Datang: Starting from Li Jiancheng

Chapter 152 Hou Junji hits a wall again

What's more, the food and grass are now empty. If there is a war, their little food will not last long.

Now these grains may become life-saving straws in the future, so why bother to give them for that little face?

"........."

When Mr. Zhang heard the words, he almost doubted his ears.

He was just playing courteous with Hou Junji just now, but he didn't expect Hou Junji to really go back?
After all, he was also a general of the first dynasty, and he turned out like this?
After taking Hou Junji away, Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but roll her eyes, "He was so happy with the tax increase in the first place, but now he has offended the people of Bingzhou. Let me see what he will do."

Mr. Zhang nodded when he heard the words, and then said: "He probably really has no choice. He is reluctant to give this mere duck and five or six catties of pork."

Mrs. Zhang snorted coldly when she heard the words, then she seemed to think of something, frowned and looked at Mr. Zhang, "Master, this General Hou just said that the Turks are about to go south soon, and this Bingzhou is about to fight again."

"If General Hou really has no food, once he loses and the Turkic barbarians drive straight in, wouldn't our money really become theirs?"

Mr. Zhang snorted coldly, then waved his hands and said, "Madam, don't worry, the Bingzhou court will not sit idly by when the Turks invade."

"If it is doomed to fail in the end, I can run away ahead of time, and go to Qinghe to join the Cui family, or escape back to Chang'an. Even if the Tang Dynasty really dies by then, the Turks will not be able to kill all the Tang people."

"At that time, we will just change the emperor. It will have no impact on us."

After all, an emperor with flowing water and a family with iron foundation.

For some patriots, the invasion of their country is a very difficult thing to accept.

But to them, it's not a big deal, after all, whoever is the emperor will regard them as a thorn in the side of aristocratic and famous families.

As long as there is money to spend and a house to live in, it really doesn't matter to them who is the emperor.

Mrs. Zhang's eyes lit up when she heard the words, then she nodded and said, "What the master said is true."

"If we really give these grains and silver to the imperial court, then once the Tang Dynasty is defeated, we will really have nothing but to wait for death. It is better to hold the silver in our own hands, and have a sense of security. .”

"Also, even if Datang wins the battle in the end, with His Majesty's character, I'm afraid he won't remember us halfway, and maybe he will give us a fatal blow when we are lonely."

The aristocratic families are not fools either, they know how much threat their existence poses to the imperial court.

I also know how much Li Shimin fears their existence.

It is also because of this that they have to constantly strengthen themselves and secretly send people to the court. Even if Li Shimin can't stand them, he dare not touch them.

This time Hou Junji found fault for no reason, the husband and wife also thought about it for a long time.

Judging from the past few days, they became more aware of Hou Junji's character, and they were even more sure that without Li Shimin's instructions, it would be impossible for Hou Junji to suddenly investigate the stains of their Zhang family.

It is precisely because of this that they are more determined not to help Datang.

"Yeah, the only thing we can trust in this world is ourselves, and we have to leave some retreat for ourselves at any time." Mr. Zhang nodded, his eyes complicated.

After Hou Junji left, the veins on his forehead popped out of anger, and his fists under his long sleeves were clenched tightly, wishing to kill a few Turkic soldiers right away to vent his anger!

"I don't believe it anymore, how can such a big Zhang family compound not be able to get out a few stones of grain? It's clear that I still hate me because of the previous incident!"

Hou Junji couldn't help but complain to the soldiers behind him.

The soldier also sighed when he heard the words, feeling helpless and even chilling.

After all, they were the ones who really went to battle to kill the enemy. They sacrificed countless sacrifices for the common people, but in the end they couldn't even exchange for any food.

"General, let's go to another house to see." One of the soldiers pursed his lips and said.

"Let's go." Hou Junji sighed deeply, and then knocked open a wealthy businessman's house with a sullen face.

"Their family is in the rice and grain business, and I want to see how they can shirk it!"

Just as Hou Junji was talking, the gate of the mansion opened.

What came out was a middle-aged couple, both of them had a round appearance and two dimples when they laughed, they should be easy to talk to.

Seeing this, Hou Junji's face softened a bit, "Are you two Mr. Guo and Mrs. Guo?"

Master Guo smiled and waved his hands when he heard the words: "How can you let the general call you the young master? The young one only has a clear character, and General Hou can call the young one by his name."

Hou Junji's smile deepened when he saw this, and he also smiled and said: "Guo Ming, I'm here today to ask, how is your business here recently?"

"........."

Guo Ming's smile was visibly froze for a moment, and then he sighed and said, "To be honest, our business is getting worse day by day. The little one was just discussing with his wife that he will close the business tomorrow."

Hou Junji's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words, and immediately asked, "Why?"

"Originally, our business was quite prosperous. There was border trade in the early days, and everyone was making money from the Turks. This is why Bingzhou is slightly richer than other places."

"But didn't the border trade be canceled in the later stage, so a large number of Bingzhou merchants had no business to do. At the same time, Lord Hou also ordered heavy taxes on merchants."

"So these days everyone is living a tight life, especially those businessmen who are already out of work. If the common people have no money, our business will naturally be difficult to do."

Every paragraph and every sentence in Guo Ming's words is accusing Hou Junji of all the so-called things in the past, and even secretly ridiculing Hou Junji for shooting himself in the foot.

But Hou Junji was asking for money after all, and even though he was so angry, he still had to smile.

"Since this is the case, you must have a lot of food in your family. To be honest, the Turks are recruiting troops on a large scale recently. They may go south to attack Tang in the near future, and our Bingzhou will bear the brunt of the brunt."

"The war is about to break out, but now our food, grass and horses are very poor. I wonder if you can..."

Before Hou Junji finished speaking, Guo Ming immediately took over.

"Who told Master Hou that we have a lot of food in our house? Our house is almost out of rice!"

"........."

After hearing this, Hou Junji vomited out a mouthful of old blood, and his face became even more terrifying.

Are these people fooling Hou Junji for a fool?

(End of this chapter)