship of the Yi people, they discovered that this group of people came from the Japanese country. They had just completed a business with the Japanese state, exchanging artillery for three ships of gold, silver and jewelry.
"I sank those yellow-haired barbarians into the sea, but I kept the three ships. I had them delivered to Wang Chenghai, thinking he would know how to use them."
The Pardon Master has already distributed the gold, silver and jewels he brought back. Two boats were sent to the palace to pay homage to the saint and his old man. Two boats were given to the emperor and one boat was given to the prince as pocket change.
There were four ships left, one for Ningguo Mansion, one for the treasury of Rongguo Mansion, one for the eldest man himself, and the last one was directly divided into many portions and given to the children and girls at home.
Jia Cong roughly calculated that there were nine large ships filled with gold, silver and jewelry, worth approximately 35 million to 40 million taels of silver.
In addition to the five ships given to saints, emperors, and princes, the Ningrong Jia family directly received more than 15 million taels this time.
No wonder Westerners are keen on overseas colonization, the money comes so damn fast!
"Actually, the various temples in southern Xinjiang are not considered rich. The really rich ones are the monks in Tianzhu. My father has already found out clearly that the Yi people have robbed hundreds of ships of gold and silver in Tianzhu. If we wait any longer, , we can’t even drink soup.”
The Pardon Master seemed extremely regretful and almost beat his chest.
He said to Jia Cong: "When I return to Beijing this time, I will write to Your Majesty to ask our navy to wait on the way the barbarians must pass back to the West, and sing for them a great drama of the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind. You grab yours. Yes, I grab what’s mine, it’s all mine after all!”
…
The commander of the Jinghai Guards knew that Wang Si Wang Zanghai had been floating on the sea for several months. After the commander Wang Chenghai received Jia Cong's letter, he sent half of the main force of the Jinghai Guards to cruise on the southeast coast. superior.
Except for the necessary replenishment time, the soldiers have been searching the sea for more than three months.
"Woooooooooo~"
The sudden sound of the horn brought Wang Si, who was bored playing with crabs, back to the life of "Sea King".
He immediately stepped onto the deck, raised his telescope and looked in the direction of the fingers of his observing hand.
"His grandma's was finally found!"
Wang Si closed the telescope with a snap, and excitedly directed the fleet to reload ammunition and fully pull up the sails to prepare for the enemy's attack.
The fleet flying the Jing flag was like a hungry wolf that had seen its prey, and accelerated directly towards the merchant fleet in the south.
The ocean-going caravan of the Xilin Party, after nearly two years of wandering at sea, is finally about to set foot on its hometown with shiploads of gold and silver.
"Report, Third Master, we found a fleet of ships ahead. It looks like our Daxia ship, but the ship is very fast and is coming towards us."
Qian Qianqi doesn't like people coming close to him, because he has been floating at sea for nearly two years, has not taken a bath for a long time, and the unique climate at sea has always left a salty smell on his body.
Fortunately, he is the leader of this joint merchant fleet. No matter how precious the fresh water at sea is, it will not cut off his use.
Qian Qianqi covered his nose with a handkerchief, waved his hands and said nonchalantly: "We have hung up our flag. Now we have arrived at the offshore. Who dares not to give my Qian family face..."
Boom boom boom~
Before he finished speaking, a thunderous roar reached his ears, and then he felt that the ship on the sea under his feet was constantly heaving and swaying.
The slap in the face was so fast that Qian Qianqi didn't even react. He heard all kinds of shouts and screams outside the cabin.
Jinghaiwei is the strongest maritime force in Daxia today. Not only is it equipped with the fastest and largest sail battleship, it also has the latest ship-based artillery.
The largest artillery among them is not only breech-loaded, but also has a range of up to 1,500 steps.
When Qian Qianqi was still disgusted by the smell of his servant, he was already approached by Jinghaiwei's warship and gave him a hearty face-riding attack.
At a distance of 1,500 steps, the old-fashioned artillery equipped on the Xilin merchant ship could not reach Jinghaiwei's ship even if it wanted to fight back, and could only be hit while hanging.
One round of artillery fire directly disabled half of the merchant ships.
Jinghaiwei was too lazy to jump on board the ship to fight. Under Wang Si's command, he was specially hung outside the range of the merchant ship's artillery to cover and bully the people with firepower.
Don't look at Qian Qianqi and others, when they face ordinary people on weekdays, they are arrogant and look at people with their nostrils.
But faced with the cannonball attack, he had long been hiding in the corner of the cabin, praying to Mazu, hoping that the cannonballs would not hit him.
Maybe Mazu was too kind, and Qian Qianqi actually survived several rounds of artillery fire.
However, he was still alive. After Wang Si emptied all the belongings on these merchant ships, he imprisoned Qian Qianqi directly with the "mud legs" who were still alive.
The small cabin was packed to the brim.
In the small and dark cabin, various smells were mixed. Coupled with the stuffy environment, Qian Qianqi felt itchy all over, smelling the smell in the cabin, and kept retching.
He wanted to beg for mercy, and wanted to use the reputation of his Zhejiang Qian family to get a favor from Wang Si.
I don't think Wang Si bothered to see him at all. The harvest from this trip was really great.
"It is indeed a fleet supported by the Xilin Party. Look, there are sixteen large ships and eight small ships, filled with gold, silver and jewels. Uncle Yongfeng once said that wealth comes from the sea. Today I have really seen it!"
Wang Si grinned. The hard work of the past few months was finally in vain. When these treasures are delivered to the capital, the emperor will not reward him with a promotion?
But before that, he had one more thing to do.
"Come, pick a few big boxes and fill them for me. Pick the most expensive ones. We must thank Uncle Yongfeng!"
Monthly ticket recommendation ticket
I’ll stop updating here tonight and continue tomorrow. Good night!
(End of chapter)
