Anyi Weijia out-of-town manor

This is one of the several manors of the Anyi Wei family outside the city of Anyi, and at this time, in the lobby of the main house in the manor, Wei Gu, who is nearly forty years old and has a high crown and wide robe, is standing in the hall, pacing leisurely and calmly, slowly thinking about the things in his heart.

After Wei Gu died of illness in his father the year before last, he began to take over the affairs of the Wei family in Anyi, although he has taken over the affairs of the Wei family for less than two years, but all the housework is well organized, and the Wei family was originally in Hedong County, so although the court is unstable and the state and county are turbulent, the power of the Wei family in Anyi has not been lost much because of war and military disasters, but there is a faint trend of prosperity.

What Wei Gu was thinking about in the lobby now was related to the person who was going to visit him next.

A few days ago, a businessman named Liu Zigao found several rice shops of the Wei family in Anyi City, so as to follow the vine and touch the melon, and the people of the Wei family got in touch, if it was an ordinary businessman, Wei Gu would naturally not take this matter to heart, but this businessman named Liu Zigao was really unusual, so Wei Gu did not come forward in person.

This businessman named Liu Zigao, he wants to buy the grain at one time in 10,000 stones, and there are plans to buy follow-up, now the price of grain in the Han Empire is rising, the grain in Guanzhong, some time ago with the influx of a large number of people who moved the capital, it is comparable to the sky-high price, and the situation in Hedong is slightly better, but the military affairs are undecided, and the price of grain is still high.

Of course, in the end, it was because of the power behind the businessman Liu Zigao that attracted Wei Gu to come forward in person.

The one who wanted to buy a large amount of grain from the Wei family, or half bought and half borrowed, turned out to be Yan Yanming, a captain who had been in the limelight recently, fighting against the White Wave thieves in the northeast of Hebei, and had made many military exploits.

The name of this Dangkou lieutenant, since he rushed to help Hedong, has been constantly passed into Wei Gu's ears, and what Wei Gu attaches the most importance to is, of course, his grievance entanglement with the surname Fan in Hedong, this person, he killed Fan Yong, the chief of Shoujiangyi, and also killed the two Simas surnamed Fan who were placed in the soldiers of Hedong County.

Now that this fierce god is going to buy a large amount of grain from the Wei family, as the head of the Wei family, the things that Wei Gu needs to consider are naturally not as simple as tens of thousands of stone grains, so the two sides finally agreed to meet in this manor of the Wei family outside Anyi City to talk about many things about this transaction.

"The head of the house, the guest has arrived outside the village!"

"Okay, please invite the other three principals to the hall, and then bring the guests here."

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Yan Xing left the four personal soldiers in the courtyard of the first entrance to take care of the horses, and he himself took Liu Qiao and Zhou Liang, followed the Wei family slaves who led the way, through the corridor and the wall gate, to the main hall of the second entrance of the Wei family manor.

Different from the dock fort established by the Yan family on the borderland, the Wei family's manor is not like the dock fort of the Yan family, which has a simple and heavy feeling, high walls and deep ravines, and the defense of the dock fort is the first priority. Instead, it has the rich atmosphere of the hinterland of the Central Plains and the appearance of Zhenzhi's family business, from the neatly planted mulberry and elm trees, to the rows of houses, plus the tenants of Geyi who work hard and the slaves and maids of brocade clothes who run back and forth, constitute the overall style of the Weijia Manor.

Along the way, after Yan Xing had a full view of the Wei family's manor, he slowly stepped on the steps and walked towards the lobby of the Wei family's main mansion.

At this time, Wei Gu had already brought the three heads of the Wei family to the door of the lobby to wait, and when he saw the three Yan Xing people dressed in simple clothes, he smiled, stepped forward to salute, and said in a loud voice:

"The captain is here, and he can't meet him from afar, forgive his sins!"

"Wei Jun is polite, Yan is here for private matters, the guest is as he pleases, there is no need to be polite!"

"Okay, then, Yan Jun, please!"

"Please!"

After Wei Gu made a gesture of please, he should first take everyone into the hall, and everyone sat down in the guest of honor, and after the maid served the honey water, the host and guest tasted the honey water and said a few words of greeting, which led to the main topic.

Wei Gu sat on the throne and asked:

"Yan Jun's intention to come here is definitely a little known, but it is about raising food for the military affairs in the northeast border of Hedong!"

"Yan is indeed here for this matter, the state affairs are difficult, the white waves are rampant, everywhere he goes, the cities are ruined, and the soldiers in various places have been fighting for many years, the treasury is also exhausted, and the military supplies at the front are insufficient. I have heard for a long time that your family is rich, generous and righteous, so I came to visit your family to discuss the purchase of funds and loans for food! ”

Since he was originally asking for help, Yan Xing didn't intend to play tricks, his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and after explaining his coming to Wei Gu straight to the point, he quietly waited for Wei Gu's next words.

Wei Gu didn't expect Yan Xing to be so frank and frank, he smiled awkwardly before he continued:

"As far as Gu knows, Yan Jun came this time, but he was afraid that the county government and Niu Zhonglang would be there, and he didn't know about it."

Yan Xing nodded, and did not evade.

"As you said, this time I came here because I have a private request for you!"

During the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of the former Han Dynasty, Zhou Yafu was ordered to lead the army to quell the rebellion, and the military resources of the Liehou Fengjun were insufficient, and they could only borrow from the "Ziqian family" in Chang'an.

The Anyi Wei family has deep roots in Hedong, and the children of the family not only have many officials in the county government and county temples, but also the Wei family has purchased pastoral houses in various parts of Hedong, and also indirectly intervenes in the production and trade of salt and iron in Hedong.

Yan Xing is now like those feudal lords who borrowed money, and he had to borrow grain from the Wei family, the largest "Ziqian family" in Hedong, to supplement the shortage of military food.

In the face of Yan Xing's frank words, although Wei Gu, who was sitting on the top throne, was still smiling, but his smile had become a little unnatural, and the tentative wording he had originally thought of became useless at this time, fortunately, before Yan Xing and the others came, he had already passed the anger with the other three invited clan leaders, and now Wei Gu is not good to speak directly, and the next words will be handed over to them.

Wei Gu glanced at one of the principals, and the principal immediately understood, he cleared his throat, and began to say to Yan Xing and the others:

"Since Yan Jun has come in person, then I won't hide it from you, this grain is not for us to sell, but the quantity is too large, and the clan can't gather it for a while——"

The details of the Wei family, Liu Qiao, who is in charge of contacting the Wei family, has been inquiring about it these days, and when he saw that the head of the Wei family wanted to shirk it in such a clumsy way, he immediately answered and interrupted the lie of the director.

"Anyi's surname, the family is rich, with Wei and Fan families as the master, your family's purchase of land in Hedong has been attached to the acres of land under your family's door, not to mention thousands of hectares, and since the Baibo Rebellion, Anyi families are competing to hoard grain, and now your family is not saying that it is tens of thousands of stone grain, and more than 100,000 stone of grain is not a problem for your family!"

After the lie of the head of the Wei family was exposed by Liu Qiao, who knew some of the details of the Wei family, his face was red and white for a while, but the lie that he pretended to shirk could not be continued, and the other head of the Wei family saw this, and quickly took over the conversation, and he said with ill intentions in his mouth:

"Let you laugh, although there is a little surplus grain among the contempt tribes, but you also know that now the Quartet is not fighting, and the price of grain is also high, if it is sold at market prices, although you can lend a part of it, but the rest of the part, I am afraid that you can not afford it at the moment!"

Although the price of grain in Hedong is not as sky-high as the price of grain before Guanzhong, it is also not cheap, and now one stone of grain is also fluctuating between 500 to 1,000 yuan, and the cheapest price is 2,500 gold in terms of 50,000 stone of grain, and this generous amount of money is indeed not something that Yan Xing can take out directly.

However, Liu Qiao had already discussed with Yan Xing before, he smiled and said calmly:

"This is a bad statement, although the price of grain is high, but if it is delivered in batches, half of the purchase, half of the loan, we can still afford the price of your family, as for the borrowed grain, Jiangyi, Linfen are also already rushing to plant corn, beans, when the autumn harvest, we can also pay it back!"

Listening to Liu Qiao's calm words, the ill-intentioned Wei family leader couldn't go on, Wei Gu saw that Yan Xing and the others were obviously prepared, relying solely on these principals to use some ordinary tricks, it was indeed difficult to achieve the original goal, at this time he had to go out in person, laughed, and said:

"Yan Jun smiled, if it was just a matter of food, although my Wei family had a meager fortune, but Yan Jun opened his mouth, that is, a matter of one sentence, it is really a matter of borrowing grain, at this time, the stakes are very important, so the contempt clan has to be cautious!"

"I want to hear about it!"

Just now, after Yan Xing allowed Liu Qiao to expose the lies of the Wei family's principal, and resolved the difficulties of the Wei family's principal, when he saw that Wei Gu finally went out to negotiate in person, he also slowly spoke, putting on a deaf and deferential posture.

Seeing this, Wei Gu suppressed his smile and coughed, and the third head of the Wei family was present, and after saluting Yan Xing and everyone respectfully, he began to speak:

"Gentlemen, among the contempt clans, although there is a little surplus grain, but now not only the northeast border of the river is raging, but also the south of Hedong County, the soldiers and horses of the Kwantung Prefecture County have also captured Luoyang, coercing Shaanxi County and other places, the grain in various places is priceless, and the families in Anyi have a little surplus grain, and they all hoard grain for the need from time to time.

"What's more, the Wei family and the Fan family have a lot of contacts, and they still need to rely on the Fan family for help in some trade matters, but Yan Jun, you also know the matter between the Fan family and the Jun, if the Contempt clan makes a rash move, the bad relationship with the Fan family is small, and it will affect the matter of Yan Jun, I am afraid that it will be too late to regret it!"

In addition to spitting out bitterness, the third head of the Wei family also pulled out the matter of Yan Xing's bad relationship with the Fan family in Anyi, and after Yan Xing patiently listened to the bitterness thrown by the head of the Wei family, he also nodded, as if he agreed with his words.

Today's matter, before Yan Xing came, he had already expected that the matter of Shangjia was originally a matter of sitting on the ground and bargaining, even if it was a big surname of the Wei family, when it came to the interests of his own family, it was also a matter of pounds and baht, but Wei Gu was hindered by his family's surname status and did not personally go out to bargain.

Wei Gu and the others were unwilling and ambiguous from the beginning, just to occupy an advantage and even a dominant position in the next bargaining, and now, it is time to see the intentions of Wei Gu and the others.

Yan Xing raised his eyebrows and looked at Wei Gu.

"If your family can use food to help the soldiers and civilians in Jiangyi and Linfen, Yan is very grateful, if Wei Jun has what he needs, he may as well say it bluntly, Yan will be honest!" 19