Chapter 24 Gao Qiu Blocks the Way

If the variable Lin Chen didn't appear, the food they had hoarded could be sold at sky-high prices!

Jiang Ziding heard the news and naturally got involved in this business.

When Jiang Ziding thought that his tens of thousands of taels of silver might be wasted, he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart.

"Lin Chenjia, right? A small sixth-grade military officer dares to act like this!"

"Don't worry, I will go get the confiscated food right now!"

Hearing that Jiang Zi was determined to stand up for himself and others, all the wealthy businessmen present suddenly turned from worry to joy and started to smile happily.

"Master Marquis, if we can get these grains back, we are willing to offer an additional 10% every year!"

"Easy to say, easy to say."

Jiang Ziding saw that these wealthy businessmen were willing to pay, and his gloomy expression improved a little.

After seeing off these wealthy businessmen, Jiang Ziding was certainly not idle and called the servants to change clothes.

"Prepare the car, I am going to visit Captain Gao of Yadian Yamen!"

at the same time.

Lin Chen was leading people to check the grain, which totaled 180,000 dan!

It seems that this group of grain merchants started hoarding grain as early as when Gyeonggi was flooded, preparing to find a rare commodity.

It's a pity that Lin Chen grabbed all of them before they were put on sale.

"These grains are just a drop in the bucket for hundreds of thousands of disaster victims." Lin Chen frowned slightly as he looked at the grains that were being stored in the warehouse.

If the supply is limited to a daily basis, it will be enough to meet the needs of the people in the capital, and part of it can be used to provide relief to the victims.

However.

This amount of food is not enough to delay the delivery of grain to Beijing in two months.

Not to mention, there are only a small number of victims outside the capital at the moment.

Suddenly, Lin Chen couldn't help but shake his head as he thought of something.

If the grain merchants don't have enough grain, don't they still have official warehouses?

The three major official warehouses in the capital are enough to feed millions of people for three months.

As long as part of the grain is allocated from these official warehouses for disaster relief, it is presumably enough to maintain the livelihood of the victims.

Just when Lin Chen was lost in thought, Wei Cheng walked in hurriedly.

"grown ups!"

"What's the matter?"

Lin Chen looked at Wei Cheng with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"The grain that was escorted into the warehouse was detained by the yamen of the palace yamen." After saying this, Wei Cheng couldn't help but bow his head in shame.

After all, he couldn't handle such a small thing well, which was a shame for Lin Chen's trust.

Unexpectedly, the expression on Lin Chen's face was very calm at this time, as if he had already guessed it.

As the saying goes, cutting off someone's financial path is like killing one's parents.

These 180,000 shi of grain are equivalent to hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!

Even if a grain merchant knows he has made a loss, he still has to find a way to recover the loss.

But this Yadian Yamen...

A thoughtful look flashed in Lin Chen's eyes.

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"presumptuous!"

The yellow-faced man sitting high on the horse scolded Yang Zhi.

On the contrary, Yang Zhi grinned, without giving in at all, and asked at the top of his voice: "A certain family is the commander of the Military and Horse Division of the Five Cities. Yang Zhi, you are only a ninth-grade Yuhou, how dare you ride on a horse to ask questions?!"

"Get off your horse yet!"

Yang Zhi's voice, mixed with some internal force, caused eardrum pain in everyone present.

Especially the yellow-faced man, he didn't expect Yang Zhi to come like this.

Without checking, he found out.

Yu Hou was so distracted that he unexpectedly wanted to dismount from his horse and salute.

Unexpectedly.

A white-faced man grabbed his colleague's arm to bring him back to his senses.

"Lu Yuhou!"

After seeing who was helping, the yellow-faced man looked grateful.

If he really knelt down and saluted in the street, his face would be completely lost.

Not only would he lose his own face, but it would even make Lieutenant Gao look bad.

When Yang Zhi saw the fair-faced Yu Hou, his expression became a little more solemn.

The person who was called Lu Yuhou also had a strong aura and was on the threshold of a second-rate warrior.

"Who are you?"

"A certain family is Yu Hou, Lu Qian, who is under Captain Gao."

"Marquis Lu Yu, why did you, the palace guard, stop the carriage of our Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division?"

But Lu Qian shook his head and said: "Captain Gao has an order, and your troops from the five cities are randomly searching the shops. The Commander-in-Chief has sent a letter to Your Majesty to ask for your guilt!"

"Joke!" Yang Zhi heard this and sneered.

Lin Dutong acted according to the notices issued by the imperial envoys for disaster relief, so why did he randomly check them?

"Will you give way?" Yang Zhi clenched his spear tightly, a fierce light flashing in his eyes.

The soldiers of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division also put into attack posture, with overwhelming force.

The guards at the palace guarding the palace looked at each other in confusion, and before the fight started, their momentum had weakened by three points.

Lu Qian felt deeply troubled when he saw this.

He did not expect that the soldiers of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division would seem to have changed after the new capital commander took office.

In the past, the soldiers of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division were like the servants of the imperial government, a group of wastes that could not be reused.

Just when the two sides were in a stalemate, the Captain Gao that Lu Qian was talking about arrived.

I saw that Lieutenant Gao was thin, with a neat beard under his face, and he looked a little insecure and angry.

"Lieutenant!"

When Lu Qian saw the backbone, he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stepped forward to salute.

Even the palace guards had the courage to do so. They all had their eyes widened and acted fiercely.

Lieutenant Gao didn't even bother to look at Yang Zhi, a vulgar warrior, and waved his hand to seize the grain cart.

But don't want to.

The sound of horse hooves made Yang Zhi's face light up.

Lin Dutong is here!

Um?

Gao Qiu looked at the ghost-faced Dutong, glanced at it, and then snorted four words.

"Mysterious!"

Lin Chen was naturally also sizing up Captain Gao.

After all, the other party is a well-known figure.

If we only look at his appearance, Gao Qiu doesn't look like a treacherous minister who flatters his superiors and bullies his subordinates.

"General Gao, I heard that you have a godson?" Lin Chen couldn't help but ask with interest.

Gao Qiu thought that when Lin Chen saw him, he would greet him and at least do a good job of face.

Who would have thought that the first sentence he said was his godson.

"General Lin, do you know my godson?"

"I think everyone in the capital knows the name of Gao Yanei." Lin Chen's tone was full of inexplicable meaning.

Gao Qiu only thought that these words were mocking him.

Who doesn't know that Gao Yanei relied on Gao Qiu's power to bully men and women in the capital and was notorious?

Although there is no Song Huizong in this world, Gao Qiu didn't know how to get involved with Heshen.

It's true that if you are not from the same family, you will not enter the same door.

With the prestige of the minister, Gao Qiu, a fifth-rank official in the palace, could be honored as the Grand Commandant.

"Yang Zhi." Lin Chen suddenly spoke.

"I am here."

"First escort the grain carts into the warehouse. Anyone who dares to stop them will be arrested!"

Lin Chen said calmly, ignoring Gao Qiu's increasingly dark complexion.

Although Gao Qiu is a higher official than Lin Chen, they are not in the same department, so Gao Qiu's prestige naturally cannot overwhelm Lin Chen.

"Lin Chen, this is the order of the minister. You are to release the grain shop owner and return the confiscated grain!"

Seeing that Lin Chen insisted on doing so, Gao Qiu had to bring up He Shen's name.

Sure enough.

How could this corrupt He Shen miss such a good opportunity to make money from the disaster victims?

He Shen was the one who suffered the most when he confiscated the grain shop himself.

"He, sir?" Lin Chen pretended to be surprised and said, "This governor only obeys the imperial envoy for disaster relief."

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