Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 228

Fortunately, there are few places for the family to come to pay, but the second prince's expenses in Shangjing are not short of a penny, especially in the past few years, the second prince's appetite is getting bigger and bigger.It just so happened that he had a newly recruited staff member who had some connections with the barbarians in the northwest. Among other things, the business of thousands of horses could be secured.

When the second prince heard this, he was immediately tempted. If he could add a good horse to each of the three thousand sons raised by him to form an elite cavalry, at the critical moment, even the imperial city of Shangjing could be captured.

Things are rare.

The Daqing Dynasty had mostly arable land and no pastures. If you want horses, you have to go to the northwest to buy them from the barbarians, so they are expensive.A waiting horse would cost several hundred dollars, and it would be even more expensive if it was a famous horse waiting to travel thousands of miles a day. There would be no horses worth tens of thousands of dollars.

For [-] horses, even if you buy the cheapest ones, it will cost at least hundreds of thousands of horses.Naturally, Xingjia couldn't afford such a large sum.However, the prince's grandson opened his mouth, no matter how difficult this matter is, he has to bite the bullet and do it. Not only must it be done, but it must also be done beautifully, without falling off the tongue.Otherwise, it would be a capital offense for a prince and grandson to raise an army in private without the order of his superiors. What's more, he had such a large deal with the barbarians in the north.

The Xing family couldn't afford the money, but the barbarians were easy to talk to. If they didn't have enough money, they could use grain and cloth to make up for it. Anyway, they sold the horses for silver, so they had to use it to buy grain.If Xing's family directly exchanged grain, the price of each horse could be reduced by another [-] yuan.

Although Xing's family is a big landlord in the south of the Yangtze River and has a full warehouse of grain, it can't afford the price of three thousand horses.The family's granary is not enough, and Xing's family has no choice but to keep their eyes on the official warehouse in Lixiang City.

Xingjia's plan is actually not bad.The Daqing Dynasty did not produce foals, and only generals of the fifth rank and above could use good horses as mounts in the army. Ordinary soldiers still used mules and donkeys.They bought horses directly from the barbarians, and the price of each horse was at least half lower than the market price.If you buy a large number of horses from barbarians at a low price, transport them to Shangjing, and resell them, a horse will make at least three to four hundred taels of profit. After all, it is really a lucrative business.

The lucky family exchanged more than 5000 horses from the granary in Lixiang City, and 1000 horses were quietly sent to the second prince. The family kept more than [-] horses, including several famous horses. Sell ​​it, and then use the money from selling the horses to buy some grain to fill the granary in Lixiang City.

This matter was done without anyone noticing it, but the goal of thousands of horses was too big. Before the Xing family had time to change hands, they got involved in the household affairs, and then Wei Que went to the south of the Yangtze River.

The version Luo Tiandu heard was slightly different.

In order to benefit their own family, the Xing family embezzled grain from the official storehouse and traded large quantities of horses with Manbang, which is an unforgivable crime.There were more than 40 officials, big and small, in Lixiang City, none of them ran away, and all of them were sent to prison, but the second prince didn't have anything to do.

When something happened to my natal family, the second prince not only refused to intercede, but was the first to stand up and scold the Xing family. He changed himself and became the most filial and loyal courtier of the Daqing Dynasty.

Manchu civil and military, even if they were at odds with Xing's family, they couldn't help but secretly grimace.Xing's family spent all their money, cost hundreds of lives, and raised a white-eyed wolf.

Someone else said that this was obviously a situation set up by other princes, otherwise the relationship between the Daqing Dynasty and Beirong was so tense, who could have such a big face to let the barbarians put down the hatred between the two clans and take the initiative to do business with the Han people.This is someone deliberately trying to overshadow the family!

And humanely, it's no wonder that the Xing family is so rich, they traded the lives of the people of the Daqing Dynasty to trade with the barbarians in exchange for it. Every coin spent by the Xing family is the blood and tears of the people.

All of a sudden, Xing's family became like a mouse crossing the street, and everyone shouted and beat them.Even concubine Xing Gui, who has always been favored in the harem, was implicated and ordered to be grounded by Jinshang. As for the day when the ban was lifted, judging by the level of anger in Jinshang, it seems that there will be no chance to come out this year.

Luo Tiandu listened with gusto like listening to storytelling.She had only seen all kinds of palace fights and house fights in books before, and this was the first time that she truly felt the war of taking the heirloom was unfolding openly and secretly around her, and she felt both novelty and cruelty in her heart.

When Xingfu was raided, Luo Tian even ran over to watch the excitement.

On that day, half of the East Street in Shangjing was surrounded by people.The Xing Mansion, which occupies almost a quarter of the east street, no longer has the slightest aura of wealth and majesty.The curly-haired stone lion at the door was knocked to the ground long ago. In the past, even if it was a priceless gift, the vermilion door might not be able to be buckled open. A young general.

From time to time, people were pushed out of the gate crying and crying by the yamen servants. Some were wearing shackles, some were chained, and three or five were tied together with ropes, and they were driven out like cattle.

Those who wear shackles and chains are mostly men, while those who are tied up with ropes are mostly women, children, old and young.Although it has already entered autumn, the residual heat of the autumn tiger is still raging. These people are wearing single clothes, with their heads drooping, and are exposed to the scorching sun. fainted.

Immediately, soldiers came with a bucket and poured it on the fainted man mercilessly. A young woman stood close by, and she was so cold that her single clothes were soaked. On the body, showing graceful body curves.

The crowd of onlookers immediately burst out laughing and chattering.

"Hey, that little lady is really beautiful, with that figure, tsk tsk! If I can get such a woman, I will be content in this life."

"Come on, that's the female family member of the official family. A hairpin on her head is enough for you to work hard for a whole year and ask for a wife. If there is a fat sow willing to live with you, you should be secretly lucky." .”

"That's right! Look at this group of noble people, they would be disgusted by even looking at us on weekdays. Now it's time for us to express our anger."

"That's not right! In the past, this group of things never regarded us as human beings, and they still have today. Bah! It really deserves it!"

There are also people who have a bodhisattva heart and can't help complaining: "Alas! Those women and children are innocent. How do they know about the men outside? Now that something happened, it is useless to be implicated."

"Damn! They are still innocent? Could it be that the men in the mansion earned a penny of the black-hearted money they earned outside? The food, drink, clothes and flowers they spent may not all be earned by their own hard work? These brocade clothes The aunts and grandma who eat food, spend those dirty money for granted, but at this time they have the nerve to say they are innocent!"

Luo Tiandu huddled in the crowd, tiptoed to look in, and after a while, he saw Wei Que, wearing his signature gray and white lifeless long hair, riding a big bay red horse, standing at the gate of Xingfu with his back to the crowd on the edge of the screen wall.

As if feeling that someone was watching him, Wei Que turned his body slightly, glanced at the crowd, and then turned around quickly.

After the criminals were counted, some soldiers threw a lasso up, and several people pulled together to pull down the plaque of Xingfu.The plaque of the Xing Mansion was gilded and rimmed. It fell to the ground and fell to pieces. Several fragments flew into the crowd along with the force. Immediately, some people bent down and fumbled on the ground.

After picking it up, he put it in his mouth and bit it, and immediately asked pleasantly: "It's gold, you're rich!"

The people around "coaxed" and squatted on the ground to look for it.

"Ah... Wei Xiaoren, I will fight with you!"

Someone yelled, and a young man among the prisoners rushed towards Wei Que recklessly, with his hands locked in chains, he did not know when he took a small dagger.

"Go to hell!" The man rushed to Wei Que's side, and stabbed at Wei Que forcefully with the hand holding the dagger.

"Be careful..." Luo Tiandu's voice tightened, and he couldn't help shouting.

Wei Que waved his knife hand slightly, and the man stabbed in the air. Immediately, two Shenwu guards rushed over and dragged him away.Then some soldiers stepped forward and whipped him violently, causing the man to roll on the ground and howl endlessly.

Xu Shi knew that the assassination would fail and he would end up miserable. The man rolled around, and while no one was paying attention, he slammed his head at the fallen stone lion. Immediately, blood spattered everywhere, and red, white and white things spilled all over the place. The man was almost killed on the spot.

"Ugh..." Luo Tian felt his stomach churning and almost vomited.

"Wei Que, you killed my son, I'll fight with you..." An old woman staggered out from the crowd of criminals, crying, cursing, "You killed my son, and I Not alive."

She was tied up with several other female relatives, before she could run to Wei Que's side, she tripped halfway, staggered, and fell to the ground on her back.Coincidentally, there happened to be a sharp stone behind her, and the woman fell on the stone, a hole was knocked out in the back of her head, and blood "gurgled" straight out.

"Wei Que...I'll be...a ghost...don't...let it go...you..." The woman fell into a pool of blood, her eyes were staring like a ghost, her body twitched twice, and she died soon after. Annoyed.

Two people died in half a second, and the onlookers were all shocked, and they didn't watch the excitement at the moment, and dispersed in a crowd.

Luo Tian was so crowded that he could only go out with the flow of people.She looked back while walking, and saw that Wei Que was still sitting on the horse as before, watching his subordinates take away the corpses indifferently, as if what died in front of him were just two worthless ants.

At that moment, Luo Tian felt that the Wei Que in his eyes was very strange, as if the Wei Que who spoke with a bit of a weird accent and acted weirdly was just a figment of her imagination.

(End of this chapter)