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The first gift Zheng Da gave was already priceless, and it is not difficult to imagine the value of the other two gifts. Sure enough, the other two gifts, one is a lifelike jade carving, and the other is a headdress.

The jade carving is nothing, but the jade quality it chooses is too good, it is an extremely rare black jade, in Hetian jade, the black jade is also an extremely precious variety, such a large piece of black jade jade carving, its value is not inferior to the pair of night pearls.

As for the tiara, it is exquisite, and the most striking thing is that it uses a dotted emerald process. You must know that at that time, the jewelry that could use the dotted emerald process was basically from the royal family and belonged to the royal family.

The emerald process has a long history, which is to take off the most beautiful feathers on the back of the kingfisher, mark the gold edge with gold thread, and then inlay it on the gold and silver jewelry.

This is easy to say, but if you had to do it, even skilled craftsmen who had the highest level of craftsmanship at the time might not have been able to do it.

It is precisely because it is too difficult to do that most of the jade crafts appear in the inner courtyard of the palace, making beautiful headdresses for queens and concubines.

The three gifts sent by Zheng Da are more precious and rare than the other, and they can indeed be called generous. He said that he wanted to save the lives of Lu Yue and Jia Liang, but in fact, he didn't care about the life or death of Lu Yue and Jia Liang at all

Jade carving, point emerald jewelry on a par? The reason why he gave such a heavy gift was just to use Lu Yue and Jia Liang as a cover, and the real purpose was to curry favor with Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu didn't expect Zheng Da to be so generous, and the three gifts were all priceless. He coughed dryly, smiled at Zheng Da, and said, "Mr. Zheng is too polite, and these three gifts are too valuable." ”

Zheng Da Zhengse said: "Lu Yue, Jia Liang, offended General Liu first, as a sworn brother, the discipline is not strict, the fault lies with me, these gifts are also the villain's reparation for General Liu, and I hope General Liu must accept it." ”

Liu Xiu pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "In this way, I will be disrespectful." ”

Zheng Da hurriedly owed to Liu Xiu and bowed deeply.

Seeing that Liu Xiu accepted Zheng Da's three heavy gifts, everyone present looked at each other, it is really rich to make ghosts grind, Yi Zhen and Xie Sheng were like this when they were here, and now they are like this when they are replaced by Chungling Army.

Liu Xiu changed his words and said: "Our army has just been stationed in Chaoyang, and there are shortages of soldiers, military salaries, grain and grass, and I hope that all gentlemen can contribute generously. ”

As he spoke, he bowed to everyone present. As soon as his words fell, Zheng Da was the first to say: "General Liu led the army into Chaoyang, also to protect the peace of the people on our side, and now that General Liu is in difficulty, my Chaoyang people naturally can't sit idly by." Let me start by saying that I would like to donate two million

Money, five hundred stone of grain. ”

As soon as he said this, the faces of everyone present changed. Two million yuan is already a lot, and 500 stone grain is even more generous, you must know that according to the price of Chaoyang market, 500 stone grain is equivalent to 5 million yuan.

The businessmen who cooperated with Zheng Da looked at him one after another, and asked him with their eyes, is it really necessary to come out so much! Zheng Da glanced at the merchants, and then happily lowered his head and played with his wine glass.

Seeing this, several businessmen also understood what he meant. One of them bowed his hand to Liu Xiu and said, "General Liu, the villain Wei Chong, is willing to donate one million yuan and two hundred stone of grain." ”

Zheng Da secretly rolled his eyes, and secretly scolded Wei Chong for not knowing the severity, when is it now, you are still so stingy, only donate such a little money and food, what's the use of people keeping you?

The other three businessmen also made statements one after another, and the amount of money and grain donated was the same as Wei Chong's, which was also one million yuan and two hundred stone grain.

Only Zheng Da, Wei Chong and other five people donated 6 million yuan and 1,300 stone of grain, which is not a small amount, just 1,300 stone of grain is enough to feed the more than 1,000 soldiers under Liu Xiu's command for more than a month.

The grain hoarded in the granary of Chaoyang County Government is only 2,000 stones. When it was the turn of others to donate, compared with Zheng Da and Wei Chong, it was simply too shabby, not to mention that those who did not donate one million yuan, even those who donated 100,000 yuan were rare, most of them donated tens of thousands of dollars, and as for food, they donated even less, only a few stones

Already.

It's not that they don't want to donate more, but they don't dare to donate more, and if they donate too much, they will have to run out of food and have nothing to eat.

After everyone finished expressing their attitudes one after another, Liu Xiu asked curiously: "What is the price of grain in Chaoyang now?" ”

Zheng Da and Wei Chong looked at each other, but no one answered.

An elderly man owes a debt and says: "Back to General Liu, the price of grain in Chaoyang has increased dozens of times, taking millet as an example, it used to be only 300 or 400 yuan a stone, but now it costs 10,000 yuan a stone. ”

As he spoke, the old man's eyes moistened, such an expensive price of grain, not to mention that the people couldn't afford it, even a big family like them couldn't afford it. Liu Xiu rubbed his chin, pondered for a moment, and said: "Although natural disasters have continued in recent years, in the past two years, the disaster in Nanyang has been relatively light, and the harvest in the field is not abundant, but it can also be self-sufficient, not to mention that the water flows through Chaoyang, and the land of Chaoyang is fertile

The damage is lighter, the harvest should be more, and how can the price of grain be as high as 10,000 yuan a stone, which is too unreasonable. ”

As he spoke, he scanned the crowd with electric eyes. The old man who spoke looked at Zheng Da, and then at the three heavy gifts placed beside Liu Xiu, and he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

The others also hung their heads, not daring to say more.

Liu Xiu said slowly: "Mr. Zheng, Mr. Wei and others have all donated more than one million and more than 100 stones of grain, while you only donated tens of thousands of dollars and a few stones of grain, which is really funny." ”

His words made everyone present red-faced, and Zheng Da and the others were gloating and watching coldly.

Liu Xiu said in a flat tone: "It seems that you all don't want to see me in the Zhutian Capital Department, and you only want to welcome the reckless soldiers back to the city!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of everyone present changed greatly, and their bodies were shocked. Liu Xiu's words can kill people, now that Chaoyang City has been captured by the Lingling army, who is still inclined to the government at this time, isn't that tantamount to suicide?

The old man who spoke just now hurriedly got up and left the table, knelt down and kowtowed to Liu Xiu, and said in a trembling voice: "General Liu, we have no intention of opposing the Tiandu Department and welcoming the Mang army back to the city!" Please also ask General Liu to learn from it! ”

The rest of the patriarchs of the scholar clan also left the table one after another, knelt behind the old man, and said in unison: "General Liu, please Mingjian!" ”

Liu Xiu blinked, waved his hand and said, "What are you doing, gentlemen, get up and speak." "People fell to their knees and didn't dare to move. Liu Xiu said: "You keep saying that you don't mean to oppose our pillar of the Heavenly Capital, but your performance is not good-mouthed. You are all Chaoyang scholars, a century-old family, and a big family, but you can

When it really comes to the time when you are needed, your performance is far inferior to Mr. Zheng, Mr. Wei and others, you say, how can I believe your words? The old man at the head pondered for a moment, turned his heart sideways, raised his head, and said: "General Liu, the reason why Chaoyang's grain prices are so high is because several major grain stores in Chaoyang joined hands to maliciously purchase and hoard grain, artificially causing Chaoyang

There was a shortage of food, and then they joined forces to raise the price of grain and sell the grain at a price of tens of thousands of dollars per stone. ”

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Liu Xiuxiao asked: "Even according to the laws and regulations of reckless thieves, maliciously raising the price of grain is a capital crime, only a few grain merchants, how can they be so bold and reckless, don't the county government care?" ”

"The county government doesn't dare to care! Because the biggest grain merchant is a relative of Lord Taishou! While speaking, the old man turned his head to look at Zheng Da, who was sitting on the side. Zheng Da's face was angry, he stood up, pointed at the old man, and shouted: "Tao Qian, you old horseman, don't you spew blood!" As he spoke, he subconsciously looked at Liu Xiu, and when he saw that the latter was also looking at him happily, he hurriedly arched

The hand said: "General Liu, although he is a relative of Zhen Fu, but for a long time, he has not had a deep relationship with Zhen Fu, and he has not moved around, Tao Qian poured dirty water on the villain's head, and asked General Liu to investigate!" The old man named Tao Qian also let go out and said to Liu Xiu: "General Liu, Zheng Da, Wei Chong, He Wen, He Pu, and Shen Zhong are the five major grain merchants in Chaoyang City!" They either buy at a low price, or loot and hoard food, and again

High-level sales, the county order is easy to understand, and he is afraid of the relationship between Zheng Da and Zhen Fu, and ignores what they do, which leads to Zheng Da's five people, who continue to grow bigger, completely monopolize Chaoyang's grain, and make a fortune ......"

Zheng Da's face turned red, and he roared angrily: "Tao Qian, shut up!" Don't spew blood! Tao Qian didn't look at him, and continued to say to Liu Xiu: "Originally, the people of Chaoyang such as us welcomed General Liu and the brothers of the Chung Ling Army into the city, because only the Chung Ling Army would ignore and care about the relationship between Zheng Da and Zhen Fu, and they could severely punish profiteers and villains in Chaoyang, but General Liu ...... "As he spoke, the old man's eyes fell on the three gift boxes beside Liu Xiu again, and he wanted to stop talking, his meaning was obvious, they thought that after the Chung Ling Army entered the city, they would have a good life, but they didn't expect that Liu

Xiu and Yi Zhen are just a raccoon dog. "You...... How daring! Zheng Da pointed at Tao Qian fiercely and said to Liu Xiu: "General Liu, Tao Qian's old thief, not only spewed blood, framed villains, but also slandered General Liu and Brother Chunglingjun, it is really a heinous crime, and the crime is unforgivable, please."

General Liu severely punished this thief! ”

"The old man is a lot old, and he is not afraid of death, but even if he dies, the old man has to tell everything in his heart! The Chung Ling army is determined to be reckless, but if the Chung Ling army and Zhen Fu, Yi Zhen, Zheng Da and others belong to the same hill, how is it different from Wang Mang? ”

"You...... You ......" Zheng Da pointed at Tao Qian, and he didn't say anything for a long time, but beads of sweat were dripping down his forehead.

Liu Xiu's fingers tapped lightly on the table, and after a while, the knocking stopped, and he stood up suddenly, holding the hilt of the saber in one hand and behind his back with the other, bypassing the table and walking to Tao Qian.

Zheng Datong knelt on the ground with a puff and said urgently: "Tao Qian refers to the deer as a horse, reversing black and white, General Liu must be clearly and severely punished!" ”

Liu Xiu glanced at him, stretched out his hand, helped Tao Qian up from the ground, and asked, "What Tao Gong said just now is true?" When he said this, he was asking Zheng Da and everyone present.