The fertile water of farming does not flow to outsiders' fields

Kong Zhou said, "It's hard to say...how much rice do you have?"

Xue Yinsong replied: "There are nearly a thousand loads left."

"It's not too much, why not sell it and go back to Fuchun County as soon as possible." Kong Zhou suggested, "Deyang is right and wrong after all."

"What about going back?"

Kong Zhou was silent for a moment and suggested: "Contact the little prince first, and first confirm the truth of the matter. Since it is natural to enjoy the shade with your back against a big tree, you can do what the prince says."

Xue Yinsong secretly thought that he was indeed old and cunning, and he kicked the ball to others without compromising: "If it's fake, it's easy to deal with, but if it's true, it's troublesome. If you don't sell it, you will offend the prince. If you sell it, you will lose your life. I beg Mr. Kong." Make a brilliant move."

Kong Zhou laughed and said: "There is a reason for selling, and there is a reason for not selling. Since the matter is caused by the prince, why don't you listen to the prince?"

Xue Yinsong saw that he was unwilling to take the hot potato, so he had no choice but to agree: "Oh, that's what I have to do, it's just that I don't feel at ease in the end."

Kong Zhou smiled and said, "It's not that I'm not willing to help, but I have something important to do and must go to Beijing immediately. Now you have made a wrong step, don't act rashly, contact the young prince quickly, it is absolutely fine to ask for self-protection."

The little scholar hurriedly said: "Uncle Kong, what's the hurry to go to the capital? If you want to send a message, just tell me, there are fast horses here to go to the capital, and you can go back and forth in four or five days."

Kong Zhou's heart beat rapidly. Prince Deyou's excavation of the copper mine was already a signal of rebellion. It seems that rebellion is only a matter of time. Fortunately, he tricked Liang County Magistrate into writing a letter. This report letter is enough to make Deyou The lord lost the opportunity, and when Liang County Magistrate wakes up afterwards, he will have to send someone to arrest him. It will be much safer and faster if he sends the letter on a fast horse.

After thinking clearly, he immediately decided to hand over the letter to the two: "I will write down the address and deliver this letter to the recipient as soon as I enter the capital. Don't delay if it's urgent."

Xue Yinsong said: "This is no problem, the package will be delivered within two days, and I will also send a letter to the young prince, sir, please wait."

Kong Zhou's face was full of joy: "Two days? That's really great. Hurry up and try to get out of the city overnight."

Xue Yinsong picked up the brush, wrote what happened here on three big sheets of paper, handed the two letters to Zha Jin and wrapped them up close to him, and gave them careful instructions before letting them go.After he left, Kong Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and said, "What are your plans now?"

The little scholar smiled and said: "If you can't sell rice, you can go back to the countryside to farm. You can live on a few acres of Susukida."

Kong Zhou laughed, and his mood relaxed after sending the letter away, and he regained his usual wisdom: "It is best not to stay behind when doing things, otherwise you will always have the heart to retreat. Now this is not a big deal, and you can definitely get through it safely." Xue Yinsong asked doubtfully, "Didn't the sir just say that it was a serious crime of beheading?"

Kong Zhou said with a smile: "If you make more food consumption, you will be beheaded. At least half of the officials in the dynasty will be beheaded. Besides, the food consumption is custom-made. Even if it is slightly exceeded, it is not a big deal as long as it can be approved. , the real big thing is those bandits in the back mountain, what do you know?"

Xue Yinsong repeated Uncle Jiuhua's original words: "Probably some powerful bandits."

Kong Zhou nodded in deep thought, and after a while he said, "I have some things to think about, or we can discuss them another day."

There was no spare room in the uncle's house, so Xue Yinsong asked Suozi to squeeze in the uncle's room first, so that he could live in it.

Back in the room, Xue Yinsong asked with some heavy thoughts: "What do you think?"

The little scholar said: "I think the analysis makes sense."

Xue Yinsong shook his head: "It makes sense but it's a bit far-fetched. If you say you want to hit the Grand Master, I believe it, but you are a bit reluctant to pass me. If you say that a small grain can shake the Grand Master, then the Grand Master will have collapsed long ago. Are you still waiting until now?"

The little scholar said: "What if it is for the post of Liang Dao?"

Xue Yinsong couldn't tell, so he could only argue: "Can't we use a simple and easy method? Why do you have to be so tired?"

Xiao Xiucai also thought it made sense, and the two of them were at a loss, so they simply turned on the lamp to sleep.After four or five days like this, several people did not dare to continue selling rice, and just waited for news at home every day.

But this time, Zhajin had been away for a long time, and he came back ten days later, but he brought an exciting news. The rice in the Liangdao is absolutely fine, let them continue to sell, not only to sell, but also to make public sell.

Even a clever mind like Kong Zhou couldn't figure it out, and Xue Yinsong and others were even more confused, but since the little prince ordered to continue selling, they could only continue selling.

Zhajin brought back 300 taels of silver notes, saying that the prince asked them to open a rice shop in Deyang. Xue Yinsong took the bank notes and took a closer look. Tong Daxiang exchanged the silver notes, and hurriedly asked: "What else did the little prince say?" without?"

Zha Jin turned his back on the crowd, pointed to his chest quietly, Xue Yinsong immediately understood, and hurriedly said, "Are you tired? I'll go to the kitchen to cook a meal for you."

Zha Jin immediately said: "Okay, I'll go and light the fire."

The two walked into the kitchen, and Zha Jin couldn't wait to take out the channel: "The prince said that we should continue to sell rice, not only to sell it into Deyang, but also to try to get online with those people in the mountains."

Xue Yinsong frowned after reading the channel: "Why is this? It wasn't mentioned in the letter."

Zha Jin whispered: "This matter is troublesome. Let me make a long story short. The little prince means that he is not in a hurry, just let go and make a deal with them, and after he finds out the situation, he will deal with them all at once."

Xue Yinsong was startled: "To deal with them? How can we deal with them? Killing people is not like cutting melons and vegetables. It's that easy to say."

Zha Jin laughed and said, "I don't know about that, anyway, just keep selling rice."

Xue Yinsong thought about it: "Since this is the case, I don't know if there is a letter to Que Hongze? Otherwise, how can you let go?"

Zha Jin gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Sure enough, you guessed it right. I still have a letter for Mr. Que, so I can only stay one night and hurry back to Fuchun County tomorrow morning."

Xue Yinsong said: "If there is no problem with him, I will feel much more at ease."

Just before Zha Jin took his meal and left, Xiao Xiucai stepped in and asked in a low voice, "Are you really going to sell rice again?"

Xue Yinsong said: "My heart is trembling, but I can't think of a way for the time being."

The little scholar frowned and said: "There are many ups and downs in the officialdom. If you follow the right master, you will flourish all your life, but if you follow the wrong master, you will fall into the sky and fall to death. It is better to be cautious about this matter."

Xue Yinsong smiled wryly, he couldn't help this matter now, so how to be cautious?He wiped his face and said: "Now the situation is like riding a tiger, I have to do it."

Of course the little scholar knew it, and he said after a while: "You can't separate two hearts, if you want to be in Deyang, who will take care of the shop at home?"

"Qu Hongxiang is reliable, but she's too young, I'm afraid she won't be able to keep her head down."

"Why don't you let her come to Deyang?" Xiao Xiucai thought for a while and said, "You can also guard against the Li family's actions against her, and send the buddies here as well."

Xue Yinsong's eyes lit up: "That's right! Isn't the guy's former employer still there? Go home and ask, and try to invite him out of the mountain, so that's all right."

The little scholar said: "Didn't he be ruined by the He family? Then..."

"It's okay, it's okay, let them all come to Deyang," Xue Yinsong said, stomping a few steps, and the more he thought about it, the more reasonable it became: "An old shopkeeper with Qu Hongxiang is enough. If it doesn't work, I will force it." The son stays here, he is a local, if there is anything, he can go back to the village to find someone to help."

The little scholar let out a sigh of relief: "This is the best, now that there are troubles, don't accidentally give up both ends."

The two agreed that the next day Xue Yinsong would find a guarantor to buy a shop facing the street, arrange everything properly, and hurried back to Fuchun County.

On the second day after Que Hongze received the letter, he visited the door. As soon as he entered the door, he asked, "How is the situation in Deyang?"

Xue Yinsong said with a smile: "Fortunately, everything is done properly." Que Hongze said: "Okay, I got the news here, and I will do my best to help you gain a firm foothold in Deyang. Tell me, how much rice will you have to transport?"

Xue Yinsong said with a smile: "Still according to the current progress, one boat every three days, what do you think?"

Que Hongze smiled and said: "Yes, this time I will arrange someone to ship it directly to Deyang, and you can just receive the goods in Deyang." Xue Yinsong was overjoyed: "That's very good!"

Que Hongze thought for a while and said, "The He family is looking for you recently, and they may also want rice."

"Huh?" Xue Yinsong was stunned: "Didn't you just give [-] yuan earlier? Isn't that enough? This rice is at least enough to feed [-] people for a month?" Que Hongze said with a smile: "He didn't sell it at all. I’m afraid it’s been stored, and other rice merchants don’t know about it, and now shopkeeper Li is also storing rice without selling it, why don’t you inquire about it?”

Xue Yinsong hesitated for a moment and said: "If you want rice, it will be troublesome. It's better not to meet each other."

Que Hongze said with a smile: "If you can't provoke it, you can always hide it. There is no harm in going to see it."

Xue Yinsong had no choice but to agree, who would have thought that the young man had already run to the backyard before seeing off the people here: "The shopkeeper! Shopkeeper He and shopkeeper Li are here!" Xue Yinsong just wanted to say that he was not here, but only listened to the shy shopkeeper Li The voice came: "Brother Xue! Brother Xue!"

Xue Yinsong hurriedly stuffed Que Hongze into the kitchen on one side: "Hey, shopkeeper Li, shopkeeper He, why are you here together today?"

Shopkeeper Li hurriedly cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Brother Xue, don't come here unharmed. I haven't seen you recently. Are you going to collect rice again?"

Xue Yinsong said with a bitter face, "Where is the rice?"

Shopkeeper He had a rare and pleasant face: "My brother is a man with a plan, why can't he receive rice, tell me quickly, how much did you collect this time?"

Xue Yinsong spread his hands: "There is really no rice, not even a single grain. This time I just went back to my hometown to visit relatives."

Shopkeeper Li was stunned: "Visiting relatives?"

"Well, it's really visiting relatives," Xue Yinsong looked at the disbelieving faces of the two and said with a smile: "A few days ago happened to be the anniversary of my mother's death."

The two visitors looked at each other, shopkeeper Li coughed and said, "It's not that I don't believe Brother Xue's words, it's just that someone saw him in Nanmeng. .”

Xue Yinsong suddenly realized: "You guys are so quick to hear that I have indeed been to Nanmeng, but because I was afraid of the bumpy road, I took the waterway to Nanmeng and then turned to Deyang."

Shopkeeper He changed his subject and asked: "The price of rice in front is not bad. The guild wants to ask for more. Why don't you ask Shopkeeper Xue to go to Jeju again? I'll send you two men to bring Tong Daxiang's silver coins. Tickets, I will pay the upfront expenses first, what do you think?"

Xue Yinsong glanced at the two of them, and said with a slight smile, "I've already told Shopkeeper Li how the previous batch of rice came from. There is really no rice in Jeju now."

Shopkeeper Li turned his head away in embarrassment, Shopkeeper He stared at him and said, "Why do I hear that there is still rice?"