It's noon.

People in Xianyang City have returned home one after another.

The Feng family's house was silent, and Fusu's movement made the Feng family unexpected.

Many people in the Feng clan panicked.

Feng Dong stood under a peach tree with a bamboo cane, and the branches on it had already sprouted, but he didn't want to appreciate it, and kept thinking about how to deal with it in his mind.

Under high pressure, the situation is unpredictable.

He thought that the Feng family could withstand it, but what about the other merchants?

He really didn't have that confidence.

Just as Feng Dong was pacing back and forth in the courtyard, Feng Zhen ran over excitedly and said excitedly: "Father, there is a way, just now Feng Wen sent a message that someone in the city has begun to spread the matter of the 'Huaixian Shipwreck', and now this matter is slowly spreading in the city." ”

"Didn't Fusu want to target us?"

"When the news of the shipwreck spreads, I don't believe that Fusu can still sit still?"

"At that time, he can only solve the matter of salt and iron first."

Hear the words.

Feng Dong frowned.

He subconsciously felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of anything wrong.

He pondered for a moment, and said with his head bowed: "Surround Wei to save Zhao, this is indeed a way." ”

"Fusu deliberately targeted us and others before, but now he has made a big deal about it, forcing him to be distracted, and he can indeed share some attention."

"It's just that I'm a little uneasy."

"This shipwreck, from beginning to end, is not as expected, and it completely disrupts our arrangement, if we come a few more times, I'm afraid there will be an accident inside."

Feng Dong's eyes showed a hint of melancholy.

He had a vague feeling that things were starting to get out of hand.

This is not a good sign.

If they are clean, no matter how much they get out of it, they will not be affected in any way.

But the point is that they are not clean.

If the government discovers these variables and then targets them, their plans for the past few months will not only fail, but will also be retaliated by the government.

The government's retaliation is not something that the merchants can afford.

He even regretted it a little.

Feng Zhen disagreed, and said, "Father, you are really worried. ”

"Most of the people in front of Fusu were dizzy, so they would 'make this decision', but when the public anger in Xianyang is completely up, he should be able to sober up, how dare he let the people's grievances boil at that time? As long as Fusu shifts his attention to quelling public anger, our plan this time will not be considered a failure. ”

"Everything will go back to the right place."

Feng Dong nodded.

Immediately, he raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Spread the 'Huaixian matter', can you know where it comes from?" ”

"I don't know." Feng Zhen shook his head very dryly, and said in a condensed voice: "Now the government has sent people to watch outside the house, and the clan does not dare to ask too blatantly, but now those who know about this matter, except for the government, are us, the government is deliberately concealing it, and the only ones who can pass on this information can be us businessmen." ”

"I, Feng, have my father in charge, so I can have such determination."

"Other homes may not."

"It's normal to seek a way out of your life when you're worried."

Feng Dong bowed slightly.

He didn't think much about it.

West Side.

The fish has been bought.

A silver carp.

After Ji Heng cleaned it, he re-lit the stove, put a clay pot, poured some water, put the fish in it, and then put in a lot of mountain peppercorns.

Fusu looked at it with curiosity in his eyes.

Ji Heng didn't bother with Fusu and steamed rice on a fire in the kitchen.

Fusu looked embarrassed.

He actually felt like he had to go.

But he felt that the matter was not over, and he heard Ji Heng say earlier that he was preparing fish for two people, so after moving a few steps, he walked back again, he did not go to the back kitchen, but stayed in the courtyard and looked at the stove, this feeling was quite novel.

A whole new experience.

In the Qin period, ordinary people only ate two meals.

Morning and evening eclipse.

The family started with three meals.

Ji Heng was a little late in preparing lunch today.

Day loss (not timed).

The fish on the stove is already fragrant.

The other side.

Feng Dong sat in the courtyard, feeling more and more restless.

He always felt like he was missing something, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

That's when it happened.

Footsteps could be heard outside the house.

Feng Dong raised his eyes and looked at the door, this time it was not Feng Wen who came, but the subordinate ministers outside the clan, and the subordinates said breathlessly: "Parents, the big thing is not good, our merchant ships have hit the reef and sunk in Huai County, all of them have sunk, and dozens of ships have all sunk." ”

Hear the words.

Feng Zhen's face was as usual, he waved his hand calmly, and said coldly: "I know, let's go down first, don't make a noise about this matter." ”

Lichen hurriedly walked out.

Feng Zhen shook his head and said dissatisfiedly: "These subordinates are really slow enough, more than three hours slower than the government, if you rely on them to transmit information, I am afraid that my Feng clan will have been eaten and wiped clean up a long time ago, and I am wasting my Feng clan's food." ”

Side.

Feng Dong, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, opened his eyes suddenly, and the whole person suddenly stood up from the ground, and said in a panic: "It's not good, something happened." ”

"I knew there was a problem."

Feng Zhen was shocked, and hurriedly looked over, puzzled: "Father, what's wrong with you?" ”

Feng Dong patted his legs and said anxiously, "Something happened." ”

"Something is wrong!"

"Huh?" Feng Zhen's eyes were full of puzzlement.

Feng Dong took a deep breath, took the bamboo cane in his hand, kept tapping the ground, and said anxiously: "Haven't you reacted yet?" ”

"There's a big problem with information in the city."

"The reason why the government can know is because it is an overnight trip, and it is an urgent order."

"That's why it can be transmitted to Xianyang so quickly."

"But even if our merchants are amazing, under normal circumstances, we can only receive the news now, and it will only take more than three hours to come and go, but the news in the city came out an hour ago, haven't you realized the problem?"

"This shouldn't have been heard."

"At least it wasn't possible at the time."

"But now the word is out."

"Who passed it on?!"

"Either it was an official, or it was leaked out by an official."

"Either one, it's not good news."

"It's already clear that the news has been leaked."

"How can the government not notice it?"

"Once the government starts to investigate from the officials who know about it, it will be easy to pry into the mouth."

"We'll be in ruins!"

Hear the words.

Feng Zhen's face changed greatly.

He had a premonition that something was wrong.

He hurriedly said, "Father, what should I do now?" ”

Feng Dong took a deep breath and forcibly calmed himself, he said in a condensed voice: "It won't take long for the whole city to know this news, I just hope that the person who delivered the news at that time can move cleanly and not be discovered by others, otherwise it will be really difficult to be peaceful this time." ”

"Now we can't stay out of it."

Feng Zhen showed a hint of irritability in his eyes, and said in a condensed voice: "Father, do you want to deny it?" ”

"Don't recognize it?" Feng Dong sneered and sneered: "Why don't you recognize it? Is this something you can disagree with if you want to admit it? If the businessman doesn't admit it, that is, the officials admit it, do you think these officials will confess to us when they are found? ”

"And"

Feng Dong's eyes were gloomy, and his cheeks full of furrows kept trembling, and then he gritted his teeth and said: "If I guessed correctly, this news is probably not spread by us, but by the government itself, in order to throw the problem on our heads." ”

"Wait until the government starts to investigate."

"The officials we have done well may think that we have betrayed them."

"Other businessmen will also think that someone else said it."

"This pot of has been planted on our heads."

"I can't get rid of it!"

Feng Zhen's face changed completely.

He said uneasily, "How is this good?" ”

"Why don't you send someone to tell the others about this?"

"Confused." Feng Dong hated iron and scolded angrily: "Now that the government doesn't know that we have private contact, you sent someone to inform you, don't you know that we have a problem?" And the government has already made arrangements, didn't you hear what Feng Wen said earlier? ”

"There are people from the government outside the house!"

"So what now?" Feng Zhen was completely panicked.

Feng Dong didn't speak, walking back and forth in the courtyard with a bamboo cane, thinking about how to deal with it.

He said in a condensed voice: "So far, I can see that this eldest son has always been suspicious of us, and has been deliberately targeting, and everything he has done now is to force us to show our feet. ”

"Right now, families are suspicious of each other."

"They all think that the other party poked this matter out of the problem."

"Once the seeds of doubt have fallen, it is extremely difficult to completely remove them."

"In addition, the government intends to cut us off."

"Even if someone guesses something, but there is no private communication, when more and more situations occur, the differences between each other will only grow, and in the end, even if there is a real opportunity to explain the matter face-to-face, it will be difficult to win mutual trust."

"The government is so vicious and calculating!"

"Now we are being cornered by the government."

"Continue to do nothing, wait until the government investigates the officials, those officials will inevitably poke us out, if we choose to do things, it means that the probability of accidents will increase, and when the government really finds a flaw, we will also be left with a dead end."

Hear the words.

Feng Dong's face was full of panic.

Feng Dong pondered for a while, a touch of anger flashed in his eyes, and he said coldly: "Since the eldest prince doesn't leave a way to live, then we will directly lift the table." ”

"Make things completely bigger, and force the government to end."

"Fusu doesn't just say that there is still a certain amount of time before spring ploughing, and it can be delayed for a while, and before that, he wants to convict us and other businessmen, and then try in vain to scavenge those 'water' salt and iron, but since he wants to be the first year of junior high school, then don't blame us for doing fifteen."

"You should immediately send someone to notify the shops in various places, and from now on, the shops will be closed and no longer sell salt."

"At the same time, the news was released to the outside world, I just received the news that there was a shipwreck in Huai County, and there will be a large shortage of salt and iron in a few months.

"Now that this matter is so clearly made public, Guanzhong is in urgent need of salt and iron, creating an atmosphere of price increases in the future, and forcing the head of Qiantou to put pressure on the government."

"I don't believe that Fusu can still be indifferent!"

(End of chapter)