"You can say that now." Qin Niang sat back in her place and touched her hot earlobe.

Gu Chen didn't move, and he didn't squeak.

Qin Niang glared at him, Gu Chen learned from Lin Dashao's uninhibited appearance, casually raised his fingertips to touch the cheek that had just been kissed by her, and raised his lips and said, "I asked you to kiss you just now, but now the conditions have changed." ”

With that, he moved his finger down, pointed to his lips and nodded, the gesture in his eyes couldn't be more obvious.

Qin Niang looked at him with round eyes, her face full of disbelief.

"Gu Chen, you are shameless!" Her face was swollen and red, and she didn't know if she was angry or ashamed, in short, her brain was a mess, and she could only come up with such a sentence back and forth.

"In front of Madame, why do you want to face it?" As he spoke, he calmly tapped his lips with his finger again, "If Madame is not faster, it will not be as simple as kissing here for a while." ”

Qin Niang was so angry with him that she lost her temper, this man now dares to blackmail her, the key is that she still has to be coerced by him now, otherwise, as he said, where will she find eight hundred war horses for the emperor?

If she can't hand it over, it will be a protest, her personal life and death are small, and the entire family behind her is big.

Therefore, as soon as the man's words fell, she quickly kissed it, originally just wanted to leave with one touch, but she underestimated the beastliness of this man, and just when she was about to pull out, the back of her head was buckled, and then she was quickly pressed up by the other party from passive to active.

Qin Niang only felt that her heart was throbbing, and even her breathing became hot.

It was rare to let her take the initiative, Gu Chen held her in his arms and asked for it, and then reluctantly let her go.

Qin Niang's face was as red as a boiled shrimp, and she exhaled two mouthfuls of air and glared at him fiercely.

Gu Chen hooked his lips, he knew the appropriateness of current affairs, and knew that he would be angry if he teased him any longer, so he slowly spoke: "Do you think, where is there a territory near this capital that can accommodate eight hundred horses?" ”

Qin Niang was changed the topic by him, and she didn't care about scolding him for a while, but she really thought about it carefully, and found that except for the two horse farms she knew, there was no other place where it was possible to accommodate so many horses.

"Except for our own horse farm, it is the Royal Horse Farm, but if Tang Wan buys a horse, it is impossible to raise the horse to the Royal Horse Farm." In that case, wouldn't the emperor know?

Unless you can buy off the whole horse farm.

But that's obviously not possible.

"Then what do you think Tang Wan is going to use to buy so many horses at one time? She can't keep it all the time, can she? Gu Chen asked further.

Qin Niang thought, yes, after all, it is a war horse, and it can only play its role if it is put in a useful place, if you buy it and raise it, isn't it bought for nothing?

Aside from the battlefield ahead, where else is there any need for these 800 horses?

"You mean, the group of private soldiers you found the other day?" Qin Niang suddenly opened her mouth.

Song Huai's group of private soldiers was only partially reported, and most of them were secretly raised without knowing where they were hidden, and many weapons were privately made, and with hundreds of war horses, what was so unusual about training hundreds of cavalry?

"But haven't you found where those private soldiers are hiding so far? If these horses were to be sent to the private soldiers, they would not be able to find their location. Qin Niang asked puzzledly, "Could it be that you have a way?" ”

Gu Chen said: "Such a large number of soldiers and horses raised near the capital, must eat and drink, and those war horses naturally need grain and grass, even if they are raised in a horse farm, it is necessary to mobilize rich forage from elsewhere to provide them with food, otherwise, which horse farm can grow new grass every day, and there can be fresh grass to eat every day?" ”

Therefore, if these soldiers and horses want to eat and drink, they must have a channel to provide them with food and drink.

"You mean, you've found a source of food and drink for these people and horses?" Qin Niang asked, "But what if those horses are not kept in one place, but are kept separately in various small horse farms?" And how do you be sure that the 800 horses must be in one place? ”

"I care about how many places they raise, I directly let people monopolize all the forage on the nearby mountains, but anyone who wants to cut grass, the amount is too large, there must be a document issued by the government, otherwise, only grazing is allowed, not harvested." Gu Chen raised his eyebrows, "I don't believe it, those individuals can buy all the herdsmen around and let them cut back the grass for them one by one for a small amount." ”

Hundreds of war horses, the amount of food is much larger than that of ordinary horses, the amount of food to be eaten on this day is not what the naturally growing grass in a horse farm can provide, it must go elsewhere to cut some back to feed, too far is not practical, it must be at the foot of a few nearby mountains, once someone buys pasture grass in large quantities, his people can follow this line.

As the days go by, sooner or later they will have to be exposed.

After all, dead things can be hidden, and living things can't be hidden in any way. vertex

As long as the food and grass are cut off, he will not believe that those individuals can fly away.

"Aren't you afraid that they have already hoarded a large amount of forage from the northern steppes? After all, hay is also edible. Qin Niang asked.

"Have you forgotten what you husband and I did?" Gu Chen said, "I'm a businessman, which official road or trail leads to the vicinity of the capital that I don't know?" If the other party makes such a big move, am I dead? I wouldn't know? ”

Qin Niang choked when he asked this.

Indeed, it is so.

As a businessman, you must have a keen sense of smell, otherwise, how can you see business opportunities in time?

"So, did you find anything suspicious?" Qin Niang asked, the coffin that she had sold here for a long time should have a result, otherwise, she would have kicked him out of bed with a kick when she turned around.

"If there are no accidents, there will be news in the next two days." Gu Chen took the emotions in her eyes into her eyes, and her smile suddenly became stronger, "In addition, I have already said hello to all the major merchants in the capital, as long as it is grain purchased in bulk these days, don't sell it if you want them." ”

In a word, he has monopolized all the grain in the nearby county, and if he Song Huai dares to hoard troops, he will have the ability to get food from elsewhere, otherwise, there will always be a day when they run out of grain and grass.

Without food and grass, who can train those soldiers well?

People are forced to jump off the wall when they are in a hurry.

"But what if Your Majesty can't wait and sends someone to ask for a horse every day?" Qin Niang thought, who knows how much grain and grass Song Huai had hoarded in advance, what if the emperor became impatient?

Although the holy decree only said that she should hand over the war horse as soon as possible, and did not say that she was limited to a few days, it was not guaranteed that there was a villain blowing wind in his ears, so that he sent someone to urge him every day.

"You forgot? The matter of Song Huai's private soldiers also planted the seeds of doubt in His Majesty's heart, and he was a war horse and a private soldier, do you think His Majesty would not associate these two things together? If you refuse to hand over the war horse, in Your Majesty's heart, you will involuntarily imagine that Song Huai also harbored evil intentions, not only raising private soldiers, but also wanting to raise cavalry, so how good can Song Huai be in front of Your Majesty? Gu Chen thought, Tang Wan's move would undoubtedly hurt the enemy by one thousand and self-inflicted damage by eight hundred.

They were suspicious of the emperor, and Song Huai was no better.

In a short period of time, it was impossible for Song Huai to regain the Sacred Heart, so they had to take advantage of this time to quickly dig out Song Huai's remaining secrets and completely pull him down from the position of the East Palace.

Sure enough, Gu Chen monopolized all the grain and forage for less than ten days, and some people couldn't sit still.

Because the matter was too sudden, Song Huai didn't hoard too much grain in advance, and the goal was too big, even if his men and horses were transporting grain and grass on weekdays, it was extremely secretive, and the quantity would not be too much, so once there was a food shortage, the people below began to commotion.

It was night, and a black shadow flashed into the East Palace.

Song Huai stood under the locust tree in the courtyard, and someone knelt down on one knee at him, and reported respectfully: "Your Highness, your subordinates are about to be unable to suppress those people, there is no food and grass, and those soldiers are starting to be restless." ”

Song Huai has been locked up in the East Palace these days, so he can only listen to the reports of his subordinates about the situation outside.

"For this little thing, you still need to come to this palace, what does this palace do to raise you people?" Song Huai's anger appeared suddenly, and his tone was cold, "It's a Qi Hang, is it possible that you have no other way?" Now that the palace is grounded, you can't find food from anywhere else? ”

Song Huai was very irritable at this time, on the one hand, he was grounded, and it was inconvenient to go out of the palace to understand the situation, on the other hand, the emperor seemed to have a lot of trouble with him, and he had no intention of easing, and the people below him were not useful one by one, and they had to enter the palace to ask him about the big things.

It's just a Gu Chen, could it be that the merchants in Beijing have been bought by Gu Chen? Can't you think of another way to get some food and grass?

The more Song Huaizhen thought about it, the more irritated he became, if these people under him were half as smart as Yang Qinyan, he wouldn't have to worry about it here, maybe he would have lifted his grounding a long time ago and gone out to show his strength.

"Yan Shangshu said, the border pass needs to transport a batch of grain and grass to that side recently, Your Highness, look, can we ......" The one who said this, his voice stopped, and he raised his eyes and carefully glanced at Song Huai's face, for fear that he would be angry because of his proposal in the next moment.

After waiting for a long time, and seeing Song Huai get angry, the man in black secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had received an answer, and said with interest: "That subordinate has taken his leave, Your Highness should rest early." ”

After speaking, the figure flashed, and soon disappeared into the night.

Song Huai's face was hidden in the dark night, and the moonlight was scattered on him, making his figure a little clear and extinguished, which was unreal.

Three days later, the 200,000 stone of grain and grass allocated by the household department was robbed by a gang of robbers when passing through Jiacheng, and Cheng'an Hou, who had just returned from the southwest, was beaten by the emperor for 30 boards as soon as he entered the palace.