At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 299 Ri'jin'dou'j Caijiagou

Chapter 295: Daily Progress and Gold Caijiagou

Yongping Mansion, Qian'an County.

The prefect Chen Shiqing was quite well informed. As soon as the convoy entered Qian'an County, he led the government office and officials from the Qian'an County government out to greet them.

At this time, these officials knelt beside the road, respectful, but rather terrified in their hearts.

Why did the emperor suddenly send someone here?

Let's take a look at the people who came here, the chief minister of the cabinet, the minister of the household department, and the dark brocade guards!
Why didn't these people make any noise when they arrived in Yongping Mansion?
It doesn't look like it's passing by...

Seeing that everyone got out of the car, Chen Shiqing hurried forward and saluted, "Your Majesty, I am far away from welcoming you, and I hope you sirs will forgive me."

Cao Nai glanced at him and said, "I was ordered to come here on business, what are you doing here? You still make such a big splash."

Chen Shiqing laughed together and said: "Duke Cao is here at Yongping Mansion, and my subordinates will come to greet you from now on."

Cao Nai suddenly asked, "Your name is Chen Shiqing, right? I've heard of you."

Chen Shiqing squeezed out a smile: "I am ashamed of myself."

"You were originally a juren. You first selected officials and became the county magistrate. Afterwards, you made a lot of political achievements. You were promoted to the county magistrate. Later, you became the magistrate and the magistrate. Finally, you were transferred to Yongping to become the magistrate. Among the juren, you are considered outstanding."

Chen Shiqing replied: "Some achievements are not worth mentioning."

Cao Nai chuckled and said, "If you have no achievements, how could the imperial court promote you from a county magistrate to magistrate? There is no need to say more about such false words."

Chen Shiqing was speechless for a moment, so I was humble, why did I take it seriously?

Unexpectedly, the chief minister of the cabinet is actually a good guy...

Cao Nai continued: "I have heard for a long time that Qian'an is the ancient city of Guzhu, so I just went to see it today."

Chen Shiqing hurriedly wiped off his sweat, and welcomed him into the city.

However, Qian'an City, like most county towns, is full of signs of decay and disrepair.

The rammed earth city wall has been weathered for an unknown period of time, but no one paid attention to it. Most of the streets along the street are dilapidated and desolate.

Cao Nai waved to Chen Shiqing and asked, "Has Qian'an County always been like this?"

Chen Shiqing looked a little embarrassed, and hurriedly called Yang Guan, the county magistrate.

Yang Guan had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "It has been like this since I took office as an official."

Cao Nai and Jin Lian looked at each other, and then asked: "I heard that you have a Caijiagou gold mine here, with huge reserves and huge profits. Qian'an County must have gained a lot of glory, right?"

A mine with such a huge market value must recruit countless craftsmen and countless manpower. At the same time, there are a large number of other merchants and related derivative industries.

If those financial reports are true, Qian'an County can definitely enjoy a lot of bonuses.

However, when Cao Nai mentioned the Caijiagou Gold Mine, Yang Guan's face changed, but he remained calm and said, "The Caijiagou Gold Mine is mainly located thirty miles northwest of the county seat, and has nothing to do with the county seat. I have nothing to do with it, I'm an official... I don't know..."

Seeing his reaction, Cao Nai already realized that something was wrong.

According to common sense, in a small county town, there is a big taxpayer like Caijiagou Mining. As a county magistrate, it is too late to put money on his face. How could he react like this?
Judging from what he meant, he clearly didn't want to be associated with Caijiagou.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, and the county magistrate must know the inside story.

And the magistrate must know it too!

Cao Nai suddenly laughed and said, "As a local magistrate, you don't even know about it?"

Yang Guan said with a bitter face, "No... I don't know."

Cao Nai turned to Chen Shiqing again and asked, "It seems that you, the magistrate, don't know about it?"

Chen Shiqing could only listen to his scalp and said: "Yongping Mansion governs one prefecture and nine counties, and I really don't know much about the mines in Qian'an County. I hope Mr. Cao will forgive me."

Cao Nai's face was gloomy, and he said slowly: "Prefect Chen, you are so brave, how dare you bully the king!"

Chen Shiqing was frightened out of his wits, so he bowed down and kowtowed: "Your official... The lower official is the magistrate, in charge of civil affairs, keeping one side safe, and I don't... don't understand much about the rest, so why are you talking about deceiving the emperor?"

Cao Nai was annoyed, the magistrate clearly knew the inside story, but at this moment, he still didn't open his mouth.

Now that things have happened, the only way to find out the truth is to go to Caijiagou to see it in person.

"The old man's ugly words are up front. If you don't say anything now, it will be too late to say anything when you get to Caijiagou! Lord Jin, Lord Yuan, let's go!"

"Cao Gong wait a moment..."

Chen Shiqing hurriedly said: "It's still some distance from Caijiagou, and the road is inconvenient, and the carriage can't get on. Why don't you rest for a night first, the officials have already prepared the food and wine, and clean up the dust for the adults..."

Cao Nai sneered, "No matter how inconvenient the road is, I still have two legs!"

Chen Shiqing continued: "The lower official suggests..."

Cao Nai didn't intend to talk to him at all, he stood up and walked out.

Seeing that the two of them were not moving, Yuan Bin stretched out his hand to grab them, one left and one right, and said, "My lords, let's go!"

Chen Shiqing and Yang Guan stared wide-eyed, and at the same time saw fear in each other's eyes.

Yuan Bin pushed the two people forward and said, "Come here, take the two adults into the carriage!"

The convoy left the city and walked forward for about a dozen miles, and the road began to become rough and difficult.

The carriage kept bumping, and the people in the carriage couldn't bear it anymore.

Cao Nai had been closing his eyes to rest, now he opened his eyes, looked at Jin Lian, and asked, "What do you think?"

Jin Lian sighed and said: "The most important thing for mining in the mining area is transportation. Logically speaking, a flat road should be built no matter what. However, the road here is rugged and it is difficult for people to leave. How did they transfer countless minerals shipped out?"

Cao Nai nodded, and then remained silent.

Going forward, the carriage bumped more and more, the two simply abandoned the carriage and got on the horse.

Although I am old, it is still possible to walk slowly.

Yuan Bin sent someone to lead the horses for the two, and they continued to walk for about five miles. Weeds were overgrown along the way, until evening, and finally saw some buildings.

From a distance, it looks like a village, but it has long been dilapidated, and the surrounding area is wasteland, and no one has cultivated it.

The captain of Jinyiwei, who was exploring the way ahead, held up a torch, unfolded the map, checked it carefully, and finally said: "I would like to report to Commander Yuan, this place is Caijiagou, there is nothing wrong with it!"

He specifically said that there was nothing wrong, because everyone would think it was wrong.

Cao Nai and Jin Lian frowned and looked around, as if they were in an ancient temple deep in the mountains.

This is what is described in the financial report. Caijiagou, who is making money every day, is lying to ghosts?

With a big wave of Yuan Bin's hand, the captain immediately came forward to find the way, and soon there was a voice of shouting and asking.

"Who are you, do you know where this place is..."

(End of this chapter)