Liu Shilang was like a mirror in his heart, although Su Jin had nothing to say about the grain affairs in Luzhou, but thinking of the festival between Zhu Shiyong and Su Jin half a year ago, he never believed that this envoy would ignore his previous suspicions.

Moreover, since Su Jin seized the grain of Bagong Mountain, Zhu Shiyong immediately found Liu Shilang to teach him face-to-face, not to mention that all the grain of the Chamber of Commerce was secretly collected into the official warehouse, and even the date of entry was changed to before November 20, it is obvious that Zhu Shiyong prevented Su Jin from coming to Luzhou to thoroughly investigate the private grain.

From this, Liu Shilang can be regarded as having a thorough understanding of the relationship between Zhu Shiyong and the Chamber of Commerce, and the prefect dares to take a huge risk to help the Chamber of Commerce cover up, which shows how far the relationship between officials and businessmen has reached; Liu Shilang even speculated that the prefect was also involved in the matter of stockpiling grain for profit, rather than simply taking people's money to eliminate disasters for others.

For Liu Shilang, knowing these things is completely different from not knowing; Before this, he was just a dangerous egg under the protection of Zhu Shiyong's wings, even if the prefect instructed him to do it, but Wu Wuge did use a rope to strangle him and disguise it as a suicide, and his life was in his own hands, and no one would believe that it was the prefect who forced him to kill someone.

There is neither a warrant from Zhu Shiyong nor any witnesses to corroborate, Zhu Shiyong can completely say that he does not know, and even if he makes this matter public, he will only add one more crime of climbing; And now when Zhu Shiyong had to expose the relationship with the Chamber of Commerce in front of his eyes, and the records of the grain were also tampered with by himself, Liu Shilang felt a lot more relaxed; Finally, I can catch the pigtails of the big man, and I am in a hurry, and the fish is dead!

Of course, Liu Shilang also had a mind, what happened to Fifth Brother Wu reminded him how much he had a heart, that Fifth Brother Wu could be said to be Zhu Shiyong's henchman, and it was not a critical time, Zhu Shiyong did not hesitate to kill him to prevent future troubles; Now that he knows more and more, it is difficult to guarantee that Zhu Shiyong does not have his own ideas in his heart.

The fox is naturally majestic by taking advantage of the tiger's momentum, and the fox should not be wary of the tiger everywhere?

Liu Shilang quietly wrote a warehouse storage record, a detailed and true record of the date and quantity of the Chamber of Commerce's grain sales, and intimidated and coerced several small officials in the warehouse to sign and testify, and secretly handed over this true record to a person he trusted, Liu Shilang confessed that if he suddenly died one day, the government announced any cause of death do not believe it, just immediately go to Beijing and submit this thing to the criminal department to avenge himself.

But Liu Shilang knows that these are all just in case, but if Zhu Shiyong does not move himself, he will definitely not smash his future; Kuraji's position is a hundred times more oil and water than when he was the head of the cell, as long as he can get by, a fool will turn against him.

At this moment, Su Jin said the sentence 'It is most appropriate to ask you about the matter of Cangsi', which suddenly made Liu Shilang vigilant, and sure enough, looking at this posture, Su Jin still had to ask something from his mouth, but how could Liu Shilang tell the truth, Zhu Shiyong still has a way to live if he does not fall, and if Zhu Shiyong falls, he will definitely be confessed, and it will be over.

"The matter of food affairs is the duty of the lower officials, and the envoy wants to hear the news, and he will fully cooperate with him." Liu Shilang said with a smile.

Su Jin nodded with satisfaction and said: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just a formality, I originally planned to go to the yamen to check after the annual leave is over, and I can go back to Beijing to recover my life, but since we have met today, let's talk a few words casually." ”

"My lord, may I ask."

"Hmm...... How much grain is there in the official warehouse in Luzhou now?"

"Returning to my lordship, about 500,000 stone of grain."

"So much? It is no wonder that the price of grain in the market is stable, and it seems that by the time of the summer harvest, the grain in Luzhou will ensure that there will be no famine. ”

"Exactly, we have made a prediction, the drought in Luzhou this year is not serious, and the lack of food is due to the fact that there are too few fields, so we have to rely on businessmen to transfer in every year; The people who work in the towns and villages outside the city basically have grain in store and need to buy grain, and this 500,000 stone is enough for the people in the city to eat until the summer harvest. ”

Su Jin nodded and said, "Very good, it's hard for you to calculate the usage; How do you plan to distribute these 500,000 stone grains? ”

Liu Shilang said: "The document issued by the three divisions said that part of it was transferred to various places in accordance with the order, and the remaining purchased grain was sold at a parity price according to the number of people in limited quantities, and the lower officials naturally followed the orders of the three divisions, and I plan to set up a sales point in the official warehouse after the fifteenth day of the first month, and buy it as you go, at that time, the grain of the major grain merchants should also be sold out, and it is just the right time." But this is just my idea, everything needs to wait for the prefect's final decision, and the lower official is just a suggestion. ”

Su Jindao: "Naturally, it is necessary for the consent of Governor Zhu; How could there be so much grain in the official warehouse? Could it be that the local grain merchants are eager to sell grain to the official warehouse? ”

Liu Shilang said with a smile: "The holy edict, the prefect immediately announced the whole city, my Luzhou businessmen immediately heard about it and responded positively, only half a month, Luzhou businessmen will sell all the grain in the official warehouse, it can be described as a god speed, because of this, the adults will see that my Luzhou is a level, and there is no hunger and chaos." ”

Su Jin smiled and said: "It's really amazing, when did the consciousness of my Luzhou businessmen become so high, the grain merchants from all over the Great Song Dynasty did not deny and did not pay, and looked at each other, according to what you said, my Luzhou businessmen can be regarded as models." ”

Liu Shilang's face turned red, and he hurriedly said: "It's not all businessmen who are conscious, the prefect's painstaking persuasion, I have been waiting day and night to publicize the imperial edict and explain the benefits and harms. ”

Su Jin laughed and said: "Persuasion and propaganda can naturally work, but your words are very fake, and I don't believe it." ”

Liu Shilang didn't expect Su Jin to expose it so straightforwardly, and he was busy swearing by swearing.

Su Jin smiled slightly, patted him on the shoulder to stop him, and said: "You don't have to be excited, I don't mean to blame you when I say this, it is true that in front of Shangguan, I naturally report good news and not bad news, of course I understand the things in the officialdom; But don't forget, my family is also in business, how can you understand the businessman's profit-seeking heart better than me? The reason why I can see that you are lying is because I understand the psychology of merchants; Why did Shangjiatun Grain Station come? It is to salvage a sum of money when there is no food in the market, to put it mildly, it is persuasion and publicity, even if the knife holder is on the neck, it is possible not to cooperate, you said it so easily, teach me how to believe? ”

Liu Shilang scolded secretly in his heart, and also felt that he underestimated Su Jin, was deceived by his appearance, and always thought that he was just a young man with a young face, but he didn't expect that this person was like a torch and absolutely couldn't fool him.

Su Jin looked at Liu Shilang's uncertain and embarrassed face, and said with a smile: "Actually, I am just helping you when I expose you, we are all natives of Luzhou, who doesn't want to get ahead in their hometown; This time, the grain affairs in Luzhou are in good order, and after I return to Beijing, I will definitely use this to ask for credit for my officials in Luzhou, but according to the situation you said, how to ask for credit? ”

Liu Shilang was stunned and said, "Why can't you?" My lord, you have also seen that there is no leakage in Luzhou's grain affairs, isn't this a reason to ask for credit? ”

Su Jin laughed and said: "Say you are smart, but in fact, you are really stupid, you have lived so old in vain, and you have been in the officialdom of the market for so long, how can you still not grow at all." ”

Liu Shilang had already scolded the eighth generation of Su Jin's ancestor to heaven in his stomach, but he kept a smile on his face and said, "My lord teaches." ”

Su Jindao: "For example, two generals are stationed on the border, one is famous for his martial arts, the enemy is terrified and does not dare to offend him at all, and the other is unknown, if you are the enemy, which general's garrison will you choose to attack?" ”

Liu Shilang said: "Of course, it's the one who is unknown." ”

Su Jin smiled: "It's not stupid, of course it's to avoid its edge; So the place where one general was stationed did not commit any crimes, but the place where another general was stationed fought again and again, and the flames were in the sky; After a hard battle, the unknown general still held the city and repelled the enemy army; When it comes time to reward meritorious deeds, who do you think will be rewarded? ”

Liu Shilang blurted out: "Naturally, he is the one who retreats from the enemy." ”

Su Jin looked at Liu Shilang and said, "Do you understand?" ”

Liu Shilang scratched his head and said, "What? ”

Su Jin sighed and said: "Then I'll make it clear, Luzhou Mansion is the place where the generals who have not committed any crimes in the autumn are stationed, just now you said that the businessmen responded positively and took the initiative to sell grain to the officials, and regardless of whether these statements are true or false, after this matter is reported, you are afraid that you will not have an inch; And I came from Yangzhou, where the profiteers stockpiled grain, refused to sell, and even resisted by force, and the Yangzhou government fought with it and tried its best to strangle it, and finally stabilized the situation, as long as these things are reported, the emperor will definitely reward them; Don't you feel sorry that you do the same errand better than others, but you end up doing a lot of things? I just want to ask for credit for the local officials in Luzhou, but I can't talk about it. ”

Liu Shilang was dumbfounded when he heard it, it turned out that there was such a trick inside.

"The crying child has milk to eat, and the obedient child waits to starve to death." Su Jin gloated a little.

"This ...... Envoy, what should we do to get the reward? ”

Su Jin said: "It's very simple, we must explain the process of handling food affairs with thousands of twists and turns, and even swords and blood; The more difficult and dangerous it is, the more it shows your spirit of sacrificing your life and forgetting your death for the sake of food. When I returned, I would greatly exaggerate it, and the emperor would naturally be happy when he heard it, and the next thing was a matter of course; I might as well tell you an inside message, a deputy warehouse secretary in Yangzhou Cangsi will be promoted to three levels this time, and it is very likely to be transferred to the post of Sheyang County Commander, think about it, what a beautiful thing this should be, and suddenly become a parent official, isn't it ten thousand times stronger than nesting here half-dead? ”

The most sensitive string in Liu Shilang's heart was plucked, and he began to feel that it made sense, if it was really as Su Jin said, the grain matter was an opportunity, maybe he could take advantage of this shareholder wind to climb up.

The emperor has a discerning eye, if he appoints himself to go to a certain county to be a parent official, it will be a big cake falling from the sky, not only can he officially enter the official career from now on, but more importantly, he can get rid of Zhu Shiyong, a big threat that will explode at any time, which is exactly what Liu Shilang has been thinking about for a long time.