In front of you is a goods yard.
In the future, all transactions from north to south will be carried out here in the goods yard. Many shops and restaurants have been built on both sides, as well as carriage houses specially used to receive caravans.
"This place is bright enough and the transportation is very convenient. Once it takes off, it will be even more prosperous and lively than when we were in Xujiazhuang." Liu Heng looked at the goods yard in front of him with satisfaction.
Zhao Yutu said with a smile: "Nearly half of the shops on both sides of the street have been rented out. Once the construction is completed, almost all the shops will be rented out. There are also caravans starting to do business in the open space over there."
He pointed to the open space not far away.
"Let's go over and have a look." Liu Heng turned the horse's head and urged the horse under his crotch to walk towards the open space not far away.
Zhao Yutu and others followed on horseback.
In the open space mentioned earlier, there were several carriages for pulling goods parked, and next to it was a stall with various fur goods placed on it.
At the stall, two middle-aged men touched their sleeves together and seemed to be talking about the price inside the sleeves.
In addition to the leather goods stalls, not far away there are spies selling grain, cloth and silk, gold and silver jewelry, tea irons and other items. Not all of the sellers are Han people, there are also round-faced men dressed as Mongolians.
Just downwind, there is a specially built horse stable, which is separated from other places and is specially set up as a mule and horse market, where cattle, sheep and horses are sold.
"The imperial court has shrunk the horse market, and those merchants who do business with the north are having a hard time. In the future, when our place becomes more famous, merchants from all over the country will rush to come to our place." Zhao Yutu said.
Liu Heng nodded.
The horse market has made many places in the north prosperous, and it has also allowed many Shanxi merchants to expand their business. Now such a goods yard has been opened outside Datong City, filling the vacancy of the horse market, and will definitely make those who rely on the horse market to survive Businessmen flock to it.
In the distance, a horse was galloping toward the goods yard.
"General, an urgent report has been sent from Yanqing Prefecture." The cavalry came in front of Liu Heng and others, dismounted, and handed over the wooden box containing the official document with both hands.
A guard who was following Liu Heng came over, took the wooden box, pulled out the official document from it, turned back to Liu Heng, and presented it with both hands.
Liu Heng took the official document and looked through it.
No one around him was speechless, waiting quietly for Liu Heng to finish reading the official document.
Soon, Liu Heng, who had read the official document, handed it to Zhao Yutu and said at the same time: "You should also take a look! The content above is related to the local affairs of Yanqing Prefecture. You, the chief envoy, should take a look together."
Zhao Yutu took the official document with both hands and held it in front of him.
"How could this be so serious?" Zhao Yutu frowned deeply after reading the contents of the official document.
Liu Heng said in a calm tone: "This situation has been expected for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be so serious. You have always been in charge of local affairs in Xuanda. What are you going to do about this matter?"
"My subordinates think that if they arrest those who deserve to be caught and kill those who deserve to be killed, there will be no sign of a good place if they commit such evil deeds." Zhao Yutu said, "The method mentioned by the county magistrate of Yanqing Prefecture is very good. Bringing people to public trial in front of the people will let the people know the virtues of this group of monks who are claiming to be kind, and at the same time, we can avoid being used by people with ulterior motives to discredit our Tiger Flag."
Liu Heng nodded lightly and said: "Let's do it this way! The food obtained from the raid on the temple will not be escorted back to Datong. It will be directly divided into two parts and sent to the First War Division and the Third War Division as military food. "
"My subordinates will go back and write a reply to Yanqing Prefecture." Zhao Yutu proposed to go back and handle official business.
Liu Heng nodded.
Zhao Yutu led a team of guards and left the goods yard on horseback, heading straight back to the city.
"Zhao Wu, please notify the Foreign Intelligence Bureau and ask them to check the temples in Xuanda and Dazhou to see if there are any cases like the one at Bujie Temple in Yanqing Prefecture. Once verified, hand over the evidence to the local county office and let them Go and solve it." Liu Heng ordered Zhao Wu beside him.
"Yes." Zhao Wu responded.
"Let's go back too." Liu Heng turned the horse's head and led the people back to Datong Town.
Qianqing Palace in the Imperial City of Beijing.
After the court meeting, Tianqi returned to the palace and put on the regular clothes he usually wore when walking around the palace. The palace maid served hot tea and several snacks.
"Daban, why has there been no movement from Datong Liu Thief for so long?" Tianqi took a bite of snacks in his mouth, picked up the tea cup with his other hand and took a sip of tea.
Desserts that are so sweet that they hit your throat need to be served with tea.
Wei Zhongxian, who was standing aside, hurriedly took a step forward and said, "It's strange. In the past, the traitors wanted to capture as many state capitals as possible, but after the Liu thieves occupied the Xuanda and Da palaces, there was no movement. .”
"I'm not asking you this." Tianqi took a sip of tea to rinse the snack residue in his mouth, and then said, "Didn't you tell me that the governor of Shanxi has sent people to recruit people, why has it been so long that no news has come back."
"I don't know. How about I send someone to ask?" Wei Zhongxian asked cautiously.
Tianqi said: "You stay with me and send others to Wenyuan Pavilion to find the chief assistant. He, the chief assistant, should know about the governor of Shanxi recruiting Liu Xie, so go ahead!"
He pointed at the little eunuch serving in the palace.
The little eunuch bowed to Tianqi, bowed and retreated slowly.
"What do you think of Datong's traitor Liu?" Tianqi suddenly asked Wei Zhongxian again.
Wei Zhongxian hesitated for a moment and then said: "I feel that the Liu bandits in Datong are not as big a threat as the slave bandits in Liaodong. Even the slave bandits were defeated by our Ming Dynasty. It is only a matter of time before the imperial court frees up its hands to destroy this Liu bandit."
"The great companion has spoken to my heart." Tianqi smiled and said, "There are so many slave thieves in Liaodong, but they were defeated by the Ming Dynasty in the end. Regardless of the temporary situation, the Liu thieves still occupied the Ming Dynasty and couldn't take action. Cheap."
"What the Emperor said is absolutely true." Wei Zhongxian agreed with a smile and secretly wiped the sweat from his palms on his clothes.
The matter of the great victory in Jinzhou has been kept hidden from the palace.
To this day, Qi and the middle and lower-level officials in the court really believe that the Ming army defeated an army of 100,000 slave thieves under Jinzhou City. Now even those who know this lie dare not expose it. Once exposed, I don’t know how many people will lose their heads.
It is not even impossible to cause turmoil in the Liaodong army.
Tianqi took a sip of tea and continued: "If the Liu thief can be recruited, it is best to let him go to Liaodong to fight against the slave thief. If not, then wait until the situation in Liaodong becomes favorable to the Ming Dynasty before dealing with this thief."
"It's all my fault that I didn't know this person well back then. If I had known about this man's ambition earlier, I should have led people to search this person's shops in the capital and arrested and punished all the thieves." Wei Zhongxian said righteously.
Tianqi waved his hand gently and said: "It's not Daban's fault for what happened back then. Even I was deceived by this thief. Now that I think about it, I shouldn't have recruited this thief in the first place. I should have killed this thief in one go." "
