Just when the potato harvest was abundant, and Lu Shi finally stopped running for the stomachs of the people, and was complacent, Chen Ce jumped out and seriously warned Lu Shi that the grain was cheap and hurt the peasants.

This made Lu Shi very puzzled and unconvinced, how could Lu Shi know the details when he was nesting in the cave all day? So, I was going to give myself a day off to see what was going on, why did the grain hurt the peasants, and even if it was a private interview, who else in this base didn't know him? Fortunately, my reputation is not bad, and everyone treats each other sincerely, so it is not a problem to ask some practical questions.

Just walked out of the cave to stretch his waist and comfort his stiff muscles and bones, Boss Zheng rushed over with a sad face, and when he saw Lu Shi from a distance, he cried and mourned: "King Chuang is so leisurely, and I don't know, our misery?" ”

Lu Shi hurriedly withdrew his half-stretched waist, and stepped forward with a smile to greet the big boss who was connected inside and outside the base.

"Brother Zheng didn't seem to have slept well yesterday, get up so early, come on, sit here."

Lu Shi hurriedly took his sleeve and carefully cleaned it on the stone bench in the courtyard, and asked Brother Zheng Hongda to sit down. At the same time, I looked around, hoping to see the two children of the Zhang family appearing beside me, so that I could wait for some tea. However, the result was very disappointing, because I knew that the teacher no longer taught today, and there was no official business, and the two children ran to school before dawn and played with their classmates.

So, Lu Shi sneered and asked Boss Zheng to sit down, fortunately, it was already May, the stone bench was not cold, the most important thing was that the peasants got up early, and the market under the cave was already bustling with people.

Zheng Hongda has become a merchant who does not use a pass in the base area, and is also a figure that must not be missing in the base area, after several "arms" transactions with the base area, Zheng Hongda simply handed over to his subordinates as long as it is not an important matter, and he is stationed in Huluyu, and does not treat himself as an outsider, and sometimes he can express some of his own suggestions at the evening and Lu Shiyao Cave off-topic meeting, one is to supervise the delivery quantity and quality of Lu Shi's saber and gun, and also to supervise the production of small agricultural machinery and implements in the base area. As long as there is one shortcoming, Zheng Hongda is definitely anxious with Lu Shi. At the same time, keep an eye on the needs of the base at any time, so as to order the shopkeeper's procurement at any time, in fact, it is an old brand of business agency.

However, there is something that has recently made Boss Zheng cry bitterly, because, at present, the demand for materials in the base area, especially daily necessities and salt that cannot be directly produced, as well as gunpowder raw materials, is increasing, and the export of arms and small agricultural machinery cannot keep up with the situation. So what's left with barter? There are only potatoes left.

But for the sake of his own hope, in order to support Lu Shi's base area, Boss Zheng still transported a car and a team of materials into the base area, in exchange, there was no market at all, or potatoes that were not worth anything at all, and they were shipped out, and the dignitaries did not eat them at all, and they were not worth much to sell to the people, and they were not enough for freight.

Don't mention potatoes, it's not just Boss Zheng's head hurt, it's the people in the base, now when it comes to potatoes, their heads hurt, although, the mothers-in-law of each family have tried their best to make potatoes three times a day, but how do you do it are potatoes? Now, whoever you talk to about potatoes is anxious with you, especially this thing, when the temperature is high, it will sprout and can't be put away, and there are already many people in the entire base area who have been poisoned because of eating sprouted potatoes.

Potatoes have changed from a good thing that everyone loves to something that everyone fears, so everyone looks at the omnipotent King Chuang.

Sitting in front of the stone table, but put his clean hands on his legs, the edge of the stone table was made black by those men, Lu Shi didn't care, but Zheng Hongda, who was originally a rich man, really couldn't be contaminated.

"King Chuang, I came today mainly to inquire about something." Zheng Hongda cautiously poked his head out and whispered.

It's not the core of this group, it's just a guest, but it's not good to casually inquire about other people's core secrets, although, sometimes, Zheng Hongda can't understand that he is a good citizen of the court or an accomplice of this thief, but some duties that should be guarded still have to be kept.

Lu Shi laughed, put his hands down on the table, and said to Zheng Hongda: "Old brother is polite, to be honest, this base can have today, your old brother has half of the credit, if it weren't for you colluding inside and outside, then some of our urgently needed materials wouldn't worry us to death?" Therefore, the well-being of hundreds of thousands of people in this base area is actually also due to your elder brother Zheng Hongda. ”

When he said this, Lu Shi twisted his head to the south, looked at the bustling market under the dam of the cave courtyard, and the people who had no vegetables, and said happily: "Actually, if it weren't for your brother Zheng who purchased potato seeds for us, and gave almost impermanently, you look at these people below." Lu Shiyi pointed to the bazaar, "How many people can be so strong and healthy?" Then he turned his head and bowed lightly to Zheng Hongda, who was already full of red light: "Ten thousand Buddhas, your old brother deserves it." ”

When Zheng Hongda heard Lu Shi's words, he just smiled bitterly and arched his hand, and then said helplessly: "Ten thousand Buddhas? I'm almost begging. As he spoke, he was used to being on the table, wanting to drink some tea to suppress the shock, but he copied it empty, and he couldn't help blushing.

In this base area, Zheng Hongda actually has a few Xiao Si waiting, and he is better off than others, but every time he sees King Chuang, he sends them away far away.

Drinking tea, although even the soldiers in the base area drank it according to Lu Shi's requirements, and the drinks were all inferior Mao tea, but even so, if it wasn't for his own collusion and trafficking supply, it would not be able to be supplied, fortunately, the Ming Dynasty suddenly announced the ban on sea trade, which made the price of tea in the south plummet, or at the request of Lu Shi, a loser, the balance of the arms trade would almost become tea.

However, Zheng Hongda also admired the five-body throw, since listening to Lu Shi's advice, to the south, and the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, who was entangled with the rebellion of luxury, said that after a month of trial, the general (military unit) who was supplied with tea like a master, not only did not have a sores epidemic (sepsis), but also began to brighten his eyes at night, and a month later he was able to take the initiative to sneak attack the rebels at night, and achieved a lot of results, which made the battlefield of the rebels at night, slowly reversed. Since the beginning is flat.

I really don't understand, how did Lu Shi know that drinking tea for those soldiers could solve such a big thing? However, with this trade requirement of his Lu Shi, now, he doesn't know what to trade with the base area.

At this time, the third aunt came over, held a teapot, poured tea for the two brothers with a smile, and then left politely, and the two brothers quickly stood up and saluted the back of the third aunt.

"King Chuang, I heard that you gave yourself a holiday today, and then you want to make a private visit to Weifu to observe the people's feelings, right?" Sitting down again, Zheng Hongda asked solemnly.

Lu Shi was stunned, how could his own affairs spread so quickly? Besides, it's the same as the ancient emperors, what kind of micro-service private visit, you go and see, as long as you get out of this courtyard dam and walk on the road, then who doesn't know yourself? is also a private interview, which is simply a redundant move.

So Lu Shi laughed self-deprecatingly and said: "What kind of private service, it's just that I sit in the cave and am ruthless, I want to go out for a walk, catch up with the market, and take a look at the suffering of the people by the way."

Saying this, it is definitely to find a tall reason for yourself, in fact, it is a reason, in this cave, looking out of the wide open doors and windows, from time to time I see a fiery red figure in the market, under his own cave, not leaving for a long time, but as long as he is in a hurry to go out, the fiery figure will immediately be hugged by a group of sisters and mothers-in-law and disappear, leaving only bursts of laughter like silver bells.

This is the first day of the fifth month, there are still six days before the day of their marriage, according to the regulations, they can't meet Chunlan anyway, the girl who thinks about them day and night, the original marriage was in March, and now it has been more than two months, why don't you worry about it?

It just so happened that he took this opportunity to meet his sweetheart at the bazaar, to see if she was thin or fat, happy or sad, and asked if his dowry was in line with his wishes. Regarding the people's feelings, about what Chen Ce said about the cheap grain hurting the peasants, he really didn't take it to heart, the cheap grain hurting the peasants? I haven't heard of it, so it can only be attributed to Chen Ce's fuss.

Thinking of this, thinking of seeing Chunlan soon, Lu Shi's eyes became confused, and a happy silly smile slowly appeared on his face.

When Zheng Hongda saw it, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, he was a person from the past, how could he not know what the connotation was in that special smile? But this can't be disturbed, once disturbed, it is the most annoying, although the old saying has the Son of Heaven who is angry and ambushes the corpse for a hundred miles, this Lu Shi's heart is not able to appear so tyrannical in any case, but it really provokes the little boy who falls in love, yes, it is a boy, and that inexplicable complaint is indispensable, so he can only wait helplessly. Even if this wait is absurd.

Looking at the king who was actually still a child, Zheng Hongda couldn't help but feel distressed, a child of his own age, still studying in a private school, is simply not diligent, but this king has already shouldered the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, and can he share it for him, is this too much?

At this time, the third aunt saw that something was wrong, came out with her little feet, knocked Lu Shi's head "fiercely", and scolded with a pitiful smile: "What's the use of thinking, don't hurry up to the market, maybe I'll see your Chunlan." ”

Lu Shi was beaten, and immediately woke up, scratching his head shyly, smiling and not knowing what to say.

Zheng Hongda stood up as if he didn't know what it was, and said with a smile that he didn't care: "Since the king is rushing to the market, then my old brother will also accompany him for a walk, maybe he can also encounter some stories in the market, and he can also make a conversation in front of the old brothers in the future." ”

So, in the laughter and scolding of the third aunt, the two walked down the steps of the courtyard dam together and blended into the bustling market crowd.