"Yes! The tide of displaced people is menacing! I heard that the prefect of the palace has recently closed the city gate, and I am afraid that the city gate will not be opened at that time, and it will be difficult to come in at that time! ”

The middle-aged woman listened to what Zhao Baiyu said, and her face was also worried.

"Therefore, Qingfeng had better come back as soon as possible in the next few days, otherwise, I am afraid it will be difficult to enter the city again!"

Zhao Baiyu frowned and said.

"Master, can't you speak?"

The middle-aged woman was a little puzzled, their family is the largest grain village in Jinling, no matter who is the prefect, they will sell their family a face, after all, the prefect often changes, but their Zhao family is the Zhao family, this will not change.

Not to mention a prefect, even if it is a child of the royal family, in the land of Jinling, they have to be more respectful to the Zhao family, so what he said to Zhao Baiyu that the prefect did not even let her son enter the city seemed a little incomprehensible.

"Hey, whether I open my mouth or not, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it this time!"

After Zhao Baiyu finished speaking, he paused for a moment before saying: "This wave of displaced people is too huge, so huge that it has exceeded my expectations, as the prefect, Wang Chengen must be afraid, he will never dare to let the displaced people enter the city!" And the last time he came to the house, I refused to see him, if we go to him this time and let Qingfeng enter the city, do you think he will agree? ”

Only then did the middle-aged woman remember that a month ago, Wang Chengen had come to Zhao's Mansion for the matter of rising food prices, and at that time he hoped that Zhao's Grain Village could take the lead in reducing prices to calm the people's anger, but Zhao Baiyu did not agree.

Half a month ago, a tide of displaced people broke out in various parts of the south, and the tide of displaced people was still growing, and when it was so strong that it was pouring into Jinling, Wang Chengen came to Zhao's mansion again, but that time Zhao Baiyu excused himself and did not see him.

That is, from that day on, Wang Chengen never came to Zhao's mansion again, and later Zhao Baiyu also sent someone to invite Wang Chengen, hoping to test his attitude, that is, that time, Wang Chengen directly rejected his invitation, which can be regarded as drawing a line with him and parting ways!

From this point of view, Wang Chengen really won't help him anymore!

"Master, if Qingfeng can't come back in the next few days, and then come back when the tide of displaced people arrives outside Jinling City, what will it be?"

When the middle-aged woman thought of this situation, her heart became even more worried.

Zhao Baiyu also frowned and pondered, but did not speak.

"Master, you can't go to the prefect of the king to say some polite words, how can the relationship be so stiff? He is the prefect of Jinling, and in the future, on the boundary of Jinling, everyone will look up and see what they will see, what should they do if they are stiff? ”

"Hehe, he's the prefect, he can't do it for long!"

Hearing the middle-aged woman's words, Zhao Baiyu sneered twice.

Can't do it for long?

When the middle-aged woman heard this, she was a little shocked, she had only heard that the rise in food prices and the rebellion of the displaced people this time were all man-made, and the people behind the scenes were ............

Could it be that this rumor is true?

"Sir, could it be that rumor—"

"Women, don't ask more!"

Zhao Baiyu's eyes showed a cold light and said gloomily.

"Master, King Kang is here to visit!"

At this time, the next person entered the house to report.

King Kang? What is he doing at this time?

Zhao Baiyu thought a little puzzled, but still spoke: "Hurry up, please!" ”

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Jinling, or the Zhao family, the council room.

King Kang took a sip of tea, and then said with a smile: "Good tea!" Sure enough, Boss Zhao is still exquisite! If you want to taste such a good tea, the whole Jinling, I'm afraid you can only come to Boss Zhao! ”

"King Kang has a good reputation!"

Zhao Baiyu also took a sip of tea, but changed his words and said: "But the old man thinks that King Kang didn't come to Zhao Mansion just to drink tea this time, right?" ”

"Haha, Boss Zhao is really amazing!"

Putting down the teacup, King Kang laughed twice, stared at Zhao Baiyu with burning eyes and said: "Boss Zhao, let's not talk darkly, although this time the rise in food prices was made by this king, but things have changed, and this king feels that food prices should fall!" ”

"Fallback? No way! ”

Zhao Baiyu said coldly.

Do you let it go up? Do you let it fall?

How can it be so easy!

Zhao Baiyu was a little angry.

To tell the truth, it was indeed King Kang who instigated him to do the rise in grain prices this time, otherwise how would he, a flat-headed ordinary man doing business, come up with such an idea?

It all started half a year ago.

…………

Half a year ago, the prefect of Jinling changed hands, which is not a good thing for Zhao Baiyu, who is doing business, but it is not so bad that it will not be bad.

Because for a businessman, the attitude of the local prefect towards him determines whether he eats locally, and the previous prefect has a good relationship with Zhao Baiyu, which is also the reason why Zhao Baiyu was able to make Zhao's grain village from the end of the "four major grain villages" to the first of the "four major grain villages" during his tenure.

The current prefect has been replaced by Wang Chengen, although it has some impact on Zhao Baiyu, but now the scale of the Zhao family's grain village is there, even if it is the new prefect, he is also a little afraid of the Zhao family, so he is not very afraid.

But Wang Chengen was not the soft persimmon he imagined, and as soon as he arrived in Jinling, he gave him a dismount with the other grain owners!

Originally, because they were doing business, they had a very good relationship, and they collected so much grain and earned so much money in a year, so they naturally paid a lot of taxes.

At that time, if they had 100,000 taels of silver a year, the tax they paid was almost nearly 10,000 taels, although they could earn a lot after paying taxes, but for them, they still felt that it was too much to take out these for no reason!

So they will give the original prefect a part of the silver every year, and the advantage is that the annual income they report is 10,000 taels, and the tax they pay is naturally less than 1,000 taels.

In this way, even if they gave the prefect some benefits, they actually saved thousands of taels of silver, so this transaction is sure to make a profit!

After Wang Chengen took office, the four of them gathered together again, planning to discuss with Wang Chengen and concoct the original method, but Wang Chengen was not the original prefect, not only did he disagree, but also told them that he could turn a blind eye to the previous things and no longer hold them accountable, but if they still want to do this in the future, there is no door!

When I came back that day, the bosses of the four major grain farms gathered together again and were in a bad mood.

Although they are very angry, but they have nothing to do, who makes the family an official or a businessman? And Wang Chengen's approach, there is no problem at all, they can only do it!

For a period of time after that, Zhao Baiyu, like several other bosses, had a sad face all day long.

One day, King Kang came to them.

That night, they discussed for a long time, and the next day their four major grain farms raised the price together!

That's why there was something later, so it stands to reason that this rebellion of the displaced people was caused by King Kang!

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was rejected by Zhao Baiyu, and King Kang was a little angry.

But he didn't get angry, and calmed down before saying, "Boss Zhao, the current situation is not our original intention, right?" Our idea is to raise the price of grain and cause riots in the south, and take the opportunity to blackmail the imperial court to reduce taxes for the grain farms! But look, what are you doing now? ”

To be honest, the reason why King Kang proposed this plan for Zhao Baiyu in the first place was not something he came up with alone, after all, what does the war between the prefect and the grain village boss have to do with him?

However, he has kept correspondingly with the prince over the years, and once mentioned this matter, and it was the prince who asked him to do it.

The prince's statement is that the increase in grain prices will inevitably cause riots, and when the time comes, let the grain village bosses jointly write a letter, saying that the tax is too heavy and they can only do this, and then he will give advice to the Tang Emperor and propose to reduce the tax on the southern grain village!

The prince's idea was that through this incident, first, he could establish a good image of the Tang Emperor who was more capable, and secondly, he would show favor to the southern merchants in advance, and when he ascended the throne, he would also be able to get the support of the south.

Originally, everything was going very smoothly, the price of grain had risen, and the displaced people had rioted, and the next step should be to let these grain village bosses go to the book and mention that the taxes were too heavy, but none of them went to the book, but what they said to the outside world was that there was a flood disaster, and the grain village had no excuse to store grain!

It's okay to deceive ordinary people with this kind of excuse, how can King Kang believe it?

Such a big grain farm, there is no grain in stock, what about the deceitful ghosts?

So he was a little angry, and he didn't know what these grain farm owners were thinking!

And he repaired a few letters and sent them to the East Palace because of this matter, but they were all like stones sinking into the sea, and he didn't go back, he was a little panicked, the prince was angry with him? Don't even bother to reply to the letter?

So he came to Zhao's Mansion again early this morning and wanted to ask Zhao Baiyu the reason in person.

"King Kang, don't you think that even if the tax is reduced - then there is still a tax, and the difference is not big?"

Zhao Baiyu squinted and smiled.

"Why is this not a big difference? Do you still want to pay no taxes? ”

King Kang roared.

But Zhao Baiyu was unmoved, and said with a smile: "King Kang is right, it's best not to pay taxes!" ”

"W-how is this possible!"

King Kang's face was incredible, he didn't want to pay any taxes, didn't he want to go crazy, right?

"How could it not be? Before Wang Chengen, in addition to the benefit fee to the prefect, how much tax did we have? ”

Zhao Baiyu asked rhetorically.

“…………”

King Kang was silent, he had been in Jinling for twenty years, and he was naturally very familiar with the things here, so he knew very well what had happened in the past few years.

He was clear about the fact that several grain farms in Jinling lied about their income and underpaid taxes, because in addition to giving the prefect a benefit fee, those grain farms would also give him silver, and he knew that it was hush money.

But King Kang accepted it all gladly, anyway, it was none of his business, and he couldn't find him if something happened, so he didn't take it for nothing!

But now it's different!

"Boss Zhao, but you must know that Wang Chengen is not the original prefect who stretched out his hand to ask for money! It's been a while since he came to Jinling, but have you ever seen him ask you for a penny? Do you still want him to collect your favors? ”

King Kang asked.

"What King Kang said is very right, so the old man doesn't expect Wang Chengen!"

"Don't count on him? Then you-"

Speaking of this, King Kang seemed to understand something, his eyes narrowed, and he sneered: "What? Are you trying to take Wang Chengen down or force him away from him? ”

Zhao Baiyu didn't answer, but the smile on his face said it all.

King Kang gasped, originally thought that he and the prince were using these businessmen, but he didn't expect that in the end, they would use him, King Kang smiled bitterly in his heart.

"Even if Wang Chengen leaves, can you be sure that the prefect who comes back will not be the same as him?"

"Hehe, if he is the same as Wang Chengen again, then his fate will be the same as Wang Chengen!"

Zhao Baiyu said very domineeringly, no matter who comes, Jinling is the Jinling of their Jinling people, if they don't know each other, Wang Chengen will be their end!

Seeing Zhao Baiyu's appearance of not being afraid of heaven and earth, King Kang felt that his attitude was a little blunt, so he adjusted his tone and said as gently as possible: "Boss Zhao, this matter is too big now!" If you have this kind of thought, just go to Wang Chengen and say no? Now the rebellion of the displaced people is known to the Tang Dynasty, and even the city of Jingzhou is full of rumors of the tide of displaced people, and there are countless twists and turns in front of Your Majesty, if Your Majesty blames it, who of you can afford it? ”

The weight of his own words was not convincing to these rich people of Jinling, and King Kang had no choice but to move Emperor Tang out.

But Zhao Baiyu was not afraid, and after hearing this, he smiled coldly and said: "King Kang, you discussed the increase in grain prices with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at the beginning, we just need to raise it, but there is no objection!" So if the things behind this are bigger, it won't be good for anyone! ”

When these words came out, King Kang's face was already very ugly, and when Zhao Baiyu saw this, he spoke again: "But King Kang doesn't have to worry too much, the old man heard a letter from a friend who was an official in the court and said that His Majesty's attitude towards the affairs of the south is not very clear, and he did not send anyone to Jinling to deal with the rebellion of the displaced people!" What does this mean? I'm afraid that Your Majesty wants us to solve this matter by ourselves! ”

Maybe it was too long, Zhao Baiyu picked up the teacup and took another sip before continuing: "So in a few days, when Wang Chengen is forced to step down, this matter will be over, and it can be regarded as us ordinary people to share the worries and solve problems for Your Majesty, hahaha......"

Zhao Baiyu had a smile on his face, but King Kang's face had always been bad.

"Boss Zhao, having said that, it's a bit of a big fuss to do this, right? If this king is a peacemaker, Boss Zhao and the prefect Wang sit down and have a good chat, wouldn't it be better if he could solve this matter calmly? ”

King Kang made his last effort, hoping to persuade Zhao Baiyu.

But Zhao Baiyu smiled coldly and said: "King Kang, you are in such a hurry, I'm afraid you have other plans, right?" ”

Hearing this, King Kang's face immediately turned red, and he said, "What is Boss Zhao talking about?" It is said that the people do not fight with the officials, and this king is just for the sake of Boss Zhao is his own person, and he doesn't want Boss Zhao to take a detour! ”

"Oh? That's it! Then I really have to thank King Kang, but in the matter of the old man, King Kang still doesn't want to interfere! ”

Zhao Baiyu said coldly, but what he was thinking in his heart was, what do you think, I don't know?

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