Under the afterglow of the setting sun, with the swaying sound of 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 walked out.
His face remained normal, as if nothing had happened.
In the entire courtyard, servants and maids stood on both sides of the house in an orderly manner.
Qian Zhe waved his hand casually, and the servants and maids immediately went about their business, with only the housekeeper still waiting on them.
"What's the current situation of Jinhua?" Qian Zhe asked as he walked in, "How long will it take for the King of Nanchang to harvest the entire Jinhua?"
"If we want to harvest the entire Jinhua, I think it will take at least seven days." The steward said very cautiously.
Qian Zhe heard the subtext in the butler's words, looked at him with a half-smile and asked, "What if not?"
"If not, it will only take three more days to complete the harvest of the grain required for the autumn tax, and then move to Yiwu, Dongyang, and Pujiang. The overall summer harvest time will be ten days faster than in previous years, and it is The lowest." The butler's expression suddenly became serious.
Autumn grain harvesting is also very particular.
There is a big difference between whether to harvest all the crops one by one, or whether to harvest only the grain needed for taxation and then turn around and leave.
If every acre is harvested, then in the entire Jinhua, perhaps at the limit, the summer harvest time of the entire Jinhua can be shortened by half.
But if we look at the entire Wuzhou, then these three thousand people can only increase the speed by less than one-tenth at most.
Just a few days, the icing on the cake, is not enough to have enough impact.
But if you only harvest what is needed for taxation, this time can be extended to ten days.
This means that if the Tianyin Sect wants to start an uprising, the time that has already been advanced will have to be advanced by several days.
Their plans are already tight, but now that they have to move ahead of schedule, they will be even more confused and more likely to make mistakes.
"It seems that the King of Nanchang will definitely do this." There was a hint of fear in Qian Zhe's eyes.
A few days ago, people had not seen what the King of Nanchang wanted to do, but now as his actions gradually became apparent, smart people had already seen his plan.
This is another heavy blow to Tianyin Sect.
"Do you think there is anything else after King Nanchang's move?" Qian Zhe asked subconsciously.
"Master, the King of Nanchang has made an astonishing move. The steps are continuous and difficult for ordinary people to see through. But once you see through it, you can no longer stop it." The housekeeper looked at Qian Zhe with a trace of worry in his eyes.
Qian Zhe paused, raised his hand, waved, and the butler immediately bowed and left. .z.br>
He turned around and walked towards the study. The maid serving in the study stood on one side, bowing and waiting.
No matter which family it is, there will always be one or two people responsible for cleaning and organizing the study. They will not change people casually, otherwise they will be causing trouble for themselves.
Qian Zhe sat down on Hu's bed. The maid respectfully handed him a cup of tea, and then quietly retreated to a dark corner.
Qian Zhe sat on Hu's bed and began to think about Li Xuan.
In fact, many people, including Qian Zhe, have been wondering about Li Xuan's every move in Dongyang and Zhoucheng.
I hope to use these things to explore what Li Xuan wants to do during her trip to Wuzhou, what she plans to do, and how she will do it.
Only in this way can they accurately grasp Li Xuan's context.
Then take the opportunity to make a profit on this matter.
In other words, he was using this incident to control Li Xuan in disguise.
But Li Xuan, the king of Nanchang, is very difficult to control. He has soldiers and clear goals.
Two words, Xia Shi and Tianyin Sect.
The summer tax is the core. It is what the emperor requires Li Xuan to do, so he will definitely do it with all his strength.
After that came Tianyin Sect.
When Li Xuan left the city with a group of Muzhou immigrants, it meant that he had already taken over the issue of taxation and grain.
Take the initiative.
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 candlelight in the room flickered.
Qian Zhe suddenly raised his head and shouted coldly: "Who?"
"It's me!" A figure walked out from the dark shadows while speaking.
The maid who was originally standing in the shadow slowly slipped and fell to the ground.
Zhang Wanyu, who was wearing a dark green night suit, her hair tied up high, and her face turned upside down, but still delicate and sharp-eyed, walked into the candlelight, her hands retracted into her sleeves, and no movement was seen.
A young man wearing a black brocade robe walked out from behind the bookcase on one side at the same time.
He held a long sword in his hand and looked at Zhang Wanyu warily.
Qian Zhe raised his hand and waved it back slightly. In the blink of an eye, the young man in brocade robes had already retreated behind the bookshelf.
"It turns out to be Hall Master Zhang. Why are you here this time?" Qian Zhe leaned back slightly and looked at Zhang Wanyu who suddenly appeared. His expression was not nervous, neither sad nor happy, he just looked at her lightly. He didn't seem to care about the crisis caused by her sudden appearance.
"There is something that I want to inform Master Qian." The corners of Zhang Wanyu's mouth raised slightly, as if she had thought of something interesting.
"Say it!" Qian Zhe's expression finally took on a hint of solemnity. Things that could make the leader of the Tianyin Sect find interesting would probably not be simple.
"Just this morning, the King of Nanchang had a conflict with Xu Ge of Jinhua, and then he directly sent troops to raid Xu Ge's home, and then..." Zhang Wanyu said with some uncontrollable joy: "After that, he ransacked more than a dozen items from Xu's house. A sword and gun, a few crossbows, and an armor..."
Hearing what Zhang Wanyu said, Qian Zhe couldn't help but interrupt him and said rudely: "Hall Master Zhang wouldn't think that those things came from my Qian family, right? And even if they came from my Qian family, the King of Nanchang would also I won’t care.”
"Oh, Master Qian, is he so confident?" Zhang Wanyu looked at Qian Zhe in amusement, and finally shook her head and said, "Master, please finish listening. In that courtyard, the King of Nanchang not only found weapons, but also rescued An innocent woman was kidnapped. It is said that they have kidnapped many innocent women before. The most important thing is that the King of Nanchang also confiscated two thousand acres of hidden land from the Xu family."
"How much?" Qian Zhe couldn't help shouting. Even he was very surprised by this number.
Two thousand acres of land, this is not just some tinkering in the corners, but a huge connected land, and it has to be hidden, which is not an easy task.
It just so happened that someone did it.
"Hall Master Zhang 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.
Zhang Wanyu's appearance here at this moment is enough to prove the deep relationship between this matter and the Qian family. Even if this matter has nothing to do with the Qian family, the people of Tianyin Sect will still do everything possible to make them have trouble with the Qian family. On the relationship.
"The head of the family may not know that those fields appear to belong to the Xu family, but in fact they belong to the Qian family." The smile on Zhang Wanyu's face began to fade, and then turned cold, calm, and solemn.
Silently, a heavy pressure was already pressing 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 must have made these things. What else did he do? The hall master might as well say it once and for all."
It could be heard from his voice that Qian Zhe was in a very bad mood, but the worse his mood became, the happier Zhang Wanyu felt in her heart.
"I don't know the other details. I only know that the fields in Qilang's hands are far more than these 3,000 acres, and most of them are concentrated in Jinhua and Yiwu, and the King of Nanchang is completing the taxation of Jinhua. After harvesting, he will immediately turn to Yiwu... No, maybe he will stay in Jinhua for a few more days. Maybe the hidden fields discovered in Jinhua are enough to stop him.
"
Zhang Wanyu took a deep breath, her face showed immersion in pleasure, and she looked at Qian Zhe with squinted eyes: "Master, 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 summer tax.
The only reason that allowed the King of Nanchang to put down the summer tax and continue to stay in Jinhua to keep an eye on it could only be that the number of hidden fields there was so huge that it was almost comparable to the amount of summer grain collected by the imperial court.
One can imagine what a huge number that is.
Qian Zhe's heart felt heavy. He slowly raised his head, looked at Zhang Wanyu, and said with an indifferent expression: "There can't be so many hidden fields in Wuzhou, otherwise the major families would have discovered it long ago."
"The head of the family is right. If there are so many hidden fields in Wuzhou, then the major families in Wuzhou would have discovered it long ago. But has the head of the family forgotten that Qi Lang is also a member of the Qian family?" Zhang Wanyu's lips flashed. A hint of sneer.
If we say the most greedy person in the Qian family, even Qian Qilang cannot compare to the old bastard in front of him.
Qian Qilang's greed is superficial, while Qian Zhe's greed is deep inside.
Looking at Qian Zhe who was silent, the sneer on Zhang Wanyu's face gradually dissipated.
The Qian family may indeed encounter some difficulties now, 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 solved, but only if 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 head of the house does not completely believe what I said! But it doesn't matter, I am here this time, just hope that the head of the house will see For the sake of reporting information this time, how about I also report some news to you?"
"What do you want to know?" Qian Zhe raised his head slightly and looked at Zhang Wanyu.
The Yuhang Hall Master had just said so much, and now she finally got to the point.
"A very simple thing. I just want to know that when the King of Nanchang came to Wuzhou, in addition to a naval warship that had returned to Hangzhou and two merchant ships of the Wei family, there were also three official ships. These three One of the official ships is parked at the dock now, and there are two others, but they are nowhere to be seen."
Zhang Wanyu's face became serious. She looked at Qian Zhe and narrowed her eyes: "Everyone knows that Captain Guo Yi of Kuaiji Prefecture, King of Nanchang, has a group of three hundred soldiers under his command. However, one group of these soldiers is now in Dongyang, and another group is in Dongyang. I followed the King of Nanchang to Jinhua, and there is another team that is recruiting, so there are three more teams, where are the manpower of these three teams?"
"I don't know." Qian Zhe shook his head, looked at Zhang Wanyu calmly, and said thoughtfully: "At the beginning, many people in Wuzhou were watching every move of King Nanchang, but after that assassination, everyone Their attention has been diverted, and no one knows where these people have gone.”
Qian Zhe shook his head and said helplessly: "You should know that not long after the King of Nanchang arrived in Wuzhou, we and others were still unable to penetrate among his men."
"But what is certain is that his manpower has been staring at you and watching your every move."
