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Outside the reception hall, Zeng Guanlan was anxiously pacing back and forth, coughing from time to time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When Feng Shaoguang heard it, he knew that there was something important, so he asked Tan Tiyuan and Fan Ruzeng to go back for a day of rest first, and then arrange things later.

Summoned Zeng Guanlan, Feng Shaoguang knew that he was still short of medicinal materials and private salt in Daozhou, so he waited for him to report.

"The Holy King, through careful investigation, has determined that the city's medicine shops, grocery stores, etc., were instigated by profiteers to deliberately hoard medicinal materials and illegal salt and not sell them, raise the selling price, and seek huge profits." Zeng Guanlan reported.

"Can you find out who is the mastermind?"

"The time for careful investigation is still short, and the Lord has easily made people not show up, and they have not yet found out who they are." Zeng Guanlan replied in a low voice.

"I will give you another twelve hours to make a camp, and at this time tomorrow, I will not only want Daozhou City to restore the normal supply of medicinal herbs and private salt, but also see this Lord envoy kneel in front of me! As for what method to use, Guanlan, you can think for yourself. Feng Shaoguang said categorically.

"Subordinates take orders!" Zeng Guanlan wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and was busy dealing with it.

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He Shaoyun is a native of Dongmen Village outside Daozhou, a native of Daozhou.

In the last two days, he couldn't sleep well at night, and he always had nightmares at night.

"Ahh ~~" Another nightmare woke He Shaoyun up. The concubine in his arms was also woken up by him, opened his eyes lazily, and asked, "Master, have you had nightmares again?" ”

"Hmm~, hey, I've been dreaming of being caught and beheaded by a hairy thief every day for the past two days, this ghost day, when will it be a head!"

"Master, what are you worried about, why don't you tell the slave maid to hear it, so that I can give you an idea?" The concubine is empathetic.

"The woman has a lot of ideas. Don't talk too much! Having said that, he couldn't sleep anyway, so He Shaoyun hugged the concubine tightly and talked about his worries.

He and He Shaoji, a prominent celebrity in Daozhou, are relatives, and he is also a family with a head and face in Daozhou, although he does not have an official position, but his family is quite rich, in addition to more than ten acres of land on the east bank of the Xiaoshui River, he also opened a small grocery store by the south gate of Daozhou City. In addition to his wife, there are also two young and beautiful concubines, and it stands to reason that life is boundless. But lately, he's been in trouble.

Originally, after Daozhou City was occupied by the Taiping Holy Army, he was very worried for a while. It has always been rumored that the Guangxi thief army robbed the people's property and wives and daughters, but after the Taiping Holy Army entered Daozhou, the rumored things did not happen, and the security in the city was better than when the government was in the past, and the hooligans and villains disappeared.

He couldn't help but be surprised, but what surprised him even more was that the holy soldiers in the city came to his grocery store to buy daily necessities and paid him a lot of money, something he had never imagined. When the Taiping Holy Army did not arrive in Daozhou, the government servants or Qing soldiers often came to his grocery store, even if he was also a well-known person in Daozhou, but when he encountered these people from the government, there was still no room for parry, saying that he was buying something, but in fact he was half robbing and half taking.

Therefore, in his opinion, there is nothing bad about these Guangxi rebels who call for the Holy Army, at least they are stronger than the previous government. He continued to open his grocery store, rent his fields, and continue to be his rich man.

Unexpectedly, just a few days ago, such a life was broken by an acquaintance. This acquaintance is none other than Dongmen Village, and he is still his own brother, the cousin of the famous He Shaoji.

As far as He Shaoyun knows, He Shaocai went out from Dongmen Village when he was a teenager, but at that time his cousin He Linghan, who was a scholar in the court, had passed away, and he just thought of Guangdong to join his cousin He Shaoji, who had never been masked and was thirty years older than him, but he didn't expect He Shaoji to be transferred to Sichuan as an official, helpless, He Shaocai had to turn back to Yongzhou Fucheng, and under the sign that he was the son and nephew of the former Shangshu He Linghan, he found an errand for a staff member under Xu Jiarui, the prefect of Yongzhou.

Unexpectedly, this He Shaocai suddenly returned to Dongmen Village, came to find himself late at night, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he came to save the lives of He Shaoyun's whole family! He claimed to be an envoy sent by Xu Jiarui, the prefect of Yongzhou, who was responsible for contacting various things in Daozhou. Then, He Shaocai said that the imperial court would send a large army from the provincial capital and neighboring provinces to Daozhou after a while, and at that time, the Guangxi long-haired thief army was afraid that they would scatter and flee for their lives. But if you don't cooperate with yourself and be content with the governance of the long-haired thief army, for such a local squire, the court will be severely investigated and punished together with the long-haired thief.

He Shaoyun is just a small landowner in the countryside, how can he withstand the frightening of He Shaocai, who has seen the world. Busy begging the clan brothers to help themselves get through this hurdle for the sake of the same clan, and avoid the disaster of raiding the family and destroying the door.

He Shaocai didn't take it anymore, and directly told He Shaoyun that in order to cooperate with the imperial court to recover Daozhou, they should unite these Daozhou pharmacies and grocery stores and obey the command of the prefect. Reducing the sales volume of key materials such as medicinal herbs and salt and raising the selling price can not only cause panic among the people of Daozhou and make them hostile to the long-haired thief army, but also take the opportunity to make a lot of money.

He Shaocai also revealed that most of the pharmacies and grocery stores in Daozhou City have obeyed his command. When He Shaoyun heard this, he didn't have time to think about it, so he agreed.

So, in the past two days, He Shaoyun obeyed the arrangement of his clan brother and sold a small amount of salt in limited quantities every day, and raised the price day by day. On the first day, it was only sold for ten catties, eight cents of silver per catty, and on the second day, it was only sold for eight catties, and each catty also rose to one penny of silver. Today is the fourth day, and He Shaoyun is going to sell only 5 catties of salt at most, and the price of each catty is one dollar and six cents of silver.

After saying this, He Shaoyun felt much more comfortable. Let go of the concubine, he is ready to get up.

"Oops! How could you do this, sir, but how wrong you are! The concubine let go of He Shaoyun and said in a panic.

"You woman, what do you know?"

"Master, yesterday evening, the slave maid was at the gate of the city, and saw many people watching the notice, saying that our Taiping Holy Army in Daozhou has occupied Fucheng and Ningyuan County, and more than half of the entire Yongzhou Mansion has been occupied by the Holy Army. Master, think about it, now even the prefect may have been arrested, and the prefect's reward and punishment that your brother said is just lying to you. The concubine analyzed.

"What? Long-haired thief, oh no, the Holy Army has already occupied the capital city of Yongzhou? It's bad, I still offer him as a county master, this He Shaocai can kill me! He Shaoyun's face changed greatly, and he grabbed the concubine's hand in a panic and asked, "Lotus, you are usually the smartest, quickly, give me an idea to save our He family." ”

"Master, have you noticed? The Holy Army is very cruel to those who oppose him, but it is not bad for those who are bent on taking refuge in him. But do you remember how your distant cousin saw the opportunity? He was originally a member of the He family's close tribe, and he took refuge in the Holy Army, not only did not share his family's property, but also rewarded him with any officials. According to the slave maid, we are still like him, and we should take refuge in the holy army. If you find an opportunity to intercede, the Holy Army should not pursue it. The concubine suggested.

"Then I'll go to the city early in the morning to find that opportunity, help me talk about it!"

"Master, isn't that He Shaocai hiding in his hometown in the north of Dongmen Village, our family had better inform the Holy Army and catch that He Shaocai, wouldn't that be a great achievement? The master can atone for his sins! ”

"Ah, that's not a big deal, is it? After all, they are blood relatives of the same clan, if it is passed out, I, He Shaoyun, will have no face to stay in Dongmen Village! He Shaoyun hesitated.

"Master, master, why are you confused again? It was He Shaocai who harmed you first! I'm about to be killed, and I still think that we have a face and no face, it's a big deal that we won't stay in Dongmen Village, so we simply move to Daozhou City! The concubine pouted.

"That's all there is to it!" He Shaoyun sighed in his heart, how did it come to this?