Chapter 196: Who is the one who takes the beating?
Chapter 1271 Who is the one who takes the beating?
In the past, Yunchu would give a lot of good advice to the Wu brothers overtly and covertly, allowing them to avoid a lot of open and covert attacks and still have a smooth road to where they are now.
It won't happen today. Faced with the difficulties encountered by the Wu brothers, Yun Chu has no solution at all.
Because the person who laid it out is the emperor.
The emperor was generally very domineering when making arrangements.
If you don't notice the trap set by the emperor and go in stupidly, the emperor will be very happy and maybe he can spare your life after the matter is done.
If you are too smart and see through the emperor's game, then I'm sorry, someone will soon tie you up like a dead pig and force you into the game. This is the situation the Wu brothers are facing now.
I just don't know how far the emperor will use their brothers, and whether he will have the idea of killing the donkey.
Seeing how pitiful the Wu brothers were, Yun Chu sighed and said, "If you want me to die, I have to die."
After hearing what Yunchu said, Wu Chengsi's face immediately lost all color.
"Your Majesty, why are we brothers?"
Yun Chu thought for a while and said: "I originally thought it would be King Yong, or Taiping, and I also thought it would be a certain aristocratic family that used artillery, or me. In the end, His Majesty chose you in the end. To be honest,
I'm still surprised. Seriously speaking, you two brothers are somewhat unqualified to be the first people to solve the artillery case."
Wu Chengsi said: "We brothers all thought he would be a prince."
Yun Chu nodded and said, "I actually think so too, but His Majesty did not choose me in the end."
As he spoke, Yun Chu took out the note written by Lu Zhaolin and handed it to Wu Chengsi.
Wu Chengsi sighed after reading it: "Lu Zhaolin's statement is more straightforward. Obviously, our brother's statement is just a normal official document asking Baiqisi to investigate the hoarding of copper coins. In fact, our official document was transplanted to Lu Zhaolin
On the official document, it is actually more appropriate."
Yun Chu nodded and said, "That's right, so Lu Zhaolin has already bought a BMW, and once the incident happens, he is going to leave Chang'an as soon as possible to find a place to avoid trouble.
Unexpectedly, His Majesty did not choose Lu Zhaolin, but your brother's official document. It seems that from the beginning, your brothers have been in His Majesty's favor. In this case, you brothers just accept your fate."
Things have reached an irreversible point. Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi still showed a bit of the character that Tang people should have. They got up from the ground, each poured a cup of sweet tea and started sipping it. Although their hands were shaking a little, the tea was
It still fell into the mouth accurately.
Yun Chu was sucking and drinking hot tea, and the Wu brothers were sucking and drinking hot tea. It was a hot summer day. After drinking a large pot of hot tea, their pores opened, and all three of them were sweating profusely.
Yun Chu personally opened the front and rear windows to let the draft pass through, and the official residence suddenly became cooler.
After taking the last sip of tea, Wu Chengsi shook his sweat-soaked round collar official uniform and said to Yun Chu: "So, we brothers not only have to pretend not to know anything, but we also have to act in accordance with His Majesty's wishes?
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Yun Chu leaned on the chair and said, "It must be like this."
Wu San thought: "What exactly does Your Majesty want our brothers to do?"
Yun Chu smiled bitterly and said, "Guess!"
Wu Chengsi shook his head and said: "I don't think so. Since it's an unforeseen disaster, we won't do anything. We can just do our own thing according to our work schedule."
Seeing that the Wu brothers were so politically wise, Yun Chu said happily: "The speed of your growth is amazing. Even if you are a minister, you can do well.
However, if you want to cross the threshold from the fourth to the third level, you have to go through the tempering of life and death. This disaster may also be a big opportunity for you brothers. After all, there are opportunities in crises, crises, and crises.
, God will not block all a person’s exits.”
Wu Chengsi cupped his fists and said, "Thank you for your teaching."
Yun Chu nodded, took out a jade pendant from the desk drawer and handed it to Wu Chengsi: "I heard that your wife gave birth to a Qilin son for you, so I won't go to the 100th birthday party. I'll give it to you with a jade pendant."
Wu Chengsi took the jade pendant with both hands and looked at it. It seemed that the jade pendant was made of top-grade jade, but there were no carved patterns or words on it. The two sides were smooth, and it was just an exquisite "Nothing" sign.
Wu Chengsi raised his head and laughed miserably: "Thank you so much for your kindness. Having nothing to do is the greatest good thing now."
After saying that, he thanked Wu Sansi again and left Yunchu's mansion together with Wu Sansi.
Yun Chu's eyes were somewhat dark. It was obvious that Wu Chengsi had just guessed the meaning of the Wu Shi card incorrectly.
Just after the Wu brothers left, Lu Zhaolin came in again, placed a good-looking sesame seed cake in front of Yun Chu and said, "Your Majesty, try the new donkey meat sesame seed cake that appeared in Chang'an City."
Yun Chu picked up the donkey meat sesame pancake and took a look at it. It was very similar to what he would eat in Hejian Mansion in later generations. The pancake was freshly baked and the dough was brushed with oil when baking.
The pancake is crispy and crispy. When you take a bite of the pancake, you can see that the pancake is really good, but the donkey meat inside lacks some flavor and is a bit dry overall.
Lu Zhaolin said while chewing the pancake: "I'm from Hebei."
Yun Chu said: "Aren't the merchants from Hebei not allowed to enter Chang'an?"
Lu Zhaolin said: "They must have been attracted by the artillery. I am planning to take this opportunity to sell the copper coins in stock to Hebei at a high price and absorb a wave of supplies from Hebei."
Yun Chu nodded and said, "The focus is on iron and food."
Lu Zhaolin said: "Hebei is the only place that can't afford so many copper coins. Yang Jiong went to inquire about the reaction from Shandong. If they also want to cast cannons privately, our copper coins will have a place to go.
Yang Jiong also said that once Chang'an absorbs bulk supplies from Shandong and Hebei, it will then control Hedong and Huainan's supplies and prohibit them from flowing into Shandong and Hebei. Prices in the two places will inevitably rise. It depends on whether these people are willing to take advantage of it.
Are you using the money to appease the people, or are you ignoring the people's lives and insisting on using the copper coins to cast cannons?
No matter what, we in Chang'an didn't do everything right, so we gave them a way to survive.
However, the time given for this way of survival must be after those who get the copper coins melt the copper coins to extract the copper. Copper coins usually contain copper six, lead and tin four, and after selling for one million kilograms of copper coins, the impurities and fire consumption have been removed.
, we got 400,000 jins of copper. When recycling, we only want copper, not copper coins.
In this way, Chang'an's copper reserves will exceed two million kilograms. If we put a large amount of materials in Chang'an, prices will inevitably fall, and those unscrupulous merchants who hoard copper coins will also suffer a big loss.
Prices in Chang'an will also return to calm, and copper coins will increase again."
After listening to Lu Zhaolin's detailed introduction, Yun Chu put down the half-eaten donkey meat and said, "You have to be fast. Your Majesty is not a very patient person. I'm worried that he will have an attack in advance."
Lu Zhaolin nodded and said: "Xiaoguan knows that these two big deals must be completed within ten days. The deal in Chang'an will be completed immediately, and the Shandong and Hebei side will be delivered immediately. For this reason, Xianguan has ordered the Chang'an Canal fleet to go to Shandong for me.
, Hebei Province pulls things from east to west."
Seeing that his subordinates had already done the work, Yun Chu took Lu Zhaolin's paperwork and signed it, and the matter was officially started from today.
When Yunchu handed the document to Lu Zhaolin, he suddenly asked: "Are you going to attend the Wu family's banquet?"
Lu Zhaolin laughed and said, "It's hard to refuse such kindness. Besides, I've also prepared generous gifts."
Yun Chu lowered his head and said: "It's okay to be too polite. I guess you don't have any free time these days, so you have to do serious things."
Lu Zhaolin looked suspiciously at his boss who was eating donkey meat on fire. He felt that this request was very rude and inconsistent with Junhou's usual lenient behavior towards his subordinates. However, since Junhou asked him, he still decided to listen to Junhou.
When Yunchu returned home, there were not many people left in the entire Yun family. Yu Xiurong took his minions, big and small, to the Yun family's villa in Bashang.
Yun Chu looked at his house carefully, feeling a little sad. After seeing his big pot of Yingchun, he called Fei Jiu over.
"Let's keep this potted flower in the Daci'en Temple first."
Fei Jiu said: "Yun's mansion is still stable."
Yun Chu curled his lips and said, "You know nothing."
Fei Jiu smiled and said: "I don't have much research on farts, but I still know the range of mortars. Within two miles of Yun's mansion, there is no place to preset artillery positions, and no one can
An artillery position can be set up within five miles of Yun's mansion."
Yun Chu smiled and said, "If you had been as cautious as you are now, how could you have been executed by everyone in your family?"
Fei Jiu said nonchalantly: "My family's bloodline has not been cut off, and my son has also entered the Imperial Academy. He will be able to take part in the scientific examination in two years, and there is no way he will become a new Jinshi.
In a few decades, the Li family, which was once raided by everyone in the family, will once again be a family with great food."
Yun Chu shook his head and said: "When the time comes, I will be the concierge for my son, and I will be the tutor for my grandson. It will be a pity."
Fei Jiu said: "It's no pity. If a family wants to prosper, there should always be one or two generations who can serve as stepping stones."
Yun Chu didn't want to talk to Fei Jiu about what his house would look like in the future, so he patted the pillar and said, "That means that until now, there are no artillery emplacements in Chang'an City, right?"
Fei Jiu shook his head and said: "The Imperial City, the Palace City, the Baiqisi Station, and the residences of various princes, according to the instructions of the Marquis, we did not check. The rest... I can say with certainty that there are none."
Yun Chu smiled and said, "Be more careful."
Fei Jiu said: "If Lord Marquis doesn't want to stay out of the matter, I can check the missing places."
Yun Chu waved his hands and said: "Forget it. Whoever is stupid at this time will take advantage. The smarter you act, the easier it is to be bombed by artillery."
Fei Jiu said: "From tonight, Lord Marquis no longer has to stay in the room. He should live in the dark room."
Yun Chu said: "Let's all go to the darkroom to stay."
Fei Jiu shook his head and said: "We don't have to. I guess people don't like us and are too lazy to waste cannonballs on us."
