Chapter 432 Delivering Eggs

News of the capture of thirty spies and assassins in and around the capital quickly reached Emperor Xiao Wu, who had already arrived in the north.

Emperor Xiao Wu, who had just finished meeting with Duke Changsheng, was still startled when he received a message sent by carrier pigeon from Shen Qingyue.

Fortunately, I managed to keep people in Beijing.

If we don't prepare anything, then something really bad could happen.

The Duke of Dingguo's mansion and the Duke of Changsheng's mansion were left with only the elderly, weak, women and children!

Also, my two children are staying with my aunt!

Emperor Xiao Wu looked at what Shen Qingyue had said in his hand, and then looked at Shen Qingming.

"In other words, there are now quite a few spies hiding in the twelve border cities."

"They were still just vendors or laborers," Emperor Xiaowu said.

Shen Qingming scratched his head.

"Your Majesty! This... is a bit difficult to handle!"

The border town is not currently part of the territory of Dayu, so we cannot force them to do anything.

Border towns are places for doing business, a melting pot of all sorts of people, so it's no surprise that some people sneak in.

Although the Hu people and the people of the Central Plains have this difference in appearance, the border city was originally mostly inhabited by Hu people.

"It's not easy to tell," Shen Qingming said.

Emperor Xiao Wu knew that it would not be easy to catch the spies in the border city, but he had no choice but to do so.

He didn't want his army to be thoroughly investigated by spies as soon as it set off.

"Hey! I think it would be easy for one person to handle this." Shen Qingming suddenly thought of someone.

"Who?" Emperor Xiaowu asked.

"It's Mr. Du who proposed official trade with Dayu."

"I think he should have a way," Shen Qingming said.

"Are you sure? What do we need to prepare if we want to persuade him to do this?"

"High-ranking official positions and generous salaries, or gold and silver treasures? Or something else?" Emperor Xiao Wu hurriedly asked.

Shen Qingming waved his hand.

"He should be happy to do this. I'll go find him and see what he says!"

"Your Majesty, please continue to use the people brought from the palace by your side; do not use people from the north for the time being."

After saying this, Shen Qingming left in a hurry.

......

Shen Qingming, who had left, soon found Shen Huaichen.

After listening to what Shen Qingming had to say, Shen Huaichen simply nodded.

"Alright! I understand! For now, tell the Emperor not to go to Weiyuan Army. Let him stay at his original residence for a few days."

I will try my best to eliminate all the spies in the border city within three days.

Shen Huaichen knew there were spies, but he didn't expect there to be so many.

It seems I'm still too kind-hearted...

Shen Huaichen quickly found Burilege and told him about it.

Burileg also attached great importance to it.

The two whispered among themselves for a moment, and then they knew what to do...

In less than half a day, notices were posted all over the twelve border fortresses.

"The imperial court's lackeys have sent many people to infiltrate the border city, intending to set fires, kill people, and disrupt the current situation in the border city."

We urge all businesses to take proactive measures and report any suspicious individuals they discover.

To protect the interests of merchants, a guarantee system will be implemented starting today.

Each merchant must have at least three registered merchants as guarantors before they can operate.

Those who fail to meet the requirements will be submitted to the defense offices of each city for further review...

As soon as the notice was posted, everyone in the border town was on edge.

The imperial court's lackeys have infiltrated the border city!

They're going to kill and set fires too?

This is not a good thing! We must be careful!

After all, if they were to commit murder and arson in the border town, it would destroy the interests of these people.

As a result, the merchants began to act as guarantors for each other.

Of course, there are also requirements for merchants to provide guarantees for each other.

Not all merchants can be guaranteed.

For example, if someone is new, not very familiar with the business, or is selling things at inappropriate prices, no one will be willing to vouch for them!

They want to do business properly, not lose everything.

Didn't you see what the defense department said?

Anyone found to have acted as a guarantor for merchants of dubious origin will be held equally guilty...

The street vendors were also inspected immediately.

Over the course of two days, quite a few cases were indeed discovered!

Five problematic businesses were identified.

Some were newly established, others had been in business for a year, and there was even a business that had just started trading in the border town...

Defense officials found various weapons, poisons, and kerosene in the warehouses of these merchants...

After these announcements were made, everyone was shocked and broke out in a cold sweat.

How terrifying!

That much oil would have been enough to burn a border town to the ground!

If it weren't for someone reporting that they saw this business buying large quantities of salt and herbs recently, no one would have guessed...

After screening the merchants and street vendors, what about the helpers...?

Burilege was having a headache about how to screen these people.

They were all poor people, making a living by their physical labor, working odd jobs for various merchants.

This is really hard to find out...

However, Shen Huaichen had his own ideas.

"I have a plan!"

"Sir, do you have a solution? What solution?" Burileg asked hurriedly.

"Deliver the eggs!" Shen Huaichen said.