With the countermeasures, several people became relaxed, and they were all smiling.

"Good day, beautiful scenery, why worry about these flies and dogs, there is wine today, drunk today, and drink this bottle full!"

Xie Tang looked strategic, as if everything was under control, and invited everyone to drink.

Before he put down the wine bottle, Lu Wencai's eyes widened when he was facing the east, and he pointed to the water and said in astonishment, "The envoy in a hurry, it seems that the envoy is coming to appease him......

Canglang Pavilion is built near the water, the waters outside the park are vast, and the boat can go straight to the Panmen, at this time, everyone heard Lu Wencai's words, and they all subconsciously looked in the direction he pointed.

I saw four or five official ships coming one after another, with flags and flags on board, a strict guard of honor, and a sign with official positions written on one side was set up on the bow of the ship in an orderly manner.

"Chongguo Gong", "Guanwendian University Scholar", "Liangzhejiang West Road Pacification Envoy", "Judgment of Pingjiang Prefecture", "Commander-in-Chief Taihu Comprehensive Management Division", ......

What's even more terrifying is that the ship is also full of heavily armed armor soldiers, which are quite tense and murderous.

Xie Tang couldn't help but tremble in his heart, and a cold air rushed up from the soles of his feet.

Lu Wencai was even more frightened, "He... They...... No, it won't be, it's going to be force......

The others were all dissatisfied, and Xu Xueqian trembled, "Could it be that King Yan is here!?" He's going to flip the table?"

The reason why Xie Tang and these people dare to fight with King Yan is based on the rules, but they ignore that King Yan holds military power and has the qualifications to disobey the rules, although the use of force to break the rules will bring evil consequences to King Yan, but that is also a matter of the future, and they may not have eyes to see it.

However, Xu Xueqian guessed wrong, King Yan did not come, only came to appease Wu Qian, the envoy of Zhejiang.

The soldiers poured into the garden, occupied all the portals in a moment, and put everyone under control, Wu Qian came to Xie Tang with several subordinate officials.

"Thank you, long time no see."

Wu Qian's expression was normal, and he even said hello amicably.

Xie Tang looked obscure, forced his composure and asked, "Duke Wu, what do you want to bring troops into my private house!?"

"Private homes?" Wu Qian showed a playful smile, "Isn't there a sign of the West Zhejiang Changping Division hanging at the entrance of this garden? Could it be that the old man, as a minister of the imperial court, can't enter a government office!?"

"This..." Xie Tang was choked, and then he eased up, "Duke Wu is an important minister, even the imperial city can enter at will, but it doesn't make sense for you to come in with soldiers and horses!"

"Oh, then it's no wonder I'm going to have to be careful in this very bad season, in order to prevent the juniors from making trouble." Wu Qian replied lightly, with some insinuations.

Xie Tang was not easy to refute, he was very angry in his heart, but he also saw that Wu Qian was useless, and he was a little relieved, so he didn't want to entangle more.

"Leave this matter aside for the time being, dare to ask Wu Gong what kind of business he has to do when he comes to Changping Division!?"

"Ahem......" Wu Qian cleared his throat and said with a straight face, "There are a few questions, His Royal Highness King Yan asked the old man to ask Xie Cang on his behalf, please answer them well."

Xie Tang became more and more calm, "Since it is His Royal Highness King Yan who inquired, then the lower official naturally knows everything and says everything, Duke Wu, please ask."

"Your Highness, Xie Tang, as the Changping Division, why did you turn a blind eye to the skyrocketing food prices and let it do nothing, is it dereliction of duty or ill intentions!?"

Xie Tang was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect this question to be so direct, but he didn't panic, and said slowly, "The lower officials are neither derelict in their duties nor have bad intentions, the reason why they can't stabilize food prices is that they are really powerless, and the grain stored in Chang Liquidation is not enough to affect food prices at all."

Wu Qian was unmoved, it was really as if he was just passing the word, "According to Chang Pingsi's previous report, the grain storage is 800,000 stones, which can at least ensure that the grain price will be stable for more than two months, but it has only been three or four days, and the grain price has increased three or four times, how do you explain it?!"

"Please allow Xiaguan to explain, Xiaguan expected that there would be instability in grain prices in the disaster area, so he deliberately rushed from Lin'an to deal with it, but only after Xiaguan arrived in Pingjiang did he find that there was no abnormality on the books of Changping, but there was actually no grain in the warehouse

After the clues were interrupted, it was difficult to find out the whereabouts of the grain for the time being, and all the surplus money used to buy grain in the Changping Treasury was also lost, so the lower officials could only buy 100,000 stone of grain on credit from the gentry in the city, and now most of them have been put on the market, but it is still to no avail......

Xie Tang paused and continued, "Chang Ping Division has such a big problem, Xiaguan, as the chief official, is indeed guilty of negligence and dereliction of duty, Xiaguan has already impeached himself to the imperial court, and is stepping up the investigation of the whereabouts of the grain, and Xiaguan guarantees that no matter whether or not the lost food and money are recovered, the Xiaguan will definitely bear it, even if the family is bankrupt, he will definitely make up for the shortfall of money and food!"

Hehe, sure enough, not only threw the black pot at the dead, but also ruthlessly killed all the people involved!

As for what to make up for the loss afterwards, this is true, only in this way can Xie Tang minimize the crime of dereliction of duty, but can the food at that time be the same as now!?

The disappearance of Chang Pingliang was originally directed and acted by Xie Tang, in order to exacerbate the shortage of food at this time.

In short, the meaning of Xie Tang's words is that I admit that something happened, and I am trying to remedy it, and I will definitely be responsible to the end.

After some grandiose words, he couldn't find much fault on the surface, Wu Qian collapsed his face, "What is the reason for the high tax levied on grain entering the city at the gate of the city!?"

Xie Tang pretended to be surprised, "There is such a thing? I think it's because the people below are anxious when they see that the warehouse is empty, and they want to make up for it as soon as possible, so they make their own decisions, and the lower officials must strictly investigate!"

The implication is that this is an internal matter of my Changping Division, and outsiders are not qualified to interfere.

Wu Qian seemed to be a little annoyed and angry, looked around and glanced at the officials and gentry present, and finally stared at Xie Tang fiercely, "Xie Cang, Your Highness still has a word for the old man to tell you, the sea of suffering is endless, turn back to the shore, think more about yourself and the future of the Xie family!"

Xie Tang waved his hands and said with a faint smile, "Thank you Your Highness for your concern, Your Majesty knows it."

If you want to fight against the prince of a country, you naturally have all the preparations, as long as you fight in the rules of the Great Song Dynasty, Xie Tang is not afraid at all.

"Humph! The old man hopes that you will do it yourself!" Wu Qian flicked his sleeves and turned around with a dark face, "Let's go!"

After a period of restless footsteps, a group of people left the garden and boarded the boat and left.

Come fast and go fast.

Many people looked around blankly, almost thinking that it hadn't happened, and the three of Xie Tang immediately went to the secret room to discuss.

"Cang Envoy, what does this Wu Qian mean? Are you just here to show off your prestige??" Xu Xueqian wondered.

Lu Wencai had palpitations, "This posture is really terrifying, who knows that the thunder is heavy and the rain is small, does King Yan just want to warn us?"

"Perhaps." Xie Tang touched his chin and fell into thought.

"That's... If we continue with our original plan, will King Yan really want to flip the table?" Lu Wencai said worriedly.

Xie Tang shook his head, "It shouldn't be, the matter of Fang Cai is just a bluff, which just shows that King Yan has no confidence in his heart, and it is not so much a warning as a disguised peace."

"So? So shouldn't we talk openly and honestly with King Yan first? After all, if he is willing to take back the government of the Meridian Realm, we don't need to offend him, on the contrary, we can fully support him."

The Lu family is a family of military generals, and they are still more afraid of imperial power by inertia.

Xu Xueqian immediately objected, "How can there be a turning back arrow when you open the bow!? Who knows if King Yan will make a false shot, waiting for us to throw ourselves into the net? Hasty envoy, we must not fall for King Yan's female tricks, once he gets through the current difficulty of lack of food, and comes to the meridian realm in the future, we will not be so easily constrained."

Xie Tang stretched out his hand and waved it to stop the two from arguing, "Elder Xu is also reasonable, in fact, the best solution for King Yan is to confiscate all the food regardless of it, but obviously he is not stunned, he finally has some scruples, and it is indeed very likely that he is playing a delaying tactic with us, after all, the night and a few months of meridian will not have much impact on him."

"At the moment, we have an absolute advantage, and we can't give up easily, unless he publicly vows that he will never cross the line, otherwise we will continue to come according to the original plan."

"However, I was reminded of what happened just now

Wake up, King Yan is a young man after all, if he is in a hurry, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not use force to mess around, we have to guard against it!"

Lu Wencai saw that Xie Tang had vetoed his proposal, and he didn't dare to continue the dispute, lest there be a split within the house first, "Envoy Cang, King Yan has soldiers in his hands, how can we guard against it?"

"What if there are soldiers, the old man doesn't believe that he really dares to kill, not to mention that he is not an official, even if he really becomes the Son of Heaven, it is not that he can do whatever he wants, and he has to ask the scholars and doctors all over the world if they agree!"

Xu Xueqian held his shriveled chest, like a great Confucian, and he was upright.

"King Yan, this person, acts like an extraordinary person, it has always been difficult to guess......" Xie Tang twisted his eyebrows, pondered for a while, and said slowly, "In any case, be prepared, the food we transported away before is still too small, from tonight, only five days will be left in the city, and the rest will be transported away, and the same is true for the food bought later, to prevent him from jumping over the wall in a hurry, as long as he can't get food, he can't change the situation, so that even if he can get food from other places, we have a way to make Pingjiang run out of food forever!"

Lu Wencai nodded, "The hasty envoy is reasonable, Lu Mou will go to communicate with the gentry and arrange the matter."

Xu Xueqian also said, "The old man will also arrange the Jiaxing Mansion!"

"Hehe, King Yan wants to play scheming, Xie will accompany him to have fun......" Xie Tang was confident.

He has always considered himself resourceful, and he doesn't believe that he will not be able to play with King Yan, even if King Yan has an old minister like Wu Qian by his side, he doesn't feel that there is anything to be afraid of.