Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 793
In the city of Nanjing, officials of the Chu Party ran among various big households and borrowed more than 3 shi of grain in one day.

This number seems to be very large, but for the whole of Nanzhili, it is obviously not enough, it can only be a drop in the bucket.

In fact, China has always been a relational society, and the Jiangnan gentry did not have much friendship with the Chu Party. Even if most of them did not approve of Xie Sanbin and others' actions, it was not easy to tear their faces away with them. After all, they were acquaintances, country party.

Facing Qu Qu’s more than 3 shi of grain, the Chu party officials were still a little discouraged. When Chen Bangyan and others met and watched the grain go into the warehouse, they couldn’t help complaining: “I am a dignified minister. I begged my grandpa to tell my grandma that there is only so much. "

Fang Fengnian also said: "I saved my face and found some old friends to borrow. They didn't want to save me, so they borrowed more or less."

The others were also very angry, with a wave of anger growing in their hearts.

Fortunately, Wang Yan gave Qian Qianyi the official title of Imperial Envoy of the Second Rank Youdu, and asked him, the leader of the south of the Yangtze River, to come forward, and the situation of borrowing food improved a bit.

With the support of some Jiangnan gentry, although Nanjing's food prices are still soaring, there is still some surplus food in the hands of the government, and cheap food is always available for sale, which can still stabilize people's hearts.

It's just that Jin Yiwei's investigation has been fruitless and lost a spy, so Wang Yan has no effective countermeasures and can only passively wait for Huguang Liang to arrive, which makes Wang Yan very annoyed.

This situation lasted until No. 20 days. The date Wang Yan gave Li Suiqiu was about to pass. When the rice in the official warehouse was used up and the borrowed rice was almost used up, the entire Nanjing court became a little impatient. An atmosphere of restlessness spread inside and outside Nanjing.

The next day, all the officials of the Chu Party looked at the river from the north of Nanjing city early in the morning, but they still didn't see the grain ship, and they became more anxious.

Although the food supply in Nanjing city is barely sufficient, several disaster relief counties are about to run out of food. In some places, hungry people have started to make troubles. Casualties of officials and hungry people have occurred. If it is delayed for a few days, the situation may not be easy to control.

In the afternoon, Wang Yan also went to Nanjing North City after receiving the report, Liu Shun was so angry that he brought up the old matter again, and angrily said to Wang Yan: "Your Highness, it is really impossible, I think it is better to copy those sons of bitches, their death is better than starving people rioting. "

Wang Yan didn't deny it outright this time, but said: "Unless it is absolutely necessary, you can't do this!"

Everyone was silent for a while, seeing the sun setting to the west, at this moment, Wang Yan looked to the west, and saw a fleet of ships sailing from the west.

Seeing Wang Yan's strange expression, Chen Bangyan and others followed his gaze, and immediately saw large ships approaching covering the river.

Liu Shun saw the lantern of Huguang Chief Envoy and the flag of Wude Company hanging on the boat. He punched the wall excitedly and laughed loudly: "Your Highness, our boat has food."

Seeing this, Wang Yan also heaved a sigh of relief. The things he can rely on in the future, one is to spread the difference between loyalty to the world and loyalty to the emperor, and the other is the law, so he will not break the laws of the Ming Dynasty unless he has to. Although the killing is quick for a while, if you don't follow the procedure and break the rules, the law cannot be established, and the emperor cannot be restrained.

As soon as the food arrived, Wang Yan said to everyone: "Go, go to the pier and have a look!"

At that moment, a group of people went down the city wall and headed for the pier, each of them wanted to see the rice grains on the boat with their own eyes.

With such a commotion on the river, the people in Nanjing City naturally knew that the food had arrived, and their hearts immediately settled down.

When the fleet arrived at the pier, countless pier coolies had already surrounded them, ready to unload the cargo, but the fleet did not dock, and only after a while did a large ship come.

This made Wang Yan frowned slightly, and many officials on the side were also a little puzzled.

At this time, the plank was set off from the boat, and one person came down, it was Li Suiqiu.

Wang Yan waited for him to salute, and asked anxiously, "Why are you here now?"

"The humble official went south from Huguang. When he passed through Chizhou Mansion and Taiping Mansion along the way, he saw that the grain storage in the two mansions had been exhausted, so he parked and unloaded a batch of grain, so it was delayed for some time. Please forgive me, Your Highness!" Li Suiqiu hurriedly pleaded guilty.

Wang Yan hurriedly lifted him up with one hand, "That's good too, so as not to transport him back after being transported to Nanjing, which saves a lot of manpower."

Wang Yan paused and asked, "How much food is there now?"

Li Suiqiu looked around and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, most of the boats are empty, only [-] shi."

Eighty thousand stone?Everyone's expressions changed, and Wang Yan couldn't help becoming angry, "Eighty thousand shi? How much food did you put down in Chizhou and Taiping?"

Li Suiqiu didn't explain, but leaned forward and whispered: "Your Highness, go to the ship and go to the humble post to explain."

Seeing this, Wang Yan was a little puzzled, not knowing what he was going to do, but Li Suiqiu had been with him for four years and had been in charge of the logistics. He had never made any mistakes, and Wang Yan still trusted him.

At that moment, he ordered everyone to stay, and only let Chen Bangyan and other four or five members of the Chu Party follow Li Suiqiu on board.

Everyone went up from the boat deck and entered the boat cabin. Wang Yan was taken aback suddenly. He saw that there were no less than 20 people gathered inside. Except for Chen Yonghua, although Wang Yan couldn't name the rest of them, they all looked familiar. A businessman from Guangnan.

"This is?" Wang Yan, Chen Bangyan and others were all taken aback.

"I'm here to make a fortune with His Highness!" More than 20 people in the boat cabin saluted Wang Yan together.

When Wang Yan boarded the boat, among the coolies on the pier, someone left quietly.

The man returned to the city, and walked for a long time on the winding path, and finally came to the back door of a big family. He looked around vigilantly, and then knocked on the door.

After half a slam, the door was opened with a gap, a head stuck out, talked to him a few words, and he dodged in.

He was led to walk through the backyard, and he saw small bridges and flowing water, carved beams and painted buildings, and winding paths leading to seclusion.He walked along the corridor, walked through a long corridor, passed through a hall, and was finally led into a small hall.

Not long after, a person came out, it was Long Pinghou Zhang Gongri in a brocade robe, he entered the small hall swiftly like the wind, and asked anxiously as he walked, "What's the situation at the pier?"

The man hurriedly replied: "Reporting to Lord Hou, the grain ships have arrived, there are only more than 20 ships, but for some reason, they did not dock to unload the grain!"

Zhang Gongri frowned, and said: "You continue to inquire, and you must find out how much food has been shipped."

"Yes, the little leader!"

"Give him ten taels of silver." Zhang Gongri waved his hand immediately, telling him to go back, and then told the housekeeper, "Go and get the horse for me, I have to leave the city immediately."

Not long after, the coolie came out from the back door of Longpinghou's mansion again, holding a silver ingot in his hand, he weighed it with his hands as he walked, his face was full of joy.

He walked through a small path, was about to collect the silver into his arms, and turned into an alley, but bumped into someone.He was about to yell at him, but when he looked up, he saw Flying Fish Clothes and Embroidered Spring Knives staring at him coldly at Jin Yiwei, his face immediately turned pale, and he was almost scared to shit.

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