"Senior sister, you still don't understand this? In vain, I told you so many stories of the Three Kingdoms a few days ago. These two officials are clearly Ma Tan Wang Ping of the Street Pavilion. They will be handsome and incompatible, one will not learn and have no skills, and the other will be stubborn and self-serving. The rest is a castration who has no ability, and I am afraid that where will he come from? As soon as we met today, we quarreled like this, or in a few days, it would inevitably be self-regenerating. Tomorrow, let's find an opportunity to leave the mansion and tell Elder Qi about this, so that they can prepare as soon as possible and launch it as soon as possible. It's a pity that the old thief doesn't know where Lu Dao lives. It would be interesting to hear what he said next. ”

These maids are all cultivated by the White Lotus Sect as a holy fairy girl, and they have learned the art of inner charm in the room, but they have no practice in martial arts, and they don't know that in the room, one of them has already heard their words clearly, and when they go away, they hurriedly turn around and leave.

Although they have organs as eavesdropping tools, they do not have clairvoyance to penetrate the walls, and naturally they do not know the inside story of the middle of the road. It turned out that Hai Rui entered Yan Hong's study, and Yan Hong handed him the note that had been written in advance. The note said that there was something strange in this place, and that there was a listening mechanism inside the walls. The other line reads, "We deliberately quarreled, and you accused me of acting absurdly, and then walked away."

Even though Hai Rui is well-informed, this kind of scene is only seen in his life. But he was also smart, so he didn't say much at this point, and only deliberately quarreled with Yan Hong according to what was written on the note. The most general wonderful, he originally inquired about Yan Hong's absurd behavior in Jinan, and he had a lot of dissatisfaction, and at this moment he took the opportunity to talk endlessly, which was really righteous and impassioned, and Yan Hong wanted to grab the ground with his head. At the end, Hai Rui scolded a few words and walked away. The play is over. But I listened to a few stories for a few days. The self-righteous maid coaxed it. Happy in vain in the kitchen.

In the afternoon of the same day, sure enough, the political envoy Yamen commanded a few small officials by Zhaomo Guan, and moved a large stack of accounts of the Jinan Domain's treasury over the years to the Qincha Xingyuan. When Hai Jui saw the account book, as if he had seen some gold and silver treasure, he quickly ordered someone to move the account book to his room first, and then took the abacus and the four treasures of the study and put it in hand. Then he locked himself in the house. Light the lamp and look at the books.

When Yan Hong was holding the lamp, he asked someone to deliver food, but he couldn't knock on the door, so he had to let him. The sound of the abacus beads in Hai Rui's room crackled and rang to the fifth watch. The lights were on for almost a night and were not extinguished until dawn. I don't know if Hai Rui blew out the lamp to rest, or if he had already fallen asleep and let the oil run out.

The next morning, Hai Rui came out, his eyes red. His face was still bright. I washed my face and ate a bowl of noodles. actually rushed back to the room again, and let people refill the oil and light the lamp. Immediately after that, the sound of abacus beads sounded again. This time, it wasn't until lunchtime. Gobbled it up, ate three steamed buns, and went to the house again.

Yan Hong couldn't bear it and shouted, "Haigang Peak, you just stop." This official position is given by heaven, and this life is your own. ”

Hai Rui turned around and said, "Yan Huhou, Hai has stayed up all night, don't you even allow you to take a nap?" Yan Hong realized the misunderstanding, smiled dumbly, watched Hai Rui enter the room, and closed the door. Suddenly, a faint snoring sound came.

It wasn't until Li Kunpeng knocked on the door to remind him that it was time to go to Governor Liu's banquet that Hai Rui came out with his sleepy eyes rubbed and found that the sun had set.

When Hai Rui arrived at the governor's yamen, he saw that Yan Hong had already arrived first. The two looked at each other, and neither of them paid any attention to the other, so they almost wrote "We are enemies" on their faces. After taking a seat, in addition to local officials Liu Cai and Qian Feng, there were more than ten people at the banquet.

Qin sent Liu Cai to introduce them one by one, that Wang Xuan was what Yan Hong had seen, needless to say. The other few are several large squires in Jinan, among which Guo, Li, Hong, and Liu are the main households. These big families, with long and short figures, have different ugly and handsome appearances, but they are all rich and white, and their demeanor is quite like that of a member of a large family, which is not the same as Wang Xuan's and other turtles. At that time, most of the rice markets in Shandong were controlled by these wealthy landlords, and it was difficult for foreign businessmen to enter. If we want to stabilize grain prices and buy rice and grain, we can't do without their cooperation.

The guests on both sides greeted each other, exchanged pleasantries, and the banquet began. Waiting until the wine has passed three rounds and the dishes have passed the five flavors, Hai Rui said: "Outside the staff, between today's banquets, Hai really has something to ask for. ”

When the gentry heard Hai Rui's words, they all looked at Wang Xuan. I saw Wang Xuan smile and said: "Master Hai doesn't know what to say, I will do my best to help." The eldest man went down to Shandong, and there were many headless cases on the road, but I heard about it, and I admired it very much, and I admired it very much. Wang Mou's life listened to the drama, and his favorite thing to listen to was the picture of the Great Song Baolong, but I didn't expect that now that you, the yellow bread man, are going to be closer and closer. ”

The gentry also laughed at each other, and they didn't have a word to agree. Seeing the other party's easy-going attitude, Hai Rui said, "Squires, I am waiting here to drink today, how leisurely?" However, inside and outside the city, I don't know how many people are starving, waiting for food to save their lives. Several people have a lot of wealth, and they should benefit Sangzi. Today, Hai begged for a way out for the fathers and villagers in Shandong, and begged a few outsiders to open the door to stabilize the price of rice, or sell the rice grain to the government, which will preside over the relief. ”

After hearing this, Wang Xuan looked embarrassed and hesitated: "Lord Rongyu, it's not that we don't give face. In recent years, Shandong has not been doing well, and we have been affected a lot. If the tenants can't pay the rent, even if you raid their house, you won't be able to get any food. There are many households, and there are bright lights on weekdays, and there are still a lot of people to support at home during the famine, so they can only live by eating their old books. If you think according to us, we don't even want to sell rice now. You must know that no matter how good the silver is, it can't be eaten as a meal, right? The road is not very peaceful, and the rice and grain purchased from other provinces have been robbed by strongmen, and it is difficult to deport in. If you let us sell rice at a low price, aren't you forcing us to hang ourselves? ”

Hai Rui saw that Wang Xuan was easy-going at the beginning, and when he got down to business, he actually blocked the door directly. He groaned slightly, and then said: "According to the imperial court system, you can advance the next year's grain tax to tide over the immediate difficulties." I don't think it's as good as this, a few outsiders want to find a way to raise some rice and grain, and sell it to the court at a low price. Then when the tax is paid in the next year, the tax reduction and exemption will be made. ”

Hai Jui's remarks are actually reasonable, and they can be regarded as weighing the interests of all parties. Although this Wang Xuan is a rich man, he has no merit and fame, so it is said that he should not enjoy any national tax exemption policy. Moreover, his land was not donated to the official vassal king to evade taxes, and not a penny of taxes should be paid. Of course, in fact, this kind of rich man can still use various means such as scheming and sprinkling to transfer the taxes he should pay to the ordinary people. However, this kind of thing belongs to seeing through, don't say it. Theoretically, offsetting next year's summer grain with this year's donation is not a loss for Wang Xuan. What's more, this still helped the imperial court, and maybe there could be other rewards.

However, Wang Xuan didn't buy this good. He still shook his head and said: "My lord Hai, if it is still this year next year, I will have to pawn the real estate and fields, but I can't do it, and I have to lock the door to escape the famine." Now to tell the truth, I have some grain, but if I say that it is sold at a low price, it is absolutely impossible. For one, there are not only those that have been saved between my family's teeth, but also those that I have paid a high price for my servants to buy from other places at a risk. If you sell it at a low price, won't you have to discount the old capital? Second, the imperial court issued disaster relief silver, if you buy the grain at will, and then sell it at a low price, I am afraid that the grain in my hands will also be bought by you, if it is not good this year, will I starve to death with the silver? ”

Seeing Wang Xuan's statement, several other Jinan gentry also echoed him, saying that there were many adults in the family, and there was not a small amount of food to eat every day, but the food in his hands was not abundant, so he was really powerless. Now out of the love of Sangzi, he opens the porridge field every day, and he is already a swollen face and a fat man. If we are asked to release Mi Pingguang again, it will simply force everyone to become refugees too.

Hai Rui saw that these rich people were pretending to be poor and complaining, his lips moved slightly, but he was thinking about what to say. Liu Cai saw Hai Rui's embarrassing appearance, and he was secretly happy in his heart. After a while, he said: "The rank is pressing, Hai Xilang is also the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission, where do you put the court when you speak like this?" Don't be so presumptuous in the future. Hai Xilang, you have also seen that we are waiting for the Son of Heaven to shepherd one side, and we must not chill the hearts of the people, which requires the rich to produce rice at a low price, and can only be postponed. According to the old man, it is better to first mobilize people and horses to be responsible for suppressing bandits, as long as the road can be opened, and then rice and grain can be purchased from other places, in order to calm the famine. ”

Wang Xuan said at this time: "Since the old army has spoken, even if we tighten our belts, we have to give the old army a little face." In this way, after we go back, we will put together a patchwork, even if we eat less than one meal a day, we will have to make up a few hundred stones of food, and we will respond to the emergency first. ”

This few hundred stones of grain, compared with the hundreds of thousands of victims in Jinan Prefecture today, is really not even a drop in the bucket. And when Hai Rui said it, there was not a grain of rice, and when he got to Liu Cai, he could make up for it, which was obviously a slap in the face. Hai Rui's face didn't see any change in expression, he never cared about fame or face, as long as he could raise food, what if he really slapped his face. The only thing he cared about was that the hundreds of stones of food were too little, even if he gave the refugees a meal of gruel, it was barely enough.

Since Liu Cai spoke, the squires also expressed their attitudes, so there was no point in discussing business in this banquet. The main and deputy Qin cha and his party returned to the Qin cha line. After the door opened, Yan Hong pretended to be a hippie smile and said, "Lord Hai, I don't know what the result is after you checked the accounts all night?" Come on, come, let me check with you. After that, he walked with Hai Rui all the way to the single house where Hai Rui lived in the courtyard house. (To be continued......)