Chapter 143 The angry aristocratic families, everything is a routine
At this time, Cheng Yaojin came over.
"Master Qin, I want to ask you, what is going on?"
Having said this, he continued to ask: "How come food and wages are hidden here?"
Qin Wenyuan smiled softly and said: "General Cheng, in fact, in this case, the so-called rut mark is just a cover, and the so-called Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, deliberately disrupted our lost conspiracy."
"As for the real thief, the reason why he did so many things is probably to make us focus our attention elsewhere."
"So why are they doing this?"
"Until I was in the camp and found this!"
Having said this, Qin Zulai picked up a leaf from the ground, a leaf that was somewhat withered and yellow.
He continued: "General Cheng, it is summer now, and the surrounding vegetation is lush and green, but the leaves of these few trees have begun to turn yellow, and some have even fallen. This is very abnormal."
"Either these trees are sick, or their roots are not strong enough."
"Then why is it not solid enough?"
Qin Wenyuan said calmly: "In the end, there is only one possibility. They have been moved. So combining all these, it will naturally be completely clear that the food and salary are hidden here."
The voice fell.
At this moment, everyone looked at Qin Wenyuan in silence.
They just looked at Qin Wenyuan quietly, as if they were looking at a god!
At this moment, their eyes were widened, and their faces were full of shock and admiration.
Qin Wenyuan said it simply, but they all knew that they were just following Qin Wenyuan's ideas.
If they had done it themselves, they might never have thought about the disappearing food and salary, and then they would never have left here.
And the food and wages are in the camp!
After all, whoever sees a withered yellow leaf will consider whether there is food buried under the tree.
This... this is simply beyond their normal logical abilities.
At this moment, Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but admire.
Really, every time I see Qin Wenyuan's reasoning with my own eyes, I am completely shocked every time.
Changle asked at this time: "Husband, Captain Lin said at that time that he only slept for two hours."
"In such a short period of time, the headless general was able to lead his men to dig up these trees, dig them so deep, hide the food and wages inside, and then restore the trees to their original positions."
"Are you pretending to be the headless King Xiang Yu of Western Chu in the end? But...but can you really accomplish so many things in such a short time?"
"Moreover, he also fought with the soldiers at that time. You must know that the soldiers who escorted the food and wages at that time were all elites. He must have spent a lot of effort to defeat them. This took a lot of time, right?
"
The voice fell.
Others were shocked when they heard Chang Le's words.
Yes, that's right, of course I found the food and salary.
But...but for this matter, no matter how I think about it, I feel that the time is too short.
In such a short period of time, let alone fighting with the soldiers, even digging a hole may not be able to be completed.
After all, millions of tons of grain and wages are piled up like a hill, and the pit that can accommodate so much grain and wages is not small.
Qin Wenyuan looked at the expressions of the people around him and suddenly looked at Chang Le in surprise.
He was surprised that his wife could ask such a constructive question. It was not easy.
Qin Wenyuan shook his head helplessly and laughed. The next moment, he smiled and said: "You are right. In such a short period of time, the thief cannot do these things even if he has many men."
"So there is another main reason, and that is that this hole was not dug that night at all!"
"But before they started, they had already prepared this pit here, so that night, they only needed to throw all the food and wages into it and fill it with soil."
"And it rained so heavily that night, so the color of the soil they filled was not too obvious."
"It's hard to distinguish between new soil and old soil. It can be said that God is helping them cover these parts."
When everyone heard his words, their faces changed.
Cheng Yaojin's eyes became colder and colder!
He looked puzzled and continued: "Mr. Qin, regarding the transportation of food and wages, you must know that our actions in the Tang Dynasty are extremely secretive."
"So, no news has been disclosed to the outside world at all! How did these thieves know the news in advance and dig a hole in advance?"
Qin Wenyuan calmly replied: "General Cheng, you have already said this, don't you still understand?"
"Master Qin, what does this mean??" Cheng Yaojin was still confused.
"General Cheng, as expected, among our senior officials of the Tang Dynasty, someone has revealed the news and there is an insider."
The words fell! Swipe!
Cheng Yaojin's eyes suddenly widened, and the expressions of the others also changed.
"The ghost?" Cheng Yaojin was stunned.
Indeed, only this explanation can connect everything.
There is a mole in the Tang Dynasty!
At this moment, just when Cheng Yaojin was about to continue asking questions, Qin Wenyuan quickly said: "General Cheng, and everyone, we shouldn't get too entangled in this matter."
"Although millions of tons of grain are said to have been found, the threat of locusts and the threat of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes families are still waiting for us to deal with."
Hearing this, Cheng Yaojin nodded, and then gave up the intention of asking further questions.
"General Cheng, do you trust me, Mr. Qin?"
Suddenly, Qin Wenyuan said this.
Cheng Yaojin was slightly startled.
Whether you believe it or not, I definitely believe it.
Qin Wenyuan found the million tons of grain. It could be said that everyone present could not believe it, but Qin Wenyuan was the only one who absolutely believed it.
Qin Wenyuan saw Cheng Yaojin's expression and knew what the other party meant, so he continued: "Well, General Cheng, I have a plan to deal with the locusts."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Hearing this, Cheng Yaojin's eyes widened immediately, and Chang Le on the side couldn't help but cover his mouth.
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It was evening in Chang'an City.
Among the Cui family of Five Surnames and Seven Hopes, all the aristocratic families that support Five Surnames and Seven Hopes Action gathered here, drinking tea leisurely, with indescribable pride on their faces.
"Hahaha, now all the food in the market has been purchased by us. Your Majesty and his men really can't buy any food. Let's see how he will explain to the victims."
"Yes, yes, it is estimated that in another hour, His Majesty will come to beg us, and maybe he will personally pressure this damn guy Qin Wenyuan."
"Hahaha, it's not just for an hour, I think I might come to the meeting. After all, on my way to Cui's house just now, I saw the people sighing and sighing. It's really the first time in forever that Chang'an City is so negative.
, it will definitely have a great impact on His Majesty’s prestige.”
The heads of the major aristocratic families made their voices heard with joy.
However, at this moment, a man who looked like a housekeeper hurried in, his expression full of anxiety and panic. He was the housekeeper of Cui Mansion.
"Master Qi..."
"It's not good, it's not good, it's not good!"
"The imperial court...the imperial court has brought 300,000 kilograms of grain to help the victims!"
The housekeeper of the Cui family was out of breath and loudly reported to the head of the Cui family.
puff!
Bang!
Hearing this, all the heads of the aristocratic families were about to drink the wine in their mouths, and immediately spurted out the wine, and the wine glasses in their hands fell heavily to the ground.
Suddenly, they were all shocked and stood up collectively.
Looking at their eyes, they were all widened to the extreme, and their canthus was about to burst.
The mouth was opened to the extreme, like the mouth of a bowl, and the expression on the face was extremely horrified, extremely frightened!
How is this possible!? How is this possible!? How on earth is this possible!?
The heads of the major families who gathered at the Cui family's residence all stood there dumbfounded.
In an instant, they were collectively petrified, and their brains were completely shut down.
I feel like my head is buzzing!
When I heard the news from the officials, I couldn't believe my ears and thought it was wrong information.
After all, this news is really shocking and shocking!
All the food on the market has obviously been purchased by their family.
At this moment, the imperial court, let alone spend 300,000 kilograms of grain to help the victims.
Now, according to their guess, even if the imperial court provided 30,000 jins or even 3,000 jins of grain, there would be almost nothing left.
"impossible!!"
Immediately, the head of the Cui family broke the tea cup, stood up and snorted: "All the grain on the market has been purchased by our family and other aristocratic families. The imperial court's grain reserves are almost exhausted. How can there be so much grain!?
"
"You...you are lying!!"
The head of the Cui family is no longer as charming and lively as he was just now.
He looked at the butler who had served him for decades, stepped forward quickly, and grabbed the butler's collar with a ferocious look on his face.
Like an evil spirit, he roared at his housekeeper: "Are you lying?"
"Master, it's true!"
"The manpower we sent out saw with our own eyes that the imperial court brought in countless amounts of food for disaster relief. We saw them all."
"And this is only the first batch. Our people have heard that there is a steady stream of food being transported in the direction of the refugees."
"And some of the grain is put into the market and sold at a higher price. It only sells for one copper coin per pound."
"At first, we thought it was false news, but after repeated inquiries we were able to confirm that the grain distributed by the imperial court was truly sold for only one copper coin!!"
The steward of the Cui Mansion said with great certainty, and reported even worse news.
boom!!
As soon as the words fell, the news hit the minds of the heads of various aristocratic families like a bolt from the blue.
Their whole bodies began to stiffen, they broke into cold sweats, and their bodies shook like chaff!
Shock, panic, fear, and many other negative emotions began to invade their entire bodies and minds!
It’s over!
Their eyes were distracted, the corners of their mouths were trembling, and a word appeared in their minds involuntarily.
The sky is falling!!
You know, they bought the grain at prices dozens or even hundreds of times higher than the normal market price.
But now, the imperial court directly sells the grain for one copper coin per pound, which is obviously to cut meat from their family!!
With such prices for comparison, even if the grain is sold at normal market prices, customers may not necessarily buy it, let alone sell it at a higher price!?
but if……
If they sell it at a price lower than the market price, they will definitely lose everything!
But...but if it is not sold in time, all these grains will rot in your hands, and you will not be able to sell them even if you want to.
Now, they were in a complete dilemma! They were losing money anyway! And they were losing blood!
"Ahhhh!!"
"Conspiracy! Conspiracy! It's all a conspiracy!!!"
The head of the Cui family suddenly became crazy and overturned the tables and chairs next to him.
If you look closely at his eyes, you can see that they are starting to turn red.
The Cui family was a powerful family with strong financial resources. During this period of time, they purchased the most grain and paid the highest price.
Firstly, it was to restrict Li Shimin and the imperial court, and to make Li Shimin bow his head and completely eradicate Qin Wenyuan in one fell swoop.
Secondly, it is to control food prices and prepare to make a fortune.
This was originally an extremely perfect plan that accomplished multiple things with one stone.
However, he never expected that the windfall did not come, and Qin Wenyuan did not kill him, but instead lost the family fortune.
With such a huge amount of wealth, even the Cui family, which has a profound foundation, feels heartbroken and their vitality is greatly damaged!
"who!?"
"Whose attention is this!?"
"We, the aristocratic family, must cut him into pieces and cut him into thousands of pieces!!"
The head of the Cui family yelled at the housekeeper. His eyes were red and his hair was messy. He completely lost the bearing of a scribe and looked like a gambler who had lost everything.
The other heads of the aristocratic families, at this moment, were all staring at the housekeeper of Cui Mansion.
He also wants to know who paid attention and caused their family to suffer such heavy losses!
"Reporting to the Master, according to the news from our family's officials in the court, it is said that the number one scholar of this term, Qin Wenyuan, who we want to kill this time, is the one who proposed the strategy to His Majesty, and the food
It’s all by his hand.”
The steward of the Cui Mansion bowed his hand and reported the report truthfully.
The family's power is so huge, and officials at all levels are spread throughout the court. Just a little research will tell you that Qin Wenyuan did it.
What's more, Li Shimin had no intention of hiding it.
after all.
He also planned to take this opportunity to let Qin Wenyuan be completely considered by others to be from his own faction.
"Ahhh!"
"It's him, it's him, it's him again!"
"This untouchable...this untouchable has repeatedly opposed our family, and he deserves to die!"
"Hateful! Shuzi! Farm slave!"
"So cunning!"
"How insidious!"
The heads of the major aristocratic families all turned into scolding shrews and cursed Qin Wenyuan non-stop!