Matters. Although the silver was greedy by himself, the Feng Governor's Mansion in Ningling County now regrets it to death, and he has gone around and around to get himself in, and the current situation can only be said to be a dilemma.

Although the charge is now planted on Huang Huaicai's head, he is his subordinate after all, if this mess is cleaned up by himself, it will be successful, once it is not cleaned up, it is inevitable that he will be implicated.

But to clean up this mess, it is still inseparable from the word silver, and now that the price of grain is soaring, how can there be so much silver to buy grain.

"If you calculate it again, can these 80,000 stone grains be less!" Looking at a few small officials with abacus in their hands, Governor Feng said almost pleadingly.

"My lord, this can't be less, if you want to meet the disaster relief standards stipulated by the imperial court, it is impossible to supply it to the first month of the next year!" The leading officer shook his head and said.

Governor Feng frowned for a while, if the current grain price is used, the 80,000 stone grain needs 70,000 taels of silver, and the 120,000 taels eaten in Ningling County will spit out more than half! But Shen Chongming lives in Ningling County, even if he wants to do something on the porridge, it is impossible.

"Alas! So be it! The hour is not early, so rest early! Governor Feng waved his hand and said, several small officials bowed down, packed up their things and yawned and went out, leaving Governor Feng alone in the room worried.

After a long time, Governor Feng picked up the scissors and got up to trim the candles on the table, unfolded the paper, and began to grind and write.

"Eighty thousand stone grain and grass, hum, it seems that this Feng Shuangxin was frightened by Shen Chongming!" Closing the letter in his hand, Hu Yingjia said to himself with anger on his face, this partner is really looking ahead, where can he spit out the silver he eats, this is obviously three hundred taels of silver here, and he took the initiative to hand Shen Chongming a handle to grasp, and he will have to do whatever people say in the future.

I didn't bother to reply to the letter, so I directly called a chief cronie and instructed: "Go to Ningling County immediately and tell Feng Shuangxin, just say ......"

"My lord, a letter from the capital!" In the middle of speaking, the chief who had gone to the capital to ask for help ran in with the wind and dust.

"Oh, get it!" Hu Yingjia looked overjoyed, took the letter from Chang and hurriedly opened it, but as soon as he looked at the contents, his face instantly darkened: Wuwei Jiao took the opportunity to make trouble, the matter was serious, immediately withdraw, and find a scapegoat to bear the blame, earnestly.

"Alas! The two of you go down first, and then let this official think about it! Hu Yingjia waved his hand helplessly.

In the quiet room, the sound of tapping the teacup was very rhythmic, Hu Yingjia frowned and thought about what to do next, whether to pour out the breath of food to save his life, or to fight for the silver in hand, after all, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver are enough for several generations to enjoy wealth Your Highness, obediently surrender.

After pondering for a long time, Hu Yingjia suddenly reacted, and couldn't help laughing proudly, what a fool, didn't all the silver in his hands become food? As long as you sell them all, you can make at least 300,000 taels, which is undoubtedly an empty glove white wolf!

After a long time of being proud, Hu Yingjia even thought of a clever plan, all the expenditures of the disaster relief silver were in his own hands, and he could do whatever he wanted in this account book, and now he could tear down all the previous ones and start over, write down the one-time purchase of disaster relief grain into batches, and then use the grain in his hand to allocate it to various places according to the current grain price, so that not only the account is seamless, but also more than half of the grain in his hand can be saved, and it will be like a penny spent out of thin air, and then the excess will be sold to the ordinary people who need it, that's the silver of white flowers! Well, if you push food prices up a little more, that's even more.

And then there is the matter of scapegoats, no one is more suitable than the dead Huang Huaicai, after all, it is impossible for a dead person to bite others.

At the same time, he sent people to unify the voice of the officials involved in this matter, and contacted the big grain merchants in Henan to prepare to raise the price together, and the grain price was directly pointed at one or two hundred and one stone, and as for spreading the message, they would do it with all their hearts.

Jinyiwei's secret agents were everywhere, and the news of food shortages in various parts of Henan soon reached Shen Chongming's ears.

"My lord, could it be that someone who is not doing anything is spreading rumors!" Ma Erdan thought for a long time, looked up and said.

Shen Chongming was tasting the fragrant tea made by Zhao Ziqian herself, and when he heard this, he didn't pause, he looked up and smiled: "How can you say this!" ”

"My lord, according to my subordinates, the purpose of this Wuwei Sect is to incite the people to hate the court, and the price of food is related to the people's lives. Brother Erdan said seriously, now that he is an official, he must put on a majestic look in everything, otherwise others will not take him seriously.

"Hehe, you're right, it's very likely that they are spreading rumors!" Shen Chongming looked up at Ma Erdan and said with a smile, Shibei should be impressed for three days, but Erdan is a talent, what he said can be said to be in one sentence.

"What is the worship of the name, what is the teaching of inaction? Why do they spread rumors to drive up the price of food? Zhao Ziqian, who was helping Shen Chongming sort out his clothes, looked up and asked.

"Oh, the Wuwei Sect is a sect that specializes in confusing the people against the imperial court, and often creates some incidents for their own benefit!" Shen Chongming said casually, not noticing that Zhao Ziqian nodded thoughtfully.

A few days ago, when she was in a dilemma, a sudden piece of news made her overjoyed, and she postponed the assassination of Shen Chongming, which can be regarded as allowing Zhao Ziqian to find the most solid excuse, and her mood was relaxed.

"But you can't generalize about the problem, you also know that several major grain merchants in Henan are all hoarding, they are the main force to raise food prices, and the forces of Wuwei are mainly distributed in Jiangnan, I am afraid that their hands will not have time to reach Henan, so it is possible to add fuel to the fire in the matter of raising food prices, saying that this matter is led by them but they are a little overestimated, regardless of whether these rumors are spread by Wuweijiao, the first to benefit is these big grain merchants, they will definitely take the opportunity to raise food prices!" Shen Chongming mentioned on the side, after all, one day, the second egg can also be on his own.

Brother Erdan nodded thoughtfully, frowned, and said: "But no matter what, as soon as the price of this grain rises, the most beneficial thing in the end is Wuweijiao, so the subordinates feel that the most important thing at present is how to break the rumors and stop the price of food from rising, and now the price of grain in Henan has exceeded 900 Wen with one stone, if it rises again, let alone ordinary people, I am afraid that those medium-sized people will not be able to bear it!" ”

"Hehe, what do you think you should do!" Shen Chongming looked at Brother Erdan with a smile and asked, I have the heart to teach him a mother's kiss again, and the beauty has already been laid.

When Brother Erdan said what he said just now, he already had some thoughts in his heart, and when he heard Shen Chongming ask, he tried to say: "According to the subordinates, we should use the name of the imperial court to warn those grain merchants and let them stop raising prices. ”

"Hehehe, you're amazing!" Shen Chongming shook his head with a smile, and Zhao Ziqian on the side also shook his head helplessly, looking at these officials in the imperial court, he knew that he relied on strong oppression.

"Although your method seems simple and effective, but it is not of much use to use it, since the grain merchants are hoarding grain, in order to make a lot of money, you are tantamount to snatching silver from their pockets, they will definitely not do this, since the price is not allowed to rise, people can temporarily close the door and not do business, as long as it stops for a while, then it should be in a hurry, but it is the imperial court!" Shen Chongming denied Erdan's wishful thinking.

"This ......" Brother Erdan was stunned for a moment, and said by force: "Since they don't take the court in their eyes so much, then give them a few charges and confiscate family assets!" ”

"Go, the court is not a bandit, if you want to rob it, you can rob it, the world will be chaotic a long time ago!" Shen Chongming glared at Brother Erdan fiercely, this soldier was full of gangsterism.

"This can't be done, that's not it, what should you do, my lord, you can't just watch the price of food rise, and be taught to succeed by inaction!" Brother Erdan's hands are spread, this is not that or that, how should it be good!

"Hehe, the so-called way of treating others with their own people, as long as we let the price of food go down, they will definitely lose all their money, and when the time comes, go home and hug their wives and cry!" Shen Chongming said with a smug face, and as soon as the words fell, Zhao Ziqian behind him burst out laughing, and at the same time glared at him fiercely, this bad guy.

"What about my lordship? Now we are talking about the price of food, you just said, the grain is in the hands of others, this price reduction is not something we can reduce if we want to! Ma Erdan was bold and looked at Shen Chongming with disdain.

"Rice bucket, there are not only a few grain merchants in the whole world, as long as we transport a large amount of grain from other places into Henan, but the supply exceeds demand, the price of grain will definitely plummet, and it will be reduced to 550 Wen!" Shen Chongming glared at Brother Erdan with a dissatisfied expression, he really didn't know how powerful Master Ben was, and he dared to despise it.

"This ...... The food in the world is not your family, so it can be said that it will be transported into Henan! "Brother Erdan did eat the bear's heart leopard gall today, and Shen Chongming couldn't help but suspect that the effect of his tiger whip had not completely dissipated.

"I'm too lazy to explain to you, I'll give you an errand, tomorrow morning I will take a few people to Shanghe Runing Mansion Mall County, recently a large amount of grain has been transported into Henan through Nanjing, the banner is Tongda Carriage and Horse Travel, then you will protect this along the way, if the government intends to block, just report the name of Xu Ge Lao, remember, it must be transported to Kaifeng as soon as possible, this time the official must take care of these profiteers who are rich and unkind!" Shen Chongming said with a lewd face, he can still sow discord when he is about to leave, he is really too bad.

This matter is also a coincidence, since some time ago I knew that this disaster relief silver was embezzled a lot, especially the shortage of disaster relief food in Ningling County, coupled with the soaring food prices in various parts of Henan, Shen Chongming sent someone to investigate this matter thoroughly.

Although Hu Yingjia was very deeply hidden, in the face of the pervasive Jinyi Wei secret agent, it was still found that he was involved in raising grain prices, and he was the person who had the most grain storage, and was completely guessed by Huang Huaicai's words at that time, and there was not much difference.

In view of this situation, he immediately arranged for Xiao Sanzi to transfer a large sum of silver and two taels to join hands with several major local grain merchants to purchase all the remaining surplus grain in Zhejiang, and prepare to transport it to Henan to stabilize grain prices and complete the grain, especially Hu Yingjia.

Of course, it is inevitable to earn some silver by yourself, just make up the silver to Ningling for disaster relief temporarily, and when the case is solved, the disaster relief silver that was embezzled will be recovered and then replenished back into your pocket, so that you can not only make a profit, but also do some practical things for the disaster people.