In the past few days, the atmosphere in the Black Iron Barracks has been extremely strange, the usual soldiers are very concerned about the refugees outside the city and the prices in the city, and the soldiers who are resting in groups of three or two often sit together to talk about the current blizzard and the crisis caused by the blizzard. Eight [one] 〈文〕]?.]8)1)

But in the past two or three days, this very common talk has suddenly disappeared, which has puzzled many officers. Everyone eats in the same pot, and many officers have been working for more than ten years, and their sensitivity to the atmosphere of the army is close to natural.

Gradually, some rumors reached the ears of some officers, and it turned out that there was a strong hatred of merchants in the Black Iron Barracks.

"Do you know that Tian Laosi, the biggest grain merchant in Dongcheng, has actually more than tripled the price of grain..."

"That's right, he was the leader, he took the lead in adjusting the price in the morning, but it didn't take half an hour for the food prices in the whole city to rise..."

"Not only this time, since the snow, he has taken the lead in six out of ten price increases, and grandma's family should be damned..."

"There is also a charcoal merchant, Xing Heiface, this guy's charcoal hoarded at home is enough for the people of Dawangcheng and half of the city to use for a winter, but today he actually put out a sign that the goods are sold out..."

"He's a fart, his family's charcoal storage warehouse is full of peishui, there are 2o of them, there is his family's warehouse in our village, the ghost is running out, I just want to hold back and increase the price again..."

"This guy deserves to die..."

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The names of the well-known big businessmen were recited in the muffled chatter of the soldiers. Any businessman whose name is named can always be exchanged for the hateful eyes of a large number of soldiers.

The officer who overheard these discussions, the chill in his heart ran up his back. The murderous aura in the soldier's words was too strong, as if there was only such a strong murderous aura when talking about the Yu family and the Li family before.

Today is the first time, the soldiers threw their hatred at the 'own people' in Peishui, and the officers frowned vigorously after hearing this, wanting to take care of it but didn't know how to speak at all, after all, the shamelessness of the merchant was in front of him.

Some of the officers chose the principle of my, ignoring these discussions, not stopping or agitating them, in fact, such people still wish that this group of businessmen would lose their heads.

The other part of the cautious officers chose to report the situation to their superiors, but after all, this kind of people are in the minority, and the sparse reports cannot attract the attention of the higher-ups, after all, the officials are now busy transporting food and patrolling, and no one is interested in caring about these things.

Tu Lie and his colleagues have been so busy that they can't even sleep lately, and their tandem activities have almost become an open secret under the impetus of people with hearts.

At night, there are always some soldiers hiding in the barracks and not sleeping, wiping their weapons and equipment, and whispering something. And in the process of their secret conversation, there will always be some people who secretly bring some contraband such as crossbows and crossbow arrows.

The Black Iron Legion under Liuhuo is basically in a state of readiness for battle all year round, and the armor, short sword, spear and other equipment are all around the standing soldiers. But some long-range weapons are stored in the warehouse, such as delicate crossbows and arrows.

Now that someone can secretly transport these contraband from the armory, which can only be used in wartime, it only means that Tu Lie's plan is about to move.

Everything is waiting for an opportunity, or an excuse, but Tu Lie and the others believe that in such a tense atmosphere in Dawangcheng at the moment, it is simply too simple to make a little contradiction, conflict, or even bloodshed or something.

However, to Tu Lie's surprise, on the fourth day of the secret operation, a paper transfer order was passed from the Flowing Fire Mansion to the Black Iron Military Camp, and this paper transfer order was actually signed by Lord Suzaku himself.

The order is very simple, requisition Tu Lie, Xue Meng, Meng Shan... A total of 18 officers and 300 soldiers went to the water jade mine to assist the craftsmen in the production of water jade gifts.

Tu Lie and the others were immediately dumbfounded when they saw the order, and Lord Suzaku almost wiped out the backbone elements in the 'bodyguard club' with a single order, and at that time, there was only one thought in everyone's hearts, and the plan was exposed.

The prosperity of Peishui originated from the water jade mine, and the goods of water jade have always been the symbol of Peishui, and gifts made of water jade are indispensable for the upcoming celebrations.

The mission of the jade family wants to send a gift, and a batch of gifts will be placed at the celebration of the king of the flowing fire, and even the rewards for meritorious soldiers will also use water jade.

Therefore, in the water jade mine, a group of top craftsmen provided by half a tael of gold are specially stationed to design and produce various water jade gifts.

Now that Suzaku has dispatched soldiers to the water jade mine to assist the craftsmen in their work, it seems reasonable on the surface, but after all, they are in a hurry. But the appointment of the candidate is a very clear warning sign.

"None of you want to make trouble, I already know all your plans, gather you together and take care of them, and you will be connected everywhere in the province..."

That's right, that's what Suzaku meant, and he clearly blocked everyone's mouths, and no one dared to refute it.

When Tu Lie and his party left the military camp near Dawangcheng and drove to the west, he turned his head to look at the majestic Dawangcheng and cursed in a low voice.

"These miscellaneous people, let you live a little longer, don't think that with Suzaku-sama protecting you, you will be safe..."

At this time, Meng Shan beside him patted him on the shoulder, "Brother, don't grit your teeth, this group of people will live for ten days and half a month more, and it is impossible for Lord Suzaku to lock us up for the rest of our lives..."

"That's it..."Xue Meng interjected beside him, "Do you think that Lord Suzaku is attacking us?" in fact, the Lord will definitely secretly knock those merchants to give them a chance to change their ways..."

"If they stop in these ten days, then everything will be peaceful. Otherwise, our knives will have been almost sharpened, and when the time comes, killing one will also kill, and they won't regret killing the whole family..."

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, turned around and walked towards the snow in the west with their henchmen.

As they were leaving, the mysterious man in the cloak was watching the men leave from a wooden watchtower in the barracks. It wasn't until he couldn't see them that he said to himself.

"How did Suzaku become like this? How did that strong woman suddenly become a hesitant and soft-hearted old lady? I don't understand, I really can't understand..."

At this time, in an inconspicuous house in Dawang City, dozens of top businessmen in Dawang City were sitting together drinking bitter tea, relatively speechless.

There are all big businessmen with heads and faces in Peishui, Tian Laosi, the leader of grain merchants, Xing Heimian, the leader of charcoal merchants, and the unlucky cloth merchant, who is the owner of Guangyuan cloth shop, it can be said that the big businessmen involved in the people's livelihood industry have gathered.

Today's secret meeting was convened by Tian Laosi, and the cause was a message brought by a small businessman.

In Dawang City, the merchants are not monolithic, especially when daydreaming of doing work from door to door, there are really 3oo small merchants who open positions to stabilize prices, but unfortunately their strength is too weak, and the materials have been robbed in less than three days.

These 3oo small merchants are the laughing stock in the eyes of the merchants in the city, and they are really a shame among the merchants. However, these closed merchants also have the advantage of establishing a good relationship with the government. Although they were scolded as sycophants by these big businessmen, they should be sure that the children of these people will have a good future.

I don't know what's wrong today, one of the three hundred sycophants actually came to visit Tian Laosi, and he also brought a shocking news.

"Let's talk about it, what should we do? People can say, there are already people in the Black Iron Legion who want to open our warehouse in tandem and save the victims of the city. We're about to have a big disaster..."Tian Laosi said worriedly.

Tian Laosi's words made everyone silent for a while, but soon these businessmen became angry.

"How dare they! How many taxes have we paid over the years, and what would they do to raise soldiers without us? Now that they are in trouble, do they still want to loot the people's property?"

"That's right, who cares how much we want to sell our own things? If we think the price is high, you will open an official warehouse, they must have hidden supplies for the soldiers to eat, and they are reluctant to take them out and keep their eyes on us..."

"Woooooooo

Pessimism quickly enveloped everyone, "What else can we do, in case the soldiers come to make a ruthless move, what can we do..."

The room fell silent instantly, but after a while, Xing Hei's face, who was selling charcoal, suddenly smiled.

"Hahaha... You cowards, is your brain that simple?"

"Suzaku-sama has just declared on the long street that they want to protect our property, do they want to slap themselves in the face? And they beat so fast? As for those who are soldiers, if they really dare to do it, then all the merchants in the world will remember this day, and who will dare to do business with Dawangcheng in the future?"

"Don't forget, half a tael of gold is watching from our side, and our encounter is probably what will happen to half a tael of gold in the future. Do you think that the people in the mansion will not consider the feelings of half a tael..."

In everyone's expressions of sudden realization, Xing Hei said with a gloomy face, "The situation is serious until now, Lord Liuhuo still hasn't shown up, what does this mean? This shows that the rumors of a coma are absolutely true, Lord Liuhuo has fallen, don't you think those foreign enemies will not do it?"

"Hehehe..."Xing Hei, who was smiling like a night owl, suddenly lowered his voice and said to everyone, "Hurry up and take advantage of this opportunity to make money, hide the money when the time comes, make all preparations, once the foreign enemy appears, let's run for our lives..."

"The life and death of the Peishui people, we can't carry it..."

Smart man, this is a smart man, because he sees the big and knows the small things, and the chaotic situation makes him completely clear as soon as he analyzes it. The eldest family let out a sigh of relief and gave a thumbs up.

"Big brother with a black face, you're so good..."

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While they were meeting in secret, on a small building not far from the house, a Suzaku-sama's personal maid was listening carefully with a gloomy face. As he listened, he muttered softly.

"Lord Liuhuo, wake up quickly, my young lady can't help you in this field, just wake up..."