Chapter 55

After hearing Ye Chengwei's words, Wen Yuming looked at the people who were about to move around, only to feel that the grass and trees were like soldiers, and her body trembled and quickly took two steps back.

But before he had time to speak, all the people at the door immediately knelt down: "I also ask the magistrate to be the master for us, for the suffering people in Yuezhou, and let the relief food be sent to Baling County as soon as possible."

"Our Jingzhou prefecture has few lands and few people. The grain we produce every year is not enough to support ourselves. How can we transport it to Yuezhou prefecture?"

Wen Yuming said perfunctorily without blushing, "You should also be considerate of our government's difficulties. As the parents and officials of six counties and two scattered prefectures, we have to think about the livelihood of millions of soldiers and civilians in the whole government. After transporting it to Yuezhou, if there is a famine in Jingzhou Prefecture, how will the government explain to everyone, and how to explain to the court?"

After a moment of silence, he continued to persuade: "Everyone should go away. At this time, we can only sweep the snow in front of our doors and take care of our own one-acre three-point land. As for the famine in the south of the Yangtze River, we must save ourselves when it is a last resort." The government and the imperial court think of a way, how can we let the people in Jiangbei follow the same way of transporting food."

Hua Rujin was still thinking about what Ye Chengwei said just now, and when she heard Wen Yuming's high-sounding admonition, she stepped forward:
"There are disputes between countries and immigrants move millet. How can the Chinese dynasty be divided into the south and the north?"

Facing Wen Yuming directly, Hua Rujin questioned neither humble nor overbearing: "I dare to ask, the magistrate of Yuezhou used salt and tea to replace food from various places in order to stabilize prices and the hearts of the people. In order to solve the urgent needs of Yuezhou, the magistrate has ordered to prohibit the rice merchants from all counties in Jingzhou Prefecture from transporting grain to Yuezhou. If there is a greater famine and a large number of refugees flood into Jingzhou Prefecture, will the magistrate resettle or not?"

Wen Yuming's expression was shocked when he heard it, and he fell into deep thought.

Hua Rujin calmly continued: "Ask again, there is no rice available in Yuezhou. As a city of brothers, Jingzhou Prefecture and Yuezhou Prefecture are across the river. They are the closest. Rice merchants are hoarding and deliberately driving up prices, causing large-scale riots. The magistrate of Yuezhou learned that Mr. Wen deliberately did not help, and ignored the millions of soldiers and civilians in Yuezhou. He impeached Mr. Wen. Does Mr. Wen think His Majesty will punish him severely? to you?"

Panic gradually appeared on Wen Yuming's calm face.

He ignored it.

That old man Tang Ji was worried that he couldn't find a reason for himself. If there was a famine in Yuezhou and people died of starvation, he would have to blame himself.

On the way here, Hua Rujin heard from Hua Minze that when Hua Junyao was buying rice in Meng's house, the Meng's rice shop deliberately increased the price of rice by [-]%, and now it has started to buy rice at a price that is [-]% lower. In my heart, I roughly guessed who was in the way.

She looked deeply at Meng Laoyuanwai and Hua Junxu who were hiding in the crowd to watch the excitement, and then resolutely looked back at Wen Yuming who was thinking hard:
"Master Wen has always been far-sighted. Minnv thinks that with the wisdom of the magistrate, it is impossible not to see the pros and cons. The third question of the minnv is, who is it that has such a deep hatred with the lord, and wants to put the lord in a place where there is no redemption?"

Hearing this, Wen Yuming finally raised his head, and angrily searched the crowd for the figures of old Meng family member Wai and Hua Junxu Weng's son-in-law.

"The autumn harvest is just around the corner, and the price of rice in Jiangling City has fluctuated severely, and the price has been greatly discounted. It can be seen that the supply of grain in Jingzhou Prefecture is oversupplied. This will only cause all the rice merchants to sell at a lower price. If the rice merchants lose their money, the future of Jiangling City Who else goes outside to transfer rice and grain to benefit the people and share the worries of the adults?"

Hua Rujin turned her eyes again, and looked at Hua Junxu and old Mengwai in the crowd with deep meaning: "Or if one family dominates and controls the rice price in Jiangling City, how can the government stabilize the people's hearts?"

After speaking, Wen Yuming immediately made a decision in his heart, and quickly shouted to the crowd: "Pass down the order of this government, immediately release the grain to the south, and patrol the yamen along the river to escort the grain team of Jingzhou Prefecture to Yuezhou with all our strength. If there is a mistake, the government will punish it severely."

After saying that, he immediately looked at Meng Yuanwai and Hua Junxu Weng and his son-in-law, and roared angrily: "Meng Yanli, as the head of the rice guild in Jiangling City, this time if the rice price of my Jingzhou mansion If there is even the slightest fluctuation, the house will copy you all over the house."

"Master Zhifu, this matter is not about old age."

Meng Yanli was so frightened that he crawled up on his knees and pleaded with all his might: "If the magistrate opens this door, the supply of rice and grain in Jiangling City will definitely be in short supply. Even if the grassroots go bankrupt, they will not be able to cope with the entire population of Jiangling City."

"That's your business, it has nothing to do with this government."

Wen Yuming stared at Meng Yanli sharply: "From today onwards, the rice price of your rice shop will be the rice price of my Jingzhou Mansion. If you dare to uphold your duty, you will look good to me."

After reprimanding Meng Yanli, he slowly looked at Hua Junxu who was trembling: "Director Hua, it seems that you are quite dissatisfied with this school, so just go back to the county school honestly. You don’t have to worry about the threshold anymore.”

"Prefect."

Before Hua Junxu begged, Wen Yuming led his master Mu Xian back to the government office with an angry flick of his sleeve.

Weng and son-in-law had no choice but to eat Coptis chinensis dumbly, and hid in the crowd with a lonely face and left quietly with a disheveled face.

Immediately, the crowd cheered and cheered, and they all surrounded Hua Rujin and thanked her non-stop: "Thank you, Miss Hua, for saving our lives."

Lu He didn't expect that his little-known niece would persuade the magistrate of a dignified state to let her go with just a few words, and even ordered someone to escort her, which saved a lot of trouble.

Surprised and moved, she quickly took out a silver bill from her bosom and handed it to Hua Rujin: "Rujin, this is 3000 taels of silver collected by my aunt and everyone. It seems that Miss He's family can't earn it." Come on, the 8000 two aunts really can't make up, so you can reluctantly accept these."

"Auntie, you are being polite. It was you who wanted to help our family out of kindness. Now that something happened, I should stand up and do my best."

While Hua Rujin was replying, she didn't forget to secretly look at Shu Jinxuan who was silent at the side.

But Shu Jinxuan secretly complained: I wanted to help my little uncle, but I never thought that I would almost put him in prison.

If my cousin hadn't persuaded Wen Yuming, I'm afraid I would really regret it for the rest of my life.

Thinking of this, he silently glanced at Dazzled with admiration.

"Miss Hua, you can just accept these silver bills, anyway, it is your ability, without you, we still don't know what to do."

At this time, the merchants around Lu He came out one after another and echoed: "Miss Hua, we are convinced that you have earned this money, so you can accept it, don't refuse any more."

Looking at the sincere eyes of everyone, Hua Rujin slowly took out three bank notes from Lu He's hand, held them in her hand, and said with a faint smile: "Then I will take the 300 taels, and return the rest to my aunt. Everyone, this errand is not easy, and you don't have to hang around here, go home and tell your family the good news, so as not to worry your family."

"Okay, thank you Miss Hua."

Everyone thanked them again, and then dispersed one after another.

Lu He still had a lot of work to do, so he put away the remaining bank notes and hurriedly led Hua Minze to say goodbye.

It can be thought that it was the Shu family's nephew who drove the ducks to the shelves to help Liufang in the first place. Because of this, he had a quarrel with Hua Junyao a few days ago.

At this moment, when she thought about it again, she was full of shame, and before the carriage left, she still stuck her head out and said: "Rujin, if you have time, go to the house and have a look at your cousin."

Hua Rujin's heart trembled when she heard that.

The widow is the last thing everyone wants to see these days, and the fact that this aunt is willing to invite herself to her door means that she recognizes herself from the bottom of her heart.

When she was happy, she quickly replied with a smile: "My niece has made a note, and I will definitely visit my uncle and aunt when I have free time."

Watching the Lu family's carriage leave in a hurry, Hua Rujin came to her senses and found that only her elegant cousin beside her and the Yubai figure leading the black horse were left in front of the huge government office.

The two of them, the master and the servant, were looking at this side in a daze. After seeing Hua Rujin's gaze, they looked at each other and smiled.

(End of this chapter)

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