"What can I do about this?" Lao Jin said anxiously with the credentials in his hand.

"What else can I do, pull it back!" An officer next to him said.

"Pull back? Easy to say. Lao Jin said to the officer with a dark face: "Do you know how much it costs Lao Tzu to pull so much grain and grass here? If you pull it back, you won't have to pay for Lao Tzu! ”

"Yes, but even if you don't pull it back, the rental fee for this granary alone is not a small amount every day." Another merchant said; "If it goes on like this, I will have to sleep on the street in a few days."

The merchants gathered outside the granary outside the city gathered in twos and threes to discuss countermeasures; Just when most of the merchants were discussing, a few of them slipped away quietly, including Qian Ding, the chief manager under the command of the King of Shu, and after these people left, they went straight to the Yongwang Mansion.

Qian Ding came to the outside of King Yong's mansion and was stopped by the guards.

"Qian Ding, the chief manager under the command of the King of Xiashu, if you want to see His Royal Highness King Yong, I will bother the little brother to report it." Qian Ding, who was stopped, took out a gold coin and stuffed it into the guard's hand very interestingly.

The guard quietly took the gold coin and said to Qian Ding: "Mr. Qian, I don't need to go to this report, my lord is still in the Guanshan camp, and he has not returned to Yongcheng at all." ”

"Then I wonder when His Royal Highness King Yong will come back?" Chanding continued.

"This villain doesn't know, but whatever, we have to wait for the war in Western Xinjiang to end!" The guard said to Chanding.

"That's not the end of the calf!" Qian Ding muttered to himself, and then asked the guard, "This little brother, I don't know if Lord Song and Lord Ling are here?" ”

"Lord Song should be in the Changshi Mansion, and Lord Ling should be in the workshop!" The guard said to Chanding.

"Thank you, little brother......"

After Qian Ding gave his salute, he immediately got into the carriage and drove away, and when he came to the Changshi Mansion, Qian Ding was also stopped by the guards of the house, and after a while of bribery, the guards went in to report, but the result made Qian Ding very disappointed, because Song Yiming was not in the Changshi Mansion at all, as for where did he go? I don't know.

After leaving the Changshi Mansion, Qian Dingyou came to the workshop and wanted to see Ling Jing, but the result was the same as the Changshi Mansion, Ling Jing was not there, and it was not clear where he went; Some said that they had gone to Baili City, and some said that they had escorted grain, grass and ordnance to the Guanshan camp.

In a word, Qian Ding ran down this circle, and he didn't see a single person in charge; In fact, not only Qian Ding, but other businessmen also began to look for officials in the Yongwang Mansion after reacting, but except for a bunch of petty officials, none of the senior officials in charge of the department were seen, and they seemed to have evaporated.

Until a day later, a fairly luxurious carriage entered from the gate of Yongxi City and went straight to the Yongwang Mansion; As soon as these well-informed businessmen inquired, they learned that it was Mrs. Yongwang who had returned; For this Mrs. Yongwang Leng Yue, these big businessmen have heard of it, after all, she is the only woman of Yongwang Guo Qi, and she is also the most favored woman, although she has not yet been named Princess Yong, but she has the reality of Princess Yong.

Inside the inn.

"My lord, my lord, good news, good news...... "The little guy trotted all the way to Qian Ding's collapse and said, "Mrs. Yongwang is back." ”

"What did you say?" Qian Ding, who was full of sickness, grabbed the little girl's clothes and asked.

"Lady Yongwang is back."

"Hurry up and prepare the ceremony, let's go to the Yongwang Mansion." Chanding said anxiously.

"No! The villain is going to prepare. ”

When Qian Ding came to the outside of King Yong's Mansion, the entire King Yong's Mansion had been blocked by the carriage that was stopping, and these people Qian Ding basically knew, they were all big businessmen who were dancing in the grain exchange two days ago; What these people are doing here, Qian Ding knows with his toes.

Yongwang's Mansion, in the backyard.

The officers guarding the palace reported to King Yong Guo Qi and his wife Leng Yueyu: "Lord and lady; The front of the palace has been blocked by those big businessmen, and they are shouting to see Madame one by one! ”

"See me?" Leng Yuehu said suspiciously: "What do they want to see me!" ”

"What!" Guo Qi smiled and said: "Of course, it's for the sake of food, now that this king, Yiming and Ling Jing can't find anyone, people will naturally come to you." ”

"I'm not from the government, what's the use of looking for me!"

"Of course it works." Guo Qi continued: "Don't forget that you are the wife of this king, and in their eyes you can act on behalf of this king, go ahead!" Meet the copper-smelling guys. ”

"But what did I say when I saw them?" Leng Yue said without knowing why.

"You don't have to say anything, just invite them to tea." Guo Qi said to Leng Yue: "If they persuade you to buy the grain and grass in their hands, you can ask them to report the number first, and let the little guy on the side count it; Then he said that the gold and silver of the palace were limited, and it was impossible to collect all of them, and at most they could only eat half of them, and they could only be ...... according to eight coins of silver and one stone."

"The concubine understands." Under Guo Qi's word-by-word teaching, Leng Yue said.

"Go ahead! This king believes in your ability to love your concubine. Guo Qi encouraged Leng Yuedao.

With Guo Qi's encouragement, Leng Yue took the two maids to the lobby of the palace, and Guo Qi was at the back of the lobby listening to the movement inside!

When Leng Yue walked into the lobby, the hall was already full of people, and when they saw Leng Yue walking in, everyone hurriedly saluted: "See Madame." ”

"You're polite." Leng Yue also saluted: "It is rare for you to come to the palace as a guest, and come to serve tea." ”

"Mrs. Xie......"

After a period of small talk, Leng Yue ordered everyone to expel the guests: "If you have nothing else to do, let's disperse!" The little woman has just returned from the Guanshan camp, and she hasn't had time to rest for a while! ”

"Dissatisfied with Madame, we did have something to ask for when we came to meet Madame this time." Qian Ding said to Leng Yue first.

"What do you ask for or not, as long as the Yongwang Mansion can help, the little woman can mention the prince first." Leng Yue said.

"That's so, ma'am......" Chan Ding gave a general account of the matter.

"I see, it seems that all of you have come to see the little woman today to sell grain." Leng Yue said: "I just don't know how much grain and grass you have, whether we can eat it in Yongwangfu, so you can report the grain and grass in your hands now." ”

After the statistics were completed, Leng Yue took the account book and said: "So much grain and grass, let alone Yongwangfu, even the entire Yongdi can't be eaten!" ”

"Madam, as long as Madame can eat this batch of grain and grass, it doesn't matter if the price is lower." Qian Ding gritted his teeth and said.

"Yes, yes, yes...... As long as Madame can eat our grain and grass, it doesn't matter if the price is lower. Everyone hurriedly agreed.

"In terms of price, the little woman can only buy it at the previous price of Yongdi grain and grass, that is, one stone and eight coins of silver, and at this price, the palace can eat half of it." Leng Yue said to everyone.

"Eight...... Eight coins of silver, madam, you are not wrong! Qian Ding was shocked: "We have shipped it from all over the world, and the freight alone is more than eight dollars of silver!" ”

"That's, that's it!" The crowd is in harmony with the Word.

"The little woman can only give this price, if you don't agree, you can find someone else." Leng Yue was about to leave after saying this.

"Okay, eight dollars for eight dollars, I'll sell it." Qian Ding gritted his teeth and stomped his feet.

With Qian Ding taking the lead, others naturally sold it one after another, and since Leng Yue was only half, the entire lobby soon became a noisy mess.