"Oh? What does this mean? Su Yiqi said.

"Hey, hey." Cheng Wenyuan laughed, but didn't answer, just shouted out of the hall: "Change the table and clean wine and food, I want to raise a glass with Brother Han." ”

When he was young, a servant brought the dishes to the table and removed the original plates.

Cheng Wenyuan poured a bowl of wine, drank a few sips, and saw that Su Yi was a little impatient, so he put down the wine bowl and said: "Brother Han doesn't know, the world is difficult now, and you must know the current situation in Youzhou, there are bandits everywhere, and the barbarians outside the gate have the intention of offending my great Chu." In these years, whoever has a weapon in his hand and whose fist is hard can survive in this troubled world. ”

Su Yi's heart moved, and he looked at Cheng Wenyuan quietly.

Cheng Wenyuan saw that Su Yi didn't say anything, so he had to take care of himself and continued, "Now that the famous blacksmiths in the market have been requisitioned by the imperial court, such exquisite weapons and armor like those in my brother's hands are scarce. ”

Su Yiwan smiled and said: "The Cheng family has a big business, and with only a few weapons, how can it be difficult for your brother Cheng." ”

Cheng Wenyuan took another sip of wine and said: "Brother is right, there are only dozens of sophisticated weapons, it is difficult for me Cheng Jiazhuang, but if you want to purchase a large number of weapons and equipment, my brother does not have this way." ”

Su Yi asked tentatively, "Is this true?" With your way, you can't get a lot of weapons and equipment? ”

"Hehe, it's nature." Cheng Wenyuan seems to be arrogant, but he is actually shrewd.

A glimmer of light suddenly flashed in his thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he lowered his voice and said to Su Yi: "Now that the world is so chaotic, what is the most difficult thing to get?" Not money, but weapons and food. With food, you will be able to pull up a large number of displaced people to follow you in the future, but these people will not be able to do without sophisticated weapons and equipment. ”

Cheng Wenyuan wouldn't say these words to others, but Su Yi's words, he didn't care, since the other party was a thief and a grass thief, he was not allowed by the imperial court, where would he denounce him.

He intended to win over Su Yi, but he was also honest at the moment.

Su Yi was silent, he quietly tapped the table with his fingers, Wang Biao and Cheng Wenyuan are also well-known in the local area, and their families are also wealthy, but once Youzhou falls into chaos, with their current strength, it will be difficult to survive in the troubled times.

They have no shortage of manpower, whether it is Wang Biao or Cheng Wenyuan, there are a large number of Zhuang Hakka Ding at home. What they lack is weapons and equipment, and these things can be obtained through the government in peacetime, but now that chaos is gradually rising, Da Chu is quite strict with weapons control in various places, and the family lords in various places will only hide their own weapons privately, and will not sell these things to others.

These local tyrants are different from bandits and bandits, they cannot attack the logistics units and armories of the official army, nor can they privately take in and integrate the deserters of the imperial court and the rout of the army in various places.

The source of their weapons can only be captured in skirmishes with bandits, or spend a lot of money to buy some privately from the government, except for the one or two blacksmiths hidden in the village, make some inferior weapons for the villagers to use for daily practice.

Cheng Wenyuan saw that Su Yi was silent for a long time, and he couldn't sit still, so he hurriedly asked: "Brother Han, I already know about your peddling of weapons in Wangjiazhuang, and I can't hide it, my Cheng family is not short of money, but these weapons are lacking, you can make a price." ”

Su Yi glanced at Cheng Wenyuan, and pretended to be helpless: "But I have already made an agreement with Wang Biao that the extra weapons and armor will be sold to their Wang family in the future, you see this...... People do not stand without faith, since I have ...... with the lord of Wang Shaozhuang"

Cheng Wenyuan waved his hand, his two thick eyebrows were already covered with a layer of fine sweat, and he hurriedly said: "How many goods can he ask for a brother in a mere Wangjiazhuang?" I, Cheng Wenyuan, don't dare to say anything else, how many weapons do you have, and I want as many weapons, and the price is only higher than that of him Wang Biao. ”

Wang Biao's idea that this kid also wants to fight this batch of armaments? An imperceptible cold light flashed in Cheng Wenyuan's eyes.

"Besides, Wang Biao doesn't know your true identity yet, he cooperated with you because he thought you were a military candidate in Liaodong, and I knew that you were a thief, so I wouldn't have any scruples."

Cheng Wenyuan's head came closer, and he whispered a little obscenely: "And that little white face of the Wang family is a typical smiling tiger, who is obedient to people and things, if he knows your true identity one day, maybe he will sell you when he turns around." ”

Su Yi looked at Cheng Wenyuan a little speechlessly, he didn't expect this guy to have good facial features and a righteous face, but he didn't expect to say bad things about others behind his back.

"Since that's the case, then the little brother is not welcome." Su Yi said: "I will deliver a hundred weapons and armor to Wangjiazhuang every month, and the rest, if you Chengjiazhuang can eat it, then I don't mind establishing a long-term cooperation with you." ”

Cheng Wenyuan laughed when he heard this, he slapped the table, and said loudly: "Brother Han is really a cheerful person, since you can afford me, then I will also treat you as a brother, if you have anything to do in the future, just come to me, in this land, there is no one that I Cheng Wenyuan has feared." ”

Su Yi was also very happy, he took the opportunity to mention: "Brother Cheng, you also know the identity of the younger brother, I have raised so many people in the cottage, and I have no land for production, so this food problem is a headache." ”

"Shhh...... How much do you want for this food? ”

Su Yi was not polite at this time, and replied: "At least 10,000 catties of food are enough." ”

Cheng Wenyuan frowned, thought for a while, and slapped the table and said, "No problem, it's just that this grain has to be last year's old rice, and it's all middle- and low-grade japonica rice." ”

As Cheng Wenyuan said, the world is getting more and more chaotic, with food, you can pull up a large number of troops in the future, this grain and grass is the foundation of life in troubled times, and Cheng Wenyuan is also interesting enough, and he sold Su Yi 10,000 catties of grain at once.

On the contrary, if it were Wang Biao, he might not be as bold as Cheng Wenyuan, and maybe he would doubt Su Yi's identity because of this.

Cheng Wenyuan continued: "Since it has come to this point, it is no longer hypocritical to be a brother, and there is one more thing to bother the virtuous brother." ”

Su Yi said: "If there is anything Brother Cheng said, if it is within the ability of the younger brother, he will not refuse." "If it's beyond my ability, then don't blame me for prevaricating.

"That's right, Brother Han has clashed with bandits and bandits in other cottages in the Zongheng Mountain Range, if you capture some thieves, I want to buy them from you."

"Huh." Su Yi was taken aback, this product wanted to talk to him about human trafficking?

"Brother, you sell so many weapons in a month, presumably there are a lot of bandits to be levied every month, these captives, except for those who can be surrendered, the rest of the thorns are sold to me. You give me captives, I give you money, I give you food, and everyone takes what they need, so why not? ”

Su Yi was a little moved, to be honest, every time the bandits sent out by the cottage captured a lot of prisoners, and there were always some unruly thorns who refused to surrender to the Peach Blossom Village.

For these people, Su Yi didn't want to kill them, and he couldn't let them go, so he handed them over to Zhao Hongsheng, at least half of them had to be crippled, and it was a bit of a waste to let these strong people do coolies, and these people often had bad intentions, maybe they would cause some turmoil, and the gains outweighed the losses.

It's okay to sell them to Cheng Wenyuan, but what does this guy want these unruly bandits and bandits to do?

Su Yi looked at Cheng Wenyuan for a while, and said slowly: "I want a reason." ”

"That's why I said, brother, you are born in the midst of blessings and don't know blessings!" Cheng Wenyuan sighed and said: "These people are useless in your opinion, but they can be used for military merits for brothers, and they can even be used to get an official position." ”

Su Yi suddenly realized.

Cheng Wenyuan said: "At present, my Chengjiazhuang still needs to be developed, and if it is a large-scale attack on the cottage, it will only lose the army." With this batch of captives, I only need to cut out their tongues, and I can get a lot of military merit. Besides, with these captives, I can open the doors of some cottages, and it will be much easier to attack the thieves. ”

Su Yi was shocked, this Cheng Wenyuan is by no means a good type, of course, it cannot be said that his method of cutting off the tongue of the captive is cruel, the people of Youzhou are fierce, and the means are not ruthless, and it is difficult to gain a foothold here.

"And for the price?"

Cheng Wenyuan said lightly: "Don't worry, I won't treat my brother badly at this price." These captives are one in five, and the heads of other bandits and grass robbers are always one, and this money can be counted as food. ”

Su Yi thought for a while and said, "Deal." ”

"Haha! Brother Han is really a cheerful person, come, drink and drink! Cheng Wenyuan saw Su Yi nodding in agreement, and immediately laughed, feeling extremely happy.

"Brother and slow ......"

Cheng Wenyuan was puzzled: "What else is the matter with my brother?" ”

Su Yi smiled and said: "There is one more thing I forgot to tell my brother, in fact, my surname is not Han, my real name is Su Yi." ”

Cheng Wenyuan: "......"

"Brother, you're okay, I was almost blinded by you." Cheng Wenyuan muttered a little depressedly.

Su Yi smiled, and smiled narrowly: "Didn't Brother Han say that he had figured out my details?" ”

Cheng Wenyuan waved his hand and said with some embarrassment: "Uh...... Come on, don't talk about it, drink and drink! ”

"It's okay, right?"

The two looked at each other and smiled, the heavy snow outside the house gradually stopped, and this pavilion seemed exceptionally quiet in the cold wind.

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