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Chapter 74 Punch Nanshan Nursing Home and kick Beihai Kindergarten

Just when Chongzhen was looking at the old Wang next door like an angry old man, watching Yang Feng wreak havoc on his picturesque country, Xue Lian, who ran to Wu's house with his royal guards, was dumbfounded...

Wu Sanfu had already run away.

Even if Wu Sanfu does lack the ability to adapt, he still has seventy servants under his command!

These guys are all veterans who have crawled out of the dead. Their sensitivity to danger has reached a fantasy level. After all, those who don't even have this ability have long been dead. The fire in Huanghuafang rose, and they were immediately convinced that Xue Lian was going to trick them. This possibility was already there, and they were all on guard. In addition, those assassins were their brothers who lived and died together, and basically interacted with each other. You can be tactful...

The mindset is the same.

The latter's response will not be any different from how they would have responded in the same situation.

What does it mean to be brothers who share life and death?

This is.

You can't even do this. You can't cooperate on the battlefield with thousands of troops!

Knowing that the danger was imminent, they immediately escaped with Wu Sanfu.

Although it is difficult to leave the city under the current circumstances, it is not difficult to hide. They are not those assassins trapped in a closed workshop. The capital is so big that there are many places where they can hide temporarily.

But this time Xue Lian was dumbfounded.

He had no choice but to go back and report to Chongzhen. Chongzhen had no choice but to rely on Yang Feng to give him face. However, Wang Dehua, whom he sent, returned to the imperial city with tears in his eyes and told him that Yang Feng said that he had never caught the assassin. It was all rumors. As for What he killed in Huanghuafang was actually a group of gangsters who were harvesting and cutting crops. Because he had a strong sense of justice, he couldn't hold back and chopped them all up. Anyway, according to the Ming Dynasty Law, these were all going to be chopped into pieces. There were countless people who could testify for him about this, including Sui Anbo who was also present. In short, the assassin is still hiding in the capital, and he will still lead the soldiers and civilians in the capital to continue the search until he finds the assassin. In addition, please rest assured, Your Majesty, you will not catch a good person by mistake. He remembers the assassin's appearance!

and so……

As long as he doesn't admit it, the assassin will never be caught.

Chongzhen almost burst out of anger.

The ambition of this traitorous wolf is obvious.

But the problem is that he really has no way to deal with it. After all, the few internal guards and imperial guards he has now are not enough to even guard the imperial city. Unless the border troops are mobilized, the ministers are firmly opposed. Zhang Guowei told him directly that the border troops Entering the city is not about robbing a few nobles.

The Minister of War still has a relatively clear understanding of the officers and soldiers under his command.

Even then looting was no longer a trivial matter.

It's not impossible to beat the emperor three times.

In fact, several sober-minded nobles also opposed it.

After all, not all nobles are as stupid as Xue Lian and a few others.

And just when they were at their wits' end, the little devil who had torn apart the last fig leaf of the Ming Dynasty in just two days was looking at a trembling old guy in front of him.

"negotiation?"

he said in a loud voice.

"Mr. Yang, I'm on my deathbed, and I don't want to be secretive, so just treat me like a withered skeleton in a grave. If we have anything to say, just tell us."

The latter was stroking his white beard, with a kind and amiable smile on his face, and said like an old immortal from the stars.

This was the height of British public arrogance, and he was considered an elder among the nobles. According to history, he died in this year, and then his son Zhang Shize ascended the throne, just in time to catch up with Li Zicheng.

As for now...

His home is not far away.

Although there are indeed not many nobles in the east of the capital. Most of these nobles are in the west of the city, especially in the northwest. However, the Ying Gong family and the Chengguo family are both in the east, but close to the imperial city. Counting Zhu Chunchen Home is even closer. But coming out to negotiate with Yang Feng would involve risking his life. This little villain was ruthless, vicious, and moody. Zhu Chunchen didn't want to take the risk yet. Seeing that Zhang Zhiji's time was running out, he was naturally more suitable. Anyway, even if he was killed by Yang Feng, his son would just happen to be Xijue. Besides, Yang Feng wouldn't be embarrassed to kill a dying old guy, right?

In other words, in the current state of the British prince, there is no need for him to use that evil whip. A casual poke may end his life.

"British sir, dry bones can't speak."

Yang Feng said calmly.

"Member Yang, you don't need to say anything, I just want to listen to you."

Zhang Zhiji said.

He coughed a few times as he spoke.

The old housekeeper who followed him quickly slapped his back.

"Well, for the sake of my ancestors of the Yang family who were said to have followed your ancestors back then, I might as well say it straight. First, 10,000 shi per family is a bit short of food."

Yang Feng said.

It's indeed a bit less.

Everyone was already very happy with it before, but only now did we discover this problem.

"Yang Sheng, let me tell you something. In this year, the landlord's family has no food left. If you want to add a few thousand dan, the government can indeed provide it, but it will be of no use. If there is more, , the mansion really can’t afford it. As I know, among the noble mansions in the capital, the most can only afford 20,000 dan. I do have silver. I’ll increase it to 100,000 taels for you. Everyone grits their teeth. They all agree. But you want more food, which is really hard to come by. Most of the villages in various prefectures are also around the capital. There have been natural disasters and wars for many years, coupled with the plague, both tenant farmers and military households are dead. Death, escape.

In fact, we can’t collect much in a year.

Let me give you a briefing. In fact, we used to buy grain from the south and sell it in the capital.

But isn't the canal still frozen now? "

The butler beside Zhang Zhiji said humbly with a smile on his face.

"Yang Shengyuan, I am not the kind of person who is willing to risk his life. He also knows that the military households in the capital are all his own, and we cannot watch him starve to death.

But there is really no food. "

Zhang Zhiji said.

"Where is the food?"

Yang Feng asked.

"There's no food anywhere."

The old housekeeper said sincerely.

"It is true that there are some gentry families in North Zhili, and we can indeed contact them to buy, but in this year, they will not sell too many, and they don't have much. If we say ten taels of silver and one stone, someone will indeed sell here. But what is sold can only be the living food snatched from the mouths of people everywhere.

If you feed the military households in the capital, more people in the prefectures and counties of Northern Zhili will starve to death. "

He said.

"Really not?"

Yang Feng said with a very frustrated look.

"Mr. Yang, I am about to die. How can I lie to you when I am about to die? I admit that I do have quite a lot of money. After all, no one would believe that a family with nearly three hundred years has no money.

But food is different.

This thing cannot be accumulated from generation to generation, and the food accumulated for two hundred years has become dust.

Three years old grain has become moldy, but the famine in the Ming Dynasty lasted more than three years. It has been more than ten years this year. The reserves were indeed sufficient in the first few years, but after three or five years, there was not much grain left. Now, I can only say that my family is struggling. We won’t go hungry, but we really don’t have much food left. There has been a severe drought for three years, and the landlord’s family has no food left. What’s more, there will be disasters and wars for more than ten years. Why don't I say a few honest words? First, I advise each family to contribute 100,000 yuan. My old face is still of some use. Second, each family can chip in another 5,000 shi of grain. Third, the tenants who farm our fields this year will pay rent. They are all exempted. Fourth, please make an order from your majesty. Each guard household will not have to hand over their rations this year. In addition, after the incident, His Majesty issued another decree to reform the people. Everything has been revealed before, and we will pretend that it never happened. "

Zhang Zhiji said.

Yang Feng pondered.

An old soldier in the crowd winked at him.

"I will think about it."

He said.

Then he got up and left.

Soon he reached a secluded place. "Mr. Yang, the grain stores in the capital are actually owned by these noble families. There is indeed not much grain in the store, and they are afraid of being robbed by the hungry people. In addition, the noble villages around the capital do not produce much grain. After all, the year is like this. But what they sell most is not the millet produced in the north. It is the rice produced in the south that is sold most in their grain stores. But in winter, neither canal nor sea transportation is accessible, so where does the rice they sell come from? "

The old soldier said.

"I understand, they actually have hidden granaries in those villages outside."

Yang Feng understood instantly.

Indeed, these nobles were the main force in North-South trade.

They have clans in the south. Like the Xu family, they have one family in the north and the other in the south. It is inevitable to be a supplier in the south and a seller in the north. What's more, these noble merchant ships don't have to pay any taxes and can even use the controlled guardhouse. Military ship transportation. This is inevitable. Not to mention people like them who live with the country, even civil servants like Li Sancai who are in charge of water transportation also have the right to use military ships to transport goods to his own family. The Grand Canal transports only four million stones a year, but the grain transported from the south to the capital is more than this amount. The excess is sold by the capital's grain merchants, and the largest grain merchants in the capital can only be these nobles.

They have every convenience.

No tax required.

The property is your own.

There are military households for transportation.

In the later period of the Ming Dynasty, it was already standard for private military households in guard posts. Even if Zhu Guobi married a concubine, thousands of soldiers would line up as guards of honor.

With all the conveniences added up, who can compete with them?

So they are not afraid of spending money.

Because the money is still theirs in the end.

When everything was over, each family raised the price of grain by one tael, and within three months, all the lost money returned to their warehouses, but they did not want to pay for the grain, because after too much grain was spread, they would not be able to pass. Manipulate food prices and make money back.

As for exempting this year's rent and military households not having to pay this year's grain, it is of no use.

Because there is no summer food here.

The so-called summer grain still has to be transported from the south, but water transportation is getting less and less year by year. Don't count on Shandong's summer grain this year. Even if there is a bumper harvest, it will not be sent to the capital, and it is impossible to have a bumper harvest. Just war and destruction will be The output dropped sharply, and the same happened in Beizhili. Not to mention Shanxi, Shaanxi is starved to death, and the limited tax grains are used by Sun Chuanting to train troops, not to mention Henan, Kaifeng is still soaked in water.

In the end, we still have to rely on the south.

Although water transportation must have dropped sharply, the private grain they transported to the north was not water transportation.

The less water transport, the better for them.

The less water transportation, the less military rations, and the higher the price of food in the capital.

They really don't care about the rent.

"But in this case, the scope of the search will be wider."

Yang Feng pondered.

"The search can be found, but it will take some time. The young people of each noble family and the annexed farmhouses all know. Even if they really search, which farmhouses their grain is stored in, this can also be found. .

But it only takes a few days. "

The old soldier said.

They have to prepare for this year and beyond.

Their fields only have autumn grain, which will take more than half a year. Besides, a large number of military households in the capital have no fields at all, and craftsmen households don't even have any. They don't even have autumn grain. No matter how much silver is allocated, it will eventually be taken back by the nobles. Previously, it was five taels of silver and one stone. In two months, when Yang Feng is no longer in the capital, it will directly rise to ten taels and one stone. What else can they do?

You can't eat silver.

Gotta ask for food.

Food to last them until autumn.

"How much food do they estimate they can store?"

Yang Feng said.

"The capital currently has a population of one million. The canal will be thawed in April. However, the date of arrival of grain in Beijing is different. It will take June to arrive in Beijing. However, it takes July or August for grain from the south to arrive in Beijing. Even if it is less, they will still be able to see it. You have to have four months of food storage. Even if you don’t really feed the whole capital, you can still sell 300,000 dan a month. You can check this number. You can find out by asking the clerks in the grain stores, but with a small estimate , there are still millions of stones to store food.”

The old soldier said.

Indeed, this can all be found out.

The grain stores opened by these honorable nobles are no secret to the people of the capital.

You can find it by the guys who work in the grain store.

Coolies for their transport can be found.

All can be found.

"Go and check the British government immediately.

This old guy still wants to act like an immortal in front of me. Does he think I won't hit the old man? When he got angry, I asked him to see what it meant to punch Nanshan Nursing Home and kick Beihai Kindergarten! "

Yang Feng said.

The old soldier left immediately.

Then another military household hurried over.

"Member Yang, the younger one is from Beijuxianfang. The brother on patrol said that someone has secretly explored Beishui Pass."

He said.

"Beishui Pass?"

Yang Feng was confused for a moment.

"Commander Yang, it's winter now, and the place is almost dry. The brothers on patrol saw a few newly broken places on the ice."

The military household said.

"But there are iron bars inside, right?"

Yang Feng said.

"Yes, but there is a small door on the iron fence, which is used by the cleaning people to come in and out. It is usually locked, but if you really know how, it is not difficult to open the lock. I guess someone wants to sneak out from Beishui Pass. I don't know what the situation is. Go ahead and explore.”

The military household said.

Yang Feng nodded.

At this time, Wu Sanfu and his gang were the only ones who were anxious to get out of the city. They couldn't get out through the city gate. Not to mention him, even Chongzhen couldn't let them escape. His Majesty the Emperor hoped to catch him and gag him! It is impossible to climb over the city wall. The young men and women who are close to the city wall are guarding in shifts. If they want to sneak in and break in, it depends on whether the dozens of servants have the courage to fight one against a hundred. However, sneaking out through the water gate is the easiest way to achieve it. of.

"Go and tell Xue Lian, but his brain may not be able to understand. Please explain it clearly."

Yang Feng said.

"I understand, little one!"

The military household immediately said with a smile.

That's enough, even if people like Wu Sanfu die, they should die in the hands of people like Xue Lian.

But in this case...

Wu Sangui should go crazy.

(End of this chapter)