Planting a fairy in ancient times

Chapter 146 146. Surprised
The Wang family and the Zhou family, the two major grain merchants, were rich and powerful, and they opened grain shops in all major cities of the Xuanyuan Dynasty.

There was a disaster in Pingjiang Mansion. Wu Zhizhou believed that they would transfer food from other places to make up for the shortfall for the sake of their own wealth and life.

"Oh? Did Wang Fugui and Zhou Xingwang say when the new grain will be put into the warehouse?" Master Wu showed joy.

These days, the matter of food is like a big rock, weighing heavily on Master Wu's heart.Seeing that the food on the market in Pingjiang Mansion is getting more and more expensive every day, Master Wu is so worried that he can’t sleep at night. Even if he takes a nap, Master Wu will keep dreaming. People reported it to Emperor Tianjing, who was furious and ordered to cut off all the nine clans in Wu Zhizhou.

The scene of blood flowing into rivers frightened Master Wu out of his sleep.

"The south has not been affected by the disaster. Zhou Xingwang and Wang Fugui have already arranged for people to go to the south to buy grain. Third uncle doesn't need to worry." Wu Zhizhou waved his hand and said indifferently.

"Zhiyuan~! If you have time, you should ask Wang Fugui and Zhou Xingwang to remind you. It is a matter of filling the grain in the official warehouse as soon as possible. Look, the memorial of Zou County Magistrate of Changzhou County is still under our pressure. I heard that... Changzhou County had a few incidents of looting food some time ago, and County Magistrate Zou waited for a few more days, but he did not receive a reply. Maybe he will submit another memorial. In case he next If the memorial doesn't go through Zhizhou Yamen, we won't be able to stop it!" Master Wu persuaded earnestly.

This time, Changzhou County was the hardest hit area in Pingjiang Prefecture.

The county magistrate Zou of Changzhou County was courageous and resourceful.

If Magistrate Zou finds out that Zhizhou Yamen has detained his memorial, Magistrate Zou will definitely make a fuss.

At that time, Wu Zhizhou will fall into a passive position.

Wu Zhizhou is the most promising person in the Wu family, otherwise, Master Wu would not have given up the imperial examination and has been assisting him for decades.

It's a pity that in the past two years, Wu Zhiyuan's behavior became more and more perverse, and he refused to listen to persuasion. Master Wu was very unhappy.

If it wasn't for the sake of his fellow clan, Master Wu would really like to resign and return home.

"Third Uncle, don't worry, even if County Magistrate Zou knows that the memorial is with me, he will not dare to oppose me. Anyway, I, Wu Zhiyuan, belong to the Second Prince, and his uncle Zou Lide, Zou Mingtao, who is a lecturer at the Imperial Academy, is already out of luck. , Is there anything else I should fear about him?" Wu Zhizhou sneered and said.

Wu Zhizhou and Zou Mingtao's uncle, Zou Lide, had old grievances.

Zou Lide and Wu Zhizhou are Jinshi on the same list.

When taking the Jinshi examination, Wu Zhizhou's grades ranked second, ahead of Zou Lide.

It's a pity that during the palace examination, Zou Lide was selected as the No. [-] scholar by Emperor Tianjing himself, while Wu Zhizhou only got the title of Tanhua.

Wu Zhizhou hated him greatly.He didn't dare to blame Emperor Tianjing for "having eyes but not pearls", so he could only pour this resentment on Zou Lide, the number one scholar.Wu Zhizhou felt that his family background was too poor, so Zou Lide, a son of an official family, took the lead.

After embarking on official careers, Wu Zhizhou and Zou Lide fought several times, but each time Wu Zhizhou failed.

Wu Zhizhou endured this tone for more than ten years.

Five years ago, Zou Lide was implicated by the crown prince, was demoted from the fourth-rank Imperial Academy's lecturer, and came to Changzhou County, Pingjiang Prefecture to become a small county school administrator, and Wu Zhizhou was relieved.

Because of Zou Lide, after Wu Zhizhou became the magistrate of Pingjiang Prefecture, he hated Zou Mingtao, the county magistrate of Changzhou County.The memorials and official documents of Changzhou County, Wu Zhizhou has always been able to delay, perfunctory, perfunctory.

"Zhiyuan, you have a high position and authority now, you should be more careful in everything." Master Wu persuaded.

"Third Uncle, don't worry, Zhou Wang's family lives in Pingjiang Fucheng! Forgive me that Zhou Xingwang and Wang Fugui will not dare to oppose me." Wu Zhizhou couldn't help but shoot a cold light in his eyes when he said this.

Since Wu Zhizhou dared to move the grain in the official warehouse, he naturally thought of a way to deal with it.

As the saying goes: The county magistrate who destroys the family, the governor who destroys the family.He, Wu Zhiyuan, is the highest chief executive of a government, how could he have no way to deal with Wang and Zhou's family?

It's good that Wang Fugui and Zhou Xingwang are obedient, but if they are disobedient, they can fabricate a crime and just ransack their home and go to jail.

No matter how bad it is, isn't there still a Zheng family who can fill in the hole?

At that point, Wu Zhiyuan can ask the Zheng family to find a way to replenish the food in the official warehouse.

I heard that the Zheng family's grain store has been selling cheap grain all the time!

Zheng Bancheng deserves to be Zheng Bancheng, the accumulation of the Zheng family in several lifetimes must be more than the sum of Zhou Wang's two families.And with Zheng Bancheng's temperament, there must be no shortage of food in the Zheng family's granary, and it might have a reserve no less than that of the official granary.

"Zhiyuan..." Master Wu wanted to persuade him a few more words.

"Third Uncle, don't need to say too much, I have my own rules." Wu Zhizhou made a gesture impatiently, stopping what Master Wu hadn't said yet.

In recent years, Wu Zhizhou felt that his third uncle had become more and more timid and verbose.

There are so many relatives in the Wu family, if they want to live a good life, don't they all rely on him, Wu Zhiyuan, to make money?

If you don't do anything, if you don't dare to do anything, how do you manage the dozens of hectares of sacrifice land in the clan?
He, Wu Zhiyuan, is a dragon and a phoenix among people, he looks forward and backward about every little thing, when will he be able to be an extremely human minister?
"But..." Master Wu wanted to say more.

"Third Uncle, if you have nothing else to do, go to bed early! I still have a lot of business to do! Excuse me." Wu Zhizhou took the lead, turned and left after speaking.

Looking at Wu Zhizhou's back, Master Wu felt various emotions in his heart.

Back then, when Wu Zhiyuan first became an official, he had great respect for his third uncle, and would consult him about everything he did.

But now?No matter what he said, Wu Zhiyuan couldn't listen to him.

Zhiyuan, this is... The greater the official position, the more important the official authority!
Come on!At any rate, when the sky fell, there was a tall man to support him. He was a teacher, and although he took the title of a clan uncle, he was only white.

Zhiyuan is willing to listen to the matter of Zhizhou Yamen, so he can help out with ideas, and if he doesn't want to listen, what can he do?Forget it, he'd better leave it alone.

Master Wu was depressed, and he didn't bother to work overtime here to make various plans for Wu Zhizhou.

It's getting late, he'd better go back to wash and sleep!
He blew out the candle on the desk with a "huh", and Master Wu left the Zhizhou yamen with his hands behind his back and sighed.

After Chen Xiaoyu withdrew her consciousness, it took a while to digest what Wu Zhizhou and Master Wu said.

Chen Xiaoyu was extremely surprised.

This Wu Zhizhou is really bold!For the sake of money, dare to fight the idea of ​​official food?According to what Wu Zhizhou and Wu Shiye said, there is a big shortage of food in the official warehouse of Pingjiang Mansion?

(End of this chapter)