When Hua Wanchi arrived at Huang's Embroidery Shop, she found the door locked and the entrance deserted.
"Huh? What's going on?" Hua Wanchi scratched his head. Did they also have two-day weekends off in ancient times?
It seems that there was no concept of weekend in ancient times.
Hua Wanchi grabbed a passerby and asked, "Auntie, do you know why this embroidery shop is closed?"
The old lady glanced at the embroidery shop and shook her head. "I saw the officials come and seal up the shop. I don't know where the owner is. Those officials looked so fierce and vicious. I don't know if they took the owner away."
Taken away by the police?
This is too fast.
Hua Wanchi looked at the door of the embroidery shop and pondered for a moment. Could it be because of the batch of silk he brought?
When Tian Yiren saw that the blockade failed, he just overturned the table?
It seems that it is not impossible. Although Manager Huang is the emperor's sister-in-law, this relationship cannot be made public. The emperor's power has been undermined by the prime minister. It is possible that the emperor really cannot protect Manager Huang.
Shaking his head, not thinking about those messy things anymore, Hua Wanchi said, "Fanfan, I'll take you to another shop."
After finding a ready-made clothing store, Hua Wanchi was about to pay for the clothes when Fan Mang said, "Sir, ready-made clothes are not cost-effective. I can buy the cloth and make them myself!"
Hua Wanchi smiled and said, "What I want is something that can be put on right away. Do I look like someone who is short of money?"
When Fanfan thought of the way Hua Wanchi threw money around just now, she immediately stopped talking.
This young man seems to be really rich.
And she was wearing all white clothes. Fanfan was not a girl of high moral character, but having all white clothes was the best thing for her.
Fanfan even thought happily that following Hua Wanchi was the right move.
If you become a concubine of a corrupt official, not only will you have to serve him and be manipulated at will, but your master may not be so generous to you.
As soon as Hua Wanchi returned home, he saw a policeman guarding his door. The policeman walked over arrogantly and looked at Hua Wanchi twice.
"Are you Hua Wanchi?"
Hua Wanchi: "It's me, the official wants to see me for something?"
As she spoke, she stuffed a handful of copper coins into the officer's hand and said with a smile: "Sir, I'm new here. If I've broken any rules, please let me know."
The official's expression suddenly became much friendlier. He weighed the copper coins in his hand and said, "Come with us. Our master wants to see you.
I heard that you have a large amount of silk, and my family also wants to know the source of this silk."
Hua Wanchi understood that not only had the table at Huang's Embroidery Shop been overturned, but he had also been implicated.
She took out ten taels of silver from her pocket and gave it to Fanfan, saying with a smile, "Fanfan, you go home first. I'll be back soon."
Fanfan looked at Hua Wanchi, with a look of nervousness and helplessness on her face.
Hua Wanchi threw the key to Fanfan and followed the officer.
The officer took her into a big gate where different officers and soldiers were patrolling and the security seemed quite strict.
In front of a study room, the official entered first, and after a while came out and said to Hua Wanchi, "You can go in."
Hua Wanchi stepped into the room and saw a burly figure writing at a desk. Hearing her footsteps, he looked up at Hua Wanchi.
Tian Yiren smiled slightly: "Playboy, you are here."
Hua Wanchi thought to himself, judging by this guy's temperament, he must be Tian Yiren, the deputy envoy of the Jiangnan Transport Commission.
The emperor was somewhat useless, as he could allow his officials to be so arrogant and couldn't even protect his own sister-in-law.
Hua Wanchi bowed.
"I am here to see you, sir. I wonder what you want me to do for you?"
Tian Yiren said slowly, "Silk shipments are all registered by the government. Your shipment doesn't seem to belong to any of those shipments. I'm really curious how this silk got to Bianjing."
Hua Wanchi remained calm and made up a story: "This is what I had stockpiled earlier. I just saw that Huang's Embroidery Shop had no cloth to embroider, so I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make some money. I really didn't intend to go against you, sir. I hope you will forgive me."
Tian Yiren laughed and said, "Ignorance is not a crime. I am not a petty person. I did not call you here to ask about your crime, nor do I want to find out how you got these cloths.
"No matter how you got it, I believe you must have your own way to transport it. I have something I want to entrust you with. If you do it well, you will definitely benefit from it."
Hua Wanchi understood. It turned out that this guy was targeting her ability to transport things without her noticing.
Although ancient people were backward, they were not stupid. It was not surprising that people suspected her because her goods had no source.
Of course, she didn't think about covering it up. After all, generally speaking, it was normal to have some special channels at hand, and no one would be so foolish as to pry into other people's privacy.
Tian Yiren probably thought that she had exclusive routes and transport caravans, and that the official road was the safest way, but there were so many wild mountains and wildernesses, who knew if there were any routes opened up by those merchants?
Hua Wanchi asked, "What does the Master want me to do?"
Tian Yiren narrowed his eyes and suddenly smiled: "The border war is tense, and I want you to transport food and fodder to the army, starting from Bian Jing and finally arriving in Yanzhou. A total of 300,000 dan will be sent out and 150,000 dan will be delivered.
"The rest must disappear along the way without anyone noticing. Do you understand what I mean?"
Wow, he even dares to withhold military supplies. He is so bold!
No wonder they are poor and weak and cannot defeat the ethnic minorities.
After thinking for a moment, Hua Wanchi nodded: "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely fulfill my mission."
As for food, she would not cut back on it. Not only that, she would even secretly add some.
After all, ethnic minorities have not yet been incorporated into the Chinese nation, and those soldiers at the border are guarding the country. It would be against our conscience to withhold their food!
Hua Wanchi set off with the team transporting supplies, accompanied by several guards who were said to be protecting her safety.
But she knew that it was more like monitoring her than protecting her safety.
Of course, Tian Yiren had to be so cautious when asking a stranger to do such an important thing.
When they arrived in Yanzhou, the general brought his soldiers to pick up the food and fodder. When they unpacked the packages, they found that at least half of them were empty.
Everyone's face changed.
The general was furious. He looked at Hua Wanchi, the leader, with a questioning look in his eyes. "What does your Majesty mean by this? The letter clearly stated that 300,000 dan of grain had been delivered. How come after we opened it, only half of that remains?"
Hua Wanchi cursed Tian Yiren inwardly while holding his head high and said arrogantly, "What do you mean 300,000 dan? 150,000 dan was shipped out. Do you suspect that I embezzled the grain?
"150,000 shi, I just wanted to take it, can I transport it away without anyone noticing? General, even slander should be done in accordance with common sense!"
The general's eyes were full of suspicion, and the faces of his soldiers were filled with anger. If the general had not been suppressing them, Hua Wanchi doubted that they would have rushed up and stabbed him through.
She grinned, "Hey, don't be impatient. You can open it and see what's inside."
Can the grain transported by the court be the same as the grain produced in her space?
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