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Chapter 167

Mr. Jing proposed to the third prince, Li Chong, to sell five foreign officials to raise disaster relief money for the three governments, plus the 8 taels of disaster relief money from the Ministry of Households, a total of 30 taels of silver for disaster relief.

As a result, Li Chong's hands were black, and a foreign official sold it for a sky-high price of 7 taels, raising a total of 35 taels of silver.

In order to make Emperor Qi Cheng happy, Li Chong not only proudly refused the 8 taels of silver from the Ministry of Households, but also dedicated 5 taels of silver to the Ministry of Households. His eyes were full of satisfaction.

In addition, the qualifications of the three imperial merchants were auctioned, and a total of [-] shi of grain was raised, which happened to be the reserve price of the auction.

When Li Chong heard about it, his expression was very ugly, but he couldn't help it. Obviously, the auction had been jointly manipulated by the big grain merchants, so he could only admit it with his nose pinched.

In just three days, the relief money and food were loaded onto the carts, and the relief team headed for the three prefectures set off.

Because of the urgent need for disaster relief, the team was in a hurry on the way, and everyone rushed to Sanfu.

Ji Sibo was in charge of escorting the money and food for the disaster relief, and his nerves were jumping all the way. Before leaving, Ji Fushou approached him and told him about the disaster relief in the Ruyin Mansion three years ago, so he was afraid that he would disappear in his hands If they don't get the money for disaster relief, then it will be a disaster for the whole family to exterminate the whole family.

Xu Wenbin was a civil servant. He sat in a speeding carriage along the way, and he often had to get out of the carriage to catch his breath when the convoy stopped to prepare for cooking.

It has been four days since they left the capital, and according to their current speed, they will be able to arrive at the three prefectures of Yong'an in about ten days.

Xu Wenbin got off the carriage with a slightly pale complexion, saw Ji Sibo leading people to patrol for relief money and food, glanced at Ji Tong and the others who were following Ji Sibo, who were dressed differently from the escorting sergeant, and asked with a smile, " Mr. Ji, in a hurry along the way, he didn't ask you who these people are."

Ji Sibo replied: "They are all the soldiers of my Ji family, the warriors who followed me to kill Japanese pirates in Ningbo Mansion."

Xu Wenbin glanced at the sergeant on the other side who was about to light a fire and cook, and smiled, "Didn't the Ministry of War send a hundred sergeants and Mr. Ji? Why did Mr. Ji bring his own soldiers?"

His voice was neither high nor low, but it was enough for everyone to hear. After hearing this, the soldiers all looked up at Ji Sibo with a little anger in their eyes.

Ji Sibo brought the Ji family's soldiers to escort him, and it was obvious that he didn't trust these soldiers, so it's no wonder that these soldiers had private opinions on Ji Sibo.

Ji Sibo smiled slightly, "The money and food for this disaster relief are very important. I am young, and I am afraid that there will be accidents on the road, so I brought my own soldiers just in case, thinking that if there is an accident at that time, I will be able to help as much as possible." some hands to deal with."

These words were reasonable, Xu Wenbin smiled, and didn't say any more, turned to find the soldiers to ask for water to wash their hands and prepare to eat.

Ji Sibo looked at his back with deep eyes.

Ji Tong lowered his voice, "Master."

Ji Sibo whispered: "Don't worry about other people, our task this time is to send money and food to Yong'an Mansion safely, everything else is not important."

Even if those soldiers were unhappy, Ji Sibo didn't intend to pay any attention to them. He certainly trusted Ji Tong and the others more than the soldiers sent to him by the Ministry of War.

Before leaving, Ji Sibo solemnly warned, "Keep an eye on the silver and food, and never leave your sight."

Ji Tong replied solemnly, "Yes, please rest assured, young master."

In this disaster relief team, apart from Xu Wenbin, who had the highest official position, the rest were Ji Sibo, Chu Lingjun, and a doctor from the Ministry of Industry. Like Chu Lingjun, this person was sent by Emperor Qi Cheng to control the water in the three prefectures.

The doctor of the Ministry of Industry was Zhuang Ping, about forty years old, and thought that he was the leader of the water control, but found that Chu Lingjun was the main one, and he was the assistant. He felt ashamed all of a sudden.

In terms of official rank, he is a fourth-rank official, much higher than Chu Lingjun. Can't help scolding: flatter the villain.

Everyone knew that Chu Lingjun was recommended by the third prince, so he had this opportunity to go to the three prefectures to control the water.Therefore, Zhuang Ping took it for granted that this person was a flattering person.

Because Chu Lingjun was not pleasing to the eye, Zhuang Ping got off the carriage and followed Xu Wenbin along the way. He didn't even give Chu Lingjun an eyelid, and didn't want to discuss water control with Chu Lingjun at all.

Chu Lingjun was very modest and wanted to ask for advice, but he didn't join forces after he was bored. He and Ji Sibo were both young people. When the convoy stopped, they were divided into two groups, and the two young people joined together .

Seeing that Ji Sibo came to him after patrolling, Chu Lingjun turned on the burning firewood, watched the water in the pot boil, tore the dough into several pieces, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry about it." In fact, Mr. Xu is famous for being upright, he just asks questions routinely, after all, he is also afraid of accidents."

Ji Sibo responded with a low "Yes" and did not answer Chu Lingjun's words, but he couldn't help but think back to his aunt's warning before he set off.

"I heard that this disaster relief is hosted by Yushi Zuozhongcheng Xu Wenbin, you have to be careful with this person."

He was very surprised at the time, after all, there are no people in the capital who don't know this censor who hates evil and hatred, but his aunt told him to be careful. Compared with Xu Wenbin's impressive official voice, Ji Sibo certainly trusted his aunt more, so he treated him well along the way. Xu Wenbin was secretly vigilant.

After a simple lunch, the group hurried on their way again. Unfortunately, the sky was getting dark and it was raining.

Fortunately, they hurried and found a ruined temple as a place to stay before the heavy rain fell.

When it was night, Ji Sibo assigned manpower, soldiers were on duty in the first half of the night, and Ji and his colleagues were on duty in the second half of the night, and he was always holding his sword and dozed off.

By the second watch, the defense change was completed quietly.

Ji Sibo opened his eyes, and quietly patrolled around the convoy. Just as he finished his patrol and saw that nothing had happened, and was about to go back to sleep, Ji Cheng pulled him away with a look of anxiety.

After getting away from the flames and confirming that the people in the convoy could not hear him, Ji Cheng opened his mouth under the cover of the sound of the rain outside, with a deep sense of horror in his tone: "Master, something serious happened!"

Ji Sibo's heart trembled, "Tell me, what happened."

Ji Cheng swallowed his throat, "Food! There is a big problem with the food!"

Ji Sibo frowned, "Food?" He raised his head and glanced at the cart containing the grain, "Isn't the grain right there?"

Ji Cheng shook his head again and again, "No, no, something happened to the food! The food doesn't taste right!"

(End of this chapter)