Chapter 132: Borrowing Food (1)

When King Ning saw that she no longer mentioned the matter of returning, the impatience on his face faded, and he obviously didn't have the heart to talk to Liu Xuan anymore, so Liu Xuan said goodbye and left.

Two days later, Hu Yi brought Chen Liang's reply, in which Chen Liang said that the patriarch of the Chen clan had promised to raise grain and grass, but the Chen family's stock of grain was not much, and more needed to be raised, as for how much could be raised, it was not yet known, he asked Liu Xuan not to have too much hope, only that the Chen family would do their best.

Liu Xuan saw Chen Liang's confidence relaxed, she knew that Chen Liang would do what he said, since he promised Chen that he would do his best, then Chen would definitely try his best to raise food, she immediately replied to a letter, expressed her gratitude on behalf of Li Che, and promised Chen Liang that she would definitely compensate Chen.

Li Che left the matter of borrowing grain to her, she naturally would not let the Chen family chill because of this, even if she didn't say this, Li Che would definitely consider it after returning to Beijing.

With Chen's promise to raise food, Liu Xuan's pressure suddenly decreased, and it happened that Xiao Gong sent someone to spread the word, saying that the grain from Shu transported by Jiang Xiaogongzi had been handed over to the water transport gang to be transported to the capital.

Two good news in a row finally calmed Liu Xuan's heart after two days of anxiety, and she finally had a good night's sleep.

On the third day, Hu Er presented what Liu Xuan asked for as promised, and after Hu Er presented it, Liu Xuan did not let him retreat, but left him for questioning.

Liu Xuan took a closer look at the things presented by Hu Er, and with some numbers in her heart, she looked at Hu Er and asked, "Then Pang Tao, the steward of the Pang Grain Store, is really infatuated with a Qinglou woman to the point where he can't extricate himself?" ”

Hu Er nodded: "That Pang Tao has already redeemed the Qinglou woman and placed her in the other garden, and he originally wanted to take the woman back to the house." But he was hindered by his mother, and now the woman is pregnant, and Pang Tao has never returned to the house even after living in Beiyuan every day. ”

Liu Xuan nodded to indicate that she knew: "That Pang Tao's mother is not allowed because the woman is from Qinglou?" ”

Hu Er nodded yes, Liu Xuan smiled slightly when he heard this: "My identity is also low, but I worship my father-in-law and mother-in-law, and no one in this capital says that my status is low, you say that if I can let the Qinglou woman change her identity and enter the Pang Mansion, then Pang Tao will borrow food from me?" ”

Hu Er thought for a while and said: "If you borrow, you will borrow, but it's hard to say how much you can borrow." ”

Liu Xuan raised her eyebrows when she heard this: "Then I will kidnap the woman in the Qinglou and tell Pang Tao that there are currently two ways to choose." One is to lend me most of the grain. I allowed him to make one condition, and rearranged the woman's identity to let her enter the Pang Mansion openly, and the second way was to make him wait to collect the bodies of the mother and son. ”

Hearing this, Hu Er couldn't help but look up at Liu Xuan, Liu Xuan frowned and asked, "Is this inappropriate?" ”

Hu Er hurriedly shook his head: "My subordinates just didn't know that the girl was so ruthless." ”

Liu Xuan touched her nose when she heard this: "I haven't finished speaking." If he still does not want to borrow. And he hid the woman. After a few years, let it go. ”

After all, she is an innocent person, and she is pregnant, if she really makes her a killer. She still didn't want to.

Hearing this, Hu Er nodded, indicating that he understood.

Liu Xuan said again: "Is there anyone who knows gambling among the secret guards?" ”

Hu Er replied, "Yes." There are people of three religions and nine streams in the land group, and there is no shortage of people who are good at gambling. ”

Liu Xuan raised the corners of her lips when she heard this: "Then Han Yong, who is in charge of the grain store of the Han family, is addicted to gambling, I want you to arrange someone to let him lose his family property within three days, are you sure?" ”

"It's not that hard." Hu Er immediately nodded in response, obviously confident. It's just that it's easy for Han Yong to lose the family property, but it's difficult to take those family properties for himself, so Han Yong will naturally go to the Han family for help when he is desperate, which of the current family doesn't have a wide range of contacts, if this matter is brought to the court, saying that Diao Min designed to forcibly take the family property, this matter will be made true even if it is not true, and I am afraid that it will be affected by the local group.

Liu Xuan knew Hu Er's thoughts, and immediately explained: "I don't want Han Yong's family property, Han Yong lost all his family property, and he will not ask the Han family for help unless he has to, so we will threaten him to sell most of the stored grain to us, not only will the family property be returned with both hands, but also he will not be short of money and silver." ”

After hearing this, Hu Er nodded: "This plan is feasible." ”

Pang Tao and Han Yong both have obvious weaknesses, and it is not difficult for them to sell their food, but it is not so easy for the remaining five, she still needs to think about it.

After Hu Er retreated, he went to arrange Liu Xuan's explanation, although Liu Xuan had some information in his heart, he was still worried, thinking about the countermeasures of the remaining five people, while waiting for the news from Hu Er.

Pang Tao's news came quickly, and on the day that Liu Xuan finished his order, Hu Er personally abducted the woman and hid her, and left a letter to inform Pang Tao of the two roads that Liu Xuan said, Pang Tao was very affectionate to the woman, and handed over the post in the afternoon of the second day and said that he wanted to see Liu Xuan.

Liu Xuan personally greeted Pang Tao outside the door of Liu's mansion, Pang Tao is a middle-aged literati, and he was very polite and polite when he saw Liu Xuan, Liu Xuan led him to the main hall and sat down, and let Dongmei serve tea.

Pang Tao was not impatient, but said with a smile: "I heard a long time ago that Miss Liu and the prince are in love, His Royal Highness the Prince has always been pure-hearted and has few desires, and I heard that His Royal Highness has a deep love for the girl, and I was thinking that the girl must be an extremely outstanding person, and today I saw that this is really the case." ”

"Mr. Pang praised it falsely." Liu Xuan smiled and said modestly: "Mr. Pang takes care of the Ponzi grain store by himself, and he must be outstanding in order to be reused by Ponzi, and Xuan admires it tightly." ”

Pang Tao didn't answer Liu Xuan's words, he just smiled and was praised by Liu Xuan, he took a sip of the teacup and then put it down, looked at Liu Xuan and said, "I heard that the girl wants to buy the grain of Pang Xuan's grain line?" ”

Liu Xuan nodded and responded: "Ponzi Grain Bank is one of the seven major grain stores, Xuan needs a large amount of grain, so naturally the first thing that comes to mind is Ponzi Grain Bank." ”

Pang Tao pondered for a moment and then said, "Dare to ask why the girl suddenly wants to buy food on a large scale?" It's not that Pang Tao is reckless, it's just that this grain is not as good as others, but it is the foundation of the major families, if the girl has no special needs, even if Pang Tao has the heart to sell it, he will not dare. ”

He didn't say a word about the woman, and he looked like he was talking about things. He didn't mention Liu Xuan, so he naturally wouldn't mention it, but said: "The beginning of the country is only more than ten years, and the treasury is empty, Mr. Pang must have heard of it, but in recent years, His Royal Highness has worked hard to govern the country and has been taking care of the dynasty very well. ”

Pang Tao nodded and agreed with Liu Xuan's words: "There is still something unclear below, I hope the girl can tell me." ”

"Please."

Pang Tao said: "If the girl wants to fill the treasury, she can do so at any time." Why this time? And it's this time of scarcity. So eager to buy? ”

Liu Xuan knew that she couldn't hide it from him, and she didn't plan to hide it at this time, she looked at Pang Tao and said in a slightly low voice: "Border state affairs, it's not up to Xuan to answer." But this purchase is not Xuan's intention alone. It was purchased at the behest of the prince. ”

A border state affair has already made the reason clear. Pang Tao frowned, and was silent for a long time before he said: "The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, and Pang is not just a villain who is good at himself. Since the girl is in need, Pang is willing to give 100,000 loads of grain to fill the treasury without taking a penny. ”

Liu Xuan shook his head: "I'm afraid that 100,000 quintals is not enough." ”

Of course, Pang Tao knew that 100,000 quintals was far from enough, but as he said, at this time, it was a time when the green and yellow were not available, and the Pang Grain Store only relied on the grain storage, although 100,000 quintals was not enough, but it was also one-tenth of the Pang Clan's grain storage.

Doing business naturally requires bargaining.

After listening to Liu Xuan's words, Pang Tao smiled slightly bitterly: "Then according to what the girl sees, how much food does Pang need to offer?" ”

Liu Xuan stretched out a hand and shook it in front of him, Pang Tao was startled: "500,000 quintals? ”

Liu Xuan nodded: "It's exactly 500,000 quintals." ”

Pang Tao shook his head again and again when he heard this number: "500,000 quintals is impossible, it is true to hide that the total amount of Pang's grain storage is only one million quintals, if the 500,000 quintals are filled with the treasury, this Pangzi grain store will be closed immediately, and the Pangzi grain store is all over the north, not to mention 500,000 quintals, that is, 300,000 quintals will be transferred to Beijing, and this grain store will also face a crisis, which is absolutely impossible." ”

Liu Xuan just said it casually, she knew that even if Pang Tao was willing to offer 500,000 loads of grain, it would take time to transport those grains to the capital, and Li Che was running out of time for her.

Liu Xuan looked at Pang Tao and said, "According to what Mr. sees, is it feasible to transfer 300,000 quintals of grain to Beijing within ten days?" ”

Pang Tao still shook his head: "It is impossible for 300,000 quintals to be transferred to Beijing within ten days, if 200,000 quintals are under it, you may be able to think of a way." ”

Liu Xuan saw that he was sincere and immediately said: "Okay, then 200,000 quintals, Xuan needs Mr. Xuan to transport 200,000 quintals of grain to the capital within ten days, and hand it over to Xiao Gong under Xuan's account." ”

Pang Tao smiled bitterly: "The girl will leave one-fifth of the Pang family's long-term grain storage with a word, and Pang is really difficult to explain to the Pang clan." “

Liu Xuan smiled when she heard this: "200,000 quintals of grain in exchange for a beautiful concubine is not a small price, but if you add the prince Yinuo, I believe that the Pang clan will not blame Mr., and Mr. is righteous, and there will be a heavy reward after the prince returns to Beijing." ”

No matter why Pang Tao took the initiative to cooperate, but since he took the initiative Liu Xuan definitely couldn't treat him badly, the Pang family is a family, even if she doesn't say it, Li Che will never accept the 200,000 loads of grain in vain, chilling the hearts of the Pang family. Moreover, her methods are not honorable, and it is a troublesome thing to handle it well.

It's just that Li Che has to worry about what he wants to do after he returns to Beijing.

Pang Tao is waiting for Liu Xuan's promise, although Liu Xuan is not the prince, but her current identity, even if the words she says are not said by the prince himself, they also represent the attitude of the prince.

Seeing that Liu Xuan took the initiative to mention the mother and son, Pang Tao got up and saluted Liu Xuan: "Dare to ask the girl, are my woman and the fetus in her womb okay?" ”

He didn't ask about the whereabouts of the mother and son, Liu Xuan knew that he had accepted his arrangement, and nodded immediately: "Although Mr. Pang can rest assured, the concubine and the fetus in the womb are taken care of, but this identity can not be dealt with immediately, fortunately, the fetus in the womb is still young, and it will not be obvious when she passes through the door, Mr. Pang just waits for good news." ”

Pang Tao heard that there was someone to take care of the woman and the fetus in her womb, he was silently relieved, and finally showed a smile on his face: "I can't hide it, although my woman was born in a Qinglou, she is a talented and knowledgeable person, but her mother has always refused to allow her to enter the door. ”

Pang Tao didn't think about changing the background for the woman, but his ability was limited, even if he changed the identity of the woman, Pang Zi could find out it after a check, and now Liu Xuan made a move, even if Pang found out, it was hard to say anything, after all, Liu Xuan was the crown princess appointed by the Holy Lord, and the prince's devotion to her has long been known to everyone, and Liu Xuan can take action in person, no matter how low the woman's identity is, Pang Zi can no longer prevent her from entering the door.

Pang Tao was slightly grateful to her, which made Liu Xuan a little surprised, after all, her methods were a little inferior, and he apologized slightly: "Mr. Pang has a lot, Xuan has to act like this, and I hope Mr. Pang doesn't mind, this matter will be arranged as soon as possible, and Mr. Pang is waiting for good news." ”

Pang Tao thanked Liu Xuan, and the two agreed to transport the 200,000 quintals of grain within ten days, and when the grain arrived, it would be the day when the concubine would enter the house.

After Pang Tao left, Liu Xuan called Hu Er and asked about the concubine, and got Hu Er's affirmative answer, so Liu Xuan was relieved.

Two days later, Hu Er told Liu Xuan that Han Yong, the person in charge of Han's grain store, had entered the set, and nine out of ten of the industries under his name were lost to the people of the local group.

Hu Er was a little disapproving, he looked at Liu Xuan and said: "The ground group is a hidden guard among the people, and there are many masters among them, this is just a trivial matter, the person who is proficient in gambling has always felt useless, and when he got such a task, he set up a bureau to lure Han Yong to the bait on the same day." ”

He asked Liu Xuan what to do next, Liu Xuan thought for a while and said: "This plan is a sinister plan, not like Pang Tao's side can still be an adult, I really can't come forward in this matter, so I will leave it to you and Huyi to deal with, remember one, the grain must be transported to the capital within eight days, and don't force Han Yong to take risks." ”

Hu Er was ordered to retreat, and a day later, a word came that Han Yong was willing to exchange 150,000 quintals of grain for the lost family property.

Liu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, Pang Zi's 200,000 quintals, Han Yong's 150,000 quintals, plus the food from the shop in his hand and Jiang Xiaogongzi, as well as the grain from Chen Liang's side, should be enough for the 100,000 army to have two months' food, but if his 100,000 quintals of grain are handed over, the twelve grain shops in his hand will be closed. (To be continued......)