Yanziji Wharf outside Jiankang City, there is an endless stream of merchant ships coming from all over the river, which was originally the Tongqu Yaoyi in the south of the Yangtze River, such a scene is nothing.

But those who have a good heart can see that most of these ships are open-bottomed flat-bottomed ships, not as tall as ordinary merchant ships, and it seems that the cargo on board is very dense, and the gangway is almost level with the water.

The same situation also appeared on the docks along the Qinhuai River in the city, some boats have been arriving for more than ten days, neither loading nor unloading, just stopped there, I don't know what they are waiting for?

"I don't know, I've heard that those ships are full of good rice grain." Not far away, a few people were pointing around the dock.

"How do you know? It's so tightly covered, you've seen it. The listener had a look of disbelief.

"Where, there is a certain brother who works in the grain store in the city, according to him, the government is now short of grain, and the warehouses of Changping and Guanghui are almost empty, so these grain ships will come to our Jiankang." The speaker said mysteriously.

"It's strange that the price of rice is rising every day now, and the government has not moved at all, oops, I just remembered that there is almost no rice at home, so I have to hurry home, don't say anything, say goodbye." The listener hurried away.

However, he was dressed in ordinary clothes and spoke a local dialect, and no one noticed that he had entered a small wine shop on the street on the dock as soon as he lowered his head.

The business in the store was not good, only two or three tables of customers were seated, and in front of the table by the window, a businessman-like person was drinking by himself alone.

"The steward, I have inquired clearly, the price of rice in the city is indeed rising, from the time we entered the city to today, it has been close to forty. The government has not moved, I heard that it was the last siege of the city, and the stock of grain was used up, and they themselves are also buying grain everywhere. ”

The man came to the table, looked left and right, and then lowered his head and whispered in the guest's ear.

"Forty percent? It's too little, a certain hard work to run such a trip, in addition to the cost, foot strength, money for the dock, and filial piety to pass the customs, what is left, but run for nothing, and wait. ”

The guest shook his head when he heard this, and the word "dissatisfied" was almost written on his face, and the grain ship was parked on the wharf, which was to pay taxes every day, and there was a commission for the snake in the city.

There are a lot of grain merchants like him who have heard the news, and now everyone is waiting and watching, but this time is not easy to grasp, everyone knows that autumn is about to ripen, once it is then, the government's taxes will come up, who will pay for the grain themselves?

And the real cost is not as much as he said, the new rice into the warehouse, the old rice out of the warehouse, counting the loss, now if you shoot, the income has exceeded last year. But in business, no one thinks that profits are too low, right?

What is uncertain now is, how much worse is the government to the bottom? Jiankang Mansion is the heart of the south of the Yangtze River, radiating not only Jiangdong Road, but also the two Huai across the river, which year is not allowed to transfer grain from here, which is also the key to the gathering of grain ships at present.

But what makes people wonder is that now the government doesn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and the grain store in the city changes a brand every day, and the people are complaining, aren't they afraid of the impeachment of the imperial history? This Li Dashuai is really incomprehensible.

The Yamen of the Commander in the middle street was still unhurried, and no one could see anything from the faces of the sergeants standing solemnly. Li Tingzhi is not in the lobby today, but sits in the water pavilion in the courtyard.

"This is the price of rice today?" He looked at the paper in his hand, on which he had a row of numbers written down, densely packed from top to bottom.

Don't look at such a small piece of paper, that is the most practical people's livelihood, if it is just one parent, this number will determine the future of his official reputation, to put it bluntly, it is two words "flat", it is not good if it is high, and it is not good if it is low.

"Exactly, compared with yesterday's rise of more than 20 Wen, some large households have their own trade routes, the supply is quite sufficient, and the smaller ones can only be purchased, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to maintain. The people have already had some discussions, and many people have begun to hoard rice, fearing that the price of rice will be too high to bear. ”

Li Tingzhi put down the piece of paper and glanced at Zhang Shixun, his eyes were sunken and wrinkles were deep, showing that the pressure was not small. It's no wonder that he is the one who proposed the construction, although the current result has been predicted, but when it comes to the present, as long as you think about what happened to the people, how can you be indifferent?

"Ci is not in charge of the army", Li Tingzhi himself knows this, no matter what the final result is, there is no way to compensate for the grain that the people buy at a high price, but for the sake of the upcoming war, he can only be ruthless.

"Do you estimate that there are about a few grain ships in the mansion now?" Li Tingzhi didn't say anything comforting, he believed that the person in front of him would figure it out.

"The officials and subordinates have counted it, roughly between 150,000 and 200,000 stones, and in recent days, the number of ships has increased significantly, and even merchants from as far as Liangguang have come to carry grain, which shows that the news we sent has been effective."

Seeing him staring at himself, where could Li Tingzhi not guess what he meant, the current amount is quite considerable, can he close the net?

"Well, you take people to keep an eye on it, and wait until at least 300,000 stone grains enter the Jiankang Mansion, and then come and inform Ben Shuai. From now on, don't bring in anything about food, and when you enter the palace again, it's the time for the city to start, understand? ”

Li Tingzhi's words were like a military order, and Zhang Shixun was dumbfounded, 300,000 stones, that is to say, double the existing basis, he couldn't imagine what the city would be like at that time, and whether the people would tear him alive after knowing the truth?

"Dashuai, I can't help it, if you act like this, under the boiling of public resentment, how will the court explain it? The lower official is just a small official, and it is not a pity to die, but the handsome man is in the southeast half of the wall, how can he lose, and he still thinks twice. After Zhang Shixun finished speaking, he was a long one.

"Ben Shuai knows your heart, but time is not waiting, the Tartars have gathered troops in Henan, Shandong and other places, do you know that the road to Xiangyang Mansion is full of big cars, day and night! Shi Xun, you are wrong, the person who is not sorry to die is so-and-so, whether it is for the people or the court. ”

Li Tingzhi helped him up, and said sincerely, the new news was just sent by the spies, the governor of Henan and other places in the Yuan people went out to Guide Mansion, this person is also an old opponent, and in the war last year, he went out of Huaixi and launched an offensive on the front line of Anfeng Army and Haozhou, but he didn't succeed.

At the same time, Xiangyang Mansion, the starting point of last year, was also massing on a large scale, with grain, grass, ordnance, and personnel constantly being transported from the rear.

"Xia Guan understands, don't worry, we will definitely go all out, but if the amount reaches more than 300,000 stones, the money prepared in the mansion will not be enough, and I hope that the big marshal will make plans as soon as possible."

"Just do it, everything has me, Ben Shuai is not even afraid of the impeachment of the official now, will he still care about the reputation of the official?" Li Tingzhi patted him on the shoulder and said lightly.

Such calm words, listening to Zhang Shixun's ears, turned out to be a little ruthless, and his heart suddenly sank, and he suddenly thought of a possibility.

I don't know if it's an illusion, the Li Dashuai in front of him seems to have some shadows of the Liu Taishou that day. Walking out of the house and looking at the bright sun in the sky, he shook his head speechlessly.

In Lin'an City, Wang Entropy picked up the last letter of today's concert, and prepared to end the day's official business after reading it.

Of course, most of them are empty words, and it is difficult to see eye-catching measures, in this regard, Wang Entropy has long been accustomed to it, and it was originally a helpless move of "a dead horse as a live horse doctor", who said that the court has no money now?

First looked at the name, it was a matter of the Criminal Department, Wang Entropy remembered that this person should be a Jinshi in the Chunyou period, such an old qualification is mixed like this, not to mention the ability.

As soon as the long title of "Two or Three Things for the Qiongzhou City Bo Si Shangshu" caught his eyes, Wang Entropy was slightly strange, and he read similar articles for a day, most of which were related to political affairs and military affairs, and there were very few financial plans, let alone reliable ones.

An official of the Criminal Department wrote a book without greed, but what he said was about the city department, which made him curious, and he didn't know what was written in it?

The article is not long, but it can be regarded as something to say, not a lie, Wang Entropy trance remembers that such a mention seems to have been mentioned in one day, and then it was gone, but the geographical location of Qiongzhou, as mentioned in the article, has a unique advantage.

As for the income, it is very vague in the article, about one million yuan a year, and Wang Entropy hopes that what he says is true, because this has exceeded Guangzhou and Ming, reaching almost half of Quanzhou.

Minnesotto? Qingyuan Mansion, Wang Entropy suddenly remembered that just today, the edict of Ye Mengding as the ambassador of coastal control and the sentence of Qingyuan Mansion was filed by the ministry, and its news was also clearly reported to the world, which became a foregone conclusion, and of course he was also allowed to resign as the secretary of Qingyuan Mansion City.

Looking at the letter in front of him, Wang Entropy faintly felt that there was something he hadn't grasped, the imperial court had already set up three divisions of Guang, Ming, and Quan, and it was unlikely that he would open a port elsewhere.

"Someone, go and get the letter from the Duke of Xinguo, the one from a few days ago, go quickly." Wang Entropy called a straight house and ordered, these pieces that have been processed are all placed in the Imperial Palace, and it is not far from here.

Taking out the dictionaries that had been instructed and stamped with the big seal, Wang Entropy stared at the title "Please Resign from Qingyuanfu City" for a long time, and then compared with the letter in his hand just now, he was silent for a while, and suddenly woke up.

"This Ye Zhenzhi has swept everyone away!" Wang Entropy shook his head and smiled bitterly and muttered to himself.

The reason is very simple, what Ye Mengding wrote is actually not a dictionary, he asked the imperial court to abolish the Qingyuanfu City Division, not his resignation, because there is no word "promotion" in the title!

Now what? The court not only approved his performance, but also reported it to the palace, who can blame him? Everyone who passed through it didn't think of this layer at all, in the end, it was Ye Mengding's intention, or something else, it was too late to say it now. R1058