But even so, when the Daxing land report was made, it was still said that someone in Daxing exchanged old grain for official grain.

The inexhaustible bastard.

Shi Zhongkui cursed loudly.

These ten thousand kilos of grain were originally old grain. It is conceivable that the old grain that replaced this batch of grain would definitely be worse.

But after calming down, Shi Zhongkui quickly guessed that the person who did this must have someone behind him.

Otherwise, he is a noble or a relative of an important official in the imperial court.

After learning about the situation from Daxing Tutu, Yu Shun personally sent a letter to Yu Honggao.

While I'm just showing off, I also want to hear Yu Honggao's opinion.

Sure enough, Yu Honggao is no longer the high-spirited young scholar he once was.

The reply to the letter summed up the meaning, ‘As long as the progress of the project is not delayed, then the people below will be considered to be doing their work sincerely’.

Moreover, an eighth-level scholar just committed suicide out of fear of crime. If he catches another bigger fish.

This is tantamount to robbing the Censor, Yan Guan, Punishment Department, Personnel Department and other departments and officials.

This is a big taboo in officialdom.

It's even better to find an opportunity to tap into the group of forces here in Daxing who are eyeing official food, and keep these guys in mind to help put Guan Zhenghong's case to death.

Close the case early to avoid trouble.

Shi Zhongkui understood the truth, so he burned the letter.

And he didn't need the help of those forces that exchanged official salary. He had a way to put Guan Zhenghong's case to death.

He said to Xue Biao, who was standing aside with his head lowered and not daring to look at him, "Go and call Xue Jinping, Yan Guixiang and the two seventh-grade farm chiefs to the imperial envoy's office."

Previously, I asked Xue Jinping and four others to prepare broken silver.

After the four people arrived, they knelt down directly to greet them.

Shi Zhongkui knew at a glance that these guys were really scared this time.

And looking at Yan Guixiang who was sweating profusely, he knew that this guy had come all the way at a fast pace.

50,000 taels of silver ingots were quickly exchanged for 54,000 taels of broken silver.

This ratio is more than a thousand taels higher, which means that Yan Guixiang and others did not dare to benefit from it this time.

Shi Zhongkui smiled and said, "You did a good job. You must pay close attention to the project when you go back. In three days, you will be rewarded for your merits and punished for your mistakes. Do you understand?"

Yan Guixiang and the others hurriedly raised their hands and said, "Yes, sir."

But I thought in my heart, just ask for credit, and if the superior officer said there would be a reward, he usually just said it.

If you are really serious, you are a fool.

After sending these people away, the broken silver quickly turned into 54,000 taels of silver ingots.

Three days passed by in a flash, and the project acceptance was very simple. There was Liu Yuer on the Wanping City side, and Daxing Land on the other side of Daxing.

No one can deceive himself about this.

No one dares to cheat on the project at this time, or even cut corners.

It took two days to clear away the rice fields of Wanping and Daxing Tuntian Division.

All that's left is to transplant the rice seedlings and release fish fry.

This time Shi Zhongkui did not continue to use high-pressure tactics, but promised a good harvest and asked for credit for everyone.

These words had little effect, and Yan Guixiang and others had listened to them several times without thinking.

But this group of people were looking forward to Shi Zhongkui finishing his imperial envoy's errands and getting out of here all the time.

Therefore, there are really not many people who are perfunctory.

Three days passed quickly, and the transplanting of rice seedlings and release of fish fry went smoothly.

In the name of looking forward to a good harvest, Shi Zhongkui first went to Daxing Earth Temple and hosted a harvest ceremony.

The gods of Daxing Land were so happy that they trembled a few times.

Moreover, Shi Zhongkui is personally presiding over this moment and is qualified enough to make suggestions to the court and show merit for the land.

It can be regarded as fulfilling the original promise to Daxing land.

The Ministry of Rites didn't make things difficult for him on this matter. Although the merit document issued was a bit perfunctory, it really elevated Daxing Land to a higher level.

To mortals, this is just a show.

But in one fell swoop, the land in Daxing was one level higher than the land in the five counties surrounding Gyeonggi.

Later, when Shi Zhongkui went to the Wanping Earth Temple, the Earth God looked at him with eyes wide open.

The attitude should be as respectful as possible.

But no matter how much he expected, he did not dare to appear directly in front of Shi Zhongkui.

We can only wait for Shi Zhongkui's call.

Now there is land watching on both sides, and willow fish are running back and forth, taking care of the fry in the rice fields.

When Shi Zhongkui ran to the City God's Temple, there were soldiers from the Yin Division guarding him day and night.

But he is said to be a guard, but in fact he is just an informant.

After settling these matters, Shi Zhongkui turned his attention to the officials who exchanged grain and took advantage of him.

To be honest, these people actually don't get much benefit.

After all, the entire project only used a total of 5,000 shi of grain, which would be converted into about 4,000 taels of silver.

Moreover, this batch of grain was divided into two halves, and fifteen villages were set up in Daxing to distribute the grain.

At most, they only exchanged a thousand taels of food.

But even though there are so few, some people are still unwilling to let them go.

Since you are so greedy, don't blame yourself for asking you to exchange for some money and food.

Moreover, subsequent land reclamation and river dredging will inevitably require more food.

In addition, I promised the emperor to borrow 50,000 yuan and pay back 40,000 yuan, so I got a lot of rights.

You can’t pay for the extra money yourself, right?

If you really do that, not only will you be stupid, but your final result will definitely not be good.

It is a taboo not to distinguish between public and private matters.

So Shi Zhongkui called Yan Guixiang, the chief minister of Daxindu, and just gave him a hint, so he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground.

After Yan Guixiang returned to Daxing with 4,000 taels of silver ingots, he bought 8,000 shi of grain from the Shuntai Grain Store that took over the grain that had been exchanged.

And this time Shi Zhongkui was smart and didn't ask Yan Guixiang to buy normal rice at 8 Wen per catty. Instead, he lowered the price to buy old rice at 5 Wen per catty.
Chapter completed!