"That's right." Fang Xuanling smiled helplessly: "I'm just worried that the emperor will accuse you of overstepping your authority and being arrogant. This is not our business."

"The emperor won't say anything when he sees the silver. I also took the blame for killing my cousin. It's too late for him to be happy. Don't worry."

Fang Xuanling was stunned. He suddenly realized that General Qin knew the emperor very well. He was far worse than others when it came to playing tricks.

Then there is no need to hesitate. We must be more ruthless against scum like Li Shentong.

However, the difficulty of this matter is actually much greater than they imagined. Li Shentong's arrogance is not without reason, he really has the capital.

There are thousands of private soldiers in his mansion plus the dead warriors, rangers, and rogues that he has cultivated all year round. This does not include the escorts scattered in various farms, that is, the Xiangyong.

In total, there may not be tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Although Yao Junsu's county soldiers had fully cooperated, it was still difficult for Fang Xuanling and others to carry out their work. They encountered strong resistance as soon as they arrived at Li Shentong's home.

This is the residence of an important figure in the Li family in Longxi. Almost everyone here has a certain status and background. Even a newborn baby has a professional title of sixth grade or above.

The emperor did not issue an imperial edict, so people picked up swords and guns to fight against the officers and soldiers.

However, when Qin Hu encountered such a huge corruption case, as his immediate superior, he did have the right to seize the property of those involved. Officials below the fourth rank could just seize it without any problem. Therefore, Fang Xuanling did not have any confidence at all.

And Lei Shimeng, in his own words, is a rude Qiu Ba.

He doesn't know how to reason, he only knows how to obey orders.

Not to mention a thousand untrained rabble, even if three thousand regular troops wanted to fight against Qin Hu's Xiaoguo Army, they would definitely not be able to take advantage.

Qin Hu is confident that with the most expensive and best equipment and devilish training, his Xiaoguo Army can finally confront elite troops like the Taiyuan Army head-on. It can also defeat one against five, or even one against seven.

, against those grassroots bandits, one against ten is not a problem.

This is not nonsense, it has scientific reason. Wu Qi's 50,000 Wei soldiers can still win if they can carry 500,000 Qin troops, because all of his 50,000 Wei soldiers have reached the standard of special forces. Of course,

Only 50,000 people were found in the whole country, and there has been no increase since then.

And the quality has been going downhill, which shows how hard it is to find soldiers with such high physical fitness and how precious these 50,000 people are.

It is very common for ordinary well-trained elite soldiers with good equipment to fight one against three. Therefore, the thousands of servants in Li Shentong's family were eaten by Xiaoguo's army in a short time.

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However, the matter of searching the house was very complicated, and the property was so huge. Fang Xuanling spent half a month searching for it, but it was still not completely done.

It took more than ten days before Qin Hu got the complete account book. When he saw the number, even though he had been mentally prepared, he was still so surprised that his jaw almost dropped.

"This is just one of the members of the Li clan, and it does not include the properties in other places. The banknotes alone are ten million taels, and with the addition of jewelry, gold, silver, and jade, there are still five million taels. The most terrifying thing is that he

There are actually 150,000 hectares of land under his name, and this is only in the Hedong area." Fang Xuanling said.

"Then cut it in half and leave half to the emperor. The most important thing is that you have to make the accounts clear and clear. You must not let the emperor see any flaws. You don't have to worry about the Ministry of Accounts, they will definitely hide it. .”

Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "I'm not worried about the Ministry of Accounts. Those people are all drunkards. They will never be able to see the accounts I made. I even think that giving one third to the emperor is a lot. He will never be able to To think that a mere Li Shentong could be richer than the emperor's treasury."

"Okay, then I'll do as you say."

"It's just that the matter of this land is not easy to handle. The Li clan has too many private soldiers. They will definitely not hand it over honestly. Moreover, even if it is handed over, it will be very embarrassing for us to farm on Li Yuan's territory. Instead, we will be He looks for trouble everywhere."

"I don't want the land anymore." Qin Hu thought to himself that it would be useless to ask for it. Sooner or later, Li Yuan and his son would start a rebellion. What's the point of wanting those lands, unless the emperor kills them now.

"I just wanted to show the emperor what their brothers did."

At this time, Qin Hu had been staying in Yanmen County for a full month, and the emperor had arrived in Jinyang a month ago. At this time, he had already arrived at Fenyang Palace, which was three hundred miles away from Yanmen County.

If you really want to come, it's only three to five days' journey.

I have to say that Yang Shou's northern tour was really weird in every way. He used to go out every day, but every time he walked very slowly. It can take half a year to walk from Guanzhong to Longyou. Anyway, there are palaces everywhere. It feels like home everywhere, it doesn't matter.

But this time it was different. He arrived at Fenyang Palace in just one and a half months, and only stayed in Fenyang Palace for five days before ordering everyone to head straight for Yanmen County.

Moreover, the lineup he went on this tour was much larger than the previous ones. Almost all the royal relatives, princesses and concubines came out in full force, and they brought with them an army of one hundred thousand troops.

The vanguard troops were led by Yu Wenhuaji and Sima Dekan, while his youngest son, King Yang Jian of Qi, led an army of 50,000 to the rear, mainly to defend against rebel raids.

On August 22, Emperor Yang Shou arrived at Yanmen County.

Yu Wenhuaji led his army into the city first, while Sima Dekan led a small number of troops to garrison outside the city. Emperor Yang Shou entered the city sandwiched between the two armies.

King Yang of Qi led 20,000 troops to Guo County, which was a hundred miles away from Yanmen County.

Yu Wenhuaji doesn't know how to lead troops at all. This team is too large and the personnel are so complicated. Everyone has their own chariots and escorts, including the emperor's relatives, princesses and concubines. They are mixed in the army. Where the road is narrow, you can only walk in files, and there are many who are left behind.

Not to mention that the ministers had to eat and sleep in the open, but the most terrible thing was that some concubines and princesses, because they were too far behind, actually got lost, and went to the point of not having enough to eat for days and nights, and even mingled with the soldiers and made bunks on the floor at night.

There were soldiers, nobles, princesses, and concubines in the team. It was a mess, almost like a cheerleading team.

When Qin Hu saw the moving heads, he suddenly felt as if he had arrived in Chang'an East City!

Yanmen County is too small to accommodate so many people. Those Qiu Ba are okay. They can just find an open space in the city to build a camp. Private houses are definitely not their turn. Priority is given to relatives of the emperor, and then to local residents. As for the officials, no one cares where the people go.


Chapter completed!