Chapter 72: Greeting the Victims
Gao Yihuan discussed with Zhou Ronghua for a while, and Zhou Ronghua decided to eat Gao Yihuan's 3,000 stone of grain at a price of 20 taels per stone.
This price is already six times the price of grain in Jiangnan, which can be said to be very terrifying, but compared to Kaifeng City, this grain price is still low.
Originally, Zhou Ronghua only needed about twelve taels to eat the second brother's batch of grain, but he leaked the bottom before and told the second brother that the Kaifeng camp was short of food, and he couldn't get food for twenty taels, so he could only use this price this time.
As long as Gao Yihuan really has a channel to buy grain from Jiangnan, then the three thousand stones are just the beginning, and the cooperation behind is the big one, it doesn't matter if he lets Gao Yihuan taste some sweetness, there will be a lot of opportunities to earn it back in the future.
Zhou Ronghua was only in charge of the brigade before, and now although he has been promoted to captain, he can still only be regarded as a middle-level figure in the army.
In the past, the transaction between him and Gao Yihuan could only be regarded as a petty fight, but this time it was different.
Three thousand stone of grain, and a continuous channel for grain delivery, this is already out of his ability, and it is also a huge opportunity for him.
After Zhou Ronghua had a preliminary discussion with Gao Yihuan, he learned that Gao Yihuan would not leave in the near future, so he hurriedly agreed to see him again tomorrow, and then left with an excited face, looking for someone who could call the shots, discussing how to eat this batch of grain, and how to continue trading in the future.
At this time, as long as the second brother waits for Zhou Ronghua to give an exact answer, the goal of his trip to Kaifeng will be achieved.
The army captured Luoyang, and the gains were more than 10 million, as long as the second brother Gao got a dime, it was enough for him to solve many problems.
After the two agreed, Gao Yihuan went directly into the Zhongquan camp, and after he and Li Yan talked all night last time, Li Yan gave him the privilege of entering the camp.
A few months passed, and the layout of the Zhongquan camp did not change, and after a short time, Gao Yihuan arrived near Li Yan's big tent, and there were many small tents around it, all of which were places for staff to live and work.
Gao Yihuan walked to the old man's office and said a few words to the soldiers guarding outside, and one of the soldiers lifted the curtain and went in to report.
The tent was like a small office area, Li Yan was sitting in front of a desk in the middle to review documents, there were several small tables opposite him, and Gao Zurong and a few staff members were sitting, burying their heads in official business.
At this time, the soldier walked in, went to Gao Zurong's side, and whispered a few words, Gao Zurong stood up when he heard the words, and was about to go out to see Gao Yihuan, Li Yan, who was dealing with official business in front, just raised his head and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Gao, what's the matter?"
Gao Zurong was about to get up and go out, when he heard the words, he turned around and saluted: "General Huiyu, the kid is here, the old man wants to see him."
When Li Yan heard that Gao Yihuan was coming, he hurriedly put down the brush in his hand, stood up with some surprise, and said with a smile: "Oh, where is Yihuan coming?" Let him go to the big tent, I'm just going to talk to him! ”
Gao Zurong didn't expect Li Yan to be interested in Gao Yihuan, since Li Yan wanted to see him, then he could only let Li Yan see him first.
Gao Yihuan was led to Li Yan's big tent by the soldiers, and not long after, Li Yan and Gao Zurong, who were dressed in Taoist clothes and scarves, came in one after another.
"Righteous joy! You did a good job in Guide Mansion, I heard General System talk about you, you put your ideas into practice and influence General System, I am very pleased~" As soon as Li Yan entered the account and saw Gao Yihuan, he said with some joy.
Gao Yihuan didn't expect Li Guo to come over, so he hurriedly got up and arched his hand: "See General Li for your humble position!" Then he saluted the old man and said, "Dad~"
Li Yan didn't treat Gao Yihuan as an outsider, and directly pointed to the seat on the side, "Yihuan, you sit down first, I have something to ask you." ”
Gao Yihuan came to see his father, but he didn't expect Li Yan to stick a bar, and when he saw Li Yan so enthusiastic, he could only salute and say, "Thank you, General." ”
As soon as Li Yan waited for him and Gao Zurong to sit down, he asked a little eagerly: "Yihuan, you have been in Luyi for some days, how is the situation in Luyi now!" ”
Li Yan wanted to transform the Chuang army, but there had been no progress, so he wanted to know how Gao Yihuan was doing in Luyi.
If Gao Yihuan made obvious results in Luyi, he could use this as an example to persuade Li Zicheng to effectively govern Henan and stop killing.
"After returning to Luyi, after arriving in Luyi, he first posted Wen Anmin, so that the soldiers did not commit any crimes, and then persuaded the local squires to contribute money and efforts to build water conservancy, and build dams in the whirlpool to irrigate the fields on both sides, I believe that as long as the wheat is ripe next year, Luyi will be restored." Gao Yihuan did not mention the matter of fighting Bozhou and getting a large amount of money and food to expand his strength.
Seeing that he was so vague, Li Yan finished explaining in a few words, and continued to ask: "How can the squires be willing to pay for food?" There are also new water conservancy projects, barrage and dam construction, which cost a lot, how do you raise manpower and material resources? ”
Gao Yihuan had no choice but to clench his fists and said: "General Hui, building a dam is beneficial to the people of Luyi, I sent two students to go around the villages, discuss with the elders of the squire, mobilize the villagers, and build them together." In order to get them involved, I first asked people to measure the fields along the whirlpool, and then promised the people that after the dam was built, the fields along the whirlpool would be rented to them at a low price, and they were naturally tempted, and for the squires, the lowly government promised to reduce taxes for them, and promised to give them water to irrigate their fields after the dam was built, which would also benefit them, so they were willing to provide some food. ”
Li Yan nodded while listening, "When you went to Luyi, you didn't have much food in your hands, but you can use the fields to turn them into money and food in your hands, this idea is very good~"
Li Yan was praising Gao Yihuan, but at this time, a general suddenly lifted the curtain and came in, saluted Li Yan and said: "General Li, the king has an urgent order, and orders General Li to quickly move the camp to a high place with the army!"
"Why move to higher ground?" Li Yan didn't expect that Li Zicheng would suddenly give such a clueless order, which made him a little puzzled.
The general hugged his fists and said: "Back to General Li, King Chuang learned that Gao Mingheng in Kaifeng City wanted to decide Zhujiazhaikou and lead the Yellow River to irrigate us, so he decided to strike first and irrigate Kaifeng with water." Now that King Chuang has sent someone to break the Yellow River, General Li should move to the high ground with the army. ”
"What, King Chuang wants to decide the Yellow River?" Li Yan's face turned pale for a while, his heart seemed to be beaten, and his voice trembled: "What about the millions of living beings in Kaifeng Mansion~"
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