"What? A stone of grain is sold for three taels of silver? Wei Dayong said angrily: "Why don't you go and rob it?" ”

Early the next morning, Yang Qi found the secretary in the army and asked for the address of the military household in his team, and asked Lao Qi for help with four carriages, so he went to the rice store to sell grain.

"I said this military master, you are old and extinguish the fire, this is already discounted for the sake of you are the border army of the imperial court, otherwise I will sell a stone of grain for three taels and five dollars of silver!" The shopkeeper of Mi Xing said in embarrassment: "If you come a month earlier, it will still be two taels of silver, but the bulk of the grain has been purchased by the government, which has caused the current grain prices to soar." ”

The weights and measures of the Ming Dynasty are somewhat complicated, and there is a big difference between modern measurements, Yang Qi also has some understanding of this, but it is not very clear, now I look at this bag of grain, I tried the weight on my shoulder, almost in about one hundred and twenty catties, more than one hundred and twenty catties of grain are sold for three taels and five dollars of silver, which is indeed a very high price, you must know that one stone of grain in the Taiping year will be sold for one or two silver, and it will be better in good years, but such a price only appeared in the early Ming Dynasty, and now the shopkeeper is willing to discount, It seems that it is indeed for the sake of these soldiers and men who are working hard for the country.

"Alright." Yang Qi stood up and patted Wei Dayong's shoulder and said understandingly: "Don't embarrass him, it's not easy to be a good person this year." ”

"Shopkeeper, I'm going to buy fifteen stone of grain, can you send a few guys to follow us and help us transport the grain?" Yang Qi turned to the shopkeeper of Mi Xing and said.

"Oh, Master Jun is really a big customer, no problem, no problem." After the shopkeeper of Mi Xing finished speaking, he waved his hand, and four guys standing behind him stepped forward to stand by.

"Shopkeeper, I want to ask, where can I buy eggs?" Yang Qi walked all the way and didn't see anyone selling eggs again.

"This is easy to do, go out and turn right, and see the intersection is turning left, and there are eggs selling on that street." The shopkeeper said directly.

"Thank you!" After Yang Qi paid the silver taels, he took two grooms to buy eggs with him.

Inside the back hall of the rice line.

"Young Master! I have sold them as you commanded them. "The person who spoke was the shopkeeper of Mi Xing just now.

"Hmm." The person who was called the young master was none other than Wang Zhenshan, and he nodded with satisfaction and waved his hand and said, "Go, follow." He hacked Lao Tzu so much money, it turned out to be just a dog next to Li Mingwei, I want to see what the hell he wants to do when he buys so much food! After saying that, he grabbed it out first, and then followed by the six big men.

"Boss, how much do eggs cost?" Yang Qi asked casually, pointing to a basket of eggs.

"Oh, Master Jun, you can torture the little old man, where is the boss of the little old man?" The old man who sold eggs said hurriedly.

"Don't worry, how do you sell these eggs?" Yang Qi waved his hand and asked.

"Master Jun, this egg is only one hundred and twenty lines a catty!" The old man said with some joy and embarrassment, he has been here all morning, there is no patron who comes to ask the price, if he doesn't pay today, there will be no rice in the pot at home, but finally a patron came, and there were still a few military masters, I couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, I don't know if it was a blessing or a curse next.

"What? So expensive? Wei Dayong said urgently.

"Huh?" Yang Qi was a little puzzled, but he still believed in his brother very much, so he glared and shouted: "Uncle, you dare to deceive me?" But look at me and so young and easy to bully? ”

"Oops!" The old man hurriedly knelt down on the ground and kowtowed and said: "Master Jun, Master Jun, have you wronged the little old man, now that the war has been raging for many years, how many times has the price of food increased?" This egg is a rare thing, how can it not rise? ”

"Huh?" Yang Qi pondered slightly: "What's the matter? The second half of the sentence is for Wei Dayong.

"I remember when I was a child, my mother took me out to buy eggs, and it was only fifty lines." The more Wei Dayong spoke, the quieter he became, and then he realized that time flies, his mother is no longer in the world, and this egg may not be able to go back to the past, thinking of this, Wei Dayong's eyes are a little red, and he whispers in his mouth: "Mother!" ”

"Alas~!" Yang Qi sighed, patted his brothers, all of whom were hard-working people, and hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man up and said, "Uncle, I'm sorry, it's me who is reckless." ”

"Oh, military master, I'm really flattered, old man." The old man hurriedly spoke.

"In that case." Yang Qi calculated how many eggs he could sell for the silver taels in his hand, he used up forty-five taels to buy grain just now, and now there are five taels, he plans to take another two taels, that is, two thousand lines to buy eggs, according to one hundred and twenty-five lines, he can just buy sixteen catties of eggs, and after making up his mind, he said: "Uncle, weigh me sixteen catties of eggs, just two taels of silver." After saying that, he handed the silver to the old man.

The old man took the two taels of scattered silver, and said with a tremor in his hand: "Master Jun, I have lived for so many years, and today is the first time I have met such a benevolent and righteous military master as you, how about I lose some capital today?" Count you for a hundred pounds, and sell you for twenty pounds for two taels of silver! "What he said is indeed the truth, there are very few soldiers in this world who go out to buy things, and even if there are, most of them are forced to buy, where will they give you money? In fact, he also made up his mind just now, if he can't move his son out, he will think that it will be a little thin, even if he doesn't, he has to keep his eggs no matter what today, and his daughter-in-law is still pregnant and waiting for rice to be put in the pot at home.

"I can't do it, I can't help it!" Yang Qi waved his hand again and again and said: "It's not easy for you to do some business, as a court army, it is to serve the people, where can I take a little more from the people?" ”

"Master Jun!" When the old man heard this, he suddenly knelt on the ground and said with tears on his face: "Little Lao'er's child is a soldier in the army, and I am also a military household, where have you met such a compassionate Shangguan in these years?" You have to accept these eggs today no matter what, even if it is a military household such as us, do your best for the imperial court! ”

"Good!" Yang Qi couldn't bear it in his heart, he was moved to tears by the old man's behavior, he helped the old man up again, and said in a promise: "We will go to the battlefield to fight the Tartars in the near future, if I have a life to survive, I will definitely send someone to you to buy eggs for many years!" ”

"Good!" The old man patted Yang Qi's shoulder twice and said, "A word is a certainty." He didn't say much, because he knew that when he returned home, he would definitely make an immortal tablet for this young little flag officer, and worship it every day, such a good officer, I believe that God will also bless him.

"Huh? I didn't expect him to be such a person? Wang Zhenshan quietly watched what Yang Qi had done on the sidelines.

By the time I finished buying the eggs and rushed back to the rice shop, the grain had already been filled.

"Flag officer, no problem!" One of the grooms walked up to Yang Qi and reported.

"Well, let's go!" Yang Qi nodded and said.

Yang Qi and his entourage drove the carriage out of Anding County and walked towards Xiajiashu Village, while Wang Zhenshan and others fell far behind Yang Qi.