The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

The prefect Su Tao released grain at a low price in the outskirts of the city, and the people all over the city rushed to the official warehouse to buy rice with their loads and carts, as if they had won the blue sky.Although this move was aimed at stabilizing grain prices, it also wiped out the "all official warehouses are empty" rumors that have been circulating in the streets a few days ago-the official warehouses are full, and everyone who went to buy rice has seen it.By the way, the closure of rice shops in the whole city ended without a problem.

The old woman in the bamboo forest in the south of the city was stunned when she heard the news, and said after a long time: "He actually has such a thunderbolt method..."

His nephew, Lao Yanxiao bowed his head and said, "Yesterday, when we made peace, we said that they must have a book to get food."

The old woman said: "My old lady made a mistake in this festival. From this point of view, we don't need to prepare anything in the future, just follow Mr. Su." She thought for a moment, "Our family's grain will be released immediately, which is better than that of the official warehouse. The price is [-]% lower."

Lao Yanxiao was stunned: "[-]% less? Master Su bought the food last night!"

The old woman hated iron but said: "Could it be that he still cares about the money for selling grain? If he cares about money, he 'buy' grain yesterday at a low price. What Su Tao is worried about now is that the common people go to the official warehouse to buy it. For grain, the roads in the outskirts of the city are congested, and there are fewer people in the city. Our family sells grain at a low price and brings the people who buy grain back to the city. If you sell it, the Xie family's situation will be broken faster."

Lao Yanxiao said "oh", "Auntie is smart."

The old woman said again: "As for the increasing number of people in the green forest in the city, let Yanhe remind Miss Su."

Lao Yan said filially: "I want Yan He to come up with an idea. Our family will send a few people to the inn where the Green Foresters usually live to help find out the news."

"You don't want to come up with ideas, and don't mix them up." The old woman said, "It's obvious that they are smarter than you."

Lao Yan filial piety: "In a few days, the city will be full of green forest people. What can they do? After all, they are few in number. This time, they borrowed the soldiers sent by the Yan army to guard the grain and grass."

The old woman frowned and said: "We thought it was impossible for people to get food overnight, Babaer waited for people to come to ask for it; didn't they get it too?" Lao Yanxiao was speechless.The old woman thought for a while, "Let Yanhe go and ask him what he wants us to do. After all, we have people." Lao Yanxiao responded and left.

In the afternoon of this day, the Lao family temporarily changed several shops in the city to sell grain and rice, and the price was [-]% lower than that of official warehouse rice.After all, there are many poor people, and the most important thing is the price.Immediately, many people lined up at Lao's house.The Lao family did not open a rice shop itself, but relatives had several rice shops that opened at the same time, and the prices were the same as those of the Lao family.On the second day, the Sancheng Rice Shop opened, and the price of rice was also [-] to [-] percent lower, and the official warehouses still sold rice.In the afternoon, Wucheng Rice Shop opened.On the third day, except for a few rice shops opened by Xie's family, all the rest opened, and the price of rice was [-] to [-]% lower than that of official warehouse rice.

With this farce, the Xie family was completely defeated.Lao Yan and Su Cheng almost asked if he needed help, but Su Cheng never went back to ask his elders, and said bluntly, "Thank you" and "No".Lao Yanhe immediately saw that the prefect of Su had known about the influx of people from the green forest, and must have prepared himself for it.

The trick of "shutting down the whole city" can no longer be used, and no one wants to mess with other Wuzhi industries in Zixu County.In the past few days, Su Tao seemed to be all right, sitting in the yamen busy with old cases, not even showing his face - after all, the people involved in the lawsuit had already taken their number plates and lined up.

On the day of the opening of Mancheng Rice Shop, Lao Yan, the uncle of the Lao family, went to visit the magistrate's yamen.He went there in the sedan chair that he used every day at home, and he knew it was a mistake to come today after he got off the sedan chair.Su Tao won Xie Jing and won Shuangli, and there were more people queuing up at the gate of the yamen to get their numbers to file a lawsuit, and they lined up half a street.Lao Yanxiao stood under the sedan chair and thought for a while, then turned around and told his servants not to follow him, brushed off his robe, walked to the gate of the yamen and bowed his hands to the door: "This servant."

The doorman was still Yang Guotai, and he cupped his hands back and said, "What is the master's order?"

Lao Yanxiao took out his film from his bosom and held it up in both hands: "My Majesty, Lao Yanxiao, I would like to ask when I can visit the magistrate."

Yang Guotai squinted his eyes and took the film: "Our master is busy trying cases these days."

"I know." Lao Yan said filially, "The elder is not free during the day, I don't know if I can see you next time at night?" He took an ingot of silver from his sleeve and gave it to him.

Yang Guotai weighed the weight, about three or four taels, and accepted it with a smile.He said in his mouth, "I'll ask the master for you."

"Thank you, sir."

Yang Guotai turned around and went inside to find the master, handed the film to him, and replied what Lao Yanxiao said.The master said happily: "The Lao family is still sensible." Then he whispered to Su Tao.

Su Tao couldn't help stroking his beard with a smile: "That's fine. Since that's the case, invite him to have a cup of tea at home tonight." The master smiled and bowed to him.

That night, Lao Yanxiao changed to an ordinary green oilcloth carriage, and brought two entourages in green clothes and caps, wearing half-worn stone blue cloth robes, to visit the Su residence.Su Tao ordered people to come into the outer study.When Lao Yan Xiaocai saw Su Tao, he knelt down and pleaded guilty.Su Tao hurriedly helped him up: "Mr. Lao, what are you doing?"

Lao Yan filial piety: "The villain has been ill for more than half a year, and the adult has not visited since he took office. He is guilty and guilty."

Su Tao hurriedly asked, "Is Mr. Lao okay?"

Lao Yan filial piety: "It has gradually recovered recently. Otherwise, I would not dare to come to see the master, I am afraid I have passed the illness."

"It's good to be fine." Su Tao said, "Mr. Lao is also a man of fame, so he needs to take care of it."

"Master Tosu's blessing."

The two of you came and I went back and forth hypocritically for a long time.Although Lao Yanxiao has talked a lot of nonsense here, his purpose is one thing: from now on, the Lao family will count on Mr. Su, and only Mr. Su will follow suit.Su Tao said with a smile: "I hope that all the relatives and elders will work together to make the industry work."

Lao Yanxiao asked, "What is industry?"

"factory."

Su Tao then talked about the factory model in Lingnan and other places with Lao Yanxiao in detail.After all, he didn't read it, so he ordered someone to invite Jia Cong over after talking about it for a while.Jia Cong was sharp-tongued and knew that this person was beneficial to his senior brother, so he began to popularize science.The three of them talked for two full hours.

After Lao Yanxiao left, Su Tao heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Since he's here, Xie Jing thinks he has no strength left."

Jia Cong said: "Xie Jing has lost the strength to stand up for a long time. The trouble now is that the green forest people are still rushing over one after another. One or two thieves are easy to deal with, but it will be troublesome if the whole country gathers the thieves in Nanchang Mansion. It's okay every three days. Fighting will affect the fish in the pond."

Su Tao frowned, and scolded: "Xie Jing, as an official of the imperial court, unexpectedly associates with bandits in the green forest, so polite and sweeping the floor."

"You can always pull it down." Jia Cong said, "He is not the only one who is with the bandits in the green forest, but he has gone too far. It is not guaranteed that someone is pushing him." He endured it, and finally said, "He didn't come from the imperial examination. He is a son of an honorable man, and he also served as a military officer in Beijing. What are you gentle about?" Su Tao was momentarily at a loss for words.

After Lao Yanxiao's visit, the local gentry came to the Su mansion one after another to ask for an interview, and they surrendered without exception.Su Tao won a complete victory for a while.According to various lawsuits, he slowly repaired the properties left by Xie's family and their relatives in Nanchang Mansion.The more people complained, the more the defendants were gradually not limited to Xie's family members.

Su Cheng had nothing to do and peeked at her father's file, went back to Chen Ruijin and sighed: "No wonder the Xie family can raise the price of rice shops in the city and close them."

Chen Ruijin was translating a new coded telegram from the Taiwan government, and asked casually, "Huh? What's going on?"

Su Cheng said: "It's not that they don't have good eyesight, they follow the Xie family to trouble my father, there is really nothing they can do. Every family has done so many bad things. My father made it clear on the first day of the trial that he wanted to return justice to the people of the whole province. They're terrified."

Jia Cong laughed beside him and said, "Do you know why I announced that the Su family is rich?"

Su Cheng said, "Isn't it because of my father buying rice?"

"No." Jia Cong said, "Even if there is no purchase of military rations, I am ready to publicize it. Think about it, Xie Jing did not enforce the law impartially when he was in office. Why did so many embarrassing cases remain? Woolen cloth."

Su Cheng said: "He only enforces the law impartially when he has nothing to do with him, and he ignores the law if it's their relatives and friends."

Jia Cong said: "That's right. In addition to 'kin', there are also 'friends'. Kiss is born, and friends are made later. Xie Jing was transferred from the capital to Jiangxi. Where did it come from?"

Su Cheng blinked and said, "Of course I will hand it in after I come."

"How did you hand it in?"

"How did I know!"

Jia Cong rested his cheeks and said: "Master Xie is able to associate with these friends, there must be a middleman. That middleman is probably surnamed Kong, and his name is Brother Fang." Su Cheng burst out laughing.Jia Cong glanced at her, "Don't laugh. Money can pass through the mind. As the saying goes, the gate of the yamen is open, and you can't come in without money. Xie Jing is the magistrate, since he has no soldiers, he doesn't have much power. Let’s find some money. These friends of his all used money to make friends with Xie Jing, and relied on Xie Jing’s protection to cheat others for more money. Because they have succeeded for more than ten years, they have no need to hide it, so everyone knows it. I let People filled the streets to spread the word that Mr. Su has money in his family, and invited the idlers to chew their tongues, saying that someone had provided a way to ask Mr. Su to turn a blind eye when trying the lawsuit. Mr. Su despised those who bribed them. A small amount of money is not as good as a door curtain at home." He laughed, "It's also thanks to Mr. Su showing off his wealth early."

Su Cheng clicked his tongue and said, "Could it be that my grandfather thought of this a long time ago?"

Jia Cong said slowly: "It's possible~~ These old guys are old and cunning."

Su Cheng clapped his hands: "Grandfather is wise~~"

Chen Ruijin looked at the two of them amusedly, and said: "Uncle Wu's telegram said that he and Feng Ziying hurriedly checked the catalog of Jinyiwei files in their hands."

Jia Cong hurriedly asked, "How?"

"It's really missing a compendium, and I don't know what it is." Chen Ruijin said, "The lack of security between the Mei family and Changfeng Building really has something to do with Jinyiwei."

"Judging from the fact that Mr. Mei provoked the sons of the Supreme Emperor everywhere, he is probably Jin Yiwei." Jia Cong thought, "I was too anxious on the day of speculation, and I was thinking in a hurry. After that, one thing after another, it was very hard. Things have gradually calmed down in the past few days..." He pinched his chin for a long time, "I'm thinking about one thing."

"Ok?"

"The marriage between Mr. Mei and Xue Baoqin back then." Jia Cong said, "As the son of the head of Jinyiwei, he was engaged to a merchant daughter like Xue Baoqin... Xue Baoqin is not worth it even if she is Xue Baochai..." He pondered for a while Son, "Either marry a naive little girl, or marry a woman with a special status who is useful to the espionage business. Xue Baoqin is neither. This marriage always feels unreasonable."

Su Cheng said, "Does being able to get involved in the Rongguo Mansion count as a special status?"

Jia Cong shook his head: "The Rongguo Mansion is not worth such a roundabout pull." In the original book, the Rongguo Mansion has no offensive power, and it is not worthy of the son of a spy chief and the star of hope in the spy world to go to great lengths to treat their family as invincible. relatives. "Let's reason. Let's assume that Mei Hanlin is the leader of Jinyiwei in charge of the Green Forest. He runs the Green Forest Hypermarket Changfeng Building. His subordinates include Mr. Lu, a green forest pimp, and Guichai He Du, a supplier of the Green Forest Killer. His son, Mr. Mei, is early. With the third prince's confidant eunuch Liu Dengxi, he also has contacts with many princes and mothers. With Mr. Mei's background, isn't it a bit inconsistent to be engaged to Xue Baoqin?"

Chen Ruijin said: "Do you think that the busyness of the past few days seems familiar?"

"what?"

"One wave of ups and downs comes up again." Chen Ruijin said, "It was the same with us in Chengdu last year. Before that matter had time to deal with it, another one came again. It's just that the Kingdom of Shu is still more affluent, and one thing happened every few days. Think about it, in the first few days when we first arrived in Nanchang, we were caught off guard by several incidents every day. However, we haven’t pried the old beard’s mouth away yet.”

Jia Cong snapped his fingers: "Like! And very anxious. In the first few days they were anxious to kill General Yang. After General Yang gave us the details, suddenly no one came to assassinate him. Although his own martial arts skills are too strong, it's not impossible to kill someone if he really wants to. And he knows so much, it's impossible to tell them all at once. If he dies sooner, the 'old man' will be safer. What's more, we didn't have time to listen to him after he confessed to us—the Xie family jumped out to make trouble."

Chen Ruijin thought about it: "Assuming that the Mei family or the Jinyiwei are behind How To Du, it is not difficult to help Xie's family to find trouble for Mr. Su a few days ago. The people in the green forest have been standing still, and we have prepared so many gunmen for nothing. The Mei family I have decided to leave the Xie family behind."

Jia Cong said: "The inferences I made that day may not be all correct, but it should be true that the Mei family—or the 'Gu Erdai' has decided to throw away Changfeng Building. Mr. Lu has been abandoned by his superiors. He Du's green forest It’s been a long time since I posted the post.” He thought for a long time, and murmured, “Except for Mr. Mei’s marriage, everything seems to be right.”

Chen Ruijin said: "Missing by a tiny bit is worth a thousand miles. If there is one thing that is wrong, it is another matter to keep it intact."

Su Cheng lay on Chen Ruijin's shoulder for a long time, and suddenly said: "Third Aunt said, what happened recently is very similar to what happened to you in Chengdu. Could it be that the person who troubled you in Chengdu is from the same family as the opponent who is unknown right now?"

Jia Cong said, "It is Mr. Mei who is looking for trouble in Chengdu."

Su Cheng said "Oh", "How did you find him?"

"He came looking for me."

Su Cheng shrugged: "Why don't you wait and see if anyone comes to you this time."

Before the words fell, someone outside sent Jia Cong a piece of Xue Tao's note.Su Cheng was curious, stretched his neck first to look, and laughed: "Haha! Li Tao!"

Jia Cong was at a loss: "Who is Li Tao?"

Su Cheng clapped his hands: "Oiran!"