The king behind the empress

Chapter 144 Collaborating with the Enemy and Traitoring the Country (I wish everyone a healthy Dragon Boat Festival)

Mo Zizai appeared a little late, and when the merchants had almost finished eating the melon seeds on the table, Mo Zizai came late.

What made the people sitting at the banquet a little uneasy was that besides Mo Zizai and Zhou Qi Jia Fu, there was also a team of East Factory Guards led by Chen Ying.

Dozens of Dongchang guards stood not far behind them, giving them the feeling that they were surrounded by Dongchang.

Mo Zizai didn't give them any time to think. After they saluted, he directly sat down on the main seat, and said, "Everyone is a busy person who makes money every day. I want to waste a little time for you all. , you don't mind, do you?"

"Where is there"

The person sitting at the lower end of Mo Zizai said quickly, "My lord invited me to a banquet. It's too late for me to feel honored. Why would I mind?"

Hearing this man's words, Mo Zizai glanced at his seat, and asked, "You are Fan Yong from the grain bank, right?"

The nineteen businessmen sitting here operate almost all kinds of lucrative industries such as tea, grain, silk, wine, salt, etc., and almost every one of them has a net worth of over one million.

The person Mo Zizai was talking to now was Fan Yong, the largest grain merchant in the capital, and the two sitting next to Fan Yong were two other big grain merchants, Cao Xi and Chang Wei.

The three of them joined forces and almost monopolized all the food supply in the capital city, making a lot of money.

The reason why the three of them sat together was also arranged by Mo Zizai before, in order to clean them up first, so Mo Zizai just took a look at Fan Yong's seat and immediately knew who he was.

Hearing Mo Zizai calling him Boss Fan, Fan Yong immediately said with some panic: "Fan is just a merchant, in front of the prince, he really dare not be called a boss."

"Why is Boss Fan so self-effacing?"

Mo Zizai chuckled lightly, and said, "I have heard that, a few days ago, the Secretary of the Household Department personally went to your business to buy grain, but you refused."

"You even dare to refuse the Minister of the Household Department, so why don't you dare to be called a mere boss."

Hearing Mo Zizai talk about this matter, Fan Yong's mind immediately raised. A few days ago, Minister of the Household Department Qian Min went to him in person, but that was not asking for food.

On the surface, it was said that he was here to buy grain, but the meaning behind the words was obvious, that is, he was not allowed to sell grain to the court, and he almost said directly that if he dared to sell it, he would be killed.

He is just a businessman with a little background. Under such circumstances, how could he dare to sell grain to the court.

But does he dare to say such a thing?Is it true that a mere merchant is bitten by the Minister of the Ministry of Households, and he really doesn't know how to write dead characters?
So facing Mo Zizai's accusation at this moment, he had no choice but to reply: "My lord, it's not because the grassroots don't sell grain to the court. It's really because the grain line is in short supply. In addition, some refugees have fled here. This year's capital shortage is really serious. Too big."

"In order to give priority to the food supply in the capital, Cao Min, Cao Xi and Chang Wei, the two shopkeepers, can barely get enough. It is really impossible to produce more food."

In order to prevent himself from facing Mo Zizai's anger alone, Fan Yong sold his two colleagues backhandedly.

The so-called colleagues are enemies, Cao Xi and Chang Wei were gloating at Fan Yong's jokes, but Fan Yong backstabbed them, and both of them were dumbfounded.

But now is obviously not the time for internal strife, otherwise everyone will have no good fruit to eat.

So even though Cao Xi and Chang Wei were secretly cursing Fan Yong in their hearts, they had no choice but to say in agreement: "Yes, my lord, what Shopkeeper Fan said is right, the grain harvest this year is not good, plus There are a large number of refugees pouring into the capital, and the food is really stretched."

Hearing the three people's nonsense, Jia Fu snorted coldly in his heart. Apart from being the housekeeper of the palace, he also has the identity of a big landlord in the capital. If the grain harvest is not good, he can save so much for the palace by farming. Rich?
Moreover, these grain merchants don't sell what they harvest and sell. They all have grain in stock. Now they use the excuse of bad harvest to fool the prince.

But even though he knew that the three of them were talking nonsense, Jia Fu did not expose them, because now it was the prince's home court, and he would only speak when the prince asked him to speak.

"The harvest is not good, so there is no food to sell to the court, which sounds reasonable."

Mo Zizai nodded slightly, seeming to agree with what the three said, but when the three breathed a sigh of relief, Mo Zizai suddenly changed the subject and said:
"But Boss Fan, you have no grain to sell to the imperial court, why would you sell grain to Beiman?"

Hearing Mo Zizai's words, the complexions of all the people present changed, and they looked at Fan Yong in shock. The grassland barbarians are the sworn enemies of Dazhou. Although the Dazhou did not completely prohibit trade with them, it was just It is allowed to sell some luxury goods or daily necessities such as silk, tea and porcelain.

Important resources such as grain, salt, and ironware are strictly prohibited from being sold on the grasslands. Anyone who dares to sell them privately will be punished as treason and collaborating with the enemy, which is the crime of punishing the entire clan.

Sweat broke out from Fan Yong's back, he managed to maintain his composure, and said with a dry smile: "My lord is joking, selling grain to the Beiman is for collaborating with the enemy, and he will be executed by the whole family. Have that guts."

"Yeah, this king is also very curious, how can you have such courage."

Mo Zizai waved and said to Chen Ying, "Chen Ying, bring the things up."

"Yes, my lord."

Chen Ying replied, and soon a Dongchang guard came over holding a wooden box.

Mo Zizai took the wooden box, took out an account book from inside, flipped through a few pages at will, shook his head and said: "It seems that this king still underestimates you, you are not just selling food."

"Salt, spices, medicinal materials, basically except for ironware, there is nothing you don't want to buy. I really didn't expect Boss Fan's way to be so wild."

When he saw the wooden box, Fan Yong's face turned pale. When Mo Zizai said this, he couldn't even stand still, but he didn't forget to stammer and defend himself. : "My lord... the lord is talking... what are you talking about, some of the grass people... some... listen... don't understand."

"Don't understand? Then have a look."

Mo Zizai threw the account book in Fan Yong's face with a wave of his hand, and said in a cold tone: "Don't tell me, you can't understand the account book written by yourself!"

Although Yu Zhisi had never supervised some ordinary businessmen, he had never let go of his supervision on these big businessmen. In addition, Mo Zizai now controlled Mei Wei again.

After comparing the information of the two parties, they can immediately understand the things that a dozen big businessmen thought they were hiding.

In addition, since Mo Zizai decided to do it, he didn't have any hesitation. Basically, these businessmen went to Mo Zizai's palace, and Mo Zizai sent people to search the house one by one.

The account book written by Fan Yong himself that Mo Zizai threw out was copied from Fan Yong's family.

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