"Please hurry up, my lord is in a hurry." The cronie looked anxious, for fear that Qianfeng would regret it.

Qianfeng smiled and said, "Okay! In a while, I will arrange for people to take out 500 stone of grain and send it to your master's house. ”

"Five hundred stones? This ......"

When his cronies heard this, their faces were shocked, and he was directly dumbfounded.

The grain of 500 stones, even if it is porridge, can only be used for a few days, and after it is consumed, the southern Yunnan Mansion will still face the same dilemma.

The cronies hurriedly asked: "Master Hou, didn't you say that you wanted to help?" These 500 stone of grain are not enough to solve the problem! ”

Hearing this, the smile on Qianfeng's face suddenly disappeared, he frowned, and asked rhetorically: "Could it be that your Lord Governor didn't tell you?" The letter I sent to him was written to help solve the urgent need, not to completely solve the problem of the victims, and it was clearly written in black and white! The grain of 500 stones is just the solution to the urgent need, and the marquis does what he says. ”

"But ......"

The cronies were speechless, and he didn't know what to say, but he knew very well that if he only took back 500 stone of grain, he was afraid that this Qianfeng would be fine, and his life might be gone.

And at this time, Qianfeng saw that the time was almost ripe, so he said casually: "Southern Yunnan City is the most prosperous city in southern Yunnan, and there are a lot of gentry in the city, won't they solve it?" ”

"Master Hou laughed, they are unwilling to provide food for disaster relief." The cronies looked embarrassed.

The gentry are local lords, and they are thieves, and it is impossible to support the government.

"What a bunch of thugs, but...... I heard that the grain of these gentry was transferred to a mountain called Bailong Mountain half a month ago. ”

This news came back from the caravan in the mansion before, because there were business contacts between the Marquis of Yundian Mansion and the gentry in various places, and they would naturally come back to report when they saw it.

The cronies who learned this news turned their sorrow into joy, if these gentry really had a lot of food, then the trouble caused by the victims in the southern Yunnan city would not be worth mentioning: "What Hou Ye said is true? ”

"Ben Hou also heard that it is true or false, you need to distinguish it by yourself." Qianfeng's eyes were half-open, looking sleepy.

"But Benhou never lies."

Hearing this, the cronies also understood Qianfeng's intentions, and immediately thanked him: "Thank you Lord Hou for informing me!" ”

After speaking, the cronie hurriedly rushed back to the southern Yunnan city with 500 stone of grain.

On the other side, in the city of southern Yunnan.

Zhou Chaozheng really couldn't withstand the pressure, and there were more and more victims, and if he didn't give food and porridge, he was afraid that there would be major chaos in the entire southern Yunnan city.

After discussing with several officials, it was finally decided to open a granary first, let the victims in southern Yunnan have a bite to eat, stabilize the mood of these victims, and then wait for the Yundian Marquis Mansion to send food.

At ten o'clock in the middle of the night, Zhou Chao was pacing in the study, and suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside, and he couldn't wait, so he got up and went out directly.

As soon as the door was opened, he saw his cronies running towards him, and Zhou Chaozheng hurriedly asked, "How is it?" How much grain did the Marquis of Yundian send to the Mansion? ”

The cronies took a few breaths and replied, "Lord Hui, the Marquis of Yundian Mansion said that it only promised us to solve the urgent need, not to completely solve the problem of the victims, so it only gave me 500 stone of food. ”

Hearing this news, Zhou Chaozheng suddenly felt dizzy, this time he bought three thousand taels of silver for nothing, and only exchanged five hundred stones of grain, and was once again placed by Qianfeng.

"Five hundred stones, five hundred stones!"

Zhou Chaozheng was furious, his body staggered and began to shake, but fortunately he reached out and grabbed the door panel on the side, so he did not fall to the ground.

Seeing that the governor of his house was angry, his cronies were afraid that something would go wrong, so he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, my lord, although the Marquis of Yundian Mansion only gave five hundred stones of grain, but I told my subordinates the next important news!" ”

"What's important news, tell me quickly."

Zhou Chaozheng covered his forehead and asked weakly.

The cronies told him that Qianfeng had told him that the gentry in southern Yunnan had hidden grain.

After hearing these words, Zhou Chaozheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Then Zhou Chaozheng ordered: "Go and arrange a manpower investigation to see if what Qianfeng said is true or false!" Come back as soon as you have the news! ”

"Yes, sir!"

Sleepless night, after dawn.

Since the Marquis of Yundian Mansion only sent 500 stone of grain, a group of officials came to the Yunnan Mansion to ask Zhou Chaozheng what the situation was.

In the palace, in the face of the inquiries of the officials, Zhou Chaozheng told the cause and effect, and said that he had arranged for people to go to Bailong Mountain to investigate the truth and truth of what Qianfeng said, calculate the time, the distance from Yunnan City to Bailong Mountain will take about an hour, this time and again, it will take almost two hours, and it will be almost two hours from the departure to the present, and the people sent out should also come back soon.

During the waiting period, the most angry person was Zhou Wenwen, the waiter, who had been scolding these gentry for ignoring the disaster for his own interests.

After another quarter of an hour, the soldiers who had gone to investigate rushed back.

Zhou Chaozheng and a number of officials all asked about the results.

The soldier who went out to investigate replied: "Back to my lords, I sneaked into Bailong Mountain and found a large granary inside!" It's just that the surrounding area has been guarded by many private soldiers arranged by the gentry, but looking at the scale of the construction, the villain deduces that there are at least tens of thousands of stone of grain stored inside! ”

Tens of thousands of stone grain?!

Hearing this, everyone present was stunned, if there are really so many as the soldiers said, then it can be used to distribute food and porridge, not only can completely solve the problem of the victims, but also ensure that the victims are full!

After solving the problem of the victims, we will find a way to suppress the serious problem of banditry, so that even if Lord Qincha comes after a while, Zhou Chaozheng will have full confidence to deal with it.

Thinking of these things, Zhou Chaozheng couldn't help but order.

"Wang Zheng's general army obeys the order! I order you to immediately go to the barracks and transfer 3,000 troops! Open Bailong Mountain and snatch all the food of those gentry back to the mansion! In this way, the emptiness of the grain depot is replenished! ”

Wang Zheng took a step forward and arched his hand: "Obey!" This is what I will do! ”

Wang Zheng was just about to leave, but Luo Zhengyan, who was at the door, walked in at this time, and he stepped forward and admonished: "Lord Governor, don't do it!" If you send troops to rob the grain, you will inevitably offend all the gentry in southern Yunnan! Although these gentry have no official or position, once united, they are also a force that should not be underestimated, and if the governor does not handle it well, then the troubles will only get more and more day by day! ”

What Luo Zhengyan said was not unreasonable, Zhou Chaozheng frowned and thought about it, and suddenly an idea appeared in his mind!