Sun Xiaoning said: "What kind of memory is this King of the East? Borrowing grain from the Qi Dynasty, and taking my Wei Chaojiang in exchange, everyone knows about it, but today you say you don't know? ”

Han Jian was very impulsive when he heard this, he also knew that these people in the court were originally picky bones in eggs, and they had been holding back before, but this time Han Jian asked Lin Xiaoshu to arrange the transportation of grain and grass, and Sun Xiaoning's nerves were severed, so that he would be angry in public, or in places like military meetings.

"Everybody knows? I'm afraid it's all just rumors, right? Han Jian said in a very flat tone.

"Rumors?" The people over there in the Dongwang Mansion were also a little panicked, they were originally in the Dongwang Mansion, and they heard Han Song's own words, but now it has become a rumor?

"Your Highness, what's going on? At that time, we heard what the princess of the county said...... "People from the East Prince's Mansion also came to inquire."

At the beginning, they still informed the Luoyang faction of the imperial court, hoping that the people from the Luoyang faction would exert pressure to order the Eastern Wangfu to cancel the matter of borrowing grain from the Southern Qi Dynasty, so as to ensure the interests of the local gentry and merchants in Jiangdu, but in the end it did not work. The people present may not have participated in the speculation, but the speculation has also caused them to lose a lot of political capital.

Han Jian said: "The princess of the county may have misunderstood, and then I explained in detail that this batch of grain was transported from the south of my Jiangdu. Later, the city was full of storms, and instead of explaining, it was better to go with the flow and wait for the situation to subside. The more this kind of thing spreads, the more outrageous it becomes, and today I will say to you here, the matter of borrowing grain for the city, there is no need to mention it again, and there will be no city to be handed over to the Qi Dynasty. ”

Han Jian said this, and the people present looked at each other.

Of course, they didn't believe Han Jian's words. Previously, the Dongwang Mansion allocated so much grain to come over. It was the reason why they finally believed that the Eastern Wangfu was indeed borrowing grain from the Southern Qi, and it was because of this that the merchants and gentry could not wait to sell the hoarded grain to avoid losses. They couldn't guess that these were Lin Xiaoshu's handiwork.

Lin Xiaoshu has a set of management restaurants, Han Jian sent her out to transfer food, and she did it with ease. Not only did the grain come back, but the amount of grain transferred back was far greater than Han Jian's estimate. Later, Han Jian learned that some of them were done by Mrs. Luo, helping to communicate with the local authorities, and some of them. It is Lin Xiaoshu's personal ability. After she arrived at the place, she specially attacked the idea of large households, and within ten days, she asked the local gentry to take the initiative to hand over the grain.

Wait for the grain to continue to be transferred to Jiangdu. Some gentry and merchants began to give grain. Dongwangfu took the opportunity to buy it back. Selling it again in batches, making more and more grain, would make the gentry and merchants feel that the quantity of grain was unimaginably large. This has exacerbated the boom in grain production.

Jiangdu is convinced of the matter of borrowing grain, and it is also related to the fact that Nanqi did not give any explanation after the incident, and even Zhu Tongjing, who has always been cunning, did not mention this matter at all after returning to the Qi Dynasty. will make people think that this is the tacit agreement he reached with Han Jian, just wait for the city to come over later.

Now that Han Jian said that there was no such thing as borrowing grain, everyone could only think that this was definitely not true, the fact was that the Dongwang Mansion was ready to "repay the account", and the grain was shipped back, but the city was not ready to give it.

"Animal that, so...... Is it inappropriate? Sun Xiaoning looked at Han Jian with a somewhat evasive look.

What he meant was that if you didn't give the city to Nanqi, and Nanqi would send troops over on this matter, wouldn't Jiangdu fall into a state of being attacked by the enemy at that time?

"What does Sun Shangshu mean by this? What's wrong? We have not borrowed food, and are we still ready to pay him back? Han Jian asked.

Sun Xiaoning was speechless when asked.

Now Han Jian doesn't admit that there is such a thing as borrowing grain, if there is really no such thing as borrowing grain, he will naturally not pay it back if he doesn't borrow it. He also had nothing to say.

"This is the end of today's business. I don't want anyone to talk about it in the future. Han Jian ordered sternly.

Others had to keep silent, applauding in their hearts, feeling that Lai Nanqi's account was not bad or bad, but there were also worries, this kind of thing is simple to say, if it causes a dispute between the two countries, it will no longer be a small matter in the future, if the two countries exchange troops, Jiangdu can not even resist the rebels now, not to mention the soldiers and horses of the Southern Qi who are eyeing each other?

After saying that, Han Jian was going back to Dongwang's Mansion, and Lin Xiaoshu was also going back with him.

Outside, the snow still didn't stop.

Han Jian looked around, the night was also very dark, and the sedan chair outside the door had been prepared.

Originally, Han Jian didn't take a sedan chair when he went out, and Lin Xiaoshu was also used to walking by himself. Han Jian waved his hand to signal the sedan chair driver to go back first, he was going to walk away, after all, sitting in the sedan chair, if there was a sedan chair driver on the road who fell because of the slippery ground, then he would suffer in the sedan chair.

"Xiao Shu, there are a lot of errands for you, you won't feel too tired, right?" Walking with Lin Xiaoshu on the way back to the East Palace, Han Jian asked.

"Look at what's going on. These things are not tiring. Lin Xiaoshu said indifferently.

When Lin Xiaoshu spoke, his tone was very arrogant and a little proud. In the past, she was just a little woman, in charge of a small tea stall, and the people she had to contact on weekdays were the people in the neighborhood. Now she is different, all the officials under her hands are officials, officials of the Eastern Palace, all of them have to nod their heads when they see her, and they will wear small shoes to whoever is not pleasing to the eye, which is particularly enjoyable. And today, she and Han Jian attended such an important meeting, which also made her feel fluttering, in this situation, any errand is "trivial".

Han Jian shook his head helplessly, he still couldn't understand Lin Xiaoshu's structure, it stands to reason that a woman who can't even know a few words is difficult to run a family, but now she is preparing to govern the country and do things that a man can't do. This made Han Jian, who is known for being lazy, a little ashamed.

Back at the gate of the East Palace, the guards had already come out to greet them, because of the heavy snow, the guards would not go out at night on weekdays, and only came out to sweep the snow during the day, and only swept a road to facilitate travel.

"Young boy, here's a letter for you." When the guards saw Han Jian coming back, they handed the letter forward.

"Letter?" Han Jian took it and looked at it, the font on it was a little unfamiliar, but he could vaguely distinguish that it was Ke Qu'er's font.

Ke Qu'er originally came to "defect" to him after the disappearance of the Venerable Zuo Gu, and was placed in the city by him, but he didn't expect that Ke Qu'er would say goodbye without saying goodbye the next day, and he didn't even leave a word. At that time, although Han Jian felt reluctant in his heart, he also knew that Ke Qu'er was a flying bird and couldn't stop in one place, but in disappointment, he also thought that she would definitely come back when she was tired.

But I didn't expect that there was no news in the past two months. And now suddenly write back to her?

"Okay, got it. You escort Steward Lin in first. Han Jian pointed in the direction of the gate and said.

Because the light of the lantern was too dim and it was snowing heavily outside, Han Jian couldn't read the text on the letter clearly in this environment, so he asked Lin Xiaoshu to go in first, while he stayed in the living room of the Dongwang Mansion to read the contents of the letter clearly.

"Young Boy ......"

The intellectuals of the Dongwang Mansion were actually also guards, and when they saw Han Jian entering the door, several people were roasting the fire, and they all got up and saluted.

"You sit down first, I'll just sit down and rest my feet, and then I'll go in later." Han Jian said.

Several people were a little unnatural, after all, the master was sitting in the living room, and they were still "idle", as if they were derelict in their duties.

But Han Jian didn't seem to care at all, and was reading the letter.

The content of the letter is also very simple, Ke Quer said that she has found her master, saying that she wants to do "big things", and she can meet again after doing it. As for what happened, Ke Qu'er didn't mention it, and in the end she didn't even say a word of greeting, which made Han Jian quite disappointed. Where is this love letter written by the little lover after leaving, it is simply an ordinary letter.

After reading it, although Han Jian was a little disappointed in his heart, he was fortunate to know that Ke Qu'er was safe and sound, and his heart was a little warmer.

A flying bird was originally unconcerned, and he could do whatever he did when he walked on the rivers and lakes, but now he has the concern to write letters. In Han Jian's view, as long as Ke Qu'er reported safety, it was more important than anything else.

Look at the payment, it was nearly a month ago, but as for the location, I can't check it. At this time, there is no postmark, usually there is no sending address, and the official letters are delivered by messengers, as for this kind of private letters, they are to find the public postman, and it is good for the postman to send the letter, as for where it was sent, they received the money and walked all the way, and it is impossible to be sure.

"Young boy, Miss Liu is waiting outside." After Han Jian finished reading the letter, the guards came in to report.

"Let her in, you guys, go out on patrol first, and come back later." Han Jian said to several guards in the living room.

A few of the guards were not stupid people, Han Jian said this, just to let them avoid it for the time being, and let him talk to the visitor.

Although Onishiliu is a secret in the eyes of outsiders, it is not a secret in the eyes of Han Jian's personal guards, but they don't know the exact identity of Onishiyanagi, and in terms of surname, it is only the surname Liu. And itself Da Xiliu is surnamed Xiliu, and this surname belongs to the big surname among the Xiliang people.

Da Xiliu came in with a fur, and there was snow all over her body, and when she came into the house, she couldn't wear it so tightly in front of Han Jian, which was also disrespectful to the master, she could only untie the big coat and put it by the door by herself, and then came over to salute Han Jian.

"Just hang it on it, it's not so formal." Han Jian said.

Da Nishiliu nodded slightly, turned around and picked up Da Yu again, hung it up, and then came over to talk to Han Jian.

"Warm up with a cup of tea." Han Jian poured a cup of tea and handed it to Onishiyanagi.

Han Jian personally served tea, and Daxi Liu was a little afraid to accept it, but she also knew Han Jian's temper and had nothing to be polite.

She took the tea, held it in her wounded hands, and felt a little warmer.

"What's the matter?" Han Jian put away the things on the chair and sat down and asked.

"The matter of the young master letting the slave and maid investigate has already been settled." Daxi Yanagi said, "This time, the Luoyang army and the Northern King's army went south at the same time, it is indeed because the Southern King and the Western King have secretly visited the imperial court, and it seems that there is some secret agreement." (To be continued......)