I don't want to be a saint

Chapter 173 Never seen such a brazen person!
Taoist and shopkeeper Chen stood in front of the hydraulic loom, Guo Yi walked in, greeted with a smile, "Hey! Shopkeeper Chen is a busy person, why are you free today?"

Shopkeeper Chen ignored the teasing meaning in his words, pointed at the hydraulic loom in front of him, and praised vigorously: "Erlang is indeed a great talent! This thing is much faster than ordinary looms! No wonder Erlang is confident, Use a lot of cheap fabrics to bring down the price of food!
Once a large amount of cheap cloth flows into the cloth market, it will inevitably cause panic in other cloth shops. "

Guo Yi holds a pessimistic attitude towards this point of view. It is a bit too slim, and he can only hope that it will be used for tax credits.

But no matter what, it is imperative to build this large hydraulic weaving workshop.

It is a major issue related to people's livelihood not to let the hemp silk in the hands of the people continue to be unsalable.

The Taoist standing beside him saw that Guo Yi did not comment on the matter, so he changed the subject and said, "When I just came here, I met His Highness the King of Chu and mentioned that the bandits agreed to go to Kuizhou Road to rob grain merchants.

But he was in a hurry to arrange things, he didn't say much, he just asked me to ask you. "

"Yes!" Guo Yi nodded and agreed: "Those bandits agreed to cooperate." After speaking, he narrated the negotiation just now.

"You are here seeking skins from tigers, raising tigers to cause trouble!" The Taoist looked at him and said meaningfully.

"Then do you have a better way?"

Forehead…

One sentence choked the Taoist.

Powerless to refute.

what can he doFuxing Company is rich, but buying food at a high price for disaster relief is a dead end with no exit.

Buying food for disaster relief for the common people will not form a good cycle at all, it is only going out but not in.If things go on like this, it will drag Fuxing Company into the quagmire until it sinks to the bottom.

Not only would it not be able to save too many people on Kuizhou Road, but it would also involve the Fuxing Company.

Seeing his embarrassing silence, Guo Yi couldn't help persuading him: "Whether it's raising tigers as a threat, that's a matter of the future! At least, we have to pass this hurdle first!"

As for raising tigers as a plague, or starving to death, you have to choose one. "

But shopkeeper Chen saw his master was silent, so he interjected: "Master, you don't have to be so pessimistic, isn't there still someone from the imperial court?
I expected that the inspector appointed by the imperial court had already arrived at Kuizhou Road.Presumably, in the near future, the imperial court will allocate food for disaster relief! "

Ha ha!

Guo Yi smiled silently: "Do you believe what you said?"

In a word, shopkeeper Chen also choked.

Needless to say, the imperial court will inevitably allocate grain and earthquake disasters, but when will it be allocated?From where?How much?
Regarding these issues, the bigwigs in the Zhengshitang will inevitably argue with each other.

They were not on Kuizhou Road, but thousands of miles away in the capital city. They neither saw it with their own eyes nor heard it with their own ears, let alone experienced it personally.

Therefore, they don't know how serious the disaster is... Maybe they think that Kuizhou Road is just bluffing and asking for more money, but it is not as serious as he said...

Shopkeeper Chen was insulted by him, but he also bowed his head and remained silent.It is the default.

The Taoist, however, let out a long sigh: "Hey! No matter what reason those deserters fall into the grass, it proves that their moral lower limit is very low, and they can do almost anything. You have to be careful of being bitten by them!"

Bite?

Afraid that they would betray the King of Chu?Or is it a threat?
"Heh!" Guo Yi raised his eyebrows and chuckled: "When they first met with me, I was a wild child in the mountains. Therefore, they didn't have too many guards, and they all used their real names.

Moreover, Lin Zaifeng and I are from the same village, even if they don't use their real names, I can still find them through Lin Zaifeng's case.

The reason why Lin Zaifeng dared to go home was because of his clan uncle who used to be the head bookmaker in Songlin County.

But no matter what, I already know their true identities! "

Hearing this, the Taoist seemed to have thought of something, frowned and asked, "You mean?"

"That's right!" Guo Yi nodded in response to his conjecture: "Since they bandits are all soldiers and belong to Jiangling Mansion, there will naturally be records in the government office.

Therefore, they can find their home only by their real names.And these bandits are quite humane, knowing that life in the mountains is hard, they didn't take their families to the mountains. "

"You want to use their family members as hostages!" The Taoist suddenly exclaimed.

"Ah, ah!" Guo Yi waved his hands again and again: "That's wrong! How can you say that they are being held as hostages? I'm not that despicable! Although they have become bandits now, they were all from the Western Army before. , is a soldier who defends the country and sticks to the frontier!

Even if there is no credit, there is hard work.Besides, they used to have military merits.

But now, there is actually a home that cannot be returned.

Those bigwigs in the Zhengshitang are too terrific, but we are still human, aren't we?

After they fell into the grass, the family lost their source of income, and their lives were very poor.

Therefore, the prince immediately sent someone to bring them to the city, not only providing them with accommodation, but also arranging jobs for them!

Now, look, I'm a good man! "

The Taoist and shopkeeper Chen were all stunned.

Good guy!
Never seen such a brazen person!
Even though they were holding people as hostages, they actually said it so nicely, euphemistically called: Take care of the martyrs!

How shameless!

If you don't want to be a storyteller, kid, you'd be really humiliated!

It sounds better than singing!
"But you also have a family!" The Taoist said earnestly.

"That's why!" Guo Yi shrugged helplessly: "Jiaci, grandpa, and grandma are still in the village, and I didn't pick them up, which means I have no malice.

Cooperation will benefit both sides, and competition will hurt each other! "

Seeing his appearance, shopkeeper Chen shook his head helplessly, and then persuaded the Taoist: "Boss, this matter has become a fait accompli and cannot be changed. Then why don't you go to Kuizhou Road to sit in charge in person, so that you can arrange various matters!"

I go?

The Taoist smiled bitterly: "Do you think those bandits will listen to my words?"

Seeing this, shopkeeper Chen couldn't help turning his head to look at Guo Yi for help, motioning for him to persuade him.

This fact is too great, the two princes encouraged bandits to rob the grain merchants... Once the matter is revealed, the consequences will be disastrous!

Guo Yi nodded and said in agreement: "From my point of view, the Taoist priest should really go there. Don't worry about those bandits, since they can escape from the thousands of troops in Yongle City, they must be very capable.

Not only do you need to be in charge of coordinating, but you are also responsible for the handling of the looted food, as well as the communication matters with the appeasement envoy on Kuizhou Road. "

The Taoist heard the words, thought for a while, then raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "Is Erlang doing anything else recently?"

Uh... Seeing his malicious attitude, Guo Yi was suddenly speechless, and he spread his hands helplessly: "There is a saline-alkali land in Nanping Town. I am going to do the preliminary work of building the salt farm, and I have to leave early in the morning the day after tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)