Although Yunxiao's residence is not as majestic as Xipinghou Mansion, it is hidden in the downtown area, small and exquisite, more like a boudoir woman's residence, which does not match the temperament of Yunxiao's Jianghu ranger, but it is much more than Hu Chao expected.

Yun Xiao blushed a little and said: "Master Hou smiled, this house was originally raised by the eldest princess to live, during the rebellion of the king of the king, the eldest princess stood in the wrong line, the eldest princess was implicated, and she had no choice but to lose her hair as a nun, and this house was purchased by Lord Xiao." This house is close to the Ministry of Punishment, so Lord Xiao rewarded me with a place to live. ”

"Ben Hou heard that the eldest princess is the most unrecognizable, whether it is daily dressing or where she lives, she looks like a girl who has not been out of the cabinet, and now when I look at it, the rumors are true."

"Master Hou, I have made a lot of changes, originally the garden was full of pink and tender flowers, I asked the florist to transplant the flowers to others. And this corridor, which was originally covered with pink curtains, look at this window lattice. ”

Hu Chao took a closer look, the window lattice was full of carved peach blossoms, and couldn't help laughing: "Why don't you scrape off all these peach blossoms?" A soft little lady! ”

"When I was a child, I was used to living a hard life, and I couldn't bear to waste good things, but after watching it for a long time, I got used to it."

Hu Chao imagined that this house was full of flowers at first, and there were pink curtains everywhere, and then thought about the heroic Yun Xiao living in such a place, and couldn't help but ridicule a few words: "Lord Xiao is really, can't you give Brother Yun a mansion where normal old men live?" It's good to be simpler! ”

Yun Xiao's face straightened: "The elders, how can the younger generations pick and choose?" Besides, it's not easy to live in Beijing, and this house is very good. ”

"Brother Yun respects Lord Xiao quite a lot!"

"Yun's life was saved by Lord Xiao, if there was no Lord Xiao, how could Yun have a good life today."

The two casually talked all the way to the guest room, and the two little servants who were waiting for Yunxiao flexibly served a large jar of "battlefield autumn soldiers" and two exquisite crystal cups, plus a few plates of appetizers, bowed and retired, and closed the door by the way.

The two exchanged glasses and drank a few glasses of wine, Yun Xiao played with the crystal clear crystal cup in her hand, and said, "Master Hou, there is a certain piece of advice, do you want to listen to it?" ”

"Listen, of course!"

"Master Hou, it's better to stop for the time being." Yun Xiao approached Hu Chao and said in a low voice: "Has Master Hou heard about the Taiyuan granary?" ”

"This has nothing to do with Benhou brewing, right?"

"It doesn't matter if it matters, Master Hou knows it in his heart. The Taiyuan granary was stolen, and now that the border is not too peaceful, the Holy Lord will definitely order the granary to be rebuilt. ”

Hu Chao's face changed slightly, and he couldn't help clenching the wine glass in his hand, and his eyes flickered to think.

"Once the granary has been repaired, grain will definitely be collected from all over the country and transported to the new granary. And this year, it is clear that the regular position will be sorted out faster than in previous years, and the old grain will be exchanged for new grain. ”

The rich land of fish and rice water towns in the south of the Yangtze River is twice a year, while the climate in the north of the Yangtze River is cold, and it is cooked once a year. In previous years, a batch of grain was collected from the Jiangnan area in July, and the old grain of three to five years was replaced in the regular position. In October, another batch of grain was collected and stored, and the old grain was often used for disaster relief, and the new grain was mostly used as military rations during war.

There are twenty-five counties in the Great Yi Dynasty, and every year, there are more or less counties that make trouble, and Ke Quan, the Taicang Department in charge of disaster relief, is the younger brother of Ke Xu, the head of the Ruiwang think tank.

In the past two years, Rui Wang and Hu Chao secretly stole new grain from Changping to make wine, and the grain that was done was mixed with disaster relief food by Ke Quan and slowly consumed. The victims were so hungry that they could eat the turf and roots and even the Guanyin soil, so naturally they would not dislike the food mixed with weeds, roots and leaves.

Last year, Hu Chao did his business in Tibet, and the Tibetan royal family was extravagant and wealthy, and the demand for wine increased greatly. In order to make more wine, Hu Chao and King Rui stole far more than the usual amount of grain from the regular closing position in order to make more money. Now that there is an accident in the Taiyuan granary, if the Holy Lord orders to count and close the warehouse in advance, it will not be able to contain the fire in paper, and the stuffing will be exposed!

If Hu Chao is asked to stop brewing wine now and find a way to return the grain, it will be impossible. Even if he is willing, how can the wise king be willing? People's psychology is like this, if you want to spit out what you get in your hands, it is even more difficult to start than cutting meat. Besides, everyone has a fluke mentality, Hu Chao thinks that he has done everything well and will not be known by outsiders, and it is estimated that he can continue to hide it.

As soon as Hu Chao thought of this, he just breathed a sigh of relief, raised his eyes and saw Yun Xiao looking at him with a smile, and his heart sounded, it seems that they are not secretive enough, no, looking at Yun Xiao's posture, he should have learned about it, but he doesn't know how much he knows.

"I said casually below, Hou Ye don't rest assured, I am thinking that wine brewing needs a lot of food, if Hou Ye can suffer a loss, save some of the food for winemaking, and donate 10,000 stone grains to earn a reputation at that time, you say yes?"

Hu Chao smiled stiffly, changed the topic, and said: "The scale of Mrs. Jin's brewing workshop is far larger than that of Benhou, what will Mrs. Jin do when the time comes, Benhou will follow her, it must be right." ”

"To say something ugly, Master Hou, what do you compare with Mrs. Jin? Although Mrs. Jin has only married a Zhuangzi, the scale of her Zhuangzi is larger than the ten Zhuangzi of your family combined. Not to mention Zhuangzi of this scale, there are six in Jingbei on the Beidi side. Is Mrs. Jin still short of food? If she gritted her teeth and donated 100,000 stone of food, Master Hou, you can also follow? ”

Hu Chao was speechless for a moment, and Yun Xiao patted him on the shoulder: "The situation is chaotic, and the benefactor of a certain person, Lord Xiao, is a dead-eyed person, and he is planning in every possible way, just to find a way to survive for Lord Xiao." Alas, I don't know how to open my mouth in a thousand words, if Hou Ye believes it, he will trouble and send a message to King Rui, and King Wei already knows how to solve it, and make a decision as soon as possible. ”

Hu Chao folded his hands and bowed deeply to Yun Xiao: "Thank you Brother Yun for reminding me!" ”

"Alas!" Yun Xiao sighed deeply again: "Don't hide it from the Hou Ye, Lord Xiao inadvertently knew some secrets in the palace in the early years, and knew that Empress Jiang and King Wei were at odds with each other, but Pingning Hou ......"

Yun Xiao said halfway, only to know that he was drunk, and said that he had leaked his mouth, he looked at it left and right, and immediately changed the topic: "All in all, this five-grain alcohol brew seems to be as clear as water, and it is as smooth as water in the throat, but unexpectedly, its nature is like fire, I was careless!" Dizzy! ”

They obviously drank the pale amber "Autumn Point Soldiers on the Battlefield", but Yun Xiao actually forgot about it, it seemed that they were either really drunk or fake drunk. But whether it is true or not, Hu Chao acquiesces that he is really drunk.

Whether it is Wuliang mellow brewing or autumn soldiers on the battlefield, you must have someone who is extremely close to Jintong to be fortunate enough to receive the gift. Hu Chao pondered for a moment, and very kindly called the subordinates who served Yunxiao, and after settling Yunxiao, he hurried to the Rui Wangfu.