Military Recorder Xiao Ting came to the duty room of the Duhu Mansion early in the morning to process the official documents urgently sent from various ministries in Anxi yesterday. Most of these official documents came from Suiye City and Shule Town. The Tang troops in the two places closely monitored Tuqi.
In addition to the trends in the Shi Khanate, various armies reported the number of new people who froze to death and suffered frostbite in the severe cold. Although there were only a few dozen people, it was still worrying enough.
Xiao Ting organized all the official documents into items, and then went to Laiyao Duhu's study to make a summary report.
Lai Yao briefly read all the official documents, and generally speaking, everything was fine. In this cold winter, the Tuqisi people and the Tubo people huddled in their felt bags to avoid the cold wind and harsh natural environment.
He was everyone's enemy. Not to mention the livestock, mules and horses that froze to death, the soldiers guarding the border froze to death and suffered frostbite, which was really unacceptable to him.
Thinking of this, Lai Yao raised his head and said to Xiao Ting: "Speaking of which, today is already the third day that Li Siye's cotton-padded jackets and quilts have been put on the market. I don't know if they have any effect. Have the fur traders in the market lowered their prices?"
Xiao Ting endured the small pride in her heart and whispered: "I heard that leather goods not only did not fall, but also increased slightly. Moreover, Li Siye's thousand pieces of cotton-padded jackets and quilts have been sold out. Come to protect Li Siye.
It's not to save Anxi at a fair price, but to make money for himself."
Lai Yao snorted heavily: "Wait until tomorrow, if the price is not lowered, send people directly to arrest him and bring him to the Protector's Mansion. The anger of tens of thousands of Anxi athletes needs one person's head to calm it down."
Xiao Ting trembled all over, feeling happy and scared at the same time. Fortunately, he had a better plan and used Li Siye as his scapegoat.
"In this case, I will resign from my humble position first. I want to visit the market in Anxi."
"Yeah." Lai Yao nodded: "Let's take a look and get to know the price as soon as possible. Once the price drops, we will use the money from the treasury to buy leather goods in large quantities and add winter clothing to soldiers everywhere as soon as possible."
Xiao Canjun walked out of Yao's study, breathed a long sigh of relief, revealed a cold smile on his lips, and strode towards the door of the Governor's Mansion.
Gao Xianzhi, the envoy of Qiuci Town, came towards him. Xiao Ting could not avoid it, so he had to step forward and cross his hands to salute: "For this humble post, please see the envoy of Gao Town."
Gao Xianzhi pretended to be friendly and said: "Xiao Ting, don't worry about these false gifts. Come and follow me to my study to have tea. I heard that you are the most proficient in making tea. Today I will lend you your hand and use snow water to make tea."
Make some good tea, and let's drink tea and talk."
Xiao Ting originally wanted to shirk it. He was thinking about the business in the leather goods store. Today was the key point for the unjust killing of Li Siye. But then he thought about it. Gao Xianzhi in front of him was now a popular person in front of Lai Yao Duhu, and he would definitely be in power in the future.
Qixi, staying close to his big tree is the way for him to survive in Anxi for a long time.
He immediately bowed and crossed his hands and said with a smile: "Since Ambassador Gao Zhen is so enthusiastic, I am willing to help in my humble duty. I stopped by Ambassador Gao's study to ask for a cup of tea."
"Okay! Okay!" Let's go there.
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"Come to buy cotton-padded jackets and quilts! This is a quilt made from cotton grown in Shouchou City, Congling. A quilt costs 800 yuan! A cotton-padded jacket costs 900 yuan!"
The old pawn who was shivering in the cold outside scolded: "Go to your mother's Congling Shouchu! You black-hearted people, I really want to stab you to death."
The shopkeeper stood inside with his sleeves poked, and said with a smile: "We are also purchasing agents. If you want to stab, go and stab those bastards captured by Congling Shou."
Lu Qian suddenly appeared behind the shopkeeper and patted him hard on the shoulder: "Ha! Sure enough! I knew this was my cousin's shop. This trick of yours is really good. My cousin Xiao Ting's intelligence is unparalleled in the world.
, not only made money, but also killed Li Siye, this is called killing two birds with one stone!"
The shopkeeper couldn't help but frowned. According to Xiao Ting, his boss, Lu Qian was a troublemaker with little success. How dare such a person let him talk casually? Whatever he said with his big mouth and bald words would be fatal.
He had no choice but to invite Lu Qian to the second floor in a friendly manner: "Master Lu, please go upstairs to drink tea first. Don't tell anyone about this matter."
"Don't worry, this Li Siye is my enemy. I will never tell anyone about this kind of thing."
As soon as the two of them arrived on the second floor, Li Siye walked into the store wearing a large cotton-padded jacket, pointed at the clerk standing behind the counter and asked: "Why are you selling these cotton-padded jackets so expensive? Are you really not giving us Anxi people a way to survive?"
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Not far behind him, Anxi soldiers holding swords and shields had quietly surrounded the entire front door and backyard of the leather goods store, just waiting for Li Siye's order.
The waiter standing behind the stage sneered: "If you can't afford it, don't force it, you poor guys will freeze to death!"
Li Siye immediately shouted angrily: "Shut down the store! Arrest people!"
More than a dozen soldiers rushed into the store with a crash. Just as the waiter was about to scream, the leader took out a horizontal knife from his waist, held the handle of the knife and hit the waiter's mouth, knocking out all his teeth and dripping with blood.
Fell to the ground.
The guys in the backyard heard the noise and were about to open the door to escape when the officers and soldiers rushed in. They knocked them to the ground like chickens with their sword scabbards, and then tied them up one by one with ropes.
Li Siye and Tian Zhen rushed to the second floor with a team of people and blocked the pale-faced Lu Qian and the shopkeeper.
Si Ye chuckled: "Just in time, my enemy is also here. It's true that the sky net is not leaking out!"
Lu Qian held on to his strength, put his hands behind his back and shouted: "Li Siye! You are just a small guard in Congling, who gives you the power to lead troops and capture people!"
Cao Zhenqing, a member of the French army, immediately came out from behind, pointed at Lu Qian's face and asked, "Commander Lu, don't I have the authority to arrest criminals?"
When Lu Qian heard this, his legs suddenly became weak and he hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Cao Canjun, this is none of my business. I'm just passing by. This is my cousin Xiao Ting's shop!"
The shopkeeper's vision went dark, and he was so angry that he wanted to stab this bastard to death. Before he could ask any questions, he had already vomited it all out!
The shopkeeper was used to seeing wind and rain. He immediately calmed down and gave Lu Qian a cold look and said, "This person is just a customer of our store. He just wants to go upstairs for a drink and has nothing to do with our store. As for the owner of our store,
, isn’t it you? Li Shijun, the guard envoy of Congling?”
"Yes! Yes!" Lu Qian came to his senses and hurriedly changed his words: "Yes, I was confused and made a mistake just now. I don't know them at all, nor do I know my cousin Xiao Ting. This store is not my cousin's store at all.
, but your store!”
The shopkeeper immediately frowned in disgust.
Damn you! You can’t speak. You idiot, please say a few words!
Li Siye sneered and immediately waved his hand: "Take them all back for interrogation! Take all the goods back too!"
A group of people from Lu Ji's leather goods shop were escorted to the prison of the Anxi Protector's Mansion, and then interrogated to find out the mastermind behind the scenes.
Li Siye took the initiative to ask Cao Zhenqing: "This is related to the innocence of our Congling guards. Can these people be handed over to me for interrogation?"
"Ahem," Cao Zhenqing said helplessly: "Actually, you should avoid suspicion in this kind of case, but these people are really hateful, and we have a pretty good relationship..."
"You're welcome, Lao Cao! I'll treat you when I have time!" Li Siye immediately told Tian Zhen and Teng Mu: "Prepare charcoal fire and soldering iron for me! Also prepare the tiger bench for me! Hammers, nails, and steaming urns!"
Cao Zhenqing was frightened when he heard this and quickly stopped him: "Are you going to imitate Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen's cruel tactics?"
Li Siye said harshly: "You heard it just now. The owner of the leather goods shop dared to fabricate and frame me in front of my face. How can such a stubborn person be broken down without any ruthless means?"
"You can interrogate, but I have to supervise you and make sure no one is killed!"