Chapter 62: A Polite Cattle Dealer
Wang Yan was afraid of causing civil unrest, but he didn't know that the matter had been exposed.
After the father and daughter of the butcher escaped, they wanted to hide, but when the flood came, not only did they have nowhere to hide, but they also faced the situation of starvation. Later, he saw that Governor Liu's father and son were only concerned about catching the master and servant of the king, and he didn't care too much about his father and daughter.
The government has opened warehouses to release grain, but the relief measures are not perfect, and the phenomenon of people dying of hunger and disease is not uncommon.
Butcher Ye saw that his daughter Xiaoya was thin and pitiful, and he was anxious.
Hu Qingfeng, a cattle dealer, also felt sorry for his son Hu Qiya, and after discussing with the butcher, he decided to steal some grain. They called a few helpers and secretly lurked near the official warehouse in the north of the city, waiting for the convoy carrying grain to come out and act at the opportune time.
One of them is a butcher who kills pigs, and the other is a livestock seller, and they both have a set of survival methods for mixing in the market, and when one creates chaos to attract the attention of officers and soldiers, the other steals grain, and really makes them steal two packets. After succeeding, he quickly evacuated, carried the food to a ruined temple where beggars lived, and smiled excitedly.
Ye butcher was busy opening the sack and asking someone to fetch a stone mortar to make rice; Hu Qingfeng asked people to support iron pots and burn fires, and they wanted to have a full meal.
They did not dare to go back to the place where the victims gathered, and if they did, this little food would not be enough for each person, and it was easy to leak the news, so they secretly cooked food here, and then each took a little back to their relatives.
The golden rice is like gold, and after the rice is turned into white flowers, it looks like a pearl, which is pleasing to the eye.
Everyone was laughing and busy, but Hu Qingfeng grabbed a handful of rice mixed with the unhulled rice, his expression was solemn, and he was silent.
Seeing his strange appearance, Butcher Ye asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Hu Qingfeng said: "This rice is different from what we eat. ”
Ye Butcher said: "It's different......"
He was suddenly stunned, unable to speak.
Everyone also stopped laughing and was stunned - they were also eating food from the official warehouse, why was it different from the stolen one?
Hu Qingfeng said: "They resold the official grain!" ”
Where to sell it, do you still need to think about it?
These days, the business of Fengsheng Grain Bank is booming! If they had money, they could go there and buy rice, and they would not have to do this business of stealing official rations.
Everyone seemed to have been poured a scoop of cold water, and they couldn't get excited anymore, and they all had a heavy anger in their hearts - dare to be angry but dare not speak!
Easily, they put up with it.
Since ancient times, the people have not fought with officials.
Not to mention the real officials, that is, the officials and servants of the yamen are all uncles in the eyes of the common people, and they have to nod their heads and stammer desperately when they see them; If you can get a little relationship, you have to give gifts for weddings and funerals every year, just to be able to make it convenient and deliver a word at a critical time, or everyone wants to be an official.
After eating, they returned to the place where the victims had gathered, only to find that there was chaos and panic everywhere, and many people were poisoned, because of eating moldy dried potatoes, the children were too weak to resist, and more than a dozen died.
Ye Butcher's daughter Xiaoya was also unconscious, and Hu Qingfeng's daughter-in-law and son Hu Qiya were next to take care of her, but they were fed some water.
Butcher Ye stepped forward and picked up his daughter, who was blue-faced, his tentacles were light and weightless, and he couldn't help but shed tears. He carried a bag of pearl-like rice in his arms, and before he could cook it for his daughter, he didn't know if she would have a chance to eat it.
"What to do? What to do? ”
If you don't have money, you can't afford to hire a doctor.
Hu Qingfeng handed the rice to his daughter-in-law and said, "Go and cook it and feed the little girl." ”
Sister-in-law Hu hurriedly took the rice and cooked it.
Butcher Ye couldn't wake up the little girl, so he raised his head suddenly, the fox's eyes were full of tears, and he shouted angrily to Hu Qingfeng: "They are not people!" ”
Hu Qingfeng looked around with a calm face.
All around, there are people with vegetables on their faces.
Yesterday, Governor Liu came to Anmin and made an impassioned speech, saying how he went to the imperial court to ask for disaster relief, and how he stayed up all night and mobilized the officials of the government and county government to resettle the victims. The crowd was moved and bowed down to him like a bodhisattva. However, what the victims didn't know was that the imperial court had issued an order for disaster relief, and the grain was resold by the dog officials, but they were fooled with these inferior and moldy grains!
When survival becomes a luxury, there is nothing to worry about.
Ye Butcher couldn't hold back any longer, handed over his daughter to Hu Qiya to take care of, stood up and shouted at all the victims: "The dog official resells official food!" ”
He took out the rice in his arms and told the inside story of the discovery.
All of a sudden, the refugee camp was in a frenzy!
A riot of victims is just around the corner!
The victims shouted that they would rush to the abundant grain store to grab the grain, to take back the grain that belonged to them, and to kill the dog officer.
Hu Qingfeng is a cattle dealer, but he is a cattle dealer who drinks ink. He was intelligent since he was a child, and his reading was very praised by his master. However, his father died early, and his mother dragged him, and life was still difficult, let alone for him to study. In order to earn a living, he wandered among villages, towns and markets, earning money to support his family, fishing for three days and drying nets for two days to continue his studies with his master. He likes to dress up as a scholar, dressed in white, and is gentle and elegant, which has changed people's perception of peddlers and pawns. Although he makes money without mercy, people just look at him and think he is a fresh and refined cattle dealer.
At the moment when Butcher Ye shouted the truth, he asked the two cattle dealers to go to the intersection to guard the intersection to prevent the news from leaking, and if someone from the government came, he would go back and forth in time.
He asked the people, "What about after you have robbed the grain?" ”
The victims were asked by him and looked at each other - they only cared about robbing, where did they care about what happened after they robbed the food, they would cook and eat it when they robbed it!
Hu Qingfeng said: "We can't ignore the head and tail. robbed the grain, and the dog official refused to give up. I'm afraid that they will push things clean, saying that they didn't resell official food, and that we are going to rebel, and they will arrest us and go to jail and kill our heads. ”
When everyone heard this, it was really serious, and they all asked him, "What should I do?" ”
Hu Qingfeng said calmly: "Capture the thief and capture the king first!" If we want to divide the grain, we must first take the dog official and force him to write a confession of reselling the official grain, and then open a warehouse to release the grain. In this way, we can keep us safe afterwards. Otherwise, this time, I came back after robbing the grain, and cooked a full meal, which was also a severed head meal - after eating, I went to see the king of Hades. ”
He also knew that this matter was by no means simple, and it was too reckless to act rashly, but the excitement of the crowd at the moment was not something he could suppress; Even if it is suppressed, there are many people talking, and the news may be leaked, so that Governor Liu will strike first, and he and Brother Ye will bear the brunt of being killed and set an example, so they can only take the lead.
Everyone said, "Listen to Mr. Hu." ”
At that moment, Hu Qingfeng made arrangements: it was daytime now, and he would wait until it was dark to make a move, and he would catch them off guard. The plan is to go to the government office to get the dog official first and force him to comply; Grab the dog officer in his hands, and then go to the abundant grain store to get food.
He divided all the young men into three groups: one group went to the government with him and Ye Butcher to get the dog officials; As soon as they brought all kinds of tools, and when they succeeded, they rushed into the abundant grain store to grab the grain; A group stayed here to take care of the elderly, weak, women and children.
The distribution has been decided, and everyone obeys the command.
Hu Qingfeng took out the last bit of silver on his body, personally went to buy medicine, treated the poisoned victims, and sent people to the government and grain stores to inquire about the news.
When it was dark, Hu Qingfeng and Ye Butcher took a dozen strong men all the way to the mansion. The main thing is that it's useless to come too much, and you have to outwit it. However, before he arrived at the mansion, he was stopped by his own people on the way. Someone said that Governor Liu's father and son had gone out, and Governor Liu had gone to the Harvest Grain Store.
This shows the role of Hu Qingfeng.
The snake can't do without a head, if he hadn't arranged it in advance, the people would riot, and in the end it would definitely not end well, but now it is in order.
Everyone said angrily: "Sure enough, there is collusion! ”
Hu Qingfeng said in a deep voice: "This is better. Go over there and meet our people. ”
So, everyone turned to the abundant grain store.
Hu Qingfeng urgently sent an order to the team that grabbed the grain, asking them to come and rendezvous. This is good, it just takes the dog officials and profiteers in one pot, and it also saves them from running at both ends, and the manpower is not concentrated, and it is easy to be broken by the people of the government one by one.
Before they could get a good amount of grain, they met the king's master and servant.
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