Brutal touch

Chapter 18: Chestnuts from the fire, merchants seeking personal gain
  Nan Xun raised his eyes and saw that it was Li Gui, the leader of the 16 merchant clans in the south. He was in his forties or fifties at least this year. He also smiled and said: "Master Li Gui, you are rare. Everyone talks about getting rich when you meet him. This year Li Gui Mr. Gui has really made a fortune." Li Gui laughed and said, "Brother Nanxun said that I am guilty. I only do business and I don't dare to call myself a master. I happened to be lucky this year and made a few more money. My son, I am also loved and cherished by all the adults. I wonder where brother Nanxun is going in such a hurry." Nanxun said: "I have nothing to do, and I want to go to Red Bull City. Brother Ligui, will you drop by and give me a ride? ?”

Li Gui smiled and said: "It just so happened that I was also going to Red Bull City, but I couldn't go fast with two thousand grain carts, for fear that Brother Nanxun would be unhappy." Nanxun smiled and said: "What does this have to do with it? It just so happens that your carriage Jin Gui, walking slowly is the most enjoyable, but running fast is boring." Li Gui nodded and said hello, invited Nan Xun to the carriage, and ordered people to play with fruits and melons along the way. Nan Xun, stay with me. Nan Xun didn't take the initiative to speak. Li Gui took advantage of the servant to serve a plate of almonds and said: "I heard that Mr. Xiangguo likes to eat nuts. I made some at home a few days ago and I ate them pretty well. I think Send some to Xiangguo, but I don’t know how Mr. Xiangguo is feeling recently?”

Nanxun replied lazily: "Oh, grandpa has been in a bad mood recently. He is very annoyed by the affairs of the court. If the sky has not fallen, it is best not to go to him." Li Gui agreed repeatedly, but Nanxun asked "What kind of things happened in the imperial court that can bother the old man like this?" Li Gui said with a smile: "I am a small businessman, how can I know what the prime minister is working on." Nan Xun said: " Even if you don't know, after staying in the royal capital for so long, you should have heard some gossip. It's boring to eat and drink here without telling stories." Li Guipei smiled and said: "In that case, Then I told Brother Nanxun some little gossip among the people. They were all made up by ignorant people. Brother Nanxun, just listen to it. Folks say that there is a food shortage in the country this year, so you should do something to sell food. You can make a little more money by trading." Nan Xun laughed and said, "You have been able to make money even though there has been neither drought nor floods this year despite being short of food. You people are really interesting."

Li Gui also laughed and said: "Otherwise it was passed on by a group of ignorant people. If it weren't for the guidance of Brother Nanxun, I would have left my family and business to collect food." Nanxun suddenly asked: " Did I buy these two thousand grain trucks and plan to sell them at a high price after listening to those words?" Li Gui said: "That's not true. I heard that the country was short of food, and I was afraid that the masters of the Great Beihuan Temple would have no food. , I specially bought it and sent it to Dabeihuan Temple in Red Bull City to show my sincerity." Nan Xun frowned and said, "The left said there was a shortage of food, the right said there was a shortage of food. How much food did they say they were short of?" Li Gui said: " There are many sayings, and the most exaggerated saying is that this year’s official warehouse only has this season’s grain.” “I’m afraid this season’s grain is not enough.” Nan Xun suddenly said. Nanxun calculated the current expenses of the country. Nanxun already knew that the Baiyunfeng granary was burned. However, he was afraid that Nanbuwen would be furious if he knew about it. He thought that the news of Buji would arrive soon, so he did not tell Nanbuwen about it. thing. Although detailed accounts cannot be released for the time being, it is certain that there will not be enough expenditures this season.

"This!" Li Gui was surprised. He quickly asked in a low voice: "Brother Nanxun, aren't you joking?" Nanxun said with a smile: "What are you joking about? Does Baigelou have any information about the joke?" Li Gui said: "Brother Nanxun, I only have seventy immeasurable gold with me. , I’ll give you all the money, and I’ll send you some money back to your house.” Nan Xun smiled and said, “No need, just treat me as paying the fare.” Li Gui said, “How can this be done, let alone this? A piece of news is worth tens of thousands of gold, so there is no reason to ask Brother Nanxun to pay the fare." "Let's talk about money later," Nanxun said. "Okay, okay, I'll give you my capital and profits next time."

Nan Buwen returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, ignored the others, and went back to his room to sleep alone. The next day, Nan Yichang came back after finishing his work. Before he saw Nan Buwen, he was dragged to the study by Nan Yichang. He said to Nan Yichang, "Watch it." He took out Nan Yichang. The notes that Chang wrote at that time were burned out in the blink of an eye by a little flame in his palm. Nan Yichang didn't know what kind of trouble Nan Yixian was going to make, so he hurriedly asked: "What do you mean by this? You must not be confused."

Nan Yixian said: "Just do your thing. As long as your thing is done well, it's okay for me to ask for less." Nan Yichang felt a little weird about Nan Yixian's sudden attitude and asked: "What happened to you today? Don't change your mind tomorrow."

Nan Yixian sighed and said: "It's not that I'm saying bad things behind my back, the old man is too incompetent. It's true that the older a person gets, the less courageous he becomes. When he becomes the prime minister, he doesn't dare to do anything. He takes one step and takes three steps back. Let's not Let’s talk about how the prime minister’s son is doing. Let’s talk about Shi Zhe. Two years ago, Gong Zhao’s son led troops to fight the southern barbarians. He didn’t understand the art of war. I gave him two thousand men because of Shi Zhe. The result? He won. More than half of the two thousand people in the ambush died, and it was the breakout commanded by the adjutant. It was better for him. He abandoned the army and ran away in disguise for three days and came back. How could he still look like a human being when they found him? How about this? Say nothing more. He must have been killed ten times. What was the result? Shi Zhe discussed this matter for two whole days. What came out of the discussion? The fallen soldiers were given generous pensions, but he had nothing to do. Within three months, he went elsewhere. Become an official." Nan Yichang just listened. After Nan Yixian finished speaking, he asked again: "Yesterday you sent me a message about big things. Could it be these." Nan Yixian said: "I forgot Yes, Buji came yesterday and said he wanted to adjust the food supply in the Baiyun Peak area." "What!" Nan Yichang almost jumped up, "You didn't say that military affairs are a major matter. If you miss it, it will be detrimental to the country. Let him start from other sources. Can I find a way?" "I told you, but the old man is basically with Buji, what can I do?"

"When did Buji leave?" Nan Yichang asked
  "Yesterday during the day, with Buji's skill, it would take five days to reach Baiyun Peak on a normal trip. If he didn't sleep, it would take two days. If he was willing to damage his skill, he would have arrived by now. I have already told the people at Baiyun Peak, If Buji arrives first, no matter what, hold Buji down first and wait for us to make a decision."

Nan Yichang said: "The matter should be dealt with quickly. You go to them now to make an idea. I have to go to the old man to reply."

Besides, Buji used the magic method to reach the main warehouse of Baiyun Peak in two days and two nights. Baiyun Peak stretches for nearly a hundred miles, with dozens of peaks reaching straight into the sky, so it is called Baiyun Peak. Because the location is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is close to the front line of the battle with the southern barbarians, all supplies from the rear are stored in the Baiyun Peak area. The main peak of Baiyun Peak is the main warehouse, which stores the most things. The dispatch orders for other warehouses are also It has to be released through the main warehouse, so Buji arrived at the main warehouse first.

The people in the main warehouse had already known that Shizhe was coming and had arranged a welcome. Buji just said that all the warehouses were ready to prepare food, and then walked straight to the room. The people in the main warehouse hurriedly said: "Master Buji ordered us Of course I don’t dare to be vague, but there are dozens of Baiyunfeng warehouses, and it takes some effort to issue dispatch orders. Mr. Buji is tired from coming all the way, so why not sit here for a while and drink tea. I don’t know about this. Just ask your subordinates to take care of it." Buji nodded, and the warehouse manager hurriedly asked someone to make tea. However, Buji had been using the magic technique for two days in a row, and he had no time to rest, so his body was already exhausted. Seeing that he had arrived at Baiyun Peak, and after finally sitting down, he unconsciously sat on the chair and leaned against it. The table fell asleep. I actually slept until nightfall, hearing shouts of "fire" and "savages attacking the camp" outside the door.

Buji just woke up and asked what was wrong. The servant next to him replied: "A group of savages attacked Baiyun Peak and set fire to the granaries one by one." Bu Ji hurriedly walked out and took a look, and sure enough, Baiyun Peak was full of flames. Bu Ji started his exercise, and suddenly dark clouds covered Shao Qing. A heavy rain fell. However, the fire had already taken hold, and Buji's aura was disordered at this time, so casting the spell was a waste of time and effort. The fire was allowed to burn until late at night before it gradually died out.

The next day, the steward of the main warehouse made a general tally of the losses and reported to Buji that there was no grain of rice left in the main warehouse, and most of the other large and small granaries were burned to nothing. Not to mention the transfer of grain from outside, there was no longer enough to supply the soldiers at the front. Bu Ji let out a long sigh, thinking that he had violated the country's plan and failed because of his own negligence and let a fire burn him like this. He had never redeemed himself for his country and his mentor. He was about to draw his sword and kill himself in anger, but was stopped by the manager of the main warehouse. Without saying anything, he secretly took out an account book while Buji was trying to kill himself. Stuff it into Buji's sleeve. Buji suddenly realized and thought: "The southern barbarians have been able to barely defend themselves since the guards from the north and south led their troops to surrender. How can they lead people to sneak attack on my baggage in the rear? What's more, there has been no incident in the Baiyunfeng granary for decades. Why did I come here today?" They were all burned. Doesn’t this mean that there is no proof of death?
  I'm afraid it's not a big deal for this steward to give me this account book now. If I die today, wouldn't I just follow their wishes? "While he was thinking, Bu Ji's four guards also arrived at Baiyun Peak. Bu Ji originally asked them to come and escort the cart to the granary, but now there is no need for it. Bu Ji then thought about it, "This steward is quite good. Smart, but this matter may not be leaked, so I might as well help him. Then he said to the four guards: "The steward is responsible for the fire at Baiyun Peak. You guys will arrest this steward and come back with me." I want to interrogate him properly. "

"No need, Lord Buji, just leave this person to me." Everyone looked around and saw that the person was Tong Kui. Tong Kui came to Bu Ji in an instant and said: "I just saw Master Bu Ji go wrong in mobilizing military rations and he wanted to pay for it with his life. I thought Master Bu Ji was a responsible gentleman, but I didn't expect him to be a villain who is greedy for life and afraid of death. "Bu Ji said seriously: "I'm not afraid of death, but I'm afraid there's something fishy about this fire. It's been a long time since the country has been peaceful. It's inevitable that no one will have bad intentions and want to do something without a father or a king." Tong Kui didn't answer. , when moved in the palm of the hand, it was colorless and invisible, but Tongkui gathered it into a visible spherical entity in the palm of his hand, and then waved his arm and threw the spherical ball onto the stone tablet fifty steps away, and immediately threw it onto the stone monument fifty steps away. The stone tablet was smashed to pieces.

This kind of thing itself doesn't have much power. It can only appear powerful when combined with various changes. It can be gathered into an entity in its pure form and directly used to throw it and smash it. It is obviously not a means of combat. Tong Kui uses this to show his power. Tong Kui Seeing that the stone tablet was broken, he continued: "In that case, let Mr. Buji do what he wants, but I'm afraid my brother will come to interrogate this person, so Mr. Buji should hand over to someone."

Buji also knew that a war was unavoidable and said: "I accepted the food dispatch from the Prime Minister to harm the country. If this person made mistakes on my mission, I should naturally interrogate him first." While taking out his own Lianshan Gui hid two ancient swords in a posture ready to fight. "Four Guards, protect the steward, you don't need to worry about other things." Buji said. Tong Kui said with a smile: "You don't have to be afraid if you want to hit me, but I'm afraid your teacher doesn't want Shizhe to be at war with the same room. Mr. Buji, why bother making trouble for a minor official who committed a crime? Just hand it over."

(End of this chapter)