Shandong, Jinan Mansion, the residence of Governor Lu Shude. I saw that the four of them were sitting around the dining table, it was Shen Li and Xu Chengye, who had been in Shandong for more than 10 days, plus Zhang Chucheng, the political envoy of Shandong, who was full of delicacies.

"Roasted sea cucumber with green onions, authentic Shandong method" I saw a cook wearing a white apron, holding a plate of sea cucumbers in one hand, walking towards Shen Li and the others, shouting with a smile.

After hearing this, Shen Li frowned slightly, and said coldly: "Lord Lu, it's the year of the catastrophe, this is a bit too much. ”

Lu Shude responded with a smile: "There's no fuss, this is just my Shandong people's home-cooked food." ”

When Shen Li heard this, he sneered: "Oh? Since the people of Shandong eat these things, it seems that the disaster is not serious enough, and I don't think I need to ask the emperor for food again."

After Shen Li came to Shandong, after more than 10 days of investigation, he found that the disaster was far more serious than he expected, and the grain he brought was okay if it was only supplied to Jinan, but if it was supplied to the whole of Shandong, it would be overstretched.

After Lu Shude heard Shen Li's words, he raised his hand and stopped in the air, his face full of embarrassment.

Xu Chengye was trembling on the side, among these four people, he was the most stretched, one was the sixth grade of the Qianzong, the other people were one of the Shandong political envoys from the second grade, one was the right capital of the second grade and concurrently served as the governor of Shandong, and the other was the official of the third grade and the minister of the Qincha.

Seeing that the situation was a little tense, Zhang Chucheng also hurriedly came out to play a round, and said with a smile: "Since it has been done, don't waste it, I'd better eat quickly, otherwise the food will be cold." Then he glanced at Xu Chengye, and Xu Chengye also echoed and said: "Yes, yes, yes, hurry up and eat, waste is the biggest shame." ”

After Shen Li listened, he thought for a moment, picked up the chopsticks and ate them, Zhang Chucheng and Xu Chengye saw this, smiled, and then began to move the chopsticks, but Lu Shude's face was gloomy, during the whole banquet, several people had different thoughts, only Xu Chengye only cared about cooking.

After the banquet, after Shen Li said goodbye to Lu Shude and Zhang Chucheng, he left with Xu Chengye.

On the way back, Xu Chengye walked leisurely, and today's meal was the most enjoyable meal he had since he came to Jinan.

Shen Li looked at him like this, turned his head sideways, smiled at Xu Chengye and asked, "Little grandpa, can you eat all your time today?" How many days do you want to come back? ”

Xu Chengye heard that there was such a good thing, but as soon as he saw Shen Li's face turn pale, he touched his head and smiled awkwardly: "No, no, today, I just see that they have done it well, and I don't want to waste it, but in fact, it's not much delicious." ”

After Shen Li heard this, after saying goodbye to Xu Chengye, he then walked towards his temporary residence, originally Lu Shude arranged a mansion for him, but he wanted to go to live in the post station, like him, who would live in the post station.

Governor Lu Shude's mansion, after Lu Shude sent everyone away, picked up a cup of tea, took a sip, and then fell heavily on the ground, scolding: "Hmph, what is that Shen carp, I gave him face, kindly invited him to dinner, he didn't appreciate it, and he slapped me in the face in public. If it weren't for the current disaster in Shandong, I still need him, and I would have turned against him today. After speaking, he angrily picked up another cup of tea and drank it all.

The maids outside the door heard the voice, and they were also silent, and they were all trembling outside the door.

At this time, a middle-aged man in white clothes walked in, and when Lu Shude saw him coming, his mood instantly improved a lot, and Lu Shude hurriedly pulled him and asked, "How is it?" Is it done? ”

The middle-aged man shook his head and said that now Master Zhang Siwei can't help it, this Shen Li is a stubborn donkey, and no one will give face, even if the emperor makes a mistake, he will go back.

Lu Shude sat down in his chair in disappointment and muttered, "Is there really no way to do it this time?" ”

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "There is a way." Then he walked over to the map and pointed in the direction of the Yellow Sea.

Seeing this, Lu Shude exclaimed, "You mean the sea? ”

Then he said with some embarrassment: "It's not that I didn't want to go to the sea, it's just that although the first emperor opened the sea, but the time is too short, I'm afraid that if I go to the sea now, there will be some trouble." "Lu Shude wants to do more wrong, do less wrong, there are policies above, but there are no specific boundaries, which is difficult to understand.

Seeing that Lu Shude was still a little hesitant, the middle-aged man continued to increase his efforts, and said with a smile: "My lord, we can let the wind go out and let those fishermen go out to fish by themselves, we don't issue a written notice, and when there is a problem, we will say that we don't know." ”

When Lu Shude heard this, he slapped his thigh and shouted: "Okay, this plan is good, if something really happens, we don't have to take responsibility." ”

Seeing Lu Shu's mood turn happy, the middle-aged man gestured to the door, and saw a young maid walk in, squatting on the ground, carefully cleaning up the pieces of the teacup.

In the middle of the night, Shen Li's residence, Shen Li stood outside the window at this time, quietly looking at Jinan City at night, and couldn't help but feel a sense of powerlessness in his heart.

He thought that he would be able to show his strength in Shandong this time, but he didn't expect to be constrained by Lu Shude everywhere, Shen Li thought of this, and scolded in his heart: "These damn things, deceived and concealed, if it weren't for Lu Shude's concealment and not reporting, how could the current situation in Shandong be corroded to this point." ”

At this time, he regretted that he didn't let Zhang Yun come to Jinan with him, and when he heard that he was in Dengzhou, he made a lot of noise. It's really bold to dare to take people out to sea now.

Suddenly, Shen Li remembered what Zhang Yun had told him before, how to cheat profiteers for a sum of money, and his mood instantly turned from worry to joy.

The next day, he went to Zhang Chucheng, found the big family in the city, and told them that they were willing to send them food for nothing.

Unlike the poverty of Dengzhou, Jinan Prefecture, as the capital of Shandong, gathered rich merchants from all over Shandong, so it raised 80,000 stone of grain.

As soon as Shen Li saw so much grain, he couldn't help but scold in his heart: "Hmph, these profiteers, usually one shouts that there is no food, but now one is richer than the other, I think, if you come a few more times, you don't need the emperor to send food anymore." ”

In Lu Shude's mansion, Lu Shude, who was sitting in the hall, exclaimed: "What, you said that Shen Li actually raised 80,000 stones of grain?" ”

His staff said respectfully: "Yes, my lord, I have seen with my own eyes, the whole storehouse is full of grain. ”

Lu Shude walked back and forth in the hall, and couldn't help muttering with doubts on his face: "No, these businessmen are unprofitable, I also wanted them to donate money before, but they were boycotted by several major families, so they had to end hastily." ”

The staff member continued: "This time, a few big families took the lead in donating, and those small merchants, after seeing that the big families had donated, immediately followed suit. ”

After hearing this, Lu Shude scolded: "Those guys pretend to be poor with me on weekdays, but now they have a messenger, so they go up to please others, which is really cheap." Although Lu Shude didn't understand what was happening, he was still shocked.

Shen Li looked at the re-enriched grain depot, his face was also full of smiles, and he couldn't help but sigh: "It's still Zhang Yun's kid's way is good, and he can raise so much grain without much effort." ”

In Zhang Yun's words, the money of the gentry is returned in full, and the money of the small shrimp is divided into thirty or seventy, of course, Zhang Yun takes seventy percent.