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Cheng Chumo shook his head: "Impossible. At present, there are still Baiqisi in the local government, and there is no discovery. Besides, Xue Rengui and others have more than a dozen carriages. It is a huge convoy. It is impossible not to leave any traces in case of accidents. ..."

Li Jing, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, there is only one possibility..."

"It's okay for Li Aiqing to say it." Li Er said.

Li Jing analyzed: "That is, that Xue Rengui deliberately avoided the pursuit of Baiqisi. If this is the case, then this person is a genius... Baiqisi is a team trained by His Majesty himself. He specializes in intelligence tracking and so on. Get rid of by Xue Rengui, this son is not easy..."

Li Er thought for a while, then nodded: "Chu Mo, check Xue Rengui immediately."

Not long after, Cheng Chumo came back in a hurry and said, "Your Majesty, it has been verified that Xue Rengui is from Jinzhou, Hedong. He came from a poor family since he was a child, but he learned the art of war and martial arts from a hermit named Old Master. He has an extraordinary background, maybe he was a general in the period of Emperor Sui Yang..."

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Chapter 198 Let others have no meat to eat

The origin of Xue Rengui is very clear.

Although this guy is poor, he is by no means an ordinary person. No matter in terms of force or strategy, he is considered a first-class genius.

Li Er asked depressedly: "This son is well-known in Jinzhou, why don't the officials in Jinzhou recommend him to Chang'an?"

This……

Everyone was speechless.

Although the Tang Dynasty inherited the imperial examination system of the Sui Dynasty, a large number of officials were still recommended by local officials or wealthy clans, which was actually a continuation of the expropriation system.

But everyone present knew that no matter whether it was a local official or a wealthy family, the people they recommended were either their own protégés or their own descendants and relatives. A poor person like Xue Rengui, no matter how talented, Also not recommended.

So, everyone was silent.

Li Er sighed and said nothing more.

Such a talent was not discovered by the officials in the entire Jinzhou, but was discovered by Chen Chu.

Li Er felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

He suddenly ordered: "Gao Chen, send someone to investigate immediately to see if there are any talents around Chen Chu who have not been discovered..."

Gao Chen left in a hurry.

Not long after, Gao Chen came back and said, "Your Majesty, we have found out that there are no other talents around Chen Chu except for a few bad old men!"

Everyone: "..."

Li Er waved his hand and told everyone to leave.

Seeing this, Changsun Wuji felt unwilling, but he couldn't say anything more.

……

New Year's Eve.

The year is over again.

Chen Chu gave the craftsmen ten days off.

But before ten days had passed, the weather suddenly cleared, and all the snow in the city melted. The craftsmen returned to the construction site spontaneously, and began to build the mansion for Chen Chu again with their best efforts. The craftsmen spontaneously expressed that they would not need a penny these days , even regardless of the meal.

This is a spontaneous behavior of people, all to thank Chen Chu for his kindness.

When Chen Chu heard the news, he called Cheng Chubi and said, "Chubi, go to the city immediately, buy chickens and sheep, and reward everyone..."

Cheng Chubi smacked his lips, "Uncle, the heavy snow has only melted recently, the chickens and sheep outside the city are a bit expensive, and the meat in Chang'an City is about to be replenished, the chickens and sheep are a bit expensive..."

Chen Chu's eyes widened: "Expensive? Is Chen Chu short of money?"

"oh oh!"

Cheng Chubi hurried to do it.

At dusk that day, the whole construction site smelled like meat.

Hearing that in the next few days, the craftsmen will work harder when eating meat.

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Duke Lu's Mansion.

"Fuck...why is there no meat at all, only vegetables? What about the cook? Take the cook and beat him up. Is he an old man or a cow?" Cheng Yaojin looked at a table of vegetables with a displeased expression on his face. Prepare to teach the cook a lesson.

Mrs. Cheng next to her also looked unhappy: "Our Duke Lu's mansion is a big family after all, and we used to live in a little bit of poverty, but now the master has made a lot of money with Chen Chu, so it's not like we can't even afford meat , Butler, what's going on here?"

The housekeeper hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master, Madam, it's not the fault of the cook at the house, but, today, Young Master Chen bought up all the chickens and sheep in the entire Chang'an City, and sent them all to Chunming. It’s not just our family, many people can’t eat meat anymore.”

Cheng Yaojin hurriedly asked, "Did my brother do it?"

The butler nodded.

Cheng Yaojin put down his chopsticks with a snap, and hurried out.

Mrs. Cheng asked: "Master, do you still want to eat? What are you doing?"

Cheng Yaojin didn't turn his head back, and said: "Madam, eat quickly, I have something to do when I enter the palace."

After finishing speaking, he quickly ran out of the mansion, and said to the driver: "Hurry up, go to Chunming Gate, if you go late, you can only drink soup..."

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The Duke of Qi.

The eldest grandson Wuji is having dinner.

He took a bite of the meat, suddenly spat it out, and said unhappily, "This meat is obviously not fresh, what's the matter?"

The housekeeper stepped forward and said, "Master, today...all the sheep in Chang'an City were bought by Chen Chu. Now there is not a single sheep, so I have to let the cooks take out yesterday's mutton and make some."

Changsun Wuji frowned: "You mean, Chen Chu bought all the live sheep? Can he eat so much?"

The housekeeper said: "No, master, I heard that Chen Chu is going to invite the gang of untouchables who built his mansion to eat meat, and he also said that in the next three days, there will be meat in Dun Dun. In this way, all the sheep in Chang'an City will be eaten by him." Bought out at a high price."

Changsun Wuji threw his chopsticks: "Chen Chu is crazy, those craftsmen are all from untouchable backgrounds, it would be nice to have something to eat, but it's unreasonable that he wants to let these people have meat...don't eat it Already!"

Similar situations happened in various big families in Chang'an City.

This time, Chen Chu was outraged.

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at the same time.

Chen Chu looked at Cheng Chubi in a daze.

Cheng Chubi scratched his head and asked, "Uncle, what's the matter, did I do something wrong?"

Chen Chu waved his hand: "No, you kid is a genius, you did the right thing..."

In fact, he is very helpless.

He asked Cheng Chubi to buy chickens and sheep, just to let the craftsmen eat a few meals of meat.

Unexpectedly, when Cheng Chubi carried out his order, there was a deviation, and he directly assumed the attitude that I have money but not short of money, and searched all the chickens and sheep in Chang'an City.

Well now, on the entire construction site, except for the craftsmen, there are chickens and sheep.

Even if thousands of people open their bellies, they may not be able to finish eating in half a month.

Cheng Chubi heard the words and asked happily: "Uncle, I heard you right, you said I'm a genius?"

Chen Chu nodded: "You are a thoughtful person. Your trick is called eating other people's meat, so that others have no meat to eat. It's amazing!"

Cheng Chubi was praised, and he was in a happy mood.

He came outside and said to several men, "Did you hear that? My uncle just said that I am a genius and a thoughtful person."

The men nodded in unison: "I heard that, Second Young Master."

Cheng Chubi said in a loud voice: "Since you heard it, why don't you hurry up and do some business. Go, search a few more times, and buy up all the meat in Chang'an City. There is nothing left."

The men stared wide-eyed and asked, "Second Young Master, is it more than just living this time?"

Cheng Chubi nodded: "Of course, as long as it is meat, I bought it all. Well, there is almost no room for it on the construction site, so let's get a piece of land outside the city to store it, hurry up, and delay my uncle's big business, you are all dead gone."

"Yes!"

The men left after hearing the sound.

Cheng Chubi was full of complacency.

He has always been looked down upon.

Especially his father, Cheng Yaojin, often called him a waste.

But now Chen Chu praised him as a genius.

He felt extremely honored.

Naturally, I also want to do a career and express myself well.

Just as he was thinking this way, he saw a figure appearing behind him and kicked him hard.

Cheng Chubi was furious, he was about to scold someone, but when he turned around, he saw Cheng Yaojin.

He immediately faltered: "Father..."

Cheng Yaojin said angrily: "It's so embarrassing to be here in broad daylight, where's your second uncle?"

Cheng Chubi pointed to the inside: "Uncle is eating inside!"

"Dinner? Oh, it's just a coincidence that I came, you son of a bitch, I'll deal with you later!" Cheng Yaojin hurried inside.

Cheng Chubi heaved a sigh of relief, avoiding a severe beating.

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Chapter 199

All the men in Cheng's mansion are well-trained masters.

Under Cheng Chubi's instruction, they took to the streets like hungry wolves, followed by a carriage full of Kaiyuan Tongbao.

They only do one thing, and that's buying meat.

Regardless of whether it is chicken, duck, fish, mutton, donkey or horse meat, as long as it is meat, they will buy it all.

The construction site of Chen Chu's mansion could not be piled up, so Cheng Chubi specially opened up a place for stacking outside the city.

In this cold winter season, it is too easy to stack meat, because nature is a natural big refrigerator, which can guarantee that all meat will not deteriorate for a month.

When Cheng Chubi did all this, Chen Chu knew nothing about it.

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The Duke of Qi.

Changsun Wuji looked at a table of yellow and plain vegetables, feeling extremely depressed.

In this season, there are no fresh vegetables. These vegetables are hidden after harvesting in autumn. Now they are eaten. They have to be boiled in boiling water for half an hour before they can be cooked, but they taste like Konoha. The taste is like chewing wax.

Originally, for a big family like the Duke of Qi's mansion, in winter, vegetables were just for decoration, and they mainly ate meat.

Good guy, now there is not even a piece of meat on the table.

The more Changsun Wuji thought about it, the more angry he became, he threw the chopsticks on the table and shouted at the butler next to him, "What's going on? There was stale meat to eat a few days ago, why don't you even have stale meat today?" No more meat?"

The butler stepped forward and said in embarrassment: "Master, all the meat stored in the mansion is gone. Now, in the entire Chang'an City, there is no meat to buy. In the past few days, people are buying meat everywhere in the streets and alleys. Don't worry about any meat." , I sent someone to inquire, and it turned out that Chen Chu sent people to buy all the meat. In the current Chang'an city market, not to mention live sheep, even the meat preserved in the cellar by the common people has also been bought up. ..."

Changsun Wuji smacked his lips and asked suspiciously: "Is Chen Chu crazy? Does he want everyone in Chang'an City not to be able to eat meat? Besides, he bought meat at a high price, causing the price of meat to skyrocket. Many people have gone out of the city to various places to buy meat, and in a few days, there will definitely be a steady stream of meat coming in, at that time, Chen Chu can only store those people until they die, what a stupid boy."

The butler said flatteringly: "My lord, it's true that in the past two days, many businessmen have left Chang'an to buy meat in various places around."

Changsun Wuji stood up and said, "Don't eat, Chen Chu is too disgusting. It only takes three days for him to be unlucky. By the way, the members of Changsun's family have all gone to the Western Regions? Why haven't they?" Where is Chong'er?"

The housekeeper said: "Master, all the experts in our family have been sent out, but it's very cold and inconvenient to travel to and from the Western Regions. I'm afraid it will take some time. The young master has his own destiny. I believe he will not." Something's up..."

"Ugh!"

Changsun Wuji sighed, looking worried.

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Royal Palace.

Yanjia Hall.