Chapter 362: The smoke flies and the clouds disappear (Part 2)
Xinyi Gang·General Helmsman
The entire gang was on a big boat, drifting with the water. At this time, seven or eight boats and dozens of speedboats surrounded them.
The flaming arrows were shot one after another into the boat, catching fire with the wind. The people who had originally huddled on the boat and planned to escape had to show up. Once they came out, they jumped into the water, and a deadly rain of arrows was waiting for them.
There were several masters who were shot like hedgehogs and fell into the water. They didn't even kill one or two officers and soldiers to use as a backrest, and they died of frustration.
"What is that!"
Just when the big boat where the leader of the Xinyi Gang was hiding opened a way to escape, and the clippers wanted to intercept it, they caught up with it, but they were directly knocked over by a huge black shadow in the water, and capsized the boat one after another. The offensive of the officers and soldiers was stalled.
The people from the Xinyi Gang will use this unknown force to escape.
"Go to hell!" A sword light entered the water, as if a thunderbolt fell from the clear sky. With a "pop", the water surface immediately rolled, and soon blood came out.
"Strong man, please stay!" Before he was surprised, the person in the water might be a demon. The supervisor of the battle and inspection focused all his attention on the man who was sheathing his sword and about to leave. He quickly said hello and tried to persuade him to stay.
The man didn't even look at him, he just jumped up and left.
Seeing this man leaving so neatly, the inspector couldn't help but darken his face.
The person beside me saw something unusual in the greeting just now, and couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Zhang, did this person help us? Is your reaction because you are afraid that this person will use force to break the ban?"
Inspector Zhang glanced at it lightly: "Yes, all force should be in the hands of the imperial court. Heroes use force to break the ban, and the harm is serious. These charlatans are arrogant and tyrannical. Not only did they help us once, they saved us ten thousand times."
, we must also behead people and confiscate their homes.”
"This is our duty as officials."
Many people think that it is safe to perform meritorious service. In fact, as long as it is outside the system and out of control, no matter how you perform meritorious service, you will be cleared.
The only difference is that you may be given a chance to join.
"My lord, it's just that if I'm not mistaken, I know this person." The person next to him muttered: "Before coming, he passed by Minglu in front of Qi Prefecture. It is said that he is a retainer of the new Prime Minister. This kind of us
It’s hard to kill him.”
"Fu Cheng, the new top scholar?" The inspector couldn't help but change his expression. He was only a ninth-grade official, and Fu Cheng was a sixth-grade official. Even if he was an agent, he was still from the sixth grade, a difference of three major grades.
At that moment, he couldn't help but feel discouraged and sighed: "It is because of the protection of these officials that the charlatans are so rampant!"
"If this continues in the long run, it will bring disaster to the country and the people!"
Thuan An Province
In an open space, there were hundreds of officials, busy all the time. From time to time they looked at the two heads hanging on bamboo poles. The heads were fresh and dripping with blood.
There are trophies placed on the wooden table.
"Five taels of gold, total one hundred taels, five hundred taels!"
The clerk carefully looked through the gold bars on the table in front of him. They were all of excellent quality. There were five ounces and a small bar, which were gold cakes that could be held in the palm of a child's hand. There were a hundred gold bars neatly stacked.
After counting the number, someone sitting at the table took a pen and recorded it. Then a government official came forward and put the five hundred gold bars into a box, sealed the box and put it on the open space.
"A box of silver, ten taels per ingot, a total of one thousand taels!"
"Five pairs of Ruyi jade, with excellent water color, estimated at five hundred taels!"
"One hundred and thirteen pieces of brocade!"
"Seven coral ornaments!"
"Six boxes of silver, five taels and one ingot, a total of six thousand taels!"
"Ten boxes of silver, ten taels per ingot, a total of ten thousand taels!"
As the trophies were recorded one by one, the officials present felt at ease even though they were busy and tired.
The Shun'an Mansion has no money and is in deficit of 700,000 taels. This is always a sharp sword hanging over the heads of these people. As long as it has not lasted for a day, their promotions will be affected. This is a stain on their resume. It will be done within three days.
The points were reduced during the annual official assessment.
Not to mention, what does the government do that does not require money? It is difficult to do anything without money. The current major task of exterminating locusts can only be carried out in a tight manner because of lack of money.
Now, there is a lot of loot, and these small mines have been collected and sold, which will be another income. The gold mine is in the hands of the government and can produce five hundred taels of gold a year, which is equivalent to five or six taels of silver.
Thousand taels.
Not only can it immediately alleviate the money shortage crisis in various departments of Shun'an Prefecture, and it can have money to do things, but also you don't have to tie your hands when you are an official.
Although he thought this, his eyes glanced at Qi Hongxin and the human head hanging above.
These were not gangsters, but petty officials. They counted the property, took it while they were in trouble, and reported it to Qi Hongxin who was hiding in the crowd. Without saying a word, he immediately performed the Dharma in public.
"These are all collected from the chief rudders of the three gangs? How many have been registered?" When Qi Hongxin came over, he saw boxes of silver arranged as high as a hill, and felt relieved.
At the same time, he asked Su Ziji, who was only supervising here.
In Shun'an Prefecture, apart from the prefect who is in charge of various affairs, Su Ziji, the newly appointed prefect, is the only one who is suitable to be in charge of money and food affairs.
The county lieutenant, that is, the government lieutenant, is an officer who specializes in ordering troops. Although his rank is not low, he generally does not get involved in the registration of trophies.
Because Su Ziji had just taken office and was only an agent, he was not looked down upon by these officials at first. However, as he easily assigned tasks and called every official by name, the people here gradually stopped being scornful.
Hearing Qi Hongxin's inquiry, Su Ziji smiled: "There are five hundred taels of gold, and the record of silver is twenty-five thousand six hundred taels."
After a pause, he continued: "These occupy two-thirds of the three gangs' warehouses, and the other third is some jewelry, calligraphy and painting, and silk. If converted into silver, it should be seven or eight thousand taels."
"As for the land in your name, it is distributed based on merit."
When the water is clear, there will be no fish. What Shun'an Mansion wants now is money. Land is not rare, but the officials and county soldiers prefer land, and both are happy.
If it weren't for this, there wouldn't be two heads hanging.
After saying this, Qi Hongxin's expression relaxed: "Five hundred taels of gold and about thirty-thousand thirty thousand silver? This can barely solve the current dilemma of the city having no silver."
"Unfortunately, it's still far from enough."
But there was nothing he could do about it. When he learned about the three gangs and the private mines from Su Ziji, he was already mentally prepared that he could only confiscate the private mines and not get much loot.
It is impossible for the three gangs to take root in Shun'an Mansion so deeply and let the government deliberately ignore them just by relying on their own strength. They must have a backend.
The gold and silver obtained from various private mines every year must flow continuously to the forces behind them, and there may not be much left in their hands.
Being able to collect so much now is an unexpected surprise.
"Sir!" Just when Qi Hongxin was in a better mood, the master who followed Qi Hongxin to Shun'an Mansion to take up his post held a booklet with an ugly face: "This was just found from a box.
Look at this!"
When Qi Hongxin saw his master showing such an expression, he took the booklet into his hand, opened it and read only one page, then his face darkened.