402. Substitute for the Dead

Knowing that food was lacking, Yan Lian also pretended not to know anything. She only made a request to Lord Liang, saying that this year's new grain has entered the granary, so she will take out the old grain and sort it out, and if it is insects or bad, it will all be dealt with, so as not to affect the new grain when it is obtained.

Lord Liang nodded in front of him and said yes, and when he turned around, he forgot about it, it was simply one thing you ordered, and I did another, and I didn't take Yan Lian in my eyes at all.

Regarding Lord Liang's approach, Yan Lian opened her eyes and closed her eyes, as if she didn't know anything.

It wasn't until she set it up before, and after meeting Dong calmly, she changed her attitude, forcing Lord Liang to be a little confused.

"Lord Liang, why can't the grain in this granary be moved?" Yan Lian's expression was indifferent, as if she had changed into a different person, and asked with a sharp face: "Isn't there something wrong with the grain in the granary, that's why you obstruct it like this?" ”

"Your Highness has been wronged!" Lord Liang knelt down with great grievance and said: "The grain in this granary is all reported to the capital, if it is sold by the princess, how can this be good!?" ”

Is this her fault? Yan Lian raised her eyebrows, feeling a little funny. This Lord Liang is really good, he just wants to dispel his purpose of going to the granary, and he really does everything.

I don't know if after I sell the grain, will I say that the grain missing in the granary was sold by myself?

"In this matter, Lord Liang can rest assured," Yan Lian's attitude is to always adhere to the same. "The emperor sent the palace to deal with the problem of grain in the south of the Yangtze River, and after the palace has dealt with the problem of the old grain in the granary, it will let people start raising seedlings and prepare to plant winter wheat before the winter comes, so as to ensure that your granary will not be lost!"

"Grow winter wheat?" Lord Liang was stupid.

Isn't this straw bale princess here to come and play? How can there be any winter wheat?

"Don't you know Lord Liang? The palace received the emperor's decree, is it here to change the way of grain cultivation in Jiangnan? Yan Lian asked pretending to be surprised.

If he knew, would he still be so perfunctory to this princess? There was no holy decree in the capital at all, and the news of the arrival came in private, otherwise he would not have known that a princess and a war king would come to Jiangnan. The news from the capital is that the princess of the protector has something to do with food.

But she is a dignified princess, what kind of food she grows, isn't that to grab food from the people?

"Xia Guan really doesn't know...... Your Royal Highness the Princess, this people have been planting grain until the autumn harvest since ancient times, and have never planted it in winter. "Lord Liang's heart is turbulent, and he really wants to figure out what is going on.

But the situation in front of him had to make him work hard to deal with it, for fear that if he was not careful, he would get around himself.

"Hehe, Lord Liang is really interesting, he dares to question the emperor's decision, do you want this palace to make an excerpt for you, accusing the emperor of whimsy?" Yan Lian's tone was mocking with a sharp and aggressive attitude, which made Lord Liang's face pale.

The princess spared her life, but the officials didn't dare, but they just ......, "How can you explain it?" When did this bale princess become so powerful?

"Just what? Don't Lord Liang know? Winter wheat has been grown in villages near the capital for several years, and the harvest is better, does winter wheat taste better than spring wheat? Yan Lian snorted disdainfully, speechless for his self-made cleverness.

"......," at this time, Lord Liang couldn't answer anything, so he could only stretch out his hand and wipe the sweat on his forehead, and he didn't even dare to raise his head.

"Okay, Lord Liang, pack up the old grain in the granary, and the palace will count the ...... of the Jiangnan granary," since it can't be loaded, then it's not in shape." It's really tiring to be false and wronged with others!

"Count the granaries?" What does this have to do with farming?

"Could it be...... Lord Liang feels that this palace is not qualified enough and needs the emperor's holy decree? Yan Lian stared coldly, and a murderous aura faintly flashed in her eyes.

"The lower officials don't dare," Lord Liang was subconsciously let in by Yan Lian and agreed to open the granary for inspection.

After coming out of it, Lord Liang knew that if it was not good, the first person in Jiangnan officialdom to be operated on would be himself. He still thinks that this princess is a straw bag, and that he is a fool.

The originally humble expression became hideous after it came out, his eyes were full of murderous aura, and that terrifying expression made everyone so frightened that when they passed by him, they didn't dare to move, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads.

"Madam," Cheng Lin came out of the shadows and whispered, "That old guy is murderous," because the prince and his wife went to the south of the Yangtze River, so several of them became hidden guards again, protecting their wife in secret, and only Cheng Yun was protecting the three little masters on the surface.

When Yan Lian heard this, she sneered and said, "Your prince is afraid that people will be too heavy, and it will be even more difficult to start!" "It's good to be angry, there will always be flaws." Let someone follow, see if he's with whom,"

"Yes!" When Cheng Lin heard this, he immediately dodged and left.

Yan Lian stood up, looked at the swaying trees in the distance, and muttered heavily: "It's going to be windy!" ”

Dong Congrong's identity is a grain buyer from the north, and there is no need to pretend at all. Yan Lian let out a rumor, saying that all the old grain in the granary should be sold.

Lord Liang was naturally dissatisfied with the protest, but Yan Lian blocked his protest with a word.

Now, there is no war in the country, and this old grain will be spoiled if it is left alone, so it is better to transport it to the north. The north, which has suffered from war for many years, is now beginning to recuperate, and there must be a shortage of food. In this way, it not only alleviates the granary in the south of the Yangtze River, but also relieves the people in the north, killing two birds with one stone.

Yan Lian's attitude persisted to the end from the beginning, no matter what Lord Liang protested, she refuted them one by one, and made Lord Liang's face change several times, and his expression was like cannibalism, extremely terrifying.

Late at night.

"Madam, Lord Wang," Cheng Lei walked out of the shadows, arched his fist and said: "Lord Liang went to see Zeng Lide, the governor of Jiangnan, late at night, the governor's palace was heavily guarded, and they went into the secret room to discuss, and his subordinates were afraid of startling the grass and snakes, so they didn't go in!" ”

"Governor of Jiangnan ......," Beichen Ao muttered in a low voice with his back to Cheng Lei.......

"This governor of Jiangnan is in charge of Jiangnan's weapons, military affairs, and food...... If it weren't for his nod, the grain in the granary would not have been taken away, and the manufactured weapons would not have been able to leave Jiangnan without being checked," Yan Lian analyzed in a low voice on the side, the heaviness in her tone slowly deepened.

If they stir up peace like this, it is tantamount to going against the entire Jiangnan! Only they know the danger in their own hearts. However, if the moths in the south of the Yangtze River are not removed, according to their wolf ambitions, sooner or later they will plague the capital, so that they will not have a good life.

Rather than resist at that time, it is better to strangle and extinguish all these conspiracies and calculations now, so as not to lose their lives when the time comes.

"Zeng Lide is the youngest son of the Zeng family in the capital, he has been the governor of Liangjiang for many years, the Zeng family has always been low-key in the capital, except for one Zeng Lide who has an official position in Jiangnan, the rest of the family children have not embarked on the road ......of the imperial examination," knowing that Yan Lian was not familiar with some of the situation in the capital, Beichen Ao explained it so carefully.

"Why?" Yan Lian was puzzled.

"I don't know, I just said that Zeng Lide wanted to take the official career at the beginning, and the old man of the Zeng family was also against it, but because Zeng Lide was the top student in high school and was hand-picked by the emperor, the Zeng family had no choice, so they had no choice but to compromise!" Beichen Ao said everything he knew, but his tone was a little heavy.

"This Zeng family...... It's really weird," Yan Lian thought about it for a long time, and then left such a comment.

Here they were discussing how to quietly break the apparent calm of Jiangnan, and over there, Lord Liang and Zeng Lide talked in the secret room for a long time without coming out.

"Lord Zeng, if this princess who protects the country wants to open the granary to check it herself, if she knows that the newly harvested grain is not in the grain and grass, how can she solve it when the time comes?" Lord Liang was in a panic before he thought of looking for Zeng Lide.

"What about the War King? What's the reaction? "A woman, Zeng Lide doesn't look at it. Thinking about him alone, relying on his own efforts, how many roads he has walked to climb to today's position. But Ying Yanlian is a woman, she will plant some land, and she will be awarded the status of "Princess Protector" by the emperor, which is really funny.

He wanted to see how this princess who protected the country could protect the Qin State.

"The king of war has been out these days, and his subordinates have sent people to follow, but the king of war has strong martial arts, and if he follows, the people will disappear, and his subordinates will not ask much," Lord Liang became more and more unstable in his heart, and he always felt that something big would happen.

Zeng is a native of the capital, and with the protection of his family, he will be more or less better than himself, an authentic Jiangnan person. If something really happens, he will be the first to be asked.

He knew and patterned all of these things, and no matter which one of them, it was enough for him to kill his head hundreds of times.

"You send people to strictly guard the iron mine, and no one is allowed to approach, even the king of war is ......," Zeng Lide's eyes flashed with ruthlessness, and he made a gesture with his hand and admonished: "No matter who it is, you will kill this official!" ”

"Yes, yes, the lower officials must be strictly guarded, please rest assured," Lord Liang nodded again and again, only he knew in his heart that he had gotten on the thief ship, and there was no turning back if he continued to walk.

"As for the matter of grain and grass, let the princess of the protectorate check it, don't mix it up, even if the food is really less, it has nothing to do with you, the granary is not under your control, if there is something, find a substitute for the dead ghost," Zeng Lide's face was full of resolute ruthlessness and killing intent, "This time the prince is in urgent need of sharp arrows, it is best to speed up, there is a war king, the official always feels that there will be a fork, you had better distinguish the priorities, if something happens to the weapon, don't say that in the future, even now, the prince will not spare you,"

"Yes, the lower officials obey the order, and the lower officials will definitely do their best to get things done," Facing Lord Zeng's indifferent warning, Lord Liang's face became more and more sweaty.

In front of Zeng Lide, the invincible Lord Liang is like a humble ant, as long as someone collects it, he can crush them to death.

Because of this, Lord Liang wants to strive for the upper part of the capital and get closer to the capital.

The people who came down from the capital, no matter who they were, were higher than his position, even a woman, and she was still a princess who protected the country, so he wanted to get ahead more and more and wanted to gain a foothold in the capital.

With Zeng Lide's reminder, Lord Liang would not care about the things in the granary, and explained that Bai Nongshi was accompanied, so he didn't care.

"This Lord Liang is trying to attack you," Yan Lian sneered in a low voice as the two of them took people to the granary on the way to the granary.

Bai Nong did not answer, because the princess said all the things, and he could not answer.

Since the new grain was collected in the granary, he was the only one who had entered the granary to check it. At that time, Lord Liang also asked himself, and his answer was that there was no mistake in the grain - now, if there is a mistake, it is his responsibility.

In the end, perhaps, he got all the lost food.

Thinking of such a result, Bai Nongshi's heart was cold, and he was glad that he had already told the princess about the affairs in the granary, otherwise...... The thought of that consequence made him break out in a cold sweat. It doesn't matter if you die, if you take on the charge of stealing and selling public grain, not only yourself, but even your own small family will suffer.

If you don't die, you have to send the frontier, so what is the way to live?

"What are you going to do?" Yan Lian, who was leisurely and elegant, was full of smiles, and she didn't feel that she would put much pressure on others by asking this question.

"The lower official listened to the princess," At this time, there is nothing to be hypocritical. Since Lord Liang wants to sacrifice himself, then don't blame himself for being ruthless.

If people don't do it for themselves, heaven and earth will be destroyed! Lord Liang is for himself and for the sake of future generations, he does this, and the reason is the same, I don't know who will win in the end.

He struggled to stay alive, and even if he lost in the end, he had no regrets, because he tried and tried.

"Okay, then don't touch the new grain," Yan Lian's answer was even simpler.

"Huh!" Bai Nongshi found that he didn't understand the princess's mind more and more. obviously knows that there is something wrong with the granary, but now he conceals it and pretends not to know, so what's the point of moving the old grain?

Yan Lian naturally wouldn't tell Bai Nong about her own plans, what she had to do was to startle the grass and make everyone who knew about it fidgety and show her feet.

Can a white farmer really bear all these crimes?

Sure enough, Yan Lian was just about to start cleaning up the granary, and someone attacked Bai Nongshi's family. When Bai Nongshi returned home, he saw the empty home, his legs went limp, and he almost couldn't even stand.

"Lord Liang, this king has been walking around the city for the past few days, and I overheard the people talking about it, saying that they have lost a lot of young and strong men, I don't know if Lord Liang knows about it?" Beichen Ao naturally knows that those people have been dragged to dig iron ore as miners, but their whereabouts are unknown, and they do exist, isn't it?