Chapter Twenty-Six: Sending Charcoal in the Snow

As soon as Li Hongyi took two sips of tea, Li Hongtong came in with a person dressed as a businessman. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info Maybe it's from the north, this man is wearing thick clothes, and he doesn't look hot at all.

Fuzhou is close to the south, even if it is winter, it is not cold, and when winter comes, adding a long coat is enough to survive the winter. This person's dress inevitably made Li Hongyi sneer in his heart, very disdainful, whether it is a northerner, afraid of the cold,

After the person came in, seeing Li Hongyi squinting his eyes and not speaking, he hurriedly took two steps forward and said, "Villain Fei Yan, I have seen the king." ā€

Li Hongyi waved his hand, sneered, and said, "I'm not a king, and now I'm just a festival envoy in Fuzhou." Li Hongyi nominally defected to Wu Yue and was appointed as a festival envoy and a waiter.

Fei Yan hurriedly arched his hand and said, "It's the villain who is rude." ā€

Li Hongyi sat down with a big grin, looked leisurely, and asked, "Fei Yan, what is the matter with you coming to Fuzhou?" That's knowingly asking.

Fei Yan said with a smile: "Fei Yan is just a businessman, and when he came to Fuzhou, he naturally wanted to do business. Li Jiedu was in charge of the military and political power in Fuzhou, and Fei Yan came to meet Li Jiedu to ask for convenience. ā€

"Well said, well said." Li Hongyi smiled, as if he didn't care, in fact, Li Hongyi was very short of food, but he couldn't make a very lacking appearance, after all, the identity of this Fei Yan was still uncertain, who knew if he was the enemy's secret agent? Ever since he had yin against Cha Wenhui, the Tang people had been trying to rescue him, and Li Hongyi had to guard against it.

Seeing Li Hongyi's attitude, Fei Yan was a little uncertain, and after hesitating slightly, he glanced at Li Hongtong and took two steps. These two steps made Li Hongyi vigilant, could it be that this person was an assassin? Li Hongyi clenched his fists and was ready to go, but at this moment, Fei Yan's hand shook, and two gold cakes fell from his cuffs.

Fei Yan put the gold cake on the table with a smile on his face, pushed it in front of Li Hongyi, and said with a smile: "Li Jiedu, the villain came in a hurry, these two gold cakes are the filial piety of the villain, and I hope Li Jiedu will accept it with a smile." ā€

Li Hongyi narrowed his eyes, he naturally liked money, especially Huang Cancan's golden cakes, which made him even more excited, but Li Hongyi did not relax his vigilance because of this. At this time, he needed to make a look of eagerness, Li Hongyi coughed, quietly put away the golden cake, and then asked: "Speaking of which, Fuzhou has been in war for many years, and it is necessary for businessmen like you to restore Fuzhou's economy." Don't know how much food you brought? ā€

Fei Yan's eyes lit up, and Li Hongyi had already loosened his mouth, which meant that there was a play, and he was busy saying: "Li Jiedu rest assured, the food brought by the villain is enough for hundreds of thousands of stones, which can be eaten by the army for half a year." ā€

Li Hongyi's heart was moved, food is more important to him than gold and jewelry, a person, first to meet the basic food and clothing, in order to have time to think about other things, the so-called food and clothing ****, is exactly this meaning. No matter how much money there is, there is no food, this group of rebellious soldiers will rebel sooner or later, and Li Hongyi has to guard against it, so he needs this batch of food very much.

Li Hongtong was a little breathless, he didn't understand what his brother meant? Immediately hurriedly said: "Big brother, this batch of grain is very important, let's buy it quickly." ā€

Li Hongyi glanced at his younger brother with some annoyance, but he didn't vent it, and there was still no expression on his face, as if he hadn't heard Li Hongtong's words. Li Hongtong retreated in disgust, he knew that he had said the wrong thing again.

Fei Yan had a smile on his face, and guessed a few points in his heart, but he didn't say it.

Li Hongyi coughed twice and said: "You are from Shu, Shu is thousands of miles away from Fuzhou, and it is not easy to transport this grain." Li Hongyi was testing to see how Fei Yan answered, and at the same time, he also wanted to know if this person was reliable or not, and who he was.

When Fei Yan heard this, he couldn't help sighing and said, "Li Jiedu, in this troubled world, it's not easy to do some business." As he spoke, he said the things along the way with a bitter face.

Along the way, not only was it difficult in Shu, but also in Nanping, Chu, Datang and other places, it was extremely heavily exploited, and the tariffs were extremely high along the way. Fei Yan also spent a lot of money to open up all aspects of the joints, so he worked hard all the way here.

When Fei Yan spoke, his eyes were rolling, and his voice was full of grievances, like a widow. Li Hongyi guessed that he felt that Fei Yan was very likely to be a businessman, and now he was talking like this, just to raise the price of grain.

Li Hongyi knows that the Shu Kingdom has always been peaceful, since the Meng clan established the Shu Kingdom, the Shu Kingdom has not experienced much war, and the Kingdom of Tianfu is not a false rumor, so even if Fei Yan paid a lot of money to open up the joints, it is certain that he is still profitable.

Businessmen, the most important thing is profit, Fei Yan came to Fuzhou, how could he do a loss-making business?

Li Hongyi deliberately groaned, and when Fei Yan finished speaking, he sighed and said: "In today's troubled times, it's not easy to do some business, this batch of grain will be taken over." ā€

When Fei Yan heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, arched his hand, and said, "Thank you so much Li Jiedu." This price is naturally extremely favorable. ā€

The corners of Li Hongyi's mouth curled slightly, and he said, "It's hard work all the way, and I don't know if Brother Fei will be able to deliver food in the future?" ā€

Fei Yan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said: "Li Jiedu rest assured, Shu lacks everything, that is, there is no shortage of food." As long as Li Jiedu needs it, I can deliver food. It's just that you need to make dots along the way, and it takes some more time, and when Li Jiedu needs it, he needs to tell the villain half a month in advance. ā€

Li Hongyi pursed his lips, Fei Yan said it soundly, but in fact, he was trying to find a way to raise the price. Even if Fei Yan is preferential, it is also compared with the grain price in Fuzhou, and the two families in Fuzhou are not one or two times worse than Shudi, but at least dozens of times, so that Fei Yan can make a profit. However, the two of them have their own needs, so Li Hongyi thinks there is nothing wrong with it. Thinking of this, he nodded and said, "This is nature." Since Brother Fei is working hard, Ben will vacate a few shops for Brother Fei to sell rice. ā€

What Li Hongyi bought was military rations, as for those ordinary people, how could Li Hongyi have so much energy to take care of them? When Fei Yan came, it was impossible not to make money, and there was a great profit from selling grain to the people, so Li Hongyi asked Fei Yan to make this money, so that the price of Li Hongyi's purchase of grain could be lowered.

As for what the consequences are, Li Hongyi can't control it for the time being, and now even if he digs up meat to mend sores, he can only do so. Alas, just take it one step at a time.

Li Hongyi immediately said that he needed to buy 300,000 stone of grain, and the two discussed the issue of grain for a while, one was eager to make a profit, the other was anxious to get grain, and soon reached an agreement, which was a win-win result, Li Hongyi was very satisfied, and Fei Yan was also very satisfied.

Fei Yan immediately said that he would entertain Li Hongyi and Li Hongtong in the largest restaurant in Fuzhou City.

Li Hongyi thought about it, and also intended to win over Fei Yan, even if he agreed, and sent someone to call his brother Li Hongtong.

Li Hongtong came in a hurry, and knowing what his brother meant by calling him, he immediately went to order fifty henchmen to protect the safety of the two. Speaking of which, although Fuzhou City is Li Hongyi's force, more than 100 miles outside the city, Wu Yueguo sent Bao Xiurang, a general, to lead 5,000 troops, saying that he was assisting Li Hongyi in defending the city, but in fact, it had the intention of surveillance. Although these 5,000 people are not much, they are like a nail, nailed to Li Hongyi's heart, but now the relationship with Wu Yueguo is acceptable, and both sides are very tacitly stationed in their respective areas, and they have not crossed the thunder pond for half a step.

A group of people out of the house, mighty, the people in the city saw it, busy dodging, such a posture, at a glance is the festival made out, in this Fuzhou City, he is the emperor, he is the king, who dares to provoke the people? That's really impatient.

Fei Yan rode on a horse, looking left and right, only to see that most of the people in the city had vegetables, which was obviously caused by the long-term lack of food, coupled with the war in Fuzhou, the food was very limited. In particular, although Cha Wenhui was defeated, since he took office, he has continuously sent troops to attack Fuzhou, sabotage Fuzhou's production, and even sent people to burn down farmland during the autumn harvest, which made Li Hongyi hate Cha Wenhui very much, otherwise he would not have designed it like this and caught Cha Wenhui.

Li Hongyi squinted his eyes and followed behind Fei Yan, expressionless on the surface, but actually secretly observed Fei Yan's every move, although there was a general communication about the food, Li Hongyi was still not at ease.

When the group walked for half a pillar of incense, Li Hongyi suddenly reined in the war horse, and said with a smile: "Brother Fei, as the saying goes, don't panic when you have food in your hand, it's better to drive Brother Fei first and take me to see the grain." "I said it halfway just now, but he actually ignored this, where is Fei Yan's food? If it was transported into the city, he could not have known about it, so he asked.

Fei Yan shook his head and said, "Li Jiedu, it's not that the villain doesn't take you to see the grain, but the grain is on the boat, and the ships are on the Minjiang River." ā€

The Min River is the largest river in Fuzhou, and it is it that has created the estuary city of Fuzhou, which is surrounded by mountains and many hills, and water transportation is the most convenient mode of transportation. The Min River passes through the city and flows into the sea in the east, making the Minjiang River so convenient that it has become the largest water transport hub in Fuzhou.

Fei Yan used water transportation to transport grain, which Li Hongyi could understand. The grain was placed on the boat on the Minjiang River, and Li Hongyi only frowned slightly, so he could know that Fei Yan was cautious, but then again, I am afraid that he could not believe his own meaning, for fear that Li Hongyi would forcibly take the grain. After all, Shu and Fuzhou are far away from each other, so what can they do if they take away his grain? Could it be that Shu can pass through Nanping, Chu, and Tang to attack Fuzhou?

However, although Li Hongyi is not a businessman, he also knows that doing long-term business with Fei Yan will be of great benefit to him, so although he is a little dissatisfied in his heart, Li Hongyi still smiled and said: "It turns out that in the Minjiang River, Brother Fei, don't worry, I will send soldiers to escort the grain tomorrow." ā€

Fei Yan smiled and said, "Li Jiedu, rest assured, there will be no problem with this batch of grain." With this batch of grain, Li Jiedu is naturally strong and strong, so he can compete in the world and dominate the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River. ā€

Li Hongyi knew that Fei Yan was polite, after all, with his strength, if he wanted to dominate Jiangnan, he was simply dreaming, but everyone loved to listen to good words, Li Hongyi immediately laughed a few times, waved his hand and signaled to move on. (To be continued.) )