Chapter 120: Crisis
Cao Zixin didn't expect Tang Wan to be here, and when he heard Tang Wan's words, he didn't have time to ask the reason, so he immediately ordered: "Help drive people away!" β
Cao Zixin's caravan numbered a lot, about five hundred people, all of them were well-trained and good soldiers, and as soon as they came up, the form was immediately reversed, and the hungry people saw that the situation was not good, and immediately fled in all directions.
The crisis was finally resolved, and Mrs. Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately! Fortunately, Tang Wan was invited to go with them, otherwise where would anyone help them?
"Thank you, Wan'er!" Mrs. Zhu thanked Tang Wan, and this thank you was really sincere.
"Thank you, Sister Wan!" Zhu Yiling saw that her mother was safe and came to thank her.
Tang Wan nodded: "It's nothing, if you want to thank you, thank Boss Cao!" β
Cao Zixin just heard Tang Wan say this, and shook her head again and again: "Miss Tang doesn't have to be polite!" It's a trifle! β
"Why are you here?"
"Why are you here?"
The two of them asked almost at the same time, both wondering about the timing and place of each other's appearance.
Tang Wan shook her head and took the lead: "It's hard to say a word; β
It is indeed difficult to say, she didn't expect that not long after she first arrived in Lin'an City, she would meet Yelulie when she went out to set up a stall, and she didn't expect to be exiled to Jinguo, stranded for so long, now it's twenty months old, and there are still ten days to celebrate the New Year, she really wants to rush back to spend the first year after crossing with Cui's and them. β¦β¦ She naturally wouldn't tell Cao Zixin about this tortuous experience and thoughts. Why is Cao Zixin here? Doesn't he want to celebrate the New Year?
"Me, I just want to take advantage of the good time of the New Year, I want to make the last deal and make some money for the New Year!" Cao Zixin smiled like a Maitreya Buddha, very kindly.
"Make money?" Tang Wan raised her eyebrows: "It's almost the New Year." Boss Cao is really working hard in business and making a lot of money, right? β
Cao Zixin laughed: "Miss Tang has won the award!" Some small bucks are not worth mentioning! β
Tang Wan knew in her heart that it was probably not as simple as a little money, right? Cao Zixin looks like that kind of big businessman, he can be a man with a good eye, and now he seems to be very desperate, such a person does not get rich, it is too unreasonable!
"Boss Cao is humble!" Tang Wan said politely. Looking at the nearly dozens of bulging carriages, he asked, "What are you going to do on this trip?" β
Seeing Tang Wan asked this. Cao Zixin was proud in his heart and said with a smile: "Alas, a small deal. This year's harvest is not good, I shipped some grain to sell, hoping to make some money! β
So much cart grain? Tang Wan is staggered, what a big deal! Along the way, Tang Wan saw which part of the city was not full of hungry people. Food shortage? Where did Cao Zixin get so much food? If you really sell it, how much money you have to make!
"Boss Cao is very capable!" Tang Wan praised.
Cao Zixin is still modest: "Miss Tang praises falsely. In fact, these provinces are not good in the year, and there is a lot of grain in Jinguo, which can be transported from other provinces, and I will transport it to earn a little money. It's just hard money, it's good to go home for the New Year! β
I'm afraid it's not simple hard-earned money, right? Tang Wan has bought grain, and now the grain has risen by a star and a half. It's more than ten times, Cao Zixin's eyes are really vicious!
Tang Wan didn't comment either. People make money, as long as it's not a wolf's heart and lungs crazy to raise prices, she can't care about it! Seeing Mrs. Zhu standing next to her and wanting to speak, Tang Wan introduced to Cao Zixin: "This is Mrs. Zhu, Miss Zhu, they are Zhu Dazai's family. β
"Thank you, Boss Cao, for coming to the rescue!" Mrs. Zhu immediately stepped forward to thank her, just now Tang Wan and Cao Zixin were renewing, she was not easy to speak, and now she can finally express her gratitude, this time thanks to Cao Zixin!
"Mrs. Zhu doesn't have to be polite!" Cao Zixin replied with a smile, "I didn't expect you to be Zhu Dazai's family, the Lin'an Zhu family is a famous and noble family, Cao has been famous for Zhu Dazai for a long time, and admires it in his heart, but it's a pity that his old man is gone, otherwise Cao really wants to find a chance to visit." β
Hearing Cao Zixin say this, Mrs. Zhu was very useful in her heart, Shinong Industry and Commerce, she still looked down on businessmen in her bones, if it wasn't for Cao Zixin saving her this time, she wouldn't thank people so solemnly. I didn't expect Cao Zixin to be so interesting and speak so comfortably.
"Anyway, thank you Boss Cao!" Mrs. Zhu summed it up.
Tang Wan couldn't look at it, "Don't thank you anymore, hurry up and pack your things and leave, what if you encounter hungry people again?" β
Hungry people again?
Mrs. Zhu and Zhu Yiling shuddered, especially Zhu Yiling, she was caught by the hungry people and ravaged her body, those dirty people actually touched her with their hands, splashing her with blood, Zhu Yiling looked down at her body, only to realize that she hadn't changed her clothes yet, she was disheveled, and her face changed in an instant.
Seeing that her daughter's face had changed, Mrs. Zhu noticed that something was wrong with her daughter, and said hurriedly: "Quick, change the young lady's clothes!" β
The two maids hurriedly dragged Zhu Yiling, who was pale.
"Boss Cao, Wan'er, you ......" Mrs. Zhu didn't know what to say.
"What are we, we happened to be passing by and didn't see anything!" Cao Zixin's face was stern and sincere.
Tang Wan couldn't help but sigh that this person's reaction was so fast! He nodded his head as well. "Yes, ma'am."
After all, Zhu Yiling is an unmarried girl, and she is seen to be disheveled in front of so many people, and her reputation is damaged. The Zhu family present is nothing, Mrs. Zhu will restrain herself and use strong means to seal their mouths, but what about Cao Zixin?
Don't say that he is their savior, but he is not saved, Mrs. Zhu is like Cao Zixin now? By the time she freed her hands, Cao Zixin had already run away without a trace, and Zhu Yiling's reputation had been ruined. In the future, even if Cao Zixin is caught, it will be useless, and then Zhu Yiling's life will be ruined!
As for Tang Wan, she can't do anything about her, Cao Zixin is a businessman, Tang Wan is a woman from an official eunuch's family, and an abandoned woman from the court, her reputation has little impact on her, and Tang Wan didn't do anything to be sorry for them, but just said that what she saw was the truth, what could she do?
Fortunately, both of them expressed their attitudes, and Mrs. Zhu was grateful: "Thank you!" β
This time it's a sincere thanks, they are really the nobles of their mother and daughter! Without them, Mrs. Zhu didn't dare to think about what would have become of her and Zhu Yiling.
The matter was settled, and Mrs. Zhu was relieved.
Cao Zixin's people helped Steward Zhang clean up, Zhu Yiling also changed her clothes, and a large group of people immediately left.
"Where is Boss Cao going?" Tang Wan asked.
"A city, Maocheng. When you get there, you will sell the grain and go home, and if nothing else, you will be able to catch up with the New Year. Cao Zixin said.
It was dark, Tang Wan and Cao Zixin finally arrived in Maocheng and stayed in an inn, and everyone rested.
Tang Wan was tired and lay on the bed silently calculating the itinerary, at this rate, I am afraid that she will be able to rush home on the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, and the thirty will just be the New Year! Tang Wan thought and slowly fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, Tang Wan was woken up by a noisy sound of gongs and drums, Tang Wan got up with a grunt, pushed open the door and saw that a fire was burning in the warehouse of the inn!
"Walk the water, walk the water!" The husband shouted hoarsely.
Cao Zixin looked at the surging hungry people with a blank face, five hundred guards helped extinguish the fire, and thousands of hungry people desperately looked at the fire, moving out bags of grain one after another.
Cao Zixin doesn't even have the strength to scold, can he still stop people from grabbing food on this occasion? Apparently impossible! I didn't expect that many days of hard work would be burned down like this. Cao Zixin suddenly had the urge to burst into tears: Pit father, why is there a fire? (To be continued.) )
ps: Today is the 29th, so far "Wanyi Fenghua" has just been on the shelves for a month, thank you for your support all the way, for a month, Mingxiu worked hard to code words, although the results are not good, the love xΓΉ fluctuates greatly, if it brings trouble to the relatives during the period, Mingxiu first said sorry. However, I am a man of true temperament, and I thought that at that moment, and I wrote like that...... Don't explain, thank you for your support, I hope you will accompany Mingxiu all the time, love you, Mo Da ~~~~~~