In the council hall, innocent cups and bowls were smashed to pieces again.

"Why is this happening? What the hell is going on? What about people? Stuff! How could it be gone! ”

Qi Lian shouted angrily, but the courtiers kneeling down didn't know how to answer at all.

So many shopkeepers, so many shopkeepers, all of them are gone! From the time they received the emperor's order to the time they started, it was only one day before and after. Even outside the Changdu, the time spent was only three to five days. But in such a short period of time, all kinds of shops under Shu Jin, both personnel and materials, were completely withdrawn.

They pounced on the air, pursued them without giving up, and then found that these people and things seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

Just like the grain that Shu Jin bought in large quantities.

It's inexplicable, eliminate! Lose! Finish!

Thinking about this qiē now, it actually makes them feel creepy!

Of course, they wouldn't know that for the safety of the Spark Organization's personnel, with the completion of the canal, Shu Jin had set up security points everywhere in the big performance.

These security points are disguised differently depending on the geographical situation. Some look like barren mountains from the outside, some are just farmland, some are ponds, and some are more daring villages.

Shu Jin had already instructed everyone that they only needed to follow Shu Jin's orders and pack up and hide in a safe place at the right time.

Of course, the ones who can know that safety is still alive are her henchmen.

So, the emperor sent people out, and after some actions, he was still empty of people and money, and he couldn't get anything.

"Could it be that he has some kind of spy in ambush by my side?" Qi Lian couldn't help but think, his eyes crossed the faces of the courtiers kneeling in front of him, and his gloomy eyes made everyone panic.

Obviously, Qi Lian is still less than thirty people, but the corners of his eyebrows and eyes already reveal a kind of yin that does not match his age......

The emperor is getting more and more terrifying. The courtiers thought.

And Qi Lian was worried. It's been a few days since the last time the army was paid, and I thought there would always be something to be gained this time, but. But I didn't expect to get nothing.

Seeing that the army's urging for grain and grass was coming again, and the courtiers were also arguing constantly when they were in the court, they put pressure on him, the emperor, and the matter of him going to raid the shop was originally carried out quietly. But for some reason, it became known to the whole dynasty.

The officials and ministers who were not afraid of death went to the fold one after another, and bitterly expressed the "immorality" and "loss of honor" of the emperor's move.

Whether they really don't know or not, they don't know who these shops belong to. The emperor sent people to confiscate the shops at this time, which was an act that could easily make the people panic more and be easily criticized. At this moment, as a "loyal" courtier, it is natural to give the emperor a reminder in a timely manner.

So the pressure Qi Lian is facing at this moment can be imagined.

"Isn't there any way to stop the rise in prices?"

In the end, Qi Lian asked a little weakly

Several ministers looked at each other. Finally someone stood up and said:

"Actually, it's not that it's all out of the ordinary, it's just ......"

"What's the way to say it quickly!" Qi Lian said impatiently.

The minister had no choice but to say:

"If a few wealthy businessmen can join forces to sell a large amount of grain at the normal price before the price rise, after a period of time, people don't have to rush because they are worried about not being able to buy grain, and the relevant prices will naturally fall slowly, and slowly the prices will tend to stabilize......"

"How much grain is needed to sell grain?"

"Lots of ......"

Yes, there are so many things that can make people feel that there will be no shortage of food......

“……”

Qi Lian didn't speak. Instead, he paced back and forth a few steps. He was thinking about what the minister had said.

still remembers that at the beginning of the construction of the canal, Shu Jin took out food to meet the needs of one million people for a year, but now she deliberately raised prices when she was stockpiling grain.

If she wants to take out this grain again to calm the rise in prices, as long as Shu Jin doesn't make a move, it is not impossible to order a few wealthy businessmen to take out grain for disaster relief, but what if she continues to hoard food?

Today, the treasury is empty. Even if he doesn't want to admit it, Qi Lian knows that although he is now the king of a country. If you want to fight for financial resources, he is not as good as Fang Shujin!

The thought really made him angry and angry, but there was nothing he could do.

"I know......" Qi Lian sat back in his chair weakly and waved his hand, telling the courtiers to stand down.

He had to think about it. Think about it.

Seeing this, several courtiers had no choice but to retire.

"What do you think of this, Lord Ho?"

"There's only one way to do it now. Let's wait and see how the emperor decides! ”

Several ministers walked out of the palace with a discussion, and just after them, there was a eunuch beside the emperor, who also walked out of the palace gate with a will, and a sharp-eyed person saw it. The eunuch went straight to the Marquis of Songyang's mansion.

……

Huguo Mansion, Red Dress Courtyard.

"You mean that the emperor sent Li Hengcheng into the palace?"

Shu Jin asked a subordinate in front of him, and after receiving an affirmative answer, he thought about it and already had a plan in his heart, so he asked him to retreat.

Getting up and walking to the hut where the children were resting, Shu Jin looked at the two children who were sleeping soundly, and raised his hand to put the two children into the spark.

Perhaps because of the end times, Shu Jin doesn't trust others when it comes to watching children. Even Jiang Cangjin, Dou Yanxiao, and King Yong, who love their children very much and have a very close relationship, Shu Jin is not at ease to give the children to them completely.

Every time she goes wherever she goes, she has to take her children with her, and if it is really inconvenient to take two children, she will put her into the spark, and she will never fake her hands to others.

There will be food and drink in the space, and there will be medical machines to take care of the children and play with them, which makes her feel more at ease than anything else.

Since the emperor wants Li Hengcheng to enter the palace at this time, then he must find a way to deal with himself next.

Li Hengcheng was the first person to be loyal to Qilian, and he knew more about himself than others, because he had a deep relationship with the Zhuo brothers.

Although the Sanqi Hall of the Zhuo family brothers is now a part of the spark, it has never been the core. It's not that Shu Jin is unwilling to treat people with sincerity, but it's because although the Zhuo brothers have been living abroad for many years, their father lost his life because of the court's overturning. But they have grown up with the education of the children of the family since they were children, and their belief in benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith, and loyalty and patriotism is far deeper than those people next to them.

Such a person can be a friend or even a confidant. However, they will not regard Shu Jin as the master. When Shu Jin really stood on the opposite side of the emperor, they would no longer be with Shu Jin.

Maybe it was at the beginning of the establishment of Xinghuo that Jiang Duanyu had already expected it, so Jiang Duanyu never cared about her affairs. He even specially told Shu Jin not to regard the Zhuo family as the backbone of Xinghuo, and not to let them know too much about Xinghuo.

At this moment, Shu Jin is really very fortunate to have Jiang Duanyu's foresight.

If she hadn't listened to Jiang Duanyu, then they would probably have been to the Spark Illusion many times by now. Then I'm afraid that many things about her will be exposed to the emperor now.

However, his subordinates are all over the big performance, and his business involves many industries, and he has a good armed force, so I am afraid that these things cannot be hidden.

Of course, Shu Jin never intended to hide these things all the time.

While the power under her command is still fragile, she may look a little more backward. But now she has full wings. Although it is said that she still has no chance of winning against a whole country, she has the ability to make Qi Lian's vitality hurt!

With Qi Lian's temperament, maybe he will think of taking risks......

Thinking like this, Shu Jin was already ready, and sure enough, in the afternoon, a decree was passed down in the palace to summon Shu Jin to the palace for an audience.

It seemed that he was afraid that Shu Jin would be prepared, so the eunuch who announced the decree actually asked Shu Jin to enter the palace with him immediately. So Shu Jin simply entered the palace.

In the past, when she entered the palace, she would always bring a maidservant. Or King Yong's subordinates sent her, or someone in the mansion This time, even if she was prepared, Shu Jin didn't support it. She specially brought one of the bodyguards in the Spark.

Arrived at the Royal Palace. Although it was the emperor's decree to recruit her into the palace, she was taken to the queen's palace.

Shu Jin doesn't know much real martial arts, so she can't tell the level of a person's kung fu with her appearance, but from the time she entered the queen's palace, whether it was the palace maid and eunuch, or the palace man who pruned flowers and trees. They were all staring at her in the dark, if these people were really ordinary palace people, she wouldn't believe it.

Not to mention that as soon as she entered the queen's palace gate, she was surrounded by teams of Praetorian Guards! At this time, even if she wanted to lie to herself, the emperor would not be able to do anything to her.

Qi Lian really looks down on her!

"See the emperor, the queen."

Even so, Shu Jin's face was as usual and he saluted according to the rules.

Emperor Qi Lian and Empress Xi also seemed to be normal. However, in the past, if the queen received a foreign minister's wife, Qi Lian would leave after saying a few words, but this time it was not like every time.

When the queen said polite words to Shu Jin, he was listening, to be exact, he always stared at Shu Jin with a little chill. And under this kind of gaze, Shu Jin acted as usual as if he didn't feel it.

The queen was doing tai chi, and she was also doing tai chi. The queen said a few polite words, and finally said:

"Recently, things in Changdu have been ridiculously expensive, fortunately, I still have some good tea in this palace, so I'll let them make it for the county lord to taste."

After speaking, he instructed the palace maid to make tea and turned to Shu Jin, but before he could speak, Qi Lian suddenly spoke:

"Queen, you're really getting an axe in the class gate!"

As if she did not understand, the queen asked:

"What does the emperor mean by this?"

"The main industry of Xiangtang County is all over the world, who doesn't know that the county lord has strong financial resources! If it is said that others can drink some tea at this moment, it may be very luxurious, but for the county lord, it is too shabby. ”

"I'm right, Lord Xiangtang?" This sentence was deliberately said to Shu Jin when he turned his face.

"It's okay. Thank you for your praise. ”

Shu Jin replied with a smile.

“……”

Who praised you! Who praised you! Qi Lian and the queen hated it in their hearts, and they didn't know what to say.

"I wonder what the county lord thinks about the recent skyrocketing prices?"

Qi Lian couldn't help but say.

"Me? What can I think? I just hope that the emperor and the ministers can solve these troubles as soon as possible, so that I can wait for a peaceful day. ”

"The county lord has no one to match, how can he not have any ideas at all?"

"The emperor really exalted me! Speaking of which, I also lost all my money because of this turmoil! Nowadays, many stores have to close their doors! ”

"......" Qi Lian's face darkened when he heard this.

This Shu Jinming has something to say! It was clear that her shops were running well before he sent people there, but as soon as he made a move, she closed down!

Is this sarcastic about him? Right! Qi Lian stopped speaking angrily, so the queen said:

"How could it be, as far as I know, the degree of application in the Protector Mansion and the Yongwang Mansion is not much worse than before. This shows that the county lord is still well managed! The queen said with a smile after pouring tea for the emperor and Shu Jin in person.

"Right? Princess? ”

"It's just some old sesame seeds and rotten grain, I'm afraid they can't be like the queen's eyes." Shu Jin looked at the tea and picked it up, turning the cup with his index finger and thumb, but he didn't mean to drink it.

"Hehe, the county lord is too modest! These days, the uterus and the uterus are reducing expenses, last night I used a meal with me, only cabbage and tofu, but my son has not seen meat for more than ten days.

But I heard that yesterday Chang'an and Ruyi had a supper and a small wonton with pork and chives.

The county lord is still crying poor with us, isn't this a full man who doesn't know that a hungry man is hungry? ”

"Oops." Hearing this, Shu Jin was stunned for a moment, sighed, and then, with a sudden realization on his face, said with a sincere fear, "The queen mother forgives her sins!" This is really mine and shouldn't be! ”

Then, just when the queen and Qi Liangang exchanged eyes: she was scared, Shu Jin continued:

"It's too bad to eat alone! The next time I cook wonton for Chang'an Ruyi, I will definitely remember to send a bowl to the prince! ”

"You!" The queen's eyes widened, her angry lips trembled, she really wanted to scold Shu Jin, but unfortunately, because she was taught so well when she was in the boudoir, she couldn't scold anything unpleasant at this time.

"Ah, I'm sorry, it's me who can't speak, don't be angry!" Shu Jin hurriedly comforted the queen and added, "How can I only give the prince a bowl!" At least I have to give the emperor and the queen a bowl! ”

Look at her generosity!

"You are presumptuous!" The queen was angry.

Where does this Xiangtang County Lord want to speak well! This is clearly humiliating! She dared to squeeze her so blatantly in front of the emperor!

"The county lord doesn't drink this tea, do you think that this tea is not mellow enough?" Qi Lian gave the queen a look to prevent her from having a seizure, and then looked at Shu Jindao.

"Tea is good tea, and water is also good water, but unfortunately, it's too dangerous to mix things in it, and I don't dare to accept it." As if to confirm his words, Shu Jin simply flipped his wrist, made a bang, and poured a cup of tea on the ground. (To be continued.) )

PS: Good morning, everyone! I took my children shopping today, and I was itchy from the sun! I can't afford to be allergic to ultraviolet rays! Decline......