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Chapter 236 It turns out to be the Wu family

July twenty.

In the morning, four grain shops in Yingzhou City were besieged. By that time, Caizhou sergeants had confiscated all the new wheat that had been neatly stacked in several grain shops.

The previously arrogant grain shop clerks all turned into quails with their heads shrunken, and no one dared to step forward to stop them.

They had heard that Mr. Wu Degao Wu of Wu Family Grain Store had his arm cut off by Chen Dutong's soldiers this morning.

These killers dare to shoot Mr. Wu, will they put others in their eyes?
At noon, Tang Jing'an, the marching recorder of the Zhenhuai Army, led the entire army to take over the household registration of the government office, and then used the household registration as a reference to make a "grain book" for each household.

The food book clearly records the number of people in each household, the number of adults, and the number of children, so as to determine how much food each household can receive every day.

Tang Jing'an declared that this is a "wartime rationing system" formulated by the Dutong Lord, just to keep more people alive.

In the afternoon, after calculating the amount of grain stored in the four grain stores, Chen Chu and others were surprised because it was too little.

The grain stored in the four grain shops together barely exceeds a thousand shi, and based on the daily consumption of one catty of grain by the people in the city, this amount of grain cannot last for a few days.

It is not enough to support them to complete the plan to harvest Nakatoda House in the city.

At dusk, after a rough inventory of the government government's grain storage, and then comparing the government government's summer grain collection documents, Chen Chu finally saw something tricky.

Yingzhou applied for 4 shi of new grain this summer and actually received [-] dan and [-] shi.

But the new grain and the old grain in the government government grain depot are only more than 2 shi.

Chen Chu was still wondering at first, that this Yingzhou grain merchant must have grown his foresight. Before the flood, he had hoarded enough grain to support the whole city for more than a month, and it has continued to this day.

At this time, I learned that there were more than 1 stones missing from the government government's grain depot, and I finally figured it out.

How can these grain shops have so much grain in stock? What they sell at a high price is just the official Xiafu grain collected this summer!

Their operation process should be to take advantage of the disaster to sell official grain at a high price, and when the disaster subsides, they will bring in cheap grain from other places to make up for the shortfall in Xia Fu.

Just by making a difference in time and space, the white wolf can make a lot of money with nothing.

It's a pity that he was messed up by Chen Chu, a soldier
The next day, July 21.

From the early morning, soldiers of the Yingzhou Anshun Army, carrying hoes, wooden shovels, and pushing rickshaws, went to various corners of the city to clear away the garbage that had accumulated for more than a month.

The people in the city were amazed. The sun came out from the west?

At this time, more than ten food collection points scattered in the city opened at the same time. According to the notice of the "Caizhou Left-behind Department" yesterday, the head of each household held a household registration to collect food on behalf of the whole family.

The clerk at the food collection point quickly calculated a value after comparing the other party's information, and the sergeant at the back weighed the food.

When collecting food, the sergeant will stamp a stamp with today's date on the account book of the head of the household, so as to avoid repeated collection.

The rations distributed are a little bit reluctant to be full, but they will definitely not starve to death.

The scene of selling sons and daughters in the city suddenly disappeared.

At the end of the day, Fan Gongzhi and Zhang Chunxiao hurried to Yingzhou.

Chen Chu didn't deliberately block the news. What happened in Yingzhou's left-behind official's office yesterday would naturally spread quickly through various channels.

After Fan Gongzhi entered the city, he saw that the "big cleaning" was being carried out in full swing in the city, and the people had rations to receive.

"Master Shangshu, the government office of Yingzhou colluded with profiteers and sold Xia Fu's official grain in the government's grain storehouse at a high price without permission. Yesterday's statistics showed that the deficit was more than 1 shi. If the magistrate Liao Siyi didn't know about this matter, the end will be over." unbelievers"

As soon as they met, Chen Chu explained why he imprisoned Liao Siyi in the official residence.

Right now Chen Chu has the authority to govern the military affairs of the four Huaibei prefectures, but to detain the chief officer of one prefecture is clearly arbitrarily authorized.

I thought that Fan Gongzhi would criticize me a few words, but I didn't expect it. After hearing this, Lao Fan became angry, "It's too much! Now that the civil chaos in Huaibei is still uncertain, they don't want to repay the country's favor, but they just want to do it. The chaos in Huaibei will be with them." Can't get rid of the relationship! If these gnats are not eliminated, I will be restless for a day!
General Chen, you just have to make a statement about this matter, I and Li Zhizai support you! "

Oops, Chen Chu looked at the upright Fan Gongzhi, and almost thought that he had misunderstood him before.

But what does he mean by support?

Do you verbally support it?
On the same day, Chen Jing'an, who was originally based in Xinxi County, arrived in Yingzhou overnight.

Compared to Fan Gongzhi who added fuel to the fire, Chen Jingan was full of worries.

In the military tent, when Chen Chu repeated what Fan Gongzhi said today, Chen Jing'an couldn't help but sneered, and said: "Liao Siyi was born in the official department."

"Officials? You mean, sir, Liao Siyi is from the Queen's Party?"

Chen Jing'an helped Chen Chu analyze the situation in the imperial court. The bureaucracy controlled by Qian Yinian, the boss of the Queen's Party and the uncle of the country, could not be splashed with water or inserted with needles.

"Ah."

Chen Jing'an nodded, and said again: "Wu Weiguang, Minister of Criminal Affairs, is Qian Yinian's capable officer. This time, Liao Siyi, who was born in the Ministry of Officials, was not clean in the private sale of official food in Yingzhou, and a steward of the Wu family was involved. Fan Gong knows his background. As the backbone of the Prime Minister's Party, of course I hope Yuanzhang's troubles will be bigger and better."

Oh, this is trying to use me as a weapon.

Seeing that Chen Chu didn't answer, Chen Jing'an said earnestly, "Yuanzhang, don't believe that Fan Gongzhi's nonsense, they know that such a trivial matter can't win Wu Shangshu, at most they can't help him. If you are the first bird, you will definitely provoke him." When revenge comes, Fan Gongzhi will not care about your life."

After Chen Chu was silent for a while, he said, "Then what should I do according to Mr.

This time, Chen Jingan was silent for a while, before saying: "Yuanzhang, my family and Wu's family came from Yingchuan together, and our ancestors have some friendship. If Yuanzhang needs it, I can ask my uncle to make peace on my behalf."

"My people cut off the Wu family steward's arm, can we make peace?" Chen Chu smiled.

Mao Dan and Baoxi were guarding the account, but Chen Jing'an didn't know that it was the young man behind Chen Chu who made the move, and replied: "A big family wants nothing more than face. Yuan Zhang only said that his subordinates were reckless and it was not your intention. Just leave the person who did it to the Wu family."

Baoxi and Mao Dan turned their heads to look at Chen Jing'an at the same time. They were both young, so they couldn't hide the dissatisfaction and anger in their eyes.

Chen Jing'an sensed that the atmosphere was not right, he only glanced at the two of them, and guessed a lot, and quickly remedied: "You can find any corpse of a rebellious soldier, chop up the face and send it over. The Wu family just wants to save face. , it doesn't matter whether the corpse sent is the person who did the trick or not."

"Hahaha"

Chen Chu got up and laughed a few times, but said: "Sir, you once told me that if something is possible, it must be done, and if it is impossible, it is also possible not to do it. Once my people do something, I think it is possible." For, this matter needs to be done, this matter must be done. Now that I have done it, I never thought about going to remedy the relationship with the Wu family."

"Yuanzhang! I'm not saying that you did something wrong, it's just that the time has not come! You are not in the court, and you don't know how powerful the rear party is. At this time, you are fledgling, and it is unwise to tear yourself apart with them! Man! Not only can you carry a murderous sword, but you also need to have a mind that can bend and stretch! Don’t you understand the principle of rigidity and fragility?”

Chen Jingan was rarely emotional. Seeing this, Chen Chu silently looked at the former for a while, then suddenly laughed, "Sir, just now I thought you were here to be a lobbyist for the Wu family. Only then did I know that Mr. Worrying about me, ashamed and ashamed."

"." Chen Jingan was silent when he heard the words.

"Sir, if the government is not in order, Yingzhou is in trouble. Yingzhou is uneasy. How can I rest assured that I will use it as a rear area for transshipment of grain, grass and armaments, and how can I continue to move eastward?"

"I understand what Yuan Zhang said. But it is not your authority to govern, so you are still impatient."

"Sir, matters concerning the military must be ordered and prohibited, unlike the court where you can shirk and argue and compromise. Since our army has already dispatched troops, we don't want to spend all our energy on arguing with officials, merchants, and merchants. I still need my husband to help me share some of these matters." two."

After Chen Chu finished speaking, Chen Jing'an remained silent for a while, and then said: "Anyway, it's better for Yuanzhang not to make enemies everywhere. Fan Gongzhi advised you to make a statement. Don't be fooled. I will write a few letters to Wu's house tonight. Try to help Yuanzhang resolve one or two."

Seeing Chen Jingan saying "Wu Family" on the left and "Wu Family" on the right, he seemed to attach great importance to him.

Chen Chu couldn't help being curious. Chen Jing'an rarely cared so much about a certain family, so he asked a little more, "I think Mr. Lai's family must be very close to that Wu family."

Chen Jing'an thought for a while, and felt that there was nothing he couldn't say, so he sighed: "Our two families came from Yingchuan together, and we were considered to be in the same spirit during the Great Zhou Dynasty. After Dante, the relationship between the two families has weakened a lot. But .”

Chen Jingan changed the subject and continued: "A few years ago, my elder brother betrothed Ayu to the younger generation of the Wu family, and the relationship between the two families gradually recovered."

"Engagement? It turned out to be the Wu family who got engaged to Ayu!"

Chen Jing'an was a little surprised by Chen Chu's reaction, but he still said: "Yes, if it hadn't been for the big events that happened yesterday and this year, the two families would have been married long ago. Because of this, I don't want Yuan Zhang and the Wu family to be at odds. Otherwise, how will my brother deal with himself?"

On one side is the son-in-law's family, on the other side is the brother, from Chen Jingyan's point of view, it is quite difficult.

But it's not impossible, for example, let the brother be the son-in-law, wouldn't all the problems be solved easily!

Chen Chu chuckled and explained: "I have no personal grudge against the Wu family, just public enmity. I am also for the sake of Caizhou's stability. If we really have a bad relationship with the Wu family, don't blame me anymore. There are two legs in the world." Isn't it difficult to find a son-in-law? Chen Tongzhi can definitely find another one."

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Chen Jing'an glared at Chen Chu angrily, "Looking for a son-in-law is not looking for shaved potatoes, how can you just change it as you please, three matchmakers and six hires are just child's play!"

Chen Chu touched his nose and gave a mocking smile.

Inexplicably, Chen Jingan felt alarmed, as if there were some important clues that he hadn't paid much attention to, flashed through his mind.

I thought about it seriously, but couldn't get a clue for a while.

After sitting for a while, seeing that it was getting late, Chen Jingan got up to say goodbye.

Chen Chu sent him off in person.

At the end of July, the season has entered autumn.

The feeling of sultry heat has been reduced a lot, and there is a bit of autumnal comfort.

In the night sky, the sky is full of stars, like a heavy rain frozen by time.

Bright and gorgeous.

The two breathed out a foul breath at the same time. Chen Jing'an pondered for a moment, and suddenly said in a low voice: "Yuanzhang, in the final analysis, no matter how much trouble you cause, the key to suppressing the bandits this time is the key! As long as you win a big victory, no one in Daqi will dare to touch you." You. If you lose, you don't need to take action from the court, and Wu Weiguang alone is enough for you to drink a pot!
However, winning can't be a miserable victory, so don't be foolish and wipe out your team.That way, they can still deal with you. "

Chen Chu looked at the night sky and smiled, and asked abruptly, "Sir, if one day I really turn against the Wu family, will you help me or the Wu family?"

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Chen Jingan faltered slightly, but did not answer Chen Chu's question. It was not until he walked into his tent that he turned around and said with a cold face, "This question is stupid and childish, almost like a three-year-old child! If the governor can ask."

After finishing speaking, Chen Jing'an got into the tent with a short body.

Chen Chu also thought this question was silly, so he smiled and didn't take it seriously, but just as he turned around and took a step, he heard Chen Jingan mutter dissatisfiedly through the tent, "Chen Yuanzhang, don't you forget, your name is my name." Take it!”

"Hahaha"

Chen Chu turned around and faced Chen Jing'an's tent, bowed his head, and said with a loud smile: "Thank you, Mr. Xie, I will remember this."

(End of this chapter)