Chapter 334 Killing Two Birds with One Stone
Xiao Nuan's mind was immediately pulled back, "Inquire about their specific number and where they hid the grain." β
The Great Zhou Dynasty and the Xiongnu tribes started a war, and the grain and grass mobilized by the three masters from the surrounding areas were being transferred to Mobei in batches, and the grain merchants had less grain in their hands, and the price would naturally rise. In order to guard against market instability, the imperial court explicitly reduced the amount of grain exported this year, and strictly forbade merchants to hoard and raise grain prices.
Even so, it can't stop some illegal businesses from hoarding grain, and the Wu family is among them.
Although they are all seizing business opportunities to buy and sell, hoarding grain to make money is not the same concept as hoarding spices to make money. Spices are not the necessities of the people's life, hoarding spices ultimately earns the money of the rich, but grain is something that everyone has to eat, once the big merchants' plan to stock up on grain is successful, so that the granaries have no surplus to sell, the price of grain will rise. This will cause panic among the people, and then rush to grab food at any cost.
Because the panic of "no food" will be spread by grain merchants, and people will starve or even die if they don't have food, so once they see food, people will hold it in their hands at all costs to feel at ease.
In order to support the battle of Mobei, the imperial court will not put too much grain even if it opens a warehouse, and this summer, the grain of the peasants will definitely be requisitioned by the imperial court to the official warehouse by semi-compulsory means, and then the grain merchants can sell grain at several times or even more than ten times or dozens of times the price through various channels to grab huge profits.
It is no exaggeration to say that the merchants who are now stockpiling grain and raising grain prices are making a fortune when hundreds of thousands of soldiers are fighting for the country!
What they bet on is that the court has no time to take care of it, even if something happens at that time, the law will not blame the public!
It's mid-spring, and the crops in the farmers' fields are not yet ripe, and they refuse to sell last year's surplus grain that they have left at home. Therefore, the Wu family is now collecting grain from farmers at a high price on the one hand, and on the other hand, they are in contact with the officials in charge of the granary.
When the official warehouse is empty, they will have more room to operate!
As long as Xiao Nuan can catch the evidence that the Wu family and the grain officials colluded to raise the price of grain, the Wu family will definitely be punished, and the court will be destroyed as a rooster to scare the monkeys!
Wu Chao is a poisonous snake, if he doesn't cut off his seven inches with a knife, he will definitely reflexively bite him, so Xiao Nuan secretly lurks and waits for the opportunity. After she found the evidence, the person who reported the Wu family could not be Qin Rizhan, it should be Wu Yu himself first, and then Zhan Yi could "unintentionally" find the evidence and go to blackmail the Wu family, and was "accidentally" bumped into by someone, and then the East Window incident happened.
This is Xiao Nuan's plan to kill two birds with one stone.
Now that this plan has reached the stage of substantial advancement, Xiao Nuan must follow up in person in order to clear the suspicion, and Yicui Building is the most relaxed and forced place for Wu Wei and Zhan Yi to go. Therefore, she still has to go to Yicui Building, and she still has to listen to the pearl green music.
Although the boiled meat is unpleasant, it is better than raw meat, and the pipa, guzheng, and guqin of other girls in Yicui Building are really not even raw meat, and can only be called the sound of beauty......
When the third master heard that Xiao Nuan often went to Yicui Building to listen to the piano these days, his brows furrowed. Without the eyeliner of Green Butterfly, the person sent to secretly protect Xiao Nuan is not responsible for finding out her whereabouts, so the third master, who doesn't know what Xiao Nuan is busy with, although he knows that she must have a reason for going to Yicui Building, he still can't help but want to ask:
Could it be that the pearl green of Yicui Building, the piano skills are really so superb, that he actually hooked the little girl away from him?
So when Xiao Nuan didn't show up by his side for ten days, the third master, who was busy with military affairs and returned home, asked a question, only to find out that Xiao Nuan actually ran alone to listen to the pearl green piano, and frowned deeply.
In the Yicui Building, Green Butterfly walked into the house quickly, and whispered to Xiao Nuan, who was leaning on the soft couch next to the window next to the pearl green room, closed his eyes and listened to the piano, "The third master is here." β
Xiao Nuan sat up in shock, "Really? "How could the third master come to such a place!
Green Butterfly shook her head, "That face from the last Yuan Night." β
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when the third master and Xiao Nuan watched the lantern fishing for herring, it was indeed easy to go. But what is he here for? It can't be because of her, if you have something to do with her, the third master will definitely let people call her to the house directly.
Could it be that there are big fish here...... Xiao Nuan's eyes rolled, "You hide in the house and don't go out, don't disturb the third master's Yaxing." β
Listening to the footsteps of the third master on the stairs, the green butterfly had a black line on his face. The girl wouldn't think that the third master came here to find someone else, right?" β
The pearl green who played the piano plucked the strings lightly, although she couldn't hear what Qin Rizhan's servant said, but she knew that Qin Rizhan who had just been here for a short time was afraid that he was leaving.
After he left, he had to play the piano to the cow again! Pearl Green gently picks the strings and tells his sorrow with the sound of the piano.
After listening to the sound of the piano in the house, there were more lingering and resentments, the third master frowned, this woman was seducing his little girl!
So the third master was full of low pressure, and the old bustard next to him was trembling with fright, "This master ......"
Xuan Qi stretched out his hand and handed over a silver ticket of fifty taels, "Stand down!" β
After the old bustard shouted "pearl green pick-up" in a hoarse voice, he ran away with the silver ticket.
There was a knock on the door, and the pearl-green maid opened the door, and when she saw the tall and cold man at the door, she also shuddered, and turned back to ask for help, "Girl......"
Zhulu's gaze only looked at Qin Rizhan. But when he saw that Young Master Qin saw the guests at the door, he immediately stood up and walked over quickly, saluting with a smile, "You are here." β
The third master looked at Xiao Nuan silently, and only entered the house after a while, and sat on the soft collapse where she was half-lying. Little Warm ......
Zhu Lu walked up to Xiao Nuan and asked in a low voice, "Young Master?" β
Xiao Nuan immediately whispered, "This is my friend, treat me well." β
Seeing that Young Master Qin was dealing with so many people, this was the first person who made him respect so much, Zhu Lu immediately nodded, respectfully saluted the third master, and handed over tea, "Does this master want to listen to the piano or play chess?" β
Zhulu is clear, and only accompanies guests to chat, play the piano, and play chess. At first glance, this frost-faced person doesn't seem to want to chat.
"Jean."
"What do you want to hear?"
"Whatever you want."
The pearl green salute retreated to the back of the piano and began to play.
When the piano sounded, it was "Guangling San", and after listening to it for a while, Xiao Nuan found that the third master's eyes fell on her, and she was extremely picky.
This kind of piano sound is also worth coming to you every day?
Xiao Nuan lowered her head and was speechless.
Zhu Lu flicked a song and looked up at Qin Rizhan.
The third master also looked at her and was silent. Xiao Nuan's heart was full of some kind of white long-necked sheep galloping past, and said with a smile on his face, "Three...... Elder brother? β
The third master raised his eyebrows, "Do whatever you want, don't pay attention to me." β
Is it that you can ignore such a big lump of ice that I said I could ignore it? Why did the third master suddenly become naΓ―ve and unpredictable these days......