Out of the gate of the restaurant, Yu Jiuling remembered that they had come in the carriage of the Yuzhou pharmacist, did they have to walk back?

So he looked at Li Qi, and Li Qi immediately understood what Yu Jiuling meant.

It was as if there was a villain talking in Yu Jiuling's eyes, and the big eyes that flickered were all bad water.

So Li Qi gave Yu Jiuling an affirmative look, and Yu Jiuling immediately laughed.

He turned to look at the coachman and asked, "Are you from Yuzhou or Jizhou?" ”

The coachman didn't know what was going on, so he politely replied, "I'm from Anyang, Yuzhou." ”

Yu Jiuling asked, "Then do you sell your carriage?" ”

The coachman was a little stunned this time, he shook his head and said, "I am the coachman of the carriage and horse dealership, and the carriage and horses are not mine." ”

Yu Jiuling nodded and said, "That's right, it's indeed a bit too much to sell your shopkeeper's things." ”

The coachman said in his heart that isn't that nonsense, I'm a part-time worker, and I sold the boss's carriage...... If I could sell it, wouldn't I have sold it sooner?

Yu Jiuling said: "Then let me inquire with you, how much silver does it cost to bring a car and a horse?" ”

The cart is an old car, and the horse is a horse.

The coachman thought for a moment and replied, "Fifty taels is enough." ”

In fact, this has been said a lot, and the horse is not very valuable, far less than the value of the war horse.

Horses are divided into three classes, the first class is a horse for horses, the second class is a field horse, and the third class is a horse.

In such troubled times, the money to buy a young girl as a maid is far from enough to buy a good horse.

And such a bad horse, the general asking price is about twenty taels, and in the prosperous era, such a bad horse is about ten taels.

Even such a bad horse, in such an era, is higher than the price of a maid.

The real price, such a carriage is enough for forty taels in the current situation of Da Chu.

Yu Jiuling didn't care when he heard him say fifty taels, Li Qi and they were already in the business of car and horse dealers, so they could still deceive them?

Yu Jiuling smiled and asked: "Your carriage and horse shop should have rules, if you lose your carriage and horse, you will be compensated, how much silver do you need to compensate for the carriage and horse dealership?" ”

When the coachman heard this, he sighed, and it was not easy for them.

From Anyang City to Jizhou, such a long distance, it takes two months to go back and forth, and if you count the time waiting for the receipt, it may be three months.

His salary for a trip is five taels, in comparison, the monthly salary of each person in the Great Chu Border Army is one and a half, and it has not risen for many years.

Not to mention the rise, the imperial court has not paid the border army for many years.

His income for three months was actually higher than that of the border soldiers.

Fortunately, the carriage and horse dealers gave them real silver, not Da Chu's money.

Originally, according to the rules set by the government, one tael of silver was exchanged for one thousand dollars, but now in this world, two thousand pieces of money cannot be exchanged for one or two pieces of silver.

The coachman sighed and said, "We who work for the rest of the people, how much people set, we don't have to pay how much, otherwise what else can we do?" If the carriage and horse are lost, we will have to double the compensation, and if we can't pay back the money, we will use the house to pay off the debt......"

He let out another long sigh.

Yu Jiuling looked at Li Qi, who smiled and nodded.

Yu Jiuling had confidence, so he said to the coachman: "I will give you one hundred taels of silver, you sell the carriage and horses to me, go back and compensate the carriage and horse dealer one hundred taels, and you will also make a net profit of twenty taels." ”

In fact, what the carriage and horse dealer said to the coachmen was that the total price of the carriage and horses was forty taels, and if he was given one hundred and twenty taels, he would make a net profit of forty taels.

Forty taels of silver was his salary for two whole years, and he had to be guaranteed to work for both years.

So at this moment, the coachman's eyes lit up.

But he didn't dare, and after a moment of silence, he shook his head and said, "I...... Forget it, why bother. ”

Yu Jiuling said: "One hundred and fifty taels." ”

The driver's eyes widened.

Li Qi walked up to the coachman, smiled and said, "He's a little stingy, how about I come to talk to you about a business?" ”

The coachman asked, "This boy, I am just a vulgar person, an errand runner, and you and I have no business to discuss." ”

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Li Qi asked: "How many of the carriages and horses you came here this time are from the same carriage and horse dealers?" ”

The coachman replied: "There are more than forty cars, and there are dozens of other carriages and horses, and the number of carriages brought by the customers themselves is about the same, and when I came, I looked spectacular, so I counted them, and we have more than 100 and 70 cars." ”

Li Qi nodded and said, "You go back and discuss privately with the guys in the same car and horse shop as you, I will buy your car for two hundred taels and their car for one hundred and eighty taels." ”

Hearing the number two hundred taels, the coachman's eyes were as round as eggs.

Li Qi continued: "Not only that, as long as one person sells me the carriage and horse, I will give you another two taels of silver, if your friends all sell me the carriage and horse, except for what I said before, I will give you another fifty taels, if you can let other chariot and horse dealers sell me all the chariots and horses, I will give you another hundred taels." ”

He smiled and said: "If you help me on this trip, you can mention at least five hundred taels of silver, and when you go back together, you will say that the carriages and horses were robbed by the Jizhou rebels, everyone has the same statement, and the shopkeeper of your carriage and horse shop will not doubt it." ”

The coachman's face was already visibly excited, five hundred taels of silver was enough.

He could have gone home with five hundred taels of silver, and then ran away together, and lived in a small place, five hundred taels of silver, and the family could have at least thirty years without worry.

Seeing that he hesitated, Li Qi increased the price again: "Your carriage and horse are sold to me now, and I will give you two hundred and forty taels, and your friend will sell me all the carriages and horses, two hundred taels each." ”

"It's done!"

The coachman finally couldn't take it anymore.

This temptation is completely irresistible for an ordinary person.

The coachman said, "Now the carriage and horses are yours!" ”

Li Qi shook his head: "I don't want you now, Ninth Sister, give him ten taels of silver as a deposit, starting tomorrow, we will not leave the inn for three days, if you decide, it will be valid within three days." ”

He patted the driver on the shoulder and said, "We'll be gone in three days, and I don't need to buy yours if you want to sell it again." ”

After finishing speaking, Li Qi turned around and left, Yu Jiuling said in his heart that this is going back and forth, and he has to go back?

Early the next morning, Yu Jiuling sat in the front hall of the inn, made a pot of tea, set up dried fruit snacks on the table, and waited comfortably.

It didn't take him long to wait, and there were cars and horses coming one by one, so many that the roads were blocked tightly.

In one day, Yu Jiuling accepted more than 40 carts.

The next day, when the other chariot and horse traders saw that they had really made so much money, more people came to sell their chariots and horses.

Many of them have their own cars and horses, and they have no scruples about selling their own things.

In two days, Li Qi and the others bought nearly 100 large cars.

At night, in another inn.

Yue Heng's face was hard to see, his hand slapped on the table with a snap, and said angrily: "The people of Shen Yitang are deliberately trying to embarrass us!" ”

Du Qingteng said: "Otherwise? ”

After taking a sip of tea, he said, "They just spent money and didn't want us to buy a penny of medicinal herbs from here. ”

Wang Fangyuan said: "Those coachmen are also bold, they sold their cars and horses, aren't they afraid of being held accountable when they go back?" ”

Yue Heng said: "It's too late for the shopkeeper of the carriage and horse dealership, a carriage earns twice as much, which is much more profitable than running a business." ”

Du Qingteng said: "This time, I made a military order with the general...... If you return empty-handed, how can you explain it to the general? ”

The general he was talking about was Meng Kedi, the defender of Anyang City.

Meng Kedi was originally a subordinate of Liu Li, the envoy of Yuzhou Jiedu, when Liu Li led the army north

waited, but was copied by Prince Wu.

At that time, Prince Wu asked Meng Kedi to persuade him to return to Liu Li, and Meng Kedi was really embarrassed and wrote several letters to Liu Li.

However, how dare Liu Li go back, so he settled in Jizhou.

Later, Liu Li died, but Meng Kedi was not affected, and Prince Wu knew that he was a general, so he still let him garrison Anyang City.

Meng Kedi almost killed Prince Yu at the beginning.

This person is brave and strategic, and he is indeed a rare general.

Although Prince Wu dealt with him a little, he did not take away his military power, and then he was comforted, so Meng Kedi felt particularly guilty about Prince Wu.

Before Prince Wu led his troops south this time, he also personally went to Anyang City to see Meng Kedi, and repeatedly explained to him, saying that the safety of Yuzhou was all handed over to him.

Meng Kedi is warlike and warlike by nature.

He was born to be a general, and if a person like him guarded a city for the rest of his life without fighting, he might not be able to stand it.

If you really want to talk about the ability to lead the troops, Liu Li, the former Yuzhou Jiedu envoy, is far inferior to him.

People with ability are more conceited, and Meng Kedi is also a conceited person.

This time, the pharmacists from Yuzhou came to Jizhou to buy medicinal materials on such a large scale, all at his behest.

Because he wants to hit Jizhou.

Unlike the Yuzhou garrison, he wanted to fight Jizhou, and he did not need to lead his army across the dangerous Nanping River.

Anyang City was originally on the north bank, and it was much easier for the Yuzhou army to go north.

This time, he ordered a pharmaceutical merchant from Yuzhou to come here to buy medicinal materials, and Meng Kedi's plan can also be called a plan to kill two birds with one stone.

Buying the medicinal materials in Jizhou, the first is that they can be used for the northward expedition, and it is always not wrong to reserve more.

Speaking of the second, it is that he does not want to leave medicinal materials for the Jizhou army, once the war starts, the medicinal materials will be in short supply, and the medicinal materials in Jizhou will be bought out, but when the people of Jizhou want to use them, they will not have them.

And Meng Kedi's goal is indeed not to take Jizhou City, his goal is the same as Li Qi's speculation.

Food and killing.

As long as he came north to snatch the grain and grass in Jizhou, it would be impossible for the team guarding Jizhou not to leave the city.

The garrison of Jizhou went out of the city, and Meng Kedi was going to fight this battle and solve the main force of the Jizhou defenders outside the city.

If the Jizhou army does not dare to go out of the city, he can smoothly snatch away the summer grain in Jizhou, so in winter, Jizhou, which has no food, still needs to fight?

He already knew that the Jizhou granary had been emptied by Luo Jing, so he had this confidence.

When he was young and yellow in the second year, he led the army to come again, and he might be able to take Jizhou without a single soldier.

The most important thing is that Anyang has money.

The people in the area of Anyang City take silkworms as their main business, and there are many businessmen who do this business.

The defenders of Anyang City levied heavy taxes on these merchants, and Meng Kedi had enough money available in his hands.

Not only is it imposing heavy taxes, sending troops to pretend to be water bandits, and directly robbing more.

Therefore, the price he gave to the drug dealer exceeded the normal price by 30%.

Therefore, Du Qingteng will add thirty percent of the silver to Mr. Ye, even if the consumption of the way back is all involved, Du Qingteng does not dare to return empty-handed.

Du Qingteng sighed: "General Meng's actions, you all know, we were played by the people of Shen Yitang, in fact, there is something, it is just humiliation, but if you go back empty-handed, General Meng will kill someone." ”

He looked at Yue Heng and said, "Now it seems that since the people of Shen Yitang are cutting off our way of life, we can only fight for this way of life." ”

Yue Heng immediately understood, he got up and said, "I'll go find General Ding now." ”

At the same time, the inn.

Yu Jiuling said with some distress: "It's really a lot of money to spend, what if you can't attract people." ”

Li Qi smiled and said: "The Yuzhou army wants to attack Jizhou, if they don't take the opportunity of the medicine merchants to find out the news, those medicine merchants don't have to care about me at all, but how can the people sent by the Yuzhou army let go?" ”