On the upper floor of Luzhou Drunken Immortals, the banquet continues.

Regarding Su Jin's appointment as a special envoy for food affairs, the extremely chairman of the Chamber of Commerce couldn't believe his ears, this matter was really a bit surprising, no matter what, they couldn't believe that Su Jin, a kid, had such great ability to get involved in this errand.

And speaking of which, this grain envoy is not big, it seems that his power is not small, and even the deputy commander of Sima Jun, one of the guards of the three yayas, was sent to be his deputy, what is the three yas? It's the old army of the capital, I don't know how many eunuchs and eunuchs squeezed their heads to drill into it, not because of how generous the treatment is, but because the reputation is very good, this is the emperor's guard, and the emperor trusts and relies on the army of the three yas and two divisions the most.

Of course, if you can mix with an official and a half-job, such as the deputy commander of the Ma Army in front of him, his treatment is no less than that of the third-rank officer, and the salary is more than 5,000 yuan, which is better than the treatment of the prefect.

President Huang couldn't help but say: "Commander Long, this Su Jin has not been examined, and he has no merit in the imperial court, how can he serve as this errand, this ...... It's hard to believe. ”

Long Zhen said: "You don't believe it? I still don't believe it, there are more people who don't believe it, but this is a fact, when the emperor sent Huang Nei to announce the appointment, I accompanied the announcement and saw it with my own eyes. ”

Zhu Shiyong rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Anyway, Su Jin is a native of Luzhou, and it is a blessing for Luzhou to be reused by the emperor this time, and it is a gratifying thing, but this government doesn't understand, the commander wants to mobilize hundreds of carts to transport grain?" Where is it shipped? Where is the bread? ”

Long Zhen didn't want to get to the bottom of someone he didn't know, so he smiled: "You don't need to tell adults about these things." ”

Zhu Shiyong said: "It is very necessary, the official document of the imperial court has just arrived in the afternoon, announcing the purchase of grain at the official price, and if the commander is to transfer grain from Luzhou, he must first be verified by the official according to the official document, and second, the official also has the right to know the circulation of grain under his jurisdiction, are you right?" ”

Long Zhen smiled and said: "This is even more unnecessary, this is the order of the food envoy himself, and the order of the envoy does not have to pass through you, this is stipulated by the duties of the food envoy." ”

Zhu Shiyong was a little embarrassed, and his face was a little ugly.

Long Zhen eats other people's soft mouths, and he is a little embarrassed to refute other people's faces, so he smiled and said: "But I can tell the adults about this errand, but the adults don't need to publicize it, for fear of causing panic among the people of Luzhou." ”

Zhu Shiyong said: "All of you here are close friends of the officials, and they are all old and serious people who act and speak, and they will not talk nonsense. ”

Long Zhen waved his hand and said: "Actually, it's nothing, you must have heard about Yangzhou, where is it very chaotic now, the people can't afford to buy high-priced black market grain, and now it has caused a small rebellion, I came this time to follow the instructions of the envoy, and transport the 500,000 stone grain he collected and raised to Yangzhou, and this commander expects that this is to stabilize the price of grain." ”

The three giants of the Chamber of Commerce exclaimed in unison: "Five hundred thousand stones? ”

"Ah, what's wrong? Why were you so surprised? ”

Tang Jiyuan's face was extremely ugly, not only him, but even Zhu Shiyong was surprised, the news they heard was that Su Ji secretly hoarded twenty-six small boats of grain, and it was remarkable to kill 100,000 stones, but he didn't expect Su Jin to quietly get 500,000 stones of grain under his nose.

Su Jin said that it was all a lie that he bought and collected, and every move of the business community in Luzhou could escape the eyes of the Chamber of Commerce? Such a huge amount of grain can be hidden from themselves in the transaction under the nose, this is simply impossible, and in addition to the people in the Chamber of Commerce in Luzhou, there are a few that can have such a large amount of financial resources, even if the Su family is bankrupt, it is impossible to buy so much grain, money is a big problem, according to the consistent purchase price, this is a huge amount of 500,000 guan, all the shops and family property of the Su family plus savings, together will not exceed 200,000 guan, obviously, Su Jin has the help of people with deep pockets.

Who is this person, and there is no need to dig deeper, the key is why Su Jin hoarded so much food at that time? Once this question was deeply thought about, the three giants of the Chamber of Commerce began to sweat and heat all over their bodies.

"Prefect, what's wrong with them?" Of course, Long Zhen didn't know the grievances between Su Jin, the Chamber of Commerce and Zhu Shiyong, and when there was something wrong with his words, he asked a little puzzled.

"It's nothing, it's nothing, the charcoal fire in the box is a little hot, it's a little hot." Tang Jiyuan took out a handkerchief to wipe the beads of sweat from his head, and hurriedly covered up.

"Commander Long, you want to transport these 500,000 stone grain to Yangzhou, this matter is not easy to do, the vehicles can be gathered, but ...... It's a bit rough ...... road," President Huang interjected.

As soon as the words came out, President Liu immediately gave him an elbow, and President Huang quickly changed his words: "But there is a commander to make your Excellency there, so there should be no problem." ”

Long Zhen didn't pay attention to the small movements of the two, and frowned to himself: "From tomorrow, this commander will go around to collect carts, do you say that I did this?" Isn't such a tedious task exhausting me? ”

"Don't worry about Commander Long, the old man can help you, but tomorrow's things will be talked about tomorrow, today we will only drink, not talk about business, so as not to be annoyed, everyone said yes?" Tang Jiyuan smiled and raised his glass, he already knew what he should know, and if he continued to talk about it, it would make people suspicious.

Long Zhen also said: "That's right, there is wine today and drunk today, come and come, this commander toasts you with a glass, thank you for your hospitality, thank you for the hospitality of your good friends, he arrived in the capital one day, I am the east, let's have a good time." ”

Everyone laughed, drank until the glass was dry, and no longer talked about official business, just talked about some things about the wind and moon.

President Liu called a few singers to come to the box to sing a little song, the room was as warm as spring, the singer's temples were high, her skin was better than snow, and the wine in her stomach became an aphrodisiac.

Zhu Shiyong glanced at him, Tang Jiyuan understood, got up and said: "Commander Long, tonight the old man opened a room for you and the two of you in the Mingyufang next door, the old man couldn't wait for the wine, and after eating a few glasses of wine, he fell asleep and said goodbye." ”

Long Zhen said with a big tongue: "This ...... How can this be deserved. ”

"Afford it, you can afford it, the commander is a distinguished guest, we can't invite it on weekdays, this time it's just a good time to talk about respect." Tang Jiyuan turned his head and said to a few singers: "Don't help a few adults to go back and serve well, show your skills, and the adults who serve are happy and rewarded." ”

Several singers responded with a smile, put down the instruments in their hands and wrapped themselves one by one, Long Zhen, Zhao and Fang were half-pushed, three points drunk, seven points pretended, covered their faces with wine, and hugged the singers to leave.

Zhu Shiyong, Tang Jiyuan and the others sent to the staircase with smiles, and saw that Long Zhen and the others had disappeared, so they returned to the private room, removed the residual table, and served tea.

Zhu Shiyong's face sank like water, and he didn't say a word, Tang Jiyuan knew what he was thinking, and arched his hand: "Lord Fuzun, Su Jin's secret grain of 500,000 stones is indeed unexpected, but the old man thinks that this is not his handiwork. ”

Zhu Shiyong blew the tea leaves and said: "Whose handiwork is that, this Su Jin is not simple, even if he hides from the sky and the sea, he has also mixed into the imperial court, but this grain envoy is afraid that it is a temporary errand, and he does not have this official position at all." ”

Tang Jiyuan said: "The Su family does not have the financial resources to hoard 500,000 stone grain, someone must help him." ”

President Liu said: "The matter of food has always been the responsibility of the three divisions, and the three divisions do not send people to do this, but call this little-known Su Jin to do it, what the emperor thinks, it is really difficult to figure out." ”

Zhu Shiyong said with a smile: "You want to say that the emperor is confused, right, the power of heaven is unpredictable, the emperor's actions must have deep meaning, we don't have to speculate on the emperor's thoughts, just this matter of Su Jin, it is not a louse on the bald head, is it obvious." ”

The three giants of the Chamber of Commerce arched their hands almost at the same time: "I want to hear about it." ”

Zhu Shiyong said: "Raising food is the responsibility of the three divisions, since it is given to Su Jin, it must be approved by the three divisions, and the three envoys are Yan Shu, Yan Shu nodded and recommended, and Su Jin has a chance; However, the person who helped Su Jin to store grain in Luzhou is not ready to come out? ”

Tang Jiyuan's eyelids jumped and said: "Lord Fuzun is saying that it is the female owner of Hefeng Building, Yan ......?" ”

Zhu Shiyong nodded and said: "In addition to this, Su Jin and the Yan girl have a very close relationship with each other, and they are criticized when they are in Luzhou, and besides, people in Luzhou, except for the Yan family, who can have such a big hand." ”

Tang Jiyuan said: "According to this, Su Jin has already taken the Yan family's ride?" ”

Zhu Shiyong sighed: "Probably so, this kid is not simple, it is really not simple." ”

Huang Dongjia suddenly said: "The nephew of the Yan family should not be in business, this son actually dares to hoard food, this matter is going to make trouble, Yan Shu is afraid that he wants to drink a pot, can we?" ”

"Stupid!" Zhu Shiyong shouted: "That Long Zhen has come to transport grain, which means that this 500,000 stone grain has already been legalized, if you said it a few months earlier, it would have some effect, at this moment, it is an afterthought, you don't want to think about it, if this 500,000 stone grain is released in the spring famine next year, you still want to make money with the little grain you hoarded?" Dream on. ”

The three members of the Chamber of Commerce were ashamed, they faintly felt that Yan Biyun secretly hoarded 500,000 stone grain in Luzhou, and did not transport it away, obviously to deal with them; This food crisis is actually equivalent to saving them, otherwise they would be caught off guard, and a large number of low-priced grain would pour into the Luzhou market, and they would be so bad that they would not even have their pants.

"My lord, this Su Jin has become a food raiser, I'm afraid it's not a good thing for us." Tang Jiyuan Road.

"It's not good for you, but it's not for us, don't drag this official in." Zhu Shiyong looked serious.

The three members of the Chamber of Commerce secretly scolded in their stomachs: "Old fox, we can't make money, where do you get the benefits?" This time it will be completely wiped out. ”

"I advise you to take countermeasures, don't be caught by this kid, at this moment he handed over all the food in his hands, in the minds of the people above, he is doing a righteous act for the country, although he can no longer threaten the price of grain in the Luzhou market, you have the opportunity to make money again, but don't forget, he is now wiping his ass clean, and you still have dirty things on your buttocks, he can play a bachelor to poke you out, but you have lost the handle to contain each other with him." Zhu Shiyong said lightly.

Zhu Shiyong's words, the three giants of the Chamber of Commerce suddenly brightened their hearts, and they couldn't help frowning and becoming cramped.

"However, don't worry too much, this government has already thought of a way for you, you just do it, you have to be pretentious." Zhu Shiyong looked at the nervous expressions of the three of them with disdain, but a grasshopper on a rope had not yet reached the point of killing other grasshoppers at the moment, so he naturally wanted to help them.

The three members of the Chamber of Commerce said happily: "What is your plan?" ”

Zhu Shiyong smiled, stretched out his mouth and sucked the hot tea into a flurry sound.