It seemed that his movements were still too slow, so An Jingzhi decided to speed up.
Although nothing will happen in the original owner's memory for the time being, since he has come, it is possible that other things will undergo subtle changes. He cannot rely entirely on the original owner's memory.
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Yuxuanju.
After receiving the news, Suningyi came to the store early and ordered a private room, and ordered An Jingzhi's favorite food in advance.
Just wait for An Jingzhi to arrive and serve the food immediately.
"Mr. An." After seeing him at the door, Su Ning stepped forward enthusiastically.
The two exchanged greetings for a while and then entered the box.
"Let's cut to the chase. I'm sure Jiang Tao has told you why I came here, right?"
Su Jiangtao nodded at An Jingzhi.
Su Ning was a man of many talents, and whenever he talked to others he would go around in circles and then get back to the point. It was the first time he had met someone as direct as An Jingzhi, and he completely messed up all his plans.
"Yes, Jiang Tao told me that Master An wanted to purchase a batch of grassland horses, right?"
An Jingzhi took a bite of the food and said, "Yes, I need a batch of grassland horses, but I don't want those tall and big horses." He stared at the other person closely, "I want grassland war horses."
Others might not understand what An Jingzhi was saying, but Suning had been dealing with the grassland for many years and knew some of the ins and outs of it. On the one hand, he was surprised that the other party actually knew about real war horses, and on the other hand, he was a little confused about what the other party was trying to do.
"Mr. An." Su Ning glanced at Su Jiangtao.
It was obvious that he disliked this nephew who was careless with his words and had no principles in his actions, and wanted him to get out, but in fact it was also a kind of protection for Su Jiangtao.
"No need for that. I haven't done anything shameful. I just bought some war horses."
Just buying some war horses? Suning tried to hide the twitch of his mouth.
Seeing that the other party was not shy about it, Suning was wondering if he was overthinking it.
"I believe I can buy the warhorse thanks to my many years of friendship, but I don't know how many Master An needs?"
An Jingzhi didn't say anything, but just stretched out his left hand and slapped it.
Su Ning was stunned. "No!" He shook his head like a rattle. "Absolutely impossible! I can only buy 500 at most!"
"It's too little," An Jingzhi was dissatisfied. "At least one more." He raised three fingers.
Suning frowned and looked at the other party with a bitter and resentful look. Three thousand war horses, and the other party really dared to ask for them. If they were ordinary horses, he could buy them casually, but those were real war horses. Seeing the other party's behavior, he knew that they were not easy to fool. Where could he buy so many war horses?
"Master An, since you know the ins and outs of war horses, you should know that war horses are not easy to buy. The grasslands are forbidden to sell war horses out."
An Jingzhi didn't care, and nodded while eating, "Of course I know, if I didn't know I wouldn't have come to you."
You can also buy it from An Zhongyi, but if you do that, he will have to give some explanations, and then things will become very complicated.
He drove all the guards in the room out. Even if they knew that he and Suning were here to discuss the war horse business, they would not know how many he bought. They would just think he was a child playing house and buying some for fun.
Su Ning glanced at Su Jiangtao, who was standing beside him with his head down and not saying anything, with resentment. If it weren't for this nephew, how could he have gotten into such a thing?
Su Jiangtao also felt something was wrong during the conversation, but he just lowered his head to eat and didn't dare to look up.
"Master An," Suning held up a finger, "One thousand. Even if I risk my reputation, I can only buy one thousand grassland war horses. I can use other grassland horses to replace the rest. Can I make up to three thousand?"
An Jingzhi took a quick look at it and saw that this was the other party's limit, so he nodded in agreement.
Suning immediately breathed a sigh of relief. The thigh was thick enough, but it was too difficult to prove his loyalty.
He had to go deep into the grasslands and collect these thousand batches of grassland war horses from various tribes one by one, and then slowly transport them to the Central Plains. The consumption along the way was countless, and he also had to guard against bandits along the way.
What is going on?
After eating, An Jingzhi put down his chopsticks and said, "Don't worry, I will buy the horses at the price and I will also cover all the expenses during the journey. I, An Jingzhi, owe you a favor."
An Jingzhi has no official position, and his favors are not valuable. What is valuable is An Zhongyi behind him.
After hearing An Jingzhi's promise, Suning was immediately happy. After all, he did not lose money, but he would never dare to take the money.
"Don't worry, Master An. We didn't suffer much loss along the way. Consider this little money as a token of my filial respect."
An Jingzhi was well aware of how valuable his favors were. Seeing that the other party did not take advantage of the situation to climb up, he thought that he was a smart person, so he smiled with satisfaction and left.
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All the officials in the court were silent and kept their heads down, while above them was the furious emperor.
"Tell me! All my trusted ministers, tell me why a small bandit leader was able to gather hundreds of thousands of people to attack two cities in just half a month! Ah!"
After roaring, he pushed all the memorials on the table to the ground.
Everyone looked at him with disdain, not daring to respond.
An Zhongyi stood up. As a eunuch, he was not qualified to attend court, but as the director of the East Factory, he was allowed to attend court as an exception.
"Your Majesty, according to investigation, the reason this group of bandits was able to gather hundreds of thousands of people so quickly was because they had previously wiped out another group of bandits and looted a million taels of silver and countless grain."
An Zhongyi glanced at Prime Minister Song who was silent.
"All that silver was government silver, the lost military pay that was sent to the border troops."
Prime Minister Song's eyelids twitched, and he remained silent.
They were filled with resentment and regretted not having dealt with the silver earlier. An Zhongyi was keeping a close eye on them, so they couldn't move the silver. They could only temporarily store it on the mountain. They didn't expect that in the end, it would become a wedding dress for others and capital for their rebellion.
"What?!" The emperor became even angrier after hearing this.
"Great, great! The military pay I allocated to the border troops has become the capital for the bandits to rebel!" He narrowed his eyes and stared viciously at the silent old fox Prime Minister Song.
"Master Prime Minister, don't you have anything to say?"
Lord Song was silent for a moment before saying, "Your Majesty, these bandits are truly despicable. We should send troops to suppress them as soon as possible."
The emperor gritted his teeth and suppressed his rage.
"That's not what I want to hear! Tell me, how could a thief who could be easily defeated by others steal one million taels of military pay?!"
Someone stood up to speak for Lord Song, "Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with Lord Song. At this moment, we should consider how to quell the rebellion as soon as possible."
The emperor gave them a sinister look, and then began to discuss the issue of suppressing bandits.
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