Chapter 111: Suing the Great Grain Merchant

After Wang Ping'an finished speaking, Wei Chigong looked at the officials present, others are old and sophisticated, what expressions others have, how can he not see the reason, knocked on the table, and asked: "Little Niu, this official doesn't seem to approve of this idea too much when he sees you, if you have something better, say it and let everyone listen to it!" ”

Niu Zhenghong hurriedly said: "No, no, how can the lower officials disapprove of the idea of the immortals, not disapprove, but approve, greatly approve!" After a slight pause, he said: "But the immortal is from the capital, and he may not know much about the local affairs in Xuzhou, so he ......" He observed Wei Chigong's reaction while so.

Wei Chigong snorted, waved his hand and said: "Don't do it, if you have anything to say, I hate you civil officials the most, so I will make a fuss in my stomach, don't say it to my face, and say it hard behind my back!" ”

Niu Zhenghong laughed a few times, and then said, "God...... Immortals, we have grain in Xuzhou, and the grain is naturally to deal with unexpected situations, logically speaking...... Well, if this is to provide disaster relief according to the regulations of the imperial court, this disaster can be relieved. But if you follow the method that your old man said, then the food will not be enough, and the money can be donated by the rich households, but the food cannot be conjured out of thin air! ”

Wei Chigong glared and shouted, "Don't the grain merchants have grain in their hands, won't they buy it from them?" If anyone dares to take the opportunity to raise the price of grain, the Shang Fang sword in the official's hand is not an ornament, so what does it matter if he kills his head! ”

Niu Zhenghong said twice, and said: "What the fairy said is extremely true, completely correct, and the lower officials admire it." However, even if the grain merchants have grain in their hands, they can only eat it for the people of Xuzhou. In order to cope with the additional large expenditures, it is necessary to transfer food from other places, but at present, Xuzhou is full of victims, and Xuzhou cannot support other places, and other places naturally cannot support Xuzhou! ”

Chang Qingfeng had just been promoted by Niu Zhenghong, and of course he had to speak for his boss at this time, so he stood up and said, "Immortal, the lower official is in charge of specific matters, and he knows some inside information, what Lord Niu said is good." Even if we bought grain from grain merchants, we wouldn't be able to cope with such a large expense. And when the project starts, it will definitely attract more people to come here, and the food needs will be doubled at that time. Even if we do our best to supply, but once the disaster period is over, the victims return to their hometowns, but Xuzhou has exhausted the grain stockpile, so the people in the city have become new disaster victims, we can control the price of food, but we can't control the lack of food! ”

Wang Ping'an was listening, sighing in his heart, his idea is good, but the situation does not allow it, food cannot be conjured out of thin air, even if Wei Chigong is known as a "fairy", he has no ability to conjure a grain of rice by looking at his appearance. As for the transfer of grain from other places, in this situation, it is also unrealistic, and the state capitals themselves are difficult to protect, how can they still support Xuzhou!

Wei Chigong was also in trouble, and said: "Then what should I do, I'm afraid it's too late to plant now!" ”

The officials said together in their hearts: "Aren't you talking nonsense! ”

Niu Zhenghong thought for a while and said: "Unless it is to call for military rations, my Xuzhou is an important town, even if the civilian food is not enough, but the military rations must be enough!" ”

"This, this one is a bit difficult!" Wei Chigong didn't dare to say too much, the military rations are not trivial, they are ranked before the armor in the national standing materials, after all, there is no armor, and the soldiers can also fight, but if there is no military rations, let alone fighting, the army itself will have to disperse!

The Xiaoguo army of the former Sui is ruthless, it is the strongest army in the world, a real tiger and wolf army, but once there is no military rations, it will not collapse!

When the officials saw it, even Wei Chigong was stunned, and they naturally had no choice, everyone was silent and made a fortune in a muffled voice! There was an eerie silence in the lobby, only the sound of everyone's breathing, but no one spoke.

Suddenly, there was a cry outside the house, followed by the beating of drums, this is to complain!

Wei Chigong was in a bad mood, slapped the table, and said angrily: "This is the Assassin's Mansion, not the county government, how can the complaint come here!" ”

Niu Zhenghong didn't want to stay here as a "wooden chicken", so he hurriedly said: "The gods are angry, the lower officials will go and take a look, and quickly repel the people who come, so that they can come back and listen to the immortals...... The oracle! He turned and walked briskly out of the lobby to the door.

After a while, Niu Zhenghong came back with a surprised face, and said to Wei Chigong: "This is really a thousand coincidences in the world, and there are thousands of coincidences today!" There was indeed a complaint outside, and the person who was accused was He Louqi! ”

Wei Chigong said: "He Louqi? surnamed He Lou, his ancestors are also Xianbei people? That's a familiar name! Like He Lou, Wei Chi is also a Xianbei surname, but in the Central Plains, the Xianbei family has disappeared, and the Xianbei descendants who settled in the Central Plains have become Tang people, so Wei Chi Gong used the word "also".

Niu Zhenghong hurriedly said: "He Louqi is indeed a descendant of Xianbei. He is the big businessman in charge of military rations in Xuzhou, my Xuzhou! ”

"Ah, I remembered, it turned out to be that Wang Ba Loach, isn't he the loyal lackey of the eldest grandson Wuji!" As soon as he mentioned the military rations, Wei Chi Gong immediately remembered who He Louqi was!

Before Wei Chigong surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, he was living under Liu Wuzhou. In one battle, it was because of the lack of military rations that it led to a big defeat, and at that time, it was none other than He Louqi who provided military rations to Liu Wuzhou's army!

Niu Zhenghong said: "Exactly, He Louqi and Wuji have good buses, the founding of the Tang Dynasty, he has some credit, but I don't know why he didn't enter the court as an official, and came to my Xuzhou to retire." Wuji ordered him to supply the state with military rations, and this errand has been done for more than 20 years! ”

Wei Chigong said loudly: "Why didn't he enter the court as an official?" Because he has offended too many people, and your Taoist master is one of them! The new hatred and old hatred were all hooked up for a while, and Wei Chigong took the case and shouted: "Bring He Louqi up, Dao Ye...... The judge will try him personally! ”

Niu Zhenghong grinned, looking at your appearance, it doesn't seem like you want to judge him, but you want to kill him directly! He stiffened his head and said, "Immortal, that He Louqi didn't make a mistake and didn't come!" He told him what had happened.

It turned out that the price of grain in the city was soaring, and He Louqi had been trading grain for so many years, of course he would not make the mistake of hoarding Juqi, in addition to the accident of military rations, he also did private business, and his rice shop still sold rice at the original price, but only sold for twenty stones a day!

Has the price increased? He didn't raise the price, and the charge of raising the price of rice couldn't be put on his head! Hoarding? But people are selling rice, they don't say they don't sell it, but they sell less! There is no law that stipulates how much rice a grain merchant must sell per day?

There are many people who take advantage of legal loopholes, not only in modern times, but also in ancient times, and He Louqi is the best in this, and he will never give people a handle!

Today, many people lined up to buy rice, and when the queue arrived, the 20 stone rice had already been sold, of course the people were unwilling, and in excitement, they smashed the door of the store with stones, and smashed the door of the store. The shopkeeper came out, grabbed the people who threw the stones, and asked them to pay for the door, and detained the people.

Niu Zhenghong said with a sad face: "It's okay to release people, but you have to pay for other people's doors first, those people's money is not enough to buy rice, so they can't pay for it, is it possible that this money will be stabbed for Shi Fu to give them out?" ”

Wang Ping'an whispered beside him: "Immortal Chief, you can't find other people's stubble." As long as you say let people go, the He Lou family will definitely release people immediately, and the door will not be compensated, but it shows that his family is generous and does not blame the past, but it makes people feel that you are bullying the people with officials and suppressing the small with the big. So through this matter, you won't be angry! ”

Wei Chigong thought about it, nodded and said, "Yes, you're right!" It's better to leave this matter to you, you go and ask for someone, it's better to speak harder and let him beat you! ”

Wang Ping'an sighed, what do you mean, why did I take the initiative to be beaten? Just to let you find a fault and repair someone!

Wei Chi Gong said in a heartfelt manner: "You are the disaster relief manager of Xuzhou, and now the city is facing a food shortage, who will come out if you don't come out?" ”

Wang Ping'an said: "Didn't you say that when you are here, I have to step aside?" ”

Wei Chigong smiled and said: "You go to explore the road first, if you let He Louqi do something stupid, then I will take action, first, to give you anger, and secondly, to have an excuse to get some military rations from him, then your idea will not be able to be used!" I'll give you a credit in the recital! ”

"Then what if I offend Mowgli?" Wang Ping'an is worried about this.

Yu Chigong smiled: "I have to deal with it in Beijing, don't worry, the eldest grandson is not so small, as long as you can let Xuzhou tide over the difficulties, it is too late for him to thank you!" ”

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Heat-clearing diuretic diet

Bitter gourd rock sugar drink

Recipe: 60 grams of japonica rice, 15 grams of purslane, 100 grams of bitter gourd and rock sugar.

Preparation: 1. Remove both ends of the bitter gourd, wash it, cut it open and cut it into small cubes, wash the purslane and chop it into minced pieces, and wash the japonica rice.

2. Put the pot on the fire, add an appropriate amount of water, add japonica rice to cook porridge, when the rice is boiled to half-cooked, add diced bitter gourd and purslane, continue to cook until the porridge is cooked, add rock sugar, boil a few times, and the rice can be eaten after saccharification.

Directions: Serve as breakfast or a late-night snack.

Efficacy: Clearing heat and detoxifying, strengthening the stomach, sterilization, and stopping dysentery.

Avoid: Those with cold stomach should avoid eating.