In the county office of Wanshan County, the county guard sat on a chair in the lobby and kept pressing his forehead, while the master Chang Huan was walking anxiously around the hall.

Outside the county office, a large number of ragged and skinny victims were crowded together, and they shouted loudly:

Dog officer, give us back our grain! What qualifications do you have to be my parent official in Wanshan County, they are all jackals, tigers and leopards with no conscience!

Looking at the angry appearance of those people, it is estimated that if it were not for a large group of yamen catchers and officials with sharp blades in front of them, they would have rushed to the top of the hall long ago.

In the past two months, there have been more and more victims in Wanshan County, and even the way of eating half grain and half chaff can't support the large number of people, so now they don't have much relief food left.

Chang Huan glanced at the outside of the lobby in a panic, and turned to Liu Shenyu and said.

"My lord, the grain in the granary has bottomed out, and the counties around us have sent out more than a dozen letters one after another to beg the imperial court for disaster relief food, not to mention the capital, even the state city There is no movement, there must be demons when things go wrong, I don't think this matter is simple!"

Liu Shenyu didn't raise his eyes to look at Chang Huan under the hall, he was able to climb to the position of the county guard step by step, and he himself was not a simple person.

Now even a fool can guess what kind of attitude the capital has, not to mention that he Liu Shenyu can be regarded as a smart person, so he can naturally see it more clearly.

"There must be a demon when something goes wrong, isn't the current fact clear, the court didn't plan to pay attention to us after sending out the first batch of disaster relief food, I guess there is no food on the court side, at that time I was carried away by interests and many things were not taken into account, now I think about it, even if there is more food in the court, it is impossible to send so much food at one time. I guess it's up to us for the rest of the day. ”

"But... But my lord, the disaster relief food has been sold by us for silver, and there is not much food in our warehouse, according to the current number of disaster victims, it can last less than five days at most, and now we just regret it and have nowhere to find food!"

Liu Shenyu's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, but he still had no clue about this matter, did he really want to spit out all the silver he swallowed in his stomach?

"You first take out all the grain in the granary and make do with it, make two grains of rice for me, and then take out some of the dirty silver to buy some grain and come back, try to buy it cheaply, let's hold it for a while, I don't believe that the court can really watch it!"

Chang Huan walked a few steps from the middle of the lobby to Liu Shenyu's side and got closer.

"Then how much silver do you think we should take out first?"

"Or..."

Liu Shenyu has never been able to speak, how refreshing he was when he took the silver in at the beginning, and how difficult it is to go out with the silver now.

"Uh... Or... Only... Ten thousand taels?"

The master looked at Liu Shenyu's eyes and nodded slowly.

"Just 10,000 taels!"

10,000 taels! Is it a lot? Actually, it's not a lot at all, you must know that when they first sold their grain, they got a full 270,000 taels of silver!

...

If you want to say that the largest chamber of commerce in Wanshan County is currently the second, it is naturally the Qianbao Chamber of Commerce that says the second, and no one dares to say the first.

As a super-large chamber of commerce with stores throughout Bianzhou and even expansion to other states, the president of the Qian Bao Chamber of Commerce is a big family with a head and a face in the capital, and even the ordinary princes and grandsons are not willing to offend him too much, no way, who can make the family really rich and rival the country!

In addition to the Qianbao Chamber of Commerce, there are three other chambers of commerce together with it known as the four major chambers of commerce of Dachu, and seventy percent of the annual business tax of Dachu is paid by these four chambers of commerce.

And the only ones who have the ability to eat Chu Zheng's eight million quintals of disaster relief food are these four chambers of commerce, and all the disaster relief grain embezzled by Liu Shenyu, the county guard of Wanshan County, and Chang Huan, the master of Wanshan County, was moved into the warehouse of the Qianbao Chamber of Commerce.

"Hey, hey, Chairman Kim, I'm here to be entrusted by our Liu County Shou, a few days ago, didn't we sell you a lot of grain, now, we want to buy some back, Lord Jin said, don't pick too good grain, the more old the better, President Kim, what do you think!"

After receiving Liu Shenyu's order, Chang Huan can be said to have come to the Wanshan County branch of the Qianbao Chamber of Commerce non-stop, and now the person who is sitting in the Wanshan County branch is a distant nephew of the president of the Qianbao Chamber of Commerce, named Jin Dejun.

"Ah! It turned out that Master Chang was here! ”

The most eye-catching thing about this Jin Dejun is his big belly, and I don't know how much fat he has eaten, after welcoming Chang Huan into the door, he ordered someone to pour tea, and then said to Chang Huan.

"Master Chang wants to buy food, and my Qianbao Chamber of Commerce naturally welcomes it with both hands, how can there be a reason why I don't want money to be sent to the door! But there is one thing that must be said to Master Chang, so that Master Chang can know this truth!"

Chang Huan picked up the teacup and took a sip, but did not answer Jin Dejun's words, and the latter didn't care, and after bowing his head and sneering, he continued to talk to himself.

"Master Chang, there have been frequent food shortages in various places recently, so the price of this grain has been rising all the way, and now, even the old rice that has been placed for five or six years has to cost 20 wen a liter, and as for some new rice in the last one or two years, it will cost 40 wen a liter!"

Chang Huan squeezed the teacup in his hand hard, but on the surface he was silent.

"President Jin, it's okay to be greedy, but don't be blinded by lard, our batch of grain can be said to be new rice! Won't we still sell it to your Qian Bao Chamber of Commerce at the market price of 12 wen a liter? Why! I haven't seen you for two months, and you're going to come and knock our bamboo pole?"

Kim Deok-jun took a sip of his teacup as Chang Hwan.

"Master Chang, at this time and that time, the price of grain does not rise in a day, it was that price when you sold grain, and I didn't see any regret in you? But then again, if the county guard wants to buy grain, our Qian Bao Chamber of Commerce naturally wants to give a little face, we only accept 18 wen a liter of old rice of 20 wen, and we only need 35 wen a liter of new rice of 40 wen a liter, Master Chang, this is enough to give the county guard face!"

Chang Huan put down the teacup, his fingers were already slightly white from pinching the teacup hard, but his expression was still as smooth as a pool of still water.

"It seems that Chairman Jin is not sincere in doing business, we have no problem with your Chamber of Commerce making money, but it is indeed a bit surprising that you dare to make money from Lord Gunshou. ”

Kim Deok-jun still had a happy expression, obviously not taking Chang Huan's threat seriously.

"Master Chang, this is a joke, our merchants are protected by the laws of Dachu when they do business, don't say that the money of Lord County Shou is the money of Lord Zhao Yunqing of the Ministry of Household in the capital a few days ago, and Lord Zhao bought the grain of our four major chambers of commerce in the name of the imperial court, and they were all given money. ”

Kim Deok-jun bowed in the direction of the capital.

"We don't even dare to collect the emperor's money, and we don't dare to make the money of a small county guard?"

Chang Huan almost threw his glass and left, but when he thought of his mission, he endured it.

"Chairman Kim, even if you don't look at the face of the county guard, but after all, this batch of food is used to relieve the victims, don't you pity the ordinary people who are about to starve to death?"

As a businessman, Jin Dejun is naturally cunning to the extreme, and Chang Huan wants to use such a method to force him into a desperate situation, but it is a bit of a miscalculation.

"Master Chang, but now the people who buy food from me are not the people who can't take out a few children from their whole bodies! but the county keeper and you, the master who have countless family properties and are not short of money at all! Treat the people at one price, but treat you two gold owners naturally at another price. ”

Chang Huan's five fingers clasped the edge of the teacup again, and he was already on the verge of going berserk.

"Does Chairman Kim really want to walk the road to death alone?"

Kim Deok-jun said as he saluted Chang Huan.

"Master Chang's words are serious, the villain is just entering the duty of a businessman!"

"Smack!"

A teacup was slammed to the ground, and Chang Huan finally couldn't bear to point at Jin Dejun's nose and scold.

"President Jin, since you are going to be the first year of junior high school, then don't blame us for doing fifteen in the future, there are some things that everyone knows and hides in their hearts, but you have to get it on the table, and when the disaster passes, let's ride a donkey and read the record book and see!"

"Someone, send off. ”

After Chang Huan finished speaking, he brushed his sleeves and left, and Jin Dejun pretended to say a word to send off the guests, but no one went out with him.

Until Chang Huan completely walked out of the door of the Qianbao Chamber of Commerce, Jin Dejun's eyes suddenly revealed a cold atmosphere, all businessmen are philistine villains, but in fact, the eyes and ruthless methods of a big family like the Qianbao Chamber of Commerce are also indispensable.

"A small county master dares to be so rampant, I think it's not far from death, and he still wants to be fifteen, I want to know how long your head can stay on your neck!"

After saying that, Kim Deok-jun also turned around and went into the back hall, just leaving a word before going in.

"Mobilize all the thugs of the Chamber of Commerce for me, and open a warehouse tomorrow to sell grain, six wen a liter of old grain, and ten wen a liter of new grain, but pay attention, not a grain of rice can fall into the hands of the county and county yamen. ”

Jin Dejun's figure was about to completely disappear in the eyes of those jobs in the Chamber of Commerce, but his last sentence made all the workers look at this president who used to be stingy to the extreme.

"The saying that businessmen seek profit is not false at all, but I want to tell the people in the world another truth, businessmen will never be mercenary! At least, my Qian Bao Chamber of Commerce will not!"

Leaving the Qianbao Chamber of Commerce, the more Chang Huan thought about it, the more angry he became, so much so that when he returned to Liu Shenyu's side, he added fuel and vinegar and said a lot of bad things about the Qianbao Chamber of Commerce, which made Liu Shenyu so angry that he threw the teacup in his hand a few feet away at once.

"Bullshit Qian Bao Chamber of Commerce, since you want to do this, then let's see who is more ruthless, seal all the remaining grain into the warehouse, and let those victims starve to death!"

It originally belonged to the struggle between officialdom and shopping malls, but Liu Shenyu wanted to settle this account on the heads of the people, it seems that no matter how the situation changes, in the end, it is still those people who suffer.

......

In the capital, in the courtyard where Su Wang's study is located, since the last time the father and son had a heart-to-heart talk, they will often sit together like this.

"Tomorrow will be a good opportunity. ”

Su Ruyu knew what the opportunity was for her father, but she was actually a little opposed in her heart.

Although he was now qualified to stand on the Golden Luan Hall and his position was not too low, he was still a dispensable marginal figure, and the central position was still far away from him.

And the opportunity in his father Su Wang's mouth is a way to get him closer to the center.

Before Su Ruyu could speak, Su Wang continued.

"The most important thing in being an official is not to be upright, but to have one's own bottom line, such as what money should be taken, what money can be taken and what money cannot be taken! As long as there is a bottom line, it is okay to do some opportunistic things for the rest. ”

After being silent for a long time, Su Ruyu nodded lightly, agreeing with her father's statement.

"Tomorrow, you know what you should do, the reason why I persuaded the emperor to put down all the disaster relief food at one time, in addition to the corrupt officials who want to cure the Great Chu, is to create this opportunity for you, and what you want to do tomorrow is not all for yourself, it is also to give an explanation to the people in the world. ”

Su Wang was probably still afraid that his son would have some different emotions in his heart, so after hesitating, he still chose to explain more, but in fact, he underestimated his son a little, not to mention that he had been cultivated by Zhu Wenran's side for three years, even the three-year career as a county official would let him know that he would be flexible.