Chapter Seventy-Eight: Hesitation
"Only by winning the battle can the Seven Princes atone for their sins and escape this catastrophe!" The voice was sonorous and powerful, and Lord Bai looked at the big master fixedly, "What are you fighting in a war?" It's grain and grass that is beaten! A palm slapped on the table, "In order to win the battle, he has to spend as much silver as he wants!" ”
The old man's body shook.
"That is to say, as long as we get the right to provide food, we can ......" He looked at Master Bai for a moment.
Master Bai gave him a "You've finally opened up!" Looks.
The eldest man exhaled and frowned again.
But the third master said in a dream, it is impossible for the imperial court to spend such a high price to adjust grain?
Which of these two messages is accurate?
For a while, the eldest man's heart was up and down.
Throw it, I always feel that I can make more money by continuing to hoard, such an opportunity is rare in a hundred lifetimes, but I don't throw it away, and I am worried that once the old lady's words come true, I will follow in the footsteps of my ancestors.
That's really a sinner for your ancestors!
After a while, he felt that it was better to throw it away, and for a while, he felt that it was better to make more money by hoarding, and in just a moment, his heart was churning thousands of times like hot oil cooking, and he couldn't help sighing, "Master Fu went to Zhongzhou, and I don't know when I will be able to come back?" ”
If only he had said something explicitly.
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"Harnessing ......"
In Zhongzhou, in front of the Tanxi Bu Political Envoy's Mansion, a few Ji Fei rode to a stop in the dust.
"Who is so short-sighted, dare to be in the ......" rushed to the door, and saw at a glance that it was Fu Wannian, the commander of Tanxi, and the porter immediately changed to a flattering smile. Commander Fu has finally arrived, and my family has already asked several times, so you don't need to report when you come. Go straight in. ”
Throwing the horsewhip to his entourage, Fu Wannian dusted off his body and strode up the steps.
Zhu Enzhang was rendering in front of the desk with a pen, and when he heard the footsteps, he didn't raise his head, still meticulously drawing.
The guards opened their mouths to call, and Fu Wannian waved his hand. Negative hands stand on the side and look.
It is a picture of autumn colors, with a thick dead tree folded horizontally in front of the courtyard, surrounded by fallen leaves. There is an indescribable desolation in the withered yellow of a place, and there is no trace of wind between the brushes and inks, but Master Fu can feel that there is a strong wind raging in the picture, and he is not happy in his heart.
“…… How is this painting? "Put away the pen. Zhu took a step back. While staring, he asked without looking back.
Fu Wannian shook his head.
"How can Enzhang also learn from those sour and rotten scholars?"
"The beauty of Songhua and the spirit of Xuanqi can all be obtained in one picture." Zhu Enzhang laughed, "What is the sad autumn, it's just that when I saw that the trees in the courtyard were blown by the wind, I suddenly felt a feeling...... If it is too rigid, it is easy to break...... A raging autumn wind, the soft branches on the tips are all right. On the contrary, the main trunk that was upright and thought that it could stand up to the sky and the earth was broken first......" He suddenly turned around and looked at Fu Wannian deeply. "Brother Wannian said, didn't you?"
The muscles on his cheeks trembled, and Fu Wannian was speechless.
Zhu Enzhang laughed again.
"Brother Wannian, please!"
led him to sit down on the Nanmu Cloud Dragon Pattern Taishi chair placed on the north side of the inner room, took the tea served by the guards and handed it over, "I heard that Brother Wannian went to worship Shen Huaiyu?" ”
"Stopped by to take a look." Master Fu wrote lightly, and the topic changed, "Enzhang is in such a hurry to find me, what's the matter?" ”
"The holy decree that let me assist Brother Wannian to supervise the grain and grass of the Western Expedition army has been issued for many days, but there has been no news from the Seventh Prince, I don't know if he has sent a letter to Brother Wannian, when will the Western Expedition army enter the customs? When to adjust the grain? What are the plans of Brother Wannian? ”
Master Fu gently plucked the floating tea leaves with the tea lid, and his eyebrows and eyes were not raised.
"If only I knew!" He suddenly changed the topic, "Only the Seventh Prince has always been elusive with soldiers, and there is no movement today, maybe tomorrow will receive a letter of 800 miles to expedite the delivery of food, let's prepare early!" ”
Zhu Enzhang looked at Fu Wannian thoughtfully.
After a long time, he nodded slowly, "That's what Brother Wannian said." He asked, "What are the plans of Brother Wannian?" ”
Fu Wannian sighed.
"Since Emperor Taizu allowed the people to donate grain to the government, the official treasury has become more and more empty!"
Before the founding of the Great Chu, all taxes had to be paid for grain, when the year was bad, the common people had to pay for the rice donation, often because the size of the grain bucket of the official family and the commercial was different, the people bought the big bucket to pay, and they were exploited and miserable, after the founding of the country, Emperor Taizu listened to the advice of Empress Taizu, first unified the specifications of the grain bucket, and allowed the people who did not pay the grain to be converted into silver taels at the current price to pay, and the government uniformly purchased grain, which was called the official office of the people.
However, the government often diverts the money for other purposes, and does not buy grain as well, and it comes and goes, and most of the grain hoarded by the official treasury in various places is an imaginary number, and when the imperial court transfers grain, it has to be bought from the merchants.
Thinking that there were also a bunch of empty numbers in the official treasury of Tanxi Province, Fu Wannian sighed, looked at Zhu Enzhang and said, "...... There is no grain in the official treasury of Tanxi, but you have to allocate this part of the silver to me! ”
"That's easy to say." Zhu Enzhang changed the topic, "Where does Brother Wannian plan to transfer grain from?" ”
"Where else can you tune from?" Fu Wannian took a sip of tea indifferently, "The grain is all hoarded in the hands of the Shen and Yang families, it's either the Yang family or the Shen family!" ”
"Then ......" Zhu Enzhang's voice was a little hesitant, "Who is Brother Wannian going to choose?" Looking at Master Fu intently, "The Yang family, or the Shen family?" ”
"The two Shen and Yang families are hoarding grain but they are the same, which one of the two families is not enough to supply the army of the Western Expedition, and the two families have to violate the above meaning at the same time, but they can sign with the Yang family alone, and they are afraid that the Shen family will not release grain, and vice versa......" At the mention of these, Fu Wannian was angry, he scolded and said, "I mean it's best to sign with the two families at the same time, the price is the same, no one should compare with whom, each transports its own grain, and what is the responsibility is not clear, but the above just refuses to let it, and I don't know if they are afraid of a bird?" ”
mentioned this, Zhu Enzhang was also angry.
"Who knows what's going on up there?" Although he wanted the Shen family to lose, he didn't dare to play with this kind of major event related to his family's life, "I don't understand the people's feelings at all, I will only stand on it and command blindly, if something really happens, isn't the responsibility the same for us?" Sighed, "It's really easy for Hades to do, it's hard to be a little ghost, and in the above sentence, we have to break our legs." ”
Fu Wannian took advantage of the situation and kicked the ball over without a trace, "What good advice does Enzhang have?" ”
"This ......" is very pertinent, Zhu Enzhang also felt that it was not interesting to go around like this, he thought for a while, and said, "The two families are almost the same as hoarding grain, and it stands to reason that whoever chooses is the same, but Shen Huaiyu's death, I'm afraid it's ......" He shook his head, "Brother Wannian still chooses the Yang family." He looked at Master Fu sincerely, "I heard that the Shen family has no cash at all now, and the Yang family is sitting on the Liuhe River." ”
The implication is that the grain in the area of the Liuhe River will eventually fall into the hands of the Yang family. (To be continued......)
PS: Thank you sisters for the pink votes, it's been a month, it's finally almost twenty votes, for the first twenty, celebrate, I'll continue to code words, see if I can code it out today, add more.
P.S. A certain flower lay under the quilt and thought secretly.
When those gods who have hundreds or dozens of votes a day see this, will they cover their noses and secretly laugh to death?
With the lid on his head, he crawled away......