"The small courtyard where you lived a year ago will be kept by the envoy for you; Your escort lives in the courtyard next door. ”

"Really? Big Brother Mai is thoughtful, so I'll be able to meet them in a while? ”

Su You and the unknown little leader talked all the way, and only a moment to the official post house in Yangzhou, the door of the post house was obviously much better than the gate of Yangzhou City, when they learned that the person who came was Su You and his party, the post house caused a burst of chickens and dogs.

Su You didn't expect that his return would cause such a big movement, but when he stepped into his small courtyard, he saw a group of people under the black pressure, these people were obviously the guards who had been waiting for him for three days.

The leader of the guards was not any of Duan Si Lingqing in Su You's mind, but a tall man, when he looked closely, this man's eyes were deep-set, his nose was like an eagle's falcon, and his hair under the top leather was mostly curly.

This person is not Wang Shichong, but who is it?

Wang Shichong's grandfather was a native of Hu in the Western Regions and died early, so his grandmother led his father to remarry into the Bacheng royal family; Wang Shichong's father has been surnamed Wang since then, but the Hu blood on his body cannot be changed, and his son Wang Shichong is naturally also a Hu species, and his body shape and appearance are mostly like Hu people.

Wang Shichong was an official at this time, and he had a few encounters with Su You in the east before, so the latter recognized him at a glance.

When Wang Shichong and Su You met for the first time, their official positions were still almost the same, how could he have thought that Su You's promotion was like riding a rocket? When the transfer order of the Ministry of War was handed over to Wang Shichong, he couldn't wait to rush to Yangzhou immediately, the purpose was to ask Su You for advice on how to be promoted so quickly.

As for the embarrassment of ordinary people when they see their former colleagues become today's bosses, Wang Shichong has nothing in his heart.

After Wang Shichong saw Su You stepping into the small courtyard, he immediately made a gesture to the three hundred soldiers in front of him, and then saluted Su You with them, "My subordinates greet the imperial history and the envoy of the Eastern Capital." ”

"Thank you for your hard work! How can it be you? Su You's thoughts were suddenly taken aback by the cheers of everyone, and he immediately greeted Wang Shichong.

Wang Shichong listened to Su You call his cousin, and then walked to Su You familiarly, and said flatteringly, "It is my Wang Shichong's blessing to be able to follow Hengbo to learn to be an official and a man; Su Yushi, I have prepared your house for you, and the fire is also burning, do you need to rest now? ”

Wang Shichong was halfway through his words, and he still remembered his duty, but he didn't forget to show his flattery, and reported everything he had done for Su You straight to the point.

Su You listened to Wang Shichong's invitation, immediately smiled and nodded, and then ordered, "It's getting late at this time, you let them go down to rest first, you arrange a few of them in my yard, by the way, I'll introduce you first, this is Wang Yong, the word Bodang"

In view of Wang Shichong's obvious Hu characteristics, when Su You introduced him to Wang Bodang, he did not habitually point out that they were of the same clan; Although Wang Shichong has an official position, he does not dare to slack off on these people around Su You.

Anyway, Wang Shichong always kept a smile on his face, and after he greeted a few people, he called a few clever soldiers to help Wang Bodang and the others clean up the house, and personally led them to Su You's room.

After Wang Shichong helped Su You push open the door, he quietly retreated, his style was obviously a good subordinate who was loved by everyone.

When Su You walked into the house and felt the heat on the stove, he was finally moved by Wang Shichong's hospitality, at this time, although Wang Shichong may want to get something from himself, everything he did was obviously meticulous.

When Su You saw Wang Shichong retreating, he immediately stopped him, "Okay, you can come in too." ”

"I don't know what else the imperial history commands?" Wang Shichong bowed down and asked Su You, without waiting for Su You to answer, he carefully closed the door again, and then came to Su You's side.

After Su You entered the house, he first turned around, and after finding that this house was no different from before, he nodded appreciatively to Wang Shichong, and then said to him solemnly, "Tomorrow morning, you go to Tianya Pavilion to book the largest private room, and then give a banquet in my name to all the influential merchants in Yangzhou City, especially the main persons in charge of the grain and salt shops; By the way, you can also call the county ward's ward about this, and say that I will visit him around noon. ”

Wang Shichong nodded while listening, and didn't ask Su You what he meant by this, in fact, Wang Shichong also roughly guessed one or two, although he had only been in Yangzhou for three days, he still felt the crisis in Yangzhou City.

Naturally, he also blindly believed that Su You could solve these trivial matters, because Su You relied on Yang Guang the most.

In Wang Shichong's mind, as long as he hugged Yang Guang's thigh, everything would be worry-free.

"Got it?" After Su You finished speaking, he asked emphatically.

"It's all written down, and the subordinates will live up to the trust."

"Okay, you go back and rest first, and you can go down too." Su You nodded in approval, and then turned to Wang Bodang and the others.

Wang Shichong, Wang Bodang and others left one after another, Su You was already sleepy at this time, and the upper eyelids and lower eyelids were fighting, so he didn't go to wash, and went straight to bed with his clothes.

When Su You woke up, his stomach was so hungry that his chest was pressed to his back, and after he took a shower, he found that it was almost noon.

At this time, Wang Bodang and the others had already gotten up, and Wang Shichong had also notified everyone who should have been notified, he heard that Su You had finished washing, and he diligently brought Su You a breakfast that had been hot for a long time.

When Su You was gobbling up those delicate pastries, he heard that Mai Tiezhu was visiting, which was also something Su You expected.

Su You quickly wiped his mouth, and when he was about to go out to greet him, Mai Tiecane had already arrived at the door of his small courtyard.

"Big brother, don't come here to be harmed, right?" Su You opened his mouth to say hello, the ghost knew how fake his greetings were, because at this time, Mai Tiezhu's face was not very good, and his face was obviously much thinner than a year ago.

can make a man who has just finished the New Year lose weight, obviously because of the worrying matter of food shortage in Jiangdu.

If this matter is not handled well, then his career will be worried.

Mai Tiezhu didn't salute Su You, and directly grabbed his hand, with the enthusiasm of a relative, "Brother Xian, are you back, do you think you forgot me?" I originally thought you were still in Yuhang, but then I heard that you left Yuhang as early as the second day of the Lantern Festival, where have you been these days? ”

"Didn't I say that I would take office in Yangzhou in early February? It's only the first year of junior high school today. Su You immediately let the wheat iron rod into the house, and after saying this, he raised the teacup to him again, and then explained lightly, "As you know, after the Lantern Festival, I took the ship of the Seven Seas Trading Company to Gaomi County and built a dock in Jimo."

Mai Tiezhu nodded cluelessly, he didn't know a few big words, his understanding of geography was limited to a radius of a few hundred miles, he had never been to Gaomi County or anything, he was so anxious at this time, how could he care about Su You's dock?

The two were silent for a while, and Mai Tiezhu finally couldn't hold his breath, stared at Su You and asked, "You've heard about Yangzhou, right?" ”

Su You replied tactfully, "When passing by Shanyang, I heard about some, and we rode back to Yangzhou overnight."

"To put it simply, from the day of the Lantern Festival, the price of rice in Yangzhou began to rise, and the price of rice on that day rose three times a day, from 20 to 30 Wen of Doumi, and on the second day it rose to 50 Wen of Dou Mi Five days ago, Dou Mi has risen to 200 Wen, and now it has risen to 300 Wen, and there is no market."

Su You nodded, and the words in Mai Tiezhu's mouth were similar to what he heard in Shanyang.

Mai Tiezhu continued bitterly, "On the 26th day of the first month, a large-scale grain robbery incident broke out in Yangzhou rice shop, and none of the seven or eight rice shops were spared, not only the rice shop, but also the livestock, horse and meat shops near the rice shop were also affected one after another, the money and goods were robbed, the shop was burned, the men and the shopkeeper were killed, and more than 10 Yangzhou people, homeless people and businessmen were trampled to death and squeezed to death, and nearly 100 people were injured."

"This happened!" Su You was stunned for a moment, and then said to Mai Tiecane, "The younger brother is also responsible for such a thing, has the eldest brother ever written a memora to His Majesty?" ”

Mai Tiezhu shook his head and said with a wry smile, "In the past few days, I have been like a headless fly, I originally wanted to report this to you at the first time, but I couldn't find you, and then I thought about transporting grain from other counties to level the price of grain."

Su You smiled and asked, "It turned out that there was a shortage of food everywhere?" Is the price of food everywhere? ”

"yes. Now I don't know how to explain to the people of Yangzhou, let alone how to explain to Your Majesty" Mai Tiezhu looked at Su You and smiled, eager to go up and pinch him to death, he even has the heart to die now, it is rare that Su You can still laugh.

Su You looked at Mai Tiezhu and gritted his teeth, and didn't dare to laugh anymore, but said solemnly, "The most important thing now is, first, to eliminate the impact of the incident itself; Second, we should bring food prices down as soon as possible."

"Who's to say it isn't? But I'm a high-eyed man, and I've never encountered this kind of thing before. McIron nodded, still with a bitter smile on his face.

Su You immediately said his thoughts to Mai Tiezhu, "Big brother probably heard about my banquet for major businessmen in Yangzhou, in fact, I"

After listening to Su You's words, Mai Tiezhu finally showed a rare smile, and he believed that Su You's plan might have a surprise effect.

Obviously, Su You's banquet is a Hongmen banquet.