Chapter 85 Contempt
Beiyue City has been extremely lively recently, more lively than ever before.
There are a lot of guests from other places.
As the saying goes, too many people mean too many eyes, and too many people will make the place messy and difficult to manage.
There are also scoundrels who sneak into the city.
The Prime Minister's Mansion in the capital also sent someone over, and it was Li Kui, who worked under Prime Minister Wang and was very successful.
As soon as Li Kui arrived in Beiyue City, he went to the Marshal's Mansion to ask to see Qin Chuan.
Qin Chuan still respects his father-in-law, Prime Minister Wang.
After all, Prime Minister Wang has been in the position of Prime Minister for many years, and he is second only to the emperor and above everyone else.
If it weren't for Prime Minister Wang, he wouldn't be able to hold such a high position as the Grand Marshal of the Three Armies. Because in the Great Yan Dynasty, it's not enough to have ability without background.
Prime Minister Wang had helped Qin Chuan, so Qin Chuan was very polite to Prime Minister Wang's confidant Li Kui and personally poured Li Kui a cup of fine black tea.
"Is my father-in-law in good health? Although I am far away in Beiyue City, I have always been thinking about him. Yesterday, I sent people to the Prime Minister's Mansion in the capital to deliver New Year's goods."
Although Li Kui is short, he is very smart, his work style is concise, and he speaks directly, "Don't worry, everything is fine, but the Prime Minister is very worried about the border, worried that you can't control that girl Qianqian."
When the name Lin Qianqian was mentioned, Qin Chuan smiled contemptuously, "She's just a little girl, how can I be afraid of her?"
Qin Chuan never took Lin Qianqian seriously, believing that Lin Qianqian's rapid promotion to Lin Qianhu was the result of the help of Guanjun Hou.
In Qin Chuan's eyes, women are weaklings who are powerless and cannot even tie a chicken.
In his eyes, women are just foils for men and can never be their opponents.
"Go ahead and tell the Prime Minister to rest assured that I have sidelined that girl. She will have no chance to fight in the war, and she will never have a chance to get promoted or make a fortune."
Everyone says that Lin Qianqian is a lucky girl, but now I have broken her wings, and no matter how capable she is, she can't fly.
Of course, if Marquis Guanjun left Beiyue City, he would definitely assign a task to that girl, and then kill that girl without anyone knowing while Marquis Guanjun is away.
Li Kui looked very serious: "Marshal Qin, please don't underestimate Miss Qianqian. She is a very formidable opponent. Since I have come to Beiyue City this time, I will naturally keep an eye on her for a few days to see what she is doing."
When Qin Chuan mentioned what Lin Qianqian had been doing recently, the contempt in his eyes deepened.
That girl was such a fool. She actually spent money on ice cubes, and bought a lot of them.
Ice is worthless in the North, unless you have the ability to turn ice into gold.
"Please don't worry, my Lord. I have sent people to keep an eye on that girl. She bought a lot of ice and is now leading people to make ice sculptures. I guess she wants to do business in ice sculptures. She doesn't even think about who has the final say in Beiyue City."
Qin Chuan is the highest-ranking official in Beiyue Pass. When he mentioned who has the final say in Beiyue City, his face was domineering and he exuded the tyranny of a superior.
“When the time comes, no matter if they are officials or businessmen, as long as I give the order, no one will dare to spend money to buy her things. Her ice sculptures will eventually rot in her hands, hahahaha.”
Li Kui came out of Qin's house with his brows twisted into a shape of a "川" (cross).
He reminded Qin Chuan several times not to underestimate the enemy, but Qin Chuan was too arrogant and obviously did not listen to him.
In this way, Li Kui could only stay in Beiyue City for a while longer and monitor Lin Qianqian personally.
The Prime Minister said that the biggest hidden danger now is Lin Qianqian.
This matter is of utmost priority.
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Qin Chuan thought that if he didn't give Lin Qianqian a chance and hid her away, the other party would not be able to make any contribution.
But Lin Qianqian is really the child of luck in everyone's eyes, and when luck comes, nothing can stop it.
During lunch, Zhao Xiaoliu came to report.
"My Lord, Miss, Li Kui, a close confidant of Prime Minister Wang of the capital, wandered around the area twice, but I sent him away with just two words."
Lin Qianqian: "Well, you did a good job. Don't do it again next time."
If she met Li Kui, she would definitely beat him so hard that he would be at a loss.
Zhao Xiaoliu touched his head, looking like a child who had done something wrong.
An hour later, Ah Da came to report to Lin Qianqian, "Miss, there are a few people spying around the Ice Sculpture Garden. I don't know what their purpose is. These people were here yesterday."
Lin Qianqian guessed that the people sent by Prime Minister Wang had been sent away, and now a new group came, they were definitely not Prime Minister Wang’s people.
This group of people who wanted to spy on her secrets might be sent by Qin Chuan, or they might be spies from the Beizi country who had sneaked into the city.
"What are the characteristics of those people?"
"Those people spoke in low voices, but it sounded like the language of Beizi Country."
The language of the Northern Kingdom? They are most likely spies.
It would be great if he really is a spy. Catching him would be a great achievement.
I was worrying about not being able to find an opportunity to restore the Jiang family's freedom, and now the opportunity has come.
Qin Chuan didn't give any chances, but the opportunities came to him.
"Ah Da, keep a close eye on them. Don't alert them yet. See who they contact and catch them all in one fell swoop."
"Yes, girl."
The night is dark, and the sins that grow will be magnified at night.
The spies from the Beizi Kingdom chose to act at night.
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The lights were on in the Qianhu Mansion.
Lin Qianqian was drawing an ice sculpture pattern under an oil lamp, while Si Xuan was helping to grind the ink.
The two of them cooperated very well.
Ah Da suddenly came over and interrupted the tacit understanding, "Girl, we have discovered the whereabouts of those spies. They sneaked into the military camp where the food and grass were stored in the dark. I'm afraid their goal is to destroy the food and grass. Zhao Xiaoliu is leading people to follow them there."
Lin Qianqian put down the paintbrush in her hand.
She knew the importance of food and fodder.
There are about 200,000 soldiers and civilians defending Beiyue City, and the daily food consumption is huge.
The whole winter's supply of food and fodder was stored in the granary.
If the food supplies are destroyed, many people will starve to death and Beiyue Pass will fall without a fight.
It can be seen that the Beizi Kingdom has made a good plan.
"How many spies are there in Beizi Country?"
"Reply girl, there are more than twenty of them in total."
There were more than twenty people, and the noise was quite loud, but Qin Chuan, the commander-in-chief of the three armies, didn't even notice it.
That's right, Qin Chuan has always been focused on squeezing the people's money.
A lot of people from other places have come recently, and ordinary people can finally earn some money to make a living.
Qin Chuan, however, set his sights on the people's purses. He teamed up with the prefect of Beiyue City to impose many exorbitant taxes and levies, and organized a large number of people to go to the streets every day to "maintain order."
They say it is "maintaining order", but in fact it is just collecting protection fees from street vendors, plus stall fees, commission fees, water fees, and tolls.
All kinds of unimaginable fees are increasingly rampantly snatching away the little money from the people, causing them to complain.
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