"Steward, why don't those grain merchants sell us grain, isn't he afraid that the people outside will be hungry and rebel?" Zhu Zaikai asked. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Of course they're not afraid!" The old butler sighed.

"Why?" Zhu Zaikai asked puzzled.

"Because Jinling is not something that can be captured by the victims outside the city! Nanjing is the capital master before the Ming Dynasty, and the stone city wall alone is not something that tens of thousands of unarmed victims can touch, what are they afraid of? and evil to others. Besides, this rich and noble family in Jinling, that family doesn't have properties everywhere, and if not, you can hide somewhere else! Can the land title deed still run? The old butler explained in a heavy tone.

"Why are they like this, those are human lives, the victims are so pitiful" Zhu Zaikai asked with his little head down.

"It's old routine. The flood will always recede, and after the water recedes, the fields in the hands of the victims are good things, how can the victims sell their sons and daughters if they are not cornered? If you are not cornered, how can you sell the survival field in the field? The more than 100,000 victims have a lot of land in their hands, and if they don't take this opportunity to buy their fields back, it will be difficult in the future. Besides, if the victims really rebelled, they would not be able to escape the pursuit of the imperial army, and after they died, those fields were all borderless, which was a good opportunity for them to buy a grange. ”

Zhu Zaikai didn't speak, the old housekeeper's explanation may just be a family's words, and it can't be true, but even so, it caused a monstrous storm in Zhu Zaikai's little heart.

In fact, the rich and noble families of Jinling really did this just for a few acres of paddy fields?

Liaofu begged for food everywhere, and the act of giving porridge outside the city won a good name for himself in the mouths of the common people, and at the same time, it was not a kind of coercion to other rich and noble families in the city.

If all the rich and noble families in Jinling City didn't say much, it would be okay, as long as one of them stood up first, and the others didn't say anything, it would be more eye-catching.

Fame is a non-existent thing, but it really exists. This was especially true in ancient times.

Make a fortune and nourish goods, not to mention the Jinling gentry who have been rich for several generations.

The Liao family has now become a-stirring stick in the rich and noble families of Jinling, how can they not be hated?

The old housekeeper took Zhu Zaikai for a day, and walked all over the large and small grain shops in Jinling City, but he couldn't buy a grain of grain with a large amount of silver in his hand. The big grain shops dare to sell and refuse to sell, and the small grain shops dare not sell if they want to.

The Liao family has indeed provoked some people in Jinling City!

The old housekeeper sighed, and he didn't know how to tell the master of the house when he came back!

The carriage ran in Jinling City for a day, and when it was just turned back to the door of the road, the doorman of the gate hurriedly ran over and said: "The big housekeeper, the big housekeeper, the big thing is not good, when the porridge was given today, there were a few gangsters pushing the victims, and the people in the house couldn't see it, and they moved a few times, and all of them were arrested by the government, saying that they wanted to sue them for hurting people!" ”

The old housekeeper is old and sophisticated, how can he not understand what is going on behind this matter. In an instant, Qi's face turned red. But after a while, the red tide receded, but he sighed helplessly, didn't pay attention to Menzi's problem, just took Zhu Zaikai's hand and went straight home.

The old housekeeper was unwilling to deal with all the gentry in Jinling at the bottom of his heart, the Liao Mansion had a shallow foundation, and it was an outsider, so it would be no good to offend them. The old housekeeper tried to persuade one or two, but he insisted on doing so, as a subordinate, what could he say?

"Old housekeeper, what about the arrested family members?" Menzi anxiously caught up with the old man and asked. It's not that they have the same hatred, but that among the people who were arrested was his own brother!

The prison of the government is not so easy to enter, and a person who comes and goes without dying has to shed his skin.

"I'll talk about it when the master comes back!" The old butler returned.

"Ahh So how will you give porridge tomorrow? Menzi was stunned for a moment and asked in frustration.

"Bring more people and continue to give porridge! Double the monthly money for going to the soup kitchen outside the city! Before the old housekeeper could speak, Zhu Zaikai, who was standing beside him, spoke first.

Menzi was stunned for a moment and looked at the old butler.

The old housekeeper's face turned red in an instant, didn't he force himself to the death of the slave bully? Immediately said angrily: "Look at what you see, whatever the young master says, do it!" ”

Menzi reacted at this time, and was so frightened that he hurried back to the gate in a hurry. But they left an old man and a young man, and the two of them stood in the vestibule and didn't know what to say.

The old housekeeper was afraid of leaving a mustard in Zhu Zaikai's heart, and thought for a while and said, "Young master, you... ”

Zhu Zaikai smiled and waved his hand and said, "Old housekeeper don't worry, they are your subordinates, and Young Master Ben won't be angry about this little thing!" ”

Zhu Zai really doesn't care, he and his master have just entered the mansion, and the subordinates are all left by the previous master.

Shigong said that the art of controlling people is not to kill capable subordinates, but to learn how to balance the relationship between the two sides.

Zhu Zaikai's words, the old housekeeper seemed to believe it or not, and after sending Zhu Zaikai back to the room, the old housekeeper sighed and went back to the front yard to be busy with the affairs of the house.

If the head of the house is not there, it is difficult to be a housekeeper!

Jinling City bought grain for nothing, and the grain boats full of dust and grain traveled eight hundred at night, all the way like a breeze blowing across the river. It is always covered by night fog, and no one can see what is in the fog. It wasn't until I arrived at the banknote customs that I started driving normally.

Due to the lack of banknote law, the Ming Dynasty opened the banknote customs in the Xuande period, which is the first logistics tax in China. It is the same as the highway toll booth that was robbed in later generations.

It's just that Daming's banknotes always have a surplus more or less, and it seems that they never lose money. The kind of strange thing that blocks the road and robs and loses money in later generations will be laughed to death in Daming!

Lichen has always been a good citizen who pays taxes according to the law, but he didn't want to take advantage of the Ming court. Seeing that several tax ships approached, he immediately made a handprint, and the shipwright made of paper figures immediately slowed down the speed of the ship.

A green-robed petty officer jumped onto the boat with a few old soldiers, greeted the dust very politely and asked, "I don't know what this proprietor is carrying on the ship!" ”

Lichen replied honestly: "Grain".

"This fleet is not small, it's all food?" The junior officer asked a little surprised. It's just that his eyes are obviously a little wandering.

"Exactly," replied Lichen.

The junior officer didn't say anything, and after a few veterans checked the cabins of the dust fleet one by one, they whispered a few words in the junior officer's ear. Although the voice is small, how can it hide from the dust?

"The owner, it's a big business, it's just so much grain, when the money is paid, the official has to go back and ask, the owner still needs to wait a while" The green-robed petty official hurriedly arched his hand, and was about to jump on his own tax ship and leave, but left the old soldiers to guard the grain boat.

Since Lichen knew that there was a ghost in the matter, he quietly calculated it in his heart. The moment the results came out, Lichen's face suddenly turned black.

The officials of Jinling are really at a loss! It's just that do they have the slightest thought of life in their hearts, a little bit of humanity? He even ordered that the banknotes were not allowed to release grain ships into Jinling.

It's really shameless, hateful!

As expected, not long after the green-robed petty official returned, the sound of the horn was remembered in the water village of the bank, and several obviously larger tax ships led more than a dozen small boats, full of soldiers and sailed towards the dusty grain fleet. Then they surrounded the grain ship where the dust was.

The dusty fleet transported no less than 100,000 stones. There was a long queue in front of the front and back. But if it weren't for such a large group of grain ships, the banknote would not have used such a big scene to deter the dust.

"There is an order from the imperial court, the Jinling disaster, the shortage of grain in the city, all the grain ships, all requisitioned, paid by the banknote to the cash, if there is a violation of the order, one is arrested!" A male duck shouted at the dust in his voice.

Lichen looked up and saw a white and chubby eunuch standing at the front, followed by a small eunuch. It was the little eunuch who had just shouted. After that, there were a few green-robed petty officers and some naval generals with helmets and armor.

It's just that the general of the water war is wearing an iron helmet, and he thinks that he is not sinking enough into the water?

At first, a green-robed petty official came to the dusty ship again proudly, bringing a large box of Daming treasure banknotes.

"The imperial court will never let the owner lose all his money, so pay according to the banknotes, and this box of treasure money will be used as the owner's grain sales capital" The green-robed petty official smiled proudly. This time the deal was really a fortune. With so much grain and more than 100,000 taels of silver, how could it be bought.

What is treasure money, treasure money is not as good as waste paper now. It is said that it is paid for requisition, but in fact, what is the difference between it and robbery.

In fact, if the dust can play an official card, or there is a famous scholar on the ship, the money customs will definitely not dare to do this. However, the green-robed petty officer walked around the dust boat, and the dust didn't say anything. It's obviously a good guy, who doesn't pit him?

The sky fell, and there was an official above. The yamen of Jinling had already greeted each other and did not let grain ships pass through. The banknotes are just acting on orders.

The junior official smiled proudly, but he stepped forward and slapped off his mouth full of yellow teeth with one palm.

Using treasure money to fool people, this is obviously the rhythm of eating the dust! If they had always been like this, who would dare to carry grain through the border? This is the rhythm of starving to death the victims in Jiangnan!

The slap of the dust is hard enough, the money is used to being closed on the surface of the Yangtze River, although the green-robed petty official has a small official position, he has a key position and rich oil and water. When has it been so humiliating?

The green-robed petty officer was stunned for a moment before he reacted, covered the bloody corners of his mouth, and was about to scold, but he slapped him again.

"Smack!" There was a loud bang on the ground, crisp and loud, which made several old soldiers on the grain boat twitch in the face, and before they could react, they kicked the junior officer down the river with another kick.

Is this still worth it? It's clear that it's a rebellion!

The eunuch guarding the tax in the town of Qianguan shouted sharply, and the old soldier on the grain ship instantly drew out the saber on his waist, and the surrounding naval ships immediately began to approach him, and the sergeant on the ship stretched out his bow and arrows, and the meaning was self-evident.

Lichen is not afraid that they will pick up the gang to rob the ship, but he is afraid that they will set fire to the ship, but the ship is full of life-saving food, which is related to the big plan in Chen's heart, and there is no room for failure.

Without waiting for a few veterans on the boat to make a move, he jumped into the Yangtze River by himself.

Just when a large group of people watched the dust jump into the river, stunned at how the owner of the grain ship couldn't think about it like this, the dust stepped on the river as if walking on the ground. Dozens of meters away, he stepped on the water in an instant, flew onto the tax ship of the big eunuch, and slapped the eunuch at the head of the eunuch a few times.

"Inhuman?"

The dust was shocked, and many people on the river and the tax ships were stunned. An old man who "escorted" the merchant ship saw this scene and gasped and shouted.

The guys on the tax ship really couldn't hear the old man's exclamation.

A few slaps from the dust were lightning fast. A group of straw bag sailor generals retreated in fright, and their faces turned pale. When the slap was finished and he came back to his senses, he had to shout and pull out his sword fiercely, but he never dared to take a step forward.

With such a sloppy general, you can imagine what the army bears in Jiangnan have become!

The little eunuch screamed, and just wanted to help his godfather, but the big eunuch was angry at first, and then his mind changed, and he hurriedly got up with a pale face, knelt at the feet of the dust, and cried and spared his life.

It's not that everyone's brain isn't fast enough, it's that the world is changing too fast. Everyone was dumbfounded, but Lichen asked the big eunuch at his feet with a cold face, "Can this proprietor pass the customs?" ”

The great eunuch was already heartbroken at this time, full of fear, how could he dare to refuse the dust. Hurriedly ordered in a sharp voice: "Collect the troops, collect the troops, that one, this one. . . The big eunuch thought about it for a long time, but he didn't know how to call it dust. But the order to withdraw the troops was clear to everyone.

"Hey, you yourself colluded with the civil officials of Jinling, do the Jinling Town Guards know, and do the fathers-in-law of the inner court know? Explain it yourself! If you dare to intercept the grain ship in the future and run rampant, no matter who the backer in your palace is, don't blame the poor Dao for being unpredictable! The dust spread into the secret, and only the tax eunuch could hear the words, but the eunuch's face couldn't deceive people, and suddenly the people on the boat didn't dare to say a word.

Lichen still stepped on the waves and returned to his grain ship, and the tax eunuch pushed away the hand that wanted to help him, and sat down on the board like a mess of mud, watching the fleet of dusty sail away.

After half a ring.

"Come on, take Master Zhang and Ye Shuban down for me, this dog thing dares to harm our family's life, our family will bury you today!" The big eunuch finally recovered, and the first thing he did when he stood up was to take down the master who conveyed him the hint of the Jinling government and the green-robed petty official who jumped on the dust grain ship.

Although Lichen was angry, he also knew that the big eunuch who was in charge of the money pass must have been used, what happened to the eunuch who supervised the taxes, and what happened to the money customs personnel who colluded with Jinling, it was no longer in Chen's heart.

Jinling was almost there, and Lichen stood on the bow of the ship transporting grain, looking at the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties from afar, but found that the sky above the ancient capital was covered with dead ashes. There are evil dragons who are ready to go down, but do those dignitaries and nobles in Jinling know that just when they are calculating, the disaster of God has already come to their heads? (To be continued.) )