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Chapter 1271 Who is the one who got hit?
In the past, Yun Chu would give the Wu brothers a lot of good advice, both overtly and covertly, which not only helped them avoid many attacks but also helped them get to where they are today.

It won’t work today. Faced with the difficulties encountered by the Wu brothers, Yun Chu has no solution at all.

Because the one who made the plan was the emperor.

Emperors are usually very domineering when making plans.

If you don't realize the trap set by the emperor and foolishly dive into it, the emperor will be very happy and may even spare your life after the matter is settled.

If you are too smart and see through the emperor's trap, I'm sorry, someone will come and tie you up like a dead pig and force you into the trap. This is the situation the Wu brothers are facing now.

They just couldn't figure out to what extent the emperor would use them, and whether he would want to discard them.

Seeing the pitiful Wu brothers, Yun Chu sighed and said, "If the king wants his subjects to die, they have to die."

After hearing Yun Chu say this, Wu Chengsi's face suddenly lost all color.

"Sir, why are we brothers?"

Yun Chu thought for a while and said, "I originally thought it would be Prince Yong, or Taiping, or a certain noble family that used artillery, or me. In the end, His Majesty chose you. To be honest, I was still surprised. To be honest, you two brothers are somewhat unqualified to be the first to solve the artillery case."

Wu Chengsi said: "We brothers all thought it would be a prince."

Yun Chu nodded and said, "I actually thought so, but His Majesty didn't choose me in the end."

As he spoke, Yun Chu took out the proposal written by Lu Zhaolin and handed it to Wu Chengsi.

After reading it, Wu Chengsi sighed and said, "Lu Zhaolin's proposal is more straightforward. Obviously, our brothers' proposal is just a normal official document requesting the Hundred Cavalry Division to investigate the hoarding of copper coins. In fact, it is more appropriate to transplant our official document to Lu Zhaolin's official document."

Yun Chu nodded and said, "That's right, so Lu Zhaolin has already bought a BMW. Once something happens, he will leave Chang'an and find a place to hide.

I didn't expect that His Majesty didn't choose Lu Zhaolin, but chose your brothers' official documents. It seems that from the beginning, you brothers were in His Majesty's trap. In this case, you brothers should just accept your fate."

Things had reached a point where they were beyond redemption, but Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi still displayed some of the character that the Tang people should have. They got up from the ground, each poured themselves a cup of sweet tea, and began to sip. Although their hands were shaking a little, the tea still fell accurately into their mouths.

Yun Chu was slurping hot tea, and the Wu brothers were doing the same. It was a hot summer day, and after drinking a big pot of hot tea, their pores opened and all three of them were sweating profusely.

Yun Chu personally opened the front and back windows to let the breeze in, and the residence immediately became cooler.

After drinking the last sip of tea, Wu Chengsi shook off his sweat-soaked round-collared official uniform and said to Yun Chu, "So, not only do we brothers have to pretend that we know nothing, but we also have to act in accordance with His Majesty's wishes?"

Yun Chu leaned back in his chair and said, "It has to be this way."

Wu Sansi asked, "What does your majesty want us brothers to do?"

Yun Chu smiled bitterly and said, "Guess!"

Wu Chengsi shook his head and said, "I won't guess. Since it is an unexpected disaster, we don't have to do anything. We just need to do our own work according to our work schedule."

Seeing that the Wu brothers were so politically wise, Yun Chu said with satisfaction: "You are growing at an astonishing speed. Even if you are the Shangshu of a department, you can do well.

However, if you want to cross the threshold from the fourth rank to the third rank, you must go through the test of life and death. This catastrophe may also be a great opportunity for you brothers. After all, crisis, crisis, there are opportunities in crisis. God will not block all the ways out for a person. "

Wu Chengsi clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your teachings, my lord."

Yun Chu nodded, and took out a jade pendant from the desk drawer and handed it to Wu Chengsi, saying, "I heard that your wife gave birth to a Qilin child for you. I won't be attending the 100th birthday banquet, but I'll give you a jade pendant to express my gratitude."

Wu Chengsi took the jade pendant with both hands and looked at it. It was obviously made of top-grade jade, but there were no carved patterns or words on it. Both sides were smooth, just like an exquisite peace pendant.

Wu Chengsi raised his head and laughed bitterly, "Thank you for your kindness, my lord. Nothing happening is the best thing right now."

After saying this, he bowed again to express his gratitude and left Yun Chu's official residence with Wu Sansi.

Yun Chu's eyes were somewhat gloomy. It was obvious that Wu Chengsi had just guessed wrong about the intention of the Nothing Matter card.

Just as the Wu brothers left, Lu Zhaolin came in again, put a delicious-looking sesame seed cake in front of Yun Chu and said, "Your Excellency, try this. These are the new donkey meat sesame seeds that have appeared in Chang'an City."

Yun Chu picked up the donkey meat pancake and took a look at it. It was very similar to the ones he had eaten in Hejian Prefecture in later lives. The pancake was freshly baked and the dough was brushed with oil while baking, which made the thousand-layer pancake crispy and crunchy. He took a bite of the pancake and found that it was indeed good, but the donkey meat inside lacked some flavor and was a bit dry overall.

Lu Zhaolin said while chewing a pancake: "I'm from Hebei."

Yun Chu asked, "Don't merchants from Hebei Province not come to Chang'an?"

Lu Zhaolin said: "They must have been attracted by the artillery. I plan to take this opportunity to sell the copper coins in stock to Hebei at a high price, and absorb some supplies from Hebei at the same time."

Yun Chu nodded and said, "The focus is on iron and food."

Lu Zhaolin said: "Hebei is the only place that can't absorb so many copper coins. Yang Jiong went to inquire about the reaction of Shandong. If they also want to privately forge cannons, our copper coins will have a place to go.

Yang Jiong also said that once Chang'an absorbed the bulk of materials from Shandong and Hebei, and then controlled Hedong, materials from Huainan would not be allowed to flow into Shandong and Hebei. Prices in the two places would inevitably rise. At that time, we would see whether these people were willing to use the money to appease the people, or insist on using the copper coins to cast cannons regardless of the lives of the people.

No matter what, we in Chang'an didn't do anything extreme, so we gave them a way to survive.

However, this job only allows people who have obtained the copper coins to melt them down and extract the copper. Generally, copper coins contain 60% copper and 40% lead and tin. If we sell one million kilograms of copper coins and remove impurities and fire consumption, we can get 400,000 kilograms of copper. When we recycle, we only want the copper, not the coins.

In this way, Chang'an's copper reserves will be able to exceed two million kilograms. If we put a large amount of materials into Chang'an, prices will inevitably fall, and those unscrupulous merchants who hoard copper coins will also suffer a great loss.

Prices in Chang'an will return to normal, and copper coins will become more plentiful again."

After listening to Lu Zhaolin's detailed introduction, Yun Chu put down the half-eaten donkey meat hot pot and said, "Hurry up, His Majesty is not a man with much patience. I'm worried that he will have an attack prematurely."

Lu Zhaolin nodded and said, "I understand. I will definitely complete these two big deals within ten days. The deal will be completed in Chang'an, and the Shandong and Hebei sides will deliver the goods immediately. For this purpose, I have ordered the Chang'an Canal Fleet to go to Shandong and Hebei to transport goods."

Seeing that his subordinates had done the job, Yun Chu took Lu Zhaolin's document and signed it. This matter would officially start from today.

When Yun Chu handed the document to Lu Zhaolin, he suddenly asked, "Are you going to attend the banquet at the Wu family?"

Lu Zhaolin smiled and said, "It is hard to refuse such a kind offer. Besides, I have prepared a generous gift."

Yun Chu lowered his head and said, "It's okay if it's not polite. I guess you don't have any free time these days, so it's more important to do serious things."

Lu Zhaolin looked suspiciously at his boss who was eating donkey meat hotpot, thinking that this request was very rude and inconsistent with the prince's usual lenient behavior towards his subordinates. However, since the prince asked him to do so, he decided to listen to him.

When Yun Chu returned home, there were only a few people left in the entire Yun family. Yu Xiurong took his minions, big and small, to the Yun family's villa in Bashang.

Yun Chu looked at his home carefully, feeling somewhat sad. After seeing his large pot of forsythia, he called Fei Jiu over.

"Let's deposit this pot of flowers in Da Ci'en Temple first."

Fei Jiu said: "The Yun family mansion is still safe."

Yun Chu curled his lips and said, "You know shit."

Fei Jiu smiled and said, "I don't know much about farts, but I do know the range of mortars. There is no place to set up artillery positions within two miles of the Yun family mansion, and no one can set up artillery positions within five miles of the Yun family mansion."

Yun Chu smiled and said, "If you had been as cautious as you are now, you wouldn't have been executed along with your entire family."

Fei Jiu said nonchalantly: "My family's bloodline has not been cut off, and my son has entered the Imperial College. In two years, he will be able to take part in the imperial examinations. Who knows, he may become a new Jinshi.

In a few decades, the Li family, which was once executed, will once again be a wealthy family. "

Yun Chu shook his head and said, "By then, I will be the doorman for my son and I will be the tutor for my grandson. It will be a pity."

Fei Jiu said: "It's nothing to regret. If a family wants to prosper, there must be one or two generations to serve as stepping stones."

Yun Chu didn't want to discuss with Fei Jiu what his family would look like in the future, so he patted the pillar and said, "That means that until now, there has been no artillery position in Chang'an City, right?"

Fei Jiu shook his head and said, "We did not check the Imperial City, the Palace City, the Hundred Cavalry Division, or the residences of the various princes, as ordered by the Marquis. As for the rest... I can say with certainty that there is none."

Yun Chu smiled and said, "Be more careful."

Fei Jiu said: "If the Marquis does not want to stay out of this matter, I can check the places I missed."

Yun Chu waved his hand and said, "Forget it. Whoever is stupid at this time will take advantage. The smarter you act, the easier it is to be bombarded by artillery."

Fei Jiu said: "From tonight onwards, the Marquis does not need to stay in the room, he should live in the dark room."

Yun Chu said: "Let's all stay in the dark room."

Fei Jiu shook his head and said, "We don't have to. I guess they don't think highly of us and are too lazy to waste their shells on us."