On the side of the Yizhou Mansion, Princess Qiuping muttered, standing next to Li Qiong very angrily, panting, obviously saying that she was going to catch the dog official and cut off his head, why did he let him swagger away.

Du Kande personally served the tea over, and the fat on his face was extremely ugly: "The Nine Emperors have been driving all the way, and the lower officials are not well connected, and the lower officials are guilty."

Li Qiong took the tea he handed over, said that he didn't go to his heart, a stiff face glanced at the officials of Yizhou Mansion all over the room, lifted the lid of the teacup and blew it, and said lightly: "Du Zhifu is the prince's companion, and the official is the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Lord Du's close relatives, there is no need to be so polite with this official, this official is now a Qincha, responsible for supervising the military rations, as early as the end of the year, the military division has begun to train and set up formations, and it is expected to start a war against Hu in May, I don't know how Lord Du's military rations have been collected?" ”

Speaking of military rations, the officials of Yizhou Mansion in the room all had a bitter face, bowed their heads deeply, and did not dare to look at Li Qiong again.

Du Kangde's face was bitter, the cold sweat on his forehead rose unconsciously, and said: "The imperial court is kind, Yizhou has been established for ten years, and we have never levied a tael of taxes and silver from Yizhou, and the imperial court fights every year, and it is also the time when the people of Yizhou should contribute a little to the imperial court, the Nine Emperors, no, it is Lord Qincha to rest assured, our officials in the whole government will work together to levy the 300,000 quintals of military rations arranged by the imperial court at the end of this month."

Li Qiong's face was expressionless, turned his head to look at Lu Zhiyun, the pusher beside Du Kangde, and said: "This is very good, and I also ask Lord Lu to tell this official about the military rations collected in Yizhou counties in the past month, this official came today, and there is one more thing to discuss with your adults, after the beginning of spring, from the capital to Yizhou all the way to three provinces and six states, there is no rain, this official has gone all the way, and found that the water surface of the Yujiang River has begun to narrow, I am afraid that it will affect the transportation of military food to the capital." It is completely unrealistic for such a large amount of military rations to take the dry road, I wonder what good way you have to do it? ”

As soon as Li Qiong finished speaking, he saw Lu Zhiyun take out a pamphlet and read it with trembling hands: "Maiyuan County has always been a major grain-producing county in our state. According to the official document submitted by Maiyuan County yesterday, they have already received more than 18,000 taels of silver at the market price of 200 yuan, and it is expected that they will be able to collect 24,000 taels of military rations in five or six days."

Speaking of which. Li Qiong waved his hand and motioned him to stop, his voice was still without a little emotion, and asked: "Grain, what the official wants is grain, how did it turn into silver?" ”

Lu Zhiyun was so frightened that he trembled, and Du Kangde hurriedly explained: "Don't hide it from Lord Qincha, because of the delay in the affairs of the Tubo Kingdom before, the villain took advantage of the loophole, and the surplus grain in many counties was bought in advance. The rest of the people's families is their own rations, and now, all we can collect is silver."

Bang dang

Li Qiong dropped the teacup in his hand, stood up with a brush, and snorted coldly: "Master Du, no matter what method you use, at the end of this month, I want to see 300,000 denier military rations, otherwise." You're ready to come and see you."

After speaking, Li Qiong coughed lightly twice and walked away directly.

Walking out of the mansion, Princess Qiuping had a chance to speak. Dissatisfied: "Brother, why didn't you let people arrest that dog officer just now and let him leave?" What else do you say to let him live for another three months? ”

Li Qiong replied: "He alone should pay all the indemnities of the Tubo State, and if you arrest him at this time, you will pay compensation?" 500,000 taels! I think he's really rich, let's go and meet this Lord Jia for a while."

So, Li Qiong and Princess Qiuping went directly to Liuhe Lane. However, it is very unfortunate that Rennan Bank did not open today, and a sign was hung on the shop, which read: The owner has something, please deposit and withdraw the money customers come back in ten days, please forgive me for the inconvenience caused!

Princess Qiuping was unwilling, and went up and kicked the door a few times, the shop was quiet, it seemed that there was really no one, she pouted and retreated: "Brother, this bastard must be a liar, deceived the envoys of the Tubo country, and cheated the people's money, and now that the door is closed, he must have escaped."

Li Qiong shook his head lightly, and walked directly towards the restaurant opposite: "No, Duan Qing is watching, he can't escape."

Princess Qiuping said again: "Brother, you must remember what you promised Qiuping, I will personally cut off his head"

"Hehe" Li Qiong smiled slightly, his face was a little stiff, "Actually, my brother is very curious now, what did he do to you?"

However, at this time, in the backyard of Rennan Bank, Zhao Ruoxin was about to explode, and roared angrily: "Liu San, Liu San, are you asking for money or dying?" You still dare to buy food, do you know that Lord Qincha has already arrived in Yizhou Mansion, and Du Kangde's cunning and cunning people have already targeted us, and you still dare to buy food at this time, it's really fatal? ”

A young man in front of her who was not tall was smiling, it seems that this time has really mixed very well, the original rag green shirt has already been replaced by silk and satin, and he was not afraid of Zhao Ruoxin's roar, he was still righteous: "Rennan, do you know how much money is made from grain now, these years, the imperial court has been fighting every year, except for our Yizhou, basically every province, every state, has levied grain, I only knew that last year, there was a great drought in the north, and now is the time when the green and yellow are not available." , food is a price a day, you go to inquire, what is the most profitable now? Grain, transport all our grain to the north, there is no more lucrative business than selling grain. ”

"That's not going to work, it's a head-scratching thing." Zhao Ruoxin said firmly, "Forget if you sell it, the grain in your hand is not allowed to be shipped out and sold, I, Jia Rennan, will take you out to do business, and I will bring you back to Chujiazhai with a lot of you, I can't watch you put your lives in."

"Hmph" Liu San straightened his robe and said with a cold smile, "Who do you think you are, why should I, Liu San, listen to you, the capital of Rennan Bank, is not the capital of our whole village that was robbed from the Tubo country, you think it is yours!" Sue you, the capital of the 30,000 taels of silver that I Liu San borrowed from here is now returned with interest."

Saying that, Liu San immediately took out a stack of silver bills from his arms, and said mockingly: "See, the loan is 30,000 taels, and now it is 40,000 taels, in just one month, I, Liu San, have earned 10,000 taels for this bank in Chujiazhai, my county magistrate, what about you, what have you done, and how much money have you earned?" Hmph, you are a useless thing, the county order is from our village owner, the money is robbed by our whole village, there is no money to repair the bridge, and we have to help you repair it, be a man to do your part, I Liu San will be ashamed for you"

Saying that, Liu San began to walk outside, and after walking a few steps, he turned back coldly and said: "Jia Rennan, just watch, I, Liu San, will let the people of our whole village live a good life, and you are destined to be just a useless person, you can only rely on our Chu family village for the rest of your life, if there is no Feng Niang, you are nothing" (to be continued.) )