Rebirth of the little landlady

363 Chapter 2 It's okay to find something ([-])

In the small solitary courtyard that was sealed up densely, Yuan Bao looked up at the moon, feeling irritable and sad. She was homesick, thinking of Chunsheng, imagining how they would gather together today to enjoy the moon happily, and she was alone Outside, the moon is round and people are not round. This feeling is really depressing.

Yuan Bao wanted to end everything here as soon as possible, but there was no good way to do it overnight, so he could only bitterly say, "This group of heartless people don't even have a letter to me!"

Yan Xi on the side couldn't help but laugh, "County Master, we have been here for less than half a month, but it takes at least 20 days to send a letter from the capital to here, sometimes it takes a month, even if the county master leaves the capital The young masters wrote a letter the next day, but it hasn't arrived yet!"

Yuan Bao also smiled embarrassedly. She didn't know why, but the older she got, the more fragile she became. She thought that she also broke into the Ni family in Qing'an County and the Ni family in Ningnan Prefecture alone, and later because she wanted to "develop Career" and took the initiative to stay by Ni Yuze's side for more than a year.

Maybe it's because the relationship with the Su family is getting deeper, or maybe it's because she didn't have the responsibility to work hard for her family when she came out this time. Of course, the main reason is that she has enough money now, so she becomes sentimental and yearns for stability even more Life, people, really need pressure to be motivated, Yuan Bao thought to himself.

Yuan Bao didn't know that on the same night, in the Hezhi Prefecture Mansion of Changling County, not far from her, Su Chunsheng was standing in the small courtyard where he lived alone, looking in the direction of Linze County. Cheng Er was careless for a while, and he was even more worried about the "Song family's black hand behind the scenes" who never showed up, but after thinking about it, he still felt that he could not show up now.

The days slipped by like running water, and the Qi family never came to get in touch with Yuan Bao. Although the marriage letter that Huang's mother handed over to Yuan Bao was important, it was useless. Except for the lack of goods, there seems to be no substantial progress.

Song Chengye had given up on Yuanbao, and devoted all his energy and enthusiasm to the great cause of "creating human beings".

Luo Shi is even busier. While she has to take care of her own business outside, she has a private meeting with Qi Sicheng, and at the same time she has to show her face in front of Song Chengye from time to time. Song Chengye is no longer in the mood to deal with Luo Shi. After all, there are many young concubines in the family. She is beautiful, but she still blindly flatters Song Chengye. Otherwise, Luo Shi would not have tried to keep these women in the old house in order to get the special treatment, so that they would not have the opportunity to come to Beijing to accompany Song Chengye. .

"Is it because there are people outside, so you changed your sex, or you think that the master's body is running out of money, so you can make a lot of money?" After Yan Xi received Luo's news every day, she would inevitably ask Yuan Bao After repeating a few words, she also sensed Luo Shi's suspiciousness now. How could a vicious woman suddenly become tolerant and magnanimous, as if she was indifferent to the world?It's a pity that she can't find the most critical point.

Yuan Bao frowned, "Family affairs, no matter what, are trivial matters. Besides, no matter how chaotic the Song family's affairs are, they won't be able to trouble the Qi family. There is no way to procrastinate like this. If there is nothing to do, we must find something for them to come out." OK." For more than a month, she has traveled all over the surrounding counties, to put it bluntly, in the area under the jurisdiction of He Zhizhou, and she has learned a lot about the business of Qi's family.

"Why can't we make a fuss?" Yan Xi frowned and said, "Your servant is thinking, as long as the 'relationship' between the Qi family and Luo family is exposed in front of everyone, even if the master pretends to be deaf and dumb, he won't react at all. Not at all, right?" When the Qi family and the Song family started to quarrel, wouldn't the Qi family only rely on the county head?
Yuan Bao shook his head, "First of all, it's not a good thing, and I don't have to be a burden on an unmarried girl. Secondly, I don't dare to gamble with Song Chengye's character anymore. He could really kill his own daughter for money. Now that Luo Shi is just an old concubine who has passed away, why is he reluctant? Instead, he took advantage of the opportunity and reached some shameful deal with the Qi family! In the end, no matter how you say these are all housework, It can only ruin the reputation, but it can't shake the foundation of the Qi family, and the loss outweighs the loss of one thousand to injure the enemy eight hundred!" No one in the Qi family has become an official, and reputation is not important to them.

"The county magistrate is so eloquent, does he already have an idea in his heart?" Yan Xi's eyes were full of excitement.

Yuan Bao didn't hide it from her, "Well, I want to visit He Zhizhou in person tomorrow. The success of this method depends on He Zhizhou. In addition, we have to settle some accounts carefully. Don't just deal with them in the end. We don't have any money left."

Yan Xi was overjoyed after hearing Yuan Bao's plan, and praised without a word, "The county lord is really smart, he can come up with such a good idea, the Qi family will not only beg the county lord, but also give it to the county lord." The county magistrate sent money."

Yuan Bao pinched his forehead wearily, "Don't just be happy, think about it for me later, whether there is any mistake or omission in this method, this is a big deal, by the way, now you put the steward of the outer courtyard and our guards together Commander, let’s call, one person counts the short and the other counts the long, and there will be no mistakes in discussing more.” To be honest, it’s the first time in Yuan Bao’s two lifetimes to frame someone so empty-handedly, and he feels very uncomfortable. , but I missed this opportunity, and I don't know when I will wait until the next time I do it, she has to do it.

After listening to Yuan Bao's idea, everyone felt that this plan was feasible, but some details still needed to be carefully designed, so the stewards of the outer court suggested that Yuan Bao wait an extra day or two.

That night, someone reported Yuan Bao's plan to Su Chunsheng, and after discussion, Su Chunsheng took the lead in taking action.

Three days later, Yuan Bao quietly visited He Zhizhou, and He Zhizhou was very cooperative, which saved most of Yuan Bao's heart, but when He Zhizhou refused the favor, Yuan Bao firmly insisted on accepting it.What a joke, if there is no definite handle on this kind of thing, how can Yuan Bao be at ease!

What Yuan Bao did made Su Chunsheng very relieved, and He Zhizhou couldn't help sighing to his wife, "This county lord is so young, he does things in such a way, and he is very cautious without being anxious or aggressive. He is in a high position. Not domineering, it will definitely be a good one in the future, this Yu family is a big family after all, just a adopted daughter, so witty and courageous, the future is limitless!"

"Hey," Mrs. He regretted, "What's the use of being the best, our son can't climb high!" Her youngest son has not yet married.

He Zhizhou's face changed suddenly, "What nonsense are you talking about?! That's the person that the Duke of the country misses so much, you don't want the lives of the whole family!" He didn't know that there was such a family who would rather risk the lives of the whole family. Their lives are in danger, and their ingots must be taken back from Ni Yuze's hands.

The trap was ready, waiting for the Qi family and Song family to enter the urn, Yuan Bao became more and more nervous.

The Qi family brothers were more nervous than Yuan Bao. Qi Sicheng chased Qi Siyuan and asked, "Brother, what do you want to say, is this year the military ration business or not?"

The so-called military ration business is to provide food for the garrisons in various places. Because the territory of the dynasty is vast and the number of soldiers is large, both of which are the highest in all dynasties. Therefore, the practice of the dynasty is that the Ministry of Households allocates silver taels, and the garrisons in various places come from the local area nearby. Purchasing grain and grass, and the harvest season of new grain in autumn every year is the time to purchase military grain for a year, and it is also a good time that Yuan Bao has been waiting for!
"Don't do it? Don't do it? You are willing to pay such a large amount of money?! If you don't do it, what's the point of us spreading out the grain?" Qi Siyuan's face was very ugly, it was not so much losing his temper as it was I was afraid, "Also, do we have to throw away all the old rice we collected in advance?"

Everyone knows that military rations are very profitable. This is because the government allocates money for the purchase of rations based on the market price of new rations, but what the soldiers eat is old rice, which is not the kind that would last for three or five years during the normal shelf life. It is the cheapest old rice that has quality problems due to improper storage or long storage time. This kind of rice has a special term in modern society, which is called "mildewed rice".

"Moldy rice" has undergone post-processing after harvesting, such as washing, drying, and re-pounding rice, etc., and then mixed into the old rice, but the taste is very different, and it will not cause any obvious harm to the eaters at that time.

Of course, if you eat it for a long time, it will definitely be harmful, but these are not issues that corrupt officers and unscrupulous businessmen will consider. In their hearts, the lives of low-level soldiers are sold with a death contract with their families. Like the slaves of my servants, their lives are so light|cheesy, how can they talk about health? !
If the price of normal old rice can reach [-]% to [-]% of the new rice, then the price of "mildewed rice" is only one-tenth or even one-twentieth of the new rice, which is why the profit of the military ration business is so considerable. In addition to providing support to the officers, grain merchants will also make a lot of money. This is how the Qi family and the Song family have made their fortunes over the years!

In this era when many people are hungry, "mildewed rice" is not so easy to harvest, so the rice shop owner who has been in the military ration business for a long time will start preparations long in advance, so as not to be unable to hand in sufficient quantities on time and be forced to It is easy to recharge and reduce profits.

Because of Song Chengye's perennial care, the Qi family has always had a lot of "mildewed rice" in stock, but they never expected that Song Chengye would suddenly lose his position this year, so it would be the Qi family's turn to purchase military rations Do it?If not, the "mildewed rice" cannot be sold and can only be thrown away for nothing.

In fact, if you really want to calculate it carefully, those "mildewed rice" are not worth much money. The key problem is that the large objective profit is really distressing.

"Then... big brother means..." Qi Sicheng's small eyes rolled around, and there was a sense of joy on his chubby face. As long as you pay attention to observe, it is not difficult to find that he is not as nervous as Qi Siyuan at all.

"Hmph!" Qi Siyuan was not so easy to fool, and snorted coldly, "You still come to ask me now, pretend that I don't know, you have already contacted Captain Zhou, and this year's military ration business is still the same, now this sentence What exactly do you mean?"

Qi Sicheng also didn't want to hide Qi Siyuan's private little actions, after all, Qi Siyuan was very careful about those "mildewed rice", and after all these years, Qi Siyuan himself was not completely unconnected in the army.

Qi Sicheng said with a bitter face, "Aren't I worried? The Luo family is not merciless in accepting my favors. I will accept this. After all, we are all brothers. It's okay for me to suffer a little bit. I'm just afraid, now that Song Chengye is no longer an official, don't wait for the military rations to be sent up, they will pick and choose, and if we look back, if there is something wrong with us, there will be no one to protect us!"

After all, the benefit to Luo Shi is only the small boss, and the big boss is the one to Song Chengye, but now they don't want to give the part to Song Chengye, but this is going to be risky, so I won't talk about it. Being blackmailed by the army because there is no one to protect him is [-]% possible. Qi Sicheng will not bear this huge sum of money alone. From Qi Siyuan's hand, he wanted to share it evenly, but he never mentioned how much he took advantage of Luo Shi's body.

"The world is as black as crows, so don't worry about it. I'm the big brother and I can take advantage of your little advantage. There's no need to go to the Song family. It's useless to go!" Now Yuan Bao and Song Chengye's disagreement has become public in the eyes of many people. It's a secret, "It's a big deal and it's over when the time comes to express to the army. I don't believe it. Our Qi family has been in the military ration business for so many years. Without him, Song Chengye, we can't do this business?!" In my heart Forget it, maybe if you don't give it to Song Chengye, you can save some money instead.

"Hey, big brother!" After hearing Qi Siyuan's words, Qi Sicheng laughed so hard that he couldn't even see his eyes. In fact, Qi Siyuan's decision was already estimated by him. Everyone can calculate such a simple account, so he is happy Yes, Qi Siyuan still promised him to share the money given to Luo Shi, and he could ask for more at that time, so Qi Siyuan couldn't ask Luo Shi for it, could he?
As for Qi Siyuan, he felt that Qi Sicheng's relationship with Luo Shi was also a different kind of relationship with Song Chengye. If something happened and Song Chengye didn't lend a helping hand, he could just put all the responsibility on Luo Shi, saying that Luo Shi had ignorantly assigned Song Chengye's Yinzi, then can Song Chengye ignore their brothers?
The big deal is to hand over the stealing Qi Sicheng to calm the "anger" of the Song family, Qi Siyuan thought so.

At this time, the Qi brothers didn't know how slippery Luo Shi was. Every once in a while, Luo Shi would hand over [-]% of Qi Sicheng's benefits to Song Chengye, one to express her "loyalty" to Song Chengye, one to express her "loyalty" to Song Chengye. He took this opportunity to "get close" to Song Chengye once or twice, which is why Song Chengye has always turned a blind eye to the ambiguity between Luo Shi and Qi Sicheng!
(End of this chapter)