Chapter 268: Recklessness

A layer of autumn rain and a layer of autumn, but this year's autumn rain seems to be more, Li Tian stood under the corridor, looking at the slightly heavy rain curtain outside the corridor, this rain has been falling for three or four days, in the middle of the big and small, but it has not stopped for a while. Li Tian sighed worriedly, looked down at the stack of letters and newspapers in his hand, slowly turned around and sat on the rocking chair under the corridor, and slowly looked at the letters and newspapers that he had read several times. Since the beginning of autumn, she has instructed shops and Zhuangzi to report the harvest and arrears every ten days.

Most places in Lianghuai are close to the autumn harvest and the rain lasts for more than half a month, the autumn flood on Liangjing Road is serious, and several embankments have been executed, and the Liangjiang Road in Liangzhejiang is also full of water potential, Li Tian slowly arranged the letter and newspaper into a map, and the flood situation in Ningqianfu is not too serious, so it is good, the grain stored in the capital is transferred to various places in Nannan, and the military grain for the Northern Expedition can only be called by Ningqianfu.

Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other in this way.

In the continuous autumn rain, it was dark very early, Li Tian sat in a soft sedan chair and just checked around and returned to the main courtyard, the five princes were as heavy as water, and strode into the upper room, as soon as they came in, they waved away everyone, and looked at Li Tian as the first sentence: "Ning Qianfu said that the autumn flood is fierce, and the embankment has been broken."

"Burst? That Yongjing County? Li Tian's first reaction was the grain depot of Yongjing County, the corners of the five princes' eyes twitched, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The break will be Yongjing County!" Li Tian was stunned, and blurted out after a while: "This is **!" ”

"Well, Leng Mingsong is missing, Ding Jin is sent by a hundred miles, and all the responsibility for the embankment is put on Leng Mingsong, saying that Leng Mingsong has absconded in fear of crime, and wants the Criminal Department to issue a sea capture document to arrest Leng Mingsong, and the five princes of Leng Mingsong slapped the couch heavily, the more he talked, the more angry he became, Li Tian's face turned white, Leng Mingsong disappeared? Is it missing, or has he been poisoned by Ding Jinjing? If Leng Mingsong is dead, it will be difficult to explain this matter. Li Tian looked at the five princes in a daze, the five princes hung their heads, and only took a deep breath and said: "The news was transmitted into the capital this morning, I first discussed with Mr. Guan, and then found the king and Fan Xianggong and others to discuss, the capital of the stock of grain has been out of the warehouse a few days ago and sent to the south for relief, Yao Xianggong meant, if the relief is insufficient, for fear of provoking the people's uprising, now the north is a big soldier, if the south people are changing, it is a big disaster, I can't refute him, retreat and ask for the second, according to my discussion with Mr. Guan, with the next year of salt, tea, Wine was exchanged for the rich families in the north to store grain for military use

Li Tian breathed a sigh of relief slightly, if there are these three things, the grain and grass of the Northern Expedition can be supported at least until the end of the year, the fifth prince paused, looked at Li Tian cautiously and continued: "Salt, tea, and wine lead Yao Xiang to pour pain, and I agreed to do so, but next year's three introductions are almost gone, and we must use the three introductions of the year after tomorrow to offset them, and the three introductions after the next year, the household department promises to give enough, but it is not enough to have three introductions, and there must be silver," the eyes of the five princes flickered a little: "The household department said that the autumn tax has already been spent, and it is impossible to draw out the remaining silver."

"What do you mean?" Li Tian's heart moved slightly, and he took the initiative to ask, and the words of the five princes were almost unspeakable: "I wrote an excerpt and sent it to the palace, but if the household department says that there is no silver, even Daddy will be difficult to do, besides, I don't know what Daddy means, this silver, I'm afraid we have to think of it ourselves."

"How much silver? Have you estimated the number? Li Tian counted his dowry silver, asked with a calm expression, and the fifth prince nodded: "At least a million taels Li Tian frowned and loosened, who is settling the account for her?" Such a coincidence? She can indeed take out the million silver, but when she takes it out, her family is completely gone. ♀

"I pressed the box with a total of 600,000 taels of silver, I'm afraid it won't be enough Li Tian calculated, first Shuang talked about his dowry silver, and the fifth prince hurriedly replied: "There are these 600,000 taels, no 600,000, 500,000 taels is enough Li Tian raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at the five princes, and the five princes smiled and said: "Empty gloves can't be white wolves, but with this 500,000 silver, it's very easy to set up more than one million taels, Tian Tian, don't worry, I will definitely pay you back this silver!" Li Tian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, pursed his lips and smiled: "My silver is naturally your silver, and borrowing the silver is the household department, and if you want to pay it back, the household department will pay it back."

"What you say is very reasonable, I'll go to find Yao Xiang tomorrow, no matter what, the household department has to give you an IOU!" The fifth prince was very embarrassed, and his mood was obviously a lot more relaxed.

In the front yard of the palace of Jin'an County, Guan Tong sat on the couch alone, facing the dense autumn rain outside the window, squinting his eyes, and enjoying a little sip of hot rice wine.

I don't know if the fifth master and the princess have said it, the princess is so transparent and white, the benefits and disadvantages of this, I am afraid that I can figure it out by turning my eyes in half a circle. Guan Tong drank the wine in the cup loudly, picked up the pot and filled the cup, 500,000 taels of silver in exchange for a favor from the next official, well, a heavenly favor, this business is very cost-effective. Guan Tong's small eyes narrowed into a thin slit, the princess has no foundation, and she has no family to rely on, but if she has this credit, she is a smart person, and she will be able to worry about it for the rest of her life, and the princess is much more difficult than the fifth master. Guan Tong wanted to sigh with emotion, and said that in the eyes of the sage, all beings are noble and cheap, and the princess's treatment of the Yao family and his wife is admirable...... Guan Tong's thoughts gradually drifted away, the wine became stronger, as if he was drunk but not drunk, shook the wine jug, sighed lightly and put it down, he couldn't drink anymore, there were countless important things to do tomorrow.

At the back corner door of Xu's mansion, a middle-aged man who was covered in muddy water, looked very tired, and had sunken eye sockets turned over and dismounted, took the reins and took a few steps forward and arched his hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "Annoying, I am from the north, and I want to see Xu Qiye's concierge, although it is very much that he looks down on a middle-aged man who is embarrassed, but I heard that he is looking for the seventh master of their family, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly stood up and took an umbrella, pointed to the porter and said: "Look at your muddy water, go first to bake the fire, be careful not to get dirty, and the middle-aged man is not polite, Tie the horse to the outside of the corner gate, enter the gatehouse and stand by the door, vigilantly watching the movement outside the corner door.

After a while, the porter ran in with a smoke, with a smile on his face, and bowed to the middle-aged man again and again: "This master, our seventh master is invited, please come here, our seventh master originally said that he would welcome out, but he was afraid of being too alarmed, this master, your surname?" Please ...... here" The porter was very attentive to lead the middle-aged man to the moon gate, and after handing it over to the little guy next to Xu Sihai, he stood and watched the two of them walk away, and then touched the piece of silver that was more than half a tael, and the smile blossomed, this half tael of silver is a trivial matter, and it is really decent to get a few words of praise from the seventh master today, how many can there be in this mansion that can be praised by the seventh master? The more the porter thought about it, the happier he became, and his chest couldn't help but be tall.

Behind the middle-aged man and the little guy, he ran into Xu Sihai's yard in a hurry, Xu Sihai had already stood at the door of the room and waited anxiously, when he saw the little guy leading the middle-aged man in, he didn't care about anything else, he hurriedly took a few steps, waved his hand and retreated from the little guy, and stared at the middle-aged man; "You came from the north? Which north? ”

"Go in and talk, the middle-aged man looks extremely cautious, Xu Sihai said 'um', turned around and strode into the house, turned around and stared at the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man arched his hand slightly, and said straightforwardly: "Seventh master, my surname is Chang, you call me Chang Dacheng, our ninth master sent a few of our brothers to Yongjing County before the army's northern expedition, I rushed back from Yongjing County Xu Sihai's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward and asked urgently: "Where is Leng Dalang?" How's Daelang? Are you still safe? ”

"It's safe," Chang Da said cautiously: "Before I came back, Uncle Leng was sick, the illness was not light, Xu Sihai's joy did not fade, his face turned pale again, Chang Da hurriedly added: "Ninth Master, rest assured, the doctor said, although Uncle Leng is seriously ill, it is no big deal, Mr. Pan also understands medical skills, and also said that although it is heavy, it is not a big deal Xu Sihai only came through a long breath, took two steps back and sat down, pointed to the armchair and signaled to Chang Dadao: "Sit down and talk."

"Yes," Chang Da didn't shirk, sat down with his back straight, looked at Xu Sihai and said straight to the point: "Our ninth master explained before leaving, if there is anything in Yongjing County, come directly to find the seventh master Xu Sihai nodded and said: "You just say, what is going on in Yongjing County?" ”

"Yongjing County's embankment is **," Chang Da said bluntly: "Ningqian Mansion is not too big this year's autumn flood, and the embankment in Yongjing County is the entire Ningqian Mansion to repair and solidify, after Uncle Leng arrived, he attached great importance to the embankment, and it was just reinforced in the spring, and it was Ding Zhifu who secretly sent someone to dig the embankment

"Is there any evidence? Governor Ding secretly sent people to dig up the embankment, was this matter Leng Dalang guessed, or did he find out? Is there any evidence? Xu Sihai was stunned, and immediately thought of the important point, Chang Da nodded calmly: "That day, Mr. Pan was accompanying Uncle Leng to patrol the embankment, I saw it with my own eyes, and quietly retreated on the way to be discovered by the person who dug the embankment, I caught one of them and chased one of them, it was the confidant of Ding Zhifu, Uncle Leng took off his clothes and shoes, and asked me to take off the clothes and shoes, and told me to jump into the river with my clothes and shoes, sneak for three or four miles, and throw the clothes and shoes of the two people to the two banks, pretending to be the chief and Uncle Leng fell into the water and died. The prefect of Nading first went to Yongjing County to declare that Uncle Leng absconded in fear of crime and took charge of Yongjing County. Uncle Leng was weak, drenched in the rain and frightened, and fell ill

The more Xu Sihai listened, the more solemn his expression became, and Chang Da looked at him as usual and continued: "Mr. Pan originally persuaded Uncle Leng to sneak back to Beijing to defend this matter, but Uncle Leng refused, saying that even if he sneaked back to Beijing, he could not escape from the matter of breaking the embankment, but he could not escape from his post without permission, and there was no hope for this career

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