Chapter 526: Brothers settle accounts

It's just that it's easy to talk and difficult to do, and the anger is suppressed, but Shi Bin, Jia Ling, Sai Xishi and Xu Feng still obviously can't accept Lu Wende's conditions, but they can't directly say that he is excessive, that is too rude, not conducive to communication, so they can only stiffen.

After a long time, the taste changes, and it feels much duller. Lu Wende knew that it was a little more, but he still didn't want to reduce his share. Shi Bin also felt that Lu Wende wanted more, so he thought about how to suppress it.

Jia Ling, Sai Xishi and Xu Feng were most afraid that Shi Bin agreed to Lu Wende as soon as his heart softened, because the bottom line they discussed before was that Lu Wende could take up to 350,000 stone of grain and 10,000 sets of equipment, but they missed the question of how many refugees he should be responsible for. And Shi Bin, the shopkeeper, may not be able to accurately understand how much a hundred stone grain is used. Maybe he agreed to Lu Wende's conditions as soon as he was 'generous', because the difference between 350,000 and 400,000 didn't seem to be big...

They all stiffened for almost a stick of incense, and they were all stiff and tired, and finally they had to choose a chair to sit down. The expression on his face became richer, but no one spoke. Lu Wende was embarrassed, and Shi Bin was because he didn't think about how to lower the price.

Maybe it was because her buttocks hurt a little after sitting for a long time, so Jia Ling moved, but she didn't move it well, and she fell to the ground. Several people heard a deep voice, thinking that a large bag of rice had fallen from the ox cart. However, after hearing another crisp and painful cry, I realized that it was a woman who had fallen to the ground. In a blink of an eye, it was Jia Ling, the eldest lady, who was sitting on the ground with a bitter face.

Of course, it is understandable why this eldest lady who can carry more than ordinary men all year round looks like this, all because this granary is full of small stones.

As soon as they saw this sudden situation, no one was embarrassed anymore, and they all came to Jia Ling's side to help her up, especially Xu Feng and Lu Wende were the most active, and the two came to her almost at the same time, and immediately stopped Shi Bin and Sai Xishi outside. Xu Feng must be the protector of the Lord by doing this, and Lu Wende's doing this is somewhat worthy of scrutiny. Jia Ling wrestled, why was Lu Wende more worried than Shi Bin? It can only be because he is very afraid that Jia Ling will have an accident, which will cause the food and materials that are about to arrive to be wasted all at once.

Since then, it is certain that Lu Wende is not as realistic as he appears, and he is still a little scheming.

These were seen by Shi Bin, and with the quick wits of Jia Ling and Xu Feng, he immediately came up with a way to break the deadlock. Therefore, when helping Jia Ling get up, Jia Ling was 'sigh', and Xu Feng immediately said anxiously and loudly: "Madam, madam, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Waist, waist is weak, it seems to flash the waist." Jia Ling said with a bitter face.

As soon as he heard Jia Ling say that he flashed his waist, Shi Bin immediately became anxious, pushed away Lu Wende and Xu Feng, and came to Jia Ling to help her rub it. and asked Sai Xishi to come over and help the handle, and carried Jia Ling to the dormitory in the granary to rest.

After a while, this matter was done, and Jia Ling was placed in a fairly clean and tidy room. When this happens, it is naturally no longer suitable to talk about the distribution of food and materials, so Jia Ling has to rest first.

The room was full of Shi Bin's people, and Lu Wende was an outsider, so he had to silently retreat to another room and wait.

As soon as Lu Wende left, Shi Bin sensed that something was wrong from Jia Ling and Xu Feng's sly smiles, and knew that they were acting just now. Maybe Jia Ling's wrestling is real, but flashing her waist must be fake.

So he smiled helplessly, found a stool to sit down, and whispered, "Fake, right?" Are you afraid that I will be soft-hearted and agree to his conditions? ”

"Looks like you're still smart." Jia Ling smiled and whispered, "Yes, the flashing waist is fake, but I am afraid that you will be soft-hearted and agree to this ridiculous condition." Of course, we also had things that we didn't think about before, we didn't want him at all but how much responsibility we had, and I didn't expect him to be so cheeky this time. ”

"That's true, I didn't expect it." Shi Bin nodded a little frustratedly and said. Sai Xi Shi and Xu Feng also nodded in agreement.

"So what to do? It's nice to talk openly, otherwise it's easy to have suspicions, but how to open that mouth? Is it true that you really just say that you don't agree with his opinion, and then put the facts to reason? "The solution will work, but I can't guarantee that he has no idea in his heart, and he seems to be a little stupid." ”

"Of course, you can't just say that he's wrong, there should be something to say before that to alleviate the spear that is generated like this

shield can make Lu Wende not too aggrieved. ”

"Xiaoling is right, she can't say it directly. And I vaguely remember that there seemed to be a common phrase every time I settled the accounts, but I forgot it. Shi Bin said with some embarrassment, "But Xiaoling, you and Xi Shi should be able to remember." ”

"Is the husband talking about the phrase 'brothers should settle accounts'?" Sai Xi Shih, the big shopkeeper, immediately remembered.

"Yes!" Hearing Sai Xishi's words, Shi Bin patted his thigh and said with a smile.

It's just that Jia Ling and Sai Xishi frowned tightly, because they were afraid that these would alarm Lu Wende.

"Okay, then my brother will settle the score. But we have to figure out how much benefit Lu Wende can get under what circumstances, and how much benefit he can get at most. ”

After discussing it, Shi Bin decided that even if Lu Wende didn't help anyone at all, he could take away 200,000 stone of grain. Then there are 10,000 families of refugees with 50,000 stone of grain, and at most 30,000 families of refugees can be taken away, that is to say, a maximum of 350,000 stone of grain can be taken from Shi Bin. If Lu Wende is still dissatisfied, he will give him 10,000 sets of equipment.

In fact, this plan is no different from the previous one, but it is easy to talk about it specifically, and with that opening statement, things should be much smoother. Shi Bin is much more comfortable. And Shi Bin couldn't stop praising Jia Ling and Xu Feng for being smart. So Jia Ling's waist is also good, and she can walk on the ground.

Since he could walk, he naturally had to go to Lu Wende to continue to talk about things, so Shi Bin went to the room where he was resting.

Seeing Jia Ling slowly walking into his room, Lu Wende immediately went over to help him, and complained with a bitter face, "Brother and sister, what are you doing here?" I just want to rest, and when I have rested, I just want to go over, why did you still run over by yourself? ”

"It's okay, it's just a flash and it's not a big deal, not to mention that I broke the discussion, and I should come over." Jia Ling said with a smile.

"My brother and sister are so virtuous, it really makes me ashamed." Lu Wende said with a smile.

After being so polite, Lu Wende quickly got down to business and asked Shi Bin what his attitude was. Of course, he still apologizes while talking, and he will still do this thing.

Jia Ling smiled awkwardly and said, "Brother Lu, you also know that you want more, in fact, we also understand why you want it so much." It's just that my brother is settling accounts, please forgive me for my sin, I can't agree. But we can discuss. ”

"Yes, it is for my brother to settle the accounts, and if the accounts are not clear, it will affect our good relationship." Lu Wende immediately agreed.

Some surprises, Lu Wende was not angry or unhappy because of this, but quickly agreed with Jia Ling's words. Things don't seem to be as complicated and bad as Shi Bin thinks, maybe they really played themselves.

"Brother Lu, of course you should take half of the appropriation from the imperial court, but my father's support here You want 400,000 stones, which is nearly one-third of the food, but you are only responsible for the resettlement of less than 20% of the refugees. It's over. Sai Xi Shi spoke.

Although she didn't say the word 'greed', the word 'over' has already expressed her dissatisfaction very euphemistically.

"Brother and sister Xi Shi, I think that you Shaanxi and Hedong have a three-year tax-free service from the imperial court, and I don't have two roads in the south of the Yangtze River, so I should get more from it. Of course, eldest brother, I also understand that if it weren't for the help of Xiaoling's younger siblings, I wouldn't have been able to get even a stone of grain from Master Jia. Lu Wende said very frankly.

Although his words were frank, it was clear from Lu Wende's tone that he did not intend to back down. Although things will be a little difficult to do, Shi Bin at least understands why he is so greedy this time, it turns out that he feels that he has suffered a loss in taxes and forced labor.

So Shi Bin had no choice but to think hard about the contributions they had made during this time, so as to use them as bargaining chips in negotiations with Lu Wende.

The answer came out after a while, because Lu Wende played a supporting role from beginning to end, and he had never been in charge at all, nor had he come up with any good ideas, so it was very simple to make him speechless, as long as he paid a little attention to taking care of his emotions.

"Brother Lu, of course you have been supporting my husband to succeed, but it doesn't seem that you have made much effort, just waving the flag and shouting, so we don't think you will suffer a loss by taking half of the allocation. Especially this time to get support from my father, you didn't do much. So the four of us feel that you need 400,000 stone of food is a bit much, and you have resettled 15,000 refugees too little. My husband almost agreed, but I and Sister Xi Shi are the youngest

But the angry ghost couldn't agree. Speaking of this, seeing that Lu Wende's face was obviously unhappy, Jia Ling immediately said: "Of course, even if you don't settle alone, we think you can take away 200,000 stone of grain." ”

The proposal to get 200,000 stone of grain without doing anything made Lu Wende feel a lot more comfortable, but he still felt too little. He only got 200,000 stones of a total of 1.25 million grains, and there was no mantissa number, which really made him feel a little unacceptable.

It's just that Lu Wende can't say what he has done for everyone during this time, it seems that he is really just a character holding a flag and shouting, so he feels very embarrassed, and then becomes a little ashamed. After all, he is also a party leader, a reasonable person, a person who wants face, and he can't mess around.

"Of course, if Brother Lu has any ideas to say, let's talk openly and honestly, after all, the lights are not turned on, and the words are not clear. If you hide it, you're going to get into trouble, right? Shi Bin smiled.

"Okay, then I'll say it." Lu Wende knew that he would never get so much food if he didn't make it clear, so he had to say patiently: "I feel that even if I didn't do anything, I still firmly supported my brother." To put it mildly, if it weren't for my support, I'm afraid it would be difficult for the control of Hedong to fall into the hands of my brothers. Of course, my brother treated me well with half of the allocation, but I felt that there was less food. ”

"There is some truth in what the eldest brother said, so why does the food feel that there is a shortage?" Shi Bin asked, "You don't have many troops, and the place is rich, so you don't need so much food at all." ”

"I have an idea that is the same as your father-in-law's. The refugees you bring with you are not exactly a burden to you, but they can become your capital in the near future. But if I bring too much, it will definitely be counterproductive, not only will it not become my capital, but it will add a lot of trouble to me. Lu Wende said with a wry smile.

What a person! Jia Ling sneered. Then he spoke: "Brother Lu has some truth in what he said, but the matter is man-made. If you treat them well, they will also be your capital in the near future, but maybe your pressure will be a little more than ours, but it is definitely not as strong as you say. ”

"Sister Ling is right, but what Brother Lu said is not unreasonable. Anyway, even if Brother Lu is not resettled as a refugee, he can still get 200,000 stone of grain, so how about we extrapolate according to the number of refugees resettled? Sai Xi Shi told the method discussed before.

Lu Wende didn't want to argue with Shi Bin, and he couldn't think of a good way, so he had no choice but to agree with Sai Xishi's opinion.

Of course, the bottom line can't be said at the beginning, so Jia Ling's price is that Lu Wende can get three stones of grain for helping to resettle a refugee. Since he didn't want to bring too many refugees back to Jiangnan, he had to raise the asking price, so Lu Wende's asking price was to help resettle a family of refugees and should get six stones of grain.

I didn't want to be as shrewd and philistine as a businessman, so I calculated the conditions offered by Lu Wende in my heart. found that if he helped resettle 30,000 refugees, he only needed to provide 380,000 stone of food, which seemed to be acceptable, so his face was much better.

And just as he was about to say yes, he suddenly felt a sharp pain under his ribs. Don't think about it, it was a warning issued by Jia Ling on the side. There was no way, Shi Bin had to keep his mouth shut, he didn't want to mess with this shrewd tigress.

What's more, she has a sister who must have the same attitude, so she can't be messed with.

"Brother Lu, your asking price is still too high. Brother and sister, I will simply tell you the bottom line, it will save you too much trouble to talk about it like this, you see that my husband has a bitter face. Jia Ling said helplessly: "If the eldest brother is willing to help us resettle a refugee family, then we will give the eldest brother four stones of grain, I believe that the eldest brother will help us according to 30,000 households at most, so the eldest brother can get 320,000 stones of grain." ”

Looking at Lu Wende's face and making sure that his mood was still stable, Jia Ling immediately said a preferential condition, "If the eldest brother still feels uncomfortable, then the younger brother and sister will take the initiative to give you 20,000 sets of 30,000 sets of equipment." ”

Originally, he didn't want to agree to this suggestion, but when Lu Wende heard that he could get 20,000 sets of equipment, his dissatisfaction immediately decreased a lot. Maybe those equipment are nothing to Shi Bin, who has a lot of money, but it is a good support for him, a shy person in his pocket.

After some painful thinking, Lu Wende finally agreed to Jia Ling's proposal to help Shi Bin resettle 30,000 families of refugees and obtain 320,000 stone of grain and 20,000 sets of equipment.

The matter was finally discussed, and Shi Bin and Lu Wende were a lot more relaxed and no longer so embarrassed.

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