The revenge trick of the old servants of King Kang's Mansion is actually very simple.

Cannes is the second largest port in the world, second only to Guihai, although it is located in the west, but it has a large grain production area in the west and south, and there are many rich cities around, at the same time, there are two large salt wells and several iron mines in the mountainous areas in the west, and the hilly areas are rich in various medicinal materials, and every year I don't know how many ships are loaded with grain, cloth, medicinal materials, iron and salt and other goods, passing through Cannes, sending them to the towns in the middle and lower reaches of the Dongjiang River, and some of them will be accumulated in Guihai and transferred to the north.

Kangcheng used to be the domain of Kang Wangfu, and the economic lifeline was almost in the hands of the people in the palace, although many of the palace's industries have now gone underground, but the influence still exists. It is because of this that the prefect of Cannes has repeatedly indulged them. It can be said that the confidence of these people is not only in money, but also in the network and channels for purchasing and selling. Being kidnapped millions of taels of silver by a group of Zheng Wangfu thugs led by Shen Tugang can certainly make them break their bones, but doing business depends more on integrity and reputation. No matter how rich the merchant is, if he does not pay attention to integrity, customers may not buy it; However, the store with poor capital turnover for a while may rely on the personal credit of the boss or shopkeeper to pick up the goods on credit and sell the goods smoothly, so that the store can be brought back to life.

For the old servants of King Kang's Mansion, the situation they are facing now is: the money has been robbed, and they are targeted by the government, even if they can start the business again, if they are convicted of rebellion by the court in the future, they will not even be able to save their lives, so why do they spend so much effort? Instead of working hard against a huge deficit, it is better to close the store first and think more about where you will go in the future.

By the time they couldn't think of a way to exonerate themselves and finally decided to take revenge, the conditions were ready-made. They are familiar with the shipping companies operating on the Dongjiang River and the Taiping River, and even some of the shipping companies set the prices by them; The merchants who do the grain business also have a good relationship with them - if they have a shallow relationship, then the merchants will not be able to do business in Cannes; The merchants who made iron tools relied on them to support their business at the beginning, and the salt merchants were also, you must know that salt and iron have always been the official camp of the imperial court, and they are not allowed to be sold by the people without permission, so only nobles with the status of the vassal king dare to reach out and get a piece of the pie. If there was no King Kang's support, those merchants would not have the courage to make this fortune.

Therefore, when King Zheng's army was blocked south of the Jinjiang River and the battle situation was stalemate, the ships loaded with grain, salt, ironware, cloth and other goods that had been continuously transported to the middle and lower reaches of the Dongjiang River were intercepted at Kangcheng before they reached the blockade line set by Guihai City. The supply of grain and salt in Qingzhou and Jinnan soon began to tighten. In order to accumulate grain and grass, King Zheng had already looted in these two places, and the people's salt and grain stocks were already insufficient, and now it is even worse. However, because King Zheng had accumulated a lot of supplies before raising his army, his army had not been affected for the time being.

But this situation is only temporary, if the war continues to stalemate, and King Zheng's army is unable to occupy more cities for a long time, whether it is grain, grass, salt, clothing, or iron tools, sooner or later it will run out.

The people of Kang's mansion waited for the day when his supplies were exhausted, so they worked harder to stop the ships carrying grain and iron tools, and used their fame in the business circles of Kang to half-force the owners of those goods to sell them their things. So the warehouses under their names became more and more full, but they refused to sell a grain of rice or salt, and would rather let the people in the lower reaches of Kangcheng suffer with them rather than cheapen King Zheng. Even the local grain stores in Cannes were forced by them not to do business outside the country, in case they were exploited by the people of Jinnan, Qingzhou.

By this time, it was already the middle of the first month. The New Year, which was supposed to be joyful and festive, was unconsciously shrouded in a shadow. Although the people's homes still have food and salt, and their lives have not been affected, rumors have spread in the city. Everyone is worried that their families will run out of food after the Chinese New Year, and some people are worried that there will not be enough grain to plant at the beginning of spring, which will miss the agricultural time, and people will be panicked for a while, and even the lantern festival is much colder than in previous years.

Liu Dongxing, Hu Jinquan and others had long noticed what King Kang and others had done, but at the beginning, they thought about causing some trouble to King Zheng, but they didn't think much about it, but when they found out that they had brought trouble to the lives of ordinary people, things had reached an uncontrollable situation. Even if they ordered the stewards and treasurers to be controlled, the people below would continue to detain the ships from the upper reaches of the river, relying on the steps they had instructed them to take in advance. Moreover, even if they had the intention to stop the actions of the old people of King Kang's Mansion, they could not really take the initiative to send grain and other goods to Qingzhou and Jinnan, which were already King Zheng's territory, and doing so was tantamount to being an enemy.

Liu Dongxing and Hu Jinquan were troubled by this, while the prefect of Kangcheng was completely panicked, blindly advocating that the grain, salt, iron and other things detained by the old people of Kangwangfu should be distributed to the local people, as long as the people in the Kangcheng area could be saved, as for the people in Qingzhou and Jinnan, it was not his responsibility. Where can Liu Hu and the others smooth his heart? The local people in Cannes have not yet reached the point of food shortage, and the grain stores are also continuing to do business, so the so-called rumor that there will be a shortage of food after the year is just a misunderstanding. What they have to worry about is that the people in the middle and lower reaches of the Dongjiang River, except for Guihai, who can rely on material support from the south, the rest of the areas have been affected by Qingzhou.

If King Zheng is allowed to continue to be supplemented by grain and iron tools in the upper reaches of the Dongjiang River to increase his strength, Liu Dongxing, Hu Jinquan and other secretaries of the General Administration Department will certainly not be able to please in the imperial court, but if a large number of innocent people are starved of food, even if they have made great contributions, they will have to eat and hang

Liu Dongxing has been worrying about this matter for several days. He had already arranged for the garrison to guard the area around Kangcheng, and also sent people to search for the route of Shen Tugang's escape, and the war on King Zheng's side was at a stalemate, so he was idle, and in addition to patrolling around every day, he met with the people of the General Administration to discuss. For the actions of those people in King Kang's Mansion, he was angry and depressed, and he regretted it a little. Knowing this, he should have stopped them at the beginning, and the consequences of sitting back and watching them go out of control.

Wen Yi had heard about his troubles for a long time, and had been paying attention to the news about this matter, thinking about it for a few days, and got an idea, on this day, seeing him sitting in the small study across the courtyard again, frowning and thinking hard, he came over with a cup of ginseng chicken soup made by himself, put it on the table, scooped a bowl for him, and put it in front of him.

Liu Dongxing raised his head and showed a reassuring smile to his wife, and began to eat chicken soup, and praised while eating: "The lady's craftsmanship is getting better and better, these days every day to change the way to give me supplements, if I am made into a big fat man, the horse can't get up, the gun can't move, I must make people laugh to death." ”

Wen Yi lowered his head and chuckled, raised his head again, and watched him eat a bowl of chicken soup cleanly, but he unconsciously frowned and was stunned, and his heart hurt, so he couldn't help but reach out to smooth his eyebrows: "Don't bother, I have an idea, tell you about it, and see if it can be done." ”

Liu Dongxing woke up and smiled embarrassedly: "I'm really sorry, there have been a lot of things in the past few days, and I was distracted for a while, what is my idea?" ”

Wen Yi approached; "Those people in King Kang's Mansion, even if they are obedient and obedient in front of you, they are reluctant to think about it. Without him, I'm just afraid of death. They know that they have committed a great crime of rebellion, and they are bound to die according to the rules, and they may even be punished by the Nine Clans, even if they are harmed by their treacherous accomplices and suffer a big loss, they cannot change the fact that they were once fellow thieves. At the moment, they only think that they are nine deaths this time, and they hate King Zheng who has harmed them to such a situation, and they will suffer more losses for themselves, and they will pull him off the horse. But what if they knew they wouldn't necessarily die? ”

Liu Dongxing smiled bitterly: "Why haven't we thought of this method? It's just that Kangcheng is thousands of miles away from Jingshi, and earlier, when both the Holy Lord and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gave us an order, they all said that they must not tolerate the undead servants of King Kang's Mansion. The royal family can also remember the love of flesh and blood, open the net, spare his life, and have nothing to be tolerant of a group of domestic slaves who betray their masters? These people in King Kang's Mansion first forgot the court for the benefit of their masters, and then betrayed their lords for their own interests.

Wen Yi said: "I don't mean to spare them like this, but the current situation is not good, if you continue to let them mess around, how many people east of Cannes will suffer?" Their locally produced grain has been looted by King Zheng, and without salt and grain from other places, how long can it last? Although the imperial court has issued an order for Taiwei Zheng to lead his troops to quell the rebellion, Taiwei Zheng's army only crossed the Huai River three days ago, how long will it take to reach Jin'an? I don't know when the army of the imperial court will be able to defeat King Zheng's rebels. Could it be that if the rebellion is not quelled, the grain from the upper reaches of the Taiping and Dongjiang rivers will not be able to be sent to the middle and lower reaches? I am afraid that even if the war ends as soon as possible, and food is delivered to those places in time, the people's will will be shaken. ”

Liu Dongxing straightened up, and there was a little clarity in his eyes: "What the lady means...... Let the people of King Kang's Mansion make meritorious contributions? Tell them to find a way to send the grain they received to those places to help the people, but not let King Zheng's army get a little light? Will this work? ”

Wen Yi smiled: "The big merchants in Cannes are not just calling for wind and rain in Cannes. In addition to transporting goods from the upstream to the middle and lower reaches, merchants here will also transport goods from the middle and lower reaches to the upstream. Aren't the so-called businessmen just people who let people everywhere communicate with each other? The people of King Kang's Mansion can not only control the merchants in the upstream, but also have connections in the middle and lower reaches, so they only need to transport the grain to the places where King Zheng's power is weak, as long as they can control the local grain stores, it is still possible to alleviate the food shortage of the people at the same time, and avoid the looting of King Zheng's army. Moreover, there is another benefit to this method. ”

She lowered her voice and smiled slightly: "Xianggong, when I knew that Brother Luo was a member of the General Administration, I thought that the Luo family's business is all over the world, and many industries are involved, and it is really easy for someone like their family to be a spy." The grain stores, salt shops, cloth shops, and taverns that have opened all over the streets and alleys......"

Before she finished speaking, Liu Dongxing grabbed her hand tightly, his eyes were full of surprise: "Good lady, you reminded me" After saying that, he couldn't help but beat his head: "How am I so confused, I even forgot my old job"

Wen Yi said with a smile: "Xianggong didn't forget, it's just that those are all outsiders, I don't know the details, you never thought of turning them into spies of the imperial court." But now King Kang's Mansion is at the end of the road, if he knows that there is a chance to live, that group of people may not be unwilling to make meritorious contributions. And for the imperial court, it is not a pity that this group of Diao slaves died, but if it is still useful, if it can contribute to the imperial court, what if it spares their lives? No matter how proud they are, they are just a group of old slaves of the palace, and if they cause trouble again in the future, the court will have a way to clean them up."

Liu Dongxing laughed a few times: "According to me, most of the saints are unwilling to spare them, if they really make meritorious contributions, at most they will let them die happily, and be more merciful, and spare their wives and children." But if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had made up his mind, he would most likely have agreed to spare their lives. For His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, King Kang's Mansion is not a matter of concern at all, if we can deliver a message to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, this matter will be completed."

Thinking like this, Liu Dongxing couldn't sit still, and immediately got up to go out: "I'll go to Lao Hu to discuss." Wen Yi hurriedly said: "If you need it, I can help." Liu Dongxing looked back at her suspiciously: "You? How can you help? ”

"Do you remember that there was a daughter-in-law in the courtyard over there who was quite friendly with Winnie? She is a servant of King Kang's mansion, and she has always been popular, even if she leaves the back street of the palace, she always goes back to visit her old relatives and friends, and she can say a few words. Xianggong, instead of letting you come forward in this matter, it is better to persuade in private. You just said that Kangcheng and Jingshi are far apart, and I don't know if you can hide it from the saint and ask the prince to promise to come forward. If there is a bad one, it will not be good if it affects you and the people in the General Administration. Therefore, it is best to let the people of King Kang's Mansion change their minds and make a request to you. ”

Liu Dongxing hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "You ask that daughter-in-law to speak, whether it works or not, don't let them know that it is your idea, and I will discuss it with Lao Hu." In the same way, whether it succeeds or not, we can't put this matter on the surface until Kyori has a clear will. ”

He still didn't say a word: If the people of King Kang's Mansion are really willing to make meritorious contributions, then no matter whether the palace nods or not, he and Hu Jinquan can drag them with good words first, and wait until they really turn the tide of the battle, and then ask for credit for them. Of course, if the court is unwilling to spare these evil slaves who have betrayed their masters, it is also their iniquity. As long as they can save tens of millions of people, the people of King Kang's Mansion will not be able to escape the charge of rebellion, and that is also accumulating yin virtue for themselves?。.。

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