131. Brothers in distress
Chang Jiwen wanted to do good deeds this time, but who knew that he overestimated his ability. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info saw that the good thing was not done, and it also affected the prefect. and my heart burned like a fire. There was a mouthful of bubbles overnight.
Therefore, young people should still think carefully and do what they can. It's really thankless to do a good thing like Chang Jiwen. It is also because of the joint rebound of the suppressed businesses, which plunges the people into an even greater panic. If it is not possible to produce a popular uprising, the consequences are even more unimaginable.
Chang Jiwen is now roasted on the fire by the merchants of Kaizhou Prefecture. The prefect fell ill, and there were no officers and soldiers to escort him. During the day, he sat in the grain store, and at night people often threw dead rats or something into the grain store. He was so frightened that he didn't dare to sleep in the grain store.
The house in Kaiju was also burned. can only stay in the guest house with He Kun with the guys in the shop. In less than five days, the grain store was looted twice in the night. Even Geng Ji next door suffered.
Later, those people found the inn, and the innkeeper did not dare to let them stay. At this time, Chang Jiwen really regretted not being at the beginning. Completely cooled a heart for the people. I was about to roll up and go back to Shaxi County.
The uncle of the Chang family took the carriage and horses and pulled the grain to reinforce his brother. Uncle Chang is not for the people of the state capital. He was fighting for his brother. The moment Chang Jiwen saw his eldest brother, he almost hugged his eldest brother and cried.
However, there are so many ordinary people in Kaizhou Prefecture. Even if Uncle Chang hollows out his family, he won't be able to last long. At this time, the reinforcements of the second master of the Chang family also came. Although the second master of the Chang family and Cheng Linghui were a little unhappy, it was all a family matter. It doesn't make sense that his brother is in trouble, and he sits on the wall and watches by himself.
In terms of family background, today's Second Master Chang is richer than Chang Jiwen and Uncle Chang. Moreover, he is in the provincial capital. There are also wide access points. Although Chang Jiwen sells grain at a low price, it is not a loss-making transaction. These days, the amount of sales is also large, and although I have suffered some grievances, I still make a lot of money.
Second Master Chang gave him a trading channel to the north of Zhili. Although Nanzhili has been dry for many years, the situation from Dingzhou to the north is much better. Further northeast, it is a vast area with abundant products. Grain production is no less than that of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In addition to rice, there are also various grains. The price is also lower than that of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Kaizhou Prefecture also went there to do business, but not as many as Shandong, Shanxi and Beizhili people went there.
Chang Erye not only set up this line for Chang Jiwen, but also invested in his own shares. From grain collection to grain transportation, there is almost no need to worry about Chang Jiwen. It's a carbon send-off. Who else in this world would do that except for his own brother?
Chang Jiwen doesn't know kung fu, and He Kun is a big boss. Cheng Linghui entrusted her family to Lu Xiaoxiao, and took Lu Datou and several family members to Kaizhou, in order to protect Chang Jiwen's safety.
Hai Ye heard about it and asked several of his nephews to follow. Cheng Bao Haolai is the patriarch and the village head. Even if you compete with Haiye, you can't just let Cheng Linghui take the people from Haiye's family. He summoned a few young people in the village who knew kung fu and asked them to follow.
This is good, Chang Jiwen hula and follow a large group of people wherever he goes. The pomp and circumstance were all in time for the prefect's parade.
At this time, some of the big families in the Kaizhou Mansion let go. That family was none other than Grandma Chang's maiden family. Seeing the momentum of the three brothers of the Chang family, they couldn't hold it down for a while. If this family is like others, they bite Chang Jiwen too tightly, and their relatives are afraid that they will not be able to see each other in the future.
It's just that this doesn't help Chang Jiwen much. The three brothers of the Chang family can only barely support the Kaizhou capital with their own strength. As long as other businesses in Kaizhou Mansion do not let go, and the grain trucks of Changjia Grain Store cannot be picked up for a day, Chang Jiwen will never want to gain a foothold in Kaizhou Mansion.
How could there be such a smooth thing in this matter? The grain truck walked on the road, not in his own yard. Who knows what will happen to you?
Heavy snow fell in the northeast in September. The grain cart was blocked in the road. The grain from Jiangsu and Zhejiang has not yet arrived. Seeing the grain depot is happy. This time, even Uncle Chang was dumbfounded. Those merchants in Kaizhou Mansion are eyeing each other, waiting for something to happen to the Chang family.
The people who came early in the morning and couldn't buy food piled up more and more. There are already people who are taking the lead in making noise outside.
Everyone was worrying in the inner hall, and suddenly the head of a big fat man was exposed on the wall next door. shouted at the house: "Chang Daren, Chang Da ......"
It's noisy outside, and who can hear his little voice. The big fat man simply shouted: "Lord Chang." ”
Cheng Linghui has the best ear, and when she came out to take a look, she couldn't help but be stunned: "Aren't you dead?" ”
The big fat man waved his hand again and again, signaling her not to talk nonsense. I had someone build another ladder from the wall. Clumsily climbed over the wall and down the ladder. Panting and arching at Cheng Linghui: "My lord, how is our conversation in the house?" ”
Cheng Linghui nodded and made a gesture: "Please." ”
Guess who this big fat man is?
Geng Wanqiu at the mouth of the Luohe River.
Cheng Linghui impersonated Chang Jiwen to extort food at his house when he was in Luohekou for disaster relief. Therefore, he was very impressed. Geng Wanqiu donated food voluntarily at first, but later the big guy was rewarded by the imperial court, and he left a reputation of 'high righteousness and thousand autumns', and he was happy to not find the northern capital.
But suddenly, someone grabbed him. asked him to take the lead in suing Chang Jiwen. The people who do big business are not cowards. He pretended to agree, and ran away. I felt that those people were not simple, and I was afraid of affecting my family. I didn't dare to go home.
He thought about it and knew that he couldn't stay at Luohekou, but where was he going? He thought of Kaizhou Mansion. Because he heard that Chang Jiwen was from Kaizhou Mansion. If you run by yourself, you will become a grasshopper on the same line as Chang Jiwen. Only by borrowing Chang Jiwen's hand to defeat those bad guys can he live the rest of his life in peace.
Chang Jiwen opened a grain store next door, and he knew about it a long time ago. He believes that Chang Jiwen is no longer an official because he was implicated in that incident. It shows that those who captured themselves are now in power. Then you can't show your head. Therefore, he is avoiding Chang Jiwen. Chang Jiwen has been a neighbor with him for more than a year, and he doesn't know it's him.
Geng Wanqiu said, and he was a little proud of his deep concealment.
Cheng Linghui is a woman, and now anyone can see it at a glance. He doesn't dwell on any of that. After talking about his experience, he got straight to the point: "I want to come to help." I still have some food in stock, but I can only support it for a day or two. ”
Chang Jiwen was overjoyed when he heard this: "That's enough." In the past day or two, we can always think of a way. ”
Cheng Linghui has dealt with Geng Wanqiu, and knows that he is an iron rooster who loves money like life, and he will not cry when he sees the coffin, so he will definitely not be so kind and take out food to support others for no reason. He asked, "What is your purpose?" ”
Compared with Chang Jiwen, Geng Wanqiu is actually more familiar with Cheng Linghui. Knowing that she is a difficult person. didn't beat around the bush, and said: "I hide outside, and I really worry about my family." I want to join your family's shares, follow the two money to support the family, and by the way, send a letter to the family, tell the children and wives, I live well, let them not worry. ”
Geng Wanqiu has fallen to this point, and he has really been affected by Chang Jiwen. Although Chang Jiwen's case is over, many places are a confused account. To say that there is no one behind it, no one believes it. Now that Chang Jiwen has resigned, the person behind the scenes will naturally no longer be a threat to him. But Geng Wanqiu is different. In the dossier, he was already a dead man. Although he has some money, he is just a plain-headed person. If he dares to show his head, he can't say what will happen. Now, he has sent charcoal in the snow again to solve Chang Jiwen's urgent need. The matter of shareholding is naturally easy to say.
So, let the two subordinates open a hole in the wall adjacent to the backyard of the grain store on Geng Ji and Chang Jiwen's side, and transported the grain from the opening.
The grain store opened the door, and the young people of Chengjiazhuang hugged Chang Jiwen hula and came out. Those who took the lead in stirring up trouble had suffered the losses of these young and strong, and they slipped away one after another. Chang Jiwen hugged his fists to the people: "I'm sorry everyone. The guys have been working hard all day and oversleeping. Let you folks and fathers wait for a long time. ”
A group of people looked at it, and the rice and noodles in the grain store were a mountain. Where is it said that it was sold short. The moment calmed down.
During this period of time, all the grain stores in Kaizhou Mansion competed with Chang Jiwen, and no one opened the door. Therefore, Chang Jiwen's business here is very prosperous. Not only the people in Kaizhou City came here to buy grain, but also people from the surrounding villages and towns. Even people from Henan who have a border with Nanzhili come here to buy it. As soon as the door is opened every day, the line of the army buying grain can line up outside the gate of Kaizhou. Because of the addition of guests from afar, there were people waiting in line outside the grain store at night.
Again, Chang Jiwen sells grain at a low price, not a loss-making deal. He makes money. Such a large cargo throughput. The three brothers of Chang Jiwen have made a lot of money. His current situation, in modern Internet language, is painful and happy.
As for the queue of people who buy grain, you can imagine the scene of buying train tickets for the Spring Festival.
Chang Jiwen is not completely reckless, and he is stunned. He also has his own calculations. He says that there is no limit to the amount of food he sells here, but he only greets customers with five men a day. These five people are just busy with their feet in the sky, and the amount of grain sold in a day is also counted. Therefore, in the face of such a huge group of people buying grain. Only then can he support the grain bank without interrupting the supply until now.
Of course, there were problems during this period, that is, the prefect fell ill, and there were no officers and soldiers to protect him for a few days, and the grain store was looted twice. Later, after Cheng Linghui came with the people of Chengjiazhuang. That kind of crisis doesn't exist.
Chang Jiwen counted the money here and counted until his hands cramped. Other merchants may not be so calm. In order to make a big profit this time, many people are taking a lot of risks. Some put their lives on the line, and some even borrowed usury. Of course, there are also people who want to take the opportunity to make a small profit, others eat meat, and drink soup by themselves. But seeing that the three brothers of the Chang family want to continue like this, there is not even a soup left. Naturally, some people can't sit still.
At this time, the prefect's illness was miraculously cured. Because the imperial court's disaster relief list has come down. He can open the official warehouse to put grain in a grand manner. Although I don't know how useful it is, I finally don't have to look at the faces of those merchants for the time being, let alone offend Chang Jiwen.
As soon as the official warehouse opened, the pressure on Chang Jiwen's side was much less.
Who knows, Hua Ruyan, who has been responsible for supporting the grain transportation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, found out that she was pregnant at this time. And the tire gas is not very good. He Kun is a fool, and he can't stand alone without flowers like smoke. Chu Feng has a seven-trick exquisite heart, but it is not appropriate to give birth to the body of a deputy daughter. Chang Jiwen wants to sit in Kaizhou Mansion. I had no choice but to be unwilling, and reluctantly asked Cheng Linghui to take He Kun and Lu Datou to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to escort grain.
The night before leaving, Chang Jiwen pestered Cheng Linghui to the death. and babbled and instructed, and then instructed. It seems that Cheng Linghui is going to go to the soup. At dawn, he was tired and lay down. He has always slept lightly, but he didn't wake up until Cheng Linghui left.
It's not the first time Cheng Linghui has gone out. Besides, there is He Kun, who is used to this road, to follow. Smooth sailing along the way.
But the bad thing is in the four words "red face and bad water".
No matter how Cheng Linghui dresses up now, she can no longer pretend to be a man like before, to the point of being fake. Even if she was wearing men's clothes, Chang Jiwen deliberately made Hua Ruyan look mediocre for her, but her posture was still easy for people to see at a glance that she was a woman. And she is a plump and plump woman.
Today's girls always think that the thinner they are, the more beautiful they are, but this is not the case. The degree of slenderness, the woman with abundant skin and jade bones is even more impressive.
Chang Jiwen opened a grain store with the intention of doing long-term trading, so he arranged for the people to collect grain in Jiangsu and Zhejiang early in the morning. Because it is just in time for the great drought in the Central Plains. I didn't have time to pull out my hand to support the semicolon. But there is still no problem in collecting grain. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, rice is harvested three times a year. It is very abundant, and if there is no accident, there is no need to worry about running out of food to harvest.
Despite this, Cheng Linghui still didn't dare to take it lightly. Finally, when the grain was on the boat, I was a little relieved. I just feel physically and mentally tired. It is in response to the old saying that it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift. She also enjoyed it at home for a long time before she felt hard.
Look at the late day, and I don't have the heart to see the lights of the flower boats on the river. I went into the cabin and rested. I fell asleep in a daze, and suddenly heard the faint sound of men and women frolicking in my ears. At first, I thought it was the sound of the flower boat next door, but after waiting for a while, the sound became clearer and clearer, and it was actually in my ears. I couldn't help but open my eyes in shock. At first glance, there was a bright red and pink color in front of him. There are people who can't see clearly. I could only squint my eyes, and it took me a while to get used to the light in front of me.
I saw a table of banquets set up through the beaded curtains. There are men and women at the banquet, and at first glance it is a place for flowers, wine, and night banquets in Fengyue places. After moving his hands and feet, he found himself tied to a chair by Wuhuada. Not the slightest turnaround. If it were an ordinary woman, she would only be afraid that her soul would have flown away at this time. But Cheng Linghui is naturally bold, and he is well-informed. knew that he was being targeted by others, and he was caught in the way of others. Silently thinking about the way out in his heart, his eyes wandered around.
Where you are should be a rather large flower boat. There was nothing to see behind him, but the walls of the ship were closed on either side, like an open room. There was a beaded curtain on the front side, and a curtain in the corners on either side. Look out through the beaded curtain. Outside it was a hall. The portholes on three sides are wide open, and the curtains of red light gauze are hung on the windows. You can faintly see the sparkling water of the river reflecting the lights.
At the banquet in the hall were three men and five women. While eating and drinking, he laughed wantonly. On the other side, near the porthole, sat several female singers of Sler.
Cheng Linghui saw that there was no one around, and tried to break free of the shackles of his hands and feet, but he didn't know that he couldn't use his strength.