Seeing that the man wiped tears and wept, the bareback cunning fox had deeper doubts in his heart: "This person has to run to a deserted land temple alone and cry bitterly, could it be that he just let the robber robber rob him on the road?" ”

But the bareback cunning fox thought again: "No, if this person has just escaped from the robbers, he should be glad to make a wish at this moment, instead of wiping tears and crying?" Besides, looking at his neatly dressed appearance, it doesn't look like he has just fought with someone. ”

At this time, the bare-backed cunning fox was even more curious about the man, and quickly held his breath and lay motionless in the statue.

After a while, the tearful man gradually stopped his grief, and hung his head and sighed for a long time.

At this moment, the idol on the shrine suddenly "spoke" and let out a particularly dull voice: "Well, since this seat is this land, who is seated?" And why did you come to me to weep? ”

This can scare the man a lot, "grunt", and put his head on the ground "dong dong" knock: "Just because the villain was negligent for a while, he accidentally touched the great god's command, and I just ask the great god to spare the villain's life and ask the great god for mercy." ”

At this time, the headless idol on the shrine again sullenly 'spoke': "Hugh prostrate again, what grievances are there in your man's chest, and tell him directly, and Rao Er's sudden offense." ”

When the man heard this, he bowed again: "Thank you God for sparing your life." Qiyu Dashen, the villain's surname is Liu, and now he is a six-grade grain supervisor in Cangzhou. Speaking of which...... Alas, it's all because the villain was greedy for a while, so he lost the ancestral property of the whole family. ”

With that, the man sat up on his knees from the ground and told him everything that had happened.

Needless to say, Liu, who was kneeling on the ground at this moment to state the reason, was naturally the grandfather of Xiao Liu, who later broke into trouble.

And the land god who spoke sullenly and sullenly was naturally a bareback cunning fox hiding in the belly of the idol.

After listening to the man's words, the bare-backed cunning fox suddenly realized, it turned out that this old man Liu saw that the war was in full swing at that time, and the daily consumption of grain and grass was huge, and he wanted to make meritorious contributions to the grain, so as to fight for a right path in front of the army (donating classes is a bypass).

It is precisely for this reason that Master Liu insisted on going his own way, selling all the ancestral land of his family, and wanted to exchange some silver and grain for the army.

However, Master Liu never thought that this use of troops was a conquest by the imperial order of the Lord Long Sui, in order to ensure the food supply of the Jingying Banner Army, the large and small grain platforms on the border of Zhili had already gone to the countryside to collect military rations.

At present, in the vicinity of Zhili, the grain that can be harvested has basically been collected, and the people can only barely survive by guarding the thin layer of rations in the rice jar, and the remaining grain has either been sent to the front of the army, or has been hoarded in their own grain depots by several well-informed grain merchants, ready to hoard Juqi.

If someone comes to the door to ask for a purchase, these black-hearted grain merchants will offer more than ten times the price of the past.

Master Liu, he sold all his ancestral land to exchange for 10,000 taels of silver, according to the usual price of grain, it is not difficult to exchange for four or five thousand stone of grain, but at this time it can only be exchanged for more than 400 stone of grain!

"Great God, although the villain is a donor who spends money to find a shortage, but when the army is urgently used, how can he accompany the vegetarian meal of the corpse? Thinking of the more than 100,000 troops stationed in Gansu, people will use 600 stone of grain to eat horses and chew every day.

The villain only followed the grain transportation team to escort a batch of grain labor troops a month ago, but at this rate of grain consumption, within half a month, that batch of grain will be in an emergency. At that time, the large and small grain officials on the border of Zhili will definitely come down again to collect grain, but now most of the grain on the ground nearby is in the hands of those big grain merchants with deep family backgrounds and intertwined relationships.

This grain station is afraid of the relationship behind the grain merchants, and if it wants to collect grain, it can only send a messenger to the countryside to rob the people of the rations in the rice tank that they rely on for their lives...... The villain did not cry for his inability to take credit, but for the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in this Zhili realm! ”

After listening to Master Liu's heartfelt words, the bareback cunning fox nodded again and again in the belly of the idol, and secretly praised it in his heart.

"Although the original intention of this Liu Yuan to raise food from the takeaway place is to seek an official for himself, but the way to do good is to see the heart and the action. If he had raised military rations, the local people would have been spared a great famine of cannibalism.

Liu Yuanwai, your good deed has countless people, and your family should have great luck and enjoy the wealth of these decades. Such a big credit can't let him Liu Yuanwai specialize in the United States, and I have to find ways to help one or two from the side. ”

Thinking of this, the bare-backed cunning fox suddenly moved in his heart, and said: "The letter man Liu Dao (the official of Liu Yuan's foreign donation is called the grain supervisor Dao), is what you just said true?" Are those grain merchants who have grain in their hands really willing to eat corn? As long as Liu Dao can afford the money they ask for, you can buy grain at will? ”

Liu Yuanwai, who was kneeling on the ground, didn't expect the 'Land Lord' to ask such a question, and was stunned for a while before nodding.

"What the villain just said is true. Since the grain merchant spent money to hoard grain, he wanted to take advantage of the grain shortage to make rice a strange commodity and sell the grain in his hand at a high price. If someone comes to get the silver, he will naturally have as much rice as he wants. ”

After saying this, Liu Yuanwai groaned slightly, and spoke again.

"The villain has also visited several grain merchants in the past few days, but the price is higher than the other, the villain only has more than 10,000 taels ......of silver, and the rough calculation can be exchanged for up to four or five hundred stone grain, which is not enough for the consumption of the front-line army for a day, it is really a drop in the bucket."

Before Liu Yuanwai finished speaking, he suddenly heard the idol change to a more crisp and bright voice: "You don't have to worry about this, they are willing to sell it, Liu Dao early tomorrow morning, you just need to buy grain from door to door, and I will solve the rest of the things." ”

At this time, Liu Yuanwai was even more confused: "Zun, respect God, you will solve it?" ”

"Yes, I'll take care of it. That Liu Dao, you take two steps back, I'm coming out. ”

As soon as Liu Yuanwai took a step out according to his words, he heard a "stabbing sound", and a red shadow burst out from the broken neck of the headless god statue on the shrine.

I saw that the red shadow lightly touched the half-collapsed offering table, and a somersault turned in front of Liu Yuanwai, and then twisted in place, and a spark popped out from the red shadow in the direction of the shrine, and with a "bang" it led to the half of the candle in front of the headless statue.

By the candlelight of the peck jumping, Liu Yuanwai realized that the red shadow in front of him was actually a red fox that was almost three feet long, covered in red hair from head to tail, except for a snow-white red-haired fox on the belly.

At this time, I saw that the fox actually stood up on its two hind legs like a human, and stretched out a furry paw in front of Liu Yuanwai.

"You said you had more than 10,000 taels of silver on you, but I don't think you look like a strong man who can lift a thousand catties, so you should be carrying all silver tickets, right? Take one and take a look. ”

(Note: One tael of silver in the Qing Dynasty weighed about 31.5 grams, and 10,000 taels of silver weighed 623 catties.) ）