The Ji family used to be a neutral family, although it was a smuggling business, but it was more like doing things for Great Qin, transporting goods acquiesced by the Great Qin Emperor to Northern Qi, exchanging a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry for Great Qin, and there was news......

The Ji family has always done a good job, the Northern Qi and Xihu Emperors trust the Ji family very much, and the Emperor Taishang also uses the Ji family very easily, but ......

By the time Ji Nuo took power, the Ji family's position changed. In the past, the Ji family was biased towards Great Qin and worked for Great Qin, but now it is falling to Northern Qi and making enemies of Great Qin.

Before the secret guard found out the Ji family's private movements, Qin Shanyan sent a large army to encircle and suppress the Ji family and take down all the Ji family. At the same time, Qin Xiaoyan also sent a large army to recover the grain that the Ji family transported to Northern Qi, but he didn't want to ......

Before the army arrived at Ji's house, and the grain transported to Northern Qi had not been recovered, Ji Nuo launched an attack on Qin Xiaoyan first!

Hubu Shangshu used Gu Qiancheng's method to let grain merchants take the initiative to send grain to the door, and as soon as the news was issued, many grain merchants took the initiative to find the door.

Hubu Shangshu signed a contract with the three grain merchants on the spot, bought 150,000 stone of grain in their hands at the market price, and paid the corresponding transportation costs.

150,000 stone grain is a lot in the people, but for the army, 100,000 stone grain is not enough. However, no matter how small the thighs of mosquitoes are, they are still meat, and the imperial court is now short of food, not to mention that these three families add up to 150,000 stones, even if only 50,000 stones, the household department will buy it.

In addition to the three families who signed the contract on the spot, Hubu Shangshu also reached a verbal agreement with more than a dozen grain merchants, asking them to go back and make calculations, and then talk about the specific amount of grain to be purchased.

There is no way, most of the grain merchants have shops and have to do business, and it is impossible to sell all the grain to the imperial court, even if the price given by the imperial court is not low.

It is impossible for a person doing business to close his shop, there is nothing to sell, and the Hubu Shangshu cannot make ordinary people unable to buy food, although the court is anxious to ask for food, but the Hubu Shangshu does not dare to force the other party to sign an agreement with the court, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

Hubu Shangshu calmly asked them to go back and think clearly, and then come back to sign a contract with Hubu, that look is not in a hurry, it is completely a kind of you can sell if you like, and if you don't sell it, we don't lack that little bit of food.

There is nothing wrong with Hubu Shangshu doing this, and those merchants are more cautious, and it is not wrong to go back and calculate, but ......

It was such a process, but it allowed Zino to take advantage of the loophole.

Although the household department bought grain from grain merchants, although it was not publicized with great fanfare, it was not a secret, and it was circulated among several large merchants, and it was not difficult for Zino to know about this matter at all.

When the grain merchants went home to calculate their grain stocks and the cost of transporting them, Jino sent people to find each other privately and buy them at a price five times higher than the market price.

It is the nature of businessmen to pursue profits, and the appearance of the imperial court is also that they can be collected or not, and there are "fools" who are willing to collect grain at a price five times higher than the market price, and it is a fool for a grain merchant not to sell it.

Zino sprinkled a lot of silver, successfully bought the grain stocks of several large grain merchants, and then ......

"It's burning!"

Yes.

Zino didn't take the grain away, but burned it!

The grain merchant was shocked when he found out, and thought that something had happened to the granary, so he hurriedly found the buyer and wanted to clear up the relationship, but he learned that the fire was put by the buyer.

Several grain merchants were stunned at the time, but they calmed down after the shock. Although they felt sorry for the stone grain, they bought the grain at five times the price, and it had nothing to do with them whether they set it on fire or dumped it in the river. Besides, the other party also paid for the burned granary, and they didn't lose anything at all.

Buyers are rich and capricious, so they can burn it if they want, even if they waste food and are punished by God, it has nothing to do with them.

Although the grain merchants felt that this was wrong, they decided that they were not responsible for more than one thing, and then went back irresponsibly.

Ji Nuo's action to buy grain was not big, but the movement of burning the granary was not small, and the gang in the household department knew about it as soon as possible, and they were so frightened that their faces turned pale and their hands and feet were weak.

If only one granary caught fire, they would have comforted themselves that it was an accidental fire, but now dozens of granaries are on fire at the same time, and they don't believe that someone didn't set the fire on purpose.

Tobe Shangshu was so frightened that his face turned blue and his eyes turned out. While going to the six doors and the government to find someone, and taking the official to check the place where the fire broke out, he asked his deputy to enter the palace and report the matter to Qin Xiaoyan to know.

As for why he didn't go on his own?

Do you still need to ask about this?

Everyone knows that Qin Xiaoyan knows that the granary has been set on fire, and he will be furious, and whoever goes to report at this time will be unlucky, and the household department Shangshu will enter the palace to report and scold if he is stupid.

Hubu Shangshu threw the hot potato to the deputy without guilt, and went to the scene with the official swagger, saying: Go to the first scene in person!

It's a pity that the Hubu Shangshu didn't calculate it for thousands of calculations, and those grain merchants who originally planned to sell the grain to the imperial court had already sold the grain to others at a high price, and it was the new owner of the grain who set fire to the granary.

The moment he learned the truth of the matter, Hubu Shangshu couldn't wait to kill all those grain merchants!

"You guys, how dare you!" How dare you sell grain to others, how dare you let people burn it.

"Great, my lord, what did we do wrong?" A few profit-obsessed businessmen still don't know what they have done wrong, or in their minds, it is instinct to sell goods at a high price, which is not a wrong thing at all.

"You, you ......" Tobe Shangshu was so angry that his whole body trembled, and his mustache was upturned. Looking at the stupid looks of several grain merchants who didn't know what to do wrong, Hubu Shangshu didn't slow down in one breath, and almost fainted.

After relieving himself, the first thing Tobe Shangshu did was to order to take people, "Come on, lock up all these fools for me!" ”

Tobe Shangshu was about to explode, and he could almost imagine how angry the emperor would be when he found out about this, and he? was originally a guilty body, but now that things have been messed up again, does he still have a way to live?

The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, the more I thought about it, the more scared I became, and I wanted to die in vain, so I didn't have to face the emperor's anger, but ......

Tobe Shangshu is in the prime of life, and it is not so easy for him to die even if he wants to, as for suicide?

Tobe Shangshu is really not a person who has the courage to commit suicide, rather than seek death, he would rather think of a way, although the way is not easy to think, but what if he thinks of it?

Hubu Shangshu racked his brains to find a solution, but he didn't expect that Qin Xiaoyan's will to enter the palace had arrived.

Qin Xiaoyan, who wanted to push his deputy out to calm his anger, also depended on whether he, the emperor, was willing or not.

After listening to the report of the household servant, Qin Xiaoyan learned that there was an accident in the granary, so he didn't say anything, and directly asked people to edict the household department into the palace.

He has already given the Hubu Shangshu a chance, and if the Hubu Shangshu didn't do a good job, don't blame him for the crime and punishment......

A Note to Readers: Khan ...... I was sleepy in the afternoon, so I was supposed to squint a little, but I overslept and got up at seven o'clock. I've fixed a chapter and released it first.,There's another chapter that should be around eight o'clock!