Chapter 213 Seizing Dirty Silver to Pay Military Pay

The collision occurred late at night. What collided with one of the three "treasure ships" of the Qin Mansion was a medium-sized warship in the Dragon City Navy fleet.

At this time, Jin Wang Chen Huaian on the first ship "Japanese Destroyer" had just fallen asleep.

"Report——"

"Your Highness, Prince Jin, is reporting an urgent military situation. Three ships flying the flag of the Prime Minister's Office have collided with our Dragon City naval fleet. General Qi has led the navy to control the situation!"

Um?

In the cabin of the warship, Chen Huaian, who was sleeping in his clothes, was awakened by the announcement from Xiao Po, the commander of the Jinwu Guards, outside the house.

After hearing that the warships of the Longcheng Navy fleet collided with the ships of the Prime Minister's Palace, Chen Huaian lost sleep instantly. He got up from the bed and asked outside the room: "Xiao Po, what are all the ships on the Prime Minister's Palace?" Who is there to take advantage of?"

Xiao Po replied: "Reporting to your highness, the people on board the ship were Qin Tianchao, the eldest son of the traitorous Prime Minister Qin Ruhui, as well as the family members of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the escorting red-clothed guards, a total of one thousand two hundred and thirty-seven people!"

"In addition, General Qi also led the navy officers and soldiers to discover a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry on the boat where the Prime Minister's family members were riding!"

"Rough statistics, there are 12 million taels of gold, 97 million taels of silver, and countless jades, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings!"

"What?"

While he was talking, Chen Huaian had already pushed open the wooden door of the cabin, looked at Xiao Po outside the room with a surprised look on his face and asked, "Xiao Po, such a huge amount of gold, silver and jewelry were all seized on the Prime Minister's Palace ship?"

Um!

Xiao Po nodded with firm eyes.

hiss--

After getting the affirmative answer, even Jin Wang Chen Huaian, who was accustomed to big scenes, couldn't help but take a breath.

Regardless of the value of jade, jewelry, calligraphy and painting, the amount of gold and silver seized was enough to make Chen Huaian dumbfounded.

This is approximately equivalent to the tax revenue of the entire Great New Dynasty for more than ten years!

You must know that even the late king Chen Polu, who was the king of the same name, had been operating in the fiefdom of Longcheng for more than 20 years, and inherited a considerable part of the property from the former government, leaving it to Chen Huaian to raise troops to appeasement. It’s worth seven to eight million taels of silver.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the Longcheng Navy actually seized such a huge amount of gold and silver on the Prime Minister's Palace ship. Chen Huaian couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this is not a collision with a ship, this is clearly a collision with a treasure!

You don’t need to think about it to know that this must be the people’s wealth that the treacherous prime minister Qin Ruhui looted, and wanted to take advantage of Longcheng Jingnan’s army to break through Jinling City, and transport it to other places for future generations of the Qin family!

Chen Huaian immediately ordered: "Let's go, Xiao Po, take this king to see him quickly!"

"The general will get the order!"

An hour later, Chen Huaian, the king of Jin, who boarded the Qin Mansion treasure ship in a small boat, finally saw clearly the face of Qin Tianchao, the eldest son of the traitor Qin Ruhui, on the bow deck with the light of the torches in the hands of the navy officers and soldiers. .

At this time, Qin Tianchao was tied up with ropes by the navy officers and soldiers. His face was swollen like a pig's head, as if he was telling Chen Huaian that he had just experienced a "big memory recovery technique"!

"Your Highness, this person is Qin Tianchao, the eldest son of the traitor Qin Ruhui!"

At this time, Qi Jiguang, the admiral of the Longcheng Navy who was wearing armor and holding a sword, came up to Chen Huaian and reported: "Qin Tianchao's trip was based on the order of his father Qin Ruhui, and he took a huge amount of gold and silver to take refuge in Chengdu Prefecture;"

"Fortunately, our navy officers and soldiers were alert. After clearly seeing the flag of the Prime Minister's Office hanging on the mast of the ship, they decisively ordered the helmsman to turn and hit it, and finally forced the three treasure ships of the Prime Minister's Office to stop."

"Otherwise, the treacherous prime minister Qin Ruhui, who was frantically searching for the people's wealth and anointing in Jinling City, would have been transported all the way to Chengdu Prefecture along the waterway and hidden away!"

After a pause, Qi Jiguang continued: "At first, this kid pretended to be crazy and tried to fool him!"

"However, the last general saw the clues at a glance. The naval servants on this ship are all practicing masters, and there are dead soldiers holding swords on guard in secret. Could this be an ordinary ship?"

"In the end, these huge amounts of gold and silver jewelry were seized without any risk!"

Um!

After listening to Qi Jiguang's report, Chen Huaian nodded with satisfaction and encouraged Qi Jiguang: "General Qi, you handled this matter very well and in a timely manner;"

"Not only has it restored the losses for Jinling City and even the oppressed and plundered people of the entire Great New Dynasty, but it has also stabilized the economy of the entire southern region for me!"

"With these 12 million taels of gold and 97,800 taels of silver, what else can Qin Ruhui and Hong Xi's puppet court use to fight our Longcheng Jingnan army?"

Then, Chen Huaian strode to Qin Tianchao, squatted down and stared at Qin Tianchao's swollen face, and said with a smile: "Young Master Qin, I haven't seen you for many years, how are you doing?"

It turned out that Qin Tianchao and Chen Huaian were old acquaintances.

Three years ago, when Chen Huaian was still the eldest son of the Jin Dynasty, he went to the capital with his father to celebrate the birthday of the Zhenwu Emperor Zhao Mang, and when he rescued Liu Shujun, the daughter of King Wuning, on the banks of the Qinhuai River, the hero rescued the beauty;

The person behind the instigation of trying to humiliate Liu Shujun was Qin Tianchao, the son of the prime minister Qin Ruhui!

snort!

Qin Tianchao snorted coldly, stared at Chen Huaian with a ferocious expression, and said viciously: "Chen Huaian, today I fall into your hands. I admit defeat. You can kill or chop me as you please;"

"I only hate you. I only hate why I didn't grit my teeth and ruthlessly eliminate this scourge like you three years ago!"

"If I had known earlier, I should have ordered all these gold, silver and jewelry to be sunk into the river, and I wouldn't let you, a traitor, get away with it!"

Hahaha!

Listening to the impotent rage of the prisoner Qin Tianchao, Chen Huaian suddenly laughed out loud.

After a long time, he stopped laughing and said to Qin Tianchao: "In that case, I should thank Master Qin?"

"With the military pay sponsored by Master Qin, why should I worry about not being able to wipe out the treacherous ministers of the Hongxi pseudo-regime?"

"Chen Huaian, you——"

There is nothing more heartbreaking than this. Qin Tianchao, who couldn't stand the stimulation, immediately prepared to attack Chen Huaian and tried to jump up and hit Chen Huaian's knees with his head.

However, how could Xiao Po, the commander of the Jinwu Guard of the Imperial Camp of His Royal Highness Jin Wang, allow such a thing to happen?

Xiao Po raised his foot and kicked Qin Tianchao, who was tied up with his hands behind his back, and kicked him to the ground.

He took out the ring-handled knife and placed the sharp blade on Qin Tianchao's neck.

As long as His Royal Highness Prince Jin gave the order, the thief Qin Tianchao's head would fall off.

However, Chen Huaian did not order the beheading of Qin Tianchao, but smiled meaningfully and ordered: "Xiao Po, arrest Mr. Qin and treat him well;"

"In the future, I will be of great use!"

"I have received your order!"