Chapter 55: The Zhen Family (2)
Zhen Yan, who had a shocked face, hurriedly got up and said, "Quickly open the middle door and welcome the distinguished guests." ”
If Han Lie was just a county lieutenant, he wouldn't have anything to talk about even if he didn't see the world, but now Han Lie is a world-famous hero, and he is also from a famous Yingchuan Han family, and more importantly, he is also the son of Jizhou Mu Han Fu.
"Stand down, and prepare your food and drinks." Zhen Yan packed up, got up and walked out.
"People in the countryside are used to being lazy, and where they are lazy, they still look forward to Lord Han Haihan." At the signal of Menzi, Zhen Yan stood straight at the gate and bowed down to Han Lie under the eaves.
"It's the abruptness of Lielai, which disturbs Mr. Yaxing." Han Lie stepped forward to salute in return.
"It's okay, it's okay, Lord Han, please." Zhen Yan turned sideways and respectfully entered Han Lie and his entourage.
"Sir, please." Han Lie gave way, and slowly walked into the mansion with Zhen Yan half a step, this move was a sign of respect for the master.
Han Lie's courtesy and humility made Zhen Yan surprised, and he suddenly felt a sense of intimacy with him, with Han Lie's identity, even if he did anything rude, Zhen Yan could actually understand it.
Before entering the lobby, with the help of his subordinates, Han Lie took off his robe, and when he wanted to invite Zhao Yun Xiahou Lan to enter together, Zhao Yun said with a solemn expression: "Just guard here, adults don't need to worry." ”
Zhen Yan saw that Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan were both wearing messenger soap clothes at first, so he didn't care about the two, just thought that the two were Han Lie's entourage, but after a closer look, he saw Zhao Yun standing with a gun in front of him, with a tall figure, a righteous face, and a heroic look between his eyebrows, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart.
Han Lie didn't force it when he thought about it, after all, Zhen Yan didn't speak, obviously Zhen Yan, who was born in a big family, saw that Zhao Yun and them were dressed in soap clothes, and I was afraid that Zhao Yun Xiahou Lan had already been included in the rank of a subordinate in his heart.
"I often heard my uncle say that Brother Zhen is a famous man in the world, and I am even lucky to see it today." Before taking his seat, Zhen Yan had already asked people to return the Seven Star Treasure Sword to Han Lie. Han Lie, who was sitting on the ground, took a sip of tea soup and said hello.
"Thanks to Han Envoy Jun Miaozan, I dare not be ashamed." Zhen Yan smiled faintly and said, "Lord Han is coming from afar, the carriage is tired, please warm up your body with some meat first." ”
Looking at the white-cut mutton in the pottery bowl in front of him, the fragrant deer elk soup, and the stewed chicken and roast duck, Han Lie couldn't help but let go of the chopsticks he picked up, and sighed slightly in his mouth.
"Could it be that these dishes are not to the taste of Lord Han?" Seeing this, Zhen Yan asked with some hesitation for a while.
"The color and flavor are complete, but I can't help but think of the people under my rule, encounter floods, and now I don't have clothes to cover my body, I can't eat enough, and it's really hard to swallow." Han Lie sighed lightly, and was about to open his mouth to talk about buying grain, when he heard a frolicking sound coming from the wing room behind the lobby.
Zhen Yan obviously heard it, and his face showed displeasure, and he immediately said, "Who is here, and he hasn't come out yet." ”
"I've seen my brother." To Han Lie's surprise, the people who came out of the wing room turned out to be two girls, one older and one small.
"Dao'er, Mi'er is young and ignorant, aren't you sensible either? Don't you know that the lobby is entertaining distinguished guests? Zhen Yan stared at the older girl sternly, and reprimanded.
"Second brother, don't blame the fifth sister, Mi'er pulled her sister to stay." Zhen Mi saw that her sister Zhen Dao was affected by herself, and she took the responsibility on herself with some self-blame.
"Nonsense, you little girl, don't rely on your mother to pity you, dare to ignore the family rules, don't retreat, see how I clean you up later." Seeing Zhen Mi's defense, Zhen Yan's tone couldn't help but increase a little in anger.
"The second brother is unclear and wronged a good person, I will tell my mother to go." The little girl Zhen Mi has two pigtails on her head, and her face is as beautiful as a porcelain doll, which makes people can't help but praise it secretly at first sight.
And the girl beside her, about twenty-eight years old, is also beautiful and beautiful, with snow-white skin, a jade hairpin on her head, and a red dress.
The little girl pulled her sister to pout and left, and when she left, she actually stared at Han Lie curiously, her big watery eyes blinked, as if to say that it was all your fault, and I was punished.
"Rude, rude. The sister-in-law is young, the father went early, and the old mother's love is like a pearl in the palm of her hand. Zhen Yan looked embarrassed and expressed her apologies.
"I think Ling Mei is smart, lively and cute, and this is her true temperament." Han Lie remembered the look of the little girl like a little adult just now, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a smile.
If the memory is not wrong, the Zhen Mi just now is only afraid that she is the queen of Cao Pi of the Wei State after the Three Kingdoms, and is called Luo Shen by later generations, although the little girl is just a child, but not to mention that there is indeed an aura that ordinary children do not have.
Seeing that Han Lie was not the slightest dissatisfied, but praised Zhen Mi with a mouthful of praise, as a brother, Zhen Yan naturally felt that there was light on his face, in fact, if you want to say who loves Zhen Mi the most in this family, it must be him, this little sister is not only smart and clever, but more importantly, a few years ago, when Liu Liang was showing the Zhen family brothers and sisters, he suddenly pointed at Zhen Mi and said: "This woman is unspeakably expensive." ”
Asked the Xiangshi Liu Liang again but refused to say much, and in the end he didn't even take the Xiangjin, so he drifted away, and when he left, he muttered to himself: "The noble daughter of the Zhen family in Hebei is hard to find in the world!" ”
Since then, the Zhen family has not regarded Zhen Mi as a pearl, and it is strange to say, although this girl is only an eight-year-old child, but she can read and write, and she does not like female workers, but only likes books, and Zhen Yan often laughs at her and says that she wants to be a female doctor (the official name of the Han Dynasty).
After the episode just now, after Han Lie and Zhen Yan exchanged pleasantries, they cut to the chase again, and when they learned that Han Lie had come to buy grain, and the amount was huge, Zhen Yan groaned for a while.
Since the beginning of spring this year, the land of Hebei has been raining continuously, and as far as he knows, not only Changshan County has suffered floods, but also the local Zhongshan County and Hejian have been affected to varying degrees.
This also means that the price of the next grain will increase significantly, if such a huge amount of grain is sold to Han Lie at the current market price, then their income will be reduced by at least forty percent, although the Zhen family is rich, but it is not a good house, for Zhen Yan naturally needs to be considered.
"Lord Han, it's true that my Zhen family has grain, but I still need to verify how much it is, and secondly, our Zhen family has business dealings with several major grain firms in Hebei all year round, and we have to deliver a certain amount of grain to major commercial houses every spring, so if you want 100,000 stone of grain, I can only promise you 20,000 stone at most, and then discuss after counting." Zhen Yan thought about it, and in order to take care of Han Lie's feelings, he relented and agreed to sell 20,000 stone of grain.
"I wonder how long it will take?" Although Han Lie knew that Zhen Yan was just an excuse, but there was no food at the moment, and it was really certain that 20,000 people would have no livelihood, so he had to force him.
"Don't talk about this, I have to ask the steward about this matter, or so, Lord Han will go to transport the grain first, and then we will discuss it?" Zhen Yan saw that Han Lie was not interested, and he was also unhappy in his heart, and the intention of chasing away customers had already risen at the moment.
Although 20,000 stone of grain is small, but the overall planning and use can barely support ten days and a half months, Han Lie thought about it, and already understood that Zhen Yan was afraid that there was a intention to raise the price, so he immediately said: "How about adding 50 yuan to Brother Zhen for each stone, and asking Brother Shi to sell me an extra 10,000 stones?" ”
"Well, since Lord Han is so sincere, I'll let the steward try to be as even as possible." Although Zhen Yan's heart hurt, he could also see that Han Lie's expression was firm, so he had to nod slowly.
"Thank you, brother, I thank the people of Zhending for his generosity." Han Lie said this sincerely, but Zhen Yan blushed when he heard it, in comparison, his pattern is naturally much smaller, Han Lie is paying for disaster relief by himself, and he doesn't say anything, and he also takes the opportunity to raise the price, a profiteer.