Huai'an Mansion, Suqian County, Xiang Yu's hometown. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info looks at Qilu in the north, Jianghuai in the south, lives in the middle of the two waters, and chokes the throat of Erjing.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes through. Since the great water of Huainan, the Grand Canal connecting Jiangnan and the capital has been repaired.

On the embankment, Sha Sheng wore a green coat and a clean house, looking at the refugee camp in Suqian County with his hands behind his back. Nearly 10,000 people in Huainan were concentrated and resettled here by the government. Followers and staff followed.

Simple wooden houses are next to each other. The camp is neatly planned, with living quarters, canteens, recreation areas, toilets, patient areas, etc. 10,000 people according to their township and surname, formed a baojia organization. Everything is in order. In the camp, from time to time, there were propaganda teams with prisoners and scholars as the main body. or preach the current situation, or interpret the government's policies.

Sha Sheng looked at Jia Huan standing beside him, his eyes were bloodshot, and he sighed: "Ziyu has worked hard. "How Zheng Yuanjian died, he knows in his heart. However, there are some things that don't have to be taken seriously. Jia Huan was his student.

He is not a pedantic person. It's just that I'm a little worried that Jia Huan won't be able to get out of the shadow of his aunt's death. Alas.... There is a precedent for this. The Chenghua Emperor of the Ming Dynasty died shortly after the death of Concubine Wan. Wan Guifei grew up to be seventeen years old.

Sha Sheng heard some rumors about Jia Huan's close relationship with Aunt Pei.

The two staff members beside Governor Sha, the chief attendant, and the battalion soldiers of the Supervising Battalion all looked at the young man in green shirt who was standing silently in respect. Jia Huan worked hard during this time, and sometimes even stayed up all night, presiding over the center of the governor's yamen, and handling the disaster relief affairs in an orderly manner. worthy of the name of a prodigy, a genius.

Jia Huan bowed slightly, "Mr. is overrated." Shouzhou is there, I won't accompany my husband to go. ”

Sha Sheng nodded and said kindly, "You go." The materials from Jinling were delivered, and the people of Huainan could be stabilized. ”

During this time, Sha Sheng had already copied three wealthy families. In the process of raiding the house, anyone who resists will be killed. Only then did the powerful landlords who tried to "harvest" the yeoman farmers in the natural disaster restrain themselves and revere the power of the governor. For this reason, he won the name of "cool official" among the Huainan gentry, and was called: blood-stained official hat.

This disaster relief is also related to Sha Sheng's net worth. Huainan is stable. Then Sha Sheng is a powerful minister. If the Huainan people are in turmoil, Sha Sheng will definitely lose his official position, and even be ruined and imprisoned.

Whether Huainan is stable or not, the key lies in food. In fact, although the Jiangnan area is not a grain-producing area, it is also growing grain. Matsue Prefecture's rice is famous throughout the country. It's just that these surplus grains are basically purchased by Jinling's rice shop. Hold it in your hand and sell it at a high price. As a result, the grain imported into Huainan depends on the Huguang area.

How long can the food delivered from the Huguang area last? If the arrogance of Jinling Rice Bank and the price of grain are not defeated, it will be difficult to stabilize the Huainan region.

Jia Huan said calmly: "Please rest assured, sir." He bowed his hand to the two friends again, "I'll leave the rest to you." ”

The two masters hurriedly said, "Don't dare." Jia Xiaolian has set a charter, and I will wait for Xiao to follow. Just check whether it has been executed. "This is a sentence from Kwaja Huan.

Jia Huan smiled bitterly in his heart, he had no interest in being Xiao He. Nodding, with two battalion soldiers, he turned and walked to the boat waiting by the canal. From there, he will go to the seat of Songjiang Prefecture: Huating County.

He Yuanlong had already sent someone to deliver the news: he had already set off for Jinling with a grain ship. Calculate the time, it should be almost up. As for himself, he is going to Songjiang Mansion to carry out the next plan.

Double Ninth Festival in early September. In the twilight, the stars hang down and the plains are wide, and the moon swells in the river.

Jia Huan stood on the bow of the boat, his clothes fluttering.

He used crazy work to forget the pain of Aunt Pei's death. Not as Mr. Sha thought. Instead, Aunt Pei's death is related to him. It was caused by him. He is not afraid of the "intimidation" of death by others, and will take revenge, but he has a deep guilt in his heart. A beautiful life, because of him, withered at the age of flowers.

What's more, it was Lin Daiyu who almost died. At that time, he would not be able to explain to the dead Lin Ruhai at all. Therefore, if you want revenge, you must completely solve the hidden dangers and get rid of the real mastermind.

The Zheng family is not, the Chen family is. The Chen family threatened him with death because he had violated the interests of the Chen family. The Zheng family is just a knife, and the executor is a firecracker who collects money and kills. Now, he's going to complete the third step of revenge!

Kill the Chen family.

If we seek unity by retreating, we will die in unity, and if we seek unity through struggle, we will survive in unity. Stop fighting with force. Kill to kill.

The boat flies. Jia Huan's heart fluctuated. Stand on top of the canal and look at the banks. I think of the passionate red era that has not yet appeared in this plane. Su Yu, a famous general in a hundred battles, commanded the army to gallop across this land, winning successive battles, and was invincible.

And, he will definitely kill the Chen family and win the final victory. give justice to the dead Aunt Pei; Give him an explanation of his heart!

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In the twelfth year of Yongzhi, at about three o'clock in the afternoon of the tenth day of the ninth month, in the soft autumn sunshine, several grain ships with a very deep draft slowly arrived at the Jinchuanmen Wharf outside Jinling.

Master He, who was in charge of liaison with the Nanjing Household Department, and Feng Cheng, the head of the Nanjing Household Department, came to greet them with more than a dozen officials and officials, and they waited on the dock early. At this time, the entourage stepped forward quickly.

"Brother Yuanlong!"

He Yuanlong, who was in his forties, laughed, walked down quickly from the grain boat, bowed with Master He and Feng Cheng, and said concisely: "I'm here." ”

As Sha Sheng's core staff, Master He was responsible for negotiating with the Nanjing Household Department for disaster relief money and food in Jinling, and he had some understanding of the follow-up plan. At this time, I couldn't help laughing, and sighed with emotion: "It's finally here!" ”

These days, Jinling Rice Bank maintains a high shipment volume. He was under a lot of pressure. For fear that the rice banks will complete the shipment and push down the price of rice. In about ten days, it will be autumn harvest time. At that time, there will be a large amount of late rice flowing into the market. The high price of rice is not conducive to the collection and storage of grain by rice banks.

Fortunately, the grain finally arrived before the price of rice fell. At this time, the price of rice in Jinling was maintained at 1 tael and 8 yuan of silver per stone.

Although Feng Cheng, the head of the household department in Nanjing, said that he was close to Wei Hong, the head of the household department, he did not know the specific plans of Sha Sheng, Jia Huan, and Wei Hong.

After a few words of greeting, Feng Cheng smiled and said: "Two, it's better for us to go to the household yamen first, Wei Shangshu is probably already anxious to wait." ”

He Yuanlong and Master He both laughed, "Let's go." Of course, Wei Shangshu would be anxious to wait. When the food arrives, let's go according to the plan.

The news of the arrival of grain ships from Songjiang Prefecture in Jinling spread throughout the streets and alleys of Jinling in a very short time. Signs are posted at all sales points in Nanjing: the price of white rice tomorrow is 8 yuan a stone.

The atmosphere in Jinling City suddenly became tense.

The major shopkeepers of Jinling Rice Bank gathered overnight in the office of the Rice Industry Guild to discuss countermeasures. There was a lot of debate in the clubhouse. No one knows if this is Wei Hong setting off smoke bombs. Because, when Wei Hong was discussing with the yamen in Nanjing a few days ago, he made it clear that there would be grain ships from Huguang to bring grain to Jinling in a few days. However, it is now confirmed that it is a ship from Matsue Prefecture. On the Huguang side, the situation on the Yangtze River waterway has not yet been transmitted back to Jinling. Therefore, the shopkeepers of Mi Xing are undecided.

Also undecided was Deng Hong, the Nanjing garrison Zheng Guogong who received a letter from the Ministry of Households. He was hesitant to send troops to protect the safety of the grain ship. The grain ships of the household department are the grain ships of the imperial court. The Nanjing Military Garrison Office had the responsibility and obligation to protect the grain ships of the imperial court.

However, he also participated in raising the price of grain in Jinling and sent troops to guard the grain ships, isn't this incompatible with his own silver? And if something happened to the grain ship during the period when he sent troops to guard, he would definitely not be able to get out of it. The current situation is just the difference between earning a little more and earning a little less, and it has not reached this level.

That night, Wei Hong did not wait for Deng Hong's reply at all, and dispatched reliable men to guard the grain ship overnight. Of course, he couldn't wait. Deng Hong used the word "drag". After all, there is no Zhang Juzheng's test method now. I didn't say that I received an official document, and I must reply within the period.

Someone saw the men of the Jia family and the Wang family among the guards that night. This kind of family, even if it declines, is not as powerful as it was back then, but it is still easy to pull out forty or fifty men.

Deng Hong's cleverness fell in the eyes of those who cared, which is another situation. In Jinling City, Ji Ming, who was running errands with Master He, came back from the dock at night and went to the home of Zhang Anbo, the waiter of the teacher's etiquette department, and told him all about the situation.

Master He turned out to be a lecturer at Wendao Academy, and it is needless to say that he has a personal relationship with the mountain chief Zhang Anbo. And Zhang Anbo supported Wei Hong's move to reduce food prices. It is normal for Ji Ming to go to the household department to help with things and contact in the center.

In the study, after listening to the situation, the chubby Zhang Chengjian was still a little blindsided.

Zhang Anbo seemed to have realized something and looked at Ji Ming.

Ji Ming smiled and nodded, "That's right." It was designed by Ziyu. He was to verify whether Zheng Guogong and Deng Hong were involved in the grain reselling case. ”

That day, when he went to Zheng Guogong's mansion, he accompanied Jia Huan. After coming out, Jia Huan told him that the conversation with Zheng Guogong had collapsed. He didn't know exactly how it was discussed. Looking at the situation, Jia Huan was suspicious at that time.

Zheng Guogong fell into the pit and didn't know it.

This is not a matter of Zheng Guogong's IQ, but, who would have thought that the person who is in charge and controls all this is a teenager who hides into the darkness from the front of the stage and retreats behind the scenes? Jia Huan has been absent from Jinling for almost twenty days.

Many people have forgotten about him...

Some people left, but he was still there.

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On 11 September, many people in Jinling City gathered early to go to the grain sales points set up by the household department. When the rice went on sale, there were bursts of cheers. The sound crossed the walls.

From the Jubaomen in Nancheng, Zhen Yi, the third girl Zhen Yi, who had just returned from praying for her father and family from Dabao'en Temple, happened to see this scene.

In the exquisite incense car, Zhen Yi's maid lifted the curtains, so that she could witness the "grand scene" of hundreds of people shouting and running on the left side of the city gate road. In my heart, very complicated emotions welled up.

He is not among the men. Zhen Yi is concerned about the situation in Nanjing. The Zhen family does not do grain business, but these circumstances. Jia Huan was assassinated, and she knew the causes and consequences of the rise in rice prices.

Judging from the current situation, the side belonging to Jia Huan is about to win. Falling food prices are a high probability event. That's right. It is to win hearts and minds. However, his aunt, his woman, died. He himself became cannon fodder. Leave Jinling. It is said that he helped the governor of Sha in Yangzhou.

It was hard for her to articulate how she felt in her heart now for the teenager who had refused to marry her.

A brilliant talent! A wicked man who cut off the hope of the Zhen family! Admire? Resentment? Or is it a pity and lament now?

Zhen Yi silently lowered the car curtain, was preoccupied, and said softly: "Go home." (To be continued.) )