Seeing that the grain dealer didn't dare to refute what he said after hearing it, but just nodded vigorously, Chen Yan was a little fluttering,

He asked:

"Tell me, how are the beans sold?"

"If you turn around, you will have fifty dollars a bucket." The dealer said, hunching his back.

Chen Yan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and he was furious and kicked the dealer to the ground.

"Even corn isn't so expensive, is your bean made of gold?"

When the dealer saw that Chen Yan was angry, he immediately knelt on the ground and trembled and said:

"The head man is angry, this is the price set by the bull leader, and the price is naturally different during the extraordinary period, if the head is too expensive, this car of beans can be regarded as the villain's filial piety to you, no money, no money."

Chen Yan saw that the dealer looked like he was afraid of death, and he looked like he wanted to break the fortune and eliminate the disaster.

Think about what he said, but it was true.

But he still thinks that these beans are a bit outrageously expensive.

Before the rebellion, corn was only 20 yuan per bucket, and those beans were not even 5 yuan, and those people used beans as food to feed horses and cattle on weekdays, but now these Pucheng traders have increased the price of beans tenfold.

"This Niu Yong is really a businessman, so calculating."

Chen Yan said as he muttered in his heart: "When the south is over, I will go north to take two counties and let you sell grain again." ”

"You peddler, you don't have to pull this cart of beans back, for the sake of your bull leader, I will allow you to sell grain in my white water."

After saying that, Chen Yan saw that the dealer's face was full of joy, so he continued:

"How much grain do you have to sell in Pucheng, and what else do you have besides beans?"

When the dealer heard this, he quickly knelt down and said:

"Thank you, thank you. If you look back, there are about 1,000 stone of beans, and about 1,000 stone of dried potatoes and melons. ”

Chen Yan was overjoyed when he heard this, and he also had some admiration for Niu Yong, it seems that although this person has no ability, he has done a good job in farming.

"I want all your food, and you don't have to work hard to go to Longmen.

But I have a request, within five days, you must bring all the grain you want to sell, can you do it? ”

"Five days?

Pucheng is three days away from Baishui, and it takes seven or eight days to go back and go and load the car, and the five days are a little tight. ”

Although the peddler who knelt on the ground was delighted, he was also shocked when he heard that it had been five days.

These expressions of the grain dealer were all seen in Chen Yan's eyes, so he thought about it and said:

"Then it will be six days, and if you don't come, you won't use it."

Ignoring the peddler who was kneeling on the ground, he turned around and walked into the city.

Chen Yan said to Wei San'er beside him as he walked: "Wei San'er, you go to the government office to prepare the money, and give them the money the next time they come." ”

Then Wei San'er hurriedly said yes and followed Chen Yan into the city.

After a while, Wei San'er and Fan Shusheng took a few people to hand over the jewelry and money containing several bags to the grain dealer, bluntly saying that this was the deposit paid by Chen Yan.

Then they pulled a cart of beans into the city.

When the grain sellers saw that a cart of grain had been pulled into the city gate, they packed up their money and turned to the north.

......

"Brother Niu, how did I play just now?"

The grain dealer who was kowtowing and carrying wine in front of Chen Yan just now said to Niu Yong in his group.

"Liang Gu, you acted well, Chen Yan has made many tentative remarks, even I don't know how to answer, but you responded quite well, I will definitely ask the captain for your reward when I go back."

That Liang Gu was originally a grain seller in Pucheng before the rebellion, so although he was the leader of Niu Yong this time, he arranged for Liang Gu, who was more experienced, to be the leader of the crowd.

"Captain Lili is really like a god, it is obvious from what Chen Yan said, it must be that Baishui has no food, Brother Niu, do you say that Captain Lili can divination? How could he know that there was no food for the white water? Liang Gu asked Niu Yong with some reverence.

"I don't know if Captain Yuli will do divination, I only know that Captain Captain has never been defeated in either the fight or the rebellion.

You must keep in mind that in the future, if you and I do what the captain commands, we will definitely not be able to treat you badly.

Dog slaughterer, haha, Chen Yan'er, you will know that I, a dog slaughterer, can not only do business, but also kill people. ”

Amid the laughter, the dozen or so people returned to the camp that night.

Six days later, in the evening, Chen Yan took Fan Shusheng, Wei San'er and others to stand at the head of Baishui City, anxiously waiting for the grain sellers in Pucheng.

Two days ago, there was no food in the city, and if it weren't for the cart of beans six days ago, even the soldiers defending the city would not have eaten.

The people in Whitewater City had run out of food three days ago, but they could only endure hunger and wait for the food that Chen Yan had promised them.

"Damn, why don't you come yet, if you don't come again, Lao Tzu will lead people to Pucheng."

Chen Yan angrily kicked at a bag of gold, silver and jewelry at his feet.

It's just that those jewels are quite hard, and Chen Yan kicked them, but his tears were rolling in pain.

"Chen Touren, I'm afraid it's coming soon, why don't you send someone to take a look?"

Wei San'er approached Chen Yan and said to him.

Chen Yan also had no choice, so he had to nod and let Wei San'er lead people out of the city to investigate.

More than two hours passed. Not only were those grain dealers still nowhere to be seen, but even Wei San'er, who had gone out of the city with a hundred and ten people, did not come back.

At this time, the sun had already set in the western mountains, but the north of the city in the eyes of Chen Yan and others was still empty, and not even half of the sparrow could be seen.

A gust of north wind blew, and Chen Yan, who was standing at the head of the city in anticipation, shivered.

"Wait here, and if they come, call me."

"Okay, Chen Touren. You go back and rest first, don't freeze to death. Someone on the side answered.

As soon as Chen Yan walked down the city and was about to return home, he heard someone shouting loudly at the head of the city: "Look, they are coming." ”

Chen Yan didn't go up to the city anymore after hearing this, he quickly ordered someone to open the city gate and walked out quickly.

I saw a team of men and horses holding torches in the dark distance and walking in the direction of White Water City.

The team was obviously escorting the vehicle and not going very fast. Judging from the number of torches, Chen Yan saw that there were about 500 people in that group.

Chen Yan carefully observed the team in the distance, and he also knew that two thousand stone bean grains needed to be loaded with fifty carts, so it was reasonable for ten people to pull a cart.

In this way, he let go of all the doubts in his heart, and without the slightest scruples, he led the hundred and ten people to meet him quickly.

"Why the hell did you come, I made Lao Tzu wait for a whole day and a night."

Chen Yan scolded Liang Gu, who had already come closer.

Liang Gu hurriedly took a few steps forward and lowered his head and said with a smile: "Chen Touren, this road is really not easy to walk, it is already the limit to be able to transport it in six days, and please atone for your sins." ”

Chen Yan didn't look at Liang Gu, raised his head and walked to the front of the car, stretched out his hand and stabbed at the grain cart, only to see the green beans flowing down the tip of the grain, he nodded and walked to the rear and stabbed the sacks on the four or five cars in turn.

Liang Gu followed behind him, and saw Chen Yan stabbing open the sack on the four or five cars, although he was in a hurry, he didn't dare to say anything, just silently followed behind Chen Yan.

When Chen Yan walked to the sixth car, Liang Gu hurriedly ran to Chen Yan's side and whispered:

"Chen Touren, there is something that the villain doesn't know whether to talk about or not."

After Chen Yan stabbed the sack on the fifth car, he had already let down his vigilance, and at this time he heard Liang Gu say this, but he still walked towards the sixth car without stopping, and said at the same time:

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

"A leader surnamed Wei led more than a dozen people to us, saying that he wanted us some benefits after the business was completed, and that he wanted it.

If you go to the city, there are too many people to ask for it. So he went ahead and let us give it to him on the way. Did you know about this? ”

Speaking of this, Liang Gu lowered his head and stopped talking.

As soon as Chen Yan heard this, he stopped, and after a little muttering, he said to Liang Gu: "It is indeed what I want, did you give it to him?" ”

When Liang Gu heard this, he hurriedly raised his head, let out a long breath, as if he had done something very right, and nodded with a smile.

"Give it, I saw the head man following Chen Touren at the city gate that day, and I knew that he must be your right-hand man, how dare we not give it when he spoke."

"How much was given?"

After Liang Gu finished speaking, Chen Yan asked in a cold voice. At the same time, he also looked around, as if he was looking for Wei San'er's figure.

Liang Gu looked around and slowly stretched out two fingers from in front of him. While stretching out his fingers, he seemed to be afraid that Chen Yan would be too little, so there was some flattering look on his face.

"Two thousand?"

Chen Yan gritted his teeth and asked.

At this time, he already hated Wei San'er in his heart.

This Wei San'er, relying on the fact that he once went in and out of the casino with him, stole chickens and dogs, and dared to hit his own grass valley under his nose, which was really hateful.

If it weren't for the ingenuity of these grain dealers, they would have been deceived by Wei San'er at this time, but they didn't know it. Wait for him to come back and see how I clean him up.

Just as he was thinking about it, Chen Yan suddenly found that Liang Gu's face had changed from flattery to surprise.

"Chen, Chen Touren, you, you don't know?"

Chen Yan suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Twenty thousand, not two thousand."

"Twenty thousand?" Chen Yan's blood surged in an instant, and he shouted at Liang Gu, "Where is Wei San'er?" ”

"Didn't Wei Tou come back? Just now, he took the money and went back to the city first. ”

Chen Yan looked back at the direction of the city gate, he had been at the head of the city just now, and where did he see Wei San'er returning to the city.

It must be Wei San who came back from other doors and hid the money before coming to him.

Thinking of this, he turned around angrily and walked towards the city.

"Chen Touren, this grain."

Liang Gu shouted hard at the departing Chen Yan.

"Send it in."

Seeing Chen Yan and his party walking into Whitewater City, Liang Gu wiped the sweat oozing from his forehead.

"Which of these people is not a human spirit, you are not bad, Liang Gu. Well done. ”

In the darkness, a young man in black walked up to Liang Gu's side, patted him on the shoulder and said.

When Liang Gu and the others pulled the grain cart to the city gate, they saw that the city gate was wide open, and there were soldiers waiting at the city gate in the early morning.

These soldiers guarding the gate had just seen Chen Yan personally inspect the grain carts from a distance, and they were hungry and only wanted to send the grain into the city quickly, so how could they ask for trouble to check the grain carts again.

Seeing that the soldiers guarding the gate did not have the intention of checking, Liang Gu breathed a sigh of relief, and while bowing his head and laughing, he led people to pull the grain cart into the city gate.