Morbid pet

Chapter 229 Granary
Liming County is rich and has not suffered natural disasters in recent years, so it is full of prosperity everywhere.

It was the first time for Changle to come here.

Refreshed her understanding of ordinary villages and towns.

Her understanding of villages and towns is still in southern Fujian or northern Xinjiang, which are inaccessible, backward and poor.

The county here is not an exaggeration to say that it is a city.

Every household has a big house, no matter how poor the family is, it is also an independent two-story building with a garden at the entrance.But because this is a county seat, the area is not vast, so every household is relatively close to each other.

Walking in Changle, there is always a feeling of being in another world.

With a radius of one hundred miles, it is Nan'an City.

Although Nan'an City is a big city, everyone closed their doors and went to the house because of the army's presence.The two civilians could hardly be seen on the street, and soldiers with real swords and guns walked everywhere.

And here, it seems too quiet.

Chang Le finally felt that his tense body began to slowly stretch out.

Changsheng's jaw line was always tense, and those who didn't know thought he was facing a big enemy.

This peaceful and prosperous land seems to be full of murderous opportunities.

Chang Le said: "Why are you so nervous? Doesn't this place look good?"

Changsheng shook his head, "It's because it looks good, so I have to be more vigilant."

Chang Le frowned and said: "You are too tense for this period of time, take a good rest for two days, before the army arrives."

Changsheng didn't speak, and took her to the government office in the county seat.

Changle has Xie Zhao's hand card, which is almost a powerful passport, although officials in these remote places have not taken courses in distinguishing the emperor's hand card, and may mistake it for an imitation.

But Changle also has the confidence to let them open the granary.

Because of the thick stack of banknotes she carried on her body, they were all real.

Enter the county government.

The official master Ling Shan sat in the high hall, doing nothing, and next to him were two concubines helping him with the cattail fan, looking leisurely and content.

Chang Sheng frowned, and then stepped into the official residence.

The guards here are also like eating dry food, one or two are lazily carrying a blunt knife that doesn't seem to be sharpened, standing on both sides of the door dozing off.

When Chang Sheng came to the front, he became alert, and immediately drew his knife and said, "What are you doing! Do you know where this is?"

Chang Sheng said coldly: "I am working for the Empress and Your Majesty, my name is Chang Sheng, please come out, your official!"

The guard said coldly: "Your Majesty and the Queen will come to a small place like ours? Everyone knows now that Your Majesty is in Nan'an City right now. Who are you lying to? What are your intentions?"

Changle took out a bright yellow dragon card with the word Zhou Yu engraved on it.

The guard stared straight at him, instinctively feeling that it was a lie.

But the temperament of these two people did not look like liars, he hesitated for a while, and then ran to tell Ling Shanhao.

After a stick of incense, he slowly walked over and said, "My master is not feeling well today, and I don't see any guests."

Chang Le said coldly: "Go and reply to him now and ask him if he doesn't want to sit in this seat anymore. His Majesty's hand is here, and he doesn't even want to see it. How dare you!"

Chang Le brought a team of brocade guards. She originally wanted to have a good talk with the officials here, but looking at it like this, it is unnecessary, it is better to bully others once.

"Qin An, tie up this guard and send them to their local government office. The rest of the people will guard us in. Those who disobey will be killed without mercy!"

Chang Le's menacing aura, coupled with the fact that he tied up all the guards at the gate of the mansion without saying a word, the rest of the guards saw it, and didn't want to provoke their own troubles, so they didn't stop them, but followed from a distance with their knives They pretended not to touch the fish.

The county government office here is not big, and it is there after walking through a corridor.

It's such a short road.

The guard just now walked away for an incense stick of time.

The cold air on Changle's face became heavier and heavier.

The official was still eating the watermelon handed over by his concubine. He had just eaten a piece when he saw a menacing man and a rather burly man in his eyes.

But when the slightly shorter man opened his mouth, Ling Shan guessed that she was a woman.

"Lingshan, isn't it? When you see His Majesty's hand card, don't you kneel down and salute? How can you, a lazy Xiaoxiao like you, be allowed to take this official position in the state of Ming etiquette?"

Ling Shan swallowed the watermelon like a gulp, his eyes were as wide as a copper bell, and then he looked at at least twenty guards with armor and big knives behind Chang Le, he stepped forward from the chair , asked: "What's the situation? Where's the guard? Guard!"

No one shouted yes.

Ling Shan: "You are a woman, why are you wearing a man's robe? Who are you?"

Chang Le didn't become angry because her identity was exposed, she was still very conscious of her own voice, it was not easy for ordinary people to think that she looked like a man, of course she heard it when she opened her mouth, and she didn't think it was strange.

Chang Sheng said: "We are people who work for His Majesty. My name is Chang Sheng, and her name is Ling Luo. They are all close to His Majesty."

"We are not here today to find fault. We want to build a granary in your Liming County to supply food to the army. Don't worry about the transportation. We just borrow a place from you for use. We will buy the food out of our own pockets and will not owe it on credit. The debt of the folks."

Chang Le nodded, and echoed: "Yes, let's sit down and have a good talk."

Ling Shan was confused, and he patted his head and said, "Build a granary here? Where is there room for you to build a granary in our small place? Isn't this embarrassing? I didn't say it earlier, now the wind is the rain , even if it's the people around His Majesty, it can't be like this, right?"

Chang Le took out the dragon card and signaled Ling Shan to take a closer look, "See it clearly, this is His Majesty's hand card, and seeing this hand card is the same as meeting the emperor directly, do you understand? I understand you Such a remote place does not have a strong sense of imperial power, but now the Ming Dynasty is at war, and we need everyone to work together to tide over the difficulties. His Majesty is just a hundred miles away from Nan'an City, waiting for us to return to our command."

If Ling Shan only believed two points just now, after seeing this hand card and Chang Le's words, he believed at least seven or eight points.He really felt a little cramped, obviously in the territory where he had the most power, but he still felt cramped and uneasy.

He frowned and said, "But... we really don't have any land here to build a granary for the army. We have a granary, but it's all to ensure the daily needs of the villagers. There are locusts in the north this year. Start preparations in advance, but if a natural disaster comes and our granary is expropriated by you, will the people in Liming County just ignore it?"

Chang Le took out ten thousand taels of silver bills from his pocket and pinched them in his hands, "Take me to see your granary. If it is suitable, these ten bills will be yours, and the grain and granary inside will belong to me. If you really In the event of a natural disaster, the grain in the granary can also be requisitioned, but only if I personally approve it.”

Ling Shan stared at the ten thousand taels of silver bills. He rubbed his eyes and said, "Okay, okay, please come this way, adults."

He obsequiously took the three officials and Changle and his party to see the granary on the edge of the county.

What Ling Shan said was right. This granary was indeed very small. It was almost the rations of less than a month for everyone in their entire village. The grain and grass stored in it were somewhat moldy. still good.

This food is not enough.

Their granary should have been unused for a long, long time.

The entire granary was filled to less than five points.

There is still a lot of space left to store food and grass.

Chang Le thought for a while, and set a price, "Here, I can only buy it with a silver ticket, but it is much higher than the market price, because we are pressed for time and can't tolerate trifling. In addition, there are a lot of old Years of rotten millet, you have to send someone to clean it up, and then we will find grain merchants in the city to buy in to fill up this granary."

Ling Shan had clearly seen ten silver bills worth a thousand taels just now.

I wanted to catch them and slaughter them, but they were smarter than I thought.

Ling Shan still didn't want to give in, and continued, "Guys, I'm afraid one piece won't work. I might as well save 1000 taels for my own life. Look, how about 5000 taels?"

Chang Le frowned, "800 taels, no more. Qin An!"

Jin Yiwei Tongzhi Qin An drew his sword and stepped forward, aiming the sharp edge at Lingshan.

Ling Shan was a little unhappy, and said: "There is no reason to buy and sell by force! Even the emperor, that won't work! We won't sell it! Let's go!" After finishing speaking, he took his own people and walked out.

Chang Le pursed his lips and smiled, "Ling Shan, if you don't sell it, then don't blame us for compulsively expropriating the land. I don't want a grain of grain here, you can take it all away, but I want this land. As long as I Go back and report to the Holy Majesty, do you think he will be furious, and bring the army to forcefully confiscate the land, and confiscate your head along the way?"

"Do you know how much the officials in Chang'an City paid for this trip? Look at you again, why are you all officials from Ming Dynasty, and you don't have any patriotic feelings! I said 800 taels, do you want to sell it or not? If you don’t sell it, wait for me to come back.”

Ling Shan was a little scared, and stopped at the door of the granary and said, "Grandma, are you forcing me?"

Changle smiled: "I'm forcing you, I don't have much time. You decide quickly, I will go to your grain merchants to buy grain and grass later. Let me tell you, it's just your rotten place, and these old rotten sesame seeds Millet, 800 taels, is considered generous, even if the 800 taels were placed in Chang'an City, I would be sure to buy a bigger and better granary and grain."

Of course Ling Shan knew that he was sitting on the ground and raising the price.

There was no disaster in Liming County, so everyone has been living a prosperous life, and of course they didn't think much about the future.

Even without this granary, they will still have a good winter this year.

Because almost every household has its own granary, which stores grain for the winter, and their land is rich in rice, so the price of grain is very low, less than a hundred stones a bucket.

After all, I earned my blood.

Ling Shan gritted his teeth and agreed. Of course, he must be pretending to be gritted.

This is the 800 taels, which belong to his net income.

Not as good as paying taxes.

He immediately held the bank note happily, then returned to the mansion, and returned 200 taels to Changle.

It's pretty reputable.

Chang Le took over the wooden box of 200 taels of silver and carried it in his hand.

Then he contacted several grain merchants in the city, and bought a large amount of grain at a price of one hundred stones per bucket, just to fill up the granary.

After finishing all this, she hurried back to Nan'an with Chang Sheng.

When Chang Le was leaning on the carriage, he couldn't help but think about Xie Zhao.

Where is he now.

Is it already on the canyon?

I heard that the ambush is very hard.

You have to hide in the mountains and forests all the time, you can't move a little bit, you can't make any noise, even when the enemy's spies are coming, you have to reduce the frequency of blinking your eyes.

Imagine that scene.

Xie Zhao was lying in the middle of a patch of grass, with a knife under his chest and a bow and arrow in his hand, waiting for the enemy to arrive.

There are many mosquitoes in the forest, some may crawl on his face, and some may crawl on his legs.

You may also encounter poisonous snakes.

She really didn't dare to imagine the rest of the scene.

Chang Le sighed, she really wanted to be with Xie Zhao, at least she could be with him.

But the idea of ​​laughing at myself is too naive.

How does she know what Xie Zhao's situation is now.

Just hope he is all right.

There is still a battle to come, at least protect yourself first.

Xie Zhao didn't let Qin An and Zhen Ming go to the battlefield with him, was it really just because of him?

Could it be because he felt that he might get hurt, at least not to extinguish all of Daming's hopes.

Changsheng was driving, and he heard the commotion inside, "Changle, what are you sighing for?"

When you come out, you don't need to honor each other.

For fear of being exposed.

Changle's identity is still particularly sensitive.

At least let some people know as little as possible.

Chang Le laughed: "Why are your ears so good? Who did you learn from? I'm just wondering how Xie Zhao and the others are doing now?"

Chang Sheng: "Oh, Xie Zhao?" Soon he realized that he had made a slip of the tongue and added: "Your Majesty, you will definitely win every battle."

Changle: "How do you know?"

Changsheng: "I don't know, I can guess. But I think he looks like that, his life should be pretty tough, and he won't be injured in two battles."

He actually wanted to say die.

But before the words came out, the words were suddenly changed in his mouth.

Well, hurt.

won't die.

Chang Le seemed to be comforted a little bit, she said softly: "I hope, I also think his fate is hard."

Changsheng smiled.

No danger was encountered along the way.

Changle's tense nerves finally relaxed when he entered the door and saw Zhen Ming.

Zhen Ming saw her, and said coolly, "You still have to be careful and don't go out. I heard that you are still out of the city today, so it is best not to do so in the future. Your Majesty is still on the front line. If you have suffered any injuries, I think Your Majesty, he will regret it for the rest of his life."

Chang Le pursed his lips tightly and nodded, and then said: "Thank you, General Zhen, for your concern. But today, we are going to Liming County to raise money for the granary. If war really breaks out, the food supply will become extremely tight. If If I don’t take advantage of the present time to prepare all the granaries, then even if I stay in the city, it won’t help, Your Majesty will still regret it.”

Zhen Ming nodded, then walked away without saying anything.

Chang Sheng looked at his leaving back and disappeared around the corner before saying, "Why do I feel that Zhen Ming doesn't like you very much?"

Chang Le shrugged, looking indifferent. "He and Xie Zhao are young, and I have known him for a long time. But I only met a few times at banquets before. Zhen Ming is the second son of General Zhen. Joined the army and has been guarding the border. I admire him, he is a hero. He looked at me from Xie Zhao's perspective, of course he would complain for Xie Zhao. After all, the harem is so big, and I am so small. I am the only one, Xie Zhao still You are very obedient to my words, which brother would like a wife like brother?"

"I understand, so I don't hate."

Changsheng raised his head half-understood and looked at Changle. "Why does it feel so complicated?"

Changle laughed, "Longsheng, fortunately you didn't grow up in Chang'an City. Otherwise, you would really be tricked to death."

Before going to bed, Changsheng kept thinking about Changle's words, and he said to himself, "Why do you feel like you're scolding me?"

(End of this chapter)