Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 144 You will be the first day of junior high school and I will be the fifteenth day! (seeking subscription)
noon.

People in Xianyang City returned home one after another.

Feng's house was completely silent, the movement of Fusu caught Feng's by surprise.

Many people in the Feng clan panicked.

Standing under a peach tree with a bamboo stick, Feng Dong had sprouts on the branches, but he had no intention of admiring it, and kept thinking about how to deal with it in his mind.

Under high pressure, the situation is unpredictable.

He thought the Feng family could bear it, but what about other merchants?

He really didn't have that confidence.

While Feng Dong was pacing back and forth in the courtyard, Feng Zhen ran over excitedly and said excitedly: "Father, there is a solution. Just now, Feng Wen sent a message that people in the city have begun to spread the news of the 'Huai County Shipwreck'. Now This story is slowly spreading in the city."

"Didn't Fusu want to target us?"

"When the news of the sunken ship spreads, I don't believe that Fusu can still sit still?"

"At that time, he can only solve the matter of salt and iron first."

heard.

Feng Dong frowned.

He subconsciously felt something was wrong, but he couldn't think of what was wrong.

He pondered for a while, then nodded and said: "Besieging Wei and saving Zhao, this is indeed a way."

"Fusu was deliberately targeting us before, but now he is making a big deal out of it, forcing him to be distracted. It can indeed share some of his attention."

"It's just that I'm a little uneasy."

"The shipwreck this time, from beginning to end, was different from what we expected, and it completely disrupted our arrangement. If it happens a few more times, I'm afraid something will happen internally."

A look of worry appeared in Feng Dong's eyes.

He had a vague feeling that things were starting to get out of control.

This is not a good sign.

If they are clean, no matter how they leave, they will not be affected.

But the point is they are not clean.

Once things deviate too much from what they expected, there will be many variables, which they cannot prevent. If these variables are discovered for the government and then targeted, their plans for the past few months will not only fail, but will also cause serious damage to the government. Thunder revenge.

The government's revenge is not something merchants can afford.

He even regretted it a little.

Feng Zhen didn't take it seriously, and said: "Father, you really worry too much."

"Most of Fusu's head was overwhelmed with anger, so he 'made this bad plan', but when the public anger in Xianyang is completely aroused, he should be able to wake up. How dare he let the people's grievances boil? As long as Fusu will pay attention If we shift to quelling public anger, our plan this time will not be regarded as a failure."

"Everything will be back to normal."

Feng Dong nodded.

Immediately, he raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Which family do you know came from when the 'Huai County incident' was reported?"

"I don't know." Feng Zhen shook his head bluntly, and said in a concentrated voice: "Now the government has sent people to watch outside the house, and the clan doesn't dare to ask too blatantly, but right now, except for the government, everyone who knows about this The government is deliberately concealing it from us, and the only ones who can spread this information are us businessmen."

"I, the Feng family, have my father and you in charge, so I can have such concentration."

"Other homes may not be."

"It's normal to seek a way out when you are worried."

Feng Dong nodded slightly.

He didn't think about it any more.

West City.

Liaoke's fish has been bought back.

A silver carp.

After Ji Heng cleaned it, he lit the stove again, put a clay pot, poured some water, put the fish in it, and then put in a lot of peppercorns.

Fusu watched curiously.

Ji Heng ignored Fusu and started a fire in the kitchen to cook rice.

Fusu showed embarrassment.

He actually felt like he should go.

But he also felt that the matter was not over, and he heard Ji Heng said earlier that he was preparing fish for two, so after moving a few steps, he came back in a strange way. Instead of going to the back kitchen, he stayed in the courtyard to watch The feeling of being on the stove is quite novel.

A whole new experience.

In Qin Dynasty, ordinary people only ate two meals.

Morning and evening meals.

Started with three meals from a wealthy family.

Ji Heng was a bit late in preparing lunch today.

Sun lost (not when).

The fish on the stove has been filled with fragrance.

the other side.

Feng Dong sat in the courtyard, feeling more and more restless.

He always felt that he was missing something, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

at this time.

There were footsteps outside.

Feng Dong raised his eyes and looked towards the door. It wasn't Feng Wen who came this time, but the Lichen who was away from the clan, and the Lichen said out of breath: "Parents, something is wrong. Huai County hit a rock and sank, all sank, dozens of boats all sank."

heard.

Feng Zhen's expression was as usual, he waved his hand calmly, and said coldly: "I see, let's go down first, don't say anything about it."

Li Chen hurried out.

Feng Zhen shook his head, and said dissatisfiedly: "The transmission of these official officials is really slow, more than three hours slower than the government. If we rely on them to transmit information, I am afraid that I, Feng Shi, will have been wiped out by others long ago. , all wasting my Feng family’s food.”

aside.

Feng Dong, who was closing his eyes and resting his mind, suddenly opened them, stood up from the ground suddenly, and said in panic: "No, something happened."

"I knew there was a problem."

Feng Zhen was startled, and quickly looked over, wondering, "Father, what's wrong with you?"

Feng Dong patted his legs and said anxiously: "Something happened."

"Something happened!"

"Huh?" Feng Zhen's eyes were full of confusion.

Feng Dong took a deep breath, took the bamboo stick in his hand, kept hitting the ground, and asked anxiously, "Have you not reacted yet?"

"There is a big problem with the information in the city."

"The reason why the government can know is because of the overnight trip and the urgent order."

"That's why it spread to Xianyang so quickly."

"But no matter how amazing our merchants' methods are, under normal circumstances, we can only receive news now. It can take more than three hours to come and go, but the news in the city came out an hour ago. Don't you realize that Is there a problem in it?"

"This news should not have spread."

"At least at the time it was impossible to spread it."

"But now the word is out."

"Who passed it on?!"

"Either it was the officials, or the officials leaked it."

"Either way, it's not good news."

"It's already obvious that the news has been leaked."

"How could the government fail to notice?"

"Once the government starts to investigate from officials with knowledge, this matter will be easily pried open."

"We'll be in trouble then!"

heard.

Feng Zhen's face changed drastically.

He had a premonition that the situation was not good.

He hurriedly said, "Father, what should we do now?"

Feng Dong took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and said in a condensed voice: "This news will be known to the whole city in a short time, I just hope that the person who spread the news at that time, his actions can be clean, and no one else will find out, otherwise this time It's hard to be at peace."

"Now we can no longer stay out of it."

There was a hint of irritability in Feng Zhen's eyes, and he said in a concentrated voice: "Father, why don't you deny it?"

"Don't admit it?" Feng Dong sneered, and said with a sneer: "Why don't you admit it? You can deny it if you want to? If merchants don't recognize it, then it means that officials will admit it. Won't you confess us?"

"and"

Feng Dong's eyes were gloomy, his cheeks full of ditches kept trembling, and then he gritted his teeth and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this news probably wasn't passed on by us, but by the government itself, in order to spread the news. The problem is thrown at us."

"Wait until the government starts to investigate."

"Those officials we have dealt with may think that we have betrayed them."

"Other merchants will also think that other people said it."

"This shit pot has been planted on our heads."

"I can't shake it off!"

Feng Zhen's expression completely changed.

He said anxiously: "How can this be done?"

"How about sending someone to tell others about this now?"

"Confused." Feng Dong cursed angrily: "Now the government doesn't know that we have a private relationship. If you send someone to notify, don't you tell the government clearly that we have a problem? And the government has already done it. After finishing the arrangement, didn't you hear what Feng Wen said earlier?"

"There are people from the government outside the house!"

"Then what should we do now?" Feng Zhen was completely panicked.

Feng Dong didn't open his mouth, he walked back and forth in the courtyard with his bamboo stick, thinking about how to deal with it.

He said in a concentrated voice: "Through the matter now, I can see that this eldest son has been suspicious of us from the beginning to the end, and has been deliberately targeting us. Everything he is doing now is to force us to show our feet. Under his series of operations, we really panicked, and something went wrong."

"Every family is suspicious of each other at the moment."

"They all think it's the other party's question about the matter."

"Once the seeds of doubt fall, it is extremely difficult to completely remove them."

"In addition, the government intends to cut off our contact."

"Even if someone guesses something, but there is no private communication, when more and more situations happen, the differences between each other will only become bigger and bigger. In the end, even if there is a chance to clarify the matter face to face, it will be difficult Earn mutual trust."

"The government is so vicious!"

"Now we have been cornered by the government."

"Continue to do nothing. When the government investigates the officials, those officials will definitely expose us. If we choose to do things, it means that the chances of accidents will increase. When the government really finds out the flaws, we will be left with the same It's a dead end."

heard.

Feng Dong was full of panic.

Feng Dong pondered for a while, a look of sternness flashed in his eyes, and he said coldly: "Since the eldest son won't give us a way to survive, then we'll just lift the table."

"Turn things up completely and force the government to end."

"Fusu just pretended that there was still some time before the spring plowing, and he could delay it for a while. He wanted to convict me and other merchants before then, and then tried to search out those 'into the water' salt and iron, but since he wanted to If it’s the first day of junior high school, then don’t blame us for being fifteen.”

"You immediately send someone to notify the shops all over the place that they will close the shop and no longer sell salt."

"At the same time, the news was released to the outside world. I just received the news that there was a shipwreck in Huai County. There will be a large shortage of salt and iron within a few months. The specific business situation of the store will be notified by the government before making a decision."

"Now it is so clear to make this matter public. Guanzhong is short of salt and iron, creating an atmosphere that prices will increase in the future, forcing the head of Guizhou to put pressure on the government."

"I don't believe that Fusu can remain indifferent!"

(End of this chapter)