The Concubine of Crossing

Qian Yaoliang took the opportunity to step forward, "I am an imperial envoy bestowed by His Majesty the Emperor, and I came here specially to provide disaster relief. Don't get excited, everyone."

The eyes of the onlookers suddenly lit up, but someone immediately said, "Where's the food? What about the food? Why is there no food for the disaster relief? Are you a liar!"

Hearing this, the eyes of the people who were still fiery just dimmed immediately: "Yes, what about the food? Since the disaster relief, why didn't we see the food!"

"Yes, where is the food! Where is the food!"

Seeing the crowd getting uproarious, Qian Yaoliang hurriedly suppressed his hand and said, "Everyone, don't get excited, there must be food, it's just ten miles away, and the food truck will arrive a little later than us. I promise everyone, at the latest tonight There must be something for everyone to eat."

Hearing what Qian asked for food, everyone subconsciously turned their heads to look at the county magistrate, and the county magistrate assured them: "Everyone should trust the words of the imperial envoy, His Majesty will definitely arrange for everyone."

Probably this county magistrate is still very popular. Hearing his words, everyone looked at each other for a while, and someone asked, "Where to get the food?"

Qian asked for food and said quickly, "In the county government, every household counts the population before coming to get food. Remember to line up, first come, first served."

After all, the common people were simple, they heard that they could receive food, and it was first come, first served, so they didn't care what they were doing just now, so they hurriedly turned back to get the food, and went to the county government to line up.

Someone took the lead and started to walk, and the others hesitated for a while, then quickly followed.

There were only a few people left on the spot, they looked at each other for a while, and when they saw the eyes of the imperial envoy and county magistrate, they turned around and ran away.

Qian Yaoliang looked at the last few people who left, and said to the magistrate, "Check their details." If I remember correctly, these people were the ones who yelled the most.

When the county magistrate heard this, he hurriedly asked people to follow up and investigate.

Seeing that everyone had left, the shopkeeper who saw all this through the window quickly opened the door, and saluted cheerfully, "Caomin has seen the imperial envoy and the county magistrate. If the adults hadn't arrived in time, Xiaomin and the shop My fellows are about to suffer. Thank you for your life-saving grace, my lord, a small thank you is not a respect." As he spoke, he picked up a small wooden box, and judging by the light weight, there were eight out of ten of the contents contained in it. Bank note.

Qian Yaoliang looked at the box and sneered, then opened the box, and it really contained bank notes.He took it out and counted it unhurriedly, good guy, there are as many as a thousand taels.

Qian Yaoliang took the bank note and tapped it lightly on his hand, "The shopkeeper's life is worth 1000 taels, isn't it a bit too cheap?"

The shopkeeper's face froze. In fact, he had already discovered that this person was a customer who had not been out of his shop for a long time. He had a good memory, so he naturally remembered that this group of people were not very happy in his shop.

Although I knew in my heart that 1000 taels might not be able to open it, but I still felt a little pain when I heard him speak.He hurriedly took out a stack of bank notes that he had prepared earlier from his sleeve, and stuffed them with a smile and begged for money.

The money and food were not answered, and even the 1000 taels just now were put on the table. Instead, they walked around the shop and asked the clerk to open it when he saw the warehouse.

The shopkeeper looked at the shopkeeper who was still kneeling on the ground, and didn't dare to refuse, so he hurriedly took the money and asked for food, and counted all the food in the shop.

Qian asked for food and asked kindly, "Brother, is there only so much food in the shop?"

The shopkeeper took another look at the shopkeeper, and after making sure that the sound from here could not be heard, he whispered and quickly said, "No, the harvest was good a few years ago, and the boss hoarded a lot of grain. The granary is elsewhere. Not here."

Qian Yaoliang's eyes lit up immediately, and he patted the guy on the shoulder, "That's right, he's a good guy."

The guy grinned.

With Pu in his heart, he walked to the hall for money and food, and said with a cold face, "Jia Ding is bold, raises prices maliciously, persecutes the people, harms the village, and raises the price by more than a hundred times. His behavior is bad, and the whole family should be punished according to the law. Jia Ding Ding, you can plead guilty!"

Shopkeeper Jia, who was still feeling sorry for the money just now, was dumbfounded. He thought it was just a loss of some money, so why is it that he wants his head now?

He quickly knelt and moved forward a few steps, "My lord, the grassroots are just selling some food. I didn't steal or rob. I didn't force everyone to buy it. They came here by themselves. Why are they guilty? ?”

Qian Yaoliang sneered, "You know the year of the disaster, but you still sell it at a hundred times the price. Why are you forcing others to sell their sons and daughters for one bite? Someone..."

The county magistrate was also a bit stupid, but when he heard the money and food, he still stood up straight and waved for someone to take him. Then he saw the soft-faced young man next to the imperial envoy take a step forward, "My lord, didn't you say it's time to come?" Your Majesty said that if there are people who can make great contributions to disaster relief, they will be able to atone for their sins, and even perform well, will they be rewarded? I don’t think this shopkeeper is like a villain, he must have a heart Sorry."

When Shopkeeper Jia heard this, he seemed to have caught a life-saving straw. He nodded desperately and said, "This little brother is right, please forgive me. The so-called ignorance is not guilty, the small ones are really unintentional mistakes, my lord You must give the little one a chance to show off!"

Seeing what his subordinates said, and seeing Jia Ding's sincerity, Qian Yaoliang's calm face gradually eased, "In that case, tell me, shopkeeper Jia, how much do you want to show your sincerity?"

When Jia Ding heard this, he immediately hesitated again. There are several businessmen who don't love money.

Seeing his expression, the young man who had just spoken for him leaned into his ear and said, "Boss Jia, you don't want to think about yourself, you should also think about your beautiful wife and concubine, the whole family, right? You can still earn more money." , if life is gone, then there is nothing.”

As soon as Jardin looked up, he saw the imperial envoy's face that had become more and more gloomy with his silence.Seeing that the imperial envoy was getting impatient, he opened his mouth and was about to give an order, "Come here..."

Jia Ding quickly said, "Donate it all, I will donate it all!" Thinking of anything, he added, "I will donate all the food!"

Fortunately, money needs food, and now all they need is food.

I saw that the imperial envoy who was gloomy just now calmed down quickly visible to the naked eye. He walked up to Jia Ding and patted him on the shoulder, "It seems that Boss Jia is indeed a good person. The people will thank Jia Ding Boss. Master Hu, please send someone to help Boss Jia move all the food to the county government.”

County magistrate Hu was still in a daze. He never expected that Boss Jia, who was asking for money like his life, agreed to donate all the food in a few words.

The young man with a gentle face patted Boss Jia on the shoulder, "Congratulations, Boss Jia, for becoming the most grateful person in the city."

Jia Ding also came to his senses at this time, the young man in front of him and the imperial envoy were definitely on the same side, one was abusive and the other was singing a bad face, and a few words bluffed him.

Fortunately, this imperial envoy is not a local, so he certainly has no way of knowing where his food is hidden. Just moving the food out of this shop will not make him lose everything.

Just thinking about this, the young man who had already walked to the door suddenly stopped, and said to the yamen servants who helped to carry, "By the way, besides this shop, Boss Jia also has several grain warehouses, please don't miss them. Since Boss Jia said he wanted to donate all of it, he couldn’t leave even a single piece of food... Otherwise, bullying the emperor is a serious crime against the Nine Clans. Relatives and friends, there must always be a better memory."

Opening his mouth is to punish the Jiu Clan. Jia Ding can't guarantee that everyone in the Jiu Clan will help him hide it, and as long as one person leaks it, he is deceiving the emperor, and the consequences are even more serious than maliciously driving up the price.

Jia Ding sat down on the ground. At this moment, the young man who made him feel so grateful just now turned into a demon in an instant, and rushed towards him with all his teeth and claws, trying to devour him.

After a few people walked out of the grain store, Qian Yaoliang muttered in a low voice, "It's really cheap for him, such a person shouldn't take his life!"

Li Xiao is funny. Although this old brother Qian is called a black face and wants money, he is actually a real person in private. When he meets such a black-hearted businessman, he can't wait to be executed.

Li Xiao also felt that this person deserved to die, but, "Now is not the time, my lord, our primary purpose now is disaster relief."

Although it is easy to kill people, you can even directly copy other people's property and get food easily.

However, that was just the beginning.There are so many towns affected by the disaster, it is impossible for them to kill every one of them.

Moreover, the distance between these towns is limited, so it is difficult to guarantee that the things here will not spread to other places. In this way, merchants in other places will receive the news, and they are likely to receive fierce counterattacks.

Be smarter and run away with money, or close the grain shop directly, and then tell the imperial envoys not to let them sell grain. Then they will probably face countless people who have lost their minds due to hunger and anger.

If you encounter someone who is more ruthless and more arrogant, it is possible to assassinate him directly.Thinking about the ending of money and food in his previous life, Li Xiao felt that he couldn't take this risk.

So several people discussed that when such a thing happened, they would directly threaten them with money and food, and then Luo Laibao would come out to coax them. It would be the best if people could donate food themselves.

Of course, in order to achieve the best results, there must be people who are not knowledgeable, and if money is needed, they don’t mind cutting a few to scare the monkeys. When Luo Laibao gives a way out, the effect will be better.

Anyway, these people really deserve to die, and keeping their lives now is indeed an expedient measure, and everything is now focused on disaster relief.

When this disaster is over, Qian Yaoliang will hand over the names of those profiteers to the emperor. As for their fate in the future, it depends on whether they can seize this opportunity and repent.