The eldest son is fierce

In the Li family's hall, everyone was shocked to see Li Shanhe and Zhao Youde losing their composure.

Why are you two so shocked? Don't you know?

"Food! Every family connected to an official in the imperial court must provide 500 dan of grain to Tang Yi."

The speaker was a fat man, and his eyes narrowed in the cracks between his flesh. "We have already delivered the grain to the southern warehouse designated by His Majesty. Not to mention that the Li and Zhao families have not yet sent it."

Boom!

Li Shanhe and Zhao Youde felt as if thunder was striking their heads, turning them into stone on the spot.

We haven't delivered it yet?

What shall we give?

We don’t know anything!

"When did this happen?" Zhao Youde rushed to the fat man, raised his hand to twist his collar, and his voice was cold.

The fat man looked puzzled and said, "Yesterday! The steward of the Minister of Rites Qi Wendao personally brought people to notify them. How come you didn't receive the news?"

Hearing this, Li Shanhe and Zhao Youde looked at each other and their faces changed.

yesterday?

Such a big thing happened yesterday, and they didn’t even receive any news?

"Butler, butler..." Li Shanhe slapped the tea away and roared loudly.

"Master, what are your orders?"

The housekeeper ran in quickly, thinking he had done something wrong, and his face was covered in cold sweat.

Li Shanhe stared at the butler with an icy gaze, and said word by word, "Did anyone from the Minister of Rites come to deliver any news yesterday?"

The housekeeper shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, no one came to deliver the news, but...but it's strange. Our house has countless visitors every day, but from yesterday until now, no one has come to visit."

Hearing this, Li Shanhe seemed to have lost all his strength and fell directly into the chair.

Zhao Youde also let go of the fat man, his face alternating between blue and white.

There is no news, not even anyone visiting. What does this mean?

This means that someone doesn't want the Li and Zhao families to know the news, so they cut off all information reaching the Li and Zhao families.

And there is only one person who can do all this.

Emperor Yanwen!

He must have known about the *** leading refugees into Kyoto, and he also knew that they knew about the ***'s plan, and he was afraid that they would come forward to stop Tang Yi after knowing his conspiracy.

Therefore, all the spies and eyes of the Li and Zhao families were cut off.

"Shameless old thief, you are so insidious."

Li Shanhe pointed at the sky and cursed, he was so angry that he was furious.

More than 100,000 dan of grain is enough for the refugees to eat for one or two months even if they are allowed to eat as much as they want!

Zhao Youde also had a ferocious expression on his face, and was completely broken by Emperor Yanwen's actions.

The refugees are causing chaos in Kyoto, but the situation hasn't gotten any worse yet. People have already found ways to deal with it, so there's no point in causing any chaos.

"Master Li, what...what is going on?"

When everyone saw the expressions of Li Shanhe and Zhao Youde, they came to their senses and all looked grim.

Needless to say, they must have been tricked by that group of ministers. If the princess knew about this, wouldn't she be dead?

"What's going on? We're screwed!"

Li Shanhe jumped up, raging, "You want refugees to cause chaos in Kyoto, and now we're helping His Majesty and Tang Yi gather food for disaster relief. If you return to Kyoto, won't you kill us?"

Upon hearing this, everyone was immediately frightened.

Although that woman looks gentle and pretty, and always has a smile on her face wherever she goes, her methods are more ruthless than anyone else.

There was once a top scholar in the imperial examination who spoke up for the emperor and scolded her in public. The next day, he was chopped into a human pig and put in a jar on Zhuque Street for people to admire.

Li Shanhe quickly gathered his thoughts and said, "Master Zhao, go to the Qi Mansion immediately and explain the situation to Qi Wendao."

"Tell him that the food hasn't been delivered yet. Ask them to find a way to delay it and stop sending food to Tang Yi."

Zhao Youde nodded immediately and said, "Okay, I'll go over now."

Zhao Youde quickly left the hall. Li Shanhe swept his gaze across the room and said, "Now, go back immediately and buy up all the grain on the streets of Kyoto as quickly as possible."

"If there's no food on the market, the people of Kyoto will panic. I want to see whether Tang Yi's food will be used for disaster relief or invested in the Kyoto market."

Hearing this, the fat man who had spoken earlier came out again and said with a bow, "Isn't there already someone buying grain from Kyoto? I've already sold nearly a thousand dan of grain in the past few days."

"What? Wasn't this done by Patriarch Li?"

Li Shanhe was stunned. "Are you crazy? We're on the same side. I want to control the food supply in Kyoto. Do I need to spend money to buy it from you?"

"It's the same here. According to statistics from various stores, someone has purchased 100,000 kilograms of grain in the past ten days."

"Huh? You guys too? I have a bit more here, I've already sold 200,000 kilograms."

"Master Li, this isn't right! Did someone take action before us?"

"..."

Li Shanhe was completely stunned when he heard everyone's discussions.

Are you idiots? Why didn't you report this?

But Li Shanhe soon realized that the fact that the Communist Party was going to use refugees to disrupt Kyoto was a top secret. Except for a few of the Communist Party’s direct subordinates, no one else knew about it.

Now that someone has gotten ahead of them, there are only two possible scenarios.

One is that someone got wind of it and wanted to hoard the goods and make a fortune later.

Second, officials from the *** camp began to take action and compete with them for credit.

Either way, it's not a good thing for them.

"I'm afraid someone is trying to claim credit to make up for the mistake of delivering food to Tang Yi and His Majesty."

Li Shanhe's face turned pale as he said, "Listen up now, everyone, take action immediately and purchase all the grain in the Jingdu market within three days."

"At the same time, spread the news that a large number of refugees are converging on Kyoto and will compete with the people of Kyoto for food."

"No matter what, we have to let Kyoto fall into chaos first. Only when Kyoto is in chaos will we be safe."

Everyone realized the seriousness of the matter and immediately took orders and left in a hurry.

*** is about to return to Kyoto. If he doesn't work hard and falls into that woman's hands, the consequences will be serious.

"Butler, prepare a thousand dan of grain..."

Li Shanhe looked at the housekeeper and said through gritted teeth, "I will go to the South Warehouse myself to see if I can trick Tang Yi out of his grain, even if it costs me a small price."

"Otherwise, there's no way I can explain it to ***."

The butler responded and quickly turned around to prepare.

Half an incense stick later, Li Shanhe got on the carriage and led dozens of carriages to Nancang.

……

At the same time, the Tang family.

Tang Yi checked Ying Wuzong's body and found that he had recovered quite well. Although he was still unconscious, his face was rosy and his blood pressure had dropped.

"Tang Yi, is he okay?" Luoluo stood behind Tang Yi and asked nervously.

"It's okay. I haven't slept so comfortably in a long time. I just don't want to get up."

Tang Yi smiled, glanced at the girl behind him and said unhappily, "No, can you put down your hammer? It's stained with blood, and my sister will be scared when she wakes up."

This woman stood by the bed all night last night, swinging a sledgehammer.

No one except him is allowed to get close to Ying Wuzong.