Danyang County Administration, Wanling County.

Lu Su followed Yuan Yao to Wanling, but when Yuan Yao went to Jing County, Lu Su stayed because he had other important matters.

The county administration office will generally choose a more affluent, convenient transportation place, Wanling is in the middle of Danyang County, a water crosses the border, irrigated more than 200,000 acres of cultivated land, nearly half of which are high-yield fertile land, and most of these nearly half of the fertile land is now in the hands of a family, this is the current Wanling Ling Concubine Lan is located in the concubine's family.

Lu Su's purpose in coming to Wanling was to visit the concubine's family, for his family's food.

According to the grain output of the concubine's family, if the five-layer tenant rent is collected, the annual income is equivalent to the total amount of the entire poll tax in Danyang County. According to the county system of the Han Dynasty, it is already considered a rich country.

When Zhang Ying came with a large army, Wanling ordered Concubine Lan not to even close the city gate, so it was considered a demotion. According to Lu Su's current identity, it should be that Concubine Lan came to visit Lu Su, but Lu Su did not do this, but after sending Yuan Yao away, he personally visited the concubine's house.

Lu Su and the concubine family are old friends, whether it is to help Sun Ce build momentum before, or the source of goods for his own grain merchant business, it is related to the Wanling concubine family.

However, contrary to his current status, Lu Su had to beg for a concubine to buy tens of thousands of grains from his family's granary, which shows the important position of grain in the hearts of the family.

Now Yuan Yao handed over the establishment of the grain bank to Lu Su, and he needed a lot of grain as start-up capital, so he had to use some personal connections, which could be regarded as asking someone to do something, so he didn't trust it, but chose to lower his posture and post a visit as a private person.

When he heard that Lu Su was visiting, he opened the middle door and went out to greet him personally, regardless of his attitude towards Lu Su, a grain merchant who suddenly counterattacked and became a big official, but the etiquette and rules still had to be observed.

After the two were polite, Lu Su was invited into the mansion......

"Lu Zhonglang, please take a seat!" Walking into the lobby, Yu Lan pointed to the position of the main lord in the hall, and politely gave way to Lu Suqian.

Seeing this, Lu Su did not choose to take the lead, but politely said: "Concubine Lingjun is polite, the person who came today is only Lu Zijing, the old friend of Lingjun, and there is nothing Lu Zhonglang." ”

"Hahaha!" Yan Lan suddenly laughed and said, "Brother Zijing is still as sincere as ever, I really didn't see the wrong person." In this way, Brother Zijing, don't call me any Lingjun, they are all their own family, just call me the head of the concubine family as usual. ”

Saying that, he walked to the main seat and sat down, then looked up and saw that Lu Su was still standing there, and pretended to be surprised and pointed to the guest seat: "Brother Zijing, why is he still not seated." ”

Lu Su smiled, didn't react, made another gesture, and said "thank you" before sitting down.

Seeing Lu Su's reaction like this, not only did she not relax, but her eyes narrowed, and her face became more cautious.

It can be said that it is very rude to put up the shelf of the head of the family in front of Lu Su, even if it is an old friend, it is not suitable, and the two are just friends of interests.

But he did it for a reason.

Yu Lan felt that he had just surrendered and was in a sensitive period, and Lu Su lowered his body to visit him like this, he must have come to the door without anything.

The lower Lu Su's posture is, the more tricky it proves that things are, so his blind humility and concession will definitely make Lu Su inch in, and before he understands anything, it is better to put up a shelf to block it first.

Therefore, when Yan Lan saw that Lu Su didn't mind in the face of his rude behavior, not only did he not feel uncomfortable, but he became even more worried.

"Brother Zijing has been really lucky recently, and he has soared, but he has become the Zhonglang general of the Zhengdong General in the middle of the month, which is really gratifying......"

When she said this, she suddenly slapped her forehead, as if she suddenly remembered something, and said, "Oh, by the way, how is the Sun family lately?" Is he about to be promoted as a lieutenant? ”

"General Sun is indeed about to be promoted, and I believe that it won't be long before the word 'general' will live up to its name."

Lu Su said here, and directly changed the topic, "However, although I came here today in a private capacity, I was entrusted by General Zhengdong. ”

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Fei Lan originally wanted to get Sun Ce out and pull the skin, but she didn't think that Lu Su was so direct, so she had to reluctantly smile and say: "Oh, since it's a matter of General Zhengdong, please ask Brother Zijing to come quickly." ”

Lu Su nodded and said: "My lord, General Gong Zhengdong, feels that the army consumes a lot of grain and grass, so he plans to open grain stores in various counties of Danyang County to support the storage and retrieval of grain without consumption, and can provide free and loss-free storage business for private grain storage.

For this reason, General Zhengdong hopes to be able to benefit from the families in various counties, and all the families who store grain in the grain store can not only enjoy the benefits of non-destructive storage, but also enjoy the 'profit from storing grain'.

Those who keep grain in the grain bank for a fixed period of one year can get one cent of interest; two years and two cents; Three-point interest for three years.

The temporary 3 points are also the highest cap interest.

In addition, those who have the first batch of grain in stock of more than 50,000 hundreds, and regularly exceed one year, can be appointed as a county officer or county lieutenant level official of the county;

Those who have more than 100,000 grains in stock and regularly exceed two years can be appointed as the county magistrate of small and medium-sized counties;

Those who have stored more than 200,000 grains and regularly exceeded three years can be appointed as the county magistrate of the county;

Those who have the largest amount of grain in stock, but not less than 50,000 grains, can also have the right to designate the chief officer of the county's grain bank to be responsible for keeping the grain stored and related functions, so there is no need to worry about the loss of grain. ”

After Lu Su introduced the information about the grain store in one breath, he asked the concubine again: "I don't know what you are saying, can the concubine family master understand?" ”

Fei Lan was already stunned at this time, came back to his senses for a long time, and said in a very bad tone: "Sixteen counties in Danyang County, but only I, Wanling, is a large county of ten thousand households, according to what Lu Zhonglang just said, as long as someone comes up with 200,000 grains, then my Wanling order will be done, right?" ”

Lu Su also said with a cautious face: "That's why I came to visit in person, in order to inform the head of the concubine family in advance."

My Lu family was also taken care of by the concubine family before, so naturally I couldn't sit back and watch the head of the concubine family miss the opportunity to be succeeded by others. ”

"You ......" Yu Lan almost didn't come up in one breath, and didn't say anything for a long time.

Lu Su said in surprise: "Why is it difficult for the head of the concubine family, there are not many families in Danyang County who can take out 200,000 grains at a time, and your family is one of them, as long as you take out the stored grain and store it in the grain store first, you can solve this crisis."

Moreover, not only will you not lose the grain when you deposit it in the grain bank, but you can also net 6,000 yuan of interest every year, so why not do it. ”

"Lu Zhonglang!"

Listening to the obviously profitable explanation in Lu Su's mouth, Fei Lan not only was not happy, but became more and more angry, and finally couldn't help but say angrily, "Your Lu family is a big grain seller, don't you know the importance of grain to our Jiangdong family?" Otherwise, why do I only sell you tens of thousands of grains every year! Without food, what can I do to control tens of thousands of tenants? Without tenants, what will I do to cultivate land and grow grain, protect my family and business? ”

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