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Within three days, Li Hengbin didn't even raise a load of grain, he had already raised the price of grain to eight cents and one bucket, but still no one sold the grain to him, those merchants wanted to sell it, but they had already sold it to Luo Yi before, and they really couldn't take it out at this time.

Now on the ground in the south of the Yangtze River, in addition to Hu Ran's barracks and warehouses, I am afraid that only Luo Yi has food in his hands.

Both of them saw business opportunities, Li Hengbin collected grain at a high price, so they should sell grain at a high price. But... Hu Ran was extremely reluctant to see Li Hengbin raise all the grain, so even if he saw a business opportunity, he didn't want to turn around, even if he had food in his hand, he was not ready to take it out.

On the other hand, Luo Yi wants to take this opportunity to make a lot of money, but what Luo Yi doesn't understand is, where did Li Hengbin get the money? If you want to buy 200,000 taels and ask for eight wen and one bucket, it will be at least nearly 100,000 taels of silver, and he only gave Li Hengbin 50,000 taels, so where will Li Hengbin find the extra 50,000 taels?

In order to figure out this problem, Luo Yi went to the Li Mansion.

In the mansion, Li Hengbin was meeting with several wealthy merchants in Wuyang City and talking to them about collecting grain.

Luo Yi walked in, and the people inside stood up one after another to salute: "Master Hou." ”

"Don't be polite, just sit down."

Luo Yi also found a place to sit down and said: "I came today, there is nothing special, I just care about the situation of raising food, what do you want to talk about, just continue to talk, I just listen." ”

"Then let's move on."

Li Hengbin said: "You said just now that you have more than 8,000 loads of grain in your hands and are willing to sell it to me, but is it true? ”

One of them glanced at Luo Yi who was sitting next to him, shook his head and said, "I... As I said, we don't have 8,000 quintals. ”

"What? Not eight thousand quintals? You just said that... ”

The man smiled awkwardly, "Wo... Master Li, you must have misremembered, how can a villain have 8,000 quintals, no, absolutely not. ”

"My lord, the two of us are leaving."

"Farewell."

Regardless of whether Li Hengbin agreed or not, the two stood up, made a gesture, and hurriedly left.

Li Hengbin chased him out, but he still didn't catch up, and the two businessmen quickly left the mansion.

Li Hengbin sighed and returned to the hall in a gloomy mood.

Luo Yi asked, "Master Li, how is it, can the business be negotiated?" ”

"What did you talk about, didn't Master Hou see it just now, as soon as you came, these two people left, and what they said before was like a fart."

After sitting down and taking a sip of tea, Li Hengbin was angry and said, "It's really unreasonable. ”

Luo Yi said: "In this way, I think it's a good thing for you?" I sat here and didn't say a word. Master Li, you can't blame me for this. ”

In fact, Luo Yi also felt strange about this phenomenon, why did the two businessmen who originally promised to raise military rations deny it as soon as he came?

Thinking of it now, Luo Yi figured out that the businessmen must have thought that Luo Yi asked Li Hengbin to raise grain, he was deliberately making things difficult, and he wanted to clean up Li Hengbin, since he wanted to clean up Li Hengbin, he naturally didn't want Li Hengbin to be able to raise all the food smoothly. At this time, Luo Yi came to inspect in person, if he didn't open his eyes and sell grain to Li Hengbin, the consequences would be unimaginable. Besides, the people of Wuyang all know that Hu Ran and Li Hengbin are at odds, and if Hu Ran knows that someone sells grain to Li Hengbin, it will also be a catastrophe. The two businessmen also secretly sold grain for the sake of high prices, it can be seen that Luo Yi is here, how dare the two of them be presumptuous, so, after weighing the pros and cons, the two hurriedly escaped, and also denied the eight thousand loads of grain they said before.

Li Hengbin sighed and said: "Master Hou, I have tried my best, the food cannot be raised, if you want to kill or chop, you can do it." ”

"Don't be discouraged, Master Li, I'm sure you can handle it."

Li Hengbin said: "Hou Ye knows very well that these merchants are all mercenary guys, and they will not do anything that is not beneficial, so I just want to ask Hou Ye if the price of grain can be increased again, and Hou Ye will issue a notice and post it at the gate of the city, so that the merchants can rest assured and willingly take out the grain in their hands." ”

Luo Yi was surprised: "You mean, please ask me to raise the price of grain, and I will pay for it?" ”

"Master Li, you're not mistaken, right? Where did I get the money? The emperor only gave me 300,000 taels of money, and it was five wen and one bucket, and you sold it for eight wen, I thought you had your own private money. ”

"Hahaha... Do I have private money? ”

Li Hengbin said: "Everyone in the world knows that I, Li Hengbin, am an honest official, and I don't take a penny except for Lu, let alone tens of thousands of taels of silver, even if it is dozens of taels, I can't take it." ”

"I've done my best to raise food, it's really..."

Luo Yi's expression was gloomy, and he said: "Lord Li, you need to know that the disaster in the Northern Desert is like fire, and people are dying all the time, how can you stand idly by?" When you sigh and sigh like this, and do not think of a plan to raise food, do you not let the people ignore it? ”

"It's good to be a clean official, but you can't share the worries of the people and the emperor, what is the difference between being greedy and greedy? I think it's better if you are greedy, if you have money, you can buy food, you can support the disaster area, you can save thousands of people, and this merit is worth any mistake you have made. ”

"Corrupt officials are not bad, and clean officials are not omnipotent, so it's better not to be too persistent."

Luo Yi's words obviously meant something, but with Li Hengbin's IQ, he couldn't understand it for a while, so he had to nod vigorously to indicate that he heard clearly.

But Li Hengbin is really embarrassed about raising food, he has almost found all the rich merchants and grain merchants in Wuyang County, and none of them are willing to take out the grain, even if the price is raised to Bawen, there are very few people who sell it, just two, and they were scared away by Luo Yi.

After Luo Yi finished speaking, he got up and prepared to leave. The purpose of coming here is to know where Li Hengbin has the money to buy food, but he didn't expect to count on him, it's really delusional.

"Master Hou, don't go, even if you want to buy grain, you have to give advice to the lower officials."

"I don't have an idea, I think to myself, there are thirteen days."

While speaking, Luo Yi had already left the courtyard.

Li Hengbin sighed, shook his head and went back to the house.

.............

According to Hu Ran's intentions, Guo Fuyang first overturned all the previous clues and inferences, and then came up with new evidence, specifically, other evidence was found in Haoyue Restaurant, and then according to the evidence, two prisoners were arrested, tortured, convicted and sentenced to be executed after the autumn.

Now it is only seven days away from the beginning of autumn, so as long as you wait for another seven days, this case will be thoroughly understood.

learned about the case, and also counted a matter on his mind.

Hu Ran asked people to send the money to the Drunken Immortal Residence, and then went to the restaurant in person.

Seeing Luo Yi, Hu Ran laughed: "Thank you Hou Ye, if it weren't for Hou Ye, Xia Guan would be in a catastrophe, the silver has been delivered, and I hope Hou Ye will accept it with a smile." ”

"Where's the silver?"

"It's been handed over to Lord Zhao."

"Hmm."

Luo Yi smiled: "I've been waiting for this 300,000 yuan for a long time, I really didn't misunderstand you, you really have a lot of money." ”

"What's a lot, isn't this all for Master Hou."

Speaking of this, Hu Ran became angry, he had saved half his life's money, and all of it was given to Luo Yi. Look at Luo Yi again, it's really infuriating to get cheap and sell well.

However, in front of Luo Yi, he didn't dare to be presumptuous, so he had to sneer and say: "Master Hou, it is right to honor you, I am willing." ”

Luo Yi said: "Is it really willing? ”

"Seriously, must be serious. You saved my life, and my life will be yours in the future, so why don't you regret these things outside your body. ”

Luo Yi said: "It's best if you think like this, you can make it again when the money is gone, if your life is gone, you will have nothing." ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

Picking up a life is indeed precious, Hu Ran thought about it carefully, and he was relieved.

"Master Hou, I still have one more matter, and I hope you can help."

Suddenly, Hu Ran arched his hand and said.

Luo Yi said: "You want to say that if Li Hengbin can't complete the task, he will be arrested and returned to Chang'an, right?" ”

"Exactly, isn't this what you said, Master Hou, he can't raise food, so he should be punished."

Luo Yi smiled bitterly, Hu Ran took it for granted, Li Hengbin is not an ordinary person, how can he say that he will punish the crime, it is a big official, and he must have a holy decree to do it.

At the beginning, Wu Shengqing was convicted, but he also followed Li Shimin's will, and the evidence was conclusive, so he was arrested back to Chang'an.

Luo Yi said: "Don't be too greedy, you must stop in moderation; You want to kill him, but it's not that easy; I said a few days ago that if he couldn't complete the task, he would arrest him and go back to Chang'an to ask for the crime, in fact, it was to scare him, in order to relieve you from the siege, if he really can't complete it, that's all. Could it really be that he could not be brought back to Chang'an? How can I explain to the emperor when I bring it back? ”

"The grain in Wuyang City has already been harvested by me, he will definitely not be able to receive the grain, it is a plan we set, so why bother so much."

Hu Ran: "But..." ”

Luo Yi: "I don't think it's better to have more than one thing, anyway, Liu Sanyi's case has been understood, and in a few days, I will release the task assigned to Li Hengbin and return to Beijing as soon as possible." ”

Hu Ran's face was displeased, in this way, isn't his 300,000 taels of silver a hundred flowers, he thought that after spending so much money, he could collapse Li Hengbin.

"Okay, Master Hou has said so, how dare I disobey."

Hu Ran looked displeased, and slowly arched his hand reluctantly.

Let go of Li Hengbin, Luo Yi is also helpless, or he doesn't want to do that, Li Hengbin is a clean official, dedicated to doing things for the people, such a person should have a good reward, if he even kills this, then how can he be worthy of his conscience.

As for Hu Ran, Luo Yi didn't want to be embarrassed by him, leaving the Qing officials was for the sake of the people, and leaving the corrupt officials was for his own consideration, Luo Yi believed that one day, the money Hu Ran earned would still have to run into his pocket.