People from the Changsheng Sect will write to the old emperor again, requesting to send more manpower there because...
The five thousand troops sent by the old emperor were all destroyed in the ruins of the twin cities!
The ruins of the Dragon and Phoenix Twin Cities were like a cursed place. After the five thousand elite soldiers were sent in as cannon fodder by the Eternal Life Gate, within a few days they turned into corpses and appeared at the foot of the mountain.
Five thousand people died in the ruins, but the people of the Changsheng Sect did not give up. Instead, they asked the old emperor to send another five thousand people to dig out the ruins of the Twin Cities no matter what.
Of course, the Eternal Life Sect did not tell the old emperor about this huge death toll. They just told the old emperor that the ruins of the Twin Cities were indeed as magical as the legend.
They had found a way to enter the city, but there was a formation in the city. Five thousand people were not enough to break the formation. They asked the old emperor to send another five thousand people to support one or two.
Of course, they also tactfully mentioned in the letter that the Dragon and Phoenix Twin Cities would spend so much energy to prevent people from entering, which means that there must be valuable things inside.
Everyone is curious. The more I am not allowed in, the more I want to get in, and the old emperor is no exception.
There are dragon and phoenix fruits about immortality in the Dragon and Phoenix Twin Cities. A mere five thousand people are nothing in the eyes of the old emperor. The old emperor did not even think about it and dispatched five thousand experts from the defense of the capital. It was just...
Before the decree was sent out, Qin Jiyan came to borrow money, "Grandpa Huang, I want to borrow money from Jiangnan. I don't have enough people on hand. I want to mobilize 20,000 horses to go to Jiangnan."
Obviously, what Qin Jiyan said about borrowing money was to use force to borrow money. To suppress the local wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan, military force was indispensable.
"Twenty thousand people? You want so many people?" When the old emperor heard this, he immediately frowned.
Twenty thousand horses are not much in normal times, but now the Qin Dynasty is besieged on all sides, and the capital is not safe. Qin Jiyan transferred 20,000 horses, and the defense of the capital was a little tight, and he could no longer send people to the Changsheng Sect.
"Grandpa Huang, the wealthy merchants in Jiangnan are the richest in the world. Their servants are in the thousands, if not tens of thousands. How can they borrow money obediently if they don't have enough soldiers and horses?" Qin Jiyan reported the situation about the wealthy merchants in Jiangnan that he had investigated in advance.
In front of the old emperor, "the four wealthy merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, Ma, Shi, Liu, and Xue, each have thousands of wealthy slaves in their families, and the total is far more than 20,000 people. In addition, the local government has connections with the four wealthy merchants, so the number is small."
Jiangnan can't use it at all."
Except for those who had taken refuge with King Zhou, the local officials in Jiangnan were all from several big families, such as Jiao Xiangdi, who was an official in Jiangnan. It was unexpected that someone like Gu Qiancheng's third uncle, however, Gu Qiancheng's
The third uncle can also be regarded as Lord Feng’s faction.
These Jiangnan officials with family support could help Qin Jiyan borrow money, but they themselves were only in charge of civil affairs in Jiangnan, and most of the military deployment was decided by people from the Zhou Wang faction.
The people from King Zhou's faction had a very good relationship with the local wealthy businessmen, so it was impossible for them to help Qin Jiyan borrow money. Even if they were to save face, they would only be able to borrow money from him at most.
When the old emperor saw the situation in Jiangnan, he was speechless. In the face of the iron facts, he could not say against his will that Qin Jiyan needed more than 20,000 horses.
"Okay, you can order someone to go to Jiangnan immediately." The old emperor was not so stupid that he couldn't distinguish priorities.
The Dragon and Phoenix Fruit is very important, but the Shuangcheng ruins are within the territory of Daqin and cannot be escaped. Excavation later or slower will not have much impact, but the matter of silver cannot be delayed.
"Thank you, Grandpa Huang." After successfully completing the task, Qin Jiyan left with peace of mind.
The old emperor couldn't mobilize any troops, so he turned around and sent a letter to the Immortal Sect.
Of course, the old emperor would not tell the Changsheng Sect that he could not send out troops. In his letter, he asked the people of the Changsheng Sect to take their time and let the five thousand soldiers and horses dig out first, and then he would send people over when results were achieved.
The reason given by the old emperor was so high-sounding that the Immortal Sect could not fault him. After receiving the letter, the people of the Eternal Life Sect felt very uneasy. They were worried that the old emperor knew that five thousand people had died? Or, maybe he was dissatisfied with them.
You don’t have any achievements and you just want people?
Because he felt guilty first, the Changsheng Sect did not dare to be presumptuous and then wrote to the old emperor to send someone.
The old emperor refused to contribute, and the Changsheng Sect did not want to sacrifice its own manpower. In desperation, the Changsheng Sect contacted the people of Yaowang Valley and asked Yaowang Valley to send people to help them.
The people of Yaowang Valley have always been afraid of the Immortality Gate. Even if they knew that the Immortality Gate was pushing them to die, they could only endure it.
Of course, these are matters of the Immortality Sect and have nothing to do with Qin Jiyan. Qin Jiyan is currently busy with the case of missing money from the treasury.
In order to investigate this case, Qin Jiyan did not even return to Prince Qin's palace. As soon as he left the palace, he went to the six gates and asked someone to go to Daqin Bank to get the account books and sealed banknotes.
In order not to make people suspicious, Daqin Bank has been operating normally. Many people deposit and withdraw money every day, and cooperation with major banks is also on track.
Without the presence of the fifth prince, everything in Daqin Bank was developing in a good direction. No one deposited money maliciously, and no one cashed it out maliciously.
The current person in charge of Da Qin Bank is a confidant of the old emperor. He is one of the few people who knows the truth. When he saw Qin Jiyan sending someone to get the account books, Mr. Dong, who was in charge of the bank, did not take them out immediately, but said
: "There are too many account books and banknotes. If His Highness the Emperor Taisun doesn't mind, how about I send them to His Highness in the evening?"
Qin Jiyan only sent two people here, just to say hello. After hearing Master Dong's words, both parties had no objections. They only brought the bank's dossier on depositors' records.
Even the files, there are more than a dozen. However, when these dozens of files were put in the box containing the money, others only thought that these two people had obtained it as money.
The file was immediately presented to Qin Jiyan's case, and the suspicious people on it were all highlighted with red pen.
These people's apparent identities include wealthy merchants from the south of the Yangtze River, some are businessmen, and some are children of an unknown family. The old emperor has sent people to verify these identities. The identities are correct, but there is something wrong with them.
It is recorded in the file that the businessmen who came to make deposits do exist, but they have not been to the capital this year. They do have a lot of money at home, but they cannot carry out so much cash at once.
Business people can never have that much cash on hand. Their money has been deposited in banks for a long time, and they only have stacks of banknotes in their hands.
As for the so-called people who were afraid of our children, the old emperor also asked people to check them one by one. The names recorded above were either dead or in their 80s, which did not match the people who came to deposit money.
During the time when Da Qin Bank was opened, many people came to deposit money, but the fifth prince and the manager of the bank were impressed by the people who deposited large amounts of money.
According to the manager of the bank, those who come to the bank to deposit tens or millions of taels are all middle-aged people in their thirties and forties. There are no young people or older people at all.
In other words, those who deposited money came with false identities, and the identities recorded above will not play any role in the case...
In this case, this case will be difficult to handle!
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