Tang's dining table

Chapter 1271 Who is the one who got shot?

In the past, Yun Chu would give the Wu brothers a lot of good advice, both openly and secretly, which not only helped them avoid many open and secret attacks, but also helped them to get to where they are now.

Today, Yun Chu has no solution to the problems encountered by the Wu brothers.

Because the one who laid out the plan is the emperor.

The emperor is usually very domineering when laying out the plan.

If you don't notice the emperor's plan and foolishly dive into it, the emperor will be very happy and may be able to save your life after the matter is done.

If you are too smart and see through the emperor's plan, then I'm sorry, someone will come and tie you up like a dead pig and force you into the plan. This is the situation the Wu brothers are facing now.

It's just that they don't know to what extent the emperor will use them, and whether he will have the idea of ​​killing the donkey after it has done its job.

Seeing the pitiful Wu brothers, Yun Chu sighed and said, "If the king wants his subjects to die, they have to die."

After hearing Yun Chu's words, Wu Chengsi's face suddenly lost all color.

"Lord, why are we brothers?"

Yun Chu thought for a while and said, "I originally thought it would be Prince Yong, or Taiping, or a noble family that used artillery, or me. In the end, His Majesty chose you. To be honest, I was still surprised. To be honest, you two brothers are somewhat unqualified to be the first to solve the artillery case."

Wu Chengsi said, "We brothers all thought it would be Lord."

Yun Chu nodded and said, "I actually thought so too, but His Majesty didn't choose me in the end."

As he spoke, Yun Chu took out the proposal written by Lu Zhaolin and handed it to Wu Chengsi.

After reading it, Wu Chengsi sighed and said, "Lu Zhaolin's proposal is more straightforward. Obviously, our brothers' proposal is just a normal official document requesting the Hundred Cavalry Division to investigate the hoarding of copper coins. In fact, it is more appropriate to transfer our official document to Lu Zhaolin's official document." Yun Chu nodded and said, "That's right, so Lu Zhaolin has already bought a BMW. Once something happens, he is ready to leave Chang'an and find a place to escape. I didn't expect that His Majesty did not choose Lu Zhaolin, but chose your brothers' official documents. It seems that from the beginning, you brothers were in His Majesty's trap. In this case, you brothers should just accept your fate." Things have reached a point where they cannot be reversed. Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi still showed some of the character that the Tang people should have. They got up from the ground, poured a cup of sweet tea each, and sipped it. Although their hands were shaking, the tea still fell into their mouths accurately. Yun Chu was slurping hot tea, and the Wu brothers were also slurping hot tea. It was a hot summer day, and after drinking a large pot of hot tea, their pores opened and the three of them were sweating profusely.

Yun Chu personally opened the front and back windows to let the breeze pass through, and the official residence immediately became cool.

After drinking the last sip of tea, Wu Chengsi shook his round-necked official uniform soaked with sweat and said to Yun Chu: "So, we brothers not only have to pretend that we know nothing, but also act in accordance with the will of His Majesty?"

Yun Chu leaned back in his chair and said: "It must be so."

Wu Sansi said: "What does His Majesty want us brothers to do?"

Yun Chu smiled bitterly and said: "Guess!"

Wu Chengsi shook his head and said: "I won't guess. Since it is an unprovoked disaster, we will do nothing. We just do our own things according to our work schedule."

Seeing that the Wu brothers were so politically wise, Yun Chu said with relief: "You are growing at an amazing speed. Even if you are a minister of a department, you can do it well.

However , if you want to cross the threshold from the fourth rank to the third rank, you must go through the tempering of life and death. This disaster may also be a great opportunity for you brothers. After all, crisis, crisis, and there are opportunities in crisis. God will not block all the ways out for a person. "

Wu Chengsi clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your teachings, Lord."

Yun Chu nodded, took out a jade pendant from the drawer of the table and handed it to Wu Chengsi, saying, "I heard that your wife gave birth to a unicorn for you. I won't go to the 100th birthday banquet. I'll give you a jade pendant to express my gratitude."

Wu Chengsi took the jade pendant with both hands and looked at it. The jade pendant was made of top-grade jade, but there were no carved patterns or words on it. Both sides were smooth, just an exquisite "nothing" card.

Wu Chengsi raised his head and laughed bitterly, saying, "Thank you for your kindness, nothing is the best thing now."

After that, he bowed again to thank him, and left Yun Chu's official residence with Wu Sansi.

Yun Chu's eyes were somewhat gloomy. It was obvious that Wu Chengsi had just guessed the intention of the "nothing" card wrong.

Just as the Wu brothers left, Lu Zhaolin came in again and placed a delicious-looking pancake in front of Yun Chu and said, "My Lord, try this, the newly appeared donkey meat pancake in Chang'an City."

Yun Chu picked up the donkey meat pancake and took a look. It was very similar to the one he had eaten in Hejian Prefecture in later generations. The pancake was freshly baked and the dough was brushed with oil during baking, which made the thousand-layer pancake crispy and crunchy. After taking a bite of the pancake, the pancake was indeed good, but the donkey meat inside lacked some flavor and was a bit dry overall.

Lu Zhaolin said while chewing the pancake, "From Hebei."

Yun Chu said, "Don't merchants from Hebei enter Chang'an?"

Lu Zhaolin said, "They should be attracted by the artillery. I plan to take this opportunity to sell the copper coins in stock to Hebei at a high price and absorb a wave of materials from Hebei by the way."

Yun Chu nodded and said, "The focus is on iron and food."

Lu Zhaolin said, "Hebei alone can't take so many copper coins. Yang Jiong went to inquire about the reaction of Shandong. If they also want to cast cannons privately, our copper coins will have a place to go.

Yang Jiong also said that once Chang'an absorbs the bulk of materials from Shandong and Hebei, and then controls Hedong, the materials from Huainan are not allowed to flow into Shandong and Hebei. The prices in the two places will inevitably rise. At that time, it depends on whether these people are willing to use the money to appease the people, or insist on using the copper coins to cast cannons regardless of the lives of the people.

In any case, we in Chang'an have not done things to the extreme, which is considered to have given them a way out.

However, the time given for this way out must be after those who get the copper coins melt the copper coins to obtain copper. Generally, copper coins contain 60% copper and 40% lead and tin. After selling one million kilograms of copper coins and removing impurities and fire consumption , we will get 400,000 catties of copper. When we recycle it, we only want copper, not copper coins.

In this way, Chang'an's copper reserves will exceed 2 million catties. If we put a large amount of materials in Chang'an, prices will inevitably fall, and those black-hearted merchants who hoard copper coins will also suffer a big loss.

Chang'an's prices will also return to normal, and copper coins will become more abundant again. "

After listening to Lu Zhaolin's detailed introduction, Yun Chu put down the half-eaten donkey meat fire and said, "Hurry up, His Majesty is not a person with much patience, I'm worried that he will attack in advance."

Lu Zhaolin nodded and said, "I know, I will definitely complete these two big deals within ten days. Chang'an will be completed, and Shandong and Hebei will deliver immediately. For this reason, I have ordered the Chang'an Canal Fleet to go to Shandong and Hebei to transport things. "

Seeing that his subordinates had done the job well, Yun Chu took Lu Zhaolin's document and signed it. This matter was officially launched from today.

When Yun Chu handed the document to Lu Zhaolin, he suddenly asked, "Are you going to attend the banquet at the Wu family?"

Lu Zhaolin laughed and said, "It's hard to refuse such a kind invitation. Besides, I have prepared a generous gift."

Yun Chu lowered his head and said, "It's okay if the gift is not appreciated. I guess you don't have any free time these days. It's more important to do serious things."

Lu Zhaolin looked at his boss who was eating donkey meat with his head down suspiciously. He felt that this request was very rude and inconsistent with the lenient behavior of the Lord towards his subordinates on weekdays. However, since the Lord asked him to do so, he decided to listen to the Lord.

When Yun Chu returned home, there were only a few people left in the entire Yun family. Yu Xiurong took his minions to the Yun family's villa in Bashang.

Yun Chu looked at his house carefully and sighed a little. After seeing his big pot of winter jasmine, he called Fei Jiu over.

"Let's foster this flower in Da Ci'en Temple first." Fei Jiu said, "The Yun family mansion is still safe." Yun Chu curled his lips and said, "You know nothing." Fei Jiu laughed, "I don't know much about shit, but I know the range of the mortar. There is no place to set up artillery positions within two miles of the Yun family mansion, and no one can set up artillery positions within five miles of the Yun family mansion." Yun Chu laughed, "If you were as cautious as you are now, you wouldn't have been executed by others." Fei Jiu said nonchalantly, "My family's bloodline has not been cut off. My son has also entered the Imperial College. In two years, he will be able to participate in the imperial examination. He may be a new Jinshi. In a few decades, the Li family, which was executed by the whole family in the past, will be a family with a lot of money and food." Yun Chu shook his head and said, "By then, I will be the doorman for my son and I will be the teacher for my grandson. It's not a pity." Fei Jiu said, "It's nothing to pity. If a family wants to prosper, There must be one or two generations to serve as stepping stones. "

Yun Chu didn't want to talk to Fei Jiu about his family's future appearance, and patted the pillar and said: "That is to say, until now, there has been no artillery position in Chang'an City, right?"

Fei Jiu shook his head and said: "The imperial city, the palace city, the resident of the Hundred Cavalry Division, and the mansions of the various princes, according to the instructions of the Marquis, we did not check. The rest... I can say with certainty that there is none. "

Yun Chu smiled and said: "Be more careful."

Fei Jiu said: "If the Marquis does not want to stay out of it, I can also check the missed places. "

Yun Chu waved his hand and said: "Forget it, whoever is stupid at this time will take advantage. The smarter you act, the easier it is to be bombed by artillery."

Fei Jiu said: "From tonight, the Marquis does not need to stay in the room, he should live in the dark room."

Yun Chu said: "Let's all stay in the dark room."

Fei Jiu shook his head and said: "We don't have to. I guess they don't look down on us and are too lazy to waste artillery shells on us. "