Chapter 221 Yelu: Chen Jiusi, you are plotting against me! ( words, please subscribe)
"Jiu Si, the grain should have been transported to the Mian River by Yelu to make a fortune. Moreover, the transportation and storage were so secretive, it was obvious that he didn't want others to know!"

"If we go, will he be willing to give it to us?"

Zhao Ya asked, and Chen Jie smiled: "It's okay for the princess to use her privileges sometimes, but she can't be like you who never breaks any rules."

"Didn't we have a meeting a few days ago, and agreed that those with great powers could transfer grain to the Mian River? Now Yelu is sharing the country's worries, and he has received what he asked for..."

"But he..."

"Hey Princess, you are the most powerful person in Mianshui County now. If you say it is him, then it is him. If you say it is not him, then it is him too."

Zhao Ya heard this and said, "Is this possible?"

Although Zhao Ya is a princess, she is a political fledgling and always likes to abide by rules and laws when doing things.

But sometimes, we can't be too legalistic.

Chen Jie said: "Princess, just believe me. All this is for the 100,000 people in Mianshui. If 100,000 people can survive because of you, then you will have done a great deed!"

After hearing what Chen Jie said, Zhao Ya said, "Well, I'll listen to you then."

"Haha, what the princess said is absolutely right, just trust me."

Chen Jie smiled and said, "My lord, you can go back and rest for a while. The grain should arrive tomorrow night. Then you have to commend Yelu. Do you know how to do it?"

Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie and said, "I know."

Zhao Ya is not stupid, on the contrary, she is very smart. Some things are just bound by her thinking. As a princess, she never knows how to use the privileges in her hands. On the contrary, she restrains herself and likes to abide by the rules. If she had the power of a princess, she would have arrested the local tyrants in Mianshui County without saying a word, tortured them, and obtained a lot of food.

But she prefers to abide by the law. Chen Jie is now more and more curious about who her master is and how he could teach such a disciple.

But now the little princess is willing to accept his training, and the first thing he teaches her is to call a deer a horse.

……

Suzhou Chamber of Commerce!

Everyone transported all their 250,000 dan of grain to Mianshui County. This grand event immediately attracted the attention of the people of Mianshui County.

Some people said they came to save the Mian River, but soon some people said they were preparing to hoard goods and make a fortune in the Mian River.

Just like that, these words spread throughout the Mian River.

Shen Wansan and others also knew about these rumors. After thinking about it, Shen Wansan convened the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce and said, "Our action this time is too big. It is estimated that it will affect the price of grain in the future. But don't worry, wait a few days and let the market cool down. The price will go up again."

After hearing what Shen Wansan said, the people from Suzhou Chamber of Commerce immediately said, "We know. We won't sell any grain recently. Once the market is sure that we won't sell grain, the price will naturally go up. At that time, we will control the grain sales and keep the grain price high."

After hearing this, Shen Wansan nodded: "That's it."

The rest of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce said, "Don't worry, our target grain price is 60 wen. We won't sell it for less than 60 wen."

After hearing this, Shen Wansan said, "Sixty coins is a bit high. In fact, fifty-five coins will do. Let's wait and see the grain price tomorrow."

……

Yelu Mansion!
Zhou Peng looked at Yelu and said, "Sir, do you know? People from the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce are here."

Yelu frowned, he thought the Mianshui market would belong to him, but he didn't expect that the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce would interfere.

"know."

"Then Lord Yelu, what should we do now?"

Zhou Peng looked at Yelu and asked. Yelu said, "Don't worry, wait and see."

Zhou Peng frowned and said, "Sir, do you want to sell some of the grain today while the price is still good?"

Yelu immediately said angrily: "No!"

Zhou Peng was startled, and Yelu looked at him and said, "Without my order, no one is allowed to sell grain or smash the market, otherwise I will not forgive you!"

Everyone was frightened by Yelu's roar.

Yelu was also afraid that these people would really crash the market, which would directly drive down the price of grain, and then his 100,000 shi of grain would be worthless.

At that time, not only would he not be able to make money, but he would also be unable to repay the favor owed to his classmate who was the Tongpan of Yong'an Prefecture.

Why would they take the risk to lend you grain? Because Yelu agreed to lend you 100,000 shi of grain and return the price of 200,000 shi of grain, so that the Tongpan could earn twice the price of the grain. In this way, the Tongpan could use the money to buy grain and store it in the next year when the price of grain is cheaper, so as to make up for the deficit!

With this back and forth, didn't the magistrate make money?
But if there was a problem with the grain price in Mianshui now, he would suffer a huge loss, so Yelu strictly required that no one on the scene was allowed to sell grain in order to let the grain price fall.

Zhou Peng looked at Yelu and said, "Sir, you don't allow me to sell the business, but if the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce wants to sell grain, how should we deal with it?"

After hearing what Zhou Peng said, Yelu pondered for a moment and said, "Zhou Peng, take someone to get my invitation and invite the people from the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce to visit my Yelu Mansion."

"Ah, sir, what do you want?"

Yelu said: "If we don't entertain friends coming from afar, wouldn't it be impolite of us to do so?"

Zhou Peng said: "Yes, I understand, sir."

Zhou Peng brought Yelu's invitation and went directly to the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce's headquarters.

"Well, the local Darughachi invited us?"

Shen Wansan looked at the invitation in his hand, turned to Zhou Peng and said, "Go back and tell Lord Darughachi that we will pack up and go to the banquet."

Zhou Peng said: "Then I will take my leave."

Zhou Peng led his men away, and only people from the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce were left in the room.

At this time, someone said, "Brother Wan San, what do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Wansan laughed and said, "We came to Mianshui, so we should meet the local tyrants. After all, a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake, right? Hahaha..."

After hearing this, everyone looked at Shen Wansan and asked, "Brother Wansan, what if Yelu wanted this grain?"

After hearing this, Shen Wansan said: "So what? We are not afraid of these local officials when we come out to do business. After all, our gifts have been delivered..."

Shen Wansan pointed to the sky and said, "In the sky."

Upon hearing this, all the merchants in Suzhou started laughing. Yes, they, the merchants in Suzhou, have backers. They are not a tree without roots. As for who their backers are?
"It's the Prime Minister Tuotuo."

Thinking of this, many businessmen had a clear idea in their hearts. No official dared to use force against them these days. After all, they were connected with the higher-ups and were considered dogs under the command of the prime minister. Naturally, officials from all over the country would have to give the prime minister the benefit of the doubt!
Shen Wansan said: "Everyone, let's pack up and go into the mansion."

After hearing this, the merchants said, "Yes."

Soon a group of people went to Yelu's mansion, and Yelu set up a grand banquet. Naturally, the sashimi that Yelu loved so much was also indispensable on the banquet.

But Shen Wansan didn't like to eat it.

Yelu looked at Shen Wansan and the others and said, "Mr. Shen and his party have come all the way from Suzhou and Hangzhou. They must have worked hard. Let's have some local special sashimi."

Shen Wansan said, "Lord Yelu is too polite. Su and others should have come to visit Lord Yelu first before coming here. I didn't expect that Lord Yelu would invite us first. It's really rude, rude."

Yelu heard this and said, "Hahaha, don't worry about these little red tapes. Mr. Shen, are you here to solve the problem of the Mian River?"

Shen Wansan said: "It's not a matter of resolving a problem, it's just a normal business transaction."

Yelu heard this and said, "Haha, Mr. Shen, you are right. Mr. Shen, what do you think the price of grain from the Mian River should be?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the feast stopped drinking and looked at the two people at the main table.

Shen Wansan turned the wine glass in his hand, then looked at Yelu and said, "Sir Yelu is the local official. What do you think the price of grain should be?"

Yelu hesitated for a moment and said, "Sixty coins."

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Wansan looked at Yelu and an inexplicable smile suddenly appeared on his face. He understood. Sixty cents, so low, this Yelu is also a corrupt official.

If he is a corrupt official, it will be easy to deal with him. Shen Wansan said, "Master Yelu, what you said is true. These sixty coins are indeed a fair price."

Yelu said: "Yes, the price is very fair. I am just afraid that someone will lower the price maliciously."

After hearing this, a Suzhou businessman said, "Hahahaha... Lord Yelu, we thought you were going to bargain. As long as you don't bargain, then we won't bargain either. Why don't we make a gentleman's agreement?"

Yelu heard this and said, "Gentleman's agreement, a gentleman's agreement is good, but how should this agreement be made?"

After hearing this, the Suzhou merchant said, "Before the grain price reaches 60 wen, neither of us is allowed to lower the price, nor sell grain recklessly and disrupt the market. What do you think, Lord Yelu?"

"Brother Zhang, please don't be rude. How can we ask Lord Yelu to do this or that?"

Shen Wansan pretended to criticize the rude person. After hearing this, Yelu waved his hand and said, "Hey, I think what Brother Zhang said is very true. We might as well sign this gentleman's agreement. It will also be good for the people of Mianshui, isn't it?"

Shen Wansan was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then he said, "Then, then I'll do as you say, sir?"

Yelu immediately laughed and said, "Hahaha, good, good."

Both parties were very satisfied with the gentleman's agreement, but at this time, a Suzhou merchant outside the door had to pee urgently and came out to relieve himself.

He met a man who seemed very powerful, because no one dared to stop him in Yelu Mansion, and he had several followers following him.

At this time, the Suzhou merchant asked, "Sir, may I ask where is your toilet?"

When the powerful man heard this, he looked at the Suzhou merchant and said, "Hahaha, you are from Suzhou?"

The man said, "Exactly. May I ask you, sir?"

"Oh, my last name is Zhou. I'm a guest at Yelu's mansion. I just happened to go to the toilet. Let's go together."

"Oh, that's great. Thank you, Mr. Zhou."

"Ah, it's okay, it's okay. Your Suzhou Chamber of Commerce came today, and I was supposed to accompany you, but I had something urgent to do, so I didn't come. By the way, did your discussion go smoothly? Do you want me to help you put in a few words?"

"Haha, Brother Zhou, everything went smoothly, and we even made a gentleman's agreement..."

……

Fishing gang.

Chen Jie looked at the intelligence that had just been delivered today, and immediately said, "Haha, not bad, gentleman's agreement, I won't sell it for less than sixty cents."

Chen Jie put the note aside and looked at Xiao Hu and asked, "What is the price of grain on the black market today?"

Xiao Hu said, "Fifty cents, same as yesterday."

Chen Jie said, "Put out 20,000 dan of grain and sell it at 45 wen. Lower the price to 45 wen for me."

"Yes."

Xiao Hu immediately agreed after hearing this, and then said: "But after these 20,000 dan of grain are spent, we only have less than 40,000 dan of grain. I'm afraid we can't last for a few days."

Chen Jie said: "That's enough. By the way, how is Chen Heng's going to Huangzhou Prefecture to pick up grain?"

Xiao Hu said, "They should have already headed back. But, Boss, for only 30,000 dan of grain, do you really need to send ten large ships?"

Chen Jie said: "Haha... When you go to the government to receive grain, you must give enough face. Okay, you go to the black market to sell grain first. I want the grain price to be 45 today!"

"it is good."

Xiaohu responded and left.

Chen Jie stood up, stretched and went out. On his left was Su Yunjin's east courtyard, and on his right was Huang Wan'er's west courtyard.

Who are you sleeping with tonight?

Chen Jie thought about it and went to the west courtyard.

The young lady from the East Courtyard is good, but she is too conservative. She won't let him touch her when she's pregnant. He can only hold her while sleeping every night. She won't let him move even if she's in flames. Chen Jie also respects her and doesn't have any improper thoughts.

But the lady Huang in the west courtyard was more open. Although she didn't allow further penetration, she could use her mouth...

It's also an alternative experience. I have already slept at my wife's house for two nights. It's time to go look for Madam Huang.

I don't know what's going on with these two women. Others are fighting to the death for men, but they are the ones who are being humble and yielding to each other. Oh... damn traditional virtues.

Chen Jie thought about it and went straight to the west courtyard. He wanted to enjoy Wan'er's tenderness tonight.

……

Silent all night.

An inn booked by Suzhou Chamber of Commerce.

"Brother Wansan, look, the price of grain on the black market dropped to forty-five cents last night."

"Ok?"

Shen Wansan was stunned when he heard this, and then he looked at the Suzhou merchant and said, "Forty-five coins, this shouldn't be the case. Although the large amount of grain arriving at the port will indeed cause fluctuations in the grain price in Mianshui, none of us are selling grain. Even if the price doesn't rise, it shouldn't fall. Moreover, the price has fallen by five coins, which obviously means that a large amount of grain has flowed into the market, making the market think that there is hope for a reduction in grain prices!"

After hearing this, the Suzhou merchant said, "Brother, someone is indeed selling grain. They should have sold at least 20,000 dan last night!"

"Twenty thousand shi!" Shen Wansan's face suddenly turned ugly and he asked, "Who in Mianshui County still has so much grain?"

The Suzhou merchant asked, "Brother, could it be that Yelu deliberately lowered the price?"

Shen Wansan said: "That shouldn't be the case. He wants to lower the price. Why did he invite us yesterday?"

"Could this be a smoke bomb he released?"

Shen Wansan was stunned and said, "No, there is no reason. Doesn't he want to make money? But there must be a hand behind this that is against us. Who could it be?"

After hearing this, the Suzhou merchant said, "Brother Wansan, do you think we should sell some as well?"

"No, the most important thing in business is credit. We can't be the first to crash the market. Tell everyone, don't be impatient, don't be impatient, first see which way the wind blows. Also send someone to inform Yelu and ask him who crashed the market."

After hearing this, the Suzhou merchant said, "Okay, I'll send someone to ask Yelu right away."

……

Yelu Mansion.

Yelu listened to the news from the Suzhou merchants and immediately said to the messenger, "Go back and tell my dear brother Wan San that the one who paid out the grain yesterday was definitely not someone from my Yelu Mansion, nor could it be a gentry in the city. As for who it was, I will check."

After hearing this, the Suzhou merchant said, "Sir, I hope you can find out who is against us as soon as possible, and don't delay us from making money."

Yelu said: "Don't worry, this is not only about you, but also about my own interests."

See off the people from Suzhou Chamber of Commerce.

Yelu frowned and looked at Zhou Peng and said, "Go tell the families in the city who have grain to take care of themselves, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless."

Zhou Peng said: "Lord Yelu, this time it's really not our people. None of our families sold any grain last night."

"Hmm? Who could that be?"

Yelu frowned, and Zhou Peng thought for a moment and said, "Could it be Chen Jiusi?"

"Well, Chen Jiusi?"

Yelu also frowned. Yes, Chen Jiusi has been too calm recently, which is not in line with his character. Could it really be him?

But that’s not right. Didn’t he burn all the food he had?

How could he get the food to fill the black market?

Thinking about this, he looked at the guard leader behind him and said, "How was the investigation of the fishing gang last time I asked you to do?"

The guard leader heard this and said, "Lord Yelu, we have checked and found that the warehouses of the fishing gang are all in the air. There must be no food. Moreover, all the large warehouses have been rented out to people from the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce. How can the fishing gang have food?"

Yelu heard this and said, "That's strange. Chen Jiusi has no food. Then whose food did the 20,000 dan sold on the black market yesterday belong to?"

Yelu frowned and said, "I always feel like someone is plotting against me. The Mian River is very strange now."

The guard heard this and said, "Sir, do you want me to check again?"

Yelu heard this and said, "No need for now. Today we need to transport our grain to the Mian River. It is not convenient for me to come out. You take people to transport the grain to our secret warehouse in Yangjia Town."

After hearing this, the guard leader clasped his fists and said, "Yes."

Yelu squinted his eyes and asked, "Who is it?"

For a moment he couldn't see clearly who was setting up the web.

……

In this way, the price of grain in Mianshui remained strangely stable at 45 wen per catty per day.

Yelu and Suzhou Chamber of Commerce are also waiting. If no one dumps the price in the next two days, the price of grain will rise again to their ideal price.

Just when everyone's attention was focused on the black market grain prices.

On the Mianshui River, there is a black wharf. Although it is called a black wharf, it used to be a big wharf. However, it was later sealed off by Yelu in his private name, so it became a black wharf and also Yelu’s private wharf.

At this time, ten large ships secretly drove into the Black Wharf.

Ahetai, the commander of the guards of Yelu Mansion, was responsible for receiving the ship.

Ahetai was the former deputy commander of the Yelu Mansion, Qimuge's deputy, and Chen Xiaohu's former drinking buddy.

During this quest to retrieve the Medicine King's treasure, Qimuge died, so Yelu promoted Ahetai to the position of commander of the guards to replace Qimuge.

At this time, Ahetai led 500 black cavalrymen to guard the dock, lighting the torches in their hands. However, the black cavalrymen were not wearing armor today, but were dressed like ordinary people, standing there, waiting for the big ship to approach. Watching the big ship approach, Ahetai said, "Everyone, work harder. When this batch of grain is transported, Lord Yelu will give you a reward."

"Yes."

After hearing this, the boat immediately approached the dock, and Ahetai said: "Brothers, carry it..."

Upon hearing this, all the black-armored knights rushed forward and unloaded the food from the ship. At the same time, a long dragon of torches suddenly filled the entire open space, which looked very spectacular.

Ah San looked at the many people and food in front of him and was immediately excited: "Hehe, Jiu Si is right. There really is 100,000 dan of food. It seems that the princess's worries have been resolved."

Chen Xiaohu on the side said: "Master Ah San, you are joking. My gang leader never lies. If he says there is food, there must be food."

"Yes, yes. Let's go ahead and catch them in the act."

Ah San looked at Xiao Hu and Xiao Hu said with a smile: "Master Ah San, don't be anxious. There is so much food. Let them move some first. Otherwise, we will have to move it later. Save some energy."

After hearing this, Ah San laughed and said, "You guys who followed Chen Jiusi are really bad, but I like it hahaha..."

After Ah San finished speaking, he immediately said, "I'll listen to you and wait."

They waited for a while until the food on the ship was almost transported. Then Ah San looked at Xiao Hu, who clasped his fists and said, "Sir, please give the order."

Ah San said: "Catch them, catch all these people."

"Yes."

After hearing this, Chen Xiaohu waved his hand and said, "Brothers, charge!"

All of a sudden, all the younger brothers of the fishing gang who were hiding in the darkness jumped out, and in an instant there was a burst of fire, and they surrounded the 500 Yelu Black Cavalry in an instant.

Ahedai was startled by this sudden scene and shouted, "What's going on?"

After hearing Ahetai's shout, someone else shouted, "Master Ahetai, it's bad. We are surrounded. The enemy has more people than us."

After hearing this, Ahetai was shocked. Who had the largest number of troops in the Mian River that could surpass that of his own Yelu Mansion?

But it only took him a moment to react. Who else could it be? It must be the Fishermen's Gang. In the entire Mianshui, only the Fishermen's Gang had so many people.

This time, the Fishing Gang dispatched a total of one thousand people, including Xiaohu's White Tiger Battalion, but also ordinary gang members.

At this time, a group of people surrounded Ahetai and his men.

Ahetai Canglang drew his knife and said to his confidant: "Return to the city immediately and invite Lord Yelu."

After hearing this, the confidant immediately returned to the city to invite Yelu.

At this time, Ahetai held a long knife and said, "Who dares to rob our Yelu Mansion? Are you tired of living?"

"Oh, what's your Yelu Mansion? Can it be bigger than my Ruyang Palace?"

At this time, Asan looked at Ahetai with disdain and sneer on his face. He said, "You are just a county Darughachi. What's so great about you? Any official in the palace is higher than you, Yelu. And you still pretend to be so great in front of me."

Asan turned his head and glanced at Xiaohu.

Xiaohu nodded: "The person has been released."

Ah San said, "No one is allowed to go out anymore."

Xiaohu said, "Don't worry, the White Tiger Camp is on guard outside, not even a mosquito can fly out."

After hearing this, Ah San said, "That's fine. Don't ruin the princess's good deeds."

After saying this, Ah San walked over and looked at Ah Hetai and asked, "Are you Yelu's subordinate?"

Ahetai was also shocked at this time. It turned out that it was the princess who surrounded them. No, he had to pass this crucial information to Lord Yelu.

However, the confidants found that they could not get out at all.

"Commander, it's the people from the fishing gang who are guarding it."

After hearing this, Ahhetai's face suddenly darkened, but he looked at Ah San who was approaching him and said, "Master Ah San, we are all working for the court. Why are you besieging us with the people of the fishing gang?"

Ah San said: "I know, you are working for the court and helping the princess, so aren't we here to take over and help you?"

Ahedai asked, "Master Aheda, what do you mean?"

Ah San smiled and said, “Isn’t this obvious?”

"You have collected food for the princess. The princess, thinking of your hard work, specially sent us here to help you transport the food into the city to solve the food shortage in the city. I have to say that it is really your Lord Yelu who has great powers. He was able to get so much food. Is this 100,000 dan?"

Ahedai's face turned dark at this time. He looked at Ah San and said, "Master Ah San, you can't joke. This grain, this grain..."

Ah San looked at him and said, "What's wrong with this grain? Could it be that your master is planning to smuggle it into the city and sell it to the people of Mianshui at a high price?"

"I remember the princess said that it is not allowed to sell grain at a high price. Could it be that Lord Yelu has turned a deaf ear to the princess's order? Is he looking down on our Ruyang Palace? Is he going to rebel?"

Asan looked at Ahetai and put the blame on him.

Ah He's face turned pale: "I don't mean that, I don't mean that."

Ah San said, "Is there anything else? If not, our Princess Mansion will take over the grain."

Ahedai said: "No, it's not possible."

Ah San frowned and asked, "Why not?"

Ahetai said: "Sir, these grains belong to our Lord Yelu. I have no right to deal with them. Please be lenient."

Ah San said: "What kind of compromise? No, it won't work."

Ahedai saw Chen Xiaohu at this moment and immediately said, "Brother Xiaohu, brother Xiaohu, please say something for me!"

After hearing this, Chen Xiaohu looked at Ahetai and said, "Brother, we are just following orders."

"Brother Xiaohu, I know you are in trouble, but you must help me, otherwise I will be in trouble. If Lord Yelu knew that I lost the food, he would kill me."

Xiao Hu frowned and thought for a while: "Master Ah San, please see if you can make an exception. This Ahedai is my elder brother."

Ah San frowned and said impatiently: "Then wait a while, let Yelu come to deal with it."

"Thank you, Master Ah San, and thank you, Brother Xiaohu."

Ahetai thanked him immediately.

After waiting for about an hour, Yelu finally arrived. He rushed over and saw the long line of torches and said, "Who dares to steal the food from my Yelu Mansion?"

Ah San was not afraid of Yelu, so he said directly: "Haha, Yelu, you are so arrogant, what do you mean by robbing? Our princess has requisitioned this batch of grain."

"Ok!"

Yelu turned his head and looked at Asan, his brows immediately frowned. How could this be possible? How could he be caught by the people from the Princess's Mansion when he was transporting grain so secretly!

However, this batch of grain is of great importance and cannot be given directly to the Princess's Mansion.

Thinking of this, Yelu turned to look at Ah San and said, "Master Ah San, why are you withholding my food?"

Ah San looked at Yelu and said, "Master Yelu, isn't this grain from the imperial court?"

Yelu said, "Of course not. This grain belongs to my Yelu family and has nothing to do with the court. Besides, this batch of grain needs to be transported north to support the family, so it cannot be withheld."

Ah San frowned and said, "Private food."

Yelu said: "Yes, it is private food. If it is public food, it is fine for the Princess' Mansion to seize it, but it is against the rules to seize the private food of our Yelu family."

"Private food, hahahaha, what a private food."

Just when Yelu was making excuses, a voice suddenly rang out. Yelu was startled when he heard the voice. He turned around and saw Zhao Ya striding towards him with A Da and A Er.

And standing next to them was Chen Jiusi.

At this time, seeing Chen Jiusi looking at him with a smile on his face, Yelu immediately understood that he was being tricked by Chen Jiusi.

However, he pretended to be calm, looked at Zhao Ya and said, "Greetings, Princess."

Zhao Ya looked at Yelu and asked, "What did Lord Yelu say just now? Are these grains your private grains?"

"Yes, Princess. These are the private grains of my Yelu family. Please understand clearly, Princess."

Zhao Ya looked at Yelu and said, "Private grain, you have evidence."

Yelu said: "The county lord wants it, and we can have the correspondence as proof."

Zhao Ya laughed and said, "Very good. Since it is private grain, I don't care whether you want to sell it or not. But Yelu, let me ask you, since it is private grain, tell me why you use the imperial black cavalry to transport the grain. Are these black cavalry your private soldiers?"

"This……"

Yelu was speechless after being confronted by Zhao Ya, and could only stammer and fail to make any clear statement.

The Black Cavalry were the imperial court’s force for suppressing local forces, not servants who used public resources for personal gain. In other words, Yelu could mobilize them to suppress local forces, but he could not use them to do personal work for him.

Of course, this is just polite talk. In fact, behind the scenes, there are many officials who abuse public resources for personal gain. It can even be said that everyone does so.

But doing so does not mean that it is right. It will not withstand scrutiny. If the people above keep harping on this point, they may be trying to use it to mess with you.

You have no way of making excuses, because when Daqian was first established, it strictly prohibited the use of public property for private purposes and officials were not allowed to use the court's soldiers as their own private soldiers.

As long as you check, you will find that Yelu is unable to explain himself.

And more importantly, the princess is obviously going to make a fuss about this point.

Didn’t you say that these grains are your Yelu family’s private grain?
Since it is private grain, then if you send the Black Cavalry to do private work for you, it will violate the laws of Daqian. The lighter punishment will be dismissal from office, and the worse will be even the risk of life.

So Yelu didn't know how to answer for a moment.

After all, there is a degree of discretion here, and it depends on what the county lord wants to do.

At this time, Chen Jie came over with a smile and said, "Master Yelu, come here, let's talk for a moment."

Yelu looked at Chen Jie with cold eyes and said, "It was you who tricked me, and you still want to talk to me alone."

Yelu thought about it and looked at Chen Jie. Chen Jie looked at Yelu and said, "Sir, why are you looking at me like that?"

Yelu then pulled Chen Jie aside and asked, "Did you do this to me?"

Chen Jie asked, "Why did you spread the rumor, sir?"

Yelu said, "You set a trap for me from the beginning. My grain transportation route and related information are all top secret. Those who can get this information are my trusted members. How could you be blocked here by such a coincidence?"

"and many more……"

"Zhou Chu, is Zhou Chu your spy?"

Yelu was not stupid, on the contrary he was very smart. He understood Chen Jie's plan immediately. The only person who could get his top-secret plan was definitely Zhou Chu.

So Zhou Chu and Chen Jie were deliberately playing a trick to deceive him. Thinking about it this way, Yelu was so angry that his teeth were itching. How could he fall into such a bad trap? He was so angry that he wanted to die!

However, at this time he could only be furious and could not get angry at all, not to mention that Chen Jie's current strength was not inferior to his own.

Besides, the princess was right beside him, so he could only swallow his anger and forced an ugly smile on his face, saying, "Chen Jiusi, ha ha, okay, we'll see."

Thinking about this, Yelu said, "What else do you want to tell me?"

Chen Jie heard this and said, "Master Yelu, why are you so angry? Things have come to this point today. Master Yelu has only two options to choose from."

"The first one is to insist that this batch of grain is the private property of your Yelu family. Then, if you call on the black cavalry of the imperial court to transport private grain for you and the princess finds out, the princess will have the right to kill you first and report later, and take ruthless action against you."

"And this batch of grain still has to fall into the hands of the princess."

"As for the other way, the princess has also arranged it for you. Didn't the princess hold a rally a few days ago? At that time, all of you expressed your willingness to find a way to share the princess's worries and find a way to mobilize food to solve the problem of food shortage in the Mian River!"

"Now it's all right. This batch of food was raised by Lord Yelu to help the princess relieve her worries. Lord Yelu is a loyal minister and a good man remembered by the princess and the people of the whole city."

"In this case, this batch of grain is public grain, and it is only natural that it should be escorted and transported by the Black Cavalry."

"So, sir, the choice is up to you."

"If you want to be respectable, we will make you respectable. If you don't want to be respectable, we will make you respectable."

Chen Jie said to Yelu's ear. After hearing this, Yelu looked at Chen Jie with murderous intent in his eyes.

Chen Jie seemed unaware and kept smiling.

Yelu looked at Chen Jie and said, "Very good, Chen Jiusi, we are not done yet."

Chen Jie said: "Sir, calm down, we are all doing this for the princess and the people, please don't act on impulse!"

After saying this, Yelu said, "Okay, okay, I admit defeat this time."

After saying that, Yelu clasped his fists and said, "Princess."

Zhao Ya turned to look at Yelu and asked, "Master Yelu, is there anything?"

"My Lord, I see that you are worried about the people of Mianshui having no food. Today I am offering you 100,000 dan of grain to help alleviate the urgent need of the people of Mianshui!"

Zhao Ya smiled and said, "Okay, okay, thank you Lord Yelu for donating 200,000 dan of grain. I will be credited with the first merit!"

Ok?
Yelu was confused. Wasn’t it 100,000 shi?

How come it’s only 200,000 stones?

But before he could react, he heard Chen Jie behind him shouting, "Thank you, Lord Yelu, for donating 200,000 dan of grain."

Xiaohu, Asan, and all the younger brothers of the fishing gang shouted loudly: "Thank you, Lord Yelu, for donating 200,000 dan of grain."

The sound quickly spread all over the place.

At this time, there were countless pairs of eyes watching all this. It was late at night, and there was such a big commotion here, which would have alarmed the common people. The common people were watching secretly around.

Then they heard: Donate 200,000 shi of grain!

The next moment everyone was excited. Two hundred thousand shi, that’s great. The food problem in Mian River was solved. Haha, that’s great.

The people went crazy and spread the news immediately. I believe that by tomorrow, the entire Mianshui County will know that Lord Yelu donated 200,000 shi of grain tonight.

And it wasn't just heard. Chen Jie also proposed to transport grain overnight and asked everyone to light long dragons of torches. He wanted the whole Mianshui to see a grand grain transportation scene tonight.

The grain carts stretched for ten miles, one row after another, transporting grain directly into Mianshui County.

It was pitch dark and no one could count how much grain there was. In the end, there was only a rumor that the grain transport team had filled the entire official road last night and had been transporting grain all night.

……

"My dear brother Wan San, my dear brother Wan San..."

Shen Wansan had just fallen asleep tonight when he heard his companions from the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce calling him from outside. Shen Wansan was stunned and asked Achang to light a lamp.

"what happened?"

At this time, a Suzhou businessman rushed in and said, "Brother Wan San, something terrible has happened. Something terrible has happened."

"What happened?"

Shen Wansan asked again, and the Suzhou merchant said, "We just got the news that Yelu donated 200,000 dan of grain to Princess Ruyang tonight, and it's being transported to the city now!"

"what!"

Shen Wansan jumped up from the bed and said, "Two hundred thousand dan of grain, how is this possible? Was it sent by Yelu?"

"It's absolutely true, and the teams carrying grain have already entered the city."

After hearing this, Shen Wansan was confused. How, how is this possible?

Just when he was confused, he heard a cheer from outside; "Oh~"

Shen Wansan said at this time: "What's that sound!"

Ah Chang said, "It's the grain transport team. They passed by our inn. The cheers should be from the people in the city who knew that the princess was transporting grain to the city, so they cheered spontaneously."

Upon hearing this, Shen Wansan rushed to the window.

Then he was shocked by the scene before him. Thousands of people escorting food, food carts, and torches formed a long dragon, directly blocking the ten-mile-long street. The people around were all in the city, and they all cheered at this time, because they had food to eat.

Shen Wansan's eyes widened at this time, and then suddenly he saw a young man riding on a horse in the grain transport team, his eyes looking upstairs.

Just as Shen Wansan's eyes met, the man actually waved at him and pointed at the grain carts around him.

Shen Wansan sat down on the chair at the back with a pale face. He knew that he was being plotted against.

This time it's over.

Thinking of this, Shen Wansan asked: "Who is that person?"

Ah Chang took a look and said, "It looks like Chen Jiusi, the leader of the Fishing Gang."

"Chen Jiusi, Chen Jiusi!"

Shen Wansan murmured the name, and suddenly he jumped up from his chair and said, "Oh, it's bad, Ah Chang, hurry up and tell the other people in the Chamber of Commerce to come to me, it's too late!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)