Chapter 525: The Real Lu Wende

On the way back to the granary in Yangzhou, Shi Bin kept showing a smile on his face that couldn't be hidden, if he didn't know why he was so happy, Jia Ling and the three might have thought he had hysteria.

This kind of happiness Jia Ling, Sai Xi Shi and Xu Feng all have it, but it is not as strong as Shi Bin, after all, he is the real master of this game, and he is the one who benefits the most. And Shi Bin was rarely so happy, so Jia Ling didn't ruin his good interest. It's just that they all happily went to the granary of Yangzhou with him.

Halfway through, Shi Bin calmed down a little, but his mind was still full of the food and supplies that were about to arrive. I felt too uncomfortable not to speak along the way, so I had to find something to say, so I asked with a smile: "Jia Ling, how much coarse grain can you say these 250,000 stone fine grains can be exchanged for, and which kind of coarse grain is the most cost-effective?" Also, how much of those military supplies should we take? After all, we can't empty it all. ”

"Can you get it?" Jia Ling lowered her head and thought about it, and then smiled a little awkwardly, "I have to ask Sai Xishi and Xu Feng about this, my eldest lady can't give an accurate answer." ”

Jia Ling's answer made Shi Bin realize that he had asked the wrong person, and he smiled a little embarrassedly, but immediately said to Sai Xishi and Xu Feng: "What do you think? I want this food to fill the bellies of the soldiers and to eat them for a long time. ”

"My lord, I think beans are good." Xu Feng spoke first, "There are many kinds of beans, and the soil requirements are not high when planting, and the growth cycle is short, so we should bring more beans back." And all kinds of things have to be brought, so that you can explore the rules. ”

"Husband, the potatoes are also good." Sai Xi Shi said.

Potato? Shi Bin couldn't understand what Sai Xishi said. But his first reaction was 'rats', the second reaction was that he was definitely wrong, and the third reaction was to be calm and not make jokes.

Seeing that Shi Bin was a little sluggish, Xu Feng saw that he didn't understand what Sai Xi Shi said, so he immediately explained: "My lord, the potatoes that Mrs. Xi Shi said refer to purple potatoes, yams, and taro. These are really good, easy to grow and filling. ”

These things did impress Shi Bin, but he didn't like to eat them, and he didn't feel good. It's just that today's people can eat a full stomach, thank God, where are they qualified to care whether it is good or not. So he immediately agreed to Xu Feng and Sai Xishi's suggestion, and when he arrived at the granary, he first took beans and potatoes. If you don't have it all, it's not enough to take millet, buckwheat and other grains.

After such a rough calculation, Shi Bin can get at least 1.25 million stone of grain from the granary in Yangzhou. As for military supplies, Shi Bin meant that it was enough to equip 30,000 people, and he was embarrassed to take too much.

Speaking of this, Jia Ling, Sai Xishi, and Xu Feng's faces all turned bad almost at the same time, which made Shi Bin feel very strange. I was chatting very energetically and happily just now, and I didn't say anything bad, why did the three of them become a bitter gourd face by no means?

Naturally, things had to be clarified, and Shi Bin immediately asked, "Xiaoling, what's wrong with you, why are you all like this all of a sudden?" Did you think of any trouble again? ”

The three of them looked at each other, then all in the direction of the granary. After making sure that what he thought was the same, Xu Feng spoke, "My lord, I'm afraid these food and military supplies are not yours alone. ”

This sentence was like a basin of cold water that poured Shi Bin to his senses, indeed, these foods and supplies are not his Shi Bin alone, and there is also a share of Lu Wende in the middle. It's just how much Lu Wende is divided? How much can he satisfy himself without losing money? At this time, Shi Bin regretted that he didn't think about things well before, and he didn't discuss with Lu Wende how to divide the support after it arrived, and as a result, he ended up in such an embarrassing situation.

"So what do you say? We can't owe Lu Wende too much, although he didn't make much effort this time, he is still on our side, and we are in the same boat, we can't have a dislike because of some food and supplies, let alone turn our faces

。 Shi Bin said with some concern.

That's for sure, Jia Ling and the others agreed, but they didn't want to give Lu Wende too much things, let alone how much to give him, after all, no one was a roundworm in his stomach and knew what he thought.

After a while, Shi Bin and the four of them all became bitter gourd faces, who told them to think of a way?

"If you can't think of it, you can leave, don't go back too late, everything will be adapted. I believe that with Lu Wende's character, he should not open his mouth widely, nor will he turn his face with us because of a little dissatisfaction. If there are really some disagreements, it will be good to make up for them later. Shi Bin said simply.

"This can't be done, even if we believe in Lu Wende's character, we can't follow him, we have to have our own bottom line, otherwise how can we talk to him at that time? If it's four of us, four ideas, wouldn't it be a mess? Sai Xi Shi immediately stopped.

The bottom line, there is indeed a need for a bottom line, otherwise it will really be messed up before Shi Bin is talked about. So Shi Bin asked the opinions of the three to see what their bottom line was.

Jia Ling's bottom line was to give Lu Wende a maximum of 350,000 stone of grain and 5,000 people of equipment. Sai Xishi's bottom line is to give Lu Wende a maximum of 200,000 stone of food and 5,000 people's equipment. Xu Feng was also generous, his bottom line was to give Lu Wende 400,000 stone of food and 5,000 people with equipment.

In fact, it doesn't matter if the equipment is given, it doesn't matter if all the materials are given to Lu Wende, the key is in the food. 200,000 stone grain is less than 20% of the total, this is definitely not good, 400,000 stone grain makes Shi Bin a little painful, and 350,000 stone grain makes Shi Bin feel comfortable.

In the end, Shi Bin made a decision that satisfied all four of them: to give Lu Wende a maximum of 350,000 stone grain and 10,000 sets of equipment.

Since he said this, Shi Bin took Jia Ling and the three of them to the Yangzhou granary to meet Lu Wende.

I saw Shi Bin and his party from a distance, and seeing them with a smile on their faces, Lu Wende knew that the matter was done, and immediately greeted him to congratulate and thank him. Seeing Lu Wende and learning that not a single grain was transported from the granary, Shi Bin was also very happy and expressed his gratitude to Lu Wende.

After thanking him, he started to talk about business, and Lu Wende first asked which coarse grains were suitable. Shi Bin told Lu Wende the answer that had been discussed a long time ago. After listening, Lu Wende agreed with the plan.

"Brother Lu, now that we have the official document for the transfer of grain, and it also has the content that allows the transfer of military supplies, we can finally start doing things now." Shi Bin said with a smile, "How much military supplies do you think is appropriate for us to transfer?" Shi Bin asked.

Lu Wende quickly gave an answer: it is good to equip 30,000 soldiers. This answer coincided with Shi Bin's, which made Shi Bin very happy.

"Brother Shi, how can we transport such a large amount of food and materials back?" Lu Wende said, "This is too much, there are not tens of thousands of laborers, I am afraid that these things will not be shipped in a year." Big brother, I'm also worried that if the consumption is too big in this way, I'm afraid there won't be a few stones of grain left when I arrive at the destination. ”

"That's reasonable, so brother, I think it's best to take the waterway, and requisition all the ships to transport grain. Of course, forget about the small fishing boats. In this way, the distance will be cut in half, and the consumption will also be reduced by half, so it will be much better. Shi Bin said.

Although the waterway in the north is not developed, there is a Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal leading directly to the east of the river, so taking the waterway is also the most suitable and economical way.

"This road is definitely not peaceful, so much food is difficult to covet, so I'm afraid we have to transfer enough troops to come to protect it." Lu Wende proposed.

This is for sure, an ordinary ship can carry at least 100 stone of grain, and a large ship can even carry 1,000 stones. People die for money, birds die for food, and it is no wonder that such a huge amount of food is not coveted. As long as one boatload of grain is robbed, it is enough for those bandits and bandits to last a year.

"Then how does Brother Lu think the luck is appropriate?"

"I thought that it would be good to keep twenty or so soldiers on a ship carrying grain of two or three hundred stones, and seventy or eighty soldiers for a ship of six or seven hundred stones

The ships of a thousand stones will have at least two hundred people. And we have to give them a dead order: no love is allowed, and the first task is to transport food. If there is a loss of food because of the love war, you will be killed. After thinking about it, Lu Wende said very seriously.

Although he felt that the killing of the head was a bit cruel, but thinking of the food that was finally grinded into the survival of thousands of people, and the serious consequences that would be caused if it was destroyed, Shi Bin had to agree with Lu Wende's attitude.

Talking about this, Lu Wende suddenly spoke a little unsmoothly and began to stumble. As soon as he saw this, Shi Bin knew what Lu Wende was thinking, but Shi Bin didn't break it, just pretended not to know and waited for him to say it himself.

After a while, Lu Wende still didn't say a complete sentence, and his face was already ugly, as if he was complaining about why Shi Bin didn't know how to relieve himself.

teased Lu Wende, and when he saw that his face was not very good-looking, he knew that he should not tease again. Shi Bin immediately spoke: "Brother Lu, what do you want to say?" If you have anything to say, why should you and my brother be so angry? ”

"Brother Shi, Brother Lu has reaped a lot of benefits from you along the way, I am very grateful in my heart, and now I suddenly feel a lot of pressure."

Stressed? Shi Bin didn't understand this. So he gave Lu Wende a look and motioned for him to be clearer.

"It's really a question of how to divide the food. We didn't think anyone would get so much food, even though it was just miscellaneous grains. More than 100,000 or 200,000 stones are still easy to divide, five or five open, four or six open, even if three or seven are open, there are only so many things. But now it's 1.25 million stone grain, which makes Brother Lu feel a little unsure of what to do. Lu Wende smiled bitterly.

To be honest, Shi Bin actually didn't know what to do in his heart, but he had suppressed it in the previous conversation with Jia Ling and a few others. Because he knew how bad this feeling was, Shi Bin immediately gave Lu Wende a relieved smile.

"Brother Lu doesn't have to be too nervous, Xiaoling thinks that although there is a lot of food, it shouldn't affect the relationship between the two brothers, as long as we discuss it carefully, we will definitely be able to come up with a good plan." Jia Ling said generously.

These grains were obtained from Jia Ling's father, Jia Yidao, and now Jia Ling's words naturally made Lu Wende feel a lot more relaxed, and smiled at Jia Ling again and again to show his gratitude.

"I also think Sister Ling is right. We must discuss and discuss well, and we must not let you have a dislike and give those shameless villains a chance to stir up trouble. Sai Xi Shi said very seriously: "I hope Brother Lu realizes that we are dependent on each other." ”

I have to say that Sai Xishi is also a talker, and such a statement finally made Lu Wende completely let go of his worries and said what he thought in his heart. It turned out that he didn't want many refugees, but he wanted more food. But there are no specific requirements, everything depends on Shi Bin's will, and Shi Bin will give as much as he wants.

It is certain that Lu Wende had already brewed this idea when Shi Bin and the four of them went to Jia Nidao to do business, but he didn't say it at the beginning, which seemed too greedy. Knowing Lu Wende's general thoughts, Shi Bin also felt a lot more relaxed.

"May I ask Brother Lu, how many refugees do you want? The brother understands that those refugees are not easy to appease, so the eldest brother does not have to be like this. ”

"Brother Shi is really benevolent, then I'll say it directly." Lu Wende said with some embarrassment, "The area south of the Yangtze River is relatively rich, and there are not many exiled people, so if too many refugees pour in at once, I am afraid it will have a very bad impact there, so I don't want too many refugees." Fifteen thousand households at most. I want twenty-five, thirty, forty... No, it's just 350,000 stones! ”

only wants to take on less than half of the responsibility but wants to get close to one-third of the benefits, which makes Shi Bin a little unhappy, and they can't help but scold Lu Wende in their hearts. I can't figure out whether he is too real or too cunning, and he really says such a condition. But since I have already said that I want to talk openly, I can't be angry and have to talk about it.

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