Immediately, all the ropes on Si Xiaofu's body were untied.

After Yin Maofeng wrote a letter of help of 200,000 taels, Cui Haozhe wrote without saying a word, which was also 200,000 taels.

Park Jung-nam and Kim Il-jung picked up the brush, but Xiao Zijie stopped it.

"You two wait!"

The two of them immediately looked at Xiao Zijie in confusion.

"You two are different from them. Park Chung-nam, your family is in brothel business. This kind of business is huge profits. It's too little for you to ask for 200,000 yuan, so you can count it!"

After saying that, Xiao Zijie also touched the crossbow inserted between his waist.

Park Chung-nan thought for a while and said, "It's about twenty-five...300,000 taels!"

When he talked about "two hundred thousand", he saw Xiao Zijie trying to touch the crossbow again, and immediately changed his words to 300,000 taels.

Kim Yi-jeong hurriedly picked up the brush beside him and said, "I... I also wrote 300,000 taels!"

Kong Ze shook his head: "No, you can't write 300,000 taels."

"I... my family has similar financial resources to his family!" Jin Yizheng explained with a bitter face.

"In terms of financial resources, you two are indeed similar, but in terms of personal status, you have a higher status in the family than the three of them, so you can take 400,000 taels!" Kong Ze said with a relaxed look on his face.

"Four...400,000 taels? I...I...no problem!"

Seeing that Xiao Zijie was about to touch the crossbow again, Jin Yizheng agreed instantly.

This time, Kong Ze and Xiao Zijie wanted to blackmail the four people a total of 1.1 million taels of silver. It was not because they asked for a huge price, but because they had an understanding of the four economic giants of Goryeo, and each of them could take out the money.

The gap between rich and poor in Goryeo is even larger than that of Dazhou. The total amount of money of these merchants is richer than that of the Goryeo Treasury. Kong Ze and Xiao Zijie naturally have as much as they can.

After getting the money, they chose a place to continue to cheat, first and then cheat people. Anyway, they will not return to the Great Zhou until the end of December.

...

In early October, there were more than a dozen days of wind in Changdan City, and the weather suddenly became colder.

The sky is gloomy and snow is possible at any time.

In the Chuigong Hall, the stove had already been set up. Zhao Yan looked at the memorials presented by Kong Ze and Xiao Zijie and the stubs of 1.2 million silver notes, and was very happy.

Letting these two kids cheat money was definitely a very wise decision by Zhao Yan.

Near noon, Xizi asked, "Your Majesty, I wonder what you want to eat for lunch?"

Zhao Yan looked at the gloomy weather outside the house and said, "Let's have a hot pot, and the request is the same as usual. In addition, if you call Xiao Jingye into the palace, you will say I will invite him to dinner."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xizi immediately went to prepare.

An hour later, Xiao Jingye came over with a smile on his face.

In recent months, as the new policy has been on track, the officials in the court have been united, and Xiao Jingye has become much more idle.

Once a person is relaxed, his complexion will easily improve.

It is not the first time Xiao Jingye has been having dinner with Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan's love of hot pot is well known to all ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty. There are only five ministers who can eat hot pot with Zhao Yan: Xiao Jingye, Yang Xinghuai, Kong Moshan, Liu Chaotong and Pan Wenyue.

Originally, Shangguan was unhappy, but he focused on health preservation, did not like spicy food, and was not good at talking, so Zhao Yan stopped summoning him after summoning him once.

The two of them were having a very happy mood while eating and chatting.

Just then, with a "bang", the palace gate was suddenly blown open.

A sudden air conditioning came, and Zhao Yan and Xiao Jingye couldn't help but shivered.

Xizi, who was serving the side, hurriedly went to close the hall gate. When he walked to the door, he looked up and couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, it's snowing!"

Hearing this, Zhao Yan and Xiao Jingye both stood up and walked to the gate of the hall.

Huh!

Outside the door, a cold wind gushed, and heavy snow like goose feathers fell from the sky.

In a moment, the ground turned white.

Zhao Yan frowned slightly and said, "It's a bit early this year!"

Xiao Jingye nodded slightly. This snow is not considered auspicious snow, because it is a sudden drop in the weather, which is likely to freeze many animals and plants.

"Yes, this snow is a bit strange, but the astronomical phenomena are unpredictable. It is estimated that it will be clear again in a few days!"

"I hope so." Zhao Yan looked at the sky. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, what he could not control was the celestial phenomena.

That night, the goose feathers were snowing heavily, and the heavier they fell, and the faster they fell, and the temperature dropped again. More than a dozen charcoal braziers were placed in Zhao Yan's bedroom.

...

The next day, it was bright and the sun was dazzling, the sky was clear, and the weather was dry and cold.

The entire Changdan City is white and shrouded in a snowy scene.

Zhao Yan was wearing a fur coat. After breakfast, he just arrived at the Chuigong Hall and heard a rapid and loud voice outside the hall.

"An urgent report from the mouth of the Yellow River! An urgent report from the mouth of the Yellow River!"

When Zhao Yan heard this, it seemed that it was Yang Hong's voice. He couldn't help but feel a little nervous, but he couldn't imagine what would happen to the estuary of the Yellow River. Hei Han and Beimeng, who were closest to the estuary of the Yellow River, could not attack here.

"Let Yang Hong come in!"

After a moment, Yang Hong, with a little messy hair, stepped into the hall and bowed: "Your Majesty, it's not good. Last night, the estuary of the Yellow River passing through Caizhou area suddenly burst, and most of Caizhou was flooded!"

"What?" Zhao Yan suddenly stood up.

"Caizhou? Caizhou? Although Caizhou is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, its water is weak now. How could it suddenly burst the dam and flood half of Caizhou? What is the casualties?"

"According to the news from the Shence Army Feige, at least seven or eight palaces were flooded, and countless arable land was flooded. Coupled with the sudden cold air, the number of people drowned and frozen to death is probably tens of thousands!"

Zhao Yan let out a long sigh and said to Xizi beside him: "Come to quickly summon Xiao Jingye, Kong Moshan into the palace."

Xizi immediately walked out of the hall gate and ordered the imperial soldiers to summon the two of them.

Zhao Yan then said to Yang Hong: "Yang Hong, now, no matter whether this matter is a natural disaster or a human cause, you assemble 20,000 Shen Ce Army and immediately join the garrison in Caizhou. First, properly arrange the victims. I will order the Minister of Finance to deliver the subsequent money and food!"

"My memory, obey the order!" Yang Hong quickly stood up and left.

Soon, Xiao Jingye and Kong Moshan also came. On the way, they heard about the disaster in Caizhou and were in a very urgent mood.

"Kong Moshan, I want you to quickly mobilize enough food for 100,000 people to eat for a month and transport it to Caizhou. In addition, various clothes and quilts can be brought as much as you can!"
Chapter completed!