Chapter 744: Falling Out

This young man is very good at pouring cold water on critical moments.

The air was slightly condensed, everyone in the Zong family and all the officials present turned their attention, and the atmosphere was subtle for a moment.

Being choked in public, Xie Jin's face was obviously a little uneasy, and his expression suddenly turned cold. He slowly turned to look at him: "You have been in need of ejaculation recently, right?"

Although Xuanyuan Chen knew that Xie Jin was acting at this time, in the past, the ninth master of the Xie family was very prestigious, and now when his expression became colder, his aura was scary enough.

Xuanyuan Chen lowered his head in silence and stopped talking, as if he didn't dare to speak to him again.

"Why are you so fierce, sir?" Zong Yushang, who was nestling in his arms, seemed to be scared and whispered, "Don't scare Mr. Chen."

"Yes, yes, sir, don't make trouble. You should be happy with such a good atmosphere now. Don't be angry."

"Young Master Chen is also talking without meaning, sir. Don't be as knowledgeable as him."

Others opened their mouths to smooth things over, gradually relaxing the atmosphere.

Mo Ling'an and Chu Nanyi, who were sitting on the corridor, watched their performance quietly, with the corners of their lips slightly raised, looking interested.

Not to mention, although Xie Jin seems to be carefree, he is not ambiguous at all when he is really doing big things. No wonder the Lord is so confident in entrusting him with one big thing after another.

"Speaking of leaving, when do you plan to return to Beijing?" Lord Zhizhou said at the right time, "On the day of your return to Beijing, I will host a farewell banquet. On behalf of all the people of Mianzhou, I would like to thank you for caring about the people. Disaster relief is a success.”

"Yes, we should all be grateful, Sir."

"If it weren't for Mr. Xie, the Chen family's granary wouldn't be able to store so much rice right now."

"Your Excellency is really a good parent-guardian for us!"

Everyone held it insincerely, with false smiles on their faces, staring at Xie Jin with eyes, wishing to send him away immediately - if the imperial envoy knew better, he planned to leave Lianzhou in the next three or two days. , they will consider keeping him alive. This evening is a pure farewell banquet.

If he plans to continue to stay in Mianzhou, or even decides to intervene in the grain hoarding issues of major grain merchants, then don't blame them for being ruthless and having to take action against him for the sake of profit.

"It's easy to talk, you don't need to be overly polite." Xie Jin smiled, "I finally came to Mianzhou, don't you want me to stay here for a while? Besides, Mianzhou has many beauties, if I really come tomorrow Let’s go, what should we do with the little beauty Yushang?”

"Thank you, sir." The head of the Zong family smiled lightly, "There is something we have been confused about tonight, and we hope that Sir Xie can answer it for us."

Xie Jin was puzzled: "What can't you figure out?"

"The rice in the Chen family's rice warehouse is what adults want to fill?"

Xie Jin nodded slowly: "Yes, for disaster relief."

"The Chen family took the initiative to give rice and noodles to the people. Was it your idea?"

"Yes, I came to Mianzhou to provide disaster relief." Xie Jin continued to nod, "I borrowed rice from the Chen family, so naturally I have to return it to others."

The head of the clan smiled lightly: "My lord, you must have paid a little too much."

Xie Jin said: "It is appropriate to borrow and repay the principal. As for whether it is more or not, that is also my business. The money for purchasing rice from other places comes from the imperial court... Does the head of the clan think it is inappropriate?"

The head of the Zong family said: "Your Excellency, you should know that the hundreds of thousands of people in Mianzhou need a huge amount of food. All major grain merchants have always competed fairly. If all rice is monopolized by the Chen family, what will other grain merchants do? Will they? Are you going to be suppressed because of this? If the Chen family becomes the dominant family in the future, how will our family gain a foothold in Mianzhou?"

Xie Jin raised his eyebrows: "A single family? Why would the head of the clan think so?"

"Your Excellency, you put all the rice into the Chen family's rice warehouse, isn't it just to make the Chen family dominate?"

"The rice in the Chen family's rice warehouse was purchased from Boss Chu with money from the Chen family." Xie Jin raised his finger and pointed to the corridor, "In addition to the double return of the amount borrowed for disaster relief, other Chen family also made contributions. "Purchased with money, do you think I really have that much power to buy all the court's disaster relief money and stuff it into the Chen family's rice warehouse?"

"Why double the return?"

"On the day I arrived in Linwu, the people were hungry, and the children on the street were so hungry that their faces were pale and listless. Did Lord Zhizhou and his officials make a pot of porridge and give out a steamed bun to the people?"

Xie Jin smiled and said, "When I came to Linwu, I took the lead in staying at the Chen family's house. I steamed the steamed buns overnight and used the Chen family's rice. I used the Chen family's rice to cook the porridge. The cooks were all hired by the Chen family from the town. Young and middle-aged people, the wages they need to work are paid by the Chen family, so why not give them twice as much rice?"

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Envoy, is wrong." Yu Zhizhou argued unconvincedly, "The flood in Mianzhou flooded the rice fields and houses. I led all the adults to actively raise food, went to neighboring cities and even other provinces to buy tents, and checked on the affected people. I was busy non-stop... Your Excellency only sees that the people are hungry, but you don’t know that the government cannot raise enough food for a while. Even if the official is determined to solve the problem of food for the people, there is not enough rice for a while. If it is distributed to Linwu Town, Anhe Town will There will be a shortage, and in short, we cannot treat everyone equally. As a result, if the people who cannot receive food become dissatisfied and cause riots——"

"Master Yu, are you making excuses for your dereliction of duty?" Xie Jin sat calmly in the chair, one hand still hanging in Zong Yushang's hair, and there was a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth, "If I Now go and check, the granaries of the Zong family, Boss Yu, Boss Wang, and other adults should have been filled with rice, right?"

Everyone's expressions changed.

"What?" Xie Jin smiled casually, "Are you going to raise the price of food immediately after I leave Mianzhou and make a fortune from the disaster in Mianzhou?"

After the words fell, the expressions of everyone present changed.

The adults and grain merchant bosses who had been smiling with hypocritical flattery just now looked at Xie Jin with a sinister coldness in their eyes.

"It seems that I miscalculated." The head of the Zong family smiled coldly, "I thought Mr. Xie was uniting with the Chen family to take advantage of it all, but I didn't expect it was to deal with us. Mr. Xie is so good at acting that even I was deceived. "

Xie Jin heard this and said seriously: "Actually, it's not that my acting skills are good. Since I came to Mianzhou, many flaws have been exposed in front of you. However, although you seem to be scheming, you are actually much simpler than I imagined. "Many, I have no choice but to continue acting with you."

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