Zhui Xu

On the first day of October in the 11th year of Jinghan, the Hanyi Festival.

Just before the beginning of the winter, the temperature in the fall has not yet fully fallen, but the scenery in the late autumn has become more and more bleak. The rice in the field has already been collected, and the trees are falling to the last leaves. Between the mountains, the magnificent coat of autumn has also faded, and the color has become gray and dignified. Dahe Taotao, the road village by the river, also has a scene of dilapidation. A fleet of ships descended along the Huaihe River at this time.

The fleet consists of six ships. Perhaps because of the official background, there are officers and men on each ship. Due to the heavy cargo, the ship's waterline is not too light. On the foremost ship, a group of wealthy young people are looking to the shore on the side of the ship, and another young man is talking to everyone.

"Not far from the front, everyone can see the village. There is a statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva on the side of the village. This year, the floods flooded the village, and the Guanyin image fell. But then there was no food, and many people came to worship Guanyin. The government used to porridge there every day. I returned from here a few days ago and saw many people..."

The big river moved forward and turned to the small corner in front. Then I saw the broken wall there. The original village was now destroyed. There was only a section of the low wall. The Guanyin on the side of the village was broken. Cut, planted in the soil. There are many people outside the village, the clothes are thin and thin, and there are also large and small parcels. There is a table by the river. At this time, porridge is being applied, and an official ship is parked next to it.

The suffocating noise came from there.

Hunger is an unbearable pain, but when he reflects it. It does not make people hysterical, because the strength of hysteria is gone. At this time, when they were not porridge, these hungry people gathered inside and outside the village, sitting or lying, adults holding children, husbands holding their wives, and the family often cuddling with each other, and even the strength of speaking was not much. But because of the crowd, a small number of children still cry. There are also a small number of adults who will cry out. In this crowd. The atmosphere formed is enough to make people feel numb.

The nobles on the boat looked at this scene, some silent, and some whispered: "We have had a famine in the early two years..."

"You don't have to be too upset about this situation. At this time, although there are not many disasters in the government. But among these people, there is not much starvation, but it is difficult to eat." The young man appropriately opened his mouth. Then follow. "It’s just that the weather is starting to get cold, and the price of food nearby has risen to thirty-six and two stone..."

"Hey, if it's snowing, three hundred and sixty-two will go up! How many people have survived this winter!" Someone snorted, it was a handsome man in the crowd, he Although it is well dressed, it seems to be a person who often does things down the ground and has a lot of strength. Speaking of this, there is some gloom between the eyebrows.

Most people can think of this as well. At this time, a very handsome son who was standing on the side of the ship’s string came over: “This time my Xiangyang family came over, there are a total of five hundred stone rice, I wish Donated 300 of them, and with these two people, the other two hundred stones were sold at low prices, and the cost was recovered. Since then, the 1,500-meter-grain rice that my Xiangyang family is purchasing is also handled in this case." It is the successor of Jiangning's Xiangyang family.

He said that people in the crowd immediately said: "All donations from my family!"

At this time, some people must follow suit. The young man who spoke before quickly waved his hand: "You! All of you! Please listen to the next words. The hearts of all of you, I think the people in the disaster area will be grateful, but listen to the next words, donate."

When he saw everyone coming over here, he continued to say: "At the time of this trip, my family’s family repeatedly stressed that the key to the disaster is not to give the government much food, but to make the food price really Fighting, the more rice that has been shipped this time, the better, and one can only sell, the two can not really sell the price too low. This matter is decided by the great man in the city, but in the next, the price of food Thirty-six two, we are afraid that we will only be able to drop to about thirty-two, and we will continue to decline until we hit thirty-two. If you sell the grain at the price of several two stones, you can guarantee that there is no day. 90% of them will be eaten by the big sellers of food, so that it will not help, but it will fuel the arrogance of those people."

This Lei Ren also wants to get it, the young people paused: "However, some of the past, some things, I am afraid that the adults will still invite the help of the public. This time the disaster has expanded, the city is full of food, and people are not enough. A few times, I almost caused confusion and hurting people. In the past few days, the public sons may wish to help others to apply some porridge rice outside the city. He Daren and my family have said that since they came, they can personally Doing the same, the meaning is different. He Daren will certainly guarantee the safety of all of you, this can be assured."

Once the disaster has expanded, it is inevitable that the city will close the city gate and porridge outside the city. The hearts of the people were a bit embarrassed, but I heard the young people talk about this, even if someone said: "I can come over and help, I will wait for that kind of thing!"

The young man smiled and said: "Of course, the porridge rice that you have applied outside the city these days has to come out of the food that you brought here."

Someone in the crowd laughed: "Then I will stay for a few more days, and I will bring all that I have brought!"

Xiangyang Yidao: "In this case, then the agreement of my three hundred stones is still unchanged. These times I sold 60% of the price. After I returned to Jiangning, I bought it again as grain or winter clothes. The grain was sold back here, and the winter clothes were donated. I see this weather, they also need this very much."

His remarks aroused public discussion, and the atmosphere on the deck was still a little active. The young man will not say more, and quietly step back. Yan Yangyi quietly followed him in the crowd with his gaze, watching him on the side of the ship's side, taking out a book and taking a few hours to look at it. This time, the transportation of grain, for Yanyang Yi, is just a simple business act, and there is not much excitement. In fact, there are also a small number of people in the crowd, which is like this. How much can you earn from this trip to Huainan? It didn't mean much to him. Instead, this young man made him pay attention to him along the way.

This time, the government-led, disaster-stricken operation of the Princess of the People's Republic of China has a force that is always behind the scenes and manipulated. As the first merchant of Jiangning, Xiangyang’s family can know that all this comes from the right-hand house in the north, and in the deeper part, he sees the shadow of the ten-step one-by-one calculation.

Contact everyone to concentrate. Arrange your itinerary and accommodation. Coordinating all kinds of things along the way, talking about the land, although a large part of it is the prior arrangement of Kang Xian, but has always been in contact with everyone. This is a young man named Tang Wen. Contact for several days. He is playing with everyone. In the conversation, intentionally or unintentionally, the other party is always affecting the compassion of others. The heart of the enemy.

Of course, before the people left Jiangning, the Princess of China and Kang Xian had received these people and rendered the thoughts of doing good things for everyone. On this road, the young man is also cleverly mobilizing everyone's feelings. On the one hand, he can make sure that he can make money, on the other hand, he can incite everyone's ambiguity, and repeatedly tell them that this journey is doing good. Tell them how unscrupulous traders are hurting, how many people will be starved to death, tell them how miserable people are starved, and occasionally talk about several stories about the poor, about the wealthy people The story of good fruit.

A lot of these people are coming, just the children of the small landlords in the country. There may be food in their homes, but there is not much knowledge. Some of them read books and finally failed to enter the officialdom. Kang Xian’s interview with them told them about the disaster and praised them greatly. They have already made them glory and cannot find the north. Then here is the guide and rendering. If this series of means is not interlocking, they may not say that they want to get rid of all the food at this time. Even Yu Yangyi is still skeptical, whether the disaster relief site that passed only is the intentional arrangement of the other party.

He only said that it would be fun to use 60% of the food disaster. On the way, he looked at the young man's actions, watching him occasionally hiding in the air and reading a book, silently recited, even a book in the courtyard of the students in the study of the four books. He is really curious. If the hand in the north is really manipulating this all the time, then... how did he cultivate such a young man...

While Yang Yangyi was observing all of this, the second floor of the ship opened a slit window slightly, and there were also a pair of eyes looking down. That is the real noble person on board the ship. The reason why Fuyang Yi is willing to make fun of it is a big reason, because of her existence.

Behind the window is the face of a young girl who is full of extravagance. In the past few days, she has also observed the changes in silence.

"This person sent from the north has done a good job." Perhaps because of the seriousness of the disaster, Zhou Pei’s eyebrows were a little melancholy, but at this moment, she smiled softly.

On this day, the food price in Huainan is thirty-six and twenty-one stone, and it is all over the place.

This is the case in the south, and there is a similar situation in the north opposite to this. After the winter, the tension in the disaster area has already become a string. Half a month ago, Ning Yi, who was in the capital of Beijing, had manipulated the first batch of food, but the changes since then, as ordinary people, did not have much to feel.乞丐 and the refugees began to gather in the city, and more and more people could not eat. Everyone was looking for food. In such a situation, there are still good people.

Hedong Road, Zhangzhou, Xiaoyi County, outside the home of the big family Guojia, thousands of people are gathering, ten large pots are lined up, the hot rice porridge is given to the hungry people. The hungry people who got the porridge rice hurriedly drank, and half of them would thank you before they left.

In Xiaoyi County, during the reign of Emperor Guanyin, Guo Xing was named after Xiao Xing. At this time, Guo Jia difficult to say whether it was passed down by Tang Shi, but Guo’s kindness is indeed a ten-mile and eight-country, and is well-known.

Outside the courtyard, there are two worlds.

The high courtyard wall blocked the shackles. Li Pin sat on the hall and was drinking tea, waiting for Guo Mingjia’s Guo Mingli to come out. Soon after, the 50-year-old Guo Jiajia came to say hello to the newly appointed transfer deputy, and Li Feng expressed his gratitude for his good deeds outside, and the other side also gave himself a few words.

"It doesn't matter, Guo, the official came here for the sake of food prices outside."

Li frequency speaks mildly, and the other party also laughs with him: "Hey, I don't know about this... What is the relationship with Guo?"

"Guo Master also knows that the court can't let the price of food rise like this. We are already transporting grain. Now the food price outside, we played a while ago, you saw it, and it was pressed at thirty-two. We will continue to press the pressure. In the next round, we hope that the price of food will be twenty-two. When we hope that Guo’s food will be sold as well. Guo, the price of grain is twenty-two and one stone, ten times the usual. Earn. What do you say?"

The old man panicked: "Big, big, adult, little old man... I don't understand, little old man... This monthly disaster relief porridge, you have to go out for hundreds of stone food. There are still months in this winter. ...what is the relationship with the little old man."

Li frequency drank a cup of tea. He also smiled and arched his hand: "Guo Jiashanxin, always has the name of filial piety, Li has always admire. This time the disaster has come, Guo Jia can come up with so much food, and when he waits, the official must be plaque. I knocked on the drums and sent them to the house personally. But the food price is also related to the Guo family. I know that Guo Jia has food, and the food in Zhangzhou is headed by your Guo family. You don’t sell, everyone is watching. This is not very good."

"Adults, they don't sell anything to do with young people. Adults... Little old people have already had so much food, adults! You don't have this truth."

"The reason is how to say it, you don't want to porridge, but you don't sell grain. The national dynasty has laws and regulations, and the goods are strange. I can do it privately. I can see you, but I have a good heart. Respecting kindhearted people, so I have to personally say it."

Li Chong's eyes were warm, and the old man hesitated for a long while, finally biting his teeth: "Adult, this... This can't be said, what is the price of the goods, the adults, the little old people did not put the food outside to sell at high prices, this is not It’s a private one. And food... Little old people’s family is big, many people follow the meal, and the family puts some food in order to prepare for the year of waste, and this food also has the shareholders and ethnic groups of the family. Everyone does not nod, the little old How can I dare to sell it privately. Great forgiveness... Over the years, there is no official government that is not forced to sell grain. Adults, young people are willing to donate food and donate food..."

Don't hoard hoards and raise prices. In fact, this is the decree of which generations. However, the existence of the world has always been not a matter of law, but a question of whether or not the decree can go out of Beijing and can be implemented. For example, in the case of disaster relief, most people know that as long as they are serious about the law, they will all kill and kill the greedy law. Even if they only do a batch and kill a batch, they can kill chickens and monkeys. The problem lies in this kind of anger. No one dares to do it.

The Wu Dynasty encourages commercial affairs, and the market is relatively free, and prices fluctuate. Many times, it is allowed to adjust to the market. At this time, the government often does not have too many methods to hoard. Of course, the most essential problem is not that there is no way, but when the government is also a part of the interest chain, it is necessary to rely on severe investigations to curb such things. Basically, there is no possibility. This is why Qin Yuyuan and others know that this famine can't be beaten by the cool and savage.

However, it is impossible to contain the whole, and one or two of them must be moved. Li Feng still has this power.

"I don't want you to donate food. This official is not going to the door to eat, and it hurts your interests. This is not good." Li Feng picked up the teacup. "This official wants a win-win situation, the price is a little expensive, it doesn't matter, it's important. Yes, there must be food to sell, twenty-two and one stone, ten times the price, you earn more, the official is also happy. For the official, after all, is to enrich the people..."

"Adult, the villain is willing to donate five hundred stones..."

"Don't be sloppy with me! I don't want your food!" Li frequency added a tone and then fell again. "The official has not been familiar with the place just after he took office, but it is still possible to check one or two people. You control the price of food is rising, has been jealous. I am not not to make money for you, but don't earn it too much! The official knows that your backstage is the left family, but the official wants to do you, they can't keep it! ”

The old man's face was white, and then suddenly collapsed: "Adult! Since the adults know why they want to force the old man! Little old children, little old people do good deeds, but food, it is a business thing, Little old children have shareholders and ethnic groups in the family, and the little old people can't mess around. And the adults also know the left family, and the other people on this Hedong Road. If the old people really get out of food, they will commit public anger. Guo Jia is finished, adult..."

Li frequency put down the teacup and took a breath before he stood up: "Yeah, you are doing good, I know, outside the home of the left family, the people who drink porridge are more than twice as much as yours. The official said that a friend said Many, you are all good people, never want to die, because if you die, they will rush to your house. Kill your people! Grab your things! You don't want to die, you just want to turn the world into the outside Look, then you are willing to porridge and cook, raise them, hang them a life! You are really big! Good! People!"

There is anger in his words, but there is also some powerlessness: "The power of the official, only hate can not do the left home, but it is more than enough for you. There are still a few days, Master Guo, you think about it. I know that you are afraid of the left family. But you will soon learn to be afraid of this official! Because in a few days, you will not sell food, the official will copy your home. Master Guo, left."

"Adult. You don't want this! Adults. We can discuss! Adults..."

The old man yelled. But Li has already gotten up and went out. When he got out of the door and the carriage slowly moved away, he opened the curtain. The scene of the gathering of the victims to the rear looked at the past, then regained their gaze and whispered.

"Hold here, don't bother..."

After Li Feng left, Guo Mingli quickly left home and went to the left home of Jinju. The carriage was dying. The next day, the old man, who was still very good, arrived at the left house. However, he did not seek the left-handed Zuo Duan as the left-hander. For the sake of food, Zuo Duanyou may understand, but he himself The attitude is not like, but the family is big, he can't manage so much.

What is really on Guo Mingli is the three masters of Zuojia, Zuo Jilan.

The left family is a big family. In addition to Zuo Duanyou, there are many ethnic and uncle brothers. Zuo Jilan is the biological son of Zuo Duanyou. If there is no accident, the future left-hander will be born between him and the second. In the past few years, Zuo Jilan has mastered a lot of business in the left family and made money for many ethnic groups. The famine has gradually started, and it is precisely when he is ready to do a big job.

After listening to Guo Mingli’s completion of this incident, the 31-year-old Zuo Jilan’s eyes stared coldly at the old man for a while: “Guo Shu, you know, this time, it’s very important to me.”

"Yes."

"He can make you die, I can, and he is the official of the iron-plated camp. After this time has passed, he can't move you, but my left family is the generation here. Are you clear?"

"But..." Guo Mingli showed a look of crying. "He, he is not joking, two less, you want, you have to find a way."

"I know this new transfer deputy, he is the person of Jingli Qin Yuyuan..." Zuo Jilan thought for a moment, "I will flatten him, but you are not allowed to let go, do you know?".

"……Yes."

"No matter what, he has to do things in the officialdom, it is not easy. You stay here tonight, I want to find a solution for you, you go back... Now go to rest, Guo Shu, nothing, nothing. Relax your heart..."

So after Guo Mingli left, Zuo Jilan called the two helpers around him. One of them was the uncle of the family. Because of his low status, he was generally called the left four, and the other middle-aged was in his forties. The scholar, named Wang Zhixuan, is also the most powerful aide of Zuo Jilan. After saying this, Zuo Jilan took a slap on the table.

"At this time, if Lao Guo dares to dismantle my desk, I will let him die!" He gnashed his teeth and then said, "As for Li Fei, what do you think?"

On the left four, I saw Wang Zhiyu and saw each other in contemplation. I had to say: "I feel that I can't move him..."

Zuo Jilan shook his head: "He just came, and Qin Qinyuan's person, of course, will not move for a while! I am not worried about Guo Mingli, give him the courage, he may not dare to make food, and he will calculate the grain, the impact is limited. But the Li frequency said that the court had already acted. Recently, the price of food suddenly fell to thirty-two. What did they do?"

"The price of food, now floating, is big, it is all shouting, not that he said thirty-two thirty-two. But some time ago..." Wang Zhiyu opened his mouth and frowned and thought, "fast. When the winter was over, the price of food was rising. Now it suddenly fell. During that time, the price almost rose to forty-two. There was suddenly a large amount of grain entering the market. I thought it was some unopened vendors. Let’s swallow. The result has been there, swallowing nearly five thousand stones, the price is thirty-seven or four, and the price will fall."

"Thirty-seven two or four money." Zuo Jilan blinked his eyes. "Into five thousand stones, here is more than 100,000 two silver, if it is really thirty-two, that is to say, I lost more than 30,000." Two?"

"It is not the case." Wang Zhi said, "When winter arrives, it will definitely rise next. It is said to be thirty-one and one stone. There is not much food outside. Let's just wait."

Zuo Jilan thought for a moment: "If someone takes the land, thirty-two will be thirty-two, and that's fine."

"This is natural... this thing, Qi family should know, two less, do you want to talk to them?"

"Oh...just fine."

So, the next day, a few people and the young master of the Qi family had a thick face. The name of the staff behind Qi Fanghou is Xu Mai. This person is similar to Wang Zhixuan. He is a master of the book in this family. Most of them are famous scholars who are proficient in all kinds of things. When the two sides are together, they find common ground.

"A few days ago, because I heard that the imperial organizers came to sell food, the following people wanted to explore the real thing. The first batch swallowed four thousand stones, the second batch of two thousand stones, a total of six thousand stones." Qi Fanghou said, "I I don't care about the money, but it doesn't make much sense to swallow it, so I looked at it first, then the government will let the wind out, saying that the price of the food has fallen. They are selling out at thirty-two. I don't estimate much, but I don't know how many next. ""

Xu Mai has a famous name in Hedong area. He has always been a feather fan towel. At this time, he held a fan and shook his head: "It seems that there are people behind them who know this very well."

"What can the official know?" Zuo Jilan sneered out. "They are not looking for a group of people to kill, and then find a group of people to kill it. This time there is nothing to do..."

"I also killed a few, but this time it did not move very much. All the movements were on this food price. So, there are people who know this."

Xu Mai’s fan clicked, and Qi Fang said with a smile: “So, can Mr. Xu have a countermeasure?”

"In the capital, it is not easy to get people's appreciation. We haven't checked it yet, so we can't underestimate it." Xu Mai said, "But Xu saw that people in the officialdom mentioned business, most of them are also It’s a matter of course, deceiving those big city officials. Of course, no matter what the situation is, in Hedong, there is the financial resources of Zuojia Qijia, to understand the skills of Wang Xi’s, and believe that no matter who it is, I can't ask for it on this, Wang Xiong, what do you say?"

Wang Zhixiao smiled and said: "There was no prior attention. Now that there is preparation, no matter who is behind... teach him to be a man."

For a moment, everyone laughed.

Next, the food price of the entire Hedong Road began to counterattack. At the same time, for Guo Mingli's affairs, the two sides were a little bit together, and a difficult policy ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ was born. Soon after, Guo Mingli returned home and prepared to give Li Feng a dangerous next horse.

In Beijing, time has entered the winter, and Ning Yi is busy in Xiangfu. Every day, through the intelligence network of the Secret Investigation Department, he sums up a large amount of intelligence and data, and at the same time, the judgment and response of various food price fluctuations are transmitted at the fastest speed. At this time, the intelligence network has a lot of delays and errors. Many things can only rely on pre-judgment. Ning Yi is also correcting his own pace. When he is at ease, he sometimes does things while singing and singing. He is currently giving him a helping hand. He is quite a bitter and uncomfortable. He is often stunned by these data and judgments. He does not understand what he is doing. The basis for the decision.

But not long after, he gradually saw the shadow and volatility of Ning Yi and the half-country glutinous people.

At the beginning of October, for them, everything was relatively calm, because the confrontation only occurred outside the capital. In this beginning, because Ning Yi’s intervention in the north and the south, the counterattacks that were developed after the two sides realized that they were quite fierce... (to be continued...)

Ps: This is the early morning, but this chapter is too long. Until now, I haven't slept all night, I don't know when I can get up. If there is one in the next morning, it is an unexpected surprise. If not, it is because I really have to adjust my work, and this chapter has more than 7,000 words, even two chapters. Well, I didn't break more ^_^