Gui Chun had just returned from the Qingzhou Mansion, and when he entered the door, he was suddenly frightened by Chen Ji's roar. Subconsciously looked left and right, and found that it was only himself and reluctantly accepted the reality.

Xiao Ran's fingers resting on the chessboard couldn't be withdrawn, and he looked up at Chen Ji on the opposite side, his eyes were weird. They had been sent back to the house for dinner, not knowing what was going on there. Chen Ji couldn't see the good or bad mood when he came back, and shouted that he took the chess pieces as usual, and said in the beautiful name "I want to find a field".

At present, the voice of this life is really under people.

Chen Ji Chen Ji put down the chess pieces, and it has become a "four-star bead".

Xiao Ran came back to his senses, and glanced at the other side helplessly, but he didn't break it.

"Haha, I won." After saying this, Chen Ji had already gotten up and walked towards Gui Chun.

Gui Chun shrunk his neck and said carefully: "Childe didn't explain that he wanted to leave his name at that time. ”

Chen Ji raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and laughed: "Lao Chen went to the bookstore today?" But it was an irrelevant question.

Gui Chun nodded, "After the master passed, he took a booklet, and after reading it, he asked me to take two more books and send them to the government office." ”

Chen Ji nodded, and said, "Lao Chen didn't have any opinion on my bookstore?" ”

Gui Chun thought about it seriously and said, "No, the master just looked at it for a while, and he looked a little weird!" ”

Chen Ji sighed, sat back, and said disappointedly: "There is no praise, and Lao Chen is also a person with no eyesight." complained about his father for a few words, shook his head helplessly, and stopped talking about it. He beckoned Gui Chun to look at him and asked, "What happened to the few businesses that you focused on before?" ”

Gui Chun walked over and said, "I remember everything the young master ordered." The talker is still jumping up and down, and has been attacking us several times during this time, but we have not been able to stop us, and now two charcoal factories have terminated their contracts with us. There are a few other families who may also have some ideas, but they don't dare to speak because of your reputation, young master. ”

Chen Ji nodded, "This is expected, the Tan family suffered such a big loss last time, and this time it will inevitably be mixed with a kick, plus I can't afford to be sick, so you have no backbone." However, when did the talker learn to be so forbearing? In my opinion, at least a third of the shops will be taken away by them! ”

Gui Chun didn't dare to speak, and Xiao Ran didn't understand much.

Chen Ji muttered a few words and laughed to himself, "That's not interesting." ”

Gui Chun didn't know why, and thought, "Young master, isn't this tone disgusted that the corner of the wall has been dug less?" ”

I really have no talent for business, thinking of this, Xiao Xi Nu misses Hou Gongzi a little.

Since Chen Ji fell unconscious, Hou Mingyu has not gone out.

Song Qingming would occasionally come over, but he didn't say anything, let alone anything in the business field.

Even the rich sons who participated at the beginning had some thoughts, and a few quit. In the end, these things actually fell on Gui Chun, and his pressure was actually very great, and in just one month, he felt that he was about to grow into a "qualified" businessman.

Thinking of this, the small and shredded rain finally drifted down.

……

The light rain on May 26 gradually turned into heavy rain, and on the 29th, it was already a heavy rainstorm, Chen Xiujie couldn't go out, and waited at home for the rain to stop, and on the 27th, there was already a matter of people grabbing food outside Qingzhou City.

When the Yidu County Ya sent someone to report it, the matter had already made a big fuss and people died. The people who gathered began to storm the city gates, and at first they were unprepared, and some of them had already been called into the city, and then a few days later, robberies would occur in the city from time to time, and the officials at the prefectural and county levels were scattered, the city gates were closed, and the city defense battalion also sent additional manpower.

Things have developed to this point, and it can no longer be regarded as a trivial matter.

Chen Xiujie was inevitably anxious.

At the same time, in the lobby of the Qingzhou Mansion, Hou Houcong was in a hurry, he was in the Mansion last night because of some things, but he didn't expect to get up early in the morning and encounter a heavy rainstorm. The two subordinate officials have not been seen for a long time, and many things are at a loss. Just a quarter of an hour ago, an urgent dispatch from Henan Mansion had been delivered to him through the hidden channels of the embroidered guard, and the mere use of this "messenger" method was enough to make people worry. Not to mention at such a special time.

I heard that the embankment had burst earlier, but it was stabilized after emergency repairs, and then it rained heavily, and on the 27th, plus the section of the embankment that had just been repaired, it had broken the embankment in more than ten places, and there were hidden signs of diversion. Although the political secretary of Qi Henan is fully invested, it is actually a luxury to stabilize the situation.

Before Di reported to the Qingzhou Mansion, he had already turned around the Yamen of the Shandong Political Division, and there was already a big seal of the Political Secretary on it, and the Qingzhou Mansion needed to do the next thing along with it.

Hou Houcong has one head and two big. Before Qiu Xinzhi and Chen Xiujie arrived, he had already called the errand and scribe of the three classes and six rooms, and everything was starting according to the pre-plan. But this situation can change, and no one dares to really relax because of the current "calm".

Around the clock, Chen Xiujie finally arrived in the heavy rain, and there was no dry place on his body. Hou Houcong first asked him to go to the Houya to change into dry clothes, and when he returned to the lobby, Hou Houcong handed over the newspaper and said with a sad brow...... The above has approved your and my suggestion to use the relief method recorded in that booklet! In the end, this matter will fall on you, and the Shandong Guard will transfer a battalion of officers and soldiers to you, and then it will transfer troops from all over the country, but even so, there will not be too many people who can be used for you. Of course, if that booklet is useful, you and I will supervise it in place, and this amount of manpower will barely be enough. Hou Houcong said this, raised his eyes and looked over, and asked: "According to my meaning, if it is feasible, can you let Brother Ji come out to help, this booklet is from him, and he must be more comfortable in many details!" ”

Chen Xiujie frowned and said: "I'm afraid he won't be of much use, I'm private, I'm just one of his sons, what happened to him during this time, you also know what happened to him, I don't want him to come out at this time!" ”

Hou Houcong bowed his head to express his understanding, "It's me who is abrupt." ”

Chen Xiujie said: "No, this matter will wait for me to go back and ask him what he means, if it is coordinated in the middle, it shouldn't matter." ”

Hou Houcong said gratefully: "That's really the best. In addition, the price of grain in Qingzhou is soaring, and we also need to think of a feasible measure! ”

Chen Xiujie bowed his head: "It's really not good, I can only open the official warehouse outside the city first!" ”

"No, there are already a lot of victims gathered outside the city, and once the position is opened, the situation will be difficult to control."

Chen Xiujie sighed: "This year's grain tax has not been collected, and the grain allocated by the imperial court has only reached one-third, but the rice in the city is in the row, and the big households secretly store grain premiums......

The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly, their eyes full of untold pain.

The former cabinet elder had already asked someone to pass the word over, and the Jingwang Mansion said that they did not participate in the Yi family, but asked someone to find the Qingzhou Mansion with a "strip" and allocate it to the "imperial grain" in advance.

More than half an hour later, Qiu Xinzhi was once again late.

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Gui Chun came back from outside wet, and shouted from afar: "Young master, today's grain price has reached two by two, and the wheat has doubled!" After saying this, Gui Chun had already rushed to the house, Chen Ji still shouted Xiao Ran to play chess, and then raised his head and glared, "Go out, change your clothes and come back." ”

Gui Chun raised his hand and wiped his forehead, oh, and turned to go out.

Chen Ji lost the chess game again, looked up and said to Xiao Ran, "Shen Qiu has been out for a few days, right?" ”

Xiao Ran put away the chess pieces and mumbled: "Today is the third day." ”

Chen Ji sighed, frowned, glanced at the rain curtain outside, and couldn't help but worry in his heart.

Gui Chun quickly walked in, repeated what he had just said again, and added: "In fact, a month ago, the price of grain was a little wrong, many rice shops began to collect grain at a high price, and many families sold their surplus grain eighty percent, according to Gongzi, if there is a disaster now, these people can only wait for the government to help." ”

Xiao Ran got up and pulled a chair for Gui Chun. Then he walked to Chen Ji and quietly did not speak.

There are some chess pieces on the chessboard, but they are not the five chess pieces that the two are familiar with, and what they can't understand is the way to play Go.

With Chen Ji putting a little more, no matter how much Go idiots know that it is not Go.

Just looking at Chen Ji's frowns, the two didn't dare to ask more.

After a while, Chen Ji withdrew his hand and asked, "The Tan family, the Qi family, the Song family, and the Baisheng have all received grain?" ”

Gui Chun answered, "Not only that, but there are also the Wu family and the Xue family, but the most rumored is actually that palace!" ”

Gui Chun's eyes blinked, and he said in a suppressed voice: "It is rumored outside that the Jingwang Mansion has bought half of Qingzhou's grain. ”

As soon as the words fell, Chen Ji had already put down another black chess piece on the chessboard.

After a while, Chen Ji looked up at Gui Chun and asked, "Guess what, where did King Jingfu buy so much grain?" ”

Gui Chun was stunned, shook his head and said, "I guessed it." ”

Chen Ji pursed his lips and smiled, and did not say explicitly, "I will know in a few days." ”

After saying this, he said eagerly: "Has the master ever returned?" ”

Gui Chun looked back at the rain curtain outside and said, "There should be a while." ”

Chen Ji nodded and said, "Lao Ye will tell me immediately when he comes back...... Forget it, Gui Chun, you go to the carriage, and we will go directly to him. ”

"Huh? Young master, such a heavy rain......"

"It's better than losing your head." Chen Ji had already gotten up, asked Xiao Ran to find a raincoat, turned around and kicked Gui Chun, "Hurry up." ”

Gui Chun turned around and went out.