Transmigrated into the book to become the villain prince, the son of the plane to destroy

Tang Heng returned to Tang Mansion in a daze, and before he had time to recover, Li Mao rushed into the mansion in a rage without being notified.

Li Mao also heard that all the warehouses storing grain were looted overnight. He came to question Master Tang Hengxing, because this not only caused the Li family to lose a lot of money out of thin air, but also caused the Li family to borrow money. The matter of grain suppressing Xiao Jie was completely aborted.

Seeing Li Mao's angry face, Tang Heng didn't dare to defend himself, let alone lie, so he had to tell Li Mao about the ransacking of the warehouse by the Yue people, and about the fact that he went to see Xiao Jie early in the morning, to show Li Mao that he also Trying hard to find a way to get back the food.

Li Mao's face was gloomy, and he instantly felt extremely absurd. They hoarded so much food for the purpose of entrapping Xiao Jie. Now that the food has been robbed, they can only ask Xiao Jie to help dispatch troops to retake the food. .

But Li Mao calmed down and thought about it. The more people there are, the more powerful they are, each of them is rebellious and aggressive. There is really no better way to deal with them except mobilizing heavy troops to wipe them out.

Xiao Jie's reluctance to help was expected by Li Mao, but what he couldn't figure out was that the guards of the warehouse clearly said that the Yue people attacked and ransacked the warehouse, and these Yue people also readily confessed their guilt, but why did they insist that the warehouse was Empty, they didn't see a single grain.

Li Mao was puzzled by this matter. After thinking about it, he wondered if these Yue people had moved away the grain and hid it, so he had no way of confronting them and the government.

"How about the master come forward to pay a visit to the magistrate of Panyu County and the prefect of Nanhai in the name of the Li family, and ask them to gather officials to arrest those Yue people who robbed the warehouse and give them severe punishments. I'm not afraid that they will not obediently hand over the grain."

Li Mao frowned. Judging from the current situation, this was a solution, but he didn't know if the county and county yamen's dozens of officials could handle so many Yue people.

Moreover, although these magistrates received a lot of favors from their clan brother Li Rui and the Li family back then, but now that their clan brother has passed away, the governor of Jiaozhou has changed hands, and he is white, he just doesn't know if these magistrates are willing to sell themselves With the face of the Li family.

Just when Li Mao decided to give it a try as a dead horse doctor, a guy from a rice shop hurried over and told them a piece of news that stunned the two of them——

Several rice shops of the Tao family began to sell a large amount of grain at a price of [-] yuan per bucket. The common people went to the street to line up to grab it crazy, and the price of grain also plummeted. I heard that these grains were transported by the Tao family from other states and counties. of.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Where did the Tao family get the food!"

Tang Heng was anxious and angry, and blurted out.

Others don't know the situation of the grain market in Jiaozhou. As the largest rice merchant in Jiaozhou, how could Tang Heng not know that the Tao family has indeed purchased grain for a period of time, and the warehouse has indeed hoarded a large amount of grain, but there is a locust plague in the south. Afterwards, the Tao family dedicated all the grain in Jiaozhou, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou to the imperial court. It is absolutely impossible to transport so much grain to Jiaozhou for sale in a short period of time.

Li Mao's face was gloomy, and he thought through all the joints in an instant, and couldn't help but cursed: "Idiot, don't you understand? As soon as our warehouse was looted, the Tao family sold rice. How can this be the food of the Tao family?" , this is clearly the grain that was lost in our warehouse."

Tang Heng was stunned for a moment, and he dared not say anything: "How is it possible, how dare the Tao family dare to hire Yue people to ransack our warehouse and rob our food."

Li Mao was almost stunned by Tang Heng's anger. Why didn't he realize that Tang Heng was so stupid before, so he couldn't help scolding again: "Is that thing hanging on your head a chamber pot? You don't know who the Tao family and Xiao Jie are?" Does it matter? The grain in our warehouse must have been robbed by someone called Xiao Jie and handed over to the Tao family for sale."

Tang Heng was stunned for a moment. He would rather believe that the Tao family hired Yue people to loot all the grain in their warehouse than believe that Xiao Jie sent people to rob them of the grain.

Xiao Jie is the majestic governor of Jiaozhou, the parent official who sits in Jiaozhou, how could he commit such a shameless act of robbing people and property.

But thinking of all the experiences he had in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion before, and thinking about the food that appeared out of nowhere in the Tao family, Tang Heng also had to believe that there was a high probability that the food was looted by Xiao Jie's people.

Thinking of how naively he went to ask Xiao Jie for help and was humiliated for no reason, Tang Heng wished he could find a crack in the ground and sneak in.

"My lord, we can't just let it go like this. Even if Xiao Jie is the governor, he can't be so lawless. We must tell the matter to the great master in the capital, and ask him to report and impeach Xiao Jie to the court."

Tang Heng knew that Xiao Jie, as the governor of Jiaozhou, could be said to cover the sky with one hand in Jiaozhou, so he and Li Mao could not fight against him in Jiaozhou no matter what, so he could only hope that Li Rong, the official residence of the capital, could help them Let out a bad breath, help them, and also severely suppress Xiao Jie's lawlessness.

"Impeachment? You said it lightly enough. You said that Xiao Jie sent people to rob Tangji Rice Company's food. Do you have evidence? Besides..." Li Mao glanced at Tang Heng coldly, and snorted heavily in his nostrils. Disdainfully said, "Xiao Jie is not only the governor of Jiaozhou, but also the prince. No matter how wise the emperor is, he will favor his son."

Tang Heng was speechless for a moment, feeling that he was really whimsical, and he really didn't have any evidence in his hands to prove that the food was robbed by Xiao Jie. Besides, there is no reason in the world for me to help others deal with my son.

In fact, Li Mao didn't say the deeper reason. Although he said he was unofficial, he was not a person who knew nothing about official affairs. He knew very well that once he reported this matter to the imperial court, Xiao Jie would probably bite him back. , In the end, stealing chickens is not enough to lose money.

After all, the Li family couldn't get rid of their relationship with Tangji Rice Bank anyway, and they couldn't explain why the Li family hoarded so much grain in Jiaozhou and refused to sell it when there was a riot in Jiaozhou due to the soaring grain price.

It is not a problem for merchants to hoard and sell to make huge profits, but you can store anything, except that you cannot hoard food, especially when the food price in the market has skyrocketed due to food shortages and the people are full of complaints, hoarding food will make the court suspect you Conspiracy, unexpected, even suspected of treason.

Li Mao can fully understand which is more important. The Li family can bear the loss of 60 shi of grain, but the court must not find out that the Li family is using grain to deliberately cause riots in Jiaozhou.

Moreover, Li Mao had no intention of having the Li family bear the loss of 60 shi of grain.

Li Mao cast his eyes on Tang Heng, and said coldly: "Anyway, the 60 shi of grain was lost by your hands, so you have to find a way to solve this problem yourself. If you can't solve it, you can do it yourself." Let Jingcheng explain to the Patriarch."

After saying that, without waiting for Tang Heng to explain and plead, he walked away directly.

Tang Heng stood there in a daze, he understood Li Mao's meaning, the Li family was going to throw the blame on himself and bear all the losses by himself.

After a long time, Tang Heng sighed heavily, and he couldn't help feeling a sense of sadness in his heart. He had been working for the Li family for so many years, and he would also earn a lot of silver for the Li family. However, the Li family didn't care about their own life or death at all.