Maping County Chengniu Dongsheng turned his head to look at Qin Di suspiciously, and felt that this matter was too coincidental. Two days after the shady curtain of their often closing positions broke out, the Jingjiang Royal Mansion immediately took the initiative to come to the door, like an unpredictable prophet.

"Xia Guan also thinks that there is some coincidence in the matter!" Qin Di nodded lightly, and then said seriously: "They revealed that five thousand stone rice had been transported, and the lower officials thought that this matter was very important, so they felt that they should contact it!" ”

Five thousand stone meters?

When they heard this number, both Shen Yan and Niu Dongsheng gasped.

Although he knew that there must be a lot of rice grain in Jingjiang Palace, he heard that they had already transported 5,000 stone of rice grain to Liuzhou when the price had not been negotiated, and he immediately felt the pride of Jingjiang Palace.

Lin Ping thought for a moment, and then asked seriously, "What is the asking price over there?" ”

Shen Yan and Niu Dongniu turned their heads to look at Qin Di, and they were also curious about this, but they didn't know whether it was the lion's mouth or the conscience of the industry.

Qin Di faced Lin Ping's inquiry, his face flashed with embarrassment, and he immediately responded bitterly: "They asked for four taels and one stone, and asked us to buy five thousand stone rice grain at one time!" ”

Twenty thousand taels?

When Shen Yan and Niu Dongsheng heard this, they were surprised again, and an astonishing number immediately flashed in their minds.

With them cracking the Liuzhou corruption case and successfully recovering most of the stolen money, the government now does have a sum of money in its hands.

It's just that it really cost 20,000 taels to buy this batch of rice, although the grain in Liuzhou City has been alleviated, but the price is too great, and it is simply a big advantage for Jingjiang Palace.

Lin Ping's brows furrowed slightly, feeling that this matter was very tricky, but he turned his head to look at Shen Yan and said seriously: "Shen Yan, what do you think?" ”

Qin Di and Niu Dongsheng turned their heads to look at Shen Yan, knowing that this woman dressed as a man was quite trusted by the deputy envoy and was an extremely smart staff.

"Since the Jingjiang Royal Mansion has pulled Midu to Liuzhou City, we will naturally try our best to fight for it, so we can meet him for a while! This sky-high asking price and paying back the money on the ground has always been a common phenomenon in the business world, and we can bargain with them! Shen Yan thought for a moment, then responded with a smile.

When Zhu Dongsheng heard that he wanted to bargain, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, but he was very unoptimistic in his heart. Now that the grain in Liuzhou City is in a hurry, if the other party bites the price of four taels and one stone, they have no room for bargaining at all.

Lin Ping nodded lightly, accepted the plan, and decided to try to eat this batch of grain at a lower price.

"Xiaguan will arrange it!" Qin Di saw that the matter was settled, and immediately took the initiative to take over the job.

In the east of the city, Zhufu, a house with some mystery, because this luxurious mansion is often not occupied.

However, a few days ago, the house was moved, and a jade bed and expensive ice cubes were purchased at a high price.

A steward passed through the weeping flower door, hurried in and through the hallway, and came to the main hall to report.

It's just that the person who reported turned out to be a young girl, this girl was about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a middle-to-upper appearance, and her eyes were full of intelligence, but she was still dressed as a son-in-law, and she looked like she was going out.

Through a beaded curtain, the steward looked respectfully to the men and girls inside: "Junjun, there is a messenger outside the door who claims to be the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission!" ”

The girl happened to be dressed properly, but when she heard the words, she said proudly: "I said a long time ago, as long as we let out a little rumor, they will definitely take the initiative to come to the door!" ”

The current king of Jingjiang is called Zhu Bangli, who is the seventh canonized king of Jingjiang in the Ming Dynasty, and has been enthroned since the sixth year of Jiajing. If there is no accident, Zhu Bangmang's eldest son Zhu Renchang will inherit his title and become the eighth king of Jingjiang in the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that Zhu Renchang's fertility is not strong, and he has no children so far, and now he has only one baby daughter, Zhu Furong.

Zhu Furong can be said to be born with a golden key, not only loved by his parents in every way, because he was smart and clever since he was a child, he was quite liked by his grandfather Jingjiang King Zhu Bangli, she can be said to be a collection of thousands of loves.

Zhu Furong came to Liuzhou City to sell grain this time, she was not an accompanying tourist, but the real person in charge of this big deal, and the big and small affairs here were all up to her decision.

It was indeed a little accidental, and their grain was originally sold to the four rice banks and became their rice suppliers. It's just that things are so coincidental, when they were about to trade, Han Hui and the others behind the scenes were brought to justice by the new deputy envoy Lin Pingping.

However, things are not bad at all, and now that Chang Ping has been vacated by Han Hui and others, the entire Liuzhou City cannot support it for too long by relying on the rice purchased at a high price by the United Restaurant.

It was precisely because of this that she took the initiative to unite with the acting prefect Qin Di, thus releasing the news.

The housekeeper ushered people in, and pointed to Zhu Furong to introduce: "This is our big boss Zhu Gongzi!" ”

Shen Yan looked at the other party dressed as a man like herself, but she couldn't help but look at the other party seriously, the so-called big master was probably the descendant of the Jingjiang Palace, but she didn't break the other party's meaning, so she stepped forward with a smile and said, "In Xia Shen Wu, I've seen Zhu Gongzi!" ”

Zhu Furong looked at this woman dressed as a man with great interest, and found that the other party was better disguised than himself, and his eyebrows revealed heroism, but a trace of hostility surged in his heart, and he deliberately asked in a tentative tone: "Shen Gongzi? ”

"Zhu Gongzi, you can call me Shen Wu!" Shen Yan looked at the other party's provocation, that is, she deliberately bit the title of Gongzi, and responded politely.

The principal stood next to him, but secretly pinched a handful of sweat, these two women really know how to play. Either they are happy to show their identities, or they are all pretending to be confused, what is this about making a fuss about gender!

Zhu Furong saw that he couldn't take advantage of it, so he smiled and said, "I'll still call you Shen Gongzi!" ”

"Zhu Gongzi likes it, you can do anything!" Shen Yan came for business this time, and she seemed very humble and authentic.

Zhu Furong suddenly found that this woman was very pleasing to the eye, first coughed lightly and cleared his throat, then pointed to the chair and said, "Shen Gongzi, please take a seat!" ”

"Zhu Gongzi, please first!" Shen Yan put her identity very seriously, and immediately responded respectfully. Changsha

The two maids brought tea, and when Zhu Furong picked up the teacup, Meimu secretly observed Shen Yan's reaction.

Shen Yan took a small sip, her eyes lit up, and she sighed sincerely: "Outside the courtyard, the wind Hexizi smiled, and the daughter of Longjing before the Ming Dynasty was red, good tea!" ”

"Shen Gongzi, do you even know the origin of this tea?" Zhu Furong saw the other party's reaction like this, but he was slightly surprised.

Shen Yan licked her lips, nodded lightly and said, "I have liked to drink tea since I was a child, and I have been fortunate enough to drink a few taels, and I have always been thinking about it!" ”

"Shen Gongzi really likes it so much, I still take ten taels, it's not that I can't give it away!" Zhu Furong's heart moved slightly, and he seemed to have something to say.

"How can you win the love of people below!" Shen Yan didn't know that the other party wanted to bribe her, but as soon as the words fell, she found that the face of the proud Jingjiang Wang's face changed suddenly, and she knew that these emperors and nobles were all people who thought highly of themselves, so she hurriedly explained: "My family Dongweng knows that I am such a West Lake Longjing, and I will help me beat her brother's autumn wind in the capital, and her second sister-in-law gave me half a catty!" ”

Zhu Furong was originally angry at the other party's rejection of him, but after listening to these words, he looked at Shen Yan again and said, "Shen Gongzi, you seem to be quite important to the Lin family, could it be that the Lin family's Zhuge can't succeed?" ”

"Zhu Gongzi, I have to clarify! My allegiance is to Dong Weng, not to the Lin family, even if I have helped Lin Shilang do things, that is Dong Weng's order! Like this time, I represent Dong Weng and have nothing to do with the Lin family! Shen Yan changed her concept slightly, looking serious.

Zhu Furong felt that this woman had a personality and was powerful, but he took the initiative to turn to the business and said: "Since Shen Gongzi is here on behalf of the deputy envoy, then let's talk about food!" Our Jingjiang Royal Mansion knows that Liuzhou City is short of grain, so we have transported 5,000 stone grain, I wonder if your family can accept it? ”

"Liuzhou is a poor yamen, do you think the government has silver in the treasury to eat this batch of rice?" Shen Yan took a sip of tea, but asked rhetorically.

The corners of Zhu Furong's mouth rose slightly, and his eyes flashed with a hint of smugness: "The previous Liuzhou Mansion naturally couldn't, but you confiscated a lot of silver from the Gaozhi Mansion, Qian Tongzhi, Wei Zhixian and others, I'm afraid it has already exceeded 20,000, right?" ”

The mouth of the principal standing next to him opened slightly, Miss Dare Qing did not want to do business with the United Restaurant, but with the government, but she couldn't help but look at Zhu Furong with admiration.

Shen Yan found that this girl was not comparable to ordinary clan relatives, and she didn't play Tai Chi, so she nodded lightly and said, "If you add the silver taels recovered, you can barely make up 20,000 taels, but your asking price is too high!" ”

"The previous market price was 100 wen a catty, and my price is already very fair!" Zhu Furong saw that he had entered the bargaining link, but he did not give in at all.

Shen Yan's face was straight, and she looked at Zhu Furong's eyes and said, "Master Zhu, what was the situation before, you and I know it!" If you think that the price of rice pushed up by those corrupt officials through those despicable means should be the normal selling price of Liuzhou City, then we are afraid that we have nothing to talk about! ”

Zhu Furong is the royal family of the Zhu family, although he has long been away from the court, he still maintains his hatred for corrupt officials and corrupt officials, after all, these people are shaking the foundation of the Zhu family's dynasty.

Zhu Furong hesitated in his heart, but asked with a slight concession: "How much does your family give?" ”

She opened four taels and one stone, which was the biggest expectation in her heart, but there was a drop of one tael.

The price agreed between Jingjiang Wangfu and the four major banks is three taels and five yuan, if Liujiang Mansion gives a price of three taels, for the sake of Miss Shen's face, she still considers agreeing to this price.

The steward standing next to him also looked at Shen Yan as if the other party's price was in his heart.

Shen Yan met Zhu Furong's gaze and responded seriously: "One, two, one stone!" ”

"Please come back!" Zhu Furong's face turned dark, and he immediately issued an order to evict the guest.

Shen Yan had already expected her reaction, but she still sat on the chair and said, "Master Zhu, these silver taels are the blood and sweat of the people of Liuzhou, if we spend the same amount of silver to buy more, then it will be difficult to ask for more refugees!" ”

"Three taels and one stone, this is the reserve price of our Jingjiang Palace, if it is lower, I am afraid that I can only transport it back to Jingjiang Wangcheng!" After all, Zhu Furong is not a clan relative who ignores the people, but he shows his hole cards.

When the steward and Yahuan heard this, they all looked at Shen Yan.

Liuzhou City is currently short of food, and their county monarch has given the lowest price, and the next step should be to shake hands and cooperate.

Shen Yan faced the other party's concessions, first thought for a moment, and then responded seriously: "Master Zhu, I will make a step for my family Dong Weng, and we will add two percent of the price, which is also the reserve price on our side!" ”

"One two or two dollars and one stone of rice? Aren't you afraid that I will transport it back? Zhu Furong glared at the ginkgo biloba, looking incredulous.

Shen Yan met her gaze, but said confidently: "We arrived in Liuzhou City last month, since we are here for disaster relief, we naturally want to do something!" Zhu Gongzi, why don't we make a bet, as long as you wait for another ten days, you will think that I am very kind, and I will sell this batch of rice to my family! ”

"Well, I'll wait ten days to see how you beg me!" Zhu Furong's fighting spirit was aroused, and he gritted his teeth and responded.

The maid next to her looked at each other, but it was rare to see her own county monarch so out of shape, but the steward looked at Shen Yan like a fool.

Clear-eyed people know that the only way to alleviate the food crisis in Liuzhou City at present is the relief grain transported from Guangzhou, or the rice road from Leizhou to the north. It's just that these two major food sources will not arrive until at least a month later, and the food problem in Liuzhou City will only become more serious ten days later.

"Farewell!"

Shen Yan ignored the steward's foolish gaze, stood up and said goodbye to Zhu Furong directly.

Zhu Furong snorted coldly, he thought that this woman was a female middle scholar, but now it seems that she is just a vain appearance, wasting this good skin.

It's just that things have suddenly and slowly changed magically, at least the grain merchants in Liuzhou have brought back the rice one after another, so that the Liuzhou restaurant has always ensured the food needs of the people in Liuzhou, and kept the rice sold at a low price.

Not only that, Lin Ping also ordered all prefectures and counties to open warehouses and release grain, and used the government's grain to stabilize the price of rice.

The most important thing is that many people are rumored that Leizhou has opened up a grain road, and rice and grain can be transported in less than ten days.

It was in this kind of rumor that the government stabilized the price of rice and the grain road in Leizhou, that the grain merchants in Liuzhou did not choose to hoard rice, but sold it to the United Restaurant at a price of three taels and one stone.

However, the most unexpected thing is that not only the grain merchants in Liuzhou have transported back the rice grain, but also some large grain merchants from other places have escorted the rice grain to Liuzhou City.