In the afternoon, Qi Yuwang returned home triumphantly, walked into his father's study, sat down with a big grin, and said, "Father, that thing is done, and it has been done seamlessly." Even if the Zhou family wanted to break their heads, they wouldn't have thought that we did it, and even if they thought of him, there was no evidence. ”

"Wu Ergou, what about them?"

"I gave him two hundred taels of silver and let him go to Yizhou."

"No one died, did they?"

"No, Zhou Xuhai, that old thing, and Shopkeeper Li, when they heard the wind, they ran away a long time ago. He wounded a few guys. ”

"Well, good job this time. San'er, learn from your two elder brothers in the future, don't fight and kill at every turn. Even if you kill, you have to use your brains, don't do stupid things that hurt others and put yourself in. Qi Honglie praised.

With such a father, it is strange that he can teach a good son.

Then, Qi Honglie arranged for his family to invite the bosses of Liu Ji and Zhang Ji to come to the house to discuss matters.

After a while, Liu Ji's Liu Handong and Zhang Ji's Zhang Hongquan came to the living room of Qi Mansion together.

The three of them are all full of spring breeze, and they are even happier than marrying a concubine. After a period of greetings, Qi Honglie said: "Boss Liu, Boss Zhang, have you heard about the noon?" ”

The two gloated: "I heard, I heard!" Zhou Ji was smashed! Now it's the turn of the three of us. ”

All three of them burst out laughing in unison.

"The three of us have to join forces to advance and retreat together." Qi Honglie said.

"Of course, of course. Everything is arranged by the boss. ”

"Tomorrow morning we will continue to build momentum and open doors in the afternoon. The old rule, ten mixed with one, two taels of silver and one stone, love to buy or not, no two prices. None of the three of us are allowed to reduce the price. ”

"That is, this time the momentum is sufficient, to ensure that we all have a profit."

"Get rich!"

"Get rich!"

"Hahaha......"

The laughter, like a man-eating wolf howling, penetrated the living room and spread outside. When the people of the Qi family heard this laughter, they knew that another people were going to suffer. They all scolded secretly in their hearts, but they could only scold in their hearts, helpless.

On the morning of the second day after the robbery of Zhouji's grain store, rumors spread again in the city.

"Did you hear that? The Zhou family's grain truck was robbed by the victims in the middle of the road, and 600 stone of grain was lost at once. ”

"No, it's a thousand stones."

"Didn't Zhou Ji be robbed yesterday?"

"yes, it's half of the sand mixed in the rice. It's too dark, and the shopkeeper is lucky if he doesn't get killed. ”

"What can I do, I only have enough rice at home for seven or eight days."

"Then your family is miserable, I heard that there will be no food in the city for seven or eight months."

"There are disaster victims everywhere outside the city, who dares to transport grain into the city again, it is not good to be robbed halfway, and there is no return."

"No, no. I heard that the three families brought a batch of grain into the city? ”

"I haven't heard of it, I haven't seen a grain truck enter the city."

"It wasn't shipped from outside the city, it was bought at a high price from a big family in the city, and I heard that it was one or two or eight dollars and a stone."

"One or two or eight cents? Those big families are really dark. ”

"Come on, it's nice to have food to buy. I'll have to go to the grain store and maybe I'll be able to buy rice today." ”

These rumors were circulating throughout the city. Before noon, the three grain stores of Qi Ji, Liu Ji and Zhang Ji were crowded with people again, and many people were pushing wheelbarrows and driving donkeys to pull carts to buy rice.

In the early afternoon, the three grain stores opened at the same time, and people buying rice poured into the stores. This time, no one complained that there was sand in the rice, and they did not complain about the high price of rice, and they bought as much as they could.

Throughout the afternoon, all eight counters of Qijia Grain Store were open, and they were all selling rice at full capacity. As soon as it was summed up in the afternoon, the shopkeeper Guo was also frightened, and sold more than 1,000 stones! There are less than 2,000 koku of rice left in the store.

Similarly, Liu Ji and Zhang Ji also have little left.

Before the shopkeeper Guo closed the store, he hurried to the Qi Mansion.

"Owner, the total amount of all kinds of grain in the store is less than 2,000 stones, and if you don't replenish the stock, it will be sold out tomorrow."

"You will go to Chang Ping tonight, find Wang Pingjia, the warehouse manager, and borrow 6,000 stone of grain from him."

Shopkeeper Guo was taken aback, this often closed position is for the preparation of grain, how can it be said that it is borrowed? After a little thought, he understood. This is borrowing, this is obviously misappropriation. If the government knew about this, he wouldn't be able to cut off eight heads.

The heart said: The owner, there is no such person, I came forward to borrow, when something happened, you didn't know, cut off my head, you are at most a royal is not strict, spend some silver, no. It doesn't matter if I cut it, but I have an eighty-year-old child and a nursing mother, who will take care of it.

But these whining words, beating him to death, did not dare to say it to his face. I can only say with a bitter face: "Boss, can I go?" ”

"Yes, neither I nor the eldest young master are suitable to come forward, only you are the most suitable. It's all been said hello to. All you have to do is borrow it. You go to him and say so. Saying that, Qi Honglie leaned into the ear of the shopkeeper Guo and muttered in a low voice, and then took out a stack of silver tickets: "This is a thousand taels of silver tickets, if he doesn't agree, you can give them to him, and this thing is guaranteed to be successful." ”

The shopkeeper Guo was still not at ease, so he asked: "Owner, can we really transport 10,000 stone of high-quality rice from Jiangnan within a month?" ”

"Is this still fake? I've already arranged it, and I'll be there in less than a month. Qi Honglie said with an oath.

"Okay, I'll go find him tonight." Shopkeeper Guo had to agree.

Shopkeeper Guo didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly ate two bites of food, and went to Changping in the west of the city.

"Wang Treasury Guan, Qi Ji grain store does not have much inventory, and there is a grain shortage in the city, and there are too many people buying grain. Therefore, the owner asked me to borrow 6,000 stone of grain from the king treasury for emergency relief. Please be sure to help with this. ”

Shopkeeper Guo and Wang Jiaping have known each other for a long time, and they have also done some temporary borrowing of grain, or buying it at a low price, and then selling it at a high price, or exchanging old grain for new grain. Wang Jiaping also got a lot of benefits from it. As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to draft the water, Wang Jiaping relies on a huge Changping position, of course, he has to be a grain mouse.

The shopkeeper Guo doesn't have to be polite with him, just open the door, this matter is beneficial to everyone, and there is an owner to pave the way. He's just here to execute, so why bother with too much politeness.

"In this matter, Qi Si has already asked people to say hello. How much are you going to borrow this time? ”

"Six thousand stones."

Wang Jiaping, who had just taken a sip of tea, didn't swallow a mouthful of tea, and all of it squirted out, instantly turning into a big human-shaped watering can. The shopkeeper Guo, who was sitting opposite, was sprayed all over his body, and the rain and dew were all wet.

"How much? Six thousand stones?!" Wang Jiaping screamed.

"Be quiet!" Shopkeeper Guo awkwardly wiped it and whispered.

"Do you know how much new grain there is in Chang Closed now?"

"How much?"

"Eight thousand stones!" Wang Jiaping stretched out his hand and made a gesture of eight, and said excitedly.

"Eight thousand stones?! How is it so little? What about grain? ”

"Lord Qi knows! How much grain has your grain store borrowed from here over the years, he doesn't know? ”

"But our grain store has paid it back?"

"It's all old grain, moldy grain. Can you eat that? Feed the dogs and don't eat it! ”

"This time it's different, this year's food prices have reached this number." Shopkeeper Guo stretched out two fingers and gestured.

"But 6,000 stones is too much, and I can't cover the lid with so much."

"Wang Kuguan, this time the tap is also big, and he took out a stack of silver tickets, which is eight hundred taels, two hundred taels more than usual. It's worth forty years of your money. ”

"But that has to be a life flower."

"You don't have to worry, our owner said that he bought 10,000 stone of new rice in Jiangnan, and he will be able to ship it in less than a month, and he will make up for it when the time comes." God doesn't know it, and there is a tap. Besides, the eldest young master has been in charge of the household for so many years, can he let himself capsize? Can I help you cover the lid? They are all grasshoppers on a rope, one is lost, and one is prosperous. How much risk can it be? ”

"I heard that Liang Zhizhou is coming to take office soon, then Liang Zhizhou had a good official reputation when he was an official in Henan, and now there are so many victims outside the city, if he opens a position for disaster relief immediately, the lid of this often closed position will not be covered."

"You are a layman, although Chang Ping is said to be the state's preparation of grain, but it is not that the Lord Zhizhou said that the warehouse will be opened immediately for disaster relief, he also needs to play the fold, and wait for the fold to be approved, and it will stop in a month, and the grain will have been replenished in a month. What are you afraid of? ”

"But I'm still not sure in my heart, if Lord Zhizhou comes to Chang Ping to check as soon as he takes office, I really can't hold it back then. Those 2,000 stone grain can only cover a thin layer......"

"No, after the arrival of Zhizhou, there will be a lot of things, there will definitely be a lot of things, not to mention anything else, it's just a visit from a big family in the city, and it won't be completed in ten days. Coupled with the six-room government affairs report, familiar with the people in the state, will it be so soon to turn here? Besides, there is still the eldest young master maneuvering around, and if it drags on for a few days, there will definitely be no problems! You put your heart in your stomach and earn money with peace of mind. After this matter, you just don't do this warehouse management, and you can eat and drink enough in this life. ”

"Is it okay to borrow less? Is it okay to have 3,000 stones? Do I think it's the safest? In case an adult comes to check, or opens a warehouse for disaster relief, it can cope with ten days and a half months, and then make up for it, and there will be no problem. ”

"No, 3,000 stones is too little. Do you know how many stones were sold in two hours this afternoon? More than a thousand stones! Shopkeeper Guo continued to persuade.

"I know that there is still about 20,000 stone of grain in the warehouse, you can ask Lord Qi to say hello and borrow some from the warehouse."

"Oh, Wang Treasurer, why are you confused. The Shecang is Ji Jiude's person in charge of the warehouse, and the eldest young master has always been at odds with him, so how can he go there to borrow grain? Isn't that a matter of authority? ”

"Yes, yes, I'm confused."

"So that's it?" Shopkeeper Guo asked again.

Wang Jiaping thought about it for a while, breathed a long sigh of relief, as if he had made a lot of determination, and said: "Okay, you take advantage of the darkness to find someone to pull the grain quickly." ”