I don't want to be a saint

Chapter 206 Erlang's mouth, a deceiving ghost...

There is a letter from Nanping Town, written by Guo Yi.

His Highness the King of Chu looked at it over and over three times, with a strange expression on his face, but in the end he didn't say anything, and handed it to Xue Qingzhi beside him: "Look!"

Seeing his strange expression, Xue Qingzhi couldn't help reaching out to take it curiously.

But after only reading a few sentences, he couldn't help exclaiming: "Pei Xianggong is in Nanping Town?"

In the letter, Guo Yi only stated that he was in Nanping Town, but did not say why.

Because there is no need to write.

"Inspector?"

"Inspector!"

Both of them said something in unison.

The imperial court had sent inspectors to Jinghu North Road long ago, but they never showed up, let alone who they were.

Now, the situation seems to be clear.

Xue Qingzhi raised his eyebrows, then read the letter, but couldn't help but whispered again: "Hey! Mr. Pei actually agreed to reduce the spring tax by [-]%! Tsk tsk tsk..."

In his opinion, Guo Yi's idea of ​​cooperating to deceive the imperial court in order to reduce or exempt [-]% of the spring tax is simply outrageous!

On paper alone, this strategy is very good. There is a severe drought on Jinghu North Road, and [-]% of the spring tax will be reduced or exempted according to the law.

However, tens of millions of people saw the success of Jinghu North Road in fighting the drought, and they couldn't hide it if they wanted to. Sooner or later, it would spread.

It's a big deal to cheat [-]% of the spring tax all the way...

At that time, you will have three heads that are not enough to cut off.

Guo Erlang is such an intelligent person, he would think of such a foolish strategy, it is simply stupid.

Sure enough, he was still young.

Upon hearing this, the King of Chu remained silent and did not make any excuses. The two of them really took this matter for granted.

"Hmm! Mr. Pei's proposal is very good. In the name of reducing or exempting the spring tax, first get the food, then subsidize some money to the people, and finally pay the spring tax with salt and hand it over to the court."

Xue Qingzhi nodded while watching, then raised his head to look at the King of Chu, and asked curiously: "But the question is, where did you get so much money to subsidize the people?"

"Two restaurants, plus an oiran contest!"

Although, Xue Qingzhi was recently assisting His Royal Highness the King of Chu to handle some official documents, and he also knew about some plans of the King of Chu and Guo Yi, such as the reduction and exemption of the spring tax, and the purchase of hemp silk.

However, the king of Chu didn't mention anything about the upcoming oiran contest in the two restaurants.

Because, some are ashamed to speak.

Xue Qingzhi already knew about the idea of ​​the two restaurants competing, but the subsequent oiran contest, including the charity sale, was really too much of a loss, and he didn't have the nerve to say so.

But at this time, he didn't care about losing face, so he told Mr. Qingzhi in detail.

Good guy!
Feelings, this incomparably grand cultural event, in your opinion, is a tool to make money?

Not only making money, but also treating most of the literati and students on Jinghu North Road as fools?
Before that, he agreed to use the two restaurants for academic disputes.After all, it is a good thing to have arguments, and it is better than a pool of stagnant water.

But in the subsequent oiran competition, Xue Qingzhi was a little speechless. Although it is common for scholars to be romantic, and although there are poems and songs in brothels, the main business is to entertain people with sex.

To put it bluntly, in an innocent brothel, the essence is still a flesh and blood business... It's nothing more than the price.

Seeing Xue Qingzhi's strange expression, the King of Chu spread his hands like Guo Yi, and said in a rascal way: "You know, there is no money in the treasury!"

Left and right is this sentence, there is no money in the treasury...

Xue Qingzhi couldn't help but sarcastically said: "The charity sale in the past few days, not counting the porcelain, just those three songs alone sold tens of thousands of taels of silver! There are also major shops in the city, more or less donated Hundreds of thousands of silver.

It's good for you, you have no money in the left sentence, and you have no money in the right sentence, but you learned how to sell miserably from that kid! "

Haha!

The King of Chu was laughed at by him, so he shook his head and said, "This is a miserable sale! But you know that most of the hemp silk in Jinghu Lake is unsalable, and just hoarding hemp silk is a big expense.

However, hundreds of hydraulic looms are still far away, and a virtuous circle cannot be formed for the time being, so they can only be hoarded first.

Originally, during this trip to Nanping Town, Erlang was going to go there for three to five days before returning, but who knew there would be such twists and turns! "

Ok!

You are handsome, you win!
"Since that's the case, then hurry up and arrange manpower to collect the spring tax immediately, so that the collected grain can be transported to Kuizhou Road as soon as possible!"

"Okay!" King Chu nodded and agreed, "After I go back, I will start making arrangements immediately."

Xue Qingzhi no longer entangled in this matter, and then read the letter: "Hey! Mr. Pei has no objection to even sending mountain bandits to rob grain merchants!"

The King of Chu was not surprised by this, and asked back: "What else? Watching the drought on Kuizhou Road? Or watching the tens of millions of people homeless? Watching them hungry and thirsty." and die?"

Pei Xianggong, Pei Xidao, are well-known Qingliu officials in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they are also popular candidates for the next prime minister.

He can agree to the robbery of food, it is better to say that he acquiesces and does not object.Because other than that, there is really no good way.

Jinghu North Road has no money, and Kuizhou Road does not have much.But if we wait for the imperial court's emergency, I don't know what year of the monkey will be.

But I have to say that Guo Yi's mouth is so powerful that even Mr. Pei was persuaded.

Erlang's mouth, a deceiving ghost... Tsk tsk tsk!

Just as Xue Qingzhi couldn't help but tsk-tsk, there was another rush of hoofbeats.

He turned his head curiously to see that it was still the cavalry guard of the palace, "Wow!"

"My lord, there is a letter from Kuizhou Road!"

Going from Jinghu North Road to Kuizhou Road is upstream and very slow.And if you go from Kuizhou Road to Jinghu North Road, it will be smooth sailing, and it only takes one day and two nights to get on the fast boat.

At this moment, the King of Chu took the envelope from his own cavalry guard. He also checked the lacquered seal first, and opened the envelope after finding it undamaged.

This is a report on war damage and seizures, written by Chen Cheng. He has been following these bandits and is responsible for the coordination in the middle.

As soon as the group of bandits entered Kuizhou Road, they found a grain transportation team. After killing more than 30 people without any damage to themselves, they seized tens of thousands of catties of grain.

And these grains have already been handed over to the comfort envoy on Kuizhou Road, and the porridge has begun.

Moreover, the appeasement envoy also found another grain transportation team.When he wrote the letter, he had already set off with the bandits.

After reading the letter, King Chu handed it to Xue Qingzhi next to him again.

Ho!
Just now I talked about the robbery of food by bandits, and now a letter has been sent back.

"Well! More than [-] catties of grain is not a small amount, but for the entire Kuizhou Road, it is still a drop in the bucket."

The King of Chu couldn't help laughing: "Isn't this just the beginning! It will always add up! Besides, this is food picked for nothing!"

Or the robbery came quickly.

(End of this chapter)