As soon as Zhang Hai finished speaking, a quarrel suddenly sounded behind him. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The two looked back, and the two guests in the corner of the house had an argument for some reason.

A man in Tsing Yi in his 30s shouted: "Let me tell you Wen Laosi, we are sitting here to talk to you for the sake of your family's face, don't count it in your own heart." ”

A young man in his 20s opposite said: "What are you anxious about, I didn't say anything about it, and I will tell you if I have news in a few days." ”

The man in green clothes slapped the table: "How many days will it be?" Taking people's money and eliminating disasters is a principle that three-year-old children understand. Since you have taken our money, you will do things for us. It didn't work out, and of course the money had to be returned. Don't think that you are Wen Ge's family, so we don't dare to touch you. ”

"Second brother, second brother, why are you in a hurry again?" The young man named Wen Laosi began to speak softly, "Didn't I have an emergency a few days ago, don't worry, it's on me." ”

"Wrapped around you?" The man in Tsing Yi sat down indignantly, "Wen Laosi, we won't let you do that anymore." We'll find someone else, but I'll give you three days, and I'll send it back for a few cents. ”

"Second brother, you, aren't you forcing me?"

"Forcing you?" The man in Tsing Yi smiled, "Can you pay back the silver without forcing you?" Tell you, Wen Ge can't afford to mess with us, but you? ”

After speaking, the man in green clothes stood up and stretched out three fingers at Wen Laosi: "Three days, just three days." ”

"Little two." The man in Tsing Yi shouted again, "He will pay for this table." ”

After the man in Tsing Yi finished speaking, he left the wine shop, Wen Laosi raised his fist at the back of the man in Tsing Yi, but sat down helplessly on the chair.

Seeing this, Xu Lang beckoned the shopkeeper over: "Little second brother, the account of that table is ours, and we will pay for him." ”

"Okay." The shopkeeper looked at Xu Lang a little strangely, but he didn't ask anything, and turned around to get busy.

Zhang Hai asked, "Xu Lang, why do we pay the money for him?" Do you know who he is? ”

"Of course I do." Xu Lang took a glass of wine, "Didn't you hear just now, Wen Tiren's family." ”

"Wen Tiren? Who is Wen Tiren? ”

Xu Lang nodded at Zhang Hai: "The current cabinet chief." ”

"What kind of official is the first assistant of the cabinet?" Zhang Hai didn't understand yet.

"It's the Prime Minister." Xu Lang almost didn't shout.

"Oh, that's the money to pay for him." Zhang Hai finally understood.

Wen Laosi sat in a daze for a while, and drank all the wine in front of him: "Little Er, settle the account." ”

The shopkeeper came over: "Master, someone has paid for your table." ”

"Paid?" Wen Laosi was very strange, "Who paid for it?" ”

"It's the two guest officers over there." The shopkeeper pointed at Xu Lang and Zhang Hai.

Wen Laosi looked up, Xu Lang was holding a wine glass and smiling at Wen Laosi.

Wen Laosi stood up slowly, walked in front of Xu Lang, and clasped his hands into fists: "This son, you and I have never known each other, I don't know why the son wants to pay for this meal for me?" ”

Xu Lang stood up and replied, "Since I have never known all my life, I want to make you a friend, that's all." ”

Wen Laosi smiled lightly: "Dare to ask where the son is an official?" Or does Childe want to come to the capital to get an official position? ”

"Huh." Xu Lang smiled, "Brother Ren is too worried. Zai Xia is neither an official, nor does he want to seek an official, but he just wants to make friends. ”

"Oh?" Wen Laosi asked, "If Childe has something to say, please say it directly, why does Childe want to make friends with me?" ”

"It's true." Xu Lang made a gesture to sit down, "It's not a Ming person, it's an overseas businessman." ”

"Really?" Wen Laosi was not polite, and sat down on Xu Lang's side, "I don't know where the prince is and what kind of business he does?" ”

Xu Lang smiled and said: "People in Xia Annan are engaged in grain trading. ”

Wen Laosi glanced at Xu Lang and Zhang Hai a few times: "I don't think the two of you are from Annan." ”

"Fourth Brother Wen has good eyesight." Xu Lang replied, "Our ancestral home is in GD Qiongzhou Mansion, but I moved to Annan with my father when I was young, so I call myself an Annan person. ”

"How do you know my first name?" After Wen Laosi finished speaking, he immediately understood, and what he just said must have been heard by these two people.

"You go about your business, I still have something to do, thank you for this drink." Wen Laosi got up to leave after speaking.

"Fourth Brother Wen is slow." Xu Lang grabbed Wen Laosi's sleeve, "Fourth Brother Wen is for the silver, right?" ”

Wen Laosi stood still and didn't move: "What can you do even if you know?" Can you still help me pay back the money? ”

"I wonder how much silver Fourth Brother Wen owes that person?"

"What, you really want to help me out?" Wen Laosi's eyes rolled, "It's not a lot, 200 taels." ”

Xu Lang smiled: "How about paying it back for Fourth Brother Wen in the future?" ”

Wen Laosi sat down, and his tone was much soothed: "It's useless, but I don't know why the two of you have to pay back the silver for me." ”

"Naturally, there is something to ask for," Xu Lang shouted at the shopkeeper after speaking, "Little second brother, I'm tired of filling in the double bowl and chopsticks." ”

The shopkeeper brought over a set of dishes and chopsticks, and Wen Laosi was not polite, so he picked it up and took a bite of food: "Two, if you need my help, just say." ”

"It's not a big deal." Xu Lang filled Wen Laosi with wine, "Recently, I heard that SD is short of food, and I have a batch of food that I want to transport to SD, I wonder if Fourth Brother Wen can help with this little favor?" ”

Wen Laosi looked at Xu Lang a little strangely: "Since SD is short of food, you have food, and you have food, so why do you want me to help?" ”

"Fourth Brother Wen." Xu Lang pretended to be embarrassed, "The SD war has just subsided, Lord Chen is checking very closely, and there are many checkpoints along the way, so I am still bothered that Fourth Brother Wen can help with this little favor." ”

Wen Laosi thought for a while: "Also, the traitor Kong Youde abandoned the city and fled, and lowered the Tartars, and the current SD is indeed very strict." ”

Xu Lang pretended to be casual: "Did Kong Youde really lower the tartar?" ”

"You don't know." Wen Laosi looked smug, "I tell you, it's true. Lushun fell, and the people who ran back from Lushun said that it seemed that Kong Youde took Huang Taiji to fight Lushun. ”

"Lushun has also fallen?" Xu Lang was surprised and asked, "When is it, isn't it even more unsafe at sea?" ”

"Just last month, Lushun was captured on the tenth day of the first lunar month." Wen Laosi said disdainfully, "Huanglong committed suicide." As for the sea affairs, I can't help, at most I can find someone to clear up the relationship for you, but it may not work out. ”

"Thank you, Fourth Brother Wen." Xu Lang took out 20 taels of gold from the package, "Fourth Brother Wen will collect these gold first, and then thank you after the matter is completed." ”

After saying goodbye to Wen Laosi, Xu Lang and Zhang Hai found an inn to live in, Zhang Hai couldn't wait to ask: "You really gave that Wen Laosi money, aren't you afraid that he will deceive us?" We can't find him. ”

"Zhang Hai, you let me be quiet first." Xu Lang sat down and stopped talking.

After a while, Zhang Hai couldn't help it: "What do you think, what's wrong with you these days, you always think silently alone." ”

"It's really weird." Xu Lang seemed to answer Zhang Hai, and seemed to be talking to himself, "In the original history, Kong Youde did not want to defect to the Manchus immediately after withdrawing his troops, but wanted to occupy a few islands. However, Huanglong blocked Kong Youde and severely injured Kong Youde, so Kong Youde held a grudge, surrendered Manchuria, and encouraged Huang Taiji to attack Lushun. But according to Wen Laosi's statement, Kong Youde's Dengzhou, which was evacuated on the first day of the first month, defeated Lushun on the tenth day of the first month, so he must have made an appointment with Huang Taiji a long time ago, and I am afraid that he also knew that Huanglong would stop him, but why is this? How could he know so clearly? ”

"Where the do I know where to go." Zhang Hai smiled, "Why don't I help you ask Kong Youde?" ”

Three days later, Xu Lang and Zhang Hai met Wen Laosi again in the wine shop they had made.

"It's what you need." Wen Laosi threw an official document to Xu Lang, "It took me a lot of effort to get this thing." ”

"Fourth Brother Wen has worked hard." Xu Lang opened the official document. This is an approval document from the Ministry of War, to the effect that the Ministry of War has bought a batch of military rations and sent them to all localities along the SD to be released, but the grain payment must be paid by the SD.

"Sensei, I can't fake it." Wen Laosi poured himself a cup of tea, "The relationship between the military department I entrusted spent a lot of silver. ”

"It's just Fourth Brother Wen." Xu Lang read the approval and asked, "SD paid us food, in case Lord Chen doesn't pay for it, then what should we do?" ”

"You can't find me." Wen Laosi said, "I only promised to help you get the approval to go to SD, as for the food and money, you have to figure it out yourself." ”

"Fourth Brother Wen." Zhang Hai was a little anxious on the side, "We don't know anyone in SD, how can we figure out a way?" ”

"Then I can't take care of it." Wen Laosi stretched out his hand, "There are still 10 taels of gold, let's clear them both." ”

Xu Lang didn't say anything more, and took out 10 taels of gold: "Thank you Fourth Brother Wen this time, if you have any difficulties in the future, you will need Fourth Brother Wen's help." ”

"Well said." Wen Laosi took the gold and smiled, "If there is anything to come to me, in this BJ City, there is nothing that I Wen Laosi can't do." ”

Xu Lang and Zhang Hai went around BJ for a few more days, estimating that TJ's side should have almost prepared the food, and the two of them returned to the contact point of TJ in the Second General Affairs Department.

During the days when Xu Lang went to BJ, the people from the Second General Affairs Department traveled all over TJ Wei and bought back more than 160,000 catties of grain, which had not yet had time to be shipped out. Xu Lang hired a few boats and sent people to escort 140,000 catties of grain back to Nanpu, and he and Zhang Hai took two soldiers of the Marine Company to carry 20,000 catties of grain to Dengzhou.

With the approval of the Ministry of War, the road was quite smooth, and Xu Lang and Zhang Hai commanded the grain ship to enter Dengzhou City.

The entire city of Dengzhou was devastated, and the civilians could not be seen except for the army defending the city.

Xu Lang watched the soldiers in Dengzhou finish unloading the grain, and walked over to the officer who commanded the unloading with a smile on his face: "This lord, which adult do you think we have settled the payment with?" ”

The officer was a hundred households, and when he heard Xu Lang ask him this, he smiled: "I don't know about this." Didn't the people from the military department tell you who to go to? ”

"I really don't want to give the any money." Xu Lang scolded secretly in his heart, and took out another 5 taels of silver, "My lord, you can make it convenient and give me some advice, this boat of grain will cost 1,000 taels of silver." ”

The hundred households took Xu Lang's silver: "It's not that I don't help you, the instructions above just let me receive the grain, as for who you ask for the grain, the above didn't tell me." By the way, how did you come by yourself, didn't anyone follow the military department? ”

"The adults of the military department said that as long as we arrive in Dengzhou, someone will naturally come to pick up and pay for the goods." Xu Lang made up a nonsense temporarily, "So they didn't come together." ”

The hundred households thought for a while: "That's it, you wait here for a while, and I'll go and ask." ”

"Thank you, sir."

After about half an hour, the hundred households came back: "Count your luck, my family's soldiers are here, you should go and see him quickly." ”

Xu Lang and Zhang Hai followed the hundred households into a mansion. In the palace, a person wearing a four-grade official uniform was sitting on the Taishi chair.

Xu Lang and Zhang Haihai clasped their fists in front of each other and saluted: "The grass people see the adults." ”

The official looked at Xu Lang and Zhang Hai, and asked with some dissatisfaction: "You are the ones who came to deliver military rations?" ”

"Lord Hui, it's down there."

"Who told you to come and ask us for money?"