Shen Chongming nodded with a smile, but he didn't agree clearly, and continued to instruct Brother Erdan: "Go, prepare a good banquet on the two tables." Bayi Chinese ???.?" After that, he turned his head and said, "How many people, why don't you stay and get to know each other?" ”

"Lord Shen, don't worry, do you think it's okay to have four hundred wen and one stone?" The grain merchants are about to cry, and everyone knows what the meaning of the question sentence is.

"Hehe, what's so embarrassing, I can't let you lose so much." Shen Chongming looked embarrassed, people who didn't know the specific situation could really be blinded by him.

At this time, who would still believe this, the grain merchant hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "My lord, you must not refuse, this is a little heart for the victims of the disaster." Although the other people were also distressed to death, they still responded one after another.

"Oh, since you insist so much, then this official will thank you on behalf of the affected people." Shen Chongming stood up very politely, with a smile on his face, looking like a good person.

Everyone also hurriedly got up, and the leader said, "Lord Shen is polite, it should be, these are what we should do." After a pause, he asked an important question: "By the way, Lord Shen, I don't know how much you need, so let's go back to the quasi-book." ”

"Of course, the more the merrier." Shen Chongming said casually, he wanted to scare everyone, if the food hoarded in his hands was served by him, the loss would be serious.

"But the official only has 300,000 taels of silver on hand, so he can only buy so much." Shen Chongming said with a look of remorse, as if he felt that he had too little silver in his hand.

As soon as they heard this amount, everyone was really relieved, and looked at each other excitedly, and the meaning in each other's eyes was all understood, this amount is exactly what everyone needs now, as long as there is this silver, the silver borrowed from the rich man in the countryside can be repaid!

"Lord Shen, according to 400 wen and one stone, these 300,000 taels can buy 750,000 stone of grain, and we will give each person some more to make up enough for you to get 800,000 stones, what do you think?" Without the consent of the big guy, the leader directly made this promise.

Shen Chongming's eyes lit up, and he smiled again: "Thank you so much, your kindness today, hundreds of thousands of disaster victims will definitely remember it forever." ”

There was another burst of false politeness, and a group of grain merchants politely refused Shen Daqincha's kind invitation, and walked out of the Qincha with a smile on their faces.

"I said, the price has been pressed to 400 wen and 1 stone, why do you casually donate 50,000 stones?" He hadn't gone far before a grain merchant changed his face and stopped in front of the leader and shouted.

The rest of the people were also criticizing, the original loss was miserable enough, and they thought that in the end, they would have to post 50,000 stones in vain, and now the loss is even more miserable!

"Hmph, rat-eyed man!" The leader replied with a disdainful face, and quickly explained the reason when everyone was stunned and didn't react. This person is red-eyed, and when he reacts, he can't just smoke himself, you have to know who cares about what identity is not when he is angry.

"I said, everyone, since you've already bowed your head, why don't you just lower it a little more? Tell me, haven't you figured out what Shen Qincha meant? Let me tell you, people have decided to eat us, and 400 yuan a stone is the price they want! Don't think that if we sell it to the government for 400 yuan, he will appreciate it, and he will no longer give some benefits, and we will be able to bear it when we go back! When he said this, the leading grain merchant spat and flew, and everyone who was bluffing was stunned, and all the anger in his heart was tossed into question.

"Tell everyone, what does this Lord Shen mean?" Everyone looked at him in amazement and asked.

Relieved, the leading grain merchant turned his head to look around, although there were no people, it was not good if he was heard on the street. "Let's go, find a place to talk to you."

After finding an elegant teahouse, a group of grain merchants sat in the private room and whispered together. "Think about it, it's not easy for us to offend this time, the political secretary and the yamen have sent people to urge us to open for business several times, but we have refused to go back. The best thing about these officials is the word face, let's do this, but we don't give anyone face at all. ”

took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and the leading grain merchant looked at the other people and looked at him waiting for a solution, and his heart was very satisfied, "There used to be that damn Hu Yingjia in front of him." I'm not afraid that the yamen will settle accounts for us after the autumn. But now no one knows whether Hu Yingjia is dead or alive, do you think the political secretary and the yamen will let us go? ”

"No, it won't." Everyone shook their heads in response, and their hearts couldn't help but worry. Yes, a few days ago, I was just thinking about when I would pay off the debt with the food in my hand, and I thought about such a thing. The government didn't dare to blatantly raid the family and exterminate the clan, but relying on the power in their hands to make some stumbling blocks, it was enough for the big guy to drink a pot.

"That's it." The leader spread his hands and said, then said with a smile: "So what we have to do now is to hug another thigh, so that the government will not trouble us again." This Shen Qincha is not simple, didn't the big guy see that the Qin Cha was in and out of Jinyiwei? This shows that they are Jinyiwei's people, and now they have brought down Hu Yingjia's house, which shows how deep their roots are in the capital. ”

Everyone smacked their tongues for a while, but they forgot about this stubble. Who does you want to know who Hu Yingjia is, the big guy is very clear, that is the person of Ouyang Jingzhi, the imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the official worships the three products, and even the two political envoys of the political secretary have to meet and salute, and Shen Chongming, who can bring him down, is afraid that it is even more powerful.

"Brother, what about Takami. Now that the 50,000 stone grain is being sent out, presumably Lord Shen must have a good impression of us, and as long as he says a word from the old man, presumably the political secretary and the yamen will not trouble us anymore. A grain merchant looked at the leader with admiration on his face and said.

The lead grain merchant smirked, "That's it." Come, let's replace wine with tea, let's celebrate one! ”

"My lord, the 300,000 taels of silver were used by us to build the embankment, and now that you have bought grain in one go, how can the embankment be built?" Brother Erdan said with a sad face.

"Hehe, don't panic when you have food in your hands these days, food is more effective than silver." Shen Chongming said with a nonchalant face.

"Huh?" Brother Erdan's face was full of bitterness, "My lord, we just sealed nearly 1.2 million stone of grain from Hu Yingjia's old dog a few days ago, and you have bought 800,000 stone today, and the sum of 2 million stone is not counting the grain stored in the grain depots in various places." There is so much food, and the victims can't eat it all, so maybe you can also support the stall and become a grain merchant at that time. ”

"Well, Erdan, you kid is a bit insightful. If it's 500 yuan a stone, we can also sell these 2 million stones for 1 million taels of silver. Throw away the million stones needed by the victims, we can still get 500,000 taels of silver in the end, and you will have 10,000 taels by then!" Shen Chongming continued, not shocking, and endlessly.

As soon as these words came out, they frightened Brother Erdan, "Don't, my subordinates don't dare to ask for it, even if the court doesn't clean us up, we will be poked to death by the common people." ”

"Hahaha, it seems that our second egg is a good official who works for the benefit of the people." Shen Chongming laughed, and then said: "You calculate carefully, how much silver Hu Yingjia has embezzled, and how much is the 300,000 taels we put in?" And how much silver is these two million stone grain worth at the market price of 500 wen? ”

The specific accounts are clear, and he buried his fingers in the calculations for a while, then raised his head and said: "My lord, the silver of the imperial court is seven hundred and thirty thousand taels, and the grain is worth one million taels. ”

"That's it, the imperial court bought grain worth one million taels for 730,000 taels, do you think this deal is going to be successful?" Shen Chongming was full of smiles, this time he really made a lot of money.

Brother Erdan also gradually came back to his senses, slapped his forehead and smiled: "It's worth it, it's really worth it!" But my lord, where did the extra 270,000 taels come from? ”

"Hehe, part of it is the price difference that the grain merchants in Henan gave up this time, and the other part is the part that Hu Yingjia borrowed from the rich people. But this is his business, we don't have to pay this debt, if you want to blame it, you can blame the rich people who saw the money. Coupled with the 120,000 taels of silver donated by Zhejiang merchants this time, the silver of the imperial court increased by nearly 400,000 taels in a blink of an eye. Shen Chongming said beautifully, when this number is reported to the emperor, he old man will have to reward himself in the capital for a set of houses, and at the end of the year, he will go back to get married, and in a blink of an eye, there will be four daughters-in-law, and the small courtyard is really unbearable.

"400,000 taels?" Ma Erdan looked incredulous, but still gave a thumbs up to the horse, "My lord, you are too powerful." ”

After doing all the things, Shen Chongming didn't stay too much in Kaifeng, and returned to Ningling County in a hurry with Brother Erdan, Chen Xiao and the others.

"Zixi, I'm back." The first thing he did when he entered the inn, Shen Chongming trotted up to the second floor and knocked on Zhao Ziqian's door, he hadn't seen him for more than ten days, and he almost wanted to die.

The door opened, and Zhao Ziqian's somewhat emaciated face appeared in front of Shen Chongming, "Chongming, you're back." As he spoke, he barely managed to squeeze out a smile on his face.

The joy of saying goodbye made Shen Chongming's mind a little dizzy, and he didn't notice this at all, and suddenly picked up Zhao Ziqian and walked in. With both hands in trouble, he stretched out his legs and closed the door.

A long kiss until his tongue was a little numb. Holding Zhao Ziqian's pretty face full of blush, "Ziqian, I miss you." ”

was a simple sentence, but it made Zhao Ziqian laugh from the bottom of her heart, "Chongming, people miss you too." With that, he buried his head in the crook of Shen Chongming's arm.

For a long time, just as Shen Chongming, who was in the warmth, was enjoying this comfort, Zhao Ziqian suddenly said softly: "Chongming, if one day you lie to me, will you blame me?" ”

Shen Chongming was stunned, but he didn't think much about it, after all, girls always like to be cranky and want to ask some inexplicable questions. "No, if that day happens, I'm sure you'll have to do it."

"Chongming, you're so nice." Whispering, two lines of tears slipped out of his eyes. Without these grievances and grievances, I really want to be with him until I grow old.