The fat-headed and big-eared merchant Jia was originally a grain merchant in Pingyao, Shanxi, but now the northwest has been drought for many years, and the price of grain is much higher than that of other places. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

He wanted to rely on the two taels of silver he had promised to the old farmer earlier, but he didn't know that he had attracted a lawsuit, and he felt annoyed in his heart, blaming himself for not giving the two taels of silver to the old farmer at the beginning. But if he has a bad reputation, who still does business with him in Yulinbao Post City, now he has to follow the official to the county office.

The black-faced old farmer is a native of Yulin, and he is known for his loyalty and honesty, he went to the county government to prove his innocence, and bowed respectfully to the officials, and pointed to Guan Shanyue, "This poor master, which little brother just saw the whole thing in his eyes, can you bother him to testify, so as to prove my old man's innocence." ”

The official was dark, with a dry yellow dogtail grass in his mouth, looked Guan Shanyue up and down, saw that he was dressed like a showman, and arched his hand at him, "It's much easier to do it with witnesses, this son will bother you to go to the county government for a trip!" ”

Guan Shanyue was also uneven, and he was idle, so he raised his legs and walked with the officials to the county government.

To the north of Yulinbao is the Mongolian tribes, which is not only an important post city, but also a military town, which bears the responsibility of defending the Beijing division. Although the Ming Dynasty and the Mongol Lin Dan Khan tribes had opened mutual markets, and the Ming Dynasty also rewarded them with more than 200,000 taels of silver every year, they still attacked the border from time to time when they caught up with the drought for many years.

The county commander of Yulinbao Yicheng is surnamed Cao, called Cao Bingzhang, and he is from a military position. He was originally a guerrilla general in Yulin Yicheng, but later the war was tight, so he took a part-time job as the Qipin County Commander, and Yulin Yicheng was also hung in his name, integrating the military and political power of Yulin Yicheng, and he really grabbed his beard and eyebrows.

If you want to say that Cao County's order is in power, it is really a bit wronged him, because this place is on the nine sides, and if you are not careful, you will die in Huangquan, although it is an important position, but those civil officials who are greedy for life and afraid of death are afraid of it, and no one is willing to go to this place.

A good man is not a soldier, the status of the military generals of the Ming Dynasty is extremely low, and the civil prefect has cut off the head of the general soldier without declaring the three divisions.

When she came to the Yamen, Guan Shanyue looked at the strong Cao County Order, who was like a fierce Zhang Fei, and almost burst out laughing. I saw this bearded sweat, and the mandarin ducks in the middle of the official uniform were all propped up by him out of three-dimensionality, which was really vivid, and the small civil official uniform was put on his body like an adult wearing a children's dress, but he was still sitting in the lobby with his eyes serious, looking extremely funny.

Although Xiucai is a low-level literati and has not even stepped into the threshold of a scholar, he has privileges such as not kneeling when he sees the county official, and does not spank when he breaks the law.

After knowing the identity of Guan Shanyue Xiucai, this old and rough Cao County Commander hurriedly asked someone to move a chair for him, and waited for his big black eyes to look him up and down for a while, after all, this Xiucai is also a rare thing in Yulin Castle.

The people of Yulinbao are simple, the county government trial case is rare, now there is the agricultural season, many businessmen are also crowded in the crowd to discuss, waiting to see how the old and rough county master decides the case, so the entrance of the yamen is full of onlookers, standing there to watch the excitement.

Cao Xian Ling slapped the startled wood, and the two wings of the black gauze hat on the top of his head that had just covered his head flicked up and down, making people laugh.

The officials on both sides of the column slammed the ground with the ruthless sticks of water and fire in their hands, making a neat knocking sound, and chanting "mighty ......" in their mouths, and the entire lobby suddenly fell silent.

Cao Xianling's eyes were like bronze bells, and he asked sharply: "Why are you making noise on the streets of my rule and ruining my reputation in Yulinbao?" ”

The merchant knelt on the ground and didn't even dare to shout, "My lord, how dare I dare to make a name for myself." Master Cao, do you remember me? I am Jia Degui, a native of Pingyao, Shanxi, and I also invited you to drink in Zuixian Lou last month! ”

After speaking, Jia Degui looked at Cao Xianling with a flattering face.

The black-faced old farmer chuckled in his heart, seeing that this businessman named Jia Degui actually knew Cao County Order, he secretly shouted in his heart that he wanted to finish, and then this Cao County Order would definitely protect him.

Jia Degui did invite Cao Xianling to drink wine in Zuixianlou with other Shanxi Jin merchants, but Cao Xianling was a big boss, and he couldn't remember that there were no less than 100 people that day. If you want to talk about military intelligence, where the responsibilities are, he can still memorize them by rote.

Cao Xianling is a big boss, the most headache is to try cases, according to his previous style, whether it is reasonable or not, he came up with twenty boards, and after being complained several times in succession, he got rid of this old problem.

After thinking about it seriously for a long time, Cao Xianling didn't think of a trace of information about Jia Degui, turned his face sideways, stood up from the chair with a pout, pointed to his nose and scolded: "His grandmother's, who asked you if you knew this official, this official was almost surrounded by you, what kind of friendship are you here to fight a lawsuit, tell the case!" ”

Guan Shanyue saw that this Cao County Order turned out to be an iron-faced selfless and unbiased person, and a good feeling suddenly rose in his heart.

Cao Xianling has been on the battlefield for a long time, and a murderous aura suddenly erupted, Jia Degui was so frightened that he trembled all over, and said in a trembling voice: "Back to the county master's words, I wanted to do some food in our Yulin Yicheng this time, who knew that the wallet was picked up by this old farmer, I wanted to take out two taels of silver to thank him, who knew that he was blinded by lard, and gave my ancestral jade ring to me, and refused to return it." Please do justice for me! After speaking, Jia Degui was like having been greatly wronged, tears flowed down his eyes, and bowed his head to Cao Xianling.

Cao Xian Ling was furious when he heard this, and he was angry, and Duang smashed the door of the stunned old man in front of the black-faced man, "My Yulinbao people are simple, since the county order took office, I have lived a day of not closing the door and leaving no trace at night, you old man is so embarrassed to the people of Yulinbao, I cut off your dog's head!" ”

Cao Xianling was born as a military general, and the black-faced old man couldn't dodge, and when he landed, he was smashed by the half-pulled brick-sized shocking wood and blood flowed all over his face.

The black-faced old man was an honest farmer, he thought that Cao County's order wanted to protect Jia Degui, and he immediately panicked, and he didn't care about the pain and moaned, covering his nose and kowtowing like pounding garlic, "The old man spares his life, the big master spares his life...... The old man knelt on the ground and pleaded.

Guan Shanyue frowned, this Cao County Order didn't even let the old man say anything, just listening to Jia Degui's words to conclude that the old man was guilty, it was indeed a bit reckless. On the battlefield, it is true that it can seize the fighter plane and smash the enemy, and maybe it can also turn the tide. can be put on handling cases, but it is inevitable that good people will not be wronged.

Guan Shanyue coughed, got up and bowed deeply to Cao County, "Eh, Cao County's order is a little calm, these two people will definitely stand on their own positions to defend themselves, let's not be in such a hurry to convict anyone, or listen to this old man narrate what happened, it's not too late for you to make a decision after comprehensive judgment." ”

Cao County is jealous and hateful, but he is not stupid, or he would not have been able to get into this position, and he has been sitting firmly in Yulinbao for so many years.

"What Guan Gongzi said makes sense, the official just sorted out some military information, and his temper was a little excited. Old man, don't be afraid, you tell the truth, this official will uphold justice for you, I will not let go of a bad person, nor will I wronged a good person. ”

Cao Xianling felt that what Guan Shanyue said was reasonable, and felt that he was indeed a little reckless just now, if he really wronged the old farmer, he would lack great virtue, grinning at Guan Shanyue, and borrowed the slope to get off the donkey.

The black-faced old farmer didn't dare to lie, and told Cao Xianling about the matter as it was.

Cao Xianling heard Guan Shanyue, a witness, say this in his ear, and immediately understood that it was Na Jia Degui who wronged a good person.

At this moment, a servant reluctantly walked up to Cao Xian Ling with a note and whispered: "County master, just now a person named Jia Defu, claiming to be Jia Degui's brother, asked someone to send a hundred stones of grain to our Yulin Station, saying that it was to reward the soldiers who defended the city in Yulin, and I ask you to take care of it." ”

Now what is in demand in Daming, needless to say, it is definitely food! People take food as their day, and who can skip three meals a day. Food prices remain high and continue to rise year after year.

After Zhengde, considering the difficulty of transporting grain for the people, in order to reduce the burden of the people in the belly, the part of the grain for the democracy was converted into silver and collected. During the Jiajing period, it was changed to the people's transportation of grain, and all the grain was converted into silver and paid. In this way, all the grain sent to the border areas was turned into silver money, and the official grain supply of 60 percent of the soldiers' salaries was also added to the market trading, and the government became the largest buyer in the border grain market.

Nowadays, grain is the most sought-after commodity, and many wealthy businessmen and wealthy relatives use the capital in their hands to hoard and earn seasonal price differences.

Although the grain in the granary of Yulin Post Station was requisitioned from all over the place, it was not full, and it was far from being checked with the number of reports, which was enough for the Yulin guards to eat for more than half a year.

This year's lack of rain is particularly dry, the Mongolian horses on the market are not as fat and strong as in previous years, the Mongolian Tatars are designated to be unable to survive the winter, seeing that autumn is coming, looking at the appearance of this year, they will raid and plunder in order to survive the winter.

If the war is tight, the less than 500 soldiers in his hands will definitely not be able to contain Yulin Fort. When the main soldiers and guest soldiers come, they will be short-fed with food.

Jia Defu can also be regarded as solving the urgent need of Cao County's order, and this hundred stones of grain is enough for the soldiers of Yulinbao to eat for more than three months.

If this group of grain merchants colludes and suddenly raises the price of grain, it will really be enough for Cao County to drink a pot. As a parent official and a huge food demander, he had to carefully handle the relationship with grain merchants.

Although the voice of the official was very quiet, Jia Degui looked back and saw that his brother was smiling and winking at him, and he also knew that it had been tied, and his heart suddenly had a bottom, and he became angry again.

This trial case is not his specialty, Cao Xianling is now in a hurry, he would rather be fighting with the Tatars, these trivial matters are far less enjoyable than chopping melons and vegetables on the battlefield.

It stands to reason that it must be Jia Degui who falsely accused the old farmer, but on the other side is a gang of grain merchants who are so heavy, and Cao Xianling immediately became in a dilemma. He frowned and looked around in confusion, but he didn't find anyone to ask for, and finally had to set his eyes on Guan Shanyue, the Xiucai he had just met.

In fact, Cao Xianling also invited a few masters in the past, but those masters looked down on him in their hearts, and when they were in a good mood, they gave him ideas.

As soon as Cao Xianling's temper came up, he felt that he couldn't pee in a pot with them, so he sent them all away within a few months.

"Guan Gongzi, let's take a step from the inner hall to speak!" Cao Xianling looked at Guan Shanyue eagerly, and after speaking, he made a gesture of invitation to him.