General, this plot is wrong

In the eighth year of Taihe, an earthquake occurred in Yangzhou.

After this natural disaster that surprised everyone, Emperor Mingde, who had always been ambiguous, summoned capable civil and military ministers at the fastest speed to discuss relief methods, and chose to go to Yangzhou and other places to provide relief. disaster victims.

While sending Zhao Duqing, Prince Qing's son, to Yangzhou to help the victims, at the same time as Yandu, Taifu Qiuhe went to Yangzhou to relieve the earthquake, and the emperor was to offer sacrifices to the heaven and the earth.Immediately, a mighty group of people left the palace and went outside to worship the gods and Buddhas of the world and the four directions.

Chu Heng sat on Hu's bed, holding a bowl of Lengtao in his hand, and ate in silence.

Wuwei sat cross-legged on the side futon, glanced at Leng Tao from time to time, wiped off his sweat and continued: "I heard that Mr. Zhao is still in Yangzhou, and now he is being confused by Yangzhou's grain prices. Or Lu Langjun took the initiative to send a team to visit the vicinity of Yuncheng to see the disaster situation, and then bumped into the person we secretly sent out to report."

Leng Cencen's stomach felt a little uncomfortable after eating Leng Cencen's food, Chu Heng took a spoonful of Leng Tao and stuffed it into Wuwei's open mouth.

"Where did you hear about these things?"

Wuwei was stuffed with a mouthful of Lengtao, his mouth was so cold that he couldn't close his mouth, and he almost jumped up: "Yes... ha... I followed Lu Langjun... oh... the captain said..."

Wuwei covered his mouth and hummed: "Sanlang, those black-hearted rogues set fire to many houses, my brother specially went to Yunshan Residence, Sanlang's medicine field was destroyed in a mess."

"The house is burned down and then rebuilt, and the medicine fields are destroyed and then planted." The whole bowl of Lengtao was stuffed into Wuwei's arms, Chu Heng reached out and touched the bun on his head, "It's good to be alive."

Wu Wei held the bowl, looked at Leng Tao who had only eaten a few mouthfuls in the bowl, swallowed his saliva, saw Chu Heng got off the bed and walked outside with bare feet, hurriedly got up from the ground: "Sanlang is going out? "

"Go ahead and see what's going on."

"Uh... But Lu Langjun said that Sanlang is weak and has endured for so many days, so he should sleep more to rest his mind."

Chu Heng stood still and took a deep breath.

Lu Langjun, Lu Langjun...

Ever since Lu Ting hugged the princess and carried him from outside the middle hall all the way through the vestibule and backyard, back to the bedroom, I don't know how many people have mentioned the three words "Lu Langjun" in front of him.

The princess hugs... the princess hugs your brother-in-law!

If you are a man, you can't bear the princess hug, okay!

What's more, when he was hugged by Lu Ting, that guy's hand was on his waist, almost scalding his skin!

"Sanlang, your face is red again, are you feeling unwell?"

Wuwei said that he was going to call Baishu, Chu Heng reached out and grabbed the child by the collar, and easily threw it behind him: "I'll go to the front for a walk after I eat Lengtao inside."

Seeing that Wuwei still wants to follow, he stared at Fengyan: "If you don't eat it, it will melt! Be obedient, and I will give you candy later!"

After getting the benefits, Wuwei really stopped following, and Chu Heng heaved a sigh of relief.

The two little boys beside him are good in everything else, except that the older one has a straight face, and the younger one is chatty, neutral and neutral are pretty good.

Chu Heng walked to the field.

Together with the soldiers in armor, the tenants with their trouser legs rolled up in the fields were busy cleaning up the ruined fields and replanting them.

Walking to the edge of the orchard, you can see a petite and dexterous child climbing on the tree, helping the woman below to pick the few remaining fruits.

Shao Aniu and Yuan Zhi led people to build temporary huts for people whose houses were burned down.

When the working people saw him, they all stopped their work and saluted him.

"Everyone records the losses at home, and looks back to see what is missing, and I will help everyone make up for what can be made up."

Chu Heng walked a few more steps as he spoke, and saw a tall man standing beside Shao Aniu's field, so he couldn't help but take a second look.

Chu Heng only met Lu Ting on the day of suppressing the bandits, but because everything outside had not been dealt with properly, Lu Ting didn't show up after carrying him into the bedroom.

As for himself, he took two calming pills and slept in a dark place for a day and a night.When he woke up again, no matter whether it was Old Chen Tou or Wuwei Baishu, they said that things in Zhuangzi were being handled in an orderly manner.As if... without him, there would be no problem.

This was the first time Chu Heng saw Lu Ting after a day.

The journey from Yandu to Bieyun Mountain Villa is continuous, it can be seen that Lu Ting is speeding up this section of the road, he is still wearing the clothes from the day before, covered in a layer of dust.His face also looks a little tired, but when he talks to people, his eyes are still sparkling.

The captain next to him seemed to have been severely reprimanded by him, and bowed his head with fists folded, but he patted his shoulder lightly again.Then, he turned around and their eyes met, Chu Heng bent his lips and nodded slightly.

"The earthquake in Yangzhou this time caused the emperor to be furious because Si Tianjian didn't have any warning before. He specially opened Changping warehouse, and allocated the amount of three buckets for a big mouth and five liters for a small mouth to the people who were affected by the disaster. One month's relief rations for the land poor and the widowed and lonely."

Chu Heng was walking beside Lu Ting, and when he heard Chang Pingcang being mentioned, he stopped and raised his head and said, "Only for the landless poor and the widowed and lonely?"

Lu Ting nodded: "Although Changping Granary is a special granary set up by the government to adjust grain prices and store grain in case of shortage, the storage is limited after all, and it is not enough to deal with all the people in Yangzhou City and its surrounding areas."

Of course Chu Heng knew this.The granary of his Bieyun Villa alone can only feed these people for a few months, let alone those affected by the earthquake.

Just one month's ration is not enough for those people to cheer up.

"Actually, if the food price in Yangzhou can come down, maybe their life will be easier."

Although it was Chu Heng and Lu Ting who were talking, and there was a small tail behind Lu Ting - it was the captain who was reprimanded by Lu Ting before, and he followed him not far or near, until now he couldn't help it interrupted.

"I heard that there is a wealthy businessman surnamed Chu in Yangzhou City who even took advantage of the natural disaster to drive up prices with other merchants, forcing the common people to not even be able to afford food..."

Before the lieutenant could speak, he saw Lu Ting frowning and looking over with sharp eyes, and shut his mouth immediately in fright.

"You don't mind." Lu Ting turned back, looked at Chu Heng in front of him, and sighed, "The matter of the Chu family in Yangzhou has nothing to do with you."

The captain seemed to remember at this time that the Chu Heng in front of him was from the Chu family in Yangzhou, and his complexion changed immediately, even his eyes became dim.

Chu Heng didn't intend to be serious.

He lowered his head, narrowed his eyes and thought carefully, and said bluntly to Lu Ting: "If I say that I can help suppress the price of grain in Yangzhou City, what benefits will the imperial court give me?"

He opened his mouth to ask for benefits, the captain wanted to rush over and punch him, but Lu Ting moved his feet at this moment, blocking the captain who took a step forward.

"Saburo has an idea?"

"There is an idea, it depends on whether the imperial court is willing to pay the price."

Chu Heng glanced at the captain who was blocked by Lu Ting, a slight smile was drawn on the corners of his lips, and teasing unconsciously appeared in his eyes.

"As long as the imperial court is willing to bid, buy my grain, sell it at a low price, and disrupt the market, unless they don't sell it and are willing to keep hiding it for later, I am not afraid that the price of grain in Yangzhou will not fall."

"Then what if those rice merchants really refuse to sell?"

Someone walked over with big strides, Chu Heng looked up to the voice, saw that it was a slightly unfamiliar face, and couldn't remember who it was for a while, so he had to take a look at Lu Ting.

"Sanlang, this is Prince Qing's son." Lu Ting explained from the side, and waved back the little eunuch who ran after Zhao Duqing's footsteps, leaving only a few personal guards, "Why is Da Lang here?"

Zhao Duqing waved his hand: "It's not because of the Chu Sanlang you mentioned. Those profiteers in Yangzhou are driving me to death. I really want to chop everyone with a knife!"

Standing there, Chu Heng heard Lu Ting yell "Da Lang", and couldn't help but take a good look at the man in the crimson gauze robe in front of him.

The description of King Qing's son in the book is that his facial features are resolute, and because of years of marching and fighting, he frowns and thinks hard, so there is a word Sichuan between his brows.

He couldn't help but look at Zhao Duqing's face, and he really could vaguely see the word "Chuan" between his brows.This scrutiny made Chu Heng notice a young man dressed as a personal guard standing beside Zhao Duqing.

"Chu San...Mr. Chu Lang, you haven't answered yet. If those rice merchants refuse to sell grain, how will they lower the price of grain?"

Zhao Duqing came to relieve the victims, but when he entered Yangzhou City, he was confused by the rich local businessmen. Even if he came to persuade him personally, he could only get excuses from those profiteers.

Thinking of Lu Ting who ran to Yuncheng, and thinking of Chu Sanlang who Lu Ting had been talking about all the time, Zhao Duqing simply ran to Bieyun Villa, just to hear if this person had any different suggestions on the grain price .

Sure enough, when he came to Lu Ting, he heard something interesting.

Chu Heng waved his hands: "It's actually very simple to return to the world. The ancestors have their own words, and they should be courteous first and then soldiers."

Zhao Duqing raised his eyebrows.

"Xiaozhi's reasoning with emotion is a courtesy. If the courtesy is not enough, then go to the army. There is no need to send troops to surround those houses, just find out the location of each granary, and send a few people to act as good faces. Hold a torch and threaten to burn food, and then use a few eloquent people to pretend to be red faces, promising benefits, I don’t believe they will refuse to agree.”

The idea is really simple.

Zhao Duqing's eyes lit up, and he reached out to pat Chu Heng's shoulder.The raised arm was lightly relieved, he turned his head to look at the expressionless Lu Ting, coughed twice: "This idea is good, but it will inevitably cause merchants to be dissatisfied with the court."

Chu Heng restrained his smile, clasped his hands, and waved them deeply: "Because of this, Chu begged the son to use the grain stored in my Bieyun Villa to sell at a low price to force them. At that time, even if Dissatisfaction is only dissatisfaction with Chu, and has nothing to do with the court."

Zhao Duqing is not a military general who can only wield knives and guns. Even if he doesn't know about Chu Heng's calculations, he still knows that there must be some calculations in it.

On the face of Chu Heng, he was loyal and courageous, and counted the grain with others, and ordered the steward to set the abacus to "crack", and sold all the grain in Bieyun Villa at a very low price Go out, leaving only enough rations for more than a hundred people in the whole village to eat for more than a month.

Only then did Zhao Duqing bring Lu Ting and others to help, but the money he brought with him was not enough to pay for the food.

But this one didn't feel ashamed at all, pushed Lu Ting beside him out, raised his hand and wrote the IOU, took a knife to cut Lu Ting's thumb, and pressed a bloody fingerprint.

"When the matter in Yangzhou is over, someone will send another debt. Lu Ting... will make a guarantee for this son."

Zhao Duqing dropped his words, and greeted people to leave Bieyun Villa directly with food.

Chu Heng left behind with a black line on his face, and wanted to cover his face so as not to look at the bloody fingerprints on the IOU.

Because of the urgency of the matter, he took people to the study to discuss the price, but he didn't want to meet someone who didn't bring any money.Not only that, but even the guarantor... was caught and fingerprinted casually.

"Aren't Saburo afraid of being hated by those wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou?"

Lu Ting spoke suddenly, breaking the silence in the study room with only two people left behind.

Chu Heng shook his head: "I'm afraid. But someone has to do this."

More importantly, when he did this, no matter whether Zhao Duqing would tell the court or not, he would leave a shadow in front of this person.Brush his face a few more times, not afraid that he won't be able to hug Prince Qing's mansion's thigh next time when he is in trouble.

As for Lu Ting...

Chu Heng suddenly felt pain in his buttocks.

Unable to sit still, Chu Heng stood up, passed by Lu Ting, and stretched out his hand to open the door of the study.A pair of arms stretched out behind him, pressed down on the door, and completely covered him in front of him.

"I haven't been able to ask you, what did you mean that night when you said that everyone gets what they want?"

The voice came from behind his ear, low and perplexed, with faint breath blowing to his ear.

Chu Heng's body was stiff, his back was facing Lu Ting, and he couldn't help coughing: "It's just drunk..." However, Lu Ting's voice was right behind him.

"After I went back, I thought about it. Deer blood should be added to the wine that night. Although it wasn't much, but with the strength of the wine, we... I thought about it for a long time, what are you asking for, and what do I need. Until now, Saburo, I haven't figured it out yet, can you tell me the answer?"