"Hahaha!"

Fang Cai's face was still sad, and Shi Kefa, who looked like he was fighting against the water, was stunned for a short time, and then stroked his palms and laughed.

There is no endless road, there is no endless road!

This sentence came to Shi Kefa's mind, and his depression was swept away. He stood up: "Please let him in...... Ah, no, I'm going to meet it myself! ”

Shi Kefa still has some understanding of the brother of this East China Sea giant, this person is only twenty-three years old this year, Chongzhen three years Gengwu Kewu people, once from the Tian'jin governor Zheng Zongzhou and the general Sun Yinglong, later Sun Yinglong was defeated and died in the Denglai Rebellion, and he was transferred to Zhang Tinggong. It's just that I don't know how he ran to Nanzhili this time, and became the messenger of his brother Zheng Zhilong.

When Zheng Zhifeng really arrived in front of him, Shi Kefa looked up and down, and then said with a smile: "I heard that I was getting famous, but now I can see it, I am really happy to live my life!" ”

Zheng Zhifeng changed his name to Hongkui after the martial arts, he was handsome, he didn't look like a martial artist, hearing Shi Kefa's words, he smiled and saluted: "Governor Shi is in love, and the officials returned to their hometowns and provinces, and they heard that the governor was defeated and captured, and he was very admired and eager to see it." ”

Speaking of this, he smiled again: "Because I have to prepare a little, I came a few days late, and I ask Shi Gong to forgive me." ”

When Shi Kefa heard "make a little preparation", his heart moved, and he didn't care about the cold noise, welcomed Zheng Zhifeng into the yazhong, and asked directly: "Gradually, you came this time, but you came to take the criminals away?" ”

"Exactly, the lower official is one step ahead, and the ship transporting people is still behind."

"So...... That silver ......"

At this, Pharaoh Scott blushed slightly, and felt like a small merchant who had to be compared to him. But this is also a helpless thing, don't look at what he just said generously and fiercely, in fact, the situation of the victims of An'lu has been extremely bad, the states and counties not only desperately look for him to cry poor, but also send the victims to the Lu' state capital, only inside and outside the city of Lu' state, the number of victims gathered has exceeded 200,000. So many people want to eat, but Lu' Prefecture is dilapidated, there is no food in store at all, and it completely relies on grain from other places to bring in!

Therefore, the relief for the hungry has also changed from one and two porridges that can stand up chopsticks at the beginning, to one and two porridges with clear soup and little water, and that's it, at most, it can only last for a few more days.

The hungry people have no food, and the final result must be a rebellion and a big eater, and Shi Kefa can already feel that a new popular uprising is brewing.

"Alas, the money, the lower officials didn't bring it." Zheng Hongkui said with a grin.

Their Zheng family is attached to Xiong Wencan, and when he came, he was instructed by his brother to talk about etiquette for this Shi Kefa, as for respect...... He An' Lu governor can't control the Zheng family.

"This, this!" When Shi Kefa heard this, it seemed that cold water was poured down, and the whole person trembled, all his hopes, and even all the hopes of Donglin, were all in the silver money brought by Zheng Hongkui!

He could almost imagine that after these starving people were in turmoil, the Wen Tiren Yu Party in the DPRK would definitely attack him, and even if he suppressed the popular uprising, he would be dismissed because of the unfavorable handling, and more importantly, Wen Zhenmeng, who belonged to Donglin with him, would be dismissed for a few days in the position of the first assistant to the cabinet...... "Why is Shi Gong so out of shape?" Zheng Hongkui saw that his whole body was trembling, and asked in surprise.

"Alas...... since the other party didn't bring the money, Shi Kefa was not interested, and he still asked with a glimmer of hope: "When will the money come?" ”

"The lower officials came to visit Shi Gong, and it was for this reason that the money would not come." Zheng Hongkui said with a smile.

"No...... Won't it come? Shi Kefa was furious: "It's clearly said, how can you go back on your word!" ”

"Well, that's ...... Xia Guan is not the kind of person who goes back on his word, the kind of thing that promises others, but finally does not admit it, Xia Guan can't do it. Zheng Hongkui said with a smile.

Before Shi Kefa could react, Zhang Chi next to him suddenly thought of Yu Guozhen, and said ...... It's clearly slapping Shi Kefa in the face.

"If you say so, why don't you bring money?" Shi Kefa's face suddenly sank: "You dare to play this official? ”

This person is really Haikou, he has no faith and no righteousness, even if he wears an official uniform, he is also a monkey!

Shi Kefa had this idea, and he had a plan in his heart, maybe he could use this as an excuse to take down Zheng Hongkui and force the Zheng family to pay. It is said that the Zheng family controls the maritime trade, and the family wealth is tens of millions, and they must be able to make hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

But at this moment, Zheng Hongkui smiled and said: "Shi Gong made a mistake, although the lower officials didn't bring money, they brought food." ”

"What?" Shi Kefa's expression changed again.

Xia Guan pondered, what Shi Gong lacked the most was not money, but food. As far as Xia Guan knows, the price of rice in Nan'jing is now two or five cents of silver and one stone, and this Lu' state is only afraid of being more expensive, right? ”

Shi Kefa glanced at his subordinates, although he was not familiar with general affairs, but the data of rice prices, Zhang Chi still reported it to him. He coughed and said in a trembling voice: "The price of rice in Lu'zhou is indeed more expensive than that in Nan'jing, three taels and two dollars and one stone." ”

Zhang Chi sighed secretly in his heart, the price reported by Shi Kefa is much cheaper than the actual price of rice, and now in Lu'zhou, five taels of silver and one stone are still priceless!

This little cleverness can't solve the problem, Zheng Hongkui came, how could he not inquire about the price of rice in Lu'zhou?

"Alas, Shi Gong, your people are really bold, in the price of rice, which is related to the overall situation, they even dare to tell you a lie, I just entered the city when I turned around in the market, the price of rice is now five taels and one stone, and that's it, there is still no rice sold!"

Just as Zhang Chi thought, Zheng Hongkui's next words made Shi Kefa and his staff members all blush and swollen, and they only felt that a slap was repeatedly twitching in their faces. Shi Kefa coughed, since Zheng Hongkui said that he brought food, then this guy became cute again, he smiled and said, "Gradually, how much rice did you bring?" ”

"Xiaguan naturally won't make it difficult for Shi Gong, so it is impossible for Xia Guan to settle with Shi Gong according to the price of rice in Lu' Prefecture, and Xia Guan will take away a total of 80,000 people from Shi Gong, 40,000 young and strong, 20,000 healthy women, 20,000 old and weak, a total of 180,000 taels of silver. The lower officials converted it into rice according to the price of Nan'jing, and it was converted according to the time of two taels of silver per stone of rice, a total of 90,000 stone rice. Zheng Hongkui said with a smile: "Shi Gong, this is 90,000 stone meters, and the lower officials have not counted the labor, freight, and warehousing!" ”

When Shi Kefa heard "90,000 stone rice", blood suddenly rushed to his head, and only the white grains of rice were shaking in front of him. 90,000 stone meters! One stone of rice is enough for one person to have a hundred days of food, and these 90,000 stones are 90,000 people, and if it is cooked into porridge, it can even support more time!

That's a big problem!

Shi Kefa said in a trembling voice: "This rice ...... When will this rice arrive? ”

With enough rice, he can maintain the situation, the so-called stability maintenance, but it is an important matter related to the overall situation of their Donglin Party in the imperial court, these 90,000 stone rice is simply to save Wen Zhenmeng's position as the first assistant, and it is to save Donglin's political prospects!

However, Zheng Hongkui smiled and did not answer, Shi Kefa suddenly understood, and he hurriedly said: "Those people, I have ordered all states and counties to send them to Luzhou, and they can start one after another within a month." Now there are more than 20,000 people in Lu'zhou City, and they can leave now! ”

"Xiaguan also hopes to get it done before May, before May there is a north wind to borrow, after May, but only the south wind, shipping is very inconvenient." When Zheng Hongkui heard this, he nodded with satisfaction: "I also ask Shi Gong to write from all over the country and ask them to cooperate." In addition, Dayuan Island is vast and sparsely populated, and the lower officials also have to recruit a group of craftsmen, so please ask Shi Gong to make it convenient. ”

"Well said, well said!" Shi Kefa swallowed his saliva and readily agreed.

"It is said that there will be about 1,000 stone of grain to arrive, and then the grain ship will transport people away, and for every person who is transported, there will be a stone of rice." Zheng Hongkui said with a smile: "Shi Gong doesn't need to worry, this matter has already been properly arranged." ”

Hearing this, Shi Kefa's heart finally relaxed, and now there are only more than 200 stones left in the Lu's state capital, and if this thousand stones can arrive as scheduled, it will really help a lot.

He was also secretly proud in his heart, he was really like a god, and when the thief went south, there was a Yu Guozhen to help him turn the tide, and now the people are changing in real time, and there is a Zheng Hongkui to help him be the mainstay. Shi Kefa felt that this must be his own noble character, so the heroes of the Quartet, even if they disagreed with him, had to come to help.

Only Zhang Chi next to him, but he vaguely felt that it was inappropriate in his heart, this Zheng Hongkui came by such a coincidence, and there seemed to be another meaning in his words.

"Here, set up a banquet, today I want to feast Zheng Yueji." Since Zheng Hongkui's food was not delivered all at once, Shi Kefa's attitude changed again, and such characters could not help but get married.

Putting aside Zhang Chi's vague worry, the second said that as Zheng Hongkui said, four flat-bottomed sand boats carrying a thousand stones of grain arrived at Lu'jiang Mansion. While arranging for the people to be fed, Shi Kefa drove the condemned people onto the boat, and those people who had now lived a month half-starved and half-fed, even if they had the intention of resisting, also disappeared under the hunger, so they did not refuse much when they boarded the boat. On the third day, eight more flat-bottomed sand boats came, this time carrying 2,000 people.

It was only at this time that Shi Kefa thought of asking how the Zheng family would send these people to Dayuan Island. Zheng Hongkui heard him ask, and he didn't hide it, and responded directly: "Send people to Shanghai County first, and then transfer the sea ship from there, and choose to borrow the wind to go south, about twenty days, and you can get to the big man." ”

"This official has also heard that Dayuan Island is now occupied by Hongmaofan, will these tens of thousands of people go to the island, will it cause disputes?"

Zheng Hongkui smiled proudly: "If Hongmao Fan wants to start a war, our Zheng family is not afraid of him." To tell the truth, now Hongmao Fan is going to sea and doing business, and he has to hang the banner of our Zheng family. ”

At this time, Zheng Zhilong's strength was at its peak, and he defeated Liu Xianglao a year ago, which made him reach the peak, and no one dared to touch his tiger whiskers in the entire Ming East China Sea. While the Dutch, known as Hung Mao, were based in Tainan, the Spaniards, known as Greater Luzon, were in Taipei, and the Zheng family de facto controlled Longgang (near present-day Budai Town). After the Battle of Liuluowan, especially after the fall of Liu Xianglao, who colluded with him, although the Dutch were still not angry with the Zheng family, they did not dare to provoke them for a while.

Hearing Zheng Hongkui's explanation, Shi Kefa was relieved, and he asked with a smile: "That being the case, I don't know when the next batch of grain will come?" ”

"The water here is shallow and the river is narrow, and it is not easy for grain ships to come and go, if Shi Gong can send the criminals to Wuwei, the Xiaguan big ship can directly carry people under Wuwei." Zheng Hongkui said with a smile: "If you don't miss the north wind, you will have to wait for half a year." ”

Wait for the second half of the year? Others can wait, but Shi Kefa can't wait!

Therefore, he did not hesitate to say: "That being the case, I will send all these people to Wuwei within a month!" ”

(To be continued)