Eunuch Du was respectfully invited to the restaurant by several local officials from Wenzhou Prefecture. The food was already cold by now.
Magistrate Chiang waved his hand and ordered the restaurant to redo it.
Then a bunch of people gathered around Eunuch Du. Although they were not flattering, they were all quite enthusiastic. After all, when it came to the relationship with the emperor, the purple-clothed eunuch was a serious servant of the emperor, although he might not have it. What's the benefit? But if Eunuch Du is upset and goes back to Jiankang to complain in front of the emperor, local officials like them might have to suffer a lot.
With Eunuch Du here, Shen Yi will feel much more relaxed. He doesn't have to deal with these local officials. The old man can just eat a few plates of Jiangdu food in front of him.
After the banquet was almost done, the banquet began to disperse one after another. Shen Yi and Du Huai left together. The old eunuch, who was over fifty years old, walked quietly to Shen Yi's side. The little old man looked at Shen Yi.
"Shen Hanlin, are you looking for a place to have a few more drinks?"
Shen Yi didn't drink too much, he smiled and nodded when he heard this.
After the two of them found a tavern and sat down, Du Huai's tone was a little helpless: "Did Shen Hanlin recruit these people?"
Shen Yi raised his glass, toasted him, and said with a smile, "I'm afraid they will neglect my father-in-law."
"Our family is going south this time on errands, not to show off."
Eunuch Du lowered his eyebrows and said, "If the people in the palace find out, they might file a complaint against our family with Eunuch Gao, saying that our family is using the palace's name to act arrogantly outside."
Shen Yi smiled and did not answer.
Although the eunuchs in these palaces are not as powerful as the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty, if they are at the level of Du Huai, they must have some status in the inner court, and they will not be punished for eating and drinking.
Seeing that Shen Yi didn't speak, Eunuch Du lowered his head and took a sip of wine, and said calmly: "The prince raided the homes of three wealthy businessmen in Wenzhou Prefecture. In the past few days, our family members have made a rough statistics. The cash of the three families is added together. , close to 400,000 taels, the land, real estate, shops, and valuables are all estimated to be around 500,000 to 600,000 taels."
"The prince has given instructions. If Shen Hanlin wants to use the money, he can use it at will without going through him."
"Our family will follow Shen Hanlin from now on. If Shen Hanlin wants to use money, just say hello to our family."
Having said this, the old eunuch paused and continued: "However, if you want to turn the land, real estate, shops, and valuables into cash in full, it will probably take two or three months. If Shen Hanlin is in a hurry, We will ask someone to handle it urgently, but the price will have to be discounted."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "Don't worry, father-in-law, although I need money, I am not in a hurry. You just need to take your time to deal with it. These stolen properties belong to the court and are your majesty's property. You cannot let your majesty suffer." "
Eunuch Du was stunned for a moment, then smiled at Shen Yi: "Our family will show Shen Hanlin the accounts of all farm items one by one."
"You don't have to show it to me."
Shen Yi shook his head and said, "Eunuch Du is a person sent by the palace. Shen can naturally be trusted by the palace and His Majesty."
Whether it's Shen Yi's money-making job or Du Huai's money-making job, there is a lot of money to be made.
Du Huai and others were responsible for handling the stolen property. If these eunuchs were able to handle the stolen property without taking any money from it, not only Shen Yi would not believe it, but I am afraid that Du Huai himself would not believe it.
But Shen Yi doesn't care about this.
As long as Du Huai and others did not go too far and the anti-Japanese army had money to spend, he would just turn a blind eye and pretend not to see it. After all, these eunuchs were sent by the emperor to "keep an eye on" them. If they could not follow If you feed them well and worry about everything with them, you may not be able to accomplish anything.
There is a saying that goes well.
If you are neither deaf nor blind, you are not worthy of being in charge.
After hearing what Shen Yi said, Du Huai was stunned for a moment, and then showed a rather happy smile on his face: "In this case, our family is very grateful to Shen Hanlin for trusting him, but there is one thing that we still have to trouble Shen Hanlin. "
Shen Yi looked at him and said thoughtfully: "Father-in-law, please tell me."
"Hanlin also knows that I am an errand in the palace. I can recognize calligraphy, but my knowledge cannot be said to be profound. These days, the stolen property has been searched, and there are many calligraphy and paintings of famous people, many calligraphy and inkstones, and some Rare and rare ancient books, these things..."
"It's hard for us to tell what's true and what's false."
The little old man looked at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "If Shen Hanlin is free, he might as well go to the scene and give some pointers to us roughnecks."
This is what is called "reciprocating love in return" in officialdom.
Shen Yi did not supervise Du Huai, but Du Huai asked Shen Yi to pick something at random. When he picked something good, he would say it was fake, put it in his arms and take it home without anyone saying a word.
In fact, Shen Yi is only eighteen or nineteen years old this year. He has spent the first half of his life in a sea of books and inscriptions. Where can he have the energy to study antique calligraphy and painting? He may read more seriously, but when it comes to antique calligraphy and painting, he is really Don't know anything.
Mr. Shen thought for a while, then smiled and nodded: "Okay, I will definitely go to the scene when I have time."
In this inconspicuous tavern, two people, an old man and a young man, looked at each other, smiled, raised their glasses and toasted each other, and everything was understood without saying anything.
After having a drink in the tavern, it was already getting late. Shen Yi was arranged by Wenzhou Prefecture officials to rest in the Guild Hall of Wenzhou Prefecture, which is the official guest house. After returning to the Guild Hall, he first took a shower, and then I lay on the bed and slept comfortably.
In the next few days, the recruitment work of the Anti-Japanese Army began in Yongjia County in an orderly manner. Because of the experience of Taizhou Prefecture and Taiping County, the recruitment work went smoothly this time. Within two or three days, More than a thousand new soldiers were recruited, and Shen Yi immediately announced that the first round of recruitment was over.
Then he ordered Xue Wei to start training new soldiers on the spot outside Yongjia City.
As for Shen Yi, he was active in Yongjia City. In addition to dealing with these Wenzhou officials, he also went to the warehouse where stolen property was sealed. However, he only took a brush from it and thought about it, even if he was "complicit". Already.
In the blink of an eye, four days had passed since Shen Yi arrived in Yongjia City.
This afternoon, Shen Yi, who had been wandering around outside, saw a few familiar figures as soon as he stepped into the door of the club. He walked thoughtfully to his room and saw a tall man standing there. The door of your room.
Seeing Shen Yi approaching, the man quickly stepped forward, bowed his head respectfully to Shen Yi and said, "Sizheng!"
It’s Zheng Hu, the leader of the fourth group.
Shen Yi looked at Zheng Hu with a solemn expression and noticed something was wrong. He asked, "What? Something happened?"
Zheng Hu lowered his head, took a deep breath, and said, "Sizheng, let's talk inside."
Shen Yi nodded, opened his door and walked in.
Zheng Hu followed him into the room. After entering the room, Zheng Hu bowed his head to Shen Yi again and said, "Si Zheng, something is wrong!"
"In recent days, my subordinates have discovered that large groups of Japanese pirates have gathered along the coast of Zhejiang!"
Zheng Hu looked serious and said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid there are more than three thousand people!"
Three thousand people!
Hearing this number, Shen Yi frowned.
Zheng Hu took a deep breath and said, "Our people are watching these Japanese pirates and watching their movements. I'm afraid..."
