Fast forward to August, and the persistent rainstorm is still the same.

Compared with the other three prefectures, the situation in Leizhou Mansion is much more normal. Although some rice merchants also want to make a fortune, but Lin Leigong's prestige is here, but they don't dare to really mess around, and the price of rice has risen at a normal level.

At this point, Leizhou City's performance is relatively eye-catching, and it also makes people understand the strong side of Lin Leigong.

However, the nature of merchants is to chase profits, and most rice merchants are not willing to do this. Although they didn't dare to follow Lin Leigong on the surface, they didn't listen to the government's call for affordable grain, and they all chose to wait and see.

They are waiting for the United Rice Bank to run out, waiting for all the rice in the Leizhou Mansion to be consumed, and even waiting for Lin Lei Gong to beg them to sell grain, so as to grab huge profits openly.

In the same way, the days went quietly in this slightly depressing atmosphere, and the price of rice also rose slowly, causing an even greater haze to hang over the entire Leizhou Mansion.

Huazhou City, which is the seat of Huazhou Prefecture, has a history of thousands of years. In the seventh year of Hongwu, Huazhou Mansion was demoted to a state, and Wuchuan and Shicheng counties were subordinated to Gaozhou Prefecture.

Recently, Huazhou has also been plagued by floods, a large number of refugees have poured into the city, and the price of rice has climbed to three or two stones, causing the people of Huazhou to complain.

Another group of refugees poured into Huazhou City, unkempt and dirty like beggars. But at this time, there was an out-of-place figure riding a fast horse out of the north city gate, patting the horse towards Lishan.

When I arrived at the bottom of Lishan Mountain, I soon saw an antique temple. This temple is called Nanshan Temple, which was built in the Tang Dynasty, and the incense has always been prosperous, and it is famous in the entire western Guangdong region.

The servant, who was familiar with the monks of the temple, handed the horse directly to the little novice, walked briskly up the stone steps, passed through the main hall, and went directly into the backyard of the temple.

Several sturdy guards guarded the door of a courtyard, and when they saw this servant, they immediately let him go. Entering the courtyard, the servant followed the quiet path to the stone steps, where a butler-like man resolutely waited.

The servant nodded to the butler, and then walked briskly into the hall with him.

But I saw that this hall was very lively, and more than a dozen businessmen dressed in silk and satin gathered here, eating pastries and drinking tea here.

If you have some insight here, you will be surprised. Because the people gathered here are all famous gentry in western Guangdong, in addition to rice merchants from all over the country, there are also some big landlords in western Guangdong, all of whom are people with heads and faces.

Seeing that the butler led the servant in, the squire immediately stopped talking, and their eyes fell on the servant, and a few of them asked anxiously, "How is the rice market outside?" ”

"Reply to your lords!" The servant first bowed his hand to everyone, then took out an envelope and handed it to a well-dressed outsider and said respectfully: "This is the price of rice in various cities in western Guangdong, please take a look at it!" ”

Zheng Menfu is over forty years old, tall and tall, and he is in the prime of life. He was the largest rice merchant in Gaozhou Prefecture, so he reached out and took the envelope, and after confirming that the fire paint was okay, he tore it impatiently.

Some squires rushed over to watch together, while some squires continued to use tea while sitting upright, but they couldn't help but pay attention to Zheng Menfu's face to judge whether the news was good or bad.

Since the outbreak of the food crisis, their gang has been coming here one after another. Gathering here is naturally not to drink tea and eat pastries, but to conspire with big things, planning to make a lot of disaster money.

In the face of the local government, especially a strong official like Lin Leigong in western Guangdong, it is inevitable that a person will be afraid, but it is another matter if everyone joins together.

In the end, they still couldn't hold back that impulsive heart, and wanted to take advantage of this once-in-a-century opportunity to make a profit.

However, they did not feel good during this time and suffered a lot.

In order to keep everyone on the same page, everyone is not allowed to easily contact the outside world, even their own loved ones. In addition to preventing news leakage, it also prevents people from defecting and leaving the market at a profit and ruining the overall layout.

Now, it is from this servant that their daily news comes from this servant, so that they know the rice market in the cities of western Guangdong.

The continuous rise of the rice market proves that everything is going according to their plan; If the rice market falls, it is bad news, proving that something has changed.

At this thought, the squires who stayed in the chairs looked at Zheng Menfu nervously, wanting to check the good and bad news from his face.

"Good! Very good! Zheng Menfu suddenly applauded excitedly, and then met everyone's puzzled eyes, raised the piece of paper in his hand and said happily: "Guangzhou Mansion is still three taels and one stone, but Lianzhou City is already three or three dollars, which is one percent higher than Guangzhou City." ”

In the entire western part of Guangdong, the most affected is Lianzhou City. Due to the silting up of the mouth of the Nanliu River, the flood situation was more serious than in other places, and the Fuchang Liquidation also suffered a fire.

It is precisely because of this that the price of rice in Lianzhou City seems to have become a popular indicator of rice prices in western Guangdong, and the nearby states and counties are on par with the rice prices in Lianzhou City.

"Good! Very good! ”

"This ...... That's great! ”

"It seems that the price of rice can really rise by four taels and one stone!"

……

Hearing this news, more than a dozen squires raised their fists in a clenched fist with excitement on their faces.

The price of rice in western Guangdong seems to have skyrocketed due to floods, but the biggest impetus is that the gang has joined forces to hoard rice grain, which has caused a greater shortage of rice and grain in western Guangdong.

Once the price of rice reaches four taels and one stone, then if they get rid of it all at this price, 10,000 stone will be able to earn at least 30,000 more stones, and 100,000 stones will have a profit of more than 300,000 taels.

Thinking of the huge profits that seemed to be within reach, the big cake of hundreds of thousands of taels, made everyone very excited and have stronger confidence in this temporary alliance.

"What about the price of rice over there in Leizhou City?" A rice merchant from Leizhou City suddenly asked.

The voice was so abrupt and out of place that the smiles on many people's faces froze as soon as they appeared.

If they are most afraid of something, it is naturally the resolute Lin Lei Gong, who has great variables. Even now, the price of rice in Guangzhou City has been speculated, and Leizhou Mansion is still one or two dollars, which is more than half cheaper than Guangzhou Mansion.

Zheng Menfu suddenly surged up in his heart, glared at the man fiercely, and then suppressed his anger and said lightly: "It is only a matter of time before the price of rice in Leizhou City rises!" By the way, what about Jiang Yuanwai? Why hasn't it arrived yet? ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard others looking out of the door and saying with a smile: "Said Cao Cao Cao has arrived, Jiang Yuan has come out!" ”

But I saw that on the path of the courtyard, Jiang Yuanwai, who was dressed in plain white Confucian clothes, walked towards here. He is good-looking, and he is more Confucian than ordinary businessmen, and he is worthy of being a businessman from a raw background.

With Jiang Yuebai becoming a jinshi, and Jiang Yuebai becoming Xu Jie's grandson-in-law, Jiang Yuanwai's status has also risen. Not to mention the local officials, even Wang Fang, the governor of Liangguang, will give him a little thin noodles.

The reason why their gang was able to gather here was precisely because Jiang Yuanwai was the leader of this temporary alliance.

Looking at the entire western part of Guangdong, it seems that only Jiang Yuanwai has the capital to confront Lin Leigong. Of course, Jiang Yuanwai is still a grass farmer after all, and he needs to increase his chips a little.

Hey?

The reason why everyone is waiting here is not only waiting for the news of the price of rice, but also waiting for Jiang Yuan. Because Jiang Yuanwai would introduce them to a person today, claiming to be a very important person, but looking at the officials who came in parallel with Jiang Yuanwai, everyone's brows immediately frowned deeply.

Although they didn't know this middle-aged official who was supposed to be from Guangzhou City, they couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed when they saw this middle-aged official wearing a seven-grade official uniform.

"It's not going to be a trick on us, is it?"

The squires looked at this middle-aged official who was not good-looking, and their eyes fell back to Jiang Yuanwai, wanting to see a clue from Jiang Yuanwai's face. Even if you can't find Wang Bai, the political envoy, then you have to be a prosecutor, how can you be a small seven-grade sesame official?

"Please!"

Jiang Yuanwai followed the seven-rank official to the threshold, and Jiang Yuanwai made a gesture to make the seven-rank official advanced.

This seven-grade official didn't make a big deal, first followed Jiang Yuanwai's polite words, then pulled up the skirt of the official uniform, and then walked in, showing a bit of majesty.

Jiang Yuanwai came in and saw everyone's expressions, as if he had guessed something, his face first smiled slightly, and then solemnly introduced: "I will introduce to you, this is Xu Jian, the Guangdong Inspector who arrived at the beginning of this year!" ”

Yes? Patrol the imperial history?

Zheng Menfu and the others first showed a curious look on their faces, and then they showed a look of shock, looking at this unattractive seven-rank official, their hearts were also suspended.

Some people even widened their eyes, as if their eyeballs were about to bulge out.

The Ming Dynasty's official system is composed of six sections and the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, and the number of people is generally about 200. Under the Metropolitan Procuratorate, there are thirteen ways to supervise the imperial history, correct the impeachment of hundreds of officials, identify wrongs, and supervise each province, and are the officials of the Son of Heaven's ears and eyes.

Among the thirteen supervising imperial histories, three imperial histories are the most valuable.

One is the imperial history of the left and right capitals of the four products, serving as governors, such as Wang Fang, the governor of Guangdong; The first is to mention the imperial history, which is responsible for the assessment of the province's students, such as Li Guangzu; The third is to inspect the imperial history and supervise and deal with the officials and related affairs of a province.

Now, Jiang Yuanwai has invited to patrol the imperial history, and his face is not big. Like Hu Zongxian, the current extremely powerful governor of Zhejiang, he only served as the governor of Zhejiang five years ago, and he was just a seven-grade official.

"I've seen Lord Xu Xunpress!" After everyone knew the identity of this seven-rank official, they saluted respectfully.

Xu Ji enjoyed everyone's shocked reactions, and raised his hand gently: "You don't have to be polite!" ”

Xu Ji, or Xu Zhongji, was a third-class fellow jinshi in the thirty-second year of Jiajing. Although the Jinshi background is relatively low, he can't stand to have a clan relative who is the second assistant of the dynasty.

At first, he supervised the imperial history, and later was promoted to the Guangdong patrol. Although he is only a seventh-grade official now, his status and power are not low at all, and ordinary state and county officials have to kneel down to greet him.

In particular, the post of Imperial History of the Right Wing and Governor of Guangdong was held by Wang Fian, but Wang Fa also had two more prominent titles of Squire of the Military Department and the Governor of Liangguang, and was fully responsible for the military and government affairs of Liangguang, so he naturally had to rely more on him for supervision.

In addition, he and Wang Fang also belong to the Xu Party, so he doesn't have to worry that Wang Fang will hinder him, and even Wang Fang is still a big help for him and a strong backing for him.

In the same way, Xu Ji's position was more powerful than that of ordinary inspectors, and many local officials had to bow to him.

"Take a seat!" Jiang Yuanwai respectfully raised his hand to lead him to the first seat.

"No, this patrol is a guest, I'm here to listen today, you don't have to pay attention to me!" Xu Ji raised his hand and categorically refused, and then walked straight towards the second seat and sat down.

Everyone immediately looked at each other, but they didn't say much, and greeted Jiang Yuanwai respectfully.

At this moment, all doubts vanished. Jiang Yuanwai was able to carry out this big Buddha, which made them full of confidence, and they all had great confidence in the next plan.

Zheng Menfu didn't dare to hold it up in front of Jiang Yuanwai, and respectfully handed the information he had just received to Jiang Yuanwai, who glanced at it and handed the paper to Xu Ji.

Xu Ji didn't answer, raised his hand and resolutely refused: "I heard that there are many illegal things in the Leizhou Mansion, and some people have mobilized the guards and troops for personal gain without authorization, this time I am here to picket the atmosphere and punish the relevant officials and soldiers, and ignore everything else!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the squires present did not lose it, but felt a burst of ecstasy. But he didn't expect that Xu Ji would be so straightforward, he came here to deal with Lin Leigong this time.

Jiang Yuanwai looked at him and didn't answer the paper, knowing that Xu Ji was not greedy, but a cautious performance, and immediately smiled at everyone and said: "Xu Patrol can get rid of the great evil for the people of western Guangdong, it is the luck of our people in western Guangdong, we have to make a strong contribution and have money to contribute, what can you do?" ”

When he spoke, Jiang Yuanwai secretly pointed out two fingers to everyone, and the meaning was self-evident.

"When it is!"

"This is nature!"

"Huh...... If we can get rid of this evil, we will naturally help you! ”

……

The squires naturally heard Jiang Yuanwai's words, and even understood the meaning of the two fingers, and immediately expressed their positions happily.

Xu Ji took the tea cup and watched this scene with satisfaction, with a smile on his face.

Although Lin Haoran is not a local official, his reputation as a Wenkui is too loud, and he is a well-known figure in the Ming Dynasty. If he can be brought down, he will undoubtedly add a lot of political bargaining chips to himself, and he will definitely be able to directly inspect the local government after the completion of the assessment.

Of course, there is a certain political risk in bringing down Lin Haoran, first Lin Haoran's backstage is Wu Shan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and then Lin Haoran is deeply graced, and he also has some ability.

It's just that these consequences are not so important in relation to the great benefits obtained, especially the coveted silver.

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