Hou Ye's palm heart is a black lotus

Pan Ying said: "Er Ye Ye always collects five thousand stones every year."

Five thousand stones.

When Ye Heng was in the fourth rank, his annual salary did not exceed 300 dan.

He returned to Qingzhou, but he collected so much every year. Where did he get the appetite and capital?

Pan Ying explained: "Second Master Ye said that our Qingzhou is located in a remote area. After paying the land rent for the grain produced every year, there is still a lot left. If we sell it ourselves, it will be time-consuming and labor-intensive and not cost-effective. It happens that he knows a person Grain merchants are in this business, so they come every year to take away the rice and give them a higher price."

Ye Chutang almost wanted to laugh.

She didn't know that her second uncle had the ability to build bridges and connect people like this.

Instead of being a good official, I started studying this kind of business.

Although Ye Heng's performance in the officialdom was mediocre in the early years, relying on his elder brother Ye Zheng, things went smoothly.

Needless to say, in the past few years, he has been on the rise. The connections in the capital alone are enough for him to have food and drink without worries. Why do he have to worry about the business of several thousand dan now?

Five thousand dan, if you say it's a lot, is really not enough for a big grain merchant to make a special trip, but if you say it's a small amount, it is indeed the harvest of many farmers.

Qingzhou has a small population, only more than 30,000, so each household is allocated more farmland.

The total annual harvest of most farmers is less than 100 shi, which is their entire source of income.

This is why Pan Ying came to the door in person. It is estimated that many farmers behind are anxious, waiting to exchange grain for money.

He was well-connected and easy to get along with, and he was considered an official. He could talk to the Ye family, so he was chosen.

Seeing Ye Chutang lost in thought and not replying for a long time, Pan Ying became more and more uneasy.

He gritted his teeth and asked bravely: "Second Miss, Second Master Ye's people haven't come this year. Is it... something happened?"

Ye Chutang pulled out of his thoughts, seemed to hesitate for a moment after hearing the words, and then nodded gently.

"There is indeed some trouble over there with my second uncle."

Pan Ying's heart sank.

Immediately afterwards, I heard Ye Chutang continue: "Second uncle has had his house confiscated and been exiled to Tongbei for selling his official position and seizing the title, committing corruption and dereliction of duty."

This short sentence was like a thunderclap in Pan Ying's ears.

"What!?"

Pan Ying's eyes widened in shock.

Even Ye Zheng was only demoted from his official position when something happened a few years ago. Everyone was quite sad after hearing the news, saying that being with you is like being with a tiger.

But this time Ye Heng's situation was completely different!

He has committed a grave crime!
If your home is confiscated and exiled, you may never have the chance to stand up again in this life!

Pan Ying couldn't help but look at Ye Jingyan and Ye Yunfeng again, and subconsciously said: "Then, then you -"

Aren't they a family?
Ye Heng was reduced to such a situation, then how many of their siblings...

Ye Yunfeng sneered: "We have long been with them——"

"The Holy Heart has mercy." Ye Jingyan glanced at Ye Yunfeng and interrupted him, "I only punished my second uncle severely and confiscated all the property, but I didn't seize anyone else, and the female family members in the house were not registered as slaves. As for the We...after all, we and my second uncle have not lived together for a long time, and we have not been implicated."

Ye Yunfeng secretly clenched his fists and swallowed the words in his throat.

And Ye Jingyan's words were also very convincing to Pan Ying.

——Brothers Ye Zheng and Ye Heng have already started their own families, and their elders have already left, so there is really no reason to still be considered a family.

If even Ye Heng's wife and daughter were not affected, then Ye Chutang and the others would be out of the question.

Pan Ying was momentarily shocked and paced back and forth uneasily.

"This, this...how could such a thing happen?" What should be done with the rice harvested earlier?
Ye Chutang looked at his anxious expression and thought quietly.

These are just innocent ordinary people who don't understand the treacherous things going on in Beijing and the overt and covert struggles. They only know that something happened to Ye Heng, and they may have no way out of their hard-earned harvest for a year.

Those who are anxious to exchange money may not know what to do.

Pan Ying was worried. She looked at Ye Chutang several times, but she hesitated to speak.

The reason why he asked Ye Jingyan and his brothers to invite Ye Chutang here was because now that she was the person in charge of the Ye family, she might be able to decide the matter.

But now it seems that Ye Chutang and the others clearly don't know what Ye Heng is doing, so how can they talk about it anymore?
It's hard for them to find Ye Chutang to deal with the aftermath, right? That would be too unreasonable.

But if it keeps dragging on like this, then...

Ye Chutang glanced at Ye Yunfeng, and Ye Yunfeng immediately closed the door in a sensible manner.

"Brother Pan, don't worry. It's a serious matter. Let's think of something together."

Ye Chutang raised his hand and invited Pan Ying to sit down and drink tea.

Pan Ying looked at her and looked at the woman in front of him with a calm face and relaxed eyebrows, and the anxiety in his heart calmed down unconsciously.

Only then did he realize that he was indeed very thirsty after talking for a long time. He took two sips of tea and asked eagerly:

"What Miss Ye Er means...is she willing to help?"

There was hope that could not be concealed in his eyes.

In his opinion, the Ye family are all extremely powerful. Since Ye Jingyan and his brothers respect Ye Chutang so much, she must not be an ordinary person.

Maybe she can really do something about it!

Ye Chutang paused and asked, "You just said that the grain merchant who comes to collect grain every year is my second uncle's friend. So - do you recognize him?"

Pan Ying nodded repeatedly: "I recognize it!"

"Then you might be able to contact the other party?"

Pan Ying's expression condensed, and she shook her head guiltily: "This, this...can't...every August after the rice harvest, they will come over, there is no need to wait at all. After the things are taken away, they will not stay too much, and it will be soon." Then he left."

This is normal. Time is tight when harvesting grain. After they are done, they still have to go to the next place.

In the past few years, no one had worried about this, so they didn't think about having too much contact with each other. Unexpectedly, once something happened to Ye Heng, those people wouldn't come.

They couldn't contact each other, so they could only put their hope in Ye Heng, and then they came to the door.

result--

Ye Chutang lowered his eyes slightly and gently moved the tea leaves with the tea lid.

This thing is inherently strange.

Something happened to Ye Heng, but no one else was implicated. However, the grain merchant he helped lead also disappeared.

If it were said that Ye Heng was not involved, no one would believe it.

But what Ye Chutang cares more about is actually——

"Then do you know where the food is sent every year?"

Pan Ying was stunned for a moment, looking confused.

"This, I, we just sell it, and we don't ask where they sold it."

This is also normal.

The imperial court did not prohibit private grain trading. Some grain merchants would purchase large quantities in years when grain prices were cheap, hoard them, and then sell them at high prices when the harvest was poor and grain was in short supply.

As long as farmers can sell at a good price, their work for a year will not be in vain. How can they still control where they do business? (End of chapter)