Chapter 525: Adou who can't be helped
"A bunch of fools who don't know how to lift!"
In a wing room in the Matsuura City Guardian Mansion, Fujiwara Shuxiong, who then urinated and came out to change clothes, roared angrily, according to the plan discussed with Zhen Qian, he invited all the grain merchants in Songpu City to the mansion, it can be said that at this time, Fujiwara Shuxiong put down his body and discussed food matters with these untouchables, but these grain merchants were stubborn, denying that there was still food in their warehouses, and swore one by one by swearing, talking nonsense with their eyes open, just unwilling to take out a grain of rice to tide over the difficulties.
Fujiwara's mouth is worn out, a basket of good words is said, and a bunch of benefits are promised, and he swears to God that he will never treat these grain merchants badly, but what?
The grain merchant is still unmoved, no matter what Fujiwara Shuxiong said, the old gods are fearless, the one behind these grain merchants is not supported by a big family, seeing that the disaster year is coming, the grain in his hand has become the price of gold, and at this time, his heart is dripping blood!
The grain merchant is gambling, betting that Fujiwara Shuxiong does not dare to touch his own grain merchants, these grain merchants are not small people without any support, and no official has dared to kill so many grain merchants before, this is to make the public angry!
Fujiwara Shuxiong was indeed hesitant in his heart, when he first heard Zhen Qian's suggestion, he was taken aback by this crazy suggestion, and almost regarded Zhen Qian as a demagogic demon in hell!
Now there are two ways in front of Fujiwara Shuxiong, one is to crack down on the grain merchants who hoard strange houses, and use the grain in the hands of the grain merchants to relieve the people of Hizen country, the advantages and disadvantages of this are very obvious, offending the grain merchants, his prestige in Hizen country has risen to the peak, and his dominance in Hizen country has become unshakable. The second is naturally to compromise with the grain merchants, let these grain merchants raise the price of grain, no matter whether the people live or die under the rule, and lose the support of the people, of course, they can also get the support of many gentry of the Hizen country, but this is .......
"It's hard!" Fujiwara Shuxiong has a headache, this decision is really difficult to make, I wanted to pull Zhen Qian into the water and let Zhen Qian be this villain, anyway, Zhen Qian will not stay in the country for long, and it doesn't matter if he offends some people, but Zhen Qian is simply like a slippery loach that does not drill into it.
Zhen Qian came to be this villain, and Fujiwara Shuxiong was naturally ready to be this villain, which may be the best result!
"That's it! That's it! Fujiwara Shuxiong's eyebrows suddenly raised, and he made up his mind in his heart, and said to the servants beside him: "Send those grain merchants out of the house!" ”
Zhen Qian heard the news in the Drunken Immortal Building, there was no expression of surprise on his face, he had already roughly guessed this result when he made a plan, but he didn't dare to finally determine what Fujiwara Shuxiong was going to do!
The sentence of officials protecting each other is not a casual joke, the ruling and management of officials in the local area is inseparable from the support of the local gentry, if most of the local gentry are offended, this official will basically be done.
The iron-clad battalion is a soldier with flowing water, this sentence is actually not entirely true, for example, Fujiwara Shuxiong is in Hizen Province, and the official positions of guardianship are hereditary, and he can die for the rest of his life, and then have his own son to succeed him, and pass it on from generation to generation. But the only people that Fujiwara Shuxiong can manage are the officials in the guardian house, these people are also hereditary, and their relationship with the local gentry is even closer than Fujiwara Shuxiong, they are the real force that cannot be ignored in the management of Hizen Country, when Shao Erdong is still there, these Xu officials are also there, after Fujiwara Shuxiong takes power, these Xu officials are still there, from some points of view, these Xu officials are the real rulers of Hizen Country.
It is not surprising that Fujiwara did not dare to offend those grain merchants, his position was already unstable, if he offended these people, God knows that he would be killed in his sleep that day.
"Zhen Lang, how much relief food can you provide!"
Fujiwara Shuxiong did not invite Zhen Qian to the Guardian Mansion, but ran to the Drunken Immortal Mansion by himself, and three cups of Drunken Immortal Brew were swallowed, with a resolute look in his eyes, "Zhen Lang must help me get through this difficulty this time!" ”
Zhen Qian sneered in his heart, he had been with Fujiwara Shuxiong for such a long time, and many times he was exchanging interests, and in the end, no one owed anyone. Fujiwara Shuxiong is too realistic, he doesn't scatter eagles when he doesn't see rabbits, and he has a natural arrogance in his bones.
On the other hand, Shao Er Dongshang is completely different, although there are grievances between the two, but this person can afford to let go, and he knows how to make trade-offs when doing things, and after finding that Zhen Qian has use value, he put a heavy bet on Zhen Qian, not only gave his daughter to Zhen Qian, but also offered to give the Osumi Islands to Zhen Qian, which made Zhen Qian feel a little indebted to Shao Er Dongshang.
That's what makes people different!
"Fujiwara-kun! Don't you still have more than 200,000 stone of grain in your granary? Take out 100,000 stone of grain, and give me another 1,000 people's hands, can I provide 300,000 stone relief food within a month? ”
A hint of hatred flashed in Fujiwara's eyes and said, "Is it possible that if I take out 200,000 stone of grain, I can get 600,000 stone relief grain?" ”
"It's not that simple!" Zhen Qian said with a wry smile: "The relief food is for the disaster victims, does Fujiwara-kun want everyone to eat the relief food with the disaster victims and take out half of the food as relief food, this is already the limit, otherwise it will really cause chaos!" ”
Relief food is made of bran, grain bran, cereals with fish and locust powder, and can only be used to satisfy the hunger of the victims. If you want the rich to eat relief food like the disaster victims, what is this not looking for death?
"Zhen Lang, if you think about it again, is there no other way?"
"There really isn't any! In the final analysis, bran, bran, cereals, fish and locust powder can still be eaten, so that 100,000 stone of grain can be turned into 300,000 stone relief grain, and in a few months, I am afraid that there will be no more of these grains, what do you let me use to turn you into grain! ”
Zhen Qian didn't speak again, just looked at Fujiwara Shuxiong quietly, and found that he didn't want to save those victims from the bottom of his heart, there are always more ways than difficulties, there are more than 200,000 people in Hizen Country, and it is not difficult to relieve it, the problem is that Fujiwara Shuxiong does not have such determination, and Zhen Qian gave up his plan to persuade Fujiwara Shuxiong.
In fact, Zhen Qian stepped on two boats at the beginning, with some careful thoughts, Fujiwara Shuxiong is a humble gentleman, talking elegantly, behaving properly, giving people a sense of spring breeze, Zhen Qian very much hopes that such a person can have a little courage, but let himself down, in front of the victims and grain merchants, Fujiwara Shuxiong chose to stand in line with the grain merchants, such a person is at most a person who guards the city, less ruthless and resolute, such a person can not do anything big, it may be good to cooperate with such a person, but it is too far from Zhen Qian's plan.
"Adou who can't help me! Forget it...... give up! ”