Not long after separating from Mrs. Meng, Zhao Ziliang met his two guards on the street of Shule Wangcheng, the chief guard Chu Ge and the other guards were in an inn in the city, and when Zhao Ziliang arrived at the inn, Chu Ge was returning from outside with two people.

"Castle Master, are you back?" Chu Ge saw the two guards coming with Zhao Ziliang and immediately bowed.

Zhao Ziliang nodded and asked, "Did you send someone back to Tuoyun Castle?" ”

"I sent two people back, and my subordinates took someone to inquire about the home of the grain merchant Jibam you said in the afternoon, and there is already news!"

"Oh? In that case, without further ado, let's go and meet Jibham now! Zhao Ziliang said and walked out.

"No!"

When dinner time came, there was more traffic on the street of Shule Wangcheng at dusk, and Zhao Ziliang took a quarter of an hour to find Jibham's house under the guidance of Chu Ge.

The shape and specifications of the houses in Anxi are completely different from those in the Central Plains, where the houses of the rich and noble are pavilions and attics, and the ordinary people are also mixed with bricks, tiles and wood, while the poor houses are mud bricks and wood thatched houses. In this land of the Western Regions, there is little wood, the houses are basically made of stone, and they are all flat-roofed, and the whole city is bare and earthy, and there is not a single tree or green in sight. Jibam is the largest grain merchant in Shule Country, but his house is also arranged in this way.

Zhao Ziliang, Chu Ge and the others rode their horses to the door of Jibham's mansion, and just jumped off their horses when they saw a carriage coming from the opposite side.

"Huh? Wasn't that Mrs. Meng's coachman and carriage? ”

Zhao Ziliang thought in his heart, and saw the carriage stop, and Mrs. Meng stepped out of the carriage with the support of the maid Cui'e.

"Madame, how did you get here?" Zhao Ziliang walked over and asked.

Mrs. Meng didn't expect that not long after she was separated from Zhao Ziliang, she met again here, and she was very puzzled: "The slave family came here for a little thing, why did Zhao Lang come here?" ”

Zhao Ziliang's mind turned, and he suddenly realized: "Could it be that Mrs. also came to Jibham to buy grain?" Madame knows that the imperial court is going to send troops? ”

Mrs. Meng said with a smile: "This matter is not a secret to Bian Lingcheng, he knows it, and the slave family will know it!" However, Zhao Lang made the slave family a little puzzled, today's Lord Dugu, who joined the army in the town guard mansion, will allocate ordnance and food to Tuoyun Fort, Zhao Lang shouldn't worry about food and grass, how can he come to Jibam to buy food? ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled and shook his head, "Food is one of the most important strategic materials, without enough grain and grass, the army will not be able to pull out, no matter what time it is, the grain and grass will never be enough, it is better to prepare early!" Of course, Ziliang came to buy grain this time just to hoard some before the price of grain rose sharply, and waited for the price to rise to a certain extent before releasing it to make a profit! But I didn't want Mrs. to have such a keen talent for businessmen, and I thought of going to the same place with Ziliang! ”

Mrs. Meng also smiled: "The slave family also didn't expect that Zhao Lang was also proficient in business. However, engaging in business is a cheap business, Zhao Lang's strength is the art of war, commanding the army to compete on the battlefield, and in the future, he will be a general admired by thousands of people, and it is inevitable that people will be criticized for doing this businessman. If Zhao Lang is really short of money and can trust the slave family, then it is better to hand over this business to the slave family, and all the money earned belongs to Zhao Lang, how about it? ”

"What about you? Give me all the money you earn, haven't you worked in vain? ”

"Where did Zhao Lang come from? Mine is Zhao Lang's, do you and I still need to divide each other? ”

Zhao Ziliang bowed his hand to Mrs. Meng and said: "Although Ziliang is not short of money now, the more money the better, just take this time as an example, Lord Dugu detained my Tuoyunbao ordnance and food salary, if Ziliang has enough money, he can purchase from the private sector at a critical moment to solve his urgent needs." Moreover, there are many people in the officialdom who are like Bian Lingcheng, who have no money to dredge up relationships, even if they have military exploits, they may not be able to be promoted smoothly, and only when they are in a high position can they display their talents and ambitions! So, it's hard to move an inch without money! ”

Mrs. Meng stroked her hair and sideburns, and said with a smile: "The slave family has followed Bian Lingcheng for so many years, and has seen all kinds of people in the officialdom, and found that most of the people who are too upright and don't know how to turn around will not last long!" After listening to Zhao Lang's words, it can be seen that Zhao Lang is not a pedantic person, so the slave family can rest assured! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment and said to Mrs. Meng: "Ziliang is a military person after all, I came forward to talk to Jibham, I may be noticed by Jibham, in order to avoid the leakage of news, since this is the case, then this matter will be handed over to Mrs. to handle." However, although this Jibam is the biggest businessman in Shule Country, he is only a businessman, although he may have a backer, but we can completely ignore it, and we can't come to talk about this business like this. In my opinion, we might as well go back to the inn first, and then send someone to call Jibam over to discuss the purchase of grain, in this matter, we can't lose the upper hand in the momentum, when talking about the transaction price, Mrs. must try to keep the price as low as possible, at least one percent lower than the market price, how much grain is there in Jibam, we want as much, buy all the grain hoarded in his warehouse, if Mrs. is not enough money, Ziliang still has a few boxes of gold, silver and jewelry! ”

Mrs. Meng's eyes lit up, and she said with a smile: "This is just right, but the private money in the hands of the slave family is not much, since Zhao Lang can take out a part, then the money for buying grain should be enough!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while, pulled Mrs. Meng aside, and said in a low voice: "After Madam buys the grain and grass in Jibam's hands, what should I do?" ”

Mrs. Meng was surprised and said, "Of course, it is to wait for the price of grain to rise and gradually sell it, and earn the difference in price increase!" ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "Madam, do you know, if this is the case, then what we earn is the money of those ordinary people, the higher the price of food, the more serious it is the ordinary people at the bottom!" If the lady sells the grain to the military, then the money she earns is the money of the imperial court, and if this matter is known in the future, it will inevitably cause trouble."

"Zhao Lang cares about the people of Dawn and the country, and the slave family admires it very much! So what does Zhao Lang think to deal with? ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "No matter how high the price of grain on the market is, Mrs. must not sell it!" ”

Mrs. Meng frowned and said, "In this case, won't the grain we bought rot in our hands?" ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled and shook his head, "Madame's words are wrong, I will inform Madame when the time comes, and find a time to sell the grain to Jibham!" How much money we can make this time is all on Jibham, it seems that Jibam and other smuggling grain merchants earn ill-gotten gains, we don't eat meat and drink blood from him, do we want to eat meat and drink blood from ordinary people? ”

Mrs. Meng was stunned when she heard this, reacted, and hurriedly said, "According to Zhao Lang's statement, isn't that Jibam a fool?" The price of grain is so high, how could he be stupid enough to buy back that batch of grain? ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "Of course he is not stupid, not only is he not stupid, but he is also very cunning and greedy, he himself will definitely not be stupid enough to buy back this piece of grain, but someone will force him to ask for grain, if he still wants to continue to be a big grain merchant in this Shule country, he can only grit his teeth and buy back the grain!" ”

When Mrs. Meng heard this, she still didn't understand what was going on, she clapped her hands and smiled: "It turns out that Zhao Lang is fighting this idea, it's good, it's a good idea!" ”

Zhao Ziliang poured cold water on it at this time: "Madame, don't be too happy too early for the time being, the eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, wait until you buy the food, when you meet Jibham, Madame has to be careful, don't let him see any clues!" ”

"Zhao Lang rest assured! Slaves are saved! ”