"But Sir, you have to do a careful calculation. We have all converted it into battle merit for you, and it is still calculated as one and a half times.
If you donate, you won't even get a single person or a piece of land.
This is a rare opportunity for you now, but once the war subsides, this benefit will no longer exist." Zhao Duan said.
"I am a businessman, and I don't have that much money to donate for military exploits, right?" Tang Wen said.
"Sir, why don't you give us the racecourse behind?" At this time, Master Luosen said.
"Yes, sir, my horse farm in Honghe Prefecture is not small. It covers several thousand acres. It is not far behind Baiye Square and can be connected into one." Zhao Duan said.
"How many acres?" Tang Wen asked.
"Did you see the mountain not far behind you? It's a gentle hillside, which is our Honghefu Racecourse." Zhao Duan pointed behind Baiye Pit.
"I don't think I saw a few horses," Tang Wen said.
"Of course, they are all recruited for the front line. In the past, we raised thousands of war horses.
That piece of land is 5,000 acres. Including Baiyefang, it is 6,000 acres.
Three hundred taels per mu, which is close to two million taels.
In this way, with more than two thousand people and military exploits, you will definitely not suffer." Zhao Duan nodded.
"Three million taels, not a penny can be added. Moreover, Mr. Zhao has to be responsible for converting it into 45,000 war merits." Tang Wen said.
"Well, the Lord is not an outsider, so it's settled." Zhao Duan nodded, and the popular villain was actually secretly chuckling.
You're so happy, if I don't need a popularity indicator, why would a ghost do it?
"Ding Captou, you come with me." Tang Wen left Ding Qi behind.
"Captain Ding, please stay with your lordship. We will host a banquet for him in the evening." After Zhao Duan finished explaining in a cheerful manner, Luo Yiwu followed him back to the mansion to complete the handover procedures.
And Tang Wen re-entered the reception building of Baiyefang, which was just a small courtyard with a civil structure. It was usually used as an official office building for the management of Baiyefang.
"Sir, the War Fox Group is here to report that the man has been following him, just outside Baiyefang. The War Fox Group is asking for orders to capture this person?" At this time, Mei Niansu came in and sent a secret message to Tang Wen.
"No! Just let him follow. However, he can't get close, as long as he hears us talking." Tang Wen ordered. Mei Niansu responded and went out to convey the order.
"Captain Ding, Linghai Chief Secretary Yamen's grain and grass were robbed at Jiudaoliangziwan. You should have heard about this?" After taking a sip of tea, Tang Wen gently put the tea bowl on the table and then asked.
"Of course, that's a big deal.
After receiving a request for help from a grain supervisor surnamed Wang in your Linghai Chief Secretary's Yamen, we immediately dispatched several hundred policemen and government officials there.
It's just that it's too late. From the time the incident occurred to the time the report was received, more than ten hours have passed, and the thieves have long since disappeared." Captain Ding replied.
"How much food is five to six hundred thousand taels of silver? Mr. Ding, please do the math for me." Tang Wen asked.
"Of course it's huge. With the war in the northwest, fighting started again along the southeastern coast.
The price of grain is rising day by day. One stone of grain cost more than one liang of silver the year before last, but now it has risen to about 2,25,00 yuan.
In fact, the price of good rice has increased to more than three liang per stone.
Calculating it at three taels, it’s about two hundred thousand dan, and it would take seventy or eighty big ships to transport it.” Ding Baotou counted on his fingers for a while and replied.
In Chu State, one stone of rice weighs about 200 kilograms. For inland river shipping, a special grain transport ship can carry about 300 tons of grain. Of course, the largest one can hold 500 to 600 tons.
"Yes, where can seventy or eighty ships of food be transported in ten hours? Moreover, the robbers did not take the waterway, but the dry road. How many people are needed to carry it?" Tang Wen asked.
"Since the robbers want to rob grain, they must pick out strong and capable men. Each person pushes a flatbed cart and can transport about three or four stones of grain. Or they can use mules, which weigh about the same." Ding Qi said.
"That would require thousands of people to move." Feng Jiuxue hummed.
"Of course, a lot of food was destroyed. Some food sank to the bottom of the river, and some was burned. I estimate that only about half of it was taken away. However, it would take three to four thousand people to do that." Ding Qi said.
"The robber must be from Honghe Prefecture." Tang Wen said.
"That's probably the case. However, Jiudaoliangzi is more than a hundred miles away from Honghe Prefecture, and more than a hundred miles away is the Yuezhou border. We can't rule out that it was done by bandits from the Yuezhou border." Ding Qi said.
"It's not easy to transport this large amount of grain for more than a hundred miles.
It was most likely done by bandits in Honghe Prefecture. Wasn't Liangzizhai stationed near Jiudaoliangzi?
Eighty percent of them did it." Feng Jiuxue snorted.
"We also thought it was them and investigated it secretly.
However, they had no reason to rob.
Moreover, after all these years, they have never robbed anything from the government.
Aren't they afraid of being wiped out? They don't dare!" Ding Qi shook his head and said.
"How many people are there in Liangzizhai and how strong are they?" Tang Wen asked.
"I'm not very sure about this, there must be thousands of people.
There should also be experts among them, but there shouldn't be many.
We have to face nearly two hundred officers and soldiers protecting the food supply, and the officers and soldiers still have firecrackers in their hands, so they dare not take action." Ding Qi said.
"Bold, you are the chief arrester of a dignified government, but you don't know how to deal with such a large bandit den. What have you done to eat the salary of the imperial court? Could it be that you have colluded with Liang Zizhai?" Feng Jiuxue slapped the table.
, scolded angrily.
"I behave upright and sit upright, how can I collude with the bandits? Your Excellency, there are certain things you should not say nonsense. Otherwise, I will sue you for slander." Ding Qi stood up with a sneer and said to Tang Wen, "Ding still
If something happens, I won’t accompany Sir."
Snap!
Feng Jiuxue slapped a token on the table.
Ding Qi took a look, and his expression suddenly changed. He was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. He knelt down on one knee and said, "I didn't know that the hall master was coming."
"Ding Qi, if you just said this to me, I can kill you in front of you." Feng Jiuxue said coldly.
"I know my mistake, I know my mistake, please forgive me, Master!" Ding Qi repeatedly begged for mercy with his hands raised.
"Okay, don't scare him, get up and speak." Tang Wen waved his hand.
However, Ding Qi didn't dare to get up because Feng Jiuxue hadn't spoken yet.
Because Feng Jiuxue is a third-level official and the master of Liufan Hall, there is no need for a reason to kill you.
"I am in charge of the Bloody Murder Hall in Haisheng City, and I am here to investigate the case today.
Ding Qi, immediately report the truth to Liangzizhai.
Also, report any clues you find.
Otherwise, I will punish you." Feng Jiuxue's serious face was also very scary.
"Sir, I, Ding Qi, have been in trouble for more than ten years in Honghe Mansion, and there is no way I can collude with Liang Zizhai.
At that time, after receiving Mr. Wang's request for help, he immediately reported it to Mr. Fu Zun, who dispatched troops and we rushed there as soon as possible.
However, it took too long. By the time we arrived, more than ten hours had passed.
All that was left on the river was the burning boats, with scraps of planks and wood floating everywhere, and some corpses.
About thirty officers and soldiers protecting the food supply were killed. We immediately investigated the escape route of the bandits.
It's a pity that everything is in a mess, because it rained heavily three hours ago.
The river surged, and all traces were washed away by the heavy rain and river water.
We immediately thought of the nearby Liangzizhai, so we followed the road, but we didn't find any traces.
If it had been done by people from Liangzizhai, there would have been many traces on the road.
Later, we sent infiltrators into Liangzizhai to check, and everything was normal with them.
Moreover, the mountains and roads in Liangzizhai are high and dangerous, so it would be impossible to carry so much food up there all at once.
At this point, Ding Qi took a sip of tea and paused.