Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 798 Start the arrest

Near the Fengyi Gate in Nanjing City, a restaurant is high above the city wall, where you can watch the river view. It was originally one of the best restaurants in Nanjing City, but because of the food shortage, the business is extremely bleak now.

The shopkeeper's business was careless, and he lowered his head at the counter and moved his abacus. The inside was deserted and there was no business. The waiter also sat at the door basking in the sun with a withered face.

At this time, Longping Hou Zhang Gongri came in a hurry on a big green horse. He tied the horse to the stake in front of the restaurant, hesitated at the door, but went in anyway.

It was only when Zhang Gongri entered the door that the child came to his senses and hurriedly shouted: "An honored guest!"

Zhang Gongri approached the restaurant, walked directly through the lobby, walked up to the third floor, opened the door and entered the best private room.

The doors and windows in the room were closed, as if something was wrong, a man in his thirties was sitting inside, drinking tea in a leisurely manner, and there was only a plate of pastries on the table.

Seeing Zhang Gongri coming in, the man raised his eyebrows and said with a smile on his face, "Master Hou is late!"

Zhang Gongri didn't like the man in front of him, so he sat down opposite him without saying a word, and said coldly, "Did you bring any money?"

The man is an officer of the Jinyiwei, named Hu Tianchang, added from the Tiandihui, is a distant relative of Hu Weizong, and is now a hundred households of the Fuxin Internal Guard Division in Beizhen, but his identity in front of Zhang Gongri is from Fujian. Came over rich tea merchants.

Hu Tianchang smiled and said: "Of course there is money, as long as Lord Hou has something to mortgage, he can borrow as much as he wants!"

Now the gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are afraid that there will be a sixth batch of grain, and they must raise some more money to solve the crisis.

Still expressionless, Zhang Gongri took out a few land deeds from his pocket, put the deeds on the table, and said coldly, "Where's the money?"

Hu Tianchang smiled slightly, took out a money bag from his waist, and pulled out a few banknotes, "The banknotes of Wudehao have guaranteed credibility, a total of 10 taels."

Zhang Gongri frowned slightly, "Why is it the bank note of Wude?"

Hu Tianchang smiled and said: "The banknotes of Wudehao have the background of the King of Chu and the Wuzhong Army, as well as members of thirteen large firms in Guangnan. They are the banknotes with the best reputation at present. If you don't want them, I can Change it for you."

Zhang Gongri hurriedly snatched the bank note, "Yes, why not!"

Hu Tianchang smiled at the corner of his mouth, and then took the land deed and house deed, looked carefully, and found that they were all genuine, then took out two documents, asked Zhang Gongri to sign, and pressed his fingerprints, one copy for each.

After finishing the work, Zhang Gongri let out a sigh of relief. The rascal profiteers in Fujian charged a quarter of the profit. He vowed that as soon as the grain was thrown away, he would immediately redeem the land and house, and then he would never make any more contact with this rascal.

He put the silver bill in his arms, drank the tea in the teacup, and got up to leave, but Hu Tianchang hurriedly said: "Master Hou, wait a moment!"

Zhang Gongri stopped in his tracks and said impatiently, "What else is there?"

"Since Lord Hou is here, why don't you take a look at the river view today!" Hu Tianchang stood up suddenly, went to the window and propped it up, making a gesture of invitation.

Looking at your mother's Jiang Jing, Zhang Gongri wanted to scold this group of birds to death, but after all, he borrowed his money, and the land and house deeds are in the hands of the other party, so it is not easy to make it too stiff.

He had a cold face, not knowing what the other party was up to, but he still walked to the window.

He glanced out casually, it didn't matter if he didn't look at it, but he was startled when he saw that a huge fleet on the river was coming towards Nanjing mightily.For a moment, he was slightly taken aback, his mind went blank, his whole body was insane, and he was in a state of obscurity, how could this be possible?How can it be?

Zhang Gongri suspected that he was under too much pressure and had hallucinations. He couldn't help rubbing his eyes, but when he opened it, the fleet was closer. The flags fluttered in the wind, and Zhang suddenly collapsed on the ground in fright.

Zhang Gongri's face was full of horror, he had already realized that he had been tricked, and he spoke incoherently for a while, "You..."

Hu Tianchang looked at Zhang Gongri, who was sitting slumped, and smiled slightly, "Ours! Hu Tianchang, a hundred households of the Jinyiwei Internal Guard Department." After he finished speaking, he clapped his hands, and after three times, the door of the room was opened, and a group of people in suits rushed in. Flying fish suit, embroidered spring knife across the waist, Jinyiwei wearing a plate helmet.

"According to the order of the king of Chu, approved by the officials of Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, Chalong Pinghou Zhang Gongri received the state's favor, and did not think about repaying it. Jinyiwei Internal Guard Division, search the family property and lock it up immediately!" Hu Tianchang took out the warrant and opened it to read.

Although Zhang Gongri is an honorable official, this Marquis was not born by himself, but inherited from his ancestors. The earliest was Zhang Xin who betrayed Jianwen and secretly communicated with Chengzu. Dancing the gun and playing the stick, he had lost all courage, and when he heard Hu Tianchang's words, he knew that he was finished, and his face turned pale instantly.

Hu Tianchang stepped forward, pulled off the robe on his chest, took out the banknote again, and taunted: "His Royal Highness Chu, thank you Lord Hou for the silver."

The big family of more than 200 years and the inheritance of several generations are probably all over. How could Zhang Gongri have been wronged like this? He suddenly "wow" and burst into tears.

Seeing this, Hu Tianchang didn't show any mercy, and waved his hand: "Take it back, and torture it immediately!"

When the fleet arrived in Nanjing, this time there was nothing wrong with it, and they all landed directly. Bags of rice were unloaded by the coolies, not only on purpose or on purpose, but one coolie fell on purpose and scattered the white rice in the sack It came out, causing the surrounding villagers to exclaim.

All of a sudden, the cries of "grain is coming, food is coming" resounded throughout the city, and the residents in the city flocked to the official warehouse, and the official warehouse really began to let go of sales, and even moved tables and chairs, and added a few Temporary grain sales office.

Although the residents of the city already knew that there was a grain boat coming from the river, they were frightened by hunger after two months of food shortages, so they rushed to buy food. The price of food in Nanjing City was cut from seven to eight to four. Still going down.

The residents in the city have been eating cheap food from the government anyway, so they don't feel much, but for the speculators behind the scenes, it is no less than a bolt from the blue, no less than a major earthquake.

"How did this happen? How did this happen?" Xie Sanbin yelled frantically in the east wing of Xishan Temple, "Why is there still food? Why? Fourteen million taels! Huguang's rations are all sold out. Where did they come from?" The food that came?"

Song Zhipu and the others were like mourning concubines, all of them were like dead parents. They waited for him to vent, and cried: "Seventy or eighty big ships are all leaning on the shore. Our people saw the rice and grain unloaded from the ship. Come down, there will be no fakes. Thank you, sir, the key now is what we do! Our family property can all be taken in!"

"What should I do? Who should I ask?" Xie Sanbin glanced at the hall angrily, and suddenly said in surprise, "Where is Zhang Gongri? Why isn't he here!"

Everyone's expressions changed when they heard the words, Song Zhipu suddenly roared, "Damn it, that guy won't carry us behind his back, he should be the first to toss the food!"

At this time, whoever throws it last will die. If you throw it first, you can keep a pair of underwear, but if you throw it later, you may lose your underwear.

Xie Sanbin roared angrily immediately, "What are you still doing in a daze, go throw the grain!"

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