The old servant tilted his head and thought about it for a long time, but he didn't realize how Zuo Mengeng and Li Xin could intersect.

"Zuo Mengeng and Li Xin have never met, it is said that Li Xin and his father Zuo Liangyu had a lot of disagreements when they were in Shanxi, and the old man wants to screw these two people together, it really takes some effort!"

When he said this, he was actually telling Ruan Dacheng euphemistically, and it was almost impossible to entangle Zuo Mengeng and Li Xin together. Unexpectedly, Ruan Dacheng smiled confidently, "Is it impossible?" Didn't Zuo Mengeng come to Nanjing specifically to buy rice? Li Xin is holding millions of stones of rice in his hands, you say, why is it difficult to get them together? ”

At this time, the old servant had recovered from the initial excitement, and King Shen and Zuo Mengeng were entangled together to commit misdeeds, and this kind of thing was not suitable for the head of the family to expose in any case. In case King Shen really gains power one day, how can he spare the head of the family? However, Ruan Dacheng did not give him a chance to remind.

"It's a big matter, you can handle this matter personally, as long as you ......" Ruan Dacheng gestured to let him approach, and his voice gradually lowered. The old servant listened, nodded frequently, and then showed joy on his face, and finally sighed sincerely: "The master is clever, Zhuge Kongming is only like this in the world!" ”

Listening to the old servant's flattery, Ruan Dacheng laughed a few times with satisfaction and unceremoniousness.

It has been three days since Zuo Mengeng came to Ying Tianfu, and this time he shouldered the heavy trust of King Shen and his father, and he didn't dare to relax his tense nerves for a moment. But after he inquired about the price of rice, he became deeply desperate. At this time, the price of rice near Nanjing had risen from 228 yuan and 1 stone planned before leaving Shaanxi to almost 4 taels of silver and 1 stone, an increase of almost 30%. If he buys 350,000 stones, he may be able to raise them in a short time, but the grain he needs will be at least 500,000 stones.

In this regard, he was puzzled, Nanzhili, especially Su Song's second mansion, produced the world's most grain, and even the world's taxes often have Su Song's second mansion half the world, why can't even the grain of 500,000 stone be gathered? In the end, someone gave Zuo Mengeng a thorough explanation, it was originally Longtan's rice turmoil, in order to make money, most of the rice merchants have the behavior of opening rice coupons, which makes the face value of rice coupons far exceed the actual rice of each family, if someone redeems all this kind of rice coupons, it will eventually make it impossible for merchants to come up with a sufficient amount of rice to cash.

It's just that at that time, the rice market was bullish, and no one had time to think about it, and always felt that even if there was not enough rice to cash in after earning silver, it was a big deal to use silver to pay for things. But then, there was an unexpected disaster, the price of rice rose and fell, and many people lost a lot of money in the rice market. As a result, merchants fell behind in the idea of discounting rice in silver to cope with the huàn. In particular, after Ruan Dacheng, a huge wealthy man in the city, was squeezed and even dragged down a family with a well-funded ticket number, those merchants who had falsely opened rice coupons based on arrears fell into a panic, hoarding a large amount of rice in their hands, and did not dare to sell it to the outside world.

In this way, Zuo Mengeng sat and watched the rice merchants in their hands countless rice, but there was nothing they could do. This made him feel deeply disappointed by King Shen and his father. Speaking of the reason why King Shen was able to raise troops was also thanks to the thief Liu Guoneng who had been a thief in Chongzhen's twelfth year to ravage Shanxi, King Shen was able to use the king of a county to do his best in his own house and cross the Yellow River all the way south.

His father Zuo Liangyu was at the moment of defeat at that time, and when he was desperate, he was happily accepted by King Shen. And it was under Zuo Liangyu's construction that King Shen led his troops into Shaanxi, and after several battles with thieves, he gained a firm foothold in southern Shaanxi and Shaanxi-Gansu.

However, Shaanxi is located in the northwest, desolate and barren, and after more than ten years of war, the people are not able to make a living, and the grain produced in the fields cannot even feed three or four out of ten of the people in the province, let alone the army of tens of thousands of people eating horses and chewing. However, the officials and soldiers of the imperial court had a household department to allocate money and grain. But King Shen is different, leading troops into Shaanxi is a violation of the system, and it is a dream to want the court to support money and food. It's just that the court itself is anxious, and for the sake of King Shen's battle with the thieves, turning a blind eye is already extraordinarily gracious.

Therefore, in order to solve the unsustainable suffering of the army's grain and grass, Zuo Liangyu finally built yì to buy grain directly in the south of the Yangtze River and transport it westward along the Yangtze River waterway. As for the money, it is not a problem, in the early years, King Shen sent domestic slaves to operate cloth and silk in Yingtianfu, and the family income from the business was rich. Nowadays, as long as you can get rice, you will not hesitate to buy it at a high price. However, who Cheng thought that after arriving at Ying Tianfu, it would be like this again.

When Zuo Mengeng was sad, he came to report casually, and there were guests who asked to see. Distraught, he wanted to refuse, but when he thought of coming to Nanjing, he didn't know many people, and this person was willing to visit, but he must have nothing to do, so it was better to see it.

Zuo Mengeng met with the visiting guests with an attitude of just in case, only to see that the visitor was an old man in a brocade robe with gray hair, and his every move was orderly, but there was a little humility in this kind of bearing that penetrated into the bone marrow all the time. Therefore, he had already made a preliminary judgment about this man, thinking that he should be a man of man, or a high-ranking servant of some powerful and rich family.

Thinking of this, Zuo Mengeng's face turned cold again, he didn't want this person to see through his anxiety.

"You and I have never met, and we have no friendship, I don't know what happened here?"

The old man in the brocade robe didn't seem to care about Zuo Mengeng's deliberate coldness, but still looked humble, bowed to him first, and then slowly replied: "I really sent carbon to the general in the snow when I came down!" ”

Oh? Zuo Mengeng's eyelids jumped twice, although he has been following his father Zuo Liangyu's side, and there are not many opportunities to experience alone, but he also knows that there are many people who are icing on the cake in everything, but there is no one in ten million, unless this person has other plans, it is nothing more than to make a deal.

Therefore, Zuo Mengeng is still playing dumb riddles with the old man, "Seeing that midsummer is coming, why do I need to keep warm, isn't it a little inappropriate for a distinguished guest to send carbon?" ”

The old man secretly sneered, but said in his mouth: "Although the weather is hot, the general can't buy rice, but his heart is no less than the cold winter wax moon, right?" I came here, not for anything else, but to show a clear path with the general! ”

Hearing that the old man finally said that he couldn't buy rice, Zuo Mengeng couldn't care about pretending to be an elephant anymore, so he asked: "The distinguished guest has helped, but I don't know what to ask for?" His voice was already a little shaky. At the same time as he asked this sentence, Zuo Mengeng had already made a decision, no matter how harsh the conditions proposed by the old man, as long as he could help himself buy at least 500,000 stone of grain and rice, he could agree first.

It's just that to his great surprise, the old man actually smiled, "The head of the family has admired King Shen for a long time, and it is really an honor to be fortunate to do his best today, dare to ask for something?" ”

This person said that he came to send charcoal in the snow, but he said that he had nothing to ask for, and Zuo Mengeng was a little confused about his intentions for a while. After all, the two of them have never wiped their faces, how do they know that this old man does not have bad intentions? However, he was soon relieved that he was desperate now, even if he knew that there were tigers on the mountain, he was afraid that he would have to take a risk.

Thinking of this, Zuo Mengeng changed his mind again, didn't this person get a glimpse of King Shen's mind? Hurry to stammer, but it's just a cold stove?

At the same time that the old man and Zuo Mengeng were sending carbon in the snow, the scholars of the Restoration Society had gathered in the mansion where the "Bulletin" was issued and printed. The "Public Disclosure of Staying in the Capital to Prevent Chaos" drafted by Wu Yingji has already been streotyped and printed, and the hand-copied silk silk of the various official offices in the south has been densely signed with names, and each name is printed with bright red fingerprints.

Mao Xiang was a little listless, and after he wiped the red ink on his fingers with a silk handkerchief, he was a little excited, not as enthusiastic as the others.

"This time, Ruan Dacheng must be good-looking, how can this kind of traitor stay in Nanjing in a grand manner and stay in Dushilin for trouble?"

"Brother Zheng's words are wrong, Ruan Dacheng is a traitor, how can he just be a troublemaker? How many of the people of the city were not spoiled by him? Don't say anything else, and say that the price of rice in Tianfu is soaring at the moment, it is said that this liao is the initiator, so the thief is everyone who gets it, we only advocate that it will be expelled from Ying Tianfu is already extra merciful! ”

As soon as this statement came out, it was immediately approved and echoed by a group of celebrities. Some people noticed that they had always been unwilling to be left behind, and today they were a little unwilling, so they ridiculed this.

"How can Brother Mao not give up today? But are you still thinking about Mei's handsome people? ”

Immediately, someone on the side followed and said: "Brother Mao has always been proud of the flower field, and all the prey is obediently entered, and today I finally met the tricky prey, and I deserve to be congratulated!" Then he burst into laughter, which also led to bursts of laughter. In the sound of laughter, Mao Xiang's face turned white and red, and he was very embarrassed.

After a while, Mao Xiangcai suddenly got up and argued forcefully: "Isn't it the same as taming a fierce horse?" ”

Everyone didn't pay attention to his hard mouth, but aimed at the other of the fourth prince of the Restoration Society, Hou Fangyu. Hou Fangyu combed the beautiful woman that night, and as a result, the wedding banquet turned into a Hongmen banquet, and the talented and beautiful woman also quarreled and broke up, but it also led Hou Fangyu to be arrested, and the two of them were inexplicably better.

Although Hou Fangyu didn't say it, there was no impermeable wall in the world. The truth of the matter also makes people sigh. It turned out that the financier who funded Hou Fangyu and settled with the beauty was not Yang Longyou, but Ruan Dacheng, who had an old relationship with his father. The beautiful woman didn't know how to learn about this, and because of the factors that came to despise the remnants of the eunuch party, she forced Hou Fangyu to return the money. Unexpectedly, a wave of unsettled waves rose again, Hou Fangyu was arrested by the Houjun Governor's Mansion, and there was even a danger of being dismissed, and the beauty also recognized it when she was soft-hearted.

Everyone thought that Hou Fangyu would not sign and draw on this "Public Revelation" to crusade against the benevolent master, but someone still found Hou Fangyu lying on his back in the corner.