"Life and death are determined by destiny and wealth. Traveling on a boat or horseback has its own risks, not to mention the rapid currents of the Three Gorges. Everyone says that old people will never enter Sichuan. I have not traveled thousands of miles to become an official. I have lived a lifeless life at a young age. I am not a human being.
way."
Yun Zheng cupped his hands to express his gratitude to Zhang Fangping for his teachings, and sat down again and said: "Since Lord Fu can make Chengdu Mansion overflowing with clear springs, why don't you consider the coming catastrophe?"
Zhang Fangping glanced at Yun Zheng and said with a smile: "As long as you rich people stop hoarding food desperately, I don't think there will be any disasters in Chengdu. The drought demon is easy to surrender, but it is even harder to eliminate the greed in your hearts."
ah."
Yunzheng smiled strangely and said: "You are very lucky. The heavy snows at the beginning of winter will freeze all the locust eggs to death. Otherwise, with the climate in Sichuan, the sky will be full of migratory locusts when the weather is hot."
Already."
Zhang Fangping chuckled and said nothing. He believed that Yun Zheng would definitely give him a reason why he was desperate to collect food.
"Chengdu Prefecture is prosperous in business, and there are naturally business opportunities everywhere. From soil to beauties, they are all commodities, and grain is no exception. The most important function of the Yun family's grain is to make wine. Once the wine is brewed, I will take it to the bank.
Go to Xinghe City to exchange cattle, sheep and furs, and maybe you can get some war horses back. When it comes to the quality of war horses, the war horses of the Liao Kingdom may not be able to keep up with the Xixia horses. As long as you can get a war horse for the Song Dynasty, then the Xixia
If you lose one war horse, you must be very clear about how powerful the enemy is."
"The perfect excuse. I just think that the people of Shu are short of food, but you use the food to make wine and kill the enemy. After weighing it, I think it is inappropriate. Your Yun family's food must be sold at a fair price, otherwise I will take heavy measures.
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Magistrate Zhao is worried about local business, but I don’t care. In my opinion, returning to farming is the right way!”
Yun Zheng stood up and saluted: "The words of the Prefect are indeed true and right. Yun Zheng will go home and sell the grain at a fair price. He does not dare to worry the Prefect."
Not only was there no joy on Zhang Fangping's face, he said calmly: "It's rare in the world that Su Xun praises you. It turns out that you only have this ability. It's not as good as being famous after meeting you."
Yun Zheng smiled and said: "Young man is just trying to make up for it. Mr. Mengsu is so shameless, so ashamed, so ashamed!"
After saying this, Yun Zheng didn't stay long and left immediately. Zhang Fangping didn't send Yun Zheng out either. He sat in the hall and gently clasped the table with his fingers.
Su Xun came out from behind the screen and said doubtfully: "This is very inconsistent with his past personality. I think there must be fraud in it."
Zhang Fangping said expressionlessly: "I am going to issue an order to equalize grain. The food in Chengdu Prefecture needs to be distributed per head, not according to the amount of gold and silver."
Su Xun then said clearly: "It won't work. Only rebels will use equalizing grain and equalizing land as slogans. You represent the official family. It won't work. I thought you would be imprisoned before this order is issued."
Demoted from an official position and fled far away. There are many big families in Shu, and there are many officials in the court. You will not give this order, will you?"
Zhang Fangping stood up and said irritably: "Spring is actually late. The summer grain harvest happens to be the rainy season in Chengdu. Once the grain is eroded by heavy rain, a reduction in production is inevitable. Not only must we always pay attention to the flood peak of the Minjiang River, but also
Pay attention to the growth of the seedlings in the fields. The most frustrating thing is that you have to fight against people like Yunzheng. There were rumors of a one-eyed stone man in Chengdu Prefecture not long ago. In addition, Chengyan Temple was destroyed. In the past two years, Chengdu has
It can be said that the government is full of disasters. If we don’t use thunderous measures, civil unrest will happen sooner or later."
Yun Zheng took the monkeys for a stroll in Chengdu Mansion. He rarely came out and had a good time.
In early spring, Chengdu finally emerged from the depression, and the shops on both sides of the street began to open their doors to welcome customers. Today, I promised Yun Er to bring him a set of clay figures. I really don't understand how such a big man still likes clay figures.
Yunzheng not only bought a clay figurine, but also a big-headed doll with a monkey on its head, and had a great time playing with it.
As Yunzheng walked, he knocked the pumpkin seeds in his hand. These seeds were stir-fried with sand. They were the most crispy and delicious. After the monkey played with the big fu for a while, he came up to Yunzheng and said, "The prefect will not confiscate our house."
Food, right?”
Yun Zheng said nonchalantly: "He wants us to sell the food at home at a fair price."
"Why, that's our family's food! We bought it with great difficulty, we won't sell it!"
Yun Zheng spit out the melon seed skin and knocked the big Afu in the monkey's hand and said: "Our family's food is to prevent disaster years. If Zhang Fangping has the ability to make Chengdu Prefecture realize that everyone has the same amount of food, that will be a great thing. We
The family no longer needs to go to the trouble of inviting the weavers to come to the house for dinner, so now all we have to do is wait for Zhang Fangping to implement his grand plan."
"What if he succeeds?" Monkey was very reluctant to part with the food. Maybe he was frightened of hunger in Wonsan, and he had a special greed for food.
"Success? Are you kidding me? Ignore that lunatic. If he really does this, it will only make the current situation in Chengdu even worse. Originally, the people have a certain ability to prevent disasters, and there is nothing they can do about it.
People are a minority, and the government needs to take care of this group of people. Now that Zhang Fangping wants to display his grand plan and include everyone under his wings, we can just watch the joke and ignore him. "
The monkey then let out a relieved sound, and took out the melon seeds from his pocket and started to crack them. Yun Zheng walked and said hello all the way. The people he met from the teahouse were now all sneaky and watching people.
They were all staring at other people's faces and identifying them carefully, trying to spot some differences.
Yun Zheng believes that he is definitely not the first person to be called to talk, nor will he be the last one. I don’t know whether Zhang Fangping can do such a huge persuasion work. It is estimated that the possibility of using force in the end is the greatest. This guy
They are not here to help the people of Chengdu at all, but to harm them. The greater the official position, the more severe the harm will be.
There is no need to connect, just a meaningful look is enough to convey enough meaning. Yun Zheng now wants to integrate into the big family of Chengdu. Since he is a rich man, he should stand in the position of a rich man.
Speaking of which, if a rich man sneaks into a group of poor people, his character will be questioned. Not only the rich will be suspicious, but the poor will also be suspicious.
There is very little silk this year, and there is almost no silk on the market. Even if there is, some people are selling last year's stock. The silk shop is deserted, with only a few boys lying on the counter bored and chatting.
This is not the norm in Chengdu. A wealthy city is so vulnerable in the face of disasters.
Yun Zheng saw through this city. Their pride, their fear, their helplessness, and their cowardice were all seen through by Yun Zheng. This city no longer had any secrets from him. (To be continued)