Since taking root in Bianliang and expanding Zhuji, Ning Yi's living conditions have actually changed a lot compared to Jiangning.
Although he has experienced so many things in his previous life, his character is still inclined to be quiet and not happy, but after the establishment of Zhuji, the circle of life and social life is still slowly expanding. In the first half of the eleventh year of Jinghan's eleventh year, he would also go to participate and have a look. Therefore, after the disaster relief, in addition to unknown wealthy families and business partners, occasionally there will be talented scholars who claim to be "friends" to persuade him. Some of these people, Ning Yi was too lazy to see, and those who did, just pushed back with Tai Chi.
A successful person can have many qualities, but it definitely does not include soft ears. Some people are called humbly accepting opinions, and they all have their own set of methods for inductive analysis. More often, they understand each other's thinking thoroughly, think it makes sense, accept it, feel that the other party is an idiot, and will not show it on their faces, and will always say thanks with a smile. This is a person with a humble heart. As for anyone who thinks that what anyone says has good intentions and reason, that is not a guilty conscience, but only one’s own three views are unstable. Of course, good intentions are often right, but good intentions, Superficiality and stupidity are often not contradictory between the three.
For Ning Yi, as soon as an ordinary person opens his mouth, he can see the deep thoughts of the other party, and pretending to be a kind suggestion is meaningless to him. Most of the time, he is perfunctory, and if necessary, he will even lead the other party in a completely different direction with the same kind of attitude. certainly. There are not many people who need him to do this, but the one who greeted Wenren Buer yesterday still has such a need.
At the beginning, in order to relieve the disaster, I originally thought of asking the teacher to talk to some people. Later, the other party was always busy, and he didn't have much time. There was too much to think about, and the teacher was delayed.
Yesterday, after Wen Renbuer settled Zuo Jilan and brought back the news, Ning Yi thought that someone might be looking for her as a lobbyist. But Li Shishi, a woman, is not difficult to settle. She longs for sincerity. And he is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and he belongs to the kind of person who, if I tell you a request, if you are a little embarrassed, the other person will automatically withdraw it. On the one hand, this character comes from the sincerity that can be considerate of others. on the other hand. From the sobriety of keeping a distance.
"But I think. The reason for the teacher's visit is not Zuo Jilan, and certainly not Zuo Jilan invited her to come." It was lunch time. Wen Ren Buer held up his chopsticks and talked about it, "After all, the teacher girl didn't mention him a word yesterday."
"I was too busy some time ago, and now I suddenly said that I have something to come to me. It is this kind of thing that should not get away... However, Li Shishi is a very knowledgeable person. She ran this trip, it is possible that Li Yun asked her to run."
After Ning Yi finished speaking, Wenren Buer also nodded, his fingers dangling in the air: "Someone looked for Li Yun, Li Yun didn't want to come to talk to you in person, so she asked the teacher to come over... In this way, this Mama Li, it seems she understands your character quite well."
"This shows that she didn't want to tear my face off, she was just entrusted, and she just gave me a wake-up call." Ning Yi smiled and shook his head, "It's okay, other people can tear up their face and cooperate with Fanlou. , it still has to go on.”
"Then are you going to... perfunctory?"
"The water will cover the soil. I would like to see if I can turn against Li Shishi."
"I found out that Liheng, when you talk about the teacher girl, you always include your first and last name, making it seem like you don't know each other very well..."
"Although I met when I was young, but in this circle, interests and power can be seen and touched after all. Teachers treat friends as... more sincere, but keeping a distance is a good thing. She is an oiran now and will marry after a while. If you are someone else's wife, can you still be a friend? Take a step back, can you still marry her?"
Wen Ren Buer thought for a while: "Tsk, but the teacher girl looks really good."
"Wenren, you seem to have a good impression of her."
"She's beautiful and has a temperament. It's not unreasonable for her to be the number one oiran in Bianliang City."
"Oh, marry her."
"Haha, my family has an evil wife and mother, and I want to live a few more years, so forget it. Liheng, you can do it."
"I have... four now, and I want to live a few more years."
Both laughed. Ning Yi thought, now that there are four, plus the red grape and watermelon, he is now six... He didn't want to be a philanderer, how could he be like this. The man really can't control himself... Thinking so, he can't help but pouted and sighed.
Most of Qin Siyuan's students and aides are of exquisite minds, and they often see things very accurately. Talking and chatting on weekdays, speculating about the situation, ** is not far from ten. At this time, Ning Yi and Wen Ren Buer chatted for a while, and probably organized the outline of the teacher's speech after coming over. However, after the teacher came over in the afternoon, the two sides talked for a while, and Ning Yi realized that he had thought wrong about this matter.
Shortly after lunch, the teacher came over. The reception is in one of the reception courtyards of the Xiangfu. The courtyard is not large, with small rockeries, flowers and trees in the courtyard. Since winter has arrived, most of the flowers and plants have fallen. After a little chat, the first thing the teacher talked about was the young people who had received them two days earlier, and they talked about the situation in the disaster area that they had heard from them. Ning Yi thought about it.
"Yu's house, I do remember. After the business was settled, they should have left this morning. They visited my house and wanted to see me, but I was in the prime minister's mansion, and it was Tan'er who received them."
"Then what's the situation in the disaster area now?"
"It's hard to say..." Ning Yi hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "Everything has been done, we can only keep food prices from collapsing, the weather is cold, and now people are dying. But the real wait, It was the first snow and we were preparing on both sides."
"Those grain merchants..." Shishi gritted his teeth and said, and only said after a while, "Then... Can I do something for you?"
"Of course you can." Ning Yi laughed, "I originally wanted to find you. Teacher, you know a lot of people in the capital. Some people have food at home and can help transport things, or if they have a relationship, I want to invite you to go. Lobbying. Originally, I made a list, and I wanted to ask you to see who you are related to, and you can talk about it... "
The teacher lowered his head and thought, his eyes were quite bright: "I know what I know..."
"Oh, but you were busy at the time, and I had a lot of things on my side..."
"Uh, at that time..." The teacher thought for a while. A sly smile appeared. "They're all concerned about Tong Shu'er's affairs."
"I know, I heard, that guy has flown three thousand miles."
"Yeah." The teacher smiled happily, a moment later. Fang Cai looked at Ning Yi and said. "Isn't it too late?"
"It's not too late."
"That's good." The teacher thought for a while. "I also have some sisters, even the sisters who had an accident in Tong Shuer's incident, and they can also help... I know some people's families. The relationship between the prime minister and the government cannot be pryed, and we should be able to persuade them. Then , Liheng, how much can we make those big profiteers lose? How much food do we have now?"
"Loss..." Both of them were standing in front of the living room window at this time, Ning Yi's expression became slightly complicated, "How could it be a loss..."
"Uh..." The teacher was stunned.
Ning Yi looked out the window, his expression became serious, and after a while, he let out a sigh of relief: "They will not lose money, only the difference between earning more and earning less. Master, you said that these people are stockpiling food, their purpose is to For what?"
"Uh, they are..." The teacher originally had the answer in his mind, but after hearing Ning Yi talk about it, he felt that it would not be so simple, and he couldn't help but hesitate.
Ning Yi cast his eyes out of the window: "Two, two and a half and one stone of grain, just selling it now, is already ten times more profitable. Although money is powerful and everyone wants it, once the government suppresses it, is it really that much? How many people are dissatisfied? They feel that ten times the profit is too small... They are not for money, but for land... "
The teacher looked at him.
Ning Yi shook his head: "Only small households store grain for money. They think that the price of grain will continue to soar, so they will buy it. As for the big households, they have their own grain reserves at home, and then eat a lot of food to keep the food supply. The high price is not for selling at the highest time, but after reducing the food on the market, people exchange their belongings and land for food. Only land is the most affordable thing for them, and this is the main reason why they are fighting against the government. As for making money, when they are thirty taels, they earn ten times, and even if they hit ten taels, they will be four times as profitable. Teacher, our current expectation is to hit ten taels..."
"But... that... those people..."
"The government is not without food for disaster relief. But in order to annex land, they will work hard. The higher the temptation, the greater their investment, and then, under the temptation of huge profits, people from the government will also participate in it, and they will directly respond to disaster relief. Start with food. If you want to relieve disasters, you will get twice the result with half the effort. The more people who sell their fields, the more people who need relief. In this way, it will be a dead end. When we transport food, it is their greed. If the greed in the hearts of these upper-class people is destroyed by one point, there will be hundreds or thousands of people below who will benefit, and so many more people will be able to live.”
The teacher listened quietly, Ning Yi smiled: "But let them lose, how is it possible, only a few can't stop the greed in their hearts, how much food they eat, and the big households who blow themselves up in the end will lose money. , these people are stupid. Otherwise, they will make money no matter what... "
He paused: "Now we are waiting for snow, and the government is now propagating to them that we have enough food, and everyone has to eat it at any time. They won't believe it. I won't believe it. Only when it snows and the government can continue to supply food far and wide, will the first batch of wait-and-see traders determine the intensity of this disaster relief, and wait until they start selling while food prices are still high. The price of grain will really collapse. When we transport grain in, we have actually reserved a large part of it in the warehouse, just waiting for the snow, but in terms of total volume, I am afraid it is still not enough. These grains , the more the better.”
After a long silence in the room, Shi Shi finally said, "I understand." She pursed her lips, and her eyes showed a determined look, "I-I'll do this right away, and strive to be able to have it before it snows. Good result. Also...hope it snows later."
Ning Yi also smiled: "I hope it snows later."
The two didn't say much about it after that, just casually chatted about things around them. Then Ning Yi sent her out to the Xiangfu. After the carriage drove out and the side door of the Prime Minister's Mansion was closed, Ning Yi stood there thinking for a while, tapping his fingers on the side of his thigh, and corrected some perceptions of Shishi in his heart.
For the next few days, the teachers ran back and forth in and out of the capital, and also called some sisters to play up the issue of food prices on the north and south sides. Their behavior is quite effective, among the big households in the capital who have been screened by Xiangfu, Ning Yi and others. And incited several young people. Start a large-scale transfer of food. A few days later, she met with Ning Yi again, informed him of the progress of the matter, and asked if he needed any help. Then he said that he had made an appointment with several sisters, the young master of the capital, and the young master. Carry the food yourself. Go north.
Although she told Ning Yi this, she was already prepared in her heart. Ning Yi nodded and only told her if there was any inconvenience. Just contact the local government.
In November, the grain-carrying fleet organized by the Min family, a big family in the capital, left the capital and headed north to Hedong. A few days later, the fleet entered the hinterland of Hedong Road…
At the same time, after staying in the capital for a few days, Wang Zhizhen returned to Zuo's house.
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When he went south to the capital, he originally wanted to initiate all kinds of relationships, put pressure on the prime minister's mansion, and also give a warning to the manipulator Ning Liheng. Who knew that the response would be like a blow to the head.
Although Wenren Buer told him that "the water in the capital is deep", he still stayed in the capital first, asking Zuo Houwen for help, and also visited the various houses he had visited, and wanted to fish Zuo Jilan out. However, although these people agreed to put pressure on the matter, after hearing what happened, they all expressed that Qin Siyuan was not easy to mess with. Zuo Houwen lost his temper after visiting the prime minister's mansion once. Obviously the other party didn't give him face. Some other people went to the prime minister's mansion to intercede. Knowing that Qin Siyuan wrote a letter to Zuo Duanyou, he said after returning. : "In this case, Mr. Wang should go back sooner, so as not to delay the major event." For them, although this matter is a bit chaotic, since Qin and Zuo can talk directly between the two, they also care about other people. What's up.
At the level of Qin Siyuan and Zuo Duanyou, their communication was indeed a real event. Wang Zhizhen also understood that he couldn't do anything by staying here, so he had to go back to Hedong with all kinds of unease.
On the afternoon of returning to Zuo's house, he went to see Zuo Duanyou. Although speaking of it, I encouraged the young master to stock up on food, and encouraged the young master to go to Beijing. After he went to Beijing, he even lost the young master and came back. It must not give Zuo Duanyou a good impression, but it is also a knife to stretch his head and shrink his head. I only hope Zuo Duanyou and Qin Siyuan The rift between them was far deeper than most people imagined. As soon as they saw Qin Siyuan's letter, they lost their temper and forgot their own faults.
Zuo Duanyou lives in a yard deep in Zuo's house. There is a small bamboo forest near the yard that is not lush. The flowers and plants in the courtyard are basically taken care of by Zuo Duanyou and a few old servants. This respected old man is nearly seventy years old, his hair and beard are all white, but his eyes are sharp, his clothes are neat and simple, and he is meticulous. He didn't accuse Wang Zhizhen of anything. Since Wang Zhizhen was considered a member of the western seat of the government and not a student, the other party just called him "Mr. Wang" and asked him to sit next to him. After Wang Zhizhen told him what he saw in the capital, he asked him to come to Qin Siyuan. that letter.
The old man squinted slightly behind the desk and read the letter Qin Siyuan wrote.
He put his finger on the letter and didn't look up. After a while, he asked aloud, "I know that the food shortage outside is starving to death. How many people from my Zuo family are involved in this?"
"This..." Wang Zhizhen said with some difficulty. Zuo Duanyou didn't like this, and Zuo Jilan's leadership of the grain storage this time came from his direct operation. If he said that most of the Zuo family was pulled into the water, what would the other party think.
However, Zuo Duanyou then waved his hand: "Needless to say, I understand, how could they miss this good opportunity." He said, "...I'm not afraid of losing my life."
The old man sighed, then took out a piece of rice paper and a writing brush, thought for a while, and glanced at Wang Zhizhen: "Mr. Wang, please sharpen the ink for me."
Wang Zhizhen hurried over to see the old man holding a teacup and went to the inkstone to get some tea, and he began to grind ink. The old man said: "I know that the government is pressing, and I can't control other people. All the food in my room will be released. Mr. Wang, you are responsible for this matter, and you should also take care of it."
Wang Zhizhen nodded quickly: "Yes."
The ink in the inkstone has become thicker and thicker. The old man held a writing brush: "I'll fix a book, you... um. No, let his second brother Jiyun go to the capital to pick him up." Wang Zhizhen's hand almost trembled, and at that moment he suddenly understood that Zuo Jilan's Inheritance is no longer available. They entered the capital to trouble Qin Siyuan, Qin Siyuan was just a letter, Zuo Duanyou directly accepted Zuo Jilan's heir status, after that, Zuo Jiyun would only be the head of the family, and Zuo Jilan had the chance to take revenge. have been completely lost.
There was chaos in his mind. The whole person was sinking. In the chaos, Zuo Duanyou could be heard saying, "If you trouble Mr. Wang, let's put food out." I vaguely heard Zuo Duanyou's sigh: "...it's nothing. This is a prosperous and colorful world. Once the people from the north come to the south, after all, nothing... can't keep... "
Wang Zhizhen couldn't understand the meaning of those words, that night. He tossed and turned in the room and couldn't sleep. He got up in his clothes in the early morning and walked into the yard. The cold of the winter night gave him a little calm, and he knew that many of the things he had suppressed were gone. Zuo Duanyou's last words resounded in his mind again, and he thought about the meaning behind it, like a deep and dark prophecy. He shook his head, wanting to wave the words away from his mind, suddenly widened his eyes, stretched out his hand towards the front...
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With a bang, the brazier on the shelf flew out, and the flames burst in the darkness, followed by screams and noises.
In the cold wind of winter, this is a stockade in Shuanglian Mountain on Hedong Road. There are about 100 bandits in the stockade, and about 300 people live here. Soon after the riot broke out, the entire stockade was already lit up.
On the Hedong Road side, there are many places where people are uneasy and the world is not peaceful. If you can't be a citizen, being a bandit is also a way out. The stockade in Shuanglian Mountain is called Dahu Village, because the name of the owner is Peng Dahu. Although his name is not pleasant, he is also one of the best in the arena. For a while, the Hebei tiger king Tian Hu came to invite him to gather justice. He refused directly, saying that you Tian Hu is a tiger in the field. I am not only a tiger, but also a big tiger. Why should I listen to your orders. He also defeated the highly skilled envoy sent by the other party on the spot. Since then, since the two sides were still a little far apart, Tian Hu was unable to do anything to him after all.
As the master of one side, and to keep the other side safe, as a bandit, Peng Dahu is still good to his men in the stockade. In the past two years, he has been able to take care of food and clothing. But at this time, the neck of this strong martial artist was being caught by a big hand like iron tongs. He was half-kneeling on the ground, his face was flushed red, but his hand was facing the back of his subordinate. They waved and said with difficulty: "Don't... don't do it... don't do it..."
There were only three people who invaded the cottage in the middle of the night. The leader was a tall old man in green robes. The other man and woman looked to be in their 40s and 50s. They were confronting the gang of bandits who had gathered. The sound was endless for a while.
Peng Dahu's difficult movements stopped everyone from speaking. His name is Dahu, and he is also training tiger claws. However, he just fought in the dark, but with only three moves, he was defeated and was dragged out of the room by the opponent. At this moment, the opponent's palm was clasped on his throat, and Peng Dahu had no doubt that as long as the opponent exerted force, his throat would be torn into blood.
"Old man, old man... I admit defeat, I admit defeat, I know... you are... "
"Old man Zhou Tong."
As soon as this sentence came out, almost half of the people in the stockade gasped, and some people even retreated subconsciously. Peng Dahu raised his hand and said with difficulty: "I know, I know... I know the old hero's purpose... I promise, I promise."
"Huh?" Zhou Tong glanced at him, "Really?"
Peng Dahu said: "Leave the winter rations, and release the rest... In the stockade, the granary is over there... The account book, the account book is in the room... "
Zhou Tong let go of his hand slightly. On the other side, a woman named Zuo Wenying jumped into the room. Peng Dahu pointed to the side and taught her to find the account book. Zhou Tong said: "When I came, I also checked, except for the rations, you can come up with more than 200 stone of grain..."
"Two hundred and sixteen stones, two hundred and sixteen stones, I've counted them, and I'll count them after I've divided them."
Zuo Wenying flipped through the account book, and for a moment, nodded towards Zhou Tong. Since there was an investigation when they came, there is no need to check the granary at this time. Zhou Tong said: "In the morning the day after tomorrow, deliver the grain to the fork of the official road in Fangcun, and someone will come to pick it up. Pengzhai master, now I will trouble you to send us out."
Although he was certain of this, the person in his hand still didn't have the other's neck. Peng Dahu just said: "No problem, no problem, you spread out, you spread out!" Grabbed by the neck, he walked backwards all the way, but looking at Zhou Tong, he didn't have much resentment, and he kept walking along the way. Talk to Zhou Tong.
"Old Hero Zhou, Master Zhou, after I know about you, I understand that you will come to me. So I'll be fine. I have nothing to say. , why... why did I just shoot. You don't need to block. No. Just now... Zhou Yingxiong, you gave me two moves, and you gave me..."
Zhou Tong frowned: "One day you won't be a bandit. I'll teach you."
"I can't help it, Zhou Yingxiong, I can't help it, look..."
"...I will teach you when there is a way."
The group went out from the gate of the cottage. After going out, Zhou Tong let go of Peng Dahu and said this. When the three figures were gone in the darkness, Peng Dahu respectfully saluted from behind. The brothers in the rear stockade rushed over: "Brother, do you want to chase after us, now we have a lot of people..." Peng Dahu pushed him away.
"Chasing? What are you doing! Do you know who that is? Zhou Dong and Zhou hero, the number one person in the world. They are chivalrous and righteous, and we should be robbed to save people! He didn't let you Hungry! Damn you, this is a good deed! Don't you remember what Zhou Yingying said? Go get some food to be shipped out, and tell you, 216 stone is ready, I will deduct you if you don't have it Food supplements…”
The mountain wind whistled, and in the darkness, Zhou Dong, Fu Lu, and Zuo Wenying walked among the rocks. After walking for a while, Zuo Wenying said, "There are more than two hundred more stones."
Fu Lu said: "There are more people to live." In the words, it was a little relaxed.
Zhou Tong sighed: "Unfortunately... I can only use this method to save people..." Although he said this, even this sigh did not seem heavy. With two hundred more stones, there is always a benefit of two hundred stones.
After the grain shortage, this was not the first stockade they visited. Zhou Tong is highly skilled in martial arts. After all, there is no specific way for disaster relief, and it is impossible for him to kill corrupt officials and large grain households. In the end, this is the only way he can think of. In the past two months, the three of them fought from Hebei West Road to Hedong Road, and they chose two or three hundred stockades to attack. The three of them were extremely skilled in martial arts, and it was impossible to slaughter the stockade, but they went in at midnight and grabbed the owner of the stockade directly, but they were just right, and then threatened the other party to leave the winter rations and release other grains.
Whoever dares not agree with the people in these stockades, if they do not do so, the old man may touch them again every few days and nights, and they will lose their heads.
Although Zhou Tong didn't know Qin Siyuan's high-level officials, there were still a lot of connections on the rivers and lakes. He called in, the other party shipped out the food, and some trusted friends in the rivers and lakes helped to provide relief. During the recent period, Zhou Tong also saw that Zhuji sent merchants to deliver grain to the disaster-stricken area. He didn't understand this at first. Later, he saw that those people were working in full swing, not only selling, but also spared no effort to make porridge for free. Zuo Wenying went to inquire. The truths that the two people brought back to Zhuji staff made him think for a long time, and finally admitted: "That Ning Liheng is still very good."
Passing through a city, when he saw a conflict between the grain merchant and the local big family, he also helped out and beat all the servants of those big families away.
However, the food on his side is still free.
Along the way, the three masters and servants talked about saving people nearby. Suddenly, Zhou Tong raised his palm and stopped, Fu Lu and Zuo Wenying also stopped and looked up at the sky.
In the palm of my hand, a little bit of coldness is fleeting...
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In early November, in the early morning, the fleet was driving in the river. Shishi woke up from his sleep, opened the window, and looked at the lead-grey scenery of the river.
On this big ship headed by the fleet, not only the teachers and teachers, but also several literati in the capital, and the other three brothel sisters, because they are all talented women and nobles, they will not be looked down upon. On the contrary, this trip can be regarded as a kind of elegant thing.
Most of these literati sons who came out of the capital were wealthy and talented. This time when the disaster relief was carried out in the north, men and women were mixed together, and the daily programs were actually all about eating, drinking, and having fun. Or watch someone's performance, or get together to chat, play bamboo cards, and double land, the whole atmosphere can also be called a harmonious atmosphere. For these, no one can criticize them, and even Ning Yi will probably only praise them. Only the teachers have a more or less sense of depression and urgency in their hearts. This makes her wake up very early every day.
However, there will naturally be someone who wakes up earlier than her. The sky has already risen, and the servants on the deck below have actually done a good job of tidying and cleaning. In the night, Shishi vaguely heard a sound outside, like it was raining. At this time, the deck was really wet.
She put on her clothes and went out. The deck on the bow was surprisingly cold, and the gas she exhaled turned white. Shishi tightened her clothes and stood there. Suddenly, she saw something, trembled slightly, and stretched out a hand.
At that moment, she realized that it was not rain that fell last night.
The night before the snow fell, two bursts of smoothies fell.
The fleet moved forward, the big river spread in front of the eyes, and on both sides of the river, the green and lead green forests and mountain peaks expanded. The white goose feathers fell on her slender palm, turning into a wet feeling. In the sky ahead, on the river, and in the mountains and forests, goose feather snow fell from the sky and fell on every place in the field of vision.
Tears flowed out, and she covered her lips with her other hand...
In the following three days, heavy snow fell in Huainan, Jinghu and other places one after another. Ning Yi was in the capital and got the news. This is something that has long been expected.
When the silver wraps are spread out between the heaven and the earth, and the blood is seen, it will also arrive... (...)
ps: This chapter has more than 8,000 words. It took a lot of brains and a lot of effort, and the self-consciousness is also very good. Everyone, there is no double this month. If you have a monthly ticket, just vote it out. Thank you. ^_^