Chapter 47: Guanlong Dark Arrow
Chapter 47 Guanlong Dark Arrow
Yao Huan stood up in fear, her face changed, as if a thief was caught on the spot, her voice trembling, "Young Master...he's here!"
Dugu Qi waved his hand and smiled, "What are you afraid of? He is still outside the mansion!"
Yao Huan's heart stabilized a little, and then asked anxiously: "Young master, he must be here to force us to sell rice. How should I answer him?"
"Just as you said just now, put a little bit of a mouthful, have a good attitude, and be perfunctory. As for how much you put, I will discuss with the head of the family and I will give you an answer tonight."
Dugu Qi stood up, "I'll walk through the back door, remember, be careful when speaking, don't let him know that I've been here."
Although Dugu Qi did not want Yang Yuanqing to know that he was here, the carriage he parked in front of the mansion still revealed his whereabouts.
Cui Bosu took a closer look at the carriage parked in front of Yao Mansion. Although there was no sign on the carriage, he was Jingzhao Shaoyin and had much better eyesight than ordinary people.
"General, did you see that carriage? It was the carriage from Dugu Mansion, with the shaft wrapped in copper, which was a bit unique."
Yang Yuanqing was not surprised that the people from the Dugu family appeared in the Yao Mansion. Yao Ji Mixing was originally the Dugu family's industry. At this critical moment, the Dugu family must make arrangements.
He and Cui Bosu got off the carriage, and Yao Huan smiled and greeted him, "It turned out to be Cui Shaoyin, oh! The rare guest, what a rare guest!"
He glanced at Yang Yuanqing again, and his timidity was revealed in his eyes, "This is General Yang!"
Yang Yuanqing was very cold and did not be a little polite just because he was visiting. Yao Huan was an ordinary commoner. Perhaps Cui Bosu was a little familiar with him because of his position, but Yang Yuanqing would not give him face.
"I am Yang Yuanqing, I have business to come to you!"
Cui Bosu quickly smiled and smoothed out the situation, "General Yang has been busy with official business these two days and has no time to rest. I am really sorry to disturb Master Yao at night."
Yao Huan was frightened and did not dare to greet Yang Yuanqing again. He quickly invited them to come in. Yang Yuanqing and Cui Bosu quickly exchanged a look. One of them had a tough attitude today, and the other was a gentle attitude. They used both soft and hard skills, and they must achieve something.
When they walked into the guest room, the two of them sat down separately. Yao Huan poured tea for them himself, but Yang Yuanqing waved his hand, "I'm here to discuss business affairs. I'll leave after the business affairs, so don't bother!"
Yao Huan had no choice but to sit down timidly, with a bright smile on his fat face, "I am very willing to serve General Yang!"
"Yeah?"
Yang Yuanqing sneered, "I need your rice shop to open the door to sell rice, but your fourteen rice shops are closed. I don't know where you are working?"
Yao Huan shouted repeatedly, "General Yang, I don't want to sell rice, there is really no rice to sell. Our general rice database in Fengdu City was looted and suffered heavy losses. The rice price is so high now, it is the time when we make money. If we close the door for a day, we will lose thousands of money. We can't afford to lose!"
Cui Bosu also smiled and said to Yang Yuanqing: "General Yang, don't worry, Master Yao will definitely have a solution. The cunning rabbit has three caves. How can Master Yao really not sell rice? Master Yao, do you think so?"
Yao Huan smiled bitterly, "Although there is still a little rice stored, it's a pity that it's too little. I'm afraid I'll sell it all if I open the door. It's meaningless."
"Then how much rice do you have left to store?" Yang Yuanqing asked.
"This... hasn't been calculated yet, and each store is weighing, so it takes a little time."
"impossible!"
Yang Yuanqing did not give in to the trail, "Half a month has passed since the Fengdu incident. You cannot not know the rice you have now. If you don't know, I will send soldiers to your door to weigh you!"
Yang Yuanqing's tone was very stern, and Yao Huan's forehead was sweating. The key was that the Dugu family did not give him a clear number, which made him unable to answer. Cui Bosu smiled and smoothed out, "You Dongzhu Yao doesn't know that General Yang is a soldier, one is one, two is two. Unlike you businessmen who like to be implicit and go around in circles, just say it straight! No matter how many, General Yang will not add any additional points."
Yao Huan was forced to do nothing and had to report a not-so-low data randomly, "It was about ten thousand stones more than."
"I don't believe it, I'll send soldiers to investigate now!"
Yang Yuanqing stood up and walked out. Yao Huan was so scared that his legs were weak. He begged to look at Cui Bosu. Cui Bosu hurriedly bowed to Yang Yuanqing and smiled, "General Yang, maybe Master Yao was a little confused just now and said inaccurately. I'll ask him again."
Cui Bosu gritted his teeth at Yao Huan, turned a wink, and then advised him: "Master Yao, General Yang is now dealing with official business. You have to think clearly that deceiving the government is a serious crime, especially the military. General Yang has the sword of Shangfang!"
Yang Yuanqing and Cui Bosu's hard and softness finally forced Yao Huan to have no way out, so he had to lower his head and said, "There are still 35,000 stones!"
This is indeed the grain stored in his shop. In addition, he still has nearly 300,000 stones of grain stored in warehouses outside the city, and he dare not say anything about this.
"Okay! Then even if you have 35,000 shi, you will open the door to sell rice early tomorrow morning, and each person will only buy a bucket of rice. I will send sergeants to supervise, and there is also the price of rice...."
Yao Huan's fat face suddenly shook, which was also a sensitive topic. Yang Yuanqing thought for a while and said, "Let's just follow the price of the usual closing position, and the rice is 400% off. This is the upper limit."
After saying that, Yang Yuanqing turned around and left. Cui Bosu quickly whispered to him: "Not only your family, the maximum limit of all rice shops is 400 minuscule. Don't make small moves. When your head falls, I can't protect you."
Yao Huan was so soft that he had no strength at all. He watched the two of them go away. He waved his hand powerlessly, "Prepare the carriage, I'm going to Dugu Mansion!"
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The main mansion of the Dugu family in the capital is located in Kuanzhengfang, covering an area of 40 acres. This is the mansion of Dugu Zhen, the head of the Dugu family. The Dugu family has huge wealth. There are eight huge houses covering an area of more than 30 acres in the capital. Each of the eight houses of the Dugu family has, namely Dugu Xin’s eight sons.
The head of the Dugu family is not the eldest, and it is decided by the eight-house family members to negotiate and take turns, which is of course related to generation. Now Dugu Xin has only two children, one is the youngest son Dugu Zhen, and the other is the four daughters, Dugu Feng, the mother of Li Yuan.
So Dugu Zhen naturally became the head of the Dugu family. Dugu Zhen was less than 60 years old this year and was only fifty-seven years old, but his hair and beard were all white. He was appointed as the official of Jin Zi Guanglu Dafu. He was very cunning and very smart.
The situation in the capital has been chaotic these days, and he is quite uneasy. It is not because he was robbed of rice shops. Although the rice shop business is very large, it is nothing for the Dugu family. He is uneasy because the heir to the throne may undergo a huge change.
Before this, Dugu Zhen, like most officials, believed that the prince of the Eastern Palace was the King of Qi, but it was the clumsy performance of the King of Qi in the past few days and the strange arrival of Yang Yuanqing that Dugu Zhen sensitively realized that the King of Qi's journey to the Eastern Palace would be very likely to be cut off.
It was late at night and Dugu Zhen was not asleep yet. A guest came to his mansion. Yuan Zhuo, the younger brother of Yuan Min, the former general of the Left Guard. Yuan Zhuo had no official position and only had a title of Duke of Jingyang County. He was also responsible for family affairs at home. However, he was not the head of the Yuan family. The head of the Yuan family was Yuanshou, the minister of Taifu Temple, and was also Yuan Zhuo's brother.
Yuan Zhu had just received a letter from the head of the family and came to Dugu Zhen to discuss it.
"My brother just wrote a letter and brought the latest news. It is very likely that the emperor will establish a crown prince."
"Is Changsun?" Dugu Zhen stunned this news.
Yuan Zhuo nodded, "In the letter, my brother said that these days, the emperor held court meetings in the big tent, and he would put a small seat next to him for the eldest grandson to listen. He had never seen it before. My brother thought that this was the sign of the establishment of the crown prince."
Dugu Zhen pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "It's too early to say it now, but there is one thing that I think is the same as Yuan Taifu, and King Qi is over!"
"snort!"
Yuan Zhuo snorted heavily in extreme disgust, "If this person does not perish, the Great Sui Dynasty will perish!"
Dugu Zhen understood the Yuan family's emotions towards the King of Qi. This matter was a bit awkward and should not be mentioned too much. He turned the topic a little bit and said with a smile: "The reason why I said that King of Qi is going to finish is because of Yang Yuanqing's weirdness. Didn't you notice it? After a chaos in the Taipei City last night, he actually captured the 20,000 troops from the Eastern Palace and killed Qin Hao. But his position was only the leader of the left and right guards, and he was on the same level as Qin Hao. If there was no instruction from the emperor, would he dare to do this?"
"Hmph! His courage is not a day. In Fenyang Palace, I actually killed my nephew Yuan Shangying. Isn't this a big courage? So if he killed Qin Hao without authorization, I wouldn't it be strange."
Dugu Zhen frowned. Yuan Zhu's extremeness made him feel that he was playing the piano with a cow. Yuan Zhu completely did not understand the subtleties here. Killing Yuan Shangying and killing Qin Hao was not the same as killing Qin Hao. He originally wanted to reconcile with the Yuan family for his nephew Li Yuan, but Yuan Zhu's extreme attitude felt that there was no possibility of reconciliation with him, so he would rather talk to Yuanshou.
Dugu Zhen no longer wanted to continue talking, so he yawned a long time, which was what he meant to chase the guests. Yuan Zhen knew it and stood up and said, "It's too late, I'll say goodbye and come to visit again next day."
"Oh well!"
Dugu Zhen smiled and said, "I won't keep you anymore. We'll have a good chat another day."
He stood up and sent Yuan Zhu out of the mansion, walked back to the entrance of the study, and his nephew Duguqi quickly bowed and said, "Grandpa, grandson, have been waiting for a long time."
"Come in and sit!"
Dugu Zhen brought his nephew Dugu Qi into the study and asked with a smile: "Have the rice shop arranged?"
Dugu Qi hurriedly bowed and said, "Sun'er and Yao Huan have already talked. He said that Mi Shang was a little afraid of Yang Yuanqing's use of bloody violence and suggested making concessions appropriately. Grandson also felt that something makes sense, so he rushed back to ask his uncle for instructions. How much should we give in?"
Dugu Zhen likes the eldest grandson of the Dugu family very much. He is clear-headed and flexible, smart and capable. He wants to train him to stand alone, rather than asking for instructions in everything.
Dugu Zhen smiled and said, "You are responsible for the rice shop business, so you will make the decision, and there is no need to ask me for instructions."
"But the other party is Yang Yuanqing, and my grandson is unsure of his mind."
Dugu Zhen thought about it and was right. Yang Yuanqing's matter was very important. Qier may not be able to grasp this degree. But don't cause any disaster in the Dugu family like He Ruobi's case back then.
Dugu Zhen pondered for a long time and said slowly: "This time, because Yang Yuanqing shouldered the sacred order, we should not do too much, so as not to be caught by him and impeach us, and even use the Shangfang sword to deal with us. In this way, we will lose more than we have to. What I mean is that this time, this time it was just a small warning to him, and we would make things difficult for a few days, so that he could understand the power of our Dugu family, and then slowly deal with him later."
After a moment, Dugu Zhen taught Dugu Qi again, "The Yuan family really hates Yang Yuanqing. In the future, it is best to let the Yuan family stand up. Our Dugu family is behind. Similarly, Yang Yuanqing's main spearhead must also be directed at the Yuan family, not us. Do you understand this primary and secondary relationship?"
Dugu Qi nodded, "Sun's understanding!"
"No! You still don't understand."
Dugu Zhen saw a trace of dissatisfaction in Dugu Qi's eyes.
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