The army was active in the north, conquering a large city like Luoyang, and seized countless gold and silver, but there was no food or other materials for gold and silver, and the gold and silver were no different from stones.

It is precisely because of this that the price of grain on the black market in Kaifeng Daying has reached more than ten taels per stone, but in the Jiangnan area it is only about three taels at most.

The army has money and Jiangnan has grain, but between the two, there is a lack of a trading bridge.

Of course, there is such a big price difference and huge profits to attract, there must be people who don't know about the second brother of the high school, who trade with the army through some channels, and what the second brother wants to do is to expand this channel, or build a channel by himself, to earn a huge price difference between the two, so as to quickly accumulate money and food.

If the second brother gets grain from the south at the price of three taels and one stone, and then sells it to Zhou Ronghua and his group at a price of about ten taels, and earns six or seven taels in the middle, then he can not only meet the expenses of his own people, but also make the business bigger and bigger, and the wealth will roll more and more.

Of course, if the scale of reselling becomes larger, the price of grain on the side of the army will inevitably fall, and the price of grain in the south of the Yangtze River will rise, which will gradually reduce the profits, but this is a problem that needs to be considered later.

Calculate the time, Gao Xinghao and Gao Yicheng have been gone for half a month, and they should be back soon.

The second brother gave them five hundred taels, even if he only sold it to Zhou Huarong at three times the price, then he could earn a thousand taels.

The reason why Gao Yihuan dared to pay the soldiers was to count on this way of making money, or the way to get rich.

"I'll deal with this matter, and before August, I'll give you a batch of money and food!" Thinking of this, the second brother said to Sun Yucheng: "Wen Zhan, you have to keep an eye on the dam now, and you must complete the water storage before sowing." ”

In this matter, Gao Yihuan did not intend to let the two Xiucai participate, although they helped the second brother deal with many things, but they were not their own people after all.

With their closeness to the Ming Dynasty, if they knew that the second brother was going to resell supplies between the Ming Dynasty and the Chuang army, maybe they would find out who was trading with the second brother and send a secret letter directly to the Ming Dynasty, and directly end the profiteers and gentry who sold grain to the Chuang army, cutting off the second brother's financial route.

Although Sun Yucheng is in charge of money and food, he is only in charge of what Luyi County has on the surface, as well as what the second brother allocated to him.

How much food does the second brother actually have, and how much food he receives from the camp, he doesn't know, and he doesn't understand, it's Gao Yihuan and Gao Xinghao who are in charge.

After Sun Yucheng reported, when he saw Gao Yihuan say this, he thought that he could still get money and food from the camp, so he didn't say anything more, so he immediately saluted and retired.

As soon as the others left, the second brother Gao was a little anxious, he told Gao Xinghao and Gao Yicheng to be careful, don't be like Gao Yicheng who has no news.

The two listened to him, whether it was successful or not, there should be news back.

Just as he was thinking, there was a sudden commotion outside, and the second brother looked up and saw several soldiers outside the hall gathered in a group and let out a few exclamations.

Gao Yihuan frowned, walked out of the lobby, and couldn't help shouting: "What's the matter, why are you making a lot of noise?" ”

"Second brother!" Zhao Zhuzi turned around and said in a hurry: "Come and see Yicheng!" ”

Yicheng! Gao Yihuan was taken aback, and hurriedly strode out, he pushed away the soldier and took a look, only to see Gao Yicheng, whose hair was scattered and his clothes were tattered, like a flower, was lying on Zhao Daxian's lap with a pale face, and was drinking water with a grunt.

"What's going on?" Gao Yihuan's heart sank, squatted down, and asked urgently: "Yicheng, how can this be?" ”

Gao Yicheng drank the water, breathed a sigh of relief, struggled to sit up, and cried with red and swollen eyes: "Second brother, we have caught someone else's way in Bozhou, and Brother Xinghao and other brothers have been arrested~Woo~"

These words made Gao Yihuan's face change, it was ugly if he didn't cry, he was counting on them to exchange the food back, and now it seems that the food is gone, and the people and silver are probably gone.

"Yicheng, you're fine, it's good to be back!" Although Gao Yihuan was bitter in his heart, at this time, he still had to comfort Gao Yicheng and figure out what was going on.

Second Brother Gao put his hands on his shoulders and shook them, comforting him, and when Gao Yicheng raised his head, he stared at Gao Yicheng and whispered, "Tell Second Brother what happened?" ”

Gao Yicheng was encouraged and calmed down a little, and then he spoke: "Second brother, after Brother Xinghao and I arrived in Bozhou, Brother Xinghao stayed outside the city, and I went into the city to find the rice store to buy grain, but the rice store heard that we were going to trade outside the city and doubted our identity, so he was unwilling to sell it to us." I had to stay in the city and look around, but I still couldn't find a way. That day, I decided to look for it one last time, but I met a person in the restaurant, who said that he was a big man in Bozhou, and he had grain in his hand, and asked us how much silver we had, and I told the truth. ”

"It's all because I believed that person, so I hurt everyone." Gao Yicheng said, with a look of remorse, "I saw that I searched in the city for many days, but I couldn't find anyone willing to sell grain, and I was anxious, and when I saw that the man said yes, I believed him." At that time, the man asked me to give him a deposit of 200 taels first, and then he would transport the grain out of the city, and I thought that 200 taels was too much, so I only promised to give 50 taels, and then agreed to pay the money in one hand and the grain in the other. Who knew that on the day of the transaction, when we went to pick up the grain, the turtle grandson actually ambushed dozens of people, not only robbed the silver, but also captured Brother Xinghao and all of them and gave them to the government~"

After hearing this, Gao Yihuan understood that it was a local tyrant in Bozhou, who not only robbed him of his silver, arrested his brother, but also sent his brother to the government.

It's not even a fucking robbery of silver, but he still has to send someone to see an official, it's really too damn too moral, too unruly, and too unqualified.

The second brother couldn't help but be furious in his heart, he really couldn't swallow this breath.

This is not only a matter of Xinghao and others being arrested, but also the capital chain of the second brother Gao is broken, so that he has no money and is about to go bankrupt, and his team will collapse next month, so that he may become Jia Yueting in the Ming Dynasty and start a business to fail.

"Yicheng, when you were buying grain in Bozhou, did you notice the situation of the officials and soldiers in Bozhou?" The second brother asked in a deep voice.

Gao Yicheng was slightly stunned when he heard this, thought for a while, and said: "There seem to be four hundred households in the city, and there should be four bureaus, about more than four hundred." ”

Bozhou is called a state, but it is actually a county in Fengyang Prefecture, and Tongluyi is an administrative level, and the second brother Gao heard that there were more than 400 officers and soldiers, and his neck couldn't help but shrink.

He was very annoyed just now, and he was going to let the small city of Bozhou know the consequences of angering him, but as soon as he heard that there were 400 officers and soldiers, the second brother immediately became a little cowardly.

Although he has more than 700 people, there are only more than 300 soldiers after all, which makes the second brother unsure. However, the second brother must take back this silver and people, otherwise he will run out of money and food next month.

At this time, the second brother was silent for a while, suddenly stood up, and said to Zhao Daxian: "Daxian, you immediately go to Yongcheng and find Liu Heizi, and say that there is a business to do." He has a lot of connections in the army, you ask him to find a few other lieutenants, at least three hundred elite soldiers, we will meet at the confluence of the Whirlpool and the Mashang River on August 1, and then fight Bozhou together, the capture in the city is six or four points, you ask him if he comes~"