Qin Yi was stunned, he didn't quite understand that he could buy the grain urgently needed in Xuzhou at a price two percent lower than the market price, even if Liu Bei didn't reward himself, he wouldn't lower his income, right? How can your income be less?

Shopkeeper Song seemed to see through Qin Yi's thoughts, smiled, and said: "General Qin doesn't know, the grain price of sixty yuan and one stone is guaranteed, and the overflowing twenty yuan will naturally be divided equally with the general, which is the rule of doing business with the government under the bottom." ”

Qin Yi stood up in surprise. He originally thought that the bag of silver taels given to him by the shopkeeper Song was already worth a lot of money, but he didn't expect that the big head was still behind, and for every stone of grain sold, he would have a dividend of ten yuan, this shopkeeper Song was really generous.

The grain required by Xuzhou every month is not more than 100,000 stones, that is to say, if all the grain required by Xuzhou is supplied by the shopkeeper Song, Qin Yi's monthly dividend will not be less than one million yuan. This is a huge amount of money, if it is placed in Liu Hong's era, a year's hard work, even if he buys a county and a long history, it is more than enough.

Qin Yi is both remorse and hatred. Unfortunately, if he had not deliberately lowered the price, then he would have made a profit of fifteen cents from one stone of grain; What I hate is that since Shopkeeper Song has this rule, he should have said it earlier, and he would not have lowered the price at all.

However, all the thoughts of remorse were only fleeting, and Qin Yi's face quickly regained a look of joy, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Song is really a cheerful person, in the future, all the food that Qin needs will be purchased from Shopkeeper Song, and the second one will never be cheaper." ”

Qin Yi is very aware of his current situation, Liu Bei is worried that he can't find a chance to kill him, he can't lose his life for the sake of greedy interests, anyway, it's very good to have such a large amount of dividends, how can he get Long Wangshu? He is a very easy person to satisfy, just like although his head is green, as long as Du Xiuniang is still his woman, he will endure it.

When the shopkeeper Song saw Qin Yi's face, he was shocked, hated, regretted, and happy, and his expression was wonderful, he thought that he would propose to make a deal at the price of ninety yuan and one stone, but he didn't expect that he just smiled lightly, and accepted the result of eighty yuan and one stone, and couldn't help but look at him with admiration, nodded and said, "Okay, let's settle it." However, it is not easy to get these grains, and the amount of each time cannot be too large, but only more frequently, and it is necessary to deal with the generals frequently. I don't know if the general can take him to the next door to recognize the door, and I will come and go often in the future. ”

Qin Yi thought about it, what Shopkeeper Song said was also reasonable, so he readily agreed to Shopkeeper Song's request. After all, the grain of the Song shopkeeper was trafficked from Hebei, and if the amount of traffic was too large at one time, it would naturally arouse Cao Cao's suspicions. The grain route is broken, but even his own financial route is broken, and Qin Yi naturally doesn't want to see such a result.

Approaching the end of the year, the shopkeeper Song had to prepare another generous gift. After coming and going, the relationship between Shopkeeper Song and Qin Yi is getting better and better. Later, every time he came to the door, even Du Xiuniang no longer avoided it, and even cooked it himself, and set out a table of sumptuous dishes to warmly entertain the shopkeeper Song.

Soon, the situation about Qin Yi's family was reported in front of Liu Xin. Sure enough, as Liu Xin expected, the shopkeeper Song praised Qin Yi's wife Du Xiuniang in the letter to the sky, and there is no one in the world, she is the most beautiful woman he has ever seen in this life, there is no one. However, the secret spies in Xuzhou never found out that Liu Bei had ever been in and out of the Qin Mansion.

Liu Xin put down the letter and was silent for a long time before he said: "Gonghe, what Liu Bei did in Qin Yi's house, Qin Yi must know." If you want to find out the secret here, you should still make a fuss about Qin Yi. Tell Shopkeeper Song and tell him to do everything he can to get this secret out of Qin Yi's mouth. ”

He hesitated: "Back to the lord, Liu Bei hasn't been in and out of the Qin Mansion for so many days, maybe there is no special secret here, isn't it ......?"

Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "Do as I say." ”

Frustrated, he glanced at Liu Xin suspiciously, bowed and retreated. The shopkeeper Song mentioned in his letter that Qin Yi's wife was as beautiful as a fairy, and he was very suspicious that Liu Xin spent so much effort to investigate Qin Yi, I am afraid that the purpose was not Qin Yi and Liu Bei, but on this Du Xiuniang.

In fact, Liu Bei has not been in and out of the Qin family for so many days, and the problem is still with the shopkeeper Song. Shopkeeper Song frequently went in and out of the Qin family, so he naturally couldn't hide the eyes and ears that Liu Bei had planted in the Qin family.

Qin Yi is responsible for Xuzhou's money and grain, and there is nothing wrong with having more dealings with grain merchants, not to mention that Qin Yi really got the grain at a price two percent lower than the market price, although these grains are sometimes too much and sometimes scarce, they can only barely meet the needs, and they can't achieve Liu Bei's purpose of storing enough military food, but they also solve his urgent need.

It's just that in this way, Liu Bei can't often go in and out of the Qin family. The relationship between him and Du Xiuniang, except for Qin Yi, only a very few cronies know, which can be regarded as the top secret of Xuzhou. Now, there is an outsider who often goes in and out of the Qin family, if Liu Bei also goes in and out often, the two sides will inevitably bump into each other, and it is absolutely unacceptable for Liu Bei, who is bent on maintaining his image as a righteous man and a gentleman.

Liu Bei suddenly felt that his heart was still too soft, if he had beheaded Qin Yi ruthlessly, there would have been no such trouble. When the time comes, Du Xiuniang will become a widow, and he can visit the orphans and widows frequently, and even take their mother and son to his house, no one will say anything, as long as it is operated properly, it will even be praised as his virtue of caring for his subordinates.

Now, Liu Bei couldn't find a suitable reason to dispose of Qin Yi. After all, Qin Yi has no merit in the purchase of grain, and Liu Bei is about to win the hearts of the people, and he can't be punished because he has a close relationship with the grain merchant. However, Liu Bei hadn't been to Qin's house for many days, and he didn't feel a little itchy and began to think about it. He even had some suspicions that this grain merchant surnamed Song frequently came and went in and out of the Qin family, not just to get close to Qin Yi, maybe he was also fighting Du Xiuniang's idea.

Of course, Liu Bei wants to dominate Du Xiuniang, but Qin Yi is Du Xiuniang's legitimate husband, but he can't make too many demands. However, this grain merchant surnamed Song is an outsider, and he can find a reason to teach that grain merchant a lesson. It's just that there is a shortage of grain in Xuzhou now, and the grain merchant always can't last a few days every time he gets the grain. Liu Bei didn't dare to really attack this grain merchant, otherwise he would really ask for hardship if he cut off the source of food.

When Liu Bei was racking his brains and couldn't think of a solution, Jian Yong hurriedly walked in and said, "Lord Qi, the second general sent a document from Guangling to urge food, please take a look." ”

Guan Yu's loyalty to Liu Bei was unquestionable, and he returned to Guangling with Cao Hui on the second day of his wedding. Guangling City, which was devastated by Zhenrong, and the counties under its jurisdiction are all in ruins, the people need to be pacified, the city walls need to be repaired, the soldiers need to be trained, and this large number of things need to be done by Guan Yu. And what bothered Guan Yu the most was that Guangling originally stored a lot of money and grain, but as a result, Zhenrong moved away those who could be moved, and those who couldn't be moved were burned, and now the soldiers and civilians in Guangling urgently need a lot of food, otherwise, many people will not be able to survive this period of green and yellow.

After listening to Jian Yong's report, Liu Bei suddenly had a plan and said: "Inform Qin Yi and ask him to organize food and personally escort him to Guangling to relieve Yunchang's predicament." ”

Qin Yi is an official responsible for transporting money and grain, and he does not necessarily need to do it in person to escort the grain, but in Jian Yong's opinion, the arrangement is not unexpected.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu are like siblings, and their relationship is much closer than that of him, a fellow villager who has followed Liu Bei since childhood, and this arrangement only highlights the friendship between Liu Bei and Guan Yu. Liu Bei rarely makes his own suggestions, of course Jian Yong didn't know that Liu Bei's arrangement had another meaning, so he arched his hand and conveyed the order.

Qin Yi received Liu Bei's order and did not doubt him. In these days before and after the New Year, Liu Bei never came to the door again, and Qin Yi and Du Xiuniang were relieved. After all, people in high positions like Xiang Liu Bei have the problem of liking the new and hating the old, and after three or five times, Liu Bei may get tired of playing.

However, there is not much grain in the official warehouse in Xuzhou, and if some of it is allocated to Guangling, I am afraid that Xuzhou City will not last until the fifteenth day of the first month. Qin Yi had no choice but to beg Shopkeeper Song to think of a way again.

Hearing that Qin Yi was going to Guangling, Shopkeeper Song couldn't help but use his brain.

He had already received an order from Xiangyang to find out the secret from Qin Yi's mouth no matter what. In fact, Liu Xin had already vaguely guessed what Liu Bei was doing when he went to Qin's house, but without exact news, he didn't dare to take the next step, so as not to be self-defeating.

Shopkeeper Song has a very close relationship with Qin Yi, and can even enter and leave the Qin Mansion freely, but he has never had the opportunity to talk to Qin Yi in his heart. Because every time he came to the Qin Mansion, he always felt that there were many ears and eyes wandering around. As a veteran spy who had suffered hardships, Shopkeeper Song was naturally extremely cautious, and he would not rashly inquire about Qin Yi without ensuring safety.

Now, Qin Yi is leaving Xuzhou to go south to Guangling, he is going to do official business, and those suspicious eyes and ears in the Qin Mansion naturally can't follow him, so the shopkeeper Song may find an opportunity to speak.

Thinking of this, Shopkeeper Song couldn't help laughing and said, "General Qin, you are a businessman, as long as it is profitable, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, you have to break through it." Since the Guangling area is even more short of food than Xuzhou, the great opportunity is not willing to let go, and I have to go there with the general, and I hope the general will not dislike it. ”

Qin Yi was overjoyed, and said repeatedly: "Okay, well, with Mr. Song going with you, Qin's problem will be solved." ”

During this period of communication, Qin Yi has found that Shopkeeper Song is a very methodical person, and many seemingly difficult things can be easily solved in his hands. Qin Yi believed that with the help of the shopkeeper Song, the food shortage in Guangling would not be a problem.

Guangling's urging was very urgent, Qin Yi didn't dare to delay, hurriedly packed up, and left Xuzhou City with Song's shopkeeper.

As the sun set, the back door of Liu's Mansion quietly opened, and a figure rushed out impatiently. is also impatient, as well as Liu Xin, who is far away in Xiangyang.