As the top scapegoat in the household department, Liu Tong thought that he would be able to get rid of the fate of scapegoating by being promoted to doctor, but he was obviously too optimistic.
This time it was not Pan Huang who dumped the blame on him. Pan Huang was human. He would not always be able to take advantage of a sheep, nor would he always let a subordinate take the blame. But when Yan Song's order was sent to the Ministry of Revenue, someone had to carry it out, so Pan Huang was very hesitant about who should take the blame this time.
That's right, as a veteran official, Pan Shangshu knew from the fact that Yan Song only had passwords but no warrants that this was definitely a scapegoat.
If things are done well, there will be no credit. If things are not done well, Yan Song will be offended. If something happens, Yan Song will never admit that he said this, and no one will dare to argue with him in front of Long Live.
Just when Pan Shangshu was frowning, the second-in-command Zuo Shilang Tan Tong stepped forward and said, "Sir, you don't need to worry about this matter, just leave it to your subordinates to arrange it." Pan Shangshu was overjoyed and praised Tan Tong very much. Then let him handle it all.
Tan Tong returned to his room and immediately asked the errand boy to call Liu Tong in. Liu Tong walked into Tan Tong's check-in room anxiously: "Sir, what do you want me to do?"
Tan Tong smiled kindly: "Yan Shoufu has a command to collect glutinous rice from the capital for use. This is not a big deal. It is a good opportunity to exercise organizational skills. I immediately thought of you. You just I have been promoted to doctor and have not done anything independently, so I will leave this matter to you. Remember, it will take at least six hundred shi of glutinous rice."
Although Liu Tong didn't know why this matter happened to him, he still had basic vigilance: "Sir, what is the use of so much glutinous rice? Besides, I'm afraid there is no boundary in the capital, so we have to let the grain merchants go out Looking for it."
Tan Tong shook his head and said: "You don't have to worry about what it is used for. In short, you just accepted this job. I am afraid that only Zhang Tianci, the grain merchant, has glutinous rice, but let me tell you, every construction team in the capital has it. I have some glutinous rice, dozens of shi more, more than ten shi less, I bought them all, and it’s not much different to make up five or six hundred shi.”
Liu Tong wanted to refuse, but Tan Tong stared at him helplessly. He had no choice but to take the task ticket, return to his duty room, and summon the Yuanwailang and errand boys under his charge to find a solution together.
When one of his bosses heard this, he paused and said: "Sir, you shouldn't take this matter! I heard that Tanji Construction has recently purchased glutinous rice at a high price, but it is impossible to buy it. They have raised the price to three times. If you can’t buy it yet, how can you buy it?”
Liu Tong was shocked. He must not have cared about the Nuomi market, but he didn't expect that this matter would be so difficult! When he thought that this matter involved the construction of Tanji, it must be a project involving the WTO view, and he suddenly knew that he had been tricked by Tantong.
Na Tan Tong is the backend of Shengshi Grain Store. He was tricked by Xiao Feng before on Nuomi, but now he is regaining his position.
If you get things done yourself, you are just helping Tan Tong and Tan Xinren to tide over the difficulties, and naturally Tan Tong will also benefit greatly. If you fail to accomplish something, although you will suffer losses, you can take the opportunity to punish yourself and vent your anger.
In short, there is no benefit to oneself inside or outside!
But now that the matter has come to this, he can only bite the bullet and lead people to go door-to-door to buy. As expected, all the grain merchants said that there was very little glutinous rice on the market and they could not get it. Even Zhang Tianci said so!
Liu Tong knew Zhang Tianci was lying, but he had no evidence. Although the Household Procurement Department has a great reputation, it is actually just a paper tiger. This was different from the last sorghum sale. It was urgent military supplies. Zhang Tianci could raise the price, but he couldn't hoard it without selling it.
This purchase is just a normal purchase by the Ministry of Accounts. It is neither urgent nor necessary. Zhang Tianci told him clearly that I have it, but I won't sell it. In fact, Liu Tong couldn't do anything about it. Of course, Hu Bu could find a way to put some shoes on Zhang Tianci afterwards, but there was nothing he could do about it right now.
But Zhang Tianci was still a smart man. He gave face to both the household department and Xiao Feng's father-in-law, insisting that he had no more glutinous rice and could do nothing to help.
Seeing that Zhang Tianci was not afraid of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Liu Tong had no choice but to follow Tan Tong's instructions and go to the construction teams. He was not fighting alone. When he arrived at the first construction team, he found that the Ministry of Industry had also sent a doctor to coordinate the management.
It seems that Zhao Wenhua is also impatient and openly starts to put pressure on the construction team. You must know that the construction team may not be afraid of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, but they must be afraid of the Ministry of Works. Now that the two major departments are exerting pressure together, which construction team can not be afraid?
But the owner of the first shop complained loudly: "Sir, it's not that I don't want to sell glutinous rice to you. Think about it, the price of glutinous rice has tripled in the capital city. If I had it, I would have sold it long ago. No. The problem is that I really don’t have one!”
Liu Tong was also anxious. As a scapegoat, he had to show something: "Bold, the two departments jointly came to visit, how dare you lie?" The official from the Ministry of Industry next to him immediately shouted in cooperation: "Don't you want to do this business in the future? ?”
The boss jumped on his feet and cried out: "My lords, if you don't believe it, just search my house or the team! If you find a grain of glutinous rice, raid my house! Hit me! You can do anything!"
Liu Tong and the people from the Ministry of Industry no longer cared about being reserved. If they really led people, they would search like crazy. Two hours later, the two groups met in despair. There was no one at home, no one in the team, not even a grain of glutinous rice!
In order to resist this search, the boss even stopped eating the seasonal steamed glutinous rice cakes at home!
Governor Liu Tong knew something was fishy, but there was no time to think about it. The two men immediately rushed to the next construction team.
The construction team of the second company had a bigger harvest than the first one. The boss actually had half a bag of glutinous rice at home. The boss looked at Liu Tong pitifully: "Sir, the child wants to eat glutinous rice cakes. I bought them at a high price from the black market in the alley on the street. Why don't you take this half bag of rice away? Even if you are a villain, you are respectful to all of you. !”
Liu Tong wasn't here to ransack the house, so he could really take the half bag of rice? Besides, this little rice is of no use! The doctor from the Ministry of Industry was probably forced by Zhao Wenhua, and he actually wanted to take out his money and buy the half bag of rice!
The boss's youngest son quit his job and cried loudly: "Dad, I want to eat glutinous rice cakes. Don't sell rice. I want to eat glutinous rice cakes!"
The cry was loud and attracted a crowd of people to watch. The worst of these construction team owners are from well-off families, and there are no poor people. Now, just for this little glutinous rice, it feels like my family is ruined and I can’t survive! Who wouldn't be curious to come and take a look?
Liu Tong glared at the doctor from the Ministry of Industry angrily. The doctor blushed and hesitantly put down the half bag of rice he was about to carry. A dignified doctor from the Ministry of Industry, an official of the fifth rank, actually snatched a mouthful of glutinous rice cake out of a child's mouth like robbing a house. It was really embarrassing and humiliating.
House after house, all the construction teams are almost identical. If I search randomly in the team at home, if I find Nuomi, I lose. After searching the last store, Liu Tong couldn't help but exploded. She grabbed the boss by the collar and shouted, "Tell me the truth, where did the glutinous rice go?"
The boss was really frightened by Liu Tong. He pulled Liu Tong aside helplessly and whispered: "Sir, to tell you the truth, all the glutinous rice from our construction team was sold to Zhang Tianci, and he paid three times the price. "
Liu Tong said angrily: "The Ministry of Revenue is also willing to pay three times the price, why are you unwilling to sell it?"
The boss shook his head and said: "There is something unexplainable about this. Who doesn't know that the Ministry of Revenue collects glutinous rice to help Tanji build the house? If we sell the rice to the Ministry of Revenue, we will be ransacked by our colleagues."
Liu Tong asked again, but the boss refused to say anything. Liu Tong also knew that the construction team was completely out of business, and now only Zhang Tianci was left. But to get Zhang Tianci to spit out the glutinous rice, he would have to lead his troops to grab it directly.
But this is a business behavior, and even six movies cannot be so arrogant.
Liu Tong returned home worriedly. As soon as he entered the door, he heard his son shouting: "Nuomi, there is glutinous rice!"
Liu Tong had been so tormented that day that he had a conditioned reflex. He immediately jumped up: "Nuomi! Where is Nuomi?"
He yelled and ran into the back hall. I saw my wife sitting in the middle of the back hall, smiling at her children playing with something there.
Liu Tong looked around: "What kind of glutinous rice? What did Peng'er say about glutinous rice?"
The housekeeper chased in from behind and whispered to Liu Tong: "Master, this is a small oversight. Every year, glutinous rice is very easy to buy. This year, for some reason, you can't buy glutinous rice on the street since ten days ago. Miss. The young master wanted to eat glutinous rice cakes, but the villain had no choice but to go to each grain store and ask.
I met Qiaoqiao at the Tianci Grain Store. Qiaoqiao heard me say that the young master wanted to eat it, so he asked the shopkeeper to secretly sell me a bag. Isn't this the newly made glutinous rice cake? Sir, can I have a piece of it while it's still hot? "
Only then did Liu Tong see clearly that her daughter and son were indeed feasting around a plate of glutinous rice cakes.
Thinking that Zhang Tianci clearly had a lot of glutinous rice but refused to sell it or let him remove the pot from his body, he suddenly became furious. He wanted to throw the plate of glutinous rice cakes to the ground and step on it ten thousand times to vent his anger. hate.
He rushed forward and grabbed the plate of glutinous rice cakes. Liu Xueer and Liu Peng immediately looked at him warily, held down the plate at the same time, and shouted in unison: "Mom!"
Mrs. Liu jumped up from her chair like a spring, pointed at Liu Tong and asked, "What do you want to do?" Her voice was stern and high-pitched, like a silver needle.
Liu Tong suddenly deflated like a balloon pricked by a silver needle, and stared blankly at the plate in his hand. Then he picked up a piece of glutinous rice cake, stuffed it into his mouth, and ate angrily while muttering: "Ancestors' teachings, ancestors' teachings, don't forget the ancestors' teachings! Don't waste food!"
At this time, after Zhao Wenhua received the reply from the doctor of the Ministry of Industry, he had already overturned the table.
Tan Xinren, who was sitting opposite him, was covered in wine and vegetable soup, but he felt nothing. He just stared at Zhao Wenhua blankly, and it took him a long time to squeeze out a sentence through his teeth.
"Master Zhao, how about we grab it?"
