Luo Wentian's arrival caused a commotion in Mengjiazhuang, and some of the remaining Guan Emperor soldiers and the old and weak villagers came over, pointing and pointing in amazement.

They had never seen such a handsome person in their lives.

I've never seen anyone who even walks in such a chic posture.

Luo Wentian was probably accustomed to being watched by others for a long time, and he looked calm and stunned, and followed Qin Chuan and Wang Jizong to the gatehouse in a chic manner.

After watching the tea and sitting down, and after a few polite words, Luo Wentian took out an account book and pointed it out to Qin Chuan day by day, showing how many pieces of ironware were sold every day and how much silver money he earned.

Immediately afterwards, Luo Wentian expressed his intentions, saying that he wanted to see the owner, and then asked the owner to ship the grain to the Jingle grain store.

Because the grain shop in the county town has long been gone, but two days ago, a large number of villagers shouting for food suddenly gathered outside the shop, which made him, the shopkeeper, have a headache every day.

Qin Chuan was a little puzzled, aren't there several grain shops in the county? Shortly after the autumn harvest, it is unlikely that the other families will have no grain to sell.

On the same day, a rumor suddenly appeared in the county that Lou Fu Meng's family had robbed the rich and helped the poor, robbed the grain of several large households, and was preparing to open a warehouse in the grain shop of Lou Fu Meng's family and the county town to help the people.

When the news of the Lou Fu War reached Jingle, people did not dare to come to Lou Fu, so they gathered outside the door of the Jingle grain store, and the noise did not stop every day.

At the same time, Luo Wentian also heard a news that there were several people from the Great Jin Merchants who were in the area of Jingle and Lanxian County, contacting the gentry and big families, and they didn't know what business they were talking about, mainly led by the Fan family, as well as the Jin family and the Zhai family in Zhangjiakou.

Hearing this, Qin Chuan's face sank.

Is Fan Yongdou's old dog making small moves behind his back again?

It's just a matter of spreading rumors, what does it mean that he and the Jin family's Zhai family sent people to contact the gentry nearby?

At this time, Wang Jizong frowned slightly and said: "Chief steward, Jizong thinks that Fan Yongdou wants to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle, and then lead the water to the east and drown our Mengjiazhuang." ”

Qin Chuan frowned: "What do you say?" ”

"He contacted all the gentry and big households, just to buy grain, the reason why those grain shops were closed, nine times out of ten, is because Fan Yongdou bought most of the grain at a high price, and when there is little grain left on the Jingle land, villagers and hungry people from all walks of life will flock to Mengjiazhuang, the only one that still has grain, and it will inevitably attract the attention of the government in the meantime."

"If we don't open a warehouse to release grain, the government will inevitably intervene, and even cause a civil uprising.

Qin Chuan frowned again: "I just killed a few people from his Fan family, so I won't make such a big battle, right?" What's more, can a mere Fan family eat the food of Jingle and Lanxian? ”

"If there is only one Fan family, they will definitely not be able to eat, but if the Zhangjiakou families join forces, and even the merchants of Yuci in Qi County also join in, no amount of food will be able to satisfy their appetite."

"As for why there is such a big battle...... No matter how high the price of grain rises, as long as they can receive the grain, it is a safe and profitable business to transport it out of the customs, especially when the customs outside the customs has entered the cold winter, which is the most scarce juncture of grain. ”

"The Fan family has just lost 5,000 stone of grain, and is in a hurry to make up for the gap, Xuanda and Da are mostly military households' tuntian, and the central and southern parts of Shanxi have just been looted by the rogues, so the places where they buy grain naturally have to be placed in places that have not been looted by the bandits, such as Daizhou, Qizhou, and the small plains of Lanxian County are fertile, and they have never been raided by the bandits, so naturally they have become the place where they collect grain."

After hearing these words, Qin Chuan wrinkled his brows and fell into deep thought.

Wang Jizong's analysis is reasonable, it should be eight or nine without leaving ten.

In other words, if he is a traitor, he will also go to Jingle and Lan County to buy grain, and he can make a large fortune when he is not covered by heavy snow, and he can also disgust his enemy.

Jingle and Lan counties together have a population of more than 100,000, most of whom are tenants and poor yeoman farmers, who are basically unable to support themselves with their year-round harvests, and many of them have to rely on other livelihoods to earn bits and pieces to buy food to survive.

If the big households do not sell grain, or the price of grain soars again, I don't know how many people will become homeless and eventually become homeless again.

Among them, there will definitely be many people who gather in Mengjiazhuang to make trouble, and even gather to attack Mengjiazhuang.

Qin Chuan was not afraid of being attacked, but he didn't want to see Chiye Qianli in Jingle County and Lan County, and he didn't want to see the ordinary people running away as homeless people, and finally becoming rogues again.

These people are his future people, and they are also the indispensable labor force for him to make a fortune.

What's more, he originally wanted to rob the grain of those big households, but if it was taken away by Fan Yongdou and others, he would still rob a fart.

He didn't want to see the grain that the Han people had worked so hard to grow was transported out of the customs to feed the army of Jiannu.

Jingle and Lan County are both in the north, as long as the grain is transported out of Ningwu Pass from Jingle County, it is Datong Mansion, and from Lan County to the north, it can go directly to the outside of the Saiwai, and there are only a few hundred people under him, so there is no way to go to the north to intercept.

It seems that there are only a few who can come to Yin, and how many can be stopped.

"The chief steward also wants to come out of the kettle to draw salary?" While thinking about it, Wang Jizong suddenly asked lightly.

"Hmm." Qin Chuan nodded, "Since those hanging hairs want to kill our household, then we can only play yin with them." ”

Wang Jizong also nodded: "With your own strengths, you can only hit their shortcomings, and this is the only way at present." ”

"However, the big bosses need to be more careful, those big families have furniture and soldiers, and they are not so easy to deal with, especially those who are bandits and people in Lan County, some of them wear silk and satin during the day as masters, and those who carry knives and guns as horse bandits at night, and there are also those who raise the Yin clan as thieves, if you want to fight with knives and guns, we may not be able to get benefits."

"We can use means such as kidnapping, plotting, and attacking and killing to force those big families to comply, and it's not too late to make a clear knife when we have to."

Wang Jizong, who is scholarly and elegant, seems to be undisobedient when he says this.

Qin Chuan felt that this descendant of the martyrs was becoming more and more appetizing for himself.

Wang Jizong also said: "The construction of water conservancy and internal and external miscellaneous matters can be handed over to Jizong, and the chief steward can do it with confidence." ”

"Okay, then there's Mr. Law."

Luo Wentian's handsome face on the side was already white, and cold sweat broke out.

He was very happy after receiving the letter from his friend, and thought that it was just an ordinary big family that wanted to ask him to be the shopkeeper, but now listening to the conversation between Wang Jizong and the Qin Grand Steward, the more he listened, the more wrong he became, and the more he listened, the more he felt that he had entered the den of thieves.

This Qin Grand Steward shouldn't be the rumored Da Yan.

If it is a great man, why would Wang Jizong do something for this person?

This is unreasonable, he knows Wang Jizong very well, even if he is down, he will never surrender to the thief.

"Danghong, you guessed it right, the chief steward is indeed the rumored Da Yan outside, but don't worry, being a brother will definitely not harm you."

Seeing that his face turned pale, Wang Jizong explained with a smile.

"What the chief steward does is not to rob the house, but to stand up for the people and benefit the common people, and my brother has decided to follow the great steward, assist the great cause, and make a meager contribution to the common people in the world."

"If you have any concerns, you will not be reluctant to be a brother, and the chief steward is not a person with a small belly, and he will give you a letter of silver, so that you can find another place to settle down."

Luo Wentian opened his mouth, but he couldn't say a word.

After half a sound, he wiped a handful of cold sweat and smiled stiffly: "Please ...... Would you like to allow the late students to think about it? ”

"Well said, well said."

Qin Chuan patted his thigh and said with a smile: "Mingzhao, I still have some trivial matters to be busy with, so I have to treat you to the shopkeeper Luo, Hu Dawei left that bag of wine, just downstairs in the room, you take it and have a few more drinks with the shopkeeper Luo, remember to go to the kitchen to cut more meat." ”

"Thank you, Steward."

Wang Jizong stood up and said with a smile: "Danghong, let's go, you and I haven't seen each other for a long time, and we will definitely not get drunk tonight." ”

"Okay, okay."

Luo Wentian also stood up, and after thanking Qin Chuan, he followed Wang Jizong downstairs and went in the direction of the inner courtyard.

Qin Chuan picked up the teacup, drank all the bitter tea inside, and then frowned, looking fixedly in the direction of the north.

Since those big families are in a hurry to jump out one by one to fight with Fan Yongdou, don't blame him for being polite.