Dozens of large boxes were carried in by the Iron Eagle Guards in batches and placed on the left side of the front mansion, in front of the hall of the Yamen.
Zhang Zhao and Fa Zheng also came out.
"My lord."
Bai Fu bowed to the two of them, his face expressionless.
"How is it?" Zhang Zhao asked.
"After checking, there is no problem with the amount of tax and fine paid. In addition, this gift list is given to His Highness by the two Manors as an apology. They attributed the previous incident to their subordinates being insensible.”
After receiving the gift list, Zhang Zhao opened it and looked at it. He nodded and handed it to Fa Zheng. Fa Zheng took the gift list and looked at it too. He did not say anything and directly put it into his sleeve.
"What do they want?" Zhang Zhao continued to ask.
"The two Manors hope to redeem their base and allow them to continue operating. In addition, they wanted to apologize to His Highness in person. However, I rejected it."
"In order for me to pass on the message, they even gave me this.”
As he spoke, Zhang Zhao took out a large piece of purple gold from his sleeve.
"Whoa, this is ten taels, right?”
"Not quite, exactly ten taels." Bai Fu smiled.
"This is worth a thousand taels of silver. Moreover, if you exchange it for purple gold on the market, you have to pay a premium. Lord Bai, this is considered a big fortune.”
Zhang Zhao said with a smile.
The purchase value of Snowflake Pattern Silver was very high.
One tael of snowflakes was enough for a family of five to live comfortably for a month or two.
Most ordinary people had never seen snowflakes before.
He only used silver coins and copper coins that were not enough. One tael of silver was worth about a copper coin. However, one tael of Snowflake Silver was worth half of the total.
This purple gold was even more expensive than gold. At the exchange rate of one to ten, it was worth more than a thousand taels of silver. If it was not a huge sum of money, what was it?
"Sir, you must be joking. I have never thought of accepting it.”As Bai Fu spoke, he prepared to hand the purple gold in his hand to the armored soldier beside him.
"Hey, Lord Bai, keep this ingot of purple gold. When His Highness returns to the residence, we'll go and see him together.”After saying that, Zhang Zhao ignored Bai Fu and ordered his personal guards to bring the taxes and fine into the treasury. The rest of the gifts were left alone.
"Men."
"Yes!"
"Go and take a look. If Your Highness returns to the residence, inform him that we have something important to do.”
"Here!"
The armored soldiers of the Yue Cavalry Battalion left.
……
After placing the special building in the camp, which covered the entire camp, Li Lin left the camp and returned with Xu Chu, Liu Ben, and the Iron Eagle Guards.
"Such a large military camp cannot be wasted. Oh right, go back and ask. Remember that after each division, there are different numbers of auxiliary soldiers who are responsible for grain transportation, logistics, and other matters.”
"There are 30,000 soldiers here, so the number of auxiliary soldiers can't be less.”
"There is also the Yue Cavalry Camp. The Left Camp is on duty, and the Right Camp is sent to the camp to cultivate during the day. With this rotation, their cultivation speed would also be faster.”
"There are also the Tiger Guards. It's time for them to withdraw from their patrol duties.”
“……”
Li Lin thought as he sat in the spacious and comfortable carriage, preparing to maximize the effectiveness of the military camp.
Enter the mansion from the north gate.
As soon as he got off the carriage, he received a report."The chief historian, Sima, and Hu Cao have important matters to attend to.”
"Let them go to my courtyard."
"Your Highness, Shi Changshi has specially instructed us to meet you in the main hall of the central courtyard.”After the Iron Eagle Guard soldier stopped Li Lin's orders, he repeated Zhang Zhao's special request with trepidation.
At the same time, he secretly admired the boldness of this new chief historian.
"Oh?" Li Lin frowned. Xu Chu and Liu Ben, who were standing behind him, also frowned slightly. They also felt that the chief historian was a little too arrogant.
"Then let's go to the main hall in the central courtyard.”
"Yes, this subordinate will obey your orders."
After the armored soldiers left, Li Lin led Xu Chu, Liu Ben, and the hundred or so Iron Eagle Guards towards the main hall.
Not long after, Zhang Zhao, Fa Zheng, and Bai Fu entered.
"Greetings, Your Highness."
"Get up. Did the three lords come together for something important?”Li Lin sat on the circular chair behind the sandalwood table and asked after supporting himself.
"Your Highness, there is something important."
Zhang Zhao came out and recounted the events of the Zhangsun Clan.
Then, he gestured for Fa Zheng to take out the gift list, but he did not hand it over.
"Your Highness, there is a special smell on the gift list. In addition, there were also a few exquisite jade ornaments from the two mansions that had the same smell.”
"Hehe, it seems like the Zhangsun Clan has other motives for paying such a price.”Li Lin sneered.
"Yes, we think so too. After all, His Highness had ordered the massacre of two strongholds. But now, they came to apologize and say that they wanted to redeem the station. This made sense.”
"But you've lost the face of the great clans.”
"And the Pillar of Heavens Mountains isn't the only place in the Great Tang that can hunt beasts and harvest heavenly resources.”
"Therefore, they sent you off with such a heavy gift because they felt that Your Highness would not be able to refuse.”
"Then what's on the gift list?”Li Lin looked at Fa Zheng and asked.
"Among them, there are three ornaments made of spiritual jade. They should be worth more than a few hundred taels of gold. In addition, there were four stalks of precious medicine and one stalk of spirit medicine.”
"What a big deal." Li Lin said with a smile.
Indeed, all of these items added up to a thousand purple gold, which was equivalent to a hundred thousand silver.
Especially that stalk of spiritual medicine, it was a supreme divine treasure that could only be encountered by chance.
Over the years, Li Lin had signed in more than a hundred times, but he had never signed in for a spirit herb.
These things were almost the same as the fine and taxes paid by the Zhangsun and Zhangsun Manors.
" Your Highness, these things…"
"Are there any problems with the precious medicines and spirit medicines?”Li Lin asked.
"No problem." Zhang Zhao and Fa Zheng cupped their hands.
"That's good. I'll take these things. In addition, the four jade artifacts are placed in the courtyard next to the main courtyard of the rear manor.”
"This, Your Highness, isn't this a little risky?”Zhang Zhao and Fa Zheng said.
How could they not know that this kind of thing with a scent was clearly used to indicate the location? The Zhangsun Clan was very likely to be an assassin.
Now that His Highness had agreed, it was obvious that he was prepared to play along.
However, Li Lin did not say anything. Instead, he looked at Bai Fu and said,"Lord Bai, keep that purple gold. In addition, for the next few days, you should stay in the residence and accompany Lord Zhang and Lord Fa to discuss the construction of White Cloud City.”
"Here, I will obey your orders. Thank you for your reward, Your Highness!”Bai Fu smiled and cupped his hands.
"In addition, if the Zhangsun family comes to ask for the stronghold back in the future, you just have to allow it. However, the price will be five thousand silver taels and above. The more the better.”
"Yes, sir!"
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