It was already late afternoon when he returned from Nanyun School Ground. As soon as he returned to the Yunzhou County Prince's Mansion, Zhao Jun immediately ordered Wang Huaien to call Fan Zheng, Li Yi and others.
Not long after, the two confused people hurried over.
On the way, both of them wanted to ask Wang Huaien about the situation, but Wang Huaien just shook his head and had no intention of telling them. The two had no choice but to follow them to Prince Yun's Mansion.
As soon as he entered the reception hall, Li Yi saw Zhao Jun standing in the hall with a gloomy face. When he saw the two people coming, he first nodded to Fan Zheng, and then glanced at himself coldly. Said: "Coming?"
Li Yi knew immediately that he had suffered, and it was only him who suffered, otherwise the prince would not have treated the two of them differently.
But now I don’t know what happened. I can only nod and respond: "Yes, the prince is here."
"snort!"
Zhao Jun snorted coldly, turned around and returned to his seat to sit down.
Then he said to the two of them: "Please sit down."
The two immediately sat down separately, waiting for Zhao Jun to speak.
Everyone sat down, and Zhao Jun had no intention of being polite to them now. He was always straight-forward when doing things, and he didn't bother to be polite if unnecessary. He said straightforwardly: "Today, my king went to the military camp to present the flag. Everything went smoothly. , but after conferring the flag, the king heard something while discussing matters with the important general.
The army can't buy any meat! "
When Li Yi heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I will definitely conduct a strict investigation when I get back. Those brave men who dare not sell meat to the army will definitely give an account to the soldiers!"
Seeing his statement, Zhao Jun was not only not satisfied, but also became even more angry.
Originally, Zhao Jun thought that Li Yi knew about this, but he just couldn't think of a way to solve it, so he was delaying it. But looking at the current situation, it is obvious that he had no idea about it!
He is the governor of Yunzhou County and is in charge of the people's livelihood of the entire Yunzhou County. Yunzhou County is short of meat to this extent. As a county governor, he has no idea. This is simply dereliction of duty!
"Asshole!"
Zhao Jun slapped the table hard and made a loud noise, startling both Li Yi and Fan Zheng in the hall.
Fan Zheng, who was sitting next to him just now, also stood up and stood silently with his head lowered without daring to speak.
Li Yize was a little at a loss. He didn't understand what he said wrong. Was his statement just now wrong?
Didn’t he say that he would investigate this matter strictly?
Why is the prince still so angry?
"waste!"
Seeing him like this, Zhao Jun was so angry!
He immediately stood up and pointed at his nose and cursed: "Don't you know what happened now? Do you still think your statement is right, and do you think I have wronged you?"
Li Yi said nothing and stood there with his head lowered, not even daring to breathe loudly.
Zhao Jun said angrily, "As a county magistrate, you are in charge of the people's livelihood. This is your duty as a magistrate, but look at what you have done?
What do you know? You don’t even know what happened under your rule. What use does this king want from you? !
Do you think I just told you that someone doesn’t allow the army to buy meat?
This king wants to see if you are clear about this matter!
But! You are very fat and I am disappointed!
Very disappointed! "
Zhao Jun's mouth went dry due to the curse, so he turned around and picked up a cup of tea and drank it in one gulp.
Then he turned around and continued: "You are just a puppet on strings, right? You have to be manipulated by others to do things.
Do you know that Yunzhou County is now completely short of meat?
Otherwise, why do you think the army can't purchase meat?
What makes me even more angry is that you don’t know anything about such a big thing!
You are derelict in your duty! "
Zhao Jun's words immediately shocked Li Yi. He was shocked that he didn't know about the flesh panic in Yunzhou County, and he was also shocked by the words "dereliction of duty" that came out of Zhao Jun's mouth.
For an official, it is their bounden duty to do their job well. Being evaluated as derelict by their superiors is undoubtedly an extremely severe rebuke!
Li Yi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I will go back immediately to understand the situation and find a way to solve this matter!"
Zhao Jun waved his hands irritably and said: "No need, you, the county guard, only know the news now. What can you do to solve it? Just wait and see, I will deal with you later!"
After saying this, Zhao Jun turned directly to look at Fan Zheng, who had been silent since just now.
There was a wry smile on Li Yi's face, and he could only step aside helplessly.
As for Zhao Jun, Fan Zheng felt eyes falling on him, and in front of him, a pair of shoes with moon-white cloud patterns appeared in his field of vision.
He knew that this was the prince who had walked in front of him, so he did not dare to move and stood still.
Zhao Jun came to Fan Zheng and when he saw his nervous look, he shook his head helplessly. He sighed and said: "Director Fan, don't panic. I came to you today because Yunzhou has something to do and needs Director Fan." Please help me."
When Fan Zheng heard this, he immediately raised his hands and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please show me!"
Zhao Jun nodded and then said: "Yunzhou County currently lacks meat supplies in large areas, so when I was in the army, someone thought of a way to "borrow" from the Tatar tribe outside the country. I felt bad, so Decided to exchange for food.
In this way, I will allocate enough grain to you, and you also have experience. Use this batch of grain to send to the Tatar tribe, and temporarily exchange it with them for a batch of meat. See if they agree. If they agree, it will be fine. I say There is no shortage of generals in the prefectures and counties now, just give them to them.
If you don’t agree…”
Zhao Jun didn't say much, but the cold light in his eyes made people palpitate.
Fan Zheng understood what his prince meant, and his heart trembled. He nodded heavily and said, "I understand. I will arrange for someone to do it immediately when I get back. I will definitely give the prince an answer as quickly as possible."
"Ah, very good!"
Zhao Jun nodded with satisfaction, then waved his hand and said: "Okay, you can go back and do your work."
Fan Zheng nodded, saluted again, and then slowly exited the hall. Before leaving, he glanced at the Sheriff who was standing by with a sad face, shook his head slightly, and then left.
Seeing Fan Zheng leaving, Li Yiqing couldn't help but shiver, and raised his head to look at Zhao Jun with a flattering look on his face.
Zhao Jun just snorted coldly, and then said: "Huh! As the head of a county, you don't even know the livelihood of the people under your rule. I don't know what you do for food!"
When I go back later, I will immediately investigate for Wang to find out how much the meat panic is now and how big the difference is!
Also, when did the meat panic start to appear? With the current reserves of Yunzhou County, how long can it last? These are all things you have asked me to check quickly. Do you understand? "
Li Yi nodded quickly: "Yes, yes! We will do it as soon as the official returns!"
"I will fine you half a year's salary and give you twenty pieces of salary. Go down and get it yourself!
Don't say that I, regardless of your reputation as a county governor, will allow you three days' leave after returning to arrange things! "
Li Yi cried and thanked him respectfully.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, I understand!"
Zhao Jun waved his hand impatiently and asked him to go down.
Li Yi had no choice but to leave the lobby with one step and three turns. When he walked out of the hall, Li Yi gave a bitter smile and had to go to a place under the leadership of Wang Huai'en. Then several big and round palace guards laughed and took off his pants. .
While he was doing it, he murmured in a low voice: "Hey, this is really strange. The brothers have never spanked a high-ranking official like the Sheriff. Today is the first time!"
"Hehe, I heard that the prince said that he made the prince unhappy, and the prince punished him."
"That's right. He deserves it. He must have done something wrong and let the prince know about it. Brothers, please work harder later so that he can have a good memory!"
"nature!"
Li Yi heard their whispers and felt a burning pain on his face, followed by a chill behind his buttocks. These Qiu Ba were not good people, but they actually wanted to work harder!
Tough luck! Tough luck! Tough luck!
Before he could finish complaining, the board fell heavily!
"Ouch!..."
Then there was a crackling sound.
Less than half an hour later, Li Yi limped out of the palace gate.
The servants in the mansion who were waiting outside the door saw this and hurriedly came up to help him.
"Hey, Master, what's wrong with you?"
Li Yi waved his hand weakly, signaling the boy not to ask any more questions. With the help of the boy, he returned to the carriage. He didn't dare to sit on it, so he climbed on the seat of the carriage and weakly ordered: "Go back to the Yamen!"
When the boy saw him like this, he couldn't help but persuade him: "Sir, I'm not as good as the Yamen now. Let's go back and have a rest first."
Li Yi suddenly forced himself to shout angrily: "Didn't you hear what I said? Go to the Yamen!"
Seeing that the master was angry, the young man shrank his neck, responded repeatedly, and soon drove the carriage to the county governor's office.
After arriving at the county guard's office, Li Yi did not go in. He asked the servant to call out his chief clerk and asked him to wait outside the carriage. After arranging all the matters ordered by the prince for him to check, he returned. Liaofu began to recover from his injuries.
As for Fan Zheng, after coming out of Prince Yun's Mansion, he immediately returned to the Yamen without stopping, summoned all the people who were in charge of continuing to exchange the war horses, and informed the prince of his instructions.
Let them mention these things to the Tatars in subsequent exchanges to see if they can do it.
Everyone agreed and soon spread the news.
So, within two days...
In a medium-sized tribe on the southern grasslands.
The Tatar businessman from Yunzhou County had just finished trading a batch of war horses with this medium-sized tribe, and suddenly said to the Khan of this tribe:
"Khan Hezhe, we are here today. In addition to the war horses, we also have a deal that we want to discuss with the Khan. I wonder if the Khan agrees?"
Hezhe Khan, who was about to leave, stopped immediately when he heard this, frowned and asked suspiciously: "What deal?"
The Tatar businessman immediately smiled and said: "Khan Hezhe, we want to exchange grain with you for some cattle and sheep. Isn't it convenient?"
"Cattle and sheep?"
Hezhe Khan was stunned. The other party had come to the tribe so many times, but he had never said that he wanted to exchange cattle and sheep. It was obvious that the other party's goal was to get war horses.
And what follows is that if cattle and sheep are traded, the number will be too large. Now more and more Tatar troops are coming to the southern grasslands. So many cattle and sheep are driving openly to Yunzhou County, which is too easy to be discovered. .
It would be bad if the royal court knew what they had done!
Thinking of this, Hezhe Khan immediately wanted to refuse.
Although the food is good, you still have to live to get it!
But before he could speak, the Tatar businessman spoke again: "Khan, this is something our prince personally ordered. If you refuse, it will be difficult for me to deal with you when I go back.
You don't know that our prince has a bad temper and is easily impulsive.
You said that we have traded so many times, no less than this time and a half, why should we hurt everyone's harmony for such a trivial matter? "
Hezhe's eyes narrowed instantly.
"Are you threatening Ben Khan?"
The Tatar businessman just smiled.
"I'm just analyzing the pros and cons for Khan."
The atmosphere became tense instantly!
After a long time, Hezhe Khan said coldly:
"It's not that I don't want to trade. You also know that how many tribes have gathered in the southern grasslands now are not as good as before?
There are many people with mixed eyes. If you leave with a large number of cattle and sheep in such a grand manner, then with just a little investigation, the Great Khan will be able to find out the fishy relationship between us.
By then, our entire Hezhe tribe will probably be destroyed. "
Hearing this, the Tatar businessman also frowned. This was indeed a problem.
Cattle and sheep are much more conspicuous than horses. They can only trade a few hundred horses at most at a time, but according to the news from Yunzhou County.
A lot of meat is needed, and each transaction of cattle and sheep may cost thousands.
With such a large number, it's okay to do it once or twice, but if it happens more times, plus many of the same race are doing something, the possibility of being discovered is indeed too great.
At that time, not only the Tatar tribes who cooperated with them will suffer, but even they may not be able to leave with these cattle and sheep intact.
We have to find a way!
Thinking of this, the Tatar businessman did not continue to embarrass Hezhe Khan.
He bowed slightly and said:
"What the Khan said is that this is indeed a problem. Let's go back and report it next time and see if there is any solution. This time it's the Khan's fault. The villain has the final say. The remainder of the tea brought this time will be given to Ke for free. Sweat!
I hope the Khan will calm down! "
Seeing that he did not continue to embarrass himself, Hezhe Khan also breathed a sigh of relief.
It's not that he has a temper, it's actually that the Hezhe tribe really needs the things they traded with the Hezhe tribe. Hezhe Khan still doesn't want to antagonize the other party if it's not necessary.
As for the apology gifts given by the other party in the end, Hezhe Khan was also quite satisfied with this. He was a man who knew how to do business.
Dang even shook his head and said it was okay, and left with a smile.
After the Tatar businessman smiled and waited for Hezhe Khan to leave, his face instantly wrinkled, smiled, shook his head and waved his hand, and then returned to Yunzhou County with his men and the dozens of horses he had exchanged. .
When he returned to Yunzhou County and discussed the difficulties, Fan Zheng also frowned.
Then he hurried to the palace to ask for help.
When Zhao Jun learned that Fan Zheng had come to ask for a meeting, he thought the matter had come to an end.
Feeling a little happy.
When the person was welcomed in and heard the purpose of their visit, he also frowned.
This is indeed a difficult problem. Even if the other party agrees, how can they openly bring back so many cattle and sheep?
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(End of chapter)
