Chapter 741 Who Leaked the Secret?

Mo Lingan turned around and looked at the strong men who were putting a stone of rice into the granary. He directed everyone to leave, then turned and bowed to Xie Jin: "Sir, the rice has been counted and put into the granary. Let's go and rest first, sir." You are busy."

Chu Nanyi bowed slightly, turned and left with Mo Lingan.

"Wait a minute." Yu Zhizhou glanced past Mo Lingan and Chu Nanyi, then turned to Xie Jin, "Mr. Xie, how much rice did they send?"

Xie Jin said: "Isn't this just waiting for Master Zhizhou to see it?"

Mo Lingan turned his head and looked at Xie Jin respectfully: "Didn't I just tell you, sir? The rice delivered from this granary is exactly 10,000 shi."

The head of the clan frowned slightly and looked at the food in the granary expressionlessly: "It's quite a lot."

"It's not too much." Mo Lingan said, "The granary here in Linwu can hold ten thousand stones, and the two towns next door can each hold ten thousand stones. For the time being, the people's food problem has been solved. Next, we only need to Once the people's residences are settled and money is given to them to buy rice, they can maintain their daily lives in a stable manner for the next quarter."

Yu Zhizhou's face looked a little unhappy, "Why are there so many?"

"Is it a lot?" Mo Lingan was surprised, "Your Majesty, you mean that Mianzhou doesn't need so much rice? But there are so many people affected by the disaster..."

"No, that's not what I meant." Yu Zhizhou laughed quickly, "What I mean is that your efficiency is very high. It's really hard work to transport so much rice in such a short time."

Xie Jin said: "It's really hard."

"Then..." Yu Zhizhou hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively, "Have you seen all the disaster relief funds?"

Xie Jin nodded: "I have finished counting. Where is Master Yu's roster? Have you brought it with you?"

"Bring it, bring it here." Yu Zhizhou handed him the list, "This is a list of hundreds of people affected by the disaster in several towns in Mianzhou. Please take a look."

Xie Jin took it, but did not look through it immediately. Instead, he said to Chu Nanyi: "You two will go to Chen's house later. I still have some issues regarding disaster relief funds and subsequent rice transportation that I need to confirm with you."

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"Sir." Yu Zhizhou heard something bad and pointed at the granary, "Isn't there already so much rice here? It should be enough for the time being. Will we continue to transport it here in the future?"

"Is it enough?" Xie Jin frowned, "There are so many people affected by the disaster. Almost all the crops in Mianzhou have been flooded, and the autumn harvest has been lost. The rice transported must at least ensure that the livelihood of the people in the entire Mianzhou City is not a problem." ”

"But……"

"But what?" Xie Jin was puzzled, "Master Yu is worried that there will be too much rice to sell?"

Yu Zhizhou shook his head subconsciously: "No, it's not."

"What does that mean?"

"Thank you, Sir." The head of the Zong family said with a faint smile, "It's already getting late, let's go back and have dinner first. Yu Shang invited a theater troupe to perform at home today to sing praises to Sir Xie for his concern for the people. I hope he can thank you." Thank you, sir."

As he said that, his eyes fell on Chu Nan's clothes, "These two bosses should go together, it's really hard to transport food all the way here."

Hearing this, Xie Jin turned to look at Chu Nanyi and Mo Lingan: "Are you free?"

Chu Nanyi was silent for a moment and nodded slowly: "That's fine."

"Then please Sir Yu, please call all the officials under you. There will be a lot of fun tonight." Xie Jin ordered, seeming to be in a good mood, "The head of the clan will go home and prepare first. I will go back to Chen's house to take a bath and change clothes."

The head of the clan nodded: "Then I would like to welcome you and thank you for your honor."

Everyone parted ways.

The granary was closed, and dozens of people were standing guard outside day and night to prevent anyone from trying to gain access to the granary.

The head of the Zong family looked at the backs of Xie Jin and Chu Nanyi as they left, and his expression turned deep and cold, "Master Yu, don't you think something is abnormal?"

"It is indeed abnormal." Mr. Yu looked gloomy, "Xie Jin's actions are somewhat confusing to me."

"Food came so easily. Thirty thousand shi of grain was transported here quietly. We didn't even hear the news." The head of the Zong family said in a gloomy tone, obviously suspicious, "And this Mr. Xie, when the document came down, he had already Arriving in Mianzhou, giving out porridge and steamed buns seemed like a great achievement, but in fact, this was what he came here to do urgently, in order to prevent all the people affected by the disaster from suffering from hunger, and also to prevent the people from becoming extremely hungry. Riots occurred.”

When Mr. Yu heard this, shock appeared on his face: "So it turns out that we made a mistake in judgment?"

"These are not the important points." The head of the Zong family said coldly, "The important point is that Xie Jin came to Mianzhou too early. Do you still remember when your copy was delivered to the imperial city? And when did Xie Jin arrive? From Mianzhou? The document says it will depart at the end of April, but Zhezi has not arrived in the imperial capital at the end of April. What does this mean? "

Mr. Yu was startled, and other officials behind him also looked surprised and suspicious.

"This means that Xie Jin came to provide relief before the memorial was delivered to Heaven?" Yu Zhizhou looked at the head of the clan in disbelief, but he was horrified in his heart, "But how could he know..."

An official behind Yu Zhizhou said: "Her Majesty the Queen has known about the flood in Mianzhou for a long time? Who leaked the secret?"

"It is not yet certain whether Her Majesty the Queen has foresight or the Xie family is too powerful." The head of the clan narrowed his eyes, "I am more inclined to believe that the Xie family is too powerful. Don't forget that the current Queen and the Regent have their roots in the Great Zhou. They have only been brought back to Dongling to succeed the throne for a few years? In just three years, their foundation is still shallow. It is hard to say whether they can make the major families willing to obey. If they can predict the flood in Mianzhou, wouldn't they be deified?"

The officials looked at each other, their expressions were a little solemn.

"Then what does the clan leader think we should do?"

"Xie Jin ordered people to transport so much grain here, which is clearly to cut off the livelihood of major merchants." The clan leader said gloomily, "If the Chen family sells rice at a low price, the rice stored in our granary will not be sold. Isn't this deliberately trying to kill us?"

"But 30,000 shi is not too much..."

"Didn't you hear them say that they will continue to transport it later?" The clan leader turned his head and glanced coldly at the person who spoke, "One 30,000 shi is enough to support the livelihood of the people in Mianzhou City for a month. What about two 30,000 shi? What about three 30,000 shi? When the newly planted rice in Mianzhou is harvested, will you still be able to sell the rice you have stored?"

The official who was confronted was speechless.

Yu Zhizhou's face was solemn. He didn't expect Xie Jin to have such a vicious mind. "Then what should we do now?"

The grain stored by major grain merchants was bought with silver. If the rice cannot be sold, the loss is all silver.

Is Xie Jin going to force them to death?