Kowloon wins

Chapter 73 The Guessing of the Truth

"My lord, this matter..."

The news brought by Li Minxing was too shocking, everyone in the room was shocked and suspicious, and Li Minquan, who was burdened with the responsibility of recommending him, was even more disturbed. Li Minxing had just left the room, and he was already Couldn't help standing up.

"Ok!"

Hong Qing didn't give Li Minquan a chance to finish his sentence at all, she stopped him with a wave of her hand, looked around the room with a frosty face, and squeezed out a sentence from between her teeth: "I After you have listened well, this matter must not be spread to the outside world, if it is violated, the young master will never forgive me lightly!"

"promise!"

Hearing Hong Qing uttered such harsh words, Liu San'er and the others dared not neglect them, they hurriedly bowed and promised.

"Mr. Li stays, and everyone else leaves."

Those who can be brought into this room by Hong Qing are naturally confidantes, their abilities may be mediocre, but their loyalty is unquestionable. This point, Hong Qing can still trust, now that she has confessed, Hong Qing Since he didn't want to say any more, he waved his hand and drove everyone away.

"twitter!"

To everyone, the little master Hong Qing is the sky, since he has given the order, since no one dared not to disobey, all the people waited for the promise to be made in unison, and each retreated out.

"Does Mr. Li have anything to say?"

After everyone retreated, Hong Qing raised her head slightly, looked at the slightly unnatural Li Minquan solemnly, and asked in a flat tone.

"Little Prince Mingjian, this subordinate thinks this matter, well, this matter is important, and it needs to be verified by many parties. Just based on Min Xing's words, I'm afraid it's too much to do."

After all, Li Minquan was still worried about his own responsibility of recommendation, fearing that his brother's words might be wrong, he pondered for a while, and replied with hesitation on his face.

"Well, I want to look it up again, but I'm not in a hurry. A certain Guan Minxing is a person who is capable, and he is not a person who just talks about it. This matter is true in all likelihood. Grain, I’m afraid there will be trouble with the release of food!”

Hong Qing is a person who is sober, so she could understand what Li Minquan was worried about, but she didn't bother to say anything, and just commented with a gloomy expression.

"The little prince is very worried. However, it is not impossible to solve it, but the cost may be quite large."

Li Minquan's wealth and life depended entirely on Hongqing and his son, so he couldn't just sit back and watch the third master's errand go to waste. With a quick brainstorm, he really found a glimmer of hope to break the situation.

"Oh? Let's talk about it, you don't need to worry about spending too much."

As long as it is something that can be solved with money, it is not too difficult for Yu Hongqing, aside from other things, Shandong semicolon can still squeeze out tens of thousands of taels of silver. It has been four months since the account opened, and the sales proceeds have not yet been released to the main account, so it is not a big deal to move it out first.

"Little Wang Mingjian, this Jining city depends on the canal for food. The place is rich and prosperous, and it is also a place with good weather. Although all the surrounding mansions have suffered disasters, Jining is not affected. There are many wealthy families in the mansion, and food storage is not enough. If you are willing to pay a lot of money, you may be able to buy some for emergency use. Today, the amount of grain released by various prefectures in Shandong is enough to support five days, and the [-] shi grains urgently transferred from Huguang are worth ten. It will be there in about a day, and the shortfall is nothing more than five days, so if you tighten up a bit, you may be able to handle it."

After all, Li Minquan is from Jining, although he has been away from home for a long time, but he knows Jining quite well, after some calculations, it is quite impressive.

Five days?Well, damn it, no wonder the old ten tried so hard to delay the trip back then, the problem of love came from here!

As the saying goes, the speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention. Regardless of whether Li Minquan's strategy is feasible or not, it is only said that as soon as Hongqing heard the difference of five days, he immediately thought of what happened on the Liaocheng Wharf. However, he has already guessed the truth—Old Ten has known for a long time that the granary in the Hecao Yamen has no food to adjust. For fear of revealing the truth, he will try his best to delay the trip. The urgently transferred [-] shi arrived on time, and the matter of the Hecao Yamen can be covered up smoothly, so that there is no risk of being discovered. As for how many victims of the disaster will be caused by the delay, I am afraid that it is not in Shiye's hands at all. Within the scope of consideration, after clarifying this point, Hong Qing felt a little relieved, but the question came again—where did all the food in the Hecao Yamen go?

The Hecao Yamen is not only in charge of river defense, but also water transportation. The grain in its granary is stored grain. Its function is not actually for disaster relief, but for the flooding of the Yellow River so as not to affect the supply of grain and fodder to the capital. In this sense, the rations in the Hecao yamen are all war preparations, which are useless on weekdays, but if something happens, it is the straw for the capital to save lives. Without an imperial decree, tampering with the rations in the granary is a capital offense. Then, What exactly happened that made the governor of Hecao recklessly transfer the grain from the granary?

Did you deliberately let the third master mess up his errand?There is such a possibility, but it is not great. After all, once this matter is exposed, the third master may not be in trouble, but Ru Fu, the governor of Hecao, will definitely not be able to afford to go around, and even the tenth master will be in bad luck. From this In a sense, it is unlikely that the third master will be punished deliberately. Of course, if the secret of the lack of grain in the granary cannot be revealed, then the third master will really be in big trouble. All the previous efforts of the master will be in vain, and it will obviously not be so easy to get up again.

Since the third master was not deliberately punished, there was only one possibility left - benefit!The reason is very simple. In the year of a catastrophe, the most expensive thing is grain, and the price increase is often more than ten times. If the grain reserves of the Hecao Yamen can be resold on the market, the huge profits will be absolutely astonishing. As for It's easy to make up for it. After Huguang's summer grain harvest is bumper, a low price will be enough to make up for the deficit. After a few rounds, at least a few 10 taels of silver can be dropped. Seriously. It is faster than robbing banks to pay back the money. With the stimulation of such huge profits, there is nothing a group of corrupt officials can do.

Shocking case!This is definitely a shocking case, and the governor of Hecao, Ru Fu, is probably not the only one involved. The chief envoy, Puqi, and the procuratorate, Du Moliang, must also be involved. One person, even if he has the heart, doesn't have the ability, and it is even more impossible to sell all the [-] shi of grain in the granary without anyone noticing. This is a typical case. Master Jiu also benefited from it, otherwise, Old Ten would be in a hurry.

"My lord, look at this..."

Hong Qing was engrossed in her thoughts, her expression kept changing, but she didn't say a word for a long time. Seeing this, Li Minquan's uneasiness in his heart suddenly became stronger. He was afraid that Hong Qing would scold him for making reckless suggestions, so he walked away with a bitter face. He tried half of his words.

"Well, this strategy is feasible. Sir, just let go to buy grain, and pay the required silver from the store first. Buy as much as you can. As long as it can last for three days, Xiao Wang rushes to buy it from Huguang. The [-] stone rations we have may be able to catch up."

Although Hongqing has vaguely seen through the strangeness of the lack of food in the Hecao Yamen's granary, but there is no evidence, but she is unwilling to expose it easily. Moreover, Hongqing has not yet figured out how to deal with it. After all, this case is related to It's really too serious. Once it is exposed, it will definitely be a major earthquake in the officialdom. But if the news is leaked in advance and the tenth master hears about it, the consequences will be a bit unbearable. In view of this, Hong Qing Rationally suppressed what she was thinking in her heart, and just gave a simple order. Of course, in order to ease Li Minquan's heart, Hongqing also brought up the matter that Yinlu had entrusted to do before leaving Beijing. for a moment.

"Hush..., if this is the case, there will be no danger of civil uprising this time around. We have dealt with the disaster relief issue first, and it is not too late to discuss the Hecao Yamen issue."

Hearing what Hong Qing said, Li Minquan couldn't help letting out a sigh of relief, and his tense nerves relaxed a little.

"Well, let's do this first, and I'll trouble Mr. Li to make a few more trips to settle the purchase of grain as soon as possible, and discuss the matter of the Hecao Yamen later."

There are priorities, how to deal with the Hecao Yamen is important, but it is far inferior to appeasing the victims. Right now, for Hongqing and his son, how to handle the food distribution smoothly is the top priority The important thing is, as for the settlement after the autumn, it is not too late to settle it slowly. Hong Qing sees this very clearly.

"Alright then, this subordinate will go to contact the big families in Jining, and come back later to listen to the little prince's teachings."

Hearing that Hongqing agreed with her coping strategy, Li Minquan was excited, but he didn't dare to be negligent, he hastily responded, and hurried out of the room, not mentioning related matters since he went to make arrangements.

Damn old eight, pulling down such stinky shit, but letting me wipe his ass, how can there be such a beautiful thing, this matter will not be over until you are smashed and bloody!
Although there is a certain degree of certainty in overcoming difficulties, it is still unknown how high this level of certainty is. One is that it is not clear how much grain Li Minquan can buy here. It seems that he will easily follow Li Minquan's pace, even if he is under the banner of the third master's imperial envoy, things may not be so simple. I have told you that you have to rush, but it is not guaranteed how many days earlier than the official transportation. After all, water transportation is different from land transportation. I don't know how long it will be delayed. Thinking of this, Hong Qing hates Lao Ba and his gang for making a fortune for the country. It's just that when it comes to the specific plan, Hong Qing hasn't made up her mind yet. , and then paced back and forth in the empty room, his brows furrowed into a capital "Chuan"...

(End of this chapter)