When he came back from the Nanyun schoolyard, it was already the end of the afternoon, and as soon as he returned to the palace of the king of Yunzhou County, Zhao Jun immediately ordered Wang Huaien to call Fan Zheng and Li Yi and others.

It didn't take long for the confused two to hurry over.

On the way, both of them also wanted to ask Wang Huaien about the situation, but Wang Huaien just shook his head and didn't tell them what he meant.

As soon as he entered the hospitality hall, Li Yi saw Zhao Jun standing in the hall with a gloomy face, and when he saw the two of them coming, he first nodded to Fan Zheng, and then glanced at himself coldly and said coldly: "Coming?" ”

Li Yi immediately knew that he had suffered, and it was only himself who had suffered, otherwise the prince would not treat the two differently.

But now I don't know what the hell is going on, so I can only nod my head and respond: "Well, the prince is here." ”

"Humph!"

Zhao Jun snorted coldly, turned around and sat down in his place.

Then he said to the two: "Sit down." ”

The two then sat down separately and waited for Zhao Jun to speak.

Everyone sat down, Zhao Jun didn't have the mind to be polite with them now, he had always been straightforward in doing things, and he didn't bother to do unnecessary politeness, so he said straightforwardly: "Today, the king went to the barracks to give the flag, and everything went well, but after the flag was awarded, the king heard something when he was discussing with the generals."

You can't buy meat in the army! ”

When Li Yi heard this, he chuckled in his heart, and immediately stood up and said: "Lord Wang, the lower officials will definitely investigate strictly when they go back, it is those who dare not sell meat to the army, and they will definitely give an explanation to the soldiers!" ”

Seeing his statement, Zhao Jun was not only satisfied, but also even more angry.

Originally, Zhao Jun thought that Li Yi knew about this matter, but he couldn't think of a way to solve it, so he dragged it out, but looking at the current situation, it was obvious that he didn't know anything about it!

He is the county guard of Yunzhou County, in charge of the people's livelihood of the entire Yunzhou County, Yunzhou County is short of meat to this extent, as the county guard, he actually has no idea, this is simply a dereliction of duty!

"Bastard!"

Zhao Jun slapped the table heavily and made a loud noise, startling both Li Yi and Fan Zheng in the hall.

Fan Zheng, who was still sitting on the side, also stood up, didn't dare to speak, and stood silently with his head bowed.

Li Yi was a little at a loss, and he didn't understand that he was wrong there, wasn't what he said just now wrong?

Didn't you say that you would investigate this matter strictly?

Why is the prince still so angry?

"Rubbish!"

Seeing him like this, Zhao Jun was so angry in his heart!

Directly stood up and pointed at his nose and scolded: "Don't you know what happened now?" Do you still think your statement is very right, and you still think that this king has wronged you? ”

Li Yi didn't speak, he stood in place with his head down, and didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

Zhao Jun said angrily: "As a county guard, you are in charge of the people's livelihood in a county, this is your duty as a county guard, but look at what you have done?"

What do you know, you don't even know what happened under your rule, what use does this king want from you?!

Do you think this king just told you that someone didn't let the army buy meat?

This king wants to see if you know anything about it!

But! You're fat and disappointed!

Very disappointed! ”

Zhao Jun's mouth was dry when he scolded, turned around and took a cup of tea and drank it all.

Then he turned around and continued: "You're just a marionette, right, do you have to be someone?" You will do things only if you are manipulated.

Do you know that Yunzhou County is now completely short of meat!

Otherwise, why do you think the army can't buy meat!

What makes this king even more angry is that you don't even know about such a big thing!

You are derelict in your duty! ”

Zhao Jun's words suddenly shocked Li Yi, both shocked that he didn't know that there was a meat panic in Yunzhou County, and was also shocked by the words dereliction of duty that came out of Zhao Jun's mouth.

For an official, doing their job well is their duty, and being evaluated by their superiors as dereliction of duty is undoubtedly an extremely severe reprimand!

Li Yi hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, the lower officials will go back immediately to understand the situation and find a way to solve this matter!" ”

Zhao Jun waved his hand irritably and said: "No need, you, the county guard, have only known the news until now, what can you do to solve it, stay honest, this king will clean you up later!" ”

After speaking, Zhao Jun turned his head directly to look at Fan Zheng, who had not spoken since just now.

Over there, Li Yi had a wry smile on his face, and he could only retreat to the side helplessly.

On Zhao Jun's side, Fan Zheng felt that his eyes fell on him, and in the sight in front of him, a pair of moon white cloud patterns appeared in his field of vision.

He knew that this was the prince who walked in front of him, and he didn't dare to move, standing in place.

Zhao Jun came to Fan Zheng, and when he saw his nervous appearance, he immediately shook his head helplessly, and sighed before he said: "Director Fan, don't panic, this king is looking for you today because there is something in Yunzhou that needs Director Fan's help." ”

When Fan Zheng heard this, he immediately bowed his hand and said respectfully: "Please show the prince!" ”

Zhao Jun nodded, and then said: "Yunzhou County is now short of meat supply in a large area, so when this king was in the army, someone thought of a way, that is, to "borrow" from the Tatar tribes outside the country, and this king felt that it was not good, so he decided to exchange it for food.

In this way, this king will allocate enough food for you, and you also have experience, use this batch of grain to send to the Tatar tribes, and temporarily change a batch of meat with them to come back, see if they agree or not, if they agree, it is okay, my Yunzhou County is not short of generals now, just give them.

If you don't agree......"

Zhao Jun didn't say anything, but the cold light in his eyes made people palpitate.

Fan Zheng understood what his prince meant, his heart froze, and he nodded heavily: "Xia Guan understands, go back and arrange someone to do it immediately, and he will definitely give the prince an answer as soon as possible." ”

"Well, that's good!"

Zhao Jun nodded with satisfaction, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, you can go back and do things." ”

Fan Zheng nodded, saluted again, and then slowly withdrew from the hall, and before leaving, he glanced at the county guard who was standing on the side with a sad face, shook his head slightly, and then left.

And seeing Fan Zheng leaving, Li Yi couldn't help but shudder, raised his head and looked at Zhao Jun with a flattering face.

Zhao Jun just snorted coldly, and then said, "Hmph! The head of a county, you don't even know the people's livelihood under your own rule, and you don't know what you eat!

After I go back, I will immediately investigate with the king, how panicked the meat is now, and how big the difference is!

And when did the meat panic start to appear, with the current reserves of Yunzhou County, how long can it last These strips, you have quickly checked each piece for this king, do you understand! ”

Li Yi hurriedly nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, yes!" I'll do it as soon as I go back! ”

"Punish you for half a year, and order you to be given twenty boards, and go down and receive it yourself!

Don't say that this king doesn't care about the face of you, the county guard, and after going back to arrange things, he will allow you three days off! ”

Li Yi cried with a sad face and thanked him respectfully.

"Lord Xie, Xia Guan understands!"

Zhao Jun waved his hand impatiently and asked him to go down.

Li Yi had to leave the hall step by step, and walked out of the hall, Li Yi smiled bitterly, and had to go to a place under the leadership of Wang Huaien, and then several palace guards with big shoulders and round waists laughed and stripped off his pants.

While picking it up, he muttered in a low voice: "Hey, it's really strange today, the brothers haven't beaten the ass of such a big official as the county guard, and today is the first time!" ”

"Hehe, I heard the prince say that he made the prince unhappy, and the prince punished him."

"In this way, then he deserves it, he must have done something wrong to let the prince know, the brothers will work harder, let him have a good memory!"

"Naturally!"

Li Yi heard their whispers muttering that there was a hot pain on his face, followed by a chill from behind his buttocks, these Qiu Ba are not good people, they actually have to work harder!

Unlucky! Unlucky! Unlucky!

Before he could finish complaining, the board fell heavily!

"Whew! ……”

Then there was a crackling and slapping sound.

Half an hour later, Li Yi limped out of the gate of the palace.

Seeing this, the little servants waiting outside the door hurriedly came up to help.

"Oh sir, what's wrong with you?"

Li Yi waved his hand weakly, signaled the little guy not to ask more, and returned to the carriage with the help of the little guy, but he didn't dare to sit down, so he climbed on the seat of the carriage and commanded weakly: "Go back to the yamen!" ”

Seeing him like this, the little guy couldn't help but persuade: "Master, if you don't want to be as good as the yamen today, let's go back and rest first." ”

Li Yi suddenly forced himself and said angrily: "Didn't you hear the words of this county guard? Go to Yamen! ”

Seeing that the old man was angry, the little servant shrank his neck, and soon drove the carriage to the county guard yamen.

After arriving at the county guard yamen, Li Yi did not go in, and asked the little servant to call out his main book, let him wait outside the carriage, and arrange everything that the prince ordered for him to investigate, and then returned to the house to start recuperating from his injuries.

On Fan Zheng's side, after coming out of the Yunwang Mansion, he immediately returned to the yamen non-stop, gathered all the people who were in charge of continuing to exchange for war horses, and informed the prince of his orders.

Let them mention these things to the Tatars in the subsequent exchange and see if they can do it.

Everyone agreed, and the news soon spread.

So, within two days......

In the southern steppes, in a medium-sized tribe.

A Tatar merchant from Yunzhou County had just finished trading a batch of war horses with this medium-sized tribe, when he suddenly said to the khan of this tribe:

"Hezhe Khan, we are here today, in addition to the war horse, there is another deal I want to discuss with the Khan, I wonder if the Khan agrees?"

Hezhe Khan, who was about to leave, suddenly stopped when he heard this, frowned and asked, "What deal?" ”

The Tatar merchant immediately smiled and said, "Hezhe Khan, we want to exchange grain for some cattle and sheep with you, but I don't know if it's inconvenient?" ”

"Cattle and sheep?"

Hezhe Khan was stunned, the other party has come to the tribe so many times, but he has never said that he wants to exchange cattle and sheep, and the other party's goal is obvious, that is, for war horses.

And then the number of cattle and sheep will be too large, and now there are more and more Tatar troops coming to the southern grasslands, so many cattle and sheep are rushing to the territory of Yunzhou County, which is too easy to discover.

It wouldn't be good if the royal court knew what they were doing!

Thinking of this, Hezhe Khan should even refuse.

Although the food is good, you must also have a life to take it!

But before he could speak, the Tatar merchant spoke again: "Khan, this is a matter that our prince has personally ordered, if you refuse, it will be difficult to deal with you in the next return."

Don't you know, our prince has a bad temper and is easy to act impulsively.

You said that we have traded so many times, this is not worse than this time and a half, why bother to hurt everyone's harmony for this little thing, isn't it? ”

Hezhe's eyes narrowed instantly.

"Are you threatening Ben Khan?"

The Tatar merchant only smiled.

"I'm just analyzing the pros and cons for Khan."

The atmosphere instantly became solemn!

For a long time, Hezhe Khan said coldly:

"It's not that Ben Khan doesn't want to trade, you also know how many tribes have gathered in the southern steppes now, and now they are not as good as before?

There are many people, if you go away with a large number of cattle and sheep in such a grand manner, then with a little investigation, the Great Khan will be able to find out the cat between us.

At that time, I am afraid that our entire Hezhe tribe will be destroyed. ”

Hearing this, the Tatar merchant also frowned, this is indeed a problem.

Cattle and sheep are much more conspicuous than horses, and they only have a maximum of a few hundred horses per trade, but according to the news from Yunzhou County.

There is a lot of meat needed, and each transaction costs thousands of cattle and sheep.

With such a large amount, it's okay once or twice, but there are too many times, plus many of the same people are doing something, and the possibility of being found is indeed too big.

When the time comes, not only will these Tatar tribes who cooperate with them suffer, but even they may not be able to leave with these cattle and sheep intact.

You've got to figure out a way!

Thinking of this, this Tatar merchant did not continue to embarrass this Hezhe Khan.

Bow slightly:

"What the Khan said is that this is indeed a problem, let me go back next time to report, see if there is a way to deal with it, this time the trouble is Khan, the villain is in charge, and the rest of the tea brought this time will be given to the Khan for free!

May the Khan be angry! ”

Seeing that he did not continue to embarrass himself, Hezhe Khan was also relieved.

It's not that he has no temper, it's really something they traded with the Hezhe Ministry, and the Hezhe Ministry really needs it, and if it's not necessary, the Hezhe Khan still doesn't want to make enemies with the other party.

As for the last apologies sent by the other party, Hezhe Khan was also quite satisfied with this, this is a business-savvy person.

When even shook his head and said it was okay, he left with a smile on his face.

And the Tatar merchant smiled and waited for Hezhe Khan to leave, his face instantly wrinkled, smiled, shook his head, waved his hand, and returned to Yunzhou County with his subordinates and dozens of war horses that had been exchanged.

When he returned to Yunzhou County to talk about the difficulties, Fan Zheng also frowned.

Then he hurried to the palace for help.

When Zhao Jun learned that Fan Zheng had come to ask for a meeting, he thought that the matter had come to an end.

I am a little happy.

When he welcomed people in, he frowned when he heard about the intention.

This is indeed a difficult problem, even if the other party agrees, how can they bring back so many cattle and sheep in a grand manner?

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(End of chapter)