There were more and more refugees in Kyoto City, and the superiors finally couldn't resist the pressure to report the matter to the emperor, and the emperor was furious about it, and the people suffered, and the officials even remembered to report it after they couldn't suppress the situation!

For a few days in a row, several officials were evacuated from Kyoto City, and the first day they were still proud, but the next day they were quietly degraded and left Kyoto City, which made the courtiers panic.

The Xiao family is also nervous, Master Xiao was originally from the household department, and the news that should have been reported has already been reported, but the household department Shangshu directly suffered a stroke at this time, and the song was sent to the emperor, and people couldn't say everything directly. Although the emperor was angry, he didn't know what to say when he looked at such a household book, and finally gave him a decent face, saying that he let the clothes brocade take away the person's official position, and then the burden fell on Master Xiao.

The emperor's top priority is to open a warehouse to release grain, and the household department is also urgently dispatched, but a lot of disaster relief has been distributed before, and the new tax grain has not yet reached the time to replenish, so that the treasury is empty, and the emperor is also a headache, and finally said: "Let the courtiers pay out of their own pockets to plug the hole!" ”

With such a sentence, everyone was worried again, and it was not a big deal for their ministers to "make offerings", but how much to offer was a problem. The emperor felt stingy, and the courtiers still laughed at it, and they didn't highlight themselves, but if they offered too much, they were easy to be regarded as corrupt officials!

The Xiao family is not in a hurry, although Master Xiao is in the household department, he has not made any money for so many years, all the accounts are clear, and the emperor also knows the situation, so he will do his best when he makes offerings. The courtiers also look at the situation, and when they see how much the Xiao family has paid, they also follow the same example, not daring to do more, not daring to be less, and when the emperor finally sees the silver taels received, he is barely satisfied, and the emperor also knows that he can't ask for too much, let alone think too much, and then let Master Xiao be responsible for buying grain.

Master Xiao took this errand, but he was also afraid of doing it, the money he was going to spend now was handed over by the courtiers, and everyone was in pain when he spent a tael of silver, so many people were staring, he naturally had to make this errand more transparent!

The grain stores in the city were all purchased overnight, but this grain is still a long way from reaching the standard, because the imperial court buys grain, many merchants also begin to stock up on grain, ready to sell it at a high price in the end, Master Xiao is also scolding his mother because of this, and scolding these grain merchants for being too black-hearted and making a fortune!

"Master, do you want food?" Xi Hongdou came over happily, with a face full of expectations, she had food, and Master Xiao also bought the food in her store when he bought food, but she was the least short of food!

When Master Xiao saw it, he said, "If you want it, it's just ...... You always have to avoid suspicion. ”

"I'm selling it cheaply!" Xi Hongdou hurriedly sat down, when Master Xiao bought grain in the city, it was priced at ninety percent of the normal grain price, which was the standard for the imperial court to buy grain in large quantities. But Xi Hongdou settled the account and said directly: "I don't want ninety, I only want seventy!" ”

Master Xiao's eyes lit up, it stands to reason that they should also buy grain from the local low price, but the local grain merchants are also going to sit on the ground and raise prices at this time, if Xi Hongdou can give seventy percent, it will really help a lot, but he is a little skeptical, does Xi Hongdou have such ability?

"Are you really good?" Master Xiao said: "Would you rather earn less? ”

Xi Hongdou was speechless: "Master, you know me, I don't want money to give porridge, why don't I want to make money now?" Earning less is not not not earning, and earning and doing good deeds, why don't I do it?! Moreover, after this time, my signboard was launched in Kyoto City, and the grain from my red bean grain shop was sold to the imperial court, who will not recognize this signboard in the future?! ”

Master Xiao squinted his eyes and looked at Xi Hongdou, the pattern of this little girl is really not small, those grain merchants are bent on recognizing money, but they don't know that this word of mouth is a shortcut to wealth!

"Okay, how many can you get?" Master Xiao asked.

"How much does the lord want?" Xi Hongdou asked with a smile.

Master Xiao laughed directly: "How many you want!" "I don't believe how much else this Xi red bean can get, but the price of seventy percent is really good, and he shouldn't lose anything!

Xi Hongdou nodded: "Then it's decided, I will leave for my hometown overnight, and the master will give me a document to let people know that I am on this errand for the imperial court!" Although there are many grain merchants in Hexi Prefecture, but her output in Xijia Village alone is already very expensive, seeing that this year's first crop of grain is also the harvest season, she can definitely get a lot of grain by tossing now!

"Cheng, that's no problem, I'll send you a few more people, you go and come back quickly, the sooner the better!" Master Xiao said.

Xi Hongdou smiled, hurriedly went to prepare, and hurriedly set off to return to his hometown before the city gate was closed.

The carriage traveled day and night, and the three-day journey only lasted two and a half days, Aunt Xi was very happy to see her daughter back, but before she could speak, Xi Hongdou said directly: "Brother, sister-in-law, hurry up and tell the villagers, I collect grain, how much I collect, this time it is to provide grain to the imperial court, let everyone hurry up to the ancestral hall!" ”

When the Xi family heard this, they were all stunned, how did Xi Hongdou get on the court?!

"Girl, you ...... Is it really a supply to the imperial court? Isn't that the Imperial Merchant?! Daddy Xi asked, his face full of disbelief.

Xi Hongdou smiled: "It's almost the same, this time there are documents from the imperial court!" As he spoke, he took out the paperwork and unfolded it for everyone to see.

Although Father Xi and Aunt Xi don't know a few big characters, the red seal is big and doesn't look like a bluff.

Xi Mu and Xi Lin hurriedly left to go to the village to notify them from door to door, Xi's sister-in-law saw that she was about to give birth, and she didn't dare to scare away when her belly was so big, but Xi's second sister-in-law ran out as soon as she slipped away, and when she saw the little daughter-in-law and the old lady, she said that she came to collect grain on behalf of the imperial court, and this time Xijia Village became active!

The people in the village have long known that Xi Hongdou will make money, but they didn't expect Xi Hongdou to start doing things for the court, but the Xi family said it well, and everyone hurriedly took their own food to the ancestral hall.

Originally, it was the day of the Xi family to collect grain, and everyone had already prepared almost the same, just waiting for the Xi family to start harvesting, and this time it was much more neat.

The people brought by Xi Hongdou were all from the household yamen, not only did they do miscellaneous work, but also followed by a Cao official from the household department. Because there was a lot of movement in this matter, Gao Lizheng also came to take a look, and as a result, he knelt down directly for others.

Xi Hongdou turned around this time, saw that Gao Li was kneeling, hurriedly helped him up, and said, "Uncle, why are you still kneeling?" ”

Gao Lizheng smiled bitterly, he wasn't even a sesame official, could he not kneel when he saw Cao Guan from the household department?

Xi Hongdou only knew that these people were sent by Master Xiao to help, and she didn't know what officials she had, so she said to Gao Lizheng: "Uncle, don't just sell grain in our Xijia Village, as long as you are willing to sell grain in other villages, this is the number!" After speaking, he gestured a few fingers in front of Gao Lizheng's eyes.

Gao Li Zheng saw that this amount was not low, because Xi Hongdou received grain, the Cui family also raised the purchase price a little, but after all, it was still not as much as Xi Hongdou gave, and immediately said: "This matter is easy to do, I will go to inform it, since it is for the imperial court, I must be duty-bound!" As he spoke, he hurriedly mobilized all the people in the village who had nothing to do, and the nearby villages, towns and counties were also notified, and he didn't forget to let his own family bring over the grain and sell it!

Cao Guan was also surprised to see that Xi Hongdou's appeal was so strong, and he thought that the purchase price would rise because of the influence of the local grain merchants, but he didn't know that Xi Hongdou had fought before, and this was the result of the struggle!

Xi Hongdou is busy collecting grain here, because there is a helper from the imperial court, she is not tired, the villagers always come to talk because of this matter, they used to say bad things about Xi Hongdou, but now they regret it, they dare not offend Xi Hongdou, and when they speak, it is a bit of a blockade.

The Zhao family's grain also sold a lot this time, and the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family didn't dare to say anything more when she saw Xi Hongdou.

Sun Hongxiu said to Zhao Tiezhu while queuing: "This red bean is capable and can do things for the imperial court, in this village, there is one counted, and the biggest one is Lizheng, just now I knelt down for the official, but the red bean can still command the official, what kind of life is this?" Heavenly immortals descend to earth, such a good life?! ”

Zhao Tiezhu said: "It's better to marry someone, I heard that the Xiao family is a big official." ”

"I also want to marry an official." Sun Hongxiu sighed with emotion, and then Zhao Tiezhu was speechless: "Those who are officials also have to look at you!" ”

The two of you and I were talking one by one, and soon the queue arrived, but someone cut in line, Sun Hongxiu looked at it and was not happy, so she said: "Hey, go up and down!" ”

Naturally, I refused to cut in line, and I worked hard to cut the line, why did I go to the back?!

Sun Hongxiu was also short-tempered, and immediately fought with the other party.

As soon as he saw that the fight had started, the people from the household department hurriedly came over to maintain order, Xi Hongdou saw that he was rough, and hurriedly came over and said: "Don't fight, don't fight, it's all from the old folks, don't do it!" The official only recognized the order, and his actions were also thunderous, but the Cao official quickly waved his hand and finally stopped.

Xi Hongdou looked at the queue and said, "Why don't you hurry up and line up behind?" It's not easy to mess with this official, so you have to make something happen and arrest it? ”

When I heard the queue, I was also scared, and I was frightened by Xi Hongdou's bluffing and hurriedly lined up.

In one day's time, Xi Hongdou hurriedly contacted Yao San's caravan, and this time he directly sent thirty truckloads of grain to Kyoto City, and let him go directly to Xiao Mansion to find someone when he arrived in Kyoto City, and someone would naturally take over at that time.

Gao Lizheng is also moving fast here, and the news immediately spread to all the towns and villages, and people from other villages have also come over, and after asking carefully, they found that they were all for the Cui family!