223 Refusal to pay bread

The two soldiers walked to the front of the warehouse door, stretched out their hands and smashed the door, making a "bang" sound, when the small door on the warehouse door opened, a Chinese poked his head out of the small door, saw the soldier knocking on the door and smiled: "Master Jun, do you have something?" ”

The soldier didn't speak politely, and said directly and proudly: "Our majesty is here, why don't you hurry up and open the door?" ”

The Chinese looked into the distance, and saw Lin Fei sitting on the horse, although he didn't know Lin Fei, but looking at the appearance of the crowd holding the moon, he knew that Lin Fei was not an ordinary person, and hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, let's open the door." As he spoke, the Chinese shouted inside, "A distinguished guest is coming, hurry up and open the door." Several Chinese people ran out of the warehouse and pushed open the door together.

As soon as the gate opened to the left and right, Lin Fei urged the horse to walk to the front of the courtyard gate, turned over and jumped off the horse, and walked into the courtyard, those Chinese people bowed their heads and lowered their hands, standing aside, Lin Fei waved his hand at the warehouse, and said: "Go in and see, is there any food inside?" ”

Several soldiers ran in when they heard the order, and when a few soldiers ran out and said to Lin Fei, "Report to Your Majesty, the warehouse is empty." ”

Lin Fei frowned and said, "Empty? No food in it? ”

The officer nodded again and again and said, "Yes, it is empty, there is no food. ”

Lin Fei walked into the warehouse in a few steps, raised his head and looked around, and sure enough, he saw that the warehouse was empty, and there was not a single bag of grain, Lin Fei said to his subordinates: "Go and call the Chinese who are taking care of the warehouse." ”

A soldier turned around and went out, and it was not long before he brought a Chinese to Lin Fei's approach, Lin Fei pointed to the empty warehouse and asked, "Where is the grain?" Where are they gone? ”

The Chinese were confused and said, "What kind of food?" There was no food here. ”

Lin Fei's eyes widened, and he said angrily, "What did you say?" No food here? Isn't this the grain warehouse of the Lilar company? How could it be that there was no food in the first place? ”

When the Chinese saw Lin Fei angry, his knees weakened in fright, and he fell to the ground with a "plop", and his voice was already crying, and said: "Your Majesty, it's true, there was no food here when we came... And this is not the warehouse of the Lilar Company, but the warehouse of the 'Liu Ji Company'. ”

Lin Fei's doubts were even worse, and he turned back to Li Ming and said, "How did this become the warehouse of Liu Ji Commercial Bank?" ”

Li understood that the surprise on his face was even worse than Lin Fei's, he thought for a while, and said firmly: "It must not be wrong, this is the warehouse of the Lilar Company, this is what our guide told us, the guide is often active in Manila, and has been to this warehouse several times, and this warehouse is the largest in a group of warehouses, the appearance is very obvious, it is impossible to make a mistake." ”

Lin Fei looked at the Chinese who were kneeling on the ground and were silent, thinking that he didn't look like he was lying, and he said to his subordinates: "Go and call all the Chinese outside to see if they know anything?" ”

A soldier ran out, and brought in the Chinese who had just opened the door, and when they saw the leader kneeling on the ground, they all came to the leader and knelt down, Lin Fei didn't let them get up, and asked directly: "Isn't this the warehouse of the Lillard Company?" How did it become the warehouse of Liu Kee Trading Company? ”

When everyone heard the question, they looked at each other a few times, and then a Chinese man crawled out on his knees and said: "Your Majesty, that's right, this warehouse was originally owned by the Lilar Company, but it was later transferred to Liu Ji Trading Company, and our leader didn't know about it. ”

Lin Fei asked coldly, "Is this true?" ”

The Chinese nodded again and again, and said, "It's absolutely true, if you don't believe it, you can go outside to inquire, many people know about this matter." ”

Lin Fei let out an "oh", and Li understood that at this time, he approached Lin Fei and whispered: "Your Majesty, this may also be the reason why our people did not accept this warehouse, and when we received it, we stipulated that Chinese factories and warehouses will not be accepted." ”

Lin Fei nodded, and then asked the Chinese, "Didn't you have a grain in the warehouse when you came?" ”

The Chinese nodded one after another, and Lin Fei then asked, "When did you come here?" ”

The Chinese said: "I can't remember the exact date, but it should be after Your Majesty blew up the walls of Manila." ”

Lin Fei nodded lightly, raised his hand at the Chinese who fell to the ground, and said, "Get up." The Chinese thanked them repeatedly, got up from the ground, and stood aside, Lin Fei said to Li Mingming: "It seems that the Spaniards should have transferred the grain, as for where it was transferred, the people who took over the warehouse in the back should know who the Liu Ji firm is buying and selling."

Li replied clearly: "It is the transaction of Wang Ruihe, the richest Chinese man in Manila." ”

As soon as Lin Fei heard "Wang Ruihe", he exclaimed and said, "Wang Ruihe's business? Isn't it Liu Kee & Co.? ”

Li Ming nodded solemnly and said: "That's right, it's his business, the owner of Liu Ji Commercial Bank was originally surnamed Liu, but later it was closed due to poor management, Wang Ruihe and the owner surnamed Liu are old friends, so he paid to buy the business of the owner surnamed Liu, but the name of the business has not changed, and it is still called Liu Ji Commercial Bank." ”

Lin Fei nodded and said, "This Wang Ruihe is still righteous. Then the conversation changed and said, "Send a few people to find Wang Ruihe, and I will ask him about this matter in person." ”

Li Ming sent someone out, and Wang Ruihe rushed over after a short time, and the two sat down face to face in the warehouse, Lin Fei smiled when he saw Wang Ruihe, and said, "Mr. Wang, we meet again." ”

Wang Ruihe was still amiable, and said with a smile: "Yes, we meet again." ”

Lin Fei pointed to the warehouse with his hand and said, "Is this warehouse yours?" ”

Wang Ruihe nodded and said, "Yes, it's mine." ”

Lin Fei sneered and said, "Isn't this warehouse from the Lilar Company?" ”

Wang Ruihe smiled faintly and said, "The general director of Lilar Company and I are old friends, so he transferred this warehouse to me. ”

Lin Fei said with a smile: "I heard from the person in charge of the warehouse that after the warehouse transfer happened and I blew up the city wall, did the general director of the Lilar company think that I would enter Manila sooner or later and know that I would not receive Chinese assets, so he transferred the warehouse to you?" ”

Wang Ruihe was stunned for a moment, and said embarrassedly: "There may be this reason." ”

Lin Fei stood up, took two steps towards Wang Ruihe, and said, "I don't want to ask more about these things, I just want to know one thing, where is the grain in the warehouse?" ”

When Wang Ruihe saw Lin Fei standing up, he also stood up and said, "The grain is in the warehouse of my trading house. ”

Lin Fei said with a smile: "Mr. Wang, you are very honest, I appreciate you very much, now please hand over the grain." ”

Wang Ruihe's face was embarrassed, and he said in a consultative tone: "Your Majesty, this is not very good, after all, these grains are the private property of the Lilar Company, and if you want to take them all at once, it is unreasonable to say anything." ”

Lin Fei said: "Now the price of grain in Manila has risen by 50 percent, if I don't get this grain in my hands and put it on the market, the price of grain will double in a few hours, and someone will starve to death in a few days. ”

Wang Ruihe's face was sad, and he said: "I really can't bear to see the people starve to death, otherwise, I'll take out ten tons of grain and put it on the market first, what do you think?" ”

Lin Fei shook his head and said, "Mr. Wang, the key to the question now is not how much grain you take out and put it into the market, but whether you can hand over all the grain to me." ”

Wang Ruihe sighed lightly and said, "Your Majesty, I have just said that these grains are the private property of the Lilar Company, if you take it by force, what is the difference between it and the robbers who fight with open fire?" ”

Lin Fei's brows tightened, his tone became more stern, and he said: "Since I am the lord of a country in the Huaxia Empire, I want to make my people afford to buy rice and eat, if I am a robber, then I am also a robber of all the people..."

Wang Ruihe sighed heavily and said, "But the general director of the Lilar Company and I are old friends, if I don't protect their company's grain, won't I become a trustworthy and unrighteous person?" Your Majesty is embarrassing me so much. ”

Lin Fei was just about to speak, but Li understood that he couldn't listen anymore, so he stood up and said sharply: "Mr. Wang Ruihe, you are Chinese, and we are both ancestors, why don't you help us, but help the Spaniards?" ”

Wang Ruihe raised his head, his tone also raised a little, and said, "Since Chief of Staff Li said that we are the same ancestor, why don't you remember the teachings of the sages?" ”

Li was stunned for a moment and asked, "What sage's teachings?" ”

Wang Ruihe straightened his chest and said solemnly: "Confucius has clouds, people don't believe it, they don't know what it can do, the big car has no car, the car has no car, how can it be done?" ”

"輗" and "軏" are the names of the car parts, Wang Ruihe's words come from the "Analects", which means that people must be honest, otherwise they will be like a car without "輗" and "軏", unable to walk, Li understands how can he understand, he looked at Lin Fei blankly.

Lin Fei waved his hand, signaling that Li understood that there was no need to say more, he stared at Wang Ruihe, and secretly thought in his heart, Wang Ruihe obviously regarded the Spaniards as his friends, and if he wanted him not to help the Spaniards, he had to convince him, but the situation was urgent, how could he have time to rub his tongue with him?

Lin Fei raised his head and said to Wang Ruihe coldly: "Mr. Wang Ruihe, I will give you four hours to think about it, it is now 8 o'clock in the morning, 12 o'clock in the afternoon, I will visit in person, I hope you can hand over all the food to me at that time, otherwise, don't blame me for using some last resort." ”

After Lin Fei finished speaking, he waved his hand to his subordinates, and said loudly: "Let's go." After Lin Fei finished speaking, he led his subordinates out of the warehouse and walked towards the military camp in the distance.

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