Chapter 361: Back to Beijing

Outside Chunming Gate, Li Qing'an had been waiting for a long time. He was not in a hurry and waited quietly for the city gate to open. They had been waiting for almost an hour, but there was still no movement in the city. At this time, Nan Jiyun whispered behind Li Qing'an: "General, we are leading our troops, it seems that they are afraid! But from this we can see that the troops in the city are empty."

Li Qingan heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the city and smiled and said, "They are here!"

The city gate opened creakingly, and a team of cavalry surrounded dozens of ministers and left the city gate. The first one was the crown prince Li Yu.

Li Qing'an raised his hand, and the three thousand cavalrymen jumped off the horse, with uniform movements. They half-kneeled and saluted, and said in unison: "His Royal Changsun Qiansheng!"

Three thousand people shouted in unison, the momentum was magnificent, and the soldiers on the city were all shocked. Zhang Yun, Chen Xilie and others all changed their faces. Zhang Yun snorted with dissatisfaction, and was extremely dissatisfied. Is Li Qing'an demonstrating to him?

Li Qing'an took two steps and knelt down on one knee to salute Li Yu, "Since Li Qing'an, see His Highness the Emperor Changsun!"

Li Yu hurriedly stepped forward and helped him up, smiled and comforted him, "General, don't be polite. If you can come to Chang'an in time, I will finally let go of my heart that has been hanging."

Li Qing'an also smiled and said, "I went to Beijing to report to the emperor about the river and immigration matters. I heard that Chang'an was empty halfway. I was very worried that Chang'an would be taken advantage of by the villain, so I rushed over and didn't have time to report in advance. I was very ashamed."

"Let's stop talking about this, let's go to Beijing."

Li Yu glanced at the extremely sharp and powerful cavalry in front of him and said, "Does General Li plan to let the soldiers station outside the city or enter the military camp within the city?"

"I followed Your Highness's arrangement. If Your Highness is willing to let this army defend the Eastern Palace, they can be stationed in the city, and everything will be decided by Your Highness."

Li Yu heard something in Li Qing'an's words, and the two of them looked at each other, and they all knew what the other party meant. Li Yu understood that Li Qing'an was coming for himself, so he smiled happily and said, "Since the general asked me to make the decision, I'm not polite. The military camps in Chang'an City are empty and enough to be stationed, so the army can enter the city! You can be stationed in the imperial city."

"As for your order!"

Li Qingan turned around and nodded to Nan Jiyun. Nan Jiyun waved his hand and said, "Enter the city!"

The brigade of cavalry began to slowly move towards the barracks, and Li Qing'an stepped forward to greet the ministers.

"Dear colleagues, it's been a long time since we met."

Everyone gave their salutes one by one, and Wang Gong smiled and said, "How long will the general be ready to stay when he is back this time?"

"Maybe it won't take too long. I'm worried that the Uighurs will take revenge on Beiting, so I'll go back in half a month at most."

Everyone exchanged a few greetings and turned around and entered the city. At this time, Pei Min walked behind Li Qing'an, patted his shoulder and whispered: "Qing'an, how about going to my mansion tonight?"

Li Qing'an quickly bowed and said, "I want to go to Dugu Mansion tonight, so my uncle might as well go with you."

"Okay! I'll go see the girl by the way, and see her later in Dugu Mansion!"

Everyone entered the city, and it was almost time for the next court. Everyone rushed back to the court. Li Yu kept sending Li Qing'an to the Zhuque Gate, and then smiled and said, "Okay, I want to go back to the East Palace first. The general worked hard all the way, and had a good rest first. We will talk in detail tomorrow."

"Your Highness, please go slowly!"

Li Qing'an said goodbye to Li Yu and led his army to the imperial city. The Ministry of War had already arranged it. Their number was small, so he entered the camp of the left-leading guard. The conditions were the best and it was closer to Zhuque Gate. It was their ideal base. Nan Jiyun went to arrange the camp himself, and Li Qing'an brought more than 100 personal guards to Juhai Xingguifang in the East City.

Juhaixing Cabinet was opened by the Anxi Army. It was mainly to facilitate the Hu merchants who had exchanges between Anxi and Chang'an to store money and goods. Hu merchants placed the money in Anxi and then came to Chang'an to get money with tokens. Although Li Longji hated Li Qing'an deeply, he did not dare to touch Juhaixing Cabinet because most Anxi generals had members in the cabin. If Juhaixing was copied, it meant that he would offend most Anxi generals.

Juhaixing Cabinet House opened two more cabinets in Chang'an a few months ago, and one more cabinet in Luoyang, Chengdu, Yangzhou and Taiyuan. Its business is very big and has gradually become the largest cabinet in Chang'an. Especially the silver dollars in Anxi are constantly transporting, so Juhaixing Cabinet House is responsible for promoting and issuing, which makes it a leader in the entire cabinet industry.

The shopkeeper of the cabin shop was originally Li Huichun's second son, but now another person is replaced, Chang Jin's younger brother Chang Fang.

When he heard that Li Qing'an was coming, Chang Fang hurriedly came out to greet him. He bowed and said, "God General has worked hard all the way."

Chang Fang and his brother Chang Jin look quite similar. They are also a generous and rough man. They are tall, dark-skinned and have the blood of the Hu people in the Western Regions. Although they look rough, Chang Fang is actually a meticulous person who is considering problems without any leakage and is very courageous. In less than half a year as a shopkeeper, he opened six separate cabinets in one breath.

Li Qing'an turned over and got off the horse. When he saw the traffic in front of the counter, the merchants were in and out, he bowed and smiled, "Shopkeeper Chang, business is good!"

"I'm thanking the general for his blessing. Business has been booming during this period. Please come in."

Li Qing'an entered the cabinet from the side door and turned around and said, "Go and invite Changren!"

"Don't worry, General, I have sent someone to invite him, and he will arrive later."

Chang Fang invited Li Qing'an into the house, and a maid gave him tea. Li Qing'an took a sip of tea and asked, "I want to know the situation of the silver dollar, what is the response in Chang'an?"

Chang Fang hurriedly took a wooden box from the cabinet next to him and opened it. There were more than twenty silver coins on the red silk cloth inside, two of which were the largest and the roundest, the Anxi silver dollar.

"Please look at the general. These are more than a dozen types of silver coins circulating in the Chang'an market. There are official coins minted by Shaofu Temple, silver coins privately cast by royal relatives, Youzhou coins, Shu coins, and Longyou coins. However, most of these silver coins contain less than 50% of silver, and are mostly mixed with white lead and copper. Everyone calls these silver coins black-hearted coins. The market price is 100 cents, but in fact it is only worth 20 to 30 cents. The official coins are slightly better. They could have been worth 70 cents, but there are too many inferior silver coins that imitate official coins on the market, and it is impossible to tell which is true and which is false. Moreover, since this year, the number of inferior official coins has exceeded the real official coins, causing the price of official coins to plummet. Now it is only worth 30 cents. This is a disguised way to exploit the people of the Tang Dynasty. The public is full of grievances, and many shops no longer charge cash coins."

"Please look at this one, General."

Chang Fang took out a silver coin and said, "This is An Lushan's Youzhou money, the market price is the lowest, and it is only worth twenty cents."

He tried a little hard, and with a 'bang!', he broke the silver and money in half and handed it to Li Qing'an, "You'll know when you look at it."

Li Qingan took it and looked at it briefly, and couldn't help but be stunned. The silver coin was only a thin layer of silver skin, and it was covered with black lead and copper. An Lushan was a little too cruel.

At this time, he saw that the other silver coin had grown green mold, so he couldn't help but pick it up curiously. He felt that it was very heavy, not like silver coin, so he asked with a smile: "Whose silver coin is this?"

"This, oh! This is the silver coins cast by Yang Huahua." Chang Fang touched the back of his head and smiled: "I forgot about it. This is the most valuable silver coins. It has an iron core, which is only worth ten cents."

"Only worth ten cents?"

Li Qingan couldn't help laughing, that woman was too greedy.

Li Qing'an put down the money and asked again: "What about my Anxi silver dollar?"

"Our Anxi Silver Dollar is a treasure!"

When talking about Anxi silver dollars, the contemptuous expression in Chang Fang's eyes disappeared and turned into a proud pride. He carefully picked up the silver dollars, gently pinched them with his index finger and thumb, put them on his lips and blew them suddenly, and a unique metal crisp sound rang out, buzzing endlessly.

Chang Fang's eyes narrowed into a slit, as if the sound was the most beautiful music in the world.

"General, our silver dollar is the most popular. We have launched three batches in total, with a total of 100,000 silver dollars. As a result, they were scrambled for everything as soon as they were listed. The price was originally a silver dollar worth a total of 200 yuan, but now it has risen to 200 yuan. It is rare to see it on the market and it has been collected by everyone."

Li Qingan also picked up a silver dollar, put it on his lips and blew it, and then placed it in his ears. He could only hear a buzzing metal brittle sound, echoing endlessly, like the sound of steel wire.

He asked again with a smile: "Is there any imitator?"

"Of course there are, and there are quite a few, but no one can imitate Anxi silver dollars. If you want to imitate, you have to use the same amount of silver. Where can those imitators do it? The people are not stupid, they look at the workmanship and weigh the weight, but the most important thing is to listen to the sound, so fake silver dollars are easily identified and few people are deceived."

Li Qing'an nodded and said, "The second batch of 500,000 silver dollars will be shipped soon. My purpose is not to let everyone collect the silver dollars. My purpose is to make the Anxi silver dollars gradually become the main coins in the Tang Dynasty, replace silver coins, and become the main circulating coins together with copper coins. I hope Juhaixing can do this for me and let the silver dollars circulate as soon as possible."

"Yes! I must do my best."

At this time, footsteps came from outside, and Chang Jin's voice sounded, "General, I'm here."

"Please come in!"

As soon as the curtain was lifted, Chang Jin walked in quickly. He knelt down to pay homage to Li Qing'an: "Chang Jin meets the lord."

He was paying homage to Li Qing'an with the etiquette of the Hidden Dragon Society. Chang Fang next to him was a little stunned. Although he was also a member of the Han and Tang Dynasties, he didn't even know the secret of the Hidden Dragon Society. Although the Han and Tang Dynasties were very strict, they never held a kneeling ceremony. His elder brother actually knelt down to Li Qing'an, which made Chang Fang stunned.

Li Qingan quickly helped Chang Jin up and smiled slightly, "I've said it a long time ago, we don't need to kneel down, why did you commit it again?"

Chang Jin scratched his head and smiled, "When I saw my lord, I was excited and forgot about it."

"Then remember next time, sit down!"

Chang Jin sat down and said with a smile: "It was a sensation when he took the initiative to appear in Chang'an. It was spread all over the streets and alleys. It was said that the lord was here to compete for the throne. Everyone also said that the Xuanwu Gate Incident will reappear."

"These are all rumors about the troublemakers. If I come to fight for the throne, I will not only bring three thousand people."

At this time, Chang Fang felt that he was a little extra, so he stood up and said, "You guys talk, I'll go ahead and check the business."

He quickly walked out of the room and brought the door to them again. There were only Li Qing'an and Chang Jin in the room. Li Qing'an said, "I came here mainly to find you. I want to know the situation of the intelligence network. Is the imperial court's encirclement and suppression of the Han and Tang dynasties still continuing?"

Chang Jin is now the chief intelligence leader of Li Qing'an. Since Li Huichun's death, Chang Jin has taken over the Han and Tang Association. He obeyed Li Qing'an's orders and transformed the Han and Tang Association into Li Qing'an's secret intelligence agency.

Chang Jin's humble smile also disappeared. He pondered: "After the New Year, Li Longji's energy has been transferred to Longyou and Shuofang, and the search for the Han and Tang Association has also stopped. Most of the members arrested in various places paid the money and came out. At present, the Han and Tang Association have 3,300 people in the Tang Dynasty, most of which are covered by business, but many people have entered the government. I have set up intelligence branches in the eight cities of Chang'an, Chengdu, Taiyuan, Youzhou, Luoyang, Xiangyang, Yangzhou, Shanzhou and Guangzhou as the center, and each has established intelligence branches, all of which are single-line contacts. This is actually the contact method of the Han and Tang Association in the past. In the past, it was mainly used to collect people's sentiments in various places, but now the scope is wider. The garrison situation, grain reserves, city structures, local officials, etc. are all our intelligence scope. I plan to establish an intelligence workshop in Fengtian County to be responsible for summarizing the intelligence from various places. It is estimated that it will be completed next month."

"Why choose Fengtian County?" Li Qingan asked strangely.

Chang Jin smiled and said, "This is because Fengtian County Magistrate Yu Zhijie is also a member of our Han and Tang Association. The county magistrate, county magistrate and chief clerk have all been bribed by us. In this way, Fengtian County is the safest place. If placed in Chang'an, a large number of carrier pigeons will inevitably cause suspicion."

"Well! That's right." Li Qing'an nodded in praise and said with a smile: "Not only in Chang'an, but other cities should do this too. Put the intelligence branch in a nearby small county and try not to attract attention."

"I understand, I will do it."

After pausing for a moment, Li Qingan remembered something again and asked, "How is Li Yan?"

Chang Jin snorted heavily and said, "This person is his own fault. I heard that he was locked in the dungeon of Chang'an County, but he is now crazy, and no one believes what he says anymore."

Li Qingan was silent for a moment and said, "This may be his best destination, let him stay in it!"

Speaking of this, Li Qing'an stood up and said, "Okay, I'll say so much. If you have any questions, you can report to me at any time."

Li Qingan told Chang Jin a few more words, then left Juhai Xingguifang and headed to Wubenfang.

When I went to Wubenfang, I was naturally going to Dugu Mansion. It was already dusk and the streets in the yard were very lively. Vegetable vendors, miscellaneous peddlers, and hot buns were shouting one after another. After passing through a street intersection, Dugu Mansion was a hundred steps away.

Li Qingan couldn't help but tie the reins, and his head hurt a little. The scene from the past seemed to have reappeared again. From afar, a large group of young women stood by the walls of Dugu Mansion, each dressed in a very gorgeous manner, gathering together to clamor for something. Suddenly, a head stretched out from a large group of women and looked at it from afar. Isn't that the pearl?

"Look! My brother-in-law is here."

Mingzhu shouted excitedly, and the large group of women turned their heads, "Ah! What a beautiful woman!" A personal soldier next to him shouted in dismay.

They all dressed up with great painstaking efforts, wearing a colorful long skirt on the lower body, tied under their chests, making everyone look pretty and slender. They wore a short shirt with complex patterns on the upper body and a light gauze as thin as a cicada's wings. Li Qing'an secretly sighed in his heart that a group of beautiful ladies, like a beautiful scroll, unfolded in front of his eyes, which was pleasing to the eye.

At this time, Li Qing'an rode a horse in front of them, and he suddenly recognized him. Isn't this the group of girls dressed in strange makeup and dresses back then? He gave them an arrow, and they all grew up.

"Haha! I still remember you." Li Qing'an smiled and said, "You are all getting more and more beautiful."

"Brother-in-law, do you still remember me?"

Mingzhu jumped out, blinked at him playfully, and smiled, "You won't say it, oh! Whose little girl is this? Why is she a little familiar?"

"You little girl!" Li Qingan smiled and turned over and dismounted, handing the reins to his personal soldiers.

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Chapter completed!