When Shen Dongkui heard the four words "Fire Dragon Burning Cang", his face changed, and he couldn't suppress his anger. He slapped the table and said, "What a courage! He really dared to use this method. Come on, follow me to see what methods they have not used!"

He knew that once he checked the granary reserves, there would definitely be problems. The most intense method was to burn the fire dragon. Once the fire was burned, the deficit would be filled. However, once this method was used, it would tear the face and clearly not give Shangguan face. He would definitely not live a good life in the future. Usually, everyone tried their best to avoid this method.

When the group arrived at the place, they saw that the fire was booming, and the Changping Cang in Kaifeng was surrounded by a fire. The officers and soldiers of the Fucheng City and the nearby people rushed over to put out the fire. Some yamen runners went everywhere to catch civilians and come to help, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

Yang Chengzu glanced at him a few times, shook his head and said, "The loss will not be too small after this fire."

"What a thief, you really dare to use this method, where is Ambassador Ku?"

A photo officer from the governor quickly replied: "The ambassador of the warehouse is in the warehouse and did not come out when the fire broke out. I guess he is afraid he will not be able to do it."

"Kill someone to silence the mouth!" Yang Chengzu felt aroused. It seemed that the amount of food they had produced from the government this time would not be too small, otherwise there would be no need to use such violent means directly. Song Zhaonan's errand this time would be not easy to do.

After returning to the Censorate, Shen Dongkui was obviously not angry, so he directly ordered someone to invite Zeng Yan, the governor of Henan. The two had a strong personal relationship. After meeting, Shen Dongkui was not polite and asked directly: "Zeng Fangbo, what do you think is the fire dragon burning warehouse this time? Did you accidentally use fire in the warehouse and ignite the forage, causing Huilu?"

Zeng Yangong smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Shen doesn't have to do this. I understand your meaning very well, but I can only say that there is no way. We are civil servants, and to handle this case, it must be the affairs of the yamen runners and the Jinyiwei, not ours. However, if my system has such a problem, I can't stand it myself and I will be the one who apologizes."

"I didn't ask you to apologize. I asked you what to do. You are a provincial governor. Now some people in our province are going to raise the price of food, and some people conspire to make trouble. You must come up with a plan for me. If you can't take it out, don't blame me for not having friendship and being unfinished with you."

Zeng Yangong smiled bitterly and said, "The method is not without methods, but it is hard to say whether it can be achieved. My method is to buy grain, but do we have so much money in our hands? Since someone wants to raise the price, we have to be responsible for the parity. After all, this kind of struggle will eventually fall into the word "money". Whoever has more money can persevere to the end. But we are Henan, not Susong, nor Yangzhou. Even if it is a treasury, it is still difficult to raise so much money. Where did you ask me to raise so much money?"

Shen Dongkui pondered for a while and said, "This time he searched Jin Changling's house, he confiscated some gold and silver, and some antique treasures, but it is not easy to cash out those things. Besides, it is the Jin family's fields. I looked at the land deed and he had more than 100 hectares of land. If he sold these fields..."

"Brother Shen, the land sold by the officials said that it would not be sold for too much money, and the other was that, in the current situation, do you think those big households are in a hurry to buy it? Ordinary people can't afford it, but big households don't buy it. No matter how good the land is, it is just a waste. They will only wait for the shortage of grain and then exchange the land for food. To be honest, the price given is similar to giving it to them for free."

Several of the officials knew the character of these wealthy families in Henan. Although they often said such words as farming and reading, poetry and books passed on for a long time, and etiquette to save the world, and they personally sent out the plaque of Jishan Family, no one really believed this.

Whether it is a big businessman or a wealthy businessman, they are all sucking people without spitting out their bones. They basically participated in the food smelling matters this time. At this time, they sold the land and raised funds to fight against them. It would be strange if these people were willing to agree.

Shen Dongkui suddenly asked Yang Chengzu, "Yang Baihu, what do you think about selling land?"

"There is no place for humble officials to speak in front of the old chief minister, and your arrangements are naturally wise."

"When it's time to work together, you don't have to be too reserved. You can say whatever you want and say whatever you want. I don't care about you. Commander Song, you are the same, you can say whatever you want."

"Thank you, the old military service. What Zeng Fangbo said just now, I think it makes sense. Selling land to wealthy merchants and big merchants is probably not feasible now. However, if it is sold to the vassal kings, there is still potential. Today, King Zhou donated thousands of stones of grain in one breath. This is also a big deal. If we give it back, we should also express our opinions to him."

"These fields or antiques are sold to the King of Zhou. Although the price may not be high, it is better than selling them to wealthy businessmen. And we can declare how much food and how much gold and silver you need, and the delivery of them is more convenient."

King Zhou was in Kaifeng for several generations, and his family had a mountain of treasures. He really had enough financial resources to eat these dozens of hectares of land, several real estate, and antique calligraphy and paintings. However, civil officials of the Ming Dynasty had always had a glorious tradition of not approving the vassal kings. Generally speaking, they would not think about cooperating with the vassal kings.

After hearing what Yang Chengzu said, Shen Dongkui also felt that it made sense. After all, he had a mentality of trying to do this well. He did not want the grain shortage to cause change in the people. As long as he could raise grain and silver, he would not have much cooperation with anyone. Although it is said that after selling these fields to the royal palace, he would no longer be able to collect taxes, but the problem is that if you sell them to large households, these fields will disappear from the white book and will not be able to collect taxes in the future. This kind of operation will not be a big loss for the government.

Yang Chengzu also said: "In addition to the royal palace, there is another God of Wealth in Henan, that is Shaolin Temple. He has so many monks' property and so many Buddhist fields. He must have a lot of savings in the temple. They usually recruit and convert all directions, and now it is time for them to benefit the people."

"Monk?" Zeng Yangong looked at each other and didn't say anything. Monks were very difficult to do in Henan. Even the normal taxes of the court might be destroyed by monks. If you ask them for money and food at this time, you will probably only make things boring for yourself.

Yang Chengzu said: "I have an immature idea here. If we talk to the old Zhongcheng and Fang Bo, it is most likely that we can't negotiate directly with the Shaolin monk. But if the Henan situation is compiled to Beijing and handed over to the Tian family for handling, I think the Shaolin monks must obey the will of the Tian family. Perhaps the money and food matter will be settled. However, another thing we need to guard against now is the second fire dragon burning warehouse."

"We have to transport thousands of stones of grain today. With these thousands of stones of grain, the price of grain will definitely be affected. Those big grain merchants may not be willing to let us release the rice. Either buy or burn it, or we will not let us put the rice on the market."

Shen Dongkui glanced at Song Zhaonan and said, "Commander Song, if the grain is stolen and sold, I will talk to Zeng Fangbo. But if there is a second fire dragon burning warehouse, I will ask you for an explanation."
Chapter completed!