Chapter 264

Chapter 264: How’s your strength (1)

“But Lord Jue, you have to count it carefully. We’ve already converted all of it into battle achievements for you, and it’s double and a half. If you donate it, you won’t even be able to get a person or a piece of land. It’s a rare opportunity for you now, but once the war is over, you won’t have this advantage anymore. ” Zhao Duan said. “I’m a businessman. I don’t have that much money to donate, do I?” Tang Wen said. “My Lord, why don’t we just give up the entire horse track behind us?” Grand Master Rosen said. “Sure, Lord Jue. The horse farm in my Red River Prefecture is not small. It is a few thousand mu. It’s not far behind the hundred leaves workshop, and it’s completely possible to connect them together. ” Zhao Duan said. “A few thousand mu?” Tang Wen asked. “Do you see that mountain not far behind us? that’s a gentle slope. That’s our Red River Prefecture horse farm.” Zhao Duan pointed behind the hundred leaves pit. “I don’t think I saw many horses.” Tang Wen said. “Of course, they’ve all been transferred to the front lines. In the past, he had raised thousands of war horses. That piece of land was five thousand mu. Including the hundred leaves workshop, it was a total of six thousand mu. Three hundred taels per mu, that was close to two million taels. In this way, with the addition of more than two thousand people and battle achievements, you definitely won’t be at a disadvantage. ” Zhao Duan nodded. “Three million taels, no more than that. In addition, Lord Zhao is responsible for converting it into forty – five thousand battle merits. ” Tang Wen said. “Alright then. Sir Jue is not an outsider, so it’s decided.” Zhao Yuan nodded, but the little human was actually secretly happy. What are you happy about? if I didn’t need a popularity indicator, who would want it? “Constable ding, come with me.” Tang Wen asked ding Qi to stay. “Constable ding, please accompany Lord Jue. We will host a banquet tonight to entertain Lord Jue.” After Zhao Duan happily gave his instructions, Luo Yiwu followed him back to the residence to complete the handover procedures. Tang Wen re – entered the guest building of the hundred leaves workshop, which was just a small courtyard made of earth and wood. It was usually used as the office building for the officials who managed the hundred leaves workshop. “Master, the battle Fox Group has sent a report. That person has been following us and is now outside the hundred leaves workshop. Battle Fox Group, do you want to capture this person?” At this moment, Mei niansu entered the room and spoke to Tang Wen through secret voice – sending. “No need! Let him follow. However, don’t get too close. You just need to hear our conversation. ” Tang Wen ordered. Mei niansu acknowledged and left to relay the orders. “Constable ding, you should have heard that the provisions of the government office of Linghai City were robbed at jiudao liangwan?” After taking a sip of tea, Tang Wen gently put the teacup on the table and asked. “Of course, that’s a big deal. When we received a request for help from a grain supervisor surnamed Wang from your Linghai government office, we immediately sent a few hundred constables and bailiffs over. However, it was too late. It has been more than ten hours since the report was sent, and the bandits have long since disappeared. ” Constable ding replied. “How much food worth five to six hundred thousand taels of silver is there? Sir ding, please read my fortune. ” Tang Wen asked. “Of course it’s huge. With the war in the Northwest, there’s also a war in the southeast. The price of grain Rose day by day. The year before last, one stone of grain was more than one tael of silver, and now it had risen to about two taels and five taels. In fact, the price of good rice had increased to more than three taels per stone. Even if it’s calculated in three taels, it’s still about two hundred thousand catties. That would require seventy to eighty large ships to transport it down. ” Constable ding counted with his fingers for a while before he replied. In Chu, a stone of rice weighed about 200 Jin. For inland river transportation, a specialized grain ship could carry about 300 tons of grain. Of course, the largest one could hold five to six hundred tons. “That’s right, 70 to 80 ships of food, where can they be transported to in 20 hours? Moreover, the bandits didn’t take the water route, but the dry one. How many people do you need to transport it?” Tang Wen asked. “Since the bandits want to Rob the grain, they will definitely pick strong men with skills. Each person pushed a cart, which could transport about three to four dan of grain. Or use a mule, about the same weight. ” Ding Qi said. “That’ll take thousands of people. ” Feng jiuxue snorted. “Of course, a lot was destroyed. Some food sank to the bottom of the river, and some were burned. I estimate that only about half of the food was stolen, but it still required three to four thousand people to do it.” Ding Qi said. “That Bandit must have come from the Red River Prefecture.” Tang Wen said. “That should be the case. However, the nine grudges are more than 100 miles away from the Red River Prefecture. Another 100 miles is the border of Yuezhou. We can’t rule out the possibility that it was done by bandits from Yuezhou.” Ding Qi said. “It’s not easy to transport this large amount of food over a hundred li. It was most likely done by bandits in the red River Prefecture. Wasn’t Liang Zi village stationed near the nine bridges? I’m 80% sure they did it. ” Feng jiuxue snorted. “We also thought that they were the ones who did it, and we also secretly investigated it. However, they had no reason to Rob. Moreover, after so many years, they had never robbed the government’s property. Weren’t they afraid of being exterminated? They wouldn’t dare!” Said ding Qi, shaking his head. “How many people does Liang Zi village have, and how strong are they?” Tang Wen asked. “I’m not very sure about that, but there should be a few thousand of them. There should be some experts among them, but there shouldn’t be many. They have to face nearly two hundred soldiers protecting the grain, and the soldiers still have handguns in their hands, so they don’t dare to make a move. ” Ding Qi said. “How dare you? you’re the head of detectives, but you don’t know about such a big bandit nest. What have you done to eat the salary of the court? Don’t tell me you’re colluding with Liang Zi village?” Feng jiuxue slammed the table and shouted angrily. “I’m an upright person, how could I collude with bandits? Sir, there are some things you can’t say. Otherwise, I will Sue you for slander. ” Ding Qi stood up with a sneer and said to Tang Wen,”I still have something to do. I won’t be accompanying you anymore, Lord Jue.” Pa! Feng jiuxue slapped a token on the table. Ding Qi took a glance and his expression changed instantly. He was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. He knelt down on one knee and said,”I didn’t know that the hall Master had arrived.” “Ding Qi, for what you just said to me, I can kill you on the spot.” Feng jiuxue said coldly. “This subordinate knows his mistake, he knows his mistake, please spare my life, Hall Master!” Ding Qi cupped his hands and begged for mercy. “Alright, don’t scare him. Get up and talk.” Tang Wen waved his hand. However, ding Qi didn’t dare to get up, because Feng jiuxue hadn’t said anything. Because Feng jiuxue was a rank three official and the hall Master of six fan Hall. She didn’t need a reason to kill you. “I’m in charge of the bloody massacre Hall of sea Saint City, and I’m here to investigate a case today. Ding Qi, immediately report the situation to Liang zizhai. Also, report any clues you find. Otherwise, I’ll punish you. ” Feng jiuxue’s stern face was also very scary. “Lord Jue, I, ding Qi, have been in the red River Prefecture for more than ten years. I will never collude with Liang zizhai. When we received Lord Wang’s request for help, we immediately reported it to the head Prefect, who then dispatched troops to help us. However, too much time had passed. By the time we arrived, more than twenty hours had already passed. Only burning ships were left on the surface of the river. Broken planks and wood floated everywhere, and there were also some corpses. Over 30 soldiers guarding the grain were killed. We will immediately investigate the escape route of the bandits. It was a pity that it was a mess everywhere, because it had been raining heavily six hours ago. The river water rose sharply, and all traces were washed away by the rain and river water. The first thing we thought of was the nearby Liang village, so we followed the road, but we didn’t find any traces. If it was done by the people of Liang Zi village, there would definitely be many traces left on the road. After that, we sent people to infiltrate Liang Zi village to investigate, but everything was normal. Moreover, the roads on the Liang zizhai mountain were dangerous. It was impossible to carry so much food up there in a short time. At this point, ding Qi took a sip of tea and stopped.