Hearing Gu Jiale say this, an official below finally couldn't help but open his mouth: "I don't know where to start with the private collection of military food, since the prince gathered the army, my Henan Mansion has been working hard day and night for the army's grain and grass, and finally gathered 3,000 stones of grain and grass to send to the army. ”

Gu Jiale didn't have the time to talk nonsense with them, this was the prince's order, but there was no room for bargaining: "Hugh is talking nonsense, I will wait here for three days, and after three days, you will be able to live when the food arrives, and if you don't have food, none of you will live." As he spoke, he turned his head and returned to the army: "You and others are divided into several teams, and first surround the gate of your lord's house, you can only enter but not exit, and there will be no forgiveness for those who break the door." ”

The meaning of this military order is that after three days, not only will you be liquidated, but even your family will not be able to escape.

At this time, the adults have completely lost their temper, and Xiucai can't tell if he meets the soldiers, not to mention this kind of fight, or go back to think of the idea, I can't take care of going home at this time, it's too late to go home anyway, it's better to come up with a way that can be used with my colleagues.

These people came to the back hall of the yamen and sat down, looking at the empty everyone on the main seat, their hearts were a little sad: "Lord Cai can be regarded as an honest official in the past, and he has a good governance, but he didn't expect to be cut off overnight, what is the point of me waiting for this official to do it." Ten years of cold window, life is like a mustard! ”

"Brother Mu Yan said carefully, that reckless man is obviously killing people without blinking, if he listens to this, he will inevitably lose his head."

"Now that this church is all our own people, who is going to sue me for my yin?" Saying that, he stood up suddenly: "Our official is also based on the hard work of studying the imperial examination, although the elders did not participate in the imperial examination of the Qing Dynasty, but the fame of the Ming Dynasty is there, how can it be worthless in the eyes of the prince?" What crime did the prefect commit and want to be killed at night, without even giving him a chance to defend himself? ”

A fifty-year-old man sitting on the right hand side of the prefect's position slowly spoke: "Mu Yan, Qingshan is right, in this situation, it is not enough to rely on a moment's enthusiasm, they are all armed with knives, do we want to hit the knife?" ”

"Even if we don't hit the knife, I'm afraid we won't have a chance to live, think about it, that horseman wants 3,000 stones of grain and grass, how can we make it up, if we can't make it up, how will he let us go?"

Hearing that all the people present here sighed, but at this time, the new wheat is about to ripen, and now if you are in a hurry to receive the new wheat, it will be the bottom of the kettle, even if you can barely make up 3,000 stones of grain and grass, this year Henan Mansion must be starving.

The old man sighed: "Now it is also our common crisis, now each family can come up with how much food to report to me, I will ask the gentry in the city to see if they can lend us some food." ”

"Lord Cen, it's not me Gao Muyan pouring cold water, last time in order to gather 3,000 stone of grain, we have already borrowed it once, those big gentry have taken out some of the face in the past, if we go to borrow grain again, people will think that we are endless, and they will never take a grain of grain."

"Hmph, how do you know if you can't do it without giving it a try? If you think my method doesn't work, think of a better way! ”

Gao Muyan then remembered that it was his boss, and the current situation was even more when he should be the same enemy, so he couldn't pour cold water on everyone, so he sat silently on the side.

Lord Cen slowly stood up: "I'll tell you again, now our lives are tied together, if any of you dare to work and don't contribute, let me know, before the horseman outside cuts off your head, I will cut off your head first!" Immediately, they all went to each big household to borrow grain, at least 300 stone for each family, and everyone who borrowed it could survive, but everyone who didn't borrow it was finished! ”

Everyone knows that Lord Cen is right, and now that the prefect has been cut down, now his official position is the biggest, who can listen to if he doesn't listen to him.

So they rushed out and went to borrow grain from the big households. It's just that as Gao Muyan said, it's not difficult to borrow and borrow again, and no one can trust you if you borrow food before the grain has been repaid.

"Lord Yu, it's not that I refuse to lend you grain, you see that the grain is waiting in the ground to defend the city, you wait for another twenty days, I will immediately prepare three hundred stones of grain for you, but now don't say three hundred stones, I can't take out thirty stones, my family food is difficult to wrap around, and now I eat two meals of gruel a day, I really can't take it out."

"Lord Sun, it's not that I don't give you face, we have already said when we borrowed grain last time, and we will return it with interest within a month, I think that our prefect has never harmed us businessmen since he took office, so he took out the food at home and lent it to you, how did I hear that the prefect was cut down yesterday? I can't afford to pay for that food, can I? ”

These officials are also scholars, in this society where the hierarchy of agriculture and industry is very strict, how can they have been so damaged, but what they say is indeed reasonable, they just borrowed grain a few days ago, and they have not talked about returning it again.

"Brother Song, you can also understand our difficulties, now the food in the army is urgent, if we don't get the food back, I'm afraid that we won't be able to save our heads, you see that we have taken care of your family's business over the years, we can't just watch death without help."

They want to use their official authority to threaten people, but far water can't quench their thirst, you have to have a valid reason to send people to prison, and these people are inextricably practiced with the official family, and the New Year's Festival offerings are all handed over, if they are taken, it will cut off the wealth of many people, these people are not only people from Henan Province, but also people in the province, until the last moment, no one wants to tear their faces.

"My lord's words have come to this, and I will answer your lord's request, how much food is in the house, you only need to leave five stones of grain for your own food, and you can take the rest."

As a result, as soon as the granary in the house was opened, the lord was taken aback. I'm afraid that there are only ten stones of grain in the whole house, and these grains will leave five stones, what is the use of taking back the five stones?

"Don't hide it from your lordship, the new wheat is about to come down, and no businessman will hoard a large amount of old grain at home, this new wheat is much better than the old wheat, and the price is not too expensive.

Thank you for the monthly ticket voted by Zhu Yulang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and thank you for your support.

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