Chapter 47: Guan Long's Secret Arrow
Chapter 47 Guan Long's Dark Arrow
Yao Huan stood up in fright, his face changed, as if he had been caught red-handed as a thief, and his voice trembled, "Childe.... He's coming! ”
Duguqi waved his hand and smiled: "What are you afraid of, he is still outside the mansion!" ”
Yao Huan's heart stabilized a little, and he asked urgently: "Childe, he must have come to force us to sell rice, how should I answer him?" ”
"Just according to what you said just now, let go a little bit, have a good attitude, and perfunctory him, as for how much to put in it, I will go back and discuss with the head of the family, and I will give you an answer tonight."
Duguqi stood up, "I'll go through the back door, remember, be careful when you speak, don't let him know I've been here." ”
Although Duguqi didn't want Yang Yuanqing to know that he was here, the carriage he parked in front of the mansion still leaked his whereabouts.
Cui Bosu took a closer look at the carriage parked in front of Yao's Mansion, although there was no sign on the carriage, he was Jingzhao Shaoyin, and his eyesight was much stronger than that of ordinary people.
"General, I didn't see that carriage, it was the carriage of Dugu Mansion, and the wheel was covered with copper, which was a bit different."
Yang Yuanqing is not surprised that the people of the Dugu family appeared in the Yao Mansion, Yao Ji Rice Store was originally the industry of the Dugu family, and at this critical time, of course the Dugu family had to make arrangements.
He and Cui Bosu got out of the carriage, and Yao Huan greeted him with a smile, "It turned out to be Cui Shaoyin, oops!" Rare guest, really rare guest! ”
He glanced at Yang Yuanqing again, and the timidity in his eyes was revealed, "This is General Yang!" ”
Yang Yuanqing's attitude was very cold, and he was not a little polite because he was visiting, Yao Huan was an ordinary commoner, maybe Cui Bosu was familiar with him because of his position, but Yang Yuanqing would not give him face.
"I'm Yang Yuanqing, I'm looking for you on business!"
Cui Bosu hurriedly smiled and made a round, "General Yang has been busy with official business for the past two days, and he has no time to rest, so I'm really sorry to disturb Lord Yao at night." ”
Yao Huan was frightened, he didn't dare to greet Yang Yuanqing again, and hurriedly invited them in, Yang Yuanqing and Cui Bosu quickly exchanged a look, the two of them have a tough attitude today, and the other has a soft attitude, both soft and hard, and they must make some gains.
Walking into your room, the two sat down separately, Yao Huan personally poured tea for them, but Yang Yuanqing waved his hand, "I'm here to talk about business, I'll leave after talking about business, don't bother!" ”
Yao Huan was helpless, so he had to sit down timidly, and a bright smile appeared on his chubby face, "I am very willing to serve General Yang!" ”
"Really?"
Yang Yuanqing sneered, "I need your rice shops to open their doors to sell rice, but your fourteen rice shops are closed, so I don't know where your effectiveness is?" ”
Yao Huan shouted aggrieved, "General Yang, it's not that I refuse to sell rice, there is really no rice to sell, our total rice warehouse in Fengdu City has been looted, and we have suffered heavy losses, and now the price of rice is so high, it is the time for us to make money, we will lose thousands of dollars if we close our doors for a day, and we can't afford to lose it!" ”
Cui Bosu also smiled and said to Yang Yuanqing: "General Yang doesn't need to worry, the proprietor Yao will definitely have a way, the cunning rabbit still has three holes, how can the proprietor Yao really have no rice to sell?" Yao Proprietor, don't you say? ”
Yao Huan smiled bitterly, "Although there is still a little bit of rice saved, it's a pity that it's too little, I'm afraid that it will be sold out when I open the door, which is not interesting." ”
"And how much rice do you have left?" Yang Yuanqing asked.
"This.... It hasn't been calculated yet, and each store is weighing, and it will take a little time. ”
"Impossible!"
Yang Yuanqing did not give in, "Half a month has passed since the Fengdu incident, it is impossible for you not to know the current rice, if you don't know, I will immediately send soldiers to the door to weigh it for you!" ”
Yang Yuanqing's tone was very stern, Yao Huan's forehead was sweating, the key was that the Dugu family did not give him a clear number, so that he could not answer, Cui Bosu smiled again and said: "Yao Dongzhu doesn't know, General Yang is a soldier, one is one, two is two, unlike you businessmen who like to be subtle and go around in circles, you just say it!" No matter how much, General Yang will not add more. ”
Yao Huan was forced to be helpless, so he had to randomly report a data that was not too low, "It's about a little more than 10,000 stones." ”
"I don't believe it, I'll send soldiers to check it now!"
Yang Yuanqing stood up and walked out, Yao Huan was so frightened that his legs were weak, he begged to look at Cui Bosu, Cui Bosu hurriedly smiled at Yang Yuanqing and said: "General Yang, maybe Yao Dongzhu is a little confused, what he said is not accurate, I will ask him again." ”
Cui Bosu gritted his teeth at Yao Huan and made a look, and then persuaded him: "Master Yao, General Yang is now dealing with official business, you have to think clearly, deceiving the government is a big crime, especially the military, General Yang has a sword!" ”
Yang Yuanqing and Cui Bosu's hard and soft finally forced Yao Huan to have no way out, so he had to lower his head and say, "There are still 35,000 stones!" ”
This is indeed the grain in his shop, and he still has nearly 300,000 stone of grain in various warehouses outside the city, which he dare not say anyway.
"Alright! Then even if you have 35,000 stones, you will only be allowed to buy one bucket of rice per person when you open the door early tomorrow morning, and I will send a sergeant to supervise it, and there will be a price of rice....."
Yao Huan's fat face shook suddenly, this is also a sensitive topic, Yang Yuanqing thought for a while, and said: "For the time being, according to the price of the regular closing position, four hundred rice is worth four hundred Wen, which is the upper limit." ”
After speaking, Yang Yuanqing turned around and left, Cui Bosu hurriedly whispered to him: "Not only your family, the upper limit of all rice shops is 400 Wen, don't make a small move, when your head falls to the ground, I can't protect you." ”
Yao Huan was so soft that he had no strength at all, and seeing the backs of the two of them go away, he waved his hand weakly, "Prepare the carriage, I want to go to Dugu Mansion!" ”
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The main mansion of the Dugu family in the capital is located in Kuanzhengfang, covering an area of 40 acres, this is the mansion of the head of the Dugu family, the Dugu family is huge, there are eight huge mansions covering an area of more than 30 acres in the capital, and each of the eight rooms of the Dugu family has one, that is, the eight sons of Dugu Xin.
The head of the Dugu family is not the eldest of the family, and it is decided by the eight brothers through mutual consultation, generally in turn, of course, it is also related to the generation, and now there are only two children left in Dugu Xin, one is the youngest son Dugu Zhen, and the other is the fourth daughter, Li Yuan's mother Dugu Feng.
So Dugu Zhen naturally became the head of the Dugu family, Dugu Zhen is less than sixty years old this year, only fifty-seven years old, but his hair is white, the official worships the golden purple Guanglu doctor, the city government is very deep, and he is also very shrewd.
The situation in the capital has been chaotic in the past few days, and he is quite uneasy in his heart, not because the rice shop was robbed, although the rice shop business is very big, but for the Dugu family, it is nothing, he is uneasy because the heir to the throne is likely to change dramatically.
Prior to this, Dugu Zhen, like most officials, thought that the crown prince of the East Palace belonged to the King of Qi, but it was the clumsy performance of the King of Qi and the strange arrival of Yang Yuanqing in the past few days that made Dugu Zhen sensitive to realize that the road to the East Palace of the King of Qi was very likely to be broken.
At this time, it was late at night, Dugu Zhen had not slept yet, and a guest came to his house, Yuan Shu, the younger brother of Yuan Min, the former general of the Left Guard, Yuan Shu had no official position, only one title, Jingyang County Gong, and was also responsible for managing family affairs at home, but he was not the head of the Yuan family, the head of the Yuan family was Yuan Shou, Taifu Siqing, and he was also the brother of Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu had just received a letter from the head of the family, and he came to Dugu Zhen to discuss.
"My brother just sent a letter to bring the latest news, it is likely that the Holy Lord is going to make the emperor a grandson."
"The eldest grandson?" This news made Dugu stunned.
Yuan Zhu nodded, "Brother said in the letter that these days when the saint holds a court meeting in the big tent, he will put a small seat next to him for the eldest grandson to observe, which has never happened before, and my brother thinks that this is the harbinger of the emperor's grandson." ”
Dugu Zhen pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "It's too early to say, but there is one thing I think is the same as Yuantaifu, King Qi is going to be finished!" ”
"Humph!"
Yuan Shu snorted heavily in disgust, "If this person doesn't die, the Great Sui will die!" ”
Dugu Zhen understood the Yuan family's emotions towards King Qi, this matter was a bit embarrassing, and it was not appropriate to mention it more, he deviated the topic slightly, and said with a smile: "The reason why I said that King Qi is going to be finished is because Yang Yuanqing is weird, haven't you noticed it?" After a chaos in the North City last night, he actually grabbed the 20,000 troops of the East Palace and slaughtered Qin Hao, but his position was only to leave and right the guard rate, and he was on the same level as Qin Hao, if he didn't have the instructions of the saint, would he dare to do this? ”
"Humph! His audacity is not only a day, in Fenyang Palace, he actually killed my nephew Yuan Shangying, isn't this bold? So if he killed Qin Hao without permission, I wouldn't be surprised at all. ”
Dugu Zhen frowned, Yuanzhu's extremism made him feel that he was playing the piano to the cow, Yuanzhu didn't understand the subtleties at all, killing Yuan Shangying and killing Qin Hao were not the same thing at all, originally he wanted to reconcile with the Yuan family for his nephew Li Yuan, but Yuanzhu's extreme attitude, he felt that there was no possibility of reconciliation with him, so he still went to talk to Yuanshou.
Dugu Zhen didn't want to talk anymore, and let out a long yawn, this is what the guest meant, Yuan Zhi understood, so he got up and said: "It's too late, I'll take my leave and come back to visit another day." ”
"Alright then!"
Dugu Zhen smiled slightly: "I won't keep you, let's have a good chat another day." ”
He got up and sent Yuan Zhi out of the door of the house, and walked back to the door of the study, and his nephew Duguqi hurriedly saluted: "Uncle and grandfather, my grandson has been waiting for a long time. ”
"Come in and sit!"
Dugu Zhen let his nephew Dugu into the study, and asked with a smile: "Is the matter of the rice shop arranged?" ”
Duguqi hurriedly bowed and said: "Sun Er and Yao Huan have already talked, he said that the rice merchants are a little afraid of Yang Yuanqing's use of bloody violence, and suggest appropriate concessions, Sun Er also felt a little reasonable, so he rushed back to ask his uncle and grandfather, how much should we give in?" ”
Dugu Zhen likes this eldest grandson of the Dugu family very much, he is sober and flexible, very shrewd and capable, he wants to train him to stand alone, instead of asking himself for everything.
Dugu Zhen smiled and said: "You are in charge of the business of the rice shop, then you make the decision, you don't need to ask me." ”
"But the other party is Yang Yuanqing, and my grandson can't make up my mind."
Dugu Zhen thought about it, yes, Yang Yuanqing's matter is very important, and the instrument may not be able to grasp this degree, but don't be like He Ruobi's case back then, the Dugu family will cause another big disaster.
Dugu Zhen pondered for a long time, and then said slowly: "This time, because Yang Yuanqing is shouldering the holy order, we must not do too much, lest he seize the handle and impeach us, and even use Shang Fang's sword against us, so that we will lose more than we gain, what I mean is to say that this time is just a small warning to him, a little difficult for him for a few days, let him understand the power of our Dugu family, and then slowly clean him up later." ”
Stop, Dugu Zhen and Dundun taught Dugu Qi, "The Yuan family really hates Yang Yuanqing, and in the future, to deal with Yang Yuanqing, it is best to let the Yuan family come out, our Dugu family is behind, similarly, Yang Yuanqing's main spearhead should also let him target the Yuan family, not us, this kind of primary and secondary relationship, do you understand?" ”
Duguqi nodded, "Grandson understands!" ”
"Nope! You still don't quite understand. ”
Dugu Zhen saw a trace of disbelief in Duguqi's eyes.
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