I stayed at Li Dao's house last night, but fortunately, Yang Fan didn't have the habit of recognizing the bed, and after drinking some wine, he slept naturally well. Early in the morning, Zhang Yao's carriage drove to the Li Mansion, and Yang Fan said goodbye and left.

"Sir, yesterday Gu Zhiqing, the owner of Gu Ji Pawnshop at Tianzi No. 8, came, and you were not there, so he left, saying that he would come to visit another day."

Yang Xiao smiled, it seemed that the old fox finally couldn't help it, and came over to lower his posture, so he asked, "How is the matter of buying rice and the Lu family?" Zhang Yao said through the curtain: "The Lu family seems to want to take over this business, and it has been delayed." In No. 1 Mipu, it is only retail. Sir, if you want to buy 2,000 stone of white rice, I'm afraid it will be difficult. ”

"Aren't you still selling three taels of silver and one stone?" Yang Fan, who was sitting in the carriage, his face sank, does this Lu Yichuan have a bottom line of being a man? Zhang Yao said: "In previous years, this price was almost high. This year is different, a few days ago, in the Battle of the Daling River, the imperial court levied 20,000 stones at once, plus the 20,000 stones mobilized in the northwest of the previous year, which is almost twice as much as last year. In addition, this year's harvest is still not good, and the white rice from the south is naturally in short supply. I'm afraid it's going to go up to five taels of silver a stone. This is also the reason why Lu Yichuan is reluctant to ship in large quantities. ”

Yang Fan frowned, the problem of this leather goods was roughly solved, and the remaining silver of the pawnshop and the strange thing shop also had more than 10,000 taels of silver. Yang Fan's plan is to save refugees, but now it's good, this Lu Yichuan doesn't sell rice, and the more than 10,000 taels of silver can't be eaten. At present, there are still more than 1,000 stone of millet on the side of half the winery, and it is estimated that it will only last long.

"But there's one thing that might be good news for the lord."

"What's the news?"

"From Ming'er, the overpass began to open the shed and give porridge." Zhang Yao said.

"Tomorrow will start?" Yang Fan was a little suspicious, according to the previous rules, generally on the day of Laba, eight shops bought rice soup porridge together, which was also a disguised commercial kindness. Ming'er is only in her second year of junior high school, so she started?

Zhang Yao said: "I heard that this year is different, from Ming'er to Laba, except for the owner of Ge Zhuang, there is no voice, and the other seven families have one person a day, and they open the shed to give porridge." It is estimated that Gu Zhiqing came to the lord to talk about this matter. ”

Yang Fan smiled coldly and said, "I thought that this Gu Zhiqing came to beg for mercy, but it turned out that he came to give Ma Wei." You want to embarrass me, don't you? Send people to buy loose rice separately, and buy as much as they can. He looked out the window with some wistfulness, and muttered: "Tens of thousands of people, if he Lu Yichuan and Gu Zhiqing just want to embarrass me, it is good to be able to save these tens of thousands of people." ”

Outside the carriage, the rosin smell of the bacon of the big families wafted, and in some gloomy places, there were pairs of eyes full of despair, waiting for the light to come. As long as you survive today and see the dawn of tomorrow, you will have porridge to drink, which is the call of hope, however, how many people will not see the dawn of tomorrow, Yang Fan does not know. I can only sigh with emotion, God does not pity people.

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Xianju Building

Lu Yichuan, Gu Zhiqing and others sat around the table. Gu Zhiqing raised his glass and said with a smile: "Brother Yichuan, this time I rely on your help." "In previous years, eight families opened a shed to give porridge together, and the distribution was only two hundred taels per family, which was just an itch for them. This year, Gu Zhiqing proposed to do it separately, and it took seven days in a row, which was a bit of a nerve-wracking taste.

Chen Ruhua said in a weird manner: "Brother Gu's leather goods this year have made our Chen Ji miserable. This robe and padded jacket can fill the warehouse, and now you have to take out 1,000 taels to open a shed for soup kitchen, you won't stop dragging us into the water, will you? ”

"Sister Ruhua, you can't say that, you look at the appetite of this lord, it's not just our Gu Ji family, now it's the obvious side that this Dakang Wine Industry has entered the flyover, and the real owner behind this is Lord Yang. A few of you have seen the signs too. He will not stop if he does not bring down our flyover. ”

Gu Zhiqing glanced at Shen Jin and said, "If the Gu family is down, it's not just a single family's problem. Shen Jin's triangular eyes narrowed, and he said, "Brother Gu, what are you going to do this time?" ”

"When we open our doors to do business, we pay the most attention to reputation. Once the reputation stinks, the business is yellow, and it won't take a few days. Gu Zhiqing said with a smile.

Chen Ruhua has been in a bad mood recently, and when she came to Yang Fan's business, the business in her store was bleak, so she was naturally in a bad mood. There is also his own little father-in-law, the spring is approaching, he is bored in the study all day long, and he does not make love to her, and he stays alone in the empty room all night, which is naturally a kind of torture for such a wolf-like woman.

Although he encouraged and understood his father-in-law, he had a small pimple in his heart, but this Xiucai still spent his own money to buy through the Tao and "donated" it. It's difficult to spend money to buy a top three, not to mention that the main exam this time is Xu Guangqi, who is notoriously difficult to do, so he is very mean when he talks today. "This is true, I remember that two years ago, Brother Gu's family lowered the leather goods as silver, and it was also in this situation. Later, three days later, the shed was opened to give porridge, this moral and good deed, it was difficult for those scholars to speak, could it be that this trick would come this year? ”

Gu Zhiqing nodded and said, "Those who understand me are still like a flower girl." ”

"Let's go! I'm not interested in an old man like you. Chen Ruhua waved her hand and said disgustedly, "If you have the heart, take down the rice that our Chen Ji is going to open this year to give porridge." Gu Zhiqing's eyelids jumped, took a sip of wine, and smiled.

"This soup kitchen, I won't do it this year!" Lao Liu began to be like a muffled gourd, and finally broke out at this time.

Gu Zhiqing said: "Brother Liu doesn't have to be so angry, I also understand that this sauce shop doesn't make much money all year round, and it is difficult for some strong people to let your brother take out a thousand taels." This rice, I came out for Lao Liu! "The rest of them don't have anything to say, indeed, as soon as the Gu family falls, these other families will be hurt, and the flow and lending of money in it are all secretly controlled by Gu Zhiqing. Only Liu Feng's sauce shop has no transaction on this silver coin.

The reason why Gu Zhiqing was so generous this time was that he was helpless, and the other five were all prosperous and loss-making.

"As long as you do business properly, do you still need to make this flower intestines? You can do whatever you like, I won't mix it up. Liu Feng waved his hand and got up to leave. Gu Zhiqing grabbed Liu Feng and said, "Brother Liu, we have all been under the overpass for so many years, this time, we must twist into a rope." He whispered in Liu Feng's ear: "This is also the meaning of the top." ”

"Ugh." Liu Feng reluctantly sat back in his seat.

Lu Yichuan is now sitting in the granary, looking calm, "Brother Gu, today's lord's people come to buy rice, we can sell him a grain of rice, it's enough to be righteous." ”

"Going to do it so soon? It seems that our lord really cares about the people, and I am even more sure of someone. Gu Zhiqing smiled and drank the wine in his hand.