Chapter Seventy-Three: Speculation of the Truth

"Little prince, this matter ......"

The news brought by Li Minxing was too shocking, and the room full of people were shocked and suspicious, and Li Minquan, who was burdened with the responsibility of recommendation, was even more uneasy.

"Hmm!"

Hongqing didn't give Li Minquan a chance to finish his words at all, waved his hand, stopped his words, looked around at the people in the room with a frosty face, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Listen to it, this matter must not be spread outside, if it is violated, the master will not be spared!" ”

"No!"

As soon as they heard Hongqing say such cruel words, Liu San'er and the others dared to slack off, and they were busy bowing down and making promises.

"Mr. Li stayed, and the rest of the people retreated."

Those who can be brought into this house by Hongqing are naturally confidants, and their abilities may be average, but loyalty is undoubted, this point, Hongqing can still be trusted, and now that he has already explained, Hongqing doesn't want to talk any more, so he waved his hand and retreated everyone.

"Wow!"

For everyone, Hongqing, the little master, is the sky, since he has given the order, no one dares to disobey, and after everyone agrees in unison, they retreat.

"Is there anything Mr. Lee has to say?"

After everyone retreated, Hongqing raised his head slightly, glanced at Li Minquan, who was a little unnatural, with a solemn expression, and asked in a flat tone.

"Little Wang Ye Mingjian, my subordinates think that this matter is important, and it must be verified by many parties, just based on what Min Xing said, I am afraid that some things cannot be done."

Li Minquan was still worried about his own recommendation, lest what his brother said was wrong, so he replied with a hesitant look after a little hesitation.

"Well, it's to check again, however, it's not in a hurry, a certain Guan Min Xing is a promising person, when it is not a person who opens the river, this matter is true, if the river Cao Yamen really has no food, I am afraid that there will be a mess in the matter of releasing grain!"

Hongqing is a awakened person, and he understands that Li Minquan is worried about something as soon as he hears it, but he doesn't bother to say anything, so he just comments with a gloomy face.

"The little prince is very worried, but it is not unsolvable, but the cost will be quite large."

Li Minquan's net worth and life all depend on Hongqing's father and son, and he can't sit back and watch the third master's mission smash up, and under the brain teaser, he really found a glimmer of hope for a breakthrough.

"Oh? Let's listen to it, you don't have to worry too much about spending too much. ”

As long as it is something that money can solve, Yu Hongqing said, it is not too difficult, not to mention, the Shandong branch here is a scrap, or can squeeze out 10,000 taels of silver, after all, the Shandong branch has been open for four months, and the sales income has not yet been solved to the general number, and it is not a big deal to move it out first.

"Xiao Wang Mingjian, this Jining city by the canal to eat, the land is rich, and it is a place where the wind and rain are smooth, although the surrounding prefectures have all suffered disasters, however, Jining is not affected, there are many wealthy families in the house, there are a lot of grain in stock, if you are willing to use a lot of money, or can buy some, for emergency purposes, today, the number of grain reported by the Shandong government is enough to support the use of five days, and the 40,000 stone grain from Huguang is urgent, and the 40,000 stone grain from Huguang will arrive in about ten days, the difference, it is nothing more than five days of light and ears, tighten some, maybe be able to deal with the past."

Li Minquan is a native of Jining, although he has been away from his hometown for a long time, he knows Jining quite well, and after some calculations, he is quite impressive.

Five days? Well, damn it, it's no wonder that Lao Shi tried his best to delay the trip at the beginning, and the problem of daring was actually here!

As the so-called speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional, regardless of whether Li Minquan's strategy is feasible, only to say that as soon as Hongqing heard the difference of five days, he immediately remembered what happened on the Liaocheng wharf, and then studied carefully, and faintly guessed the truth - Lao Shi had long known that the granary of Hecao Yamen was no longer adjustable, for fear of revealing the stuffing, this would try his best to delay the trip, the reason is very simple, as long as it is delayed for a few days, when the 40,000 stones urgently transferred from Huguang arrive on time, the matter of Hecao Yamen can be smoothly covered up, There will be no risk of being discovered, as for how many deaths of the victims will be caused by the consequences of the delay, I am afraid that it will not be within the scope of the tenth master's consideration at all, and after figuring out this, Hongqing is already a little relieved in his heart, but the question is here again - where is the grain of the Hecao Yamen?

Hecao Yamen is not only in charge of river defense, but also Caoyun, the grain in its granary is reserve grain, its function is actually not for disaster relief, but for the Yellow River flooding, so as not to affect the supply of grain in Beijing, in this sense, Hecao Yamen's grain is a war preparation grain, usually looks useless, but once something happens, it is the straw that saves the life of Jingshi, there is no holy decree, tampering with the grain of the granary is a capital crime, so, what happened, Will the governor of Dehecao transfer the grain from the granary without hesitation?

Did you deliberately let the third master mess it up? There is such a possibility, but it is not big, after all, once this matter is broken, the third master may not have anything to do, but Rufu, the governor of Hecao, must not be able to eat and walk around, even with the tenth master I am afraid that he will be unlucky, in this sense, the possibility of deliberately rectifying the third master is not large, of course, if you can't reveal the secret of the granary without grain, then the third master is really going to encounter big trouble, a crime of unfavorable handling will be deducted, and all the previous efforts of the third master will come to naught, and if you want to get up, it is obviously not so easy.

Since it is not deliberately necessary to rectify the third master, there is only one possibility left - interests! The reason is also very simple, in the year of the catastrophe, the most expensive is the grain, the price increase is often more than ten times, if you can resell the reserve grain of the Hecao Yamen to the market, the windfall profits obtained are absolutely amazing, as for making up for it, it is also simple, after the harvest of Huguang summer grain, and then the low price into a sum, it is enough to make up for the deficit completely, this comes and goes, not to mention can also fall a few hundred thousand taels of silver, it is really faster than robbing the money to return the money, under the stimulation of such huge profits, A bunch of corrupt officials can't do anything.

Shocking case! This is definitely a shocking case, involved in it is afraid that not only the governor of Hecao Ru Fu alone, but also the political envoy Gong Puqi and the inspection envoy Du Moliang must also be in it, because without the full cooperation of these two, Ru Fu alone, even if he has this heart, he does not have the ability, and it is impossible to sell all the 30,000 stone grain in the granary without knowing it.

"Little prince, look at this ......"

Hongqing thought about it a little bit, her face changed constantly, but she didn't say a word for a long time, Li Minquan saw this, and the uneasiness in her heart suddenly became a little stronger, and she was afraid that Hongqing would reproach her for making random suggestions, so she tried her words with a bitter face.

"Well, this strategy is feasible, Mr. just let go and buy grain, and the silver taels needed will be spent from the business first, and you can buy as much as you can, just to withstand three days, Xiao Wang may be able to get the 10,000 stone grain that he urgently bought from Huguang."

Although Hongqing has vaguely seen through the strangeness of the lack of grain in the granary of Hecao Yamen, but in the end it is a lack of evidence, but he is not willing to easily pierce it, and furthermore, Hongqing has not yet thought of a countermeasure, after all, the stakes of this case are too important, once it is pierced, it will definitely be an officialdom earthquake, but if the news leaks in advance and is heard by the tenth master, I am afraid that the consequences will be a little unbearable, in view of this, Hongqing rationally forced what he thought in his heart, and just simply commanded, of course, In order to ease Li Minquan's heart, Hongqing also mentioned the things that Yinlu had to do before leaving Beijing.

"Shhh......, if this can be the case, there will be no danger of civil revolt this time, and the disaster relief matter will be dealt with first, and it will not be too late to postpone the matter of the Hecao Yamen."

As soon as he heard Hongqing say this, Li Minquan couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and his tense nerves relaxed slightly.

"Well, then it's better to do this for now, just bother Mr. Li to make a few more trips, implement the matter of purchasing grain as soon as possible, and discuss the matter of Hecao Yamen later."

There are priorities, how to deal with the matter of Hecao Yamen is important, but compared to appeasing the victims, but it is much too late, at the moment for Hongqing father and son, how to put the grain down smoothly is the top priority, as for the settlement of accounts after the autumn, it is not too late to calculate it slowly, this point, Hongqing himself sees it very clearly.

"Okay, my subordinates will contact the major wealthy families in Jining, and come back later to listen to the teachings of the little prince."

Hearing that Hongqing agreed to his coping strategy, Li Minquan was excited, but he didn't dare to slack off a little, so he hurriedly responded, and hurriedly left the room, and went to Zhang Luo without mentioning related matters.

Damn the eighth child, pull down such a stinky ****, but let Lao Tzu rub his ass, how can there be such a beautiful thing, if you don't make your head bleed, it won't be over!

Although there is a certain degree of certainty in surviving the difficulties, it is still unknown how high this certainty is - one is that it is not clear how much grain Li Minquan can buy, after all, the wealthy family in Shandong has always been strong, but it may not be easy to follow Li Minquan's pace, even if it is under the banner of the third master, things may not be simpleAfter all, water transportation is different from land transportation, if the wind and waves are calm, everything is easy to say, but if there is a storm or something, then the transportation period does not know how long it will be delayed, as soon as I think of this, Hongqing hated the behavior of the old eight and his gang to make a fortune to the bone, but when it comes to the specific plan, Hongqing has not yet figured it out, so he paced back and forth in the empty room, and his brows were deeply locked into a capital "Chuan" word......