Chapter 285: The Fifteenth Covenant

If it is not in the goods, it is only the golden autumn and August. /、QΠ’(5).coМ\ According to common sense, now I think that even if the sun is still shining, when the autumn is high and cool, there will always be a few occasional autumn rains, and finally it is approaching winter, and a layer of autumn rain and a layer of cool scenes should also happen, however, I don't know what the reason is, the entire Hangzhou area, not to mention the rain, even the clouds and mist in front of the field is very difficult to see, or the scene of clear sky and hot sun.

The people tried all their best, and they prayed to God and worshiped Buddha, and finally even the stove king who did not do the rain burned incense to show his heart, hoping that he could bring the information of the world to heaven, but unfortunately the sky did not follow the wishes of the people, maybe the gods and Buddhas were not at home recently, maybe they went out to travel far away, and they could not hear the voice of the people's suffering, let alone be deeply moved, and rain nectar.

The people are very helpless, and those who are insincere occasionally slander, but no one feels pessimistic and desperate, there is food in their hands, and they are not panicked in their hearts, as long as the family and people are still there, it is a big deal to endure it next year, and the hard days will always pass, and the people will see the hearts of the people for a long time, and at the critical moment, there are always more good people than evil people.

Recently, the price of grain in Hangzhou has made the simple people confused, not only can not understand, but also can not think clearly, first limited the purchase of grain, not to mention, and the price of grain has also increased from 90 to 180 without warning, the price has multiplied, this is repaid, of course everyone is crazy to buy Wu, but within a few days, the price of grain has dropped again.

And some time ago, there was something to proofing and temporarily closed the grain shops have re-operated, not to mention the lack of catties, the price is also very fair, thinking that I used to always scold people for being black-hearted profiteers, it seems that I really misunderstood people.

If you know the voice of the simple people, those profiteers will definitely have tears on their faces, not that they want to be good people and good deeds, show mercy, and save the people from fire and water, but these ways, it is not easy to do evil with the heart, a few days ago they still thought that making less money is also earning, and small profits are not bad, but now they keep praying to the heavens, hoping not to lose too much money.

It is not to blame that they are so disheartened, mainly because the situation has changed too quickly, and the reality makes them have to bow their heads, when the government lowered the price of rice and grain to 170 yuan per bucket, it was not enough for three days to drop it again, and then it was like a chain reaction, and the price was lowered every once in a while, until now, it has only been ten days, and the price of rice and grain has dropped to 100 and a few dollars per bucket.

If it was before the drought, the actions of the government would have had no effect on them at all, and there would be a profit to be made at this price, but now it is different from the past, they have spent a high price to hoard so much grain, and they can sell it for less than 10%, and now their minds are not counting on making money, they just want to lose their money.

It stands to reason that as the price of rice and grain continues to fall, the people should take the opportunity to buy more to store, and the prices of the profiteers' shops are similar to those of the official shops, so it is impossible to sell only so little grain, but many things cannot be explained clearly by common sense.

People have a mentality, when prices soar, the more the price of the goods are sold, sometimes there will be blind procurement, and when the price of goods falls, the people seem to wake up again, and suddenly find that they don't need this commodity at all, how impulsive and ridiculous their previous behavior is.

Now the situation in Hangzhou is like this, when the price of grain is about the same as before, and it is easy to buy, and it seems that the price may continue to fall, they begin to maintain a wait-and-see state, and it is normal for merchants to not be able to sell rice and grain.

Although they don't understand any sociological truths, the businessmen also realize that it is not good, no, the initiative is not in their own hands, what else can be done, who does not know that the price of grain will lose money, but who dares not to sell, there is no impermeable wall in the world, no matter how good the secrecy work is, there will always be rumors leaking out.

After getting the ventilation report from the inside, the businessmen didn't know that now the official government had purchased more than 100,000 stone of grain, and Hangzhou no longer had to worry about food shortage, so even if everyone's rice and grain were moldy, rotten, and deteriorated in the warehouse, they didn't want to shake the change in grain prices, but at this time, everyone absolutely had no idea of this line, and just hoped that the official office could raise his noble hand and slow down the reduction speed to reduce losses.

In fact, when the price of grain dropped to 130 Wen, some rich people in Shizhong could not sit still, they were so anxious and anxious, they thought about it for a while, and they didn't know who started it, so they ran to the state government to ask to see Fan Zhongyan, saying that they could not bear the tragic scene of the displacement of the people outside the city, and were willing to do their best to save the villagers.

The purpose is self-evident, I just hope that Lord Fan Taishou will ignore the villain and let himself go, but unfortunately in recent days, Fan Taishou has been entangled in official business, and he doesn't even have time to eat, where will he have time to meet idle people, etc., so some people are destined to be disappointed.

"You deserve it, this is a reward" Shen Liao was never afraid of offending people, and said with a sneer: "If it weren't for the previous causes, where would there be today's evil consequences." ”

"Brother Ruida, you can't say that, it's not that you don't want to see them, but you're riddled with trivial matters, and you really can't spare time, otherwise someone is willing to generously help the victims, and it's too late to be too happy, how can you refuse to see them." Chu Zhen said, his words were righteous and awe-inspiring, but the corners of his mouth slightly hooked a smile, and the jasper folding fan in his hand shook and shook, so he was not at ease, and he was obviously gloating.

Although he is a human being for the second time, and his life is extremely satisfactory, he should not be so careful, but when he thought of the day when he came to ask for help, although he did not suffer any insults, his stomach did hold his breath, and now he feels that when he hears about the situation of some people, his heart is suddenly much more comfortable.

"Fan Gong is righteous, he has taken this offending thing in the past, and he is naturally not as idle as you, the person behind the scenes." As a staff member, Shen Liao often stayed by Chu Qian's side, naturally clearing up some inside stories of the matter, although he was still sneering in his mouth, he admired Chu Zhen's methods a little in his heart.

Chu Zhen smiled, and did not express his position, but he was indeed grateful to Fan Zhongyan in his heart, if he let people know that he had this idea behind his back, the consequences would be very serious and very troublesome, you must know that you still have to be an official in Qiantang, but most of the people in Hangzhou have been completely offended, not to mention governing the place and appeasing the people in the future, whether you can sit firmly in the county is still a problem.

After all, he is not Fan Zhongyan, his protΓ©gΓ©s are all over the world, and his friends are all first-class celebrities, and the foundation of the DPRK and China is wide, not anyone who wants to move, even if he is demoted from the center, but the treatment is different, people offend the emperor, and those who are scolded are all remote states and counties, and some are even desolate and uncivilized places, and Fan Zhongyan is basically in the Central Plains, if he is not feeling well, he is also arranged to cultivate in a place with a warm climate, which is not derogatory, but in the public expense, others cannot envy it.

Of course, Chu Zhen himself also has: two; Thin. Not to mention that his eldest uncle Chu Ji is in charge of the promotion of officials and personnel. Occupy. doesn't say how his teacher is involved. Just because he is the son-in-law of the Cao family, whoever wants to move him must also weigh whether he can bear the consequences.

Knowing that it was not appropriate to talk about this matter, Shen Liao did not mean to find out the root cause, but was puzzled: "Didn't you say that the price increase was to be able to fill the silver treasury to make up for the shortfall, and now it has not been made up, but the price of grain has been pressed so low, it is not as good as the cost price of the acquisition, not to mention that it is impossible to make up the shortfall, even if it is impossible to return to the capital." ”

"If you lose, you lose, and when you are in a famine, the money is in the treasury, which is the group number, and the grain is the hard currency." Chu Zhen didn't care and said, they are about to starve to death, what is the use of asking for gold and silver, and now the government asks the people to work. What I want is food, but no one wants to give money.

Making up for the deficit is just an excuse, mainly to be able to punish those profiteers, Chu Zhen believes that Fan Zhongyan must have seen his own purpose, otherwise he would not let go and let himself operate the grain price, why not return the grain price to normal all at once, but bit by bit, this can only be said to be Chu Zhen's bad taste, purely to disgust people, as for the imperial court audit, it is even more impossible to worry, under the danger of the situation, pay to buy grain to save the people, with the character of Emperor Zhao Zhen's leniency, he will only be commended, and will not be blamed.

I don't know if I've figured this out, Shen Liao didn't ask, just said, "Then what are you going to do next?" ”

"The price will continue to drop tomorrow, and each bucket of grain will only cost ninety-nine Wen." After understanding, Chu Zhi knew that for more than ten years, the highest price of grain in Hangzhou would not exceed 100 Wen, and now it is just returning to a normal level.

"Well, according to my estimate, by tomorrow, there will be many people who will not be able to sleep well." Shen Liao pinched his fingers and said very seriously: "I don't know if anyone vomited blood." ”

"Probably not, they all fell, where is the strength to vomit blood." Chu Zhen said, and after a piece of Xuan, he laughed loudly at the same time as Shen Liao.

Just when they laughed the heartiest, Changgui walked in lightly, seeing this situation, he couldn't help but hesitate, at this time, if he bothered in the past, would he be scolded.

The laughter gradually stopped, Chu smiled apologetically, waved at Changgui and said, "Come here, what's the matter?" ”

"Childe." Because it was in the inner house, Changgui looked a little more casual, and stepped forward with a smile and said, "Renhe Zhang Zhixian has sent a letter to greet you again." ”

"Again." With a bitter face, Chu Zhen complained and said: "It's just right, Brother Ruida, it's been five times, how to reply, you should also give a letter." ”

Chu Zhen was really helpless, and he didn't know what evil Zhang Yuanshan had fallen into, so he had to set up a banquet to invite Shen Liao to the banquet, and Shen Liao always talked about him left and right, or didn't give a clear answer vaguely, Chu Zhen was not good at making decisions for others, so he could only try to avoid contact with Zhang Yuanshan, but he didn't expect Zhang Yuanshan to be really sincere, and he sent someone to send letters every day.

The content of the letter is almost the same, at the beginning of a few polite words, and then either around the bush, or directly said that he wanted to feast Shen Liao, hoping that Chu Zhen would dredge it up and say a few good words, Chu Zhen wanted to help, but Shen Liao insisted on not answering the phone, what could he do, so he had to be Zhang Yuanshan's letter did not exist, but there were too many times, and he always felt as if he owed someone something, and he was very uncomfortable.

After not seeing Shen Liao's reaction for a long time, Chu Zhen shook his head and sighed lightly, too lazy to open the letter to read it again, and threw it on the table, the warm and translucent jade fan swayed rapidly, showing the impetuousness in the master's heart.

"Childe, Master Zhang's entourage is still waiting outside, it seems to be waiting for Childe's words." Changgui cautiously reminded.

"If I have anything to say, tell the person who came, just say that the official has something to do today and is not in the office." Chu Zhen waved his hand, looking impatient.

"Childe, this." Changgui was very hesitant, this excuse was too wrong and full of omissions, not to mention the top and bottom of the yali, even the people nearby knew that the magistrate didn't go out today, the lie was too false, and no one believed it.

"What is this, the official said that if he is not there, he will not be there, who would dare to run in and investigate." There was a bit of unreasonableness in Chu's words, but no one dared to come to inspect it, no matter how it was said, it was also a county magistrate, on his own territory. Even if they knew that he was telling a lie, others would not dare to take it seriously.

Even adults are shameless, what are you afraid of being a villain, Changgui nodded hurriedly, turned around and was about to leave.

"Okay, how can the dignified county be so shameless and skinless, tell Zhang Yuanshan, don't need him to have a banquet, on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, I will set up a banquet at home and invite him to enjoy the moon." Shen Liao said lightly, stood up and walked out, and after a while, he left a sentence: "If you appreciate your face, you can come too." ”

"Shen Gongzi walks slowly." Changgui said goodbye with a smile, led the way in front of him diligently, and after a piece of Xuan, he ran back happily and asked for credit: "Childe, how small is it that you are acting very well." ”

"When it comes to the position, there is no expression at all, and you can tell that it is fake at a glance." Chu Zhen scolded with a smile, picked up the letter and took out a blank piece of paper from it, crumpled it into a ball, and said: "Hurry up and send this news to the Renhe County Ya, otherwise I am afraid that Lord Zhang will be in a hurry, so I will not send the fifth letter, but come to visit in person, and then I will really be faceless and skinless." ”

"I don't know what Master Zhang thinks, why do you have to invite Shen Gongzi." Changgui was puzzled.

Chu Zhen tapped the eldest concubine, and said with a chuckle: "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask." Although he also wanted to know the reason, it was difficult to inquire because of Shen Liao.

"Ouch, it hurts.

Under the influence of a group of slippery officials, the one who is close to the ink is black, and Changgui also shrugged a little skill, stroking his head and pretending to scream.

"Get out." Chu Zhen closed the jade fan and was about to smoke, Changgui hurriedly ran away with a smile, and prepared to go to Renhe County to find Zhang Yuanshan to report the news according to the instructions.

As if thinking of something, Chu Zhi hurriedly raised his voice and said, "Wait a minute, come back." ”

Listen to the seriousness in Chu Qian's words. Changgui restrained his smile and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "What else does the son have to say?" ”

"Things for you to inquire about" is going now. Chu Zhen's voice was very low, as if anyone would hear it.

Changgui looked around with his eyes slipped, took two steps forward, leaned in again, and said in a thin voice, quietly next to Chu Zhen.

After a while, Chu Zhen had a bright smile on his face, patted Changgui's shoulder, and his voice returned to normal: "This thing is well done, there is a reward." ”

Thank you, Childe. After receiving the beautiful jade handed by Chu Zhi, Changgui smiled on his face, looking grateful, but he was uneasy in his heart, feeling that he had made his son happy today, but there would always be trouble one day.

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