Ningxia Zhongwei, the general army in the house.

Ning Zhiyuan sat on the first place, and there were a few middle-aged people with oily faces sitting at the bottom, these were a few businessmen, and they had long heard that the new prefect was a teenager, but at the moment it seemed too young.

"Tell me if you have something to do." Ning Zhiyuan glanced at them. Some said indifferently, and knew a little in their hearts that since ancient times, businessmen have to rely on officials to survive.

"Lord Governor," said a fat man of about forty or fifty years of age, still a little strange in his heart, this governor was about the same age as his own grandson, and he had not even a single hair on his mouth, and he had to be so respectful.

"Xiaomin and others are here to discuss the entry of goods into the city." , This businessman's name is Shen Qian, a native of Zhongwei, Ningxia, and a businessman second to none, in terms of the accumulation of wealth, he should be one of the best in the city, and Yuan Shao is different from his own family for several generations, and Yuan Shao only relied on his position to make the family rise by crazy wealth, and the foundation is too weak.

"Goods coming into town?" Ning Zhiyuan repeated, "What goods?" He knew that although Ningxia Zhongwei had not sealed the city, a large number of goods were still not allowed to enter the city easily, and this should have been done by the obscene Feng Lei before.

"It's just some cloth and tea leaves." Shen Qian replied that his own ancestor was the world-famous Shen Wansan in the early Ming Dynasty, and was later exiled by Zhu Yuanzhang, but I have to say that the Shen family has a talent suitable for business in their bones.

And he is standing here today, just to make this group of officials rip off, and this batch of goods is not justified.

"Is it for the export of Tatar?" Ning Zhiyuan glanced at the fat man who spoke, and immediately captured the key, after all, it is not possible to make much money by transporting these things to Ningxia, Shaanxi.

Shen Qian nodded, but he didn't shy away from it, and he couldn't avoid it, there was a shortage of these things on the grassland, and those tribal leaders were all eager to make money from these things in the Ming Dynasty, besides, he was selling some irrelevant things like tea and cloth, so he couldn't be regarded as a rival.

Ning Zhiyuan was silent, as if he was thinking about something, and then asked, "Aren't you afraid that this official will arrest you all?" ”

Shen Qian smiled bitterly, "As long as the adults want to, they can catch it at any time." This is an aggrieved statement, but it is a fact, the low status of merchants in the Ming Dynasty really made them helpless.

"We are all natives of Ningxia businessmen, and in the midst of war, we can't please the money and food, but we have to do it, so we can only find some ways to make money, otherwise"

Ning Zhiyuan thought that if he wanted to buy grain, he had to find a businessman, and these people in front of him seemed to be just right, nodded, and asked, "Then you can sell grain?" ”

Everyone's faces changed, and Shen Qian did the same, and said with a bitter face, "What are you asking, my lord, if you want to make money, Xiaomin will not sell grain to the Tatar side, although there is a drought over there, this is military supplies, if you really want to do that, but you will rebel and destroy the three tribes." ”

Although Zhu Yuanzhang killed people like hemp at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, he raided his family and exterminated his clan at every turn, but in general, it was very difficult to legally kill a person in the Ming Dynasty, the so-called emperor's grace was vast, and all the prisoners in the world had to be drawn by the emperor himself to kill, and when the mood came, he hooked a few, and some prisoners were sentenced to death and could even live for several more decades, but rebellion was an exception.

Looking at the nervous look on the faces of this group of businessmen, it was probably thinking that he was waiting to search for evidence of rebellion for them and wait to raid their homes, so he couldn't help but smile, "Where do you think you are going, it is the official who wants to buy grain, and I want to alleviate the current situation in Ningxia Mansion through you to buy some." ”

Shen Qian and the others were all stunned, their faces were relieved, and Shen Qian took the lead in reacting and said, "If the adults want it, Xiaomin and the others can get it, after all, there is no merchant who doesn't resell grain, but I don't know how much the adults need?" ”

"The more the merrier."

Seeing that Shen Qian and the others were silent for a while, Ning Zhiyuan then smiled and said, "This official will pay." ”

Shen Qian and the others sneered, they originally planned to give it to Ning Zhiyuan for free if he didn't want much, but they didn't expect to come up with more sentences, which made them think more.

"You say it should be a lot of money?" Ning Zhiyuan asked.

Shen Qian and the others looked at each other before whispering, "One tael of silver and one stone." "It seems to be very unconfident, and it seems to be very helpless.

Ning Zhiyuan thought to himself, when he first came, the price of rice in Jinling was three wen a catty, which was about one tael of silver and two stones, and now in the grain store of Ningxia Zhongwei, it is ten wen and one catty, and this two and one stone is also kind, and the businessman must have made a lot of points along the way.

"Then it's decided," Ning Zhiyuan said at the moment, if he bargained with them, it would inevitably be a bit of a bully, he was not so noble, but he felt that it was really unnecessary, after all, it was a long-term deal.

"Then you can transport it to Ningxia as soon as possible, and I will keep your goods all the way to Ningxiawei without incident."

Shen Qian and the others put their hearts at ease, but they were a little grateful, if the amount of these two stones was large enough, it would be okay for them to give to others, it was a business, but the governor of this cloth and tea business directly let it go, so that they both made money and gave convenience, and it seemed that they were a little petty.

Sent away a few businessmen, it was already night at this time, Ning Zhiyuan remembered that tomorrow should be the time for Feng Lei's funeral, and he should go to see Feng Xue.

Revenge is almost over with a single knife, but repaying the favor is a more troublesome thing, of course, if Ning Zhiyuan directly threw tens of thousands of taels to Feng Xue, maybe the matter would have passed, but he couldn't do it, he was a very harsh person.

There was a little chill on the top of the moon, and when he walked into the courtyard where Feng Xue lived, he saw a piece of white, and the light also turned white under the dyeing of the white cloth, which was the last place for Feng Lei's soul to stay, if there was really one.

"How long has it been since you rested?" Ning Zhiyuan asked.

The tiredness on Feng Xue's face was clearly visible, and the circles under her eyes became a little dark, but she was still very beautiful, and her age was a little obvious after removing her makeup, twenty-five or sixteen years old, this was Ning Zhiyuan's thoughts.

He didn't want to ask this sentence in his heart, after all, he knew that there was no result, but he still asked, Ning Zhiyuan thought that he really didn't owe Feng Xue anything, if Feng Lei died in his own hands, he would not feel guilty, but now it was more embarrassing.

"I just can't sleep." Feng Xue's slightly bewitching voice could not hide her tiredness, and she answered Ning Zhiyuan's question.

Ning Zhiyuan was a little surprised Feng Xue's reaction, but there was no wave, Feng Lei had been dead for six days, Feng Xue had also been on guard for six nights, and today was the seventh day.

"I'll keep a vigil tonight." Ning Zhiyuan said softly, this should not be, and it should be, just like the king would not guard the souls of tens of thousands of soldiers who died in battle.

Feng Xue, who was kneeling on her knees, glanced up at Ning Zhiyuan, slowly got up with the support of the maid, and then walked towards her room.

There was always calm in his eyes, which made Ning Zhiyuan feel uneasy.

"What a pitiful woman," Li Jun suddenly said Nan Nan, which made Ning Zhiyuan's heart beat even more.

After a night of vigil, the lights went out.

Not everyone can be like him after death.

When she saw Feng Xue again the next day, the fatigue on her face had disappeared, and she walked with Feng Lei's coffin all the way until she was buried.

"If you can still be so safe in such a chaotic era, my brother should rest in peace," Feng Xue suddenly spoke, looking at Ning Zhiyuan again, there was already some light in his eyes at this time, "Lord Ning, thank you, but I think I'm leaving." ”

"Where are you going?" Ning Zhiyuan was not curious at all.

Shaking her head, Feng Xue replied, "I don't know either, I just don't want to stay here anymore." ”

"What if I make you the Commander-in-Chief's wife?"

Feng Xue blinked in some consternation, "I'm more than a decade older than you." ”

Ning Zhiyuan looked at her intently.

"In fact, the concubine marrying He Huchen was just forced to be helpless, and it was also a good thing for my brother, not to mention any feelings." Feng Xue shook her head and said.

"I'm not going to let you go if you're alone." Hearing Feng Xue's refusal, Ning Zhiyuan continued

"Then you can send me back to Suzhou, that's my hometown." Feng Xue said with red eyes.