"Meet the Boss!"

Tang Yi respectfully saluted an old man with white hair, the old man smiled and nodded, looking up and down as if he wanted to see Tang Yi through.

"You are the son of Lord Tang? Wei Ming mentioned you a lot in his letters. ”

Wei Ming is Pang Yuan's word, the old man's name is Pang Ce, he is Pang Yuan's old father, he has been the prefect, Zhishi is at home, and he usually doesn't see outsiders, but Tang Yi is Tang Shen's son, Pang Yuan and Tang Shen are in the same department, when he rushed to take the exam, Pang Yuan received the favor of the Tang family's father and son, how could he refuse it.

The old man smiled and suddenly asked, "Okay, can you get married?" ”

Burst!

Tang Yi squirted out a sip of tea, and said in his heart that I am not yet fifteen, as for being so anxious?

"Back to the old man, he has not yet married in his later life."

"That's great!" Pang Ce blurted out, and felt that it was inappropriate, so he hurriedly said: "What the old man means is that there are still a few girls in the family who are waiting to be in the boudoir, and I don't know if I would like to meet them?" ”

The old man's eyes were full of eagerness, as long as Tang Yi nodded, he could stuff his daughter directly into Tang Yi's arms. It's no wonder that the old man is enthusiastic, it is really Pang Yuan who praised Tang Yi in the letter as rare in the sky, and it is difficult to find on the ground, he is like Li Du, Wen is better than Ouyang, Tao is better than Longzhong Zhuge in terms of power and strategy, and his strategizing is comparable to Wanghan Zhang Zifang...... Pang Ce had already had a thought, and when he saw that Tang Yi looked good, he was willing to do so in his heart.

He can't wait, but Tang Yi can't do it, where is it, the burning eyebrows, he came here on a blind date, is it like talking!

"Boss, I have already made a family relationship with Wang Chen, and I ask for forgiveness."

"The royal family of Taicang!"

Pang Ce was speechless all of a sudden, where can their Pang family compare to the Wang family! Xu is old, Pang Ce has a temperament and displeasure, "Since that's the case." What's the matter? ”

"Lord Qiqi, now that prices in Suzhou are soaring, the people are struggling to make a living, and if it goes on like this, I'm afraid there will be a big mess. He came to borrow food for the prefect and asked the old man to help. Late life is grateful. ”

Tang Yi said and stood up with Xu Wei and bowed deeply.

Pang Ce's shou eyebrows raised and asked, "Why didn't Wang Chonggu come by himself?" ”

"Lord Fuzun's affairs are too complicated, I really can't get away, and when the turmoil subsides, I will personally come to the door to thank you."

"Hmm!" Pang Ce was silent for a while before he reluctantly said: "The price of grain has skyrocketed, how can the old man not know!" Our Pang family is also a hundred people, if Wang Chonggu comes. The old man categorically will not borrow grain. But for the sake of your father's face, the old man can't help but borrow it, go, point out five hundred stones, and let Xingzhi take it away. ”

Okay, Tang Yi's face is more effective than the prefect, and I don't know whether to be happy or to cry. And just like that, out of Pang Mansion. Tang Yi went to several houses in a row, among which were the gentry who had a voice with the traffic line. There are also Tang Shunzhi's old friends, disciples, and believers in Xinxue, whether they are looking at Tang Yi's face or Xu Wei's face, more or less. They all borrowed some grain, some of which were 200 stones, and some of which were 300 stones, which added up to less than 10,000 stones, which could only be regarded as better than nothing.

"Yes. I don't think the two of us are related, but like asking for food, you see which one doesn't look at us out of the corner of your eye! Xu Wei said angrily: "I don't believe it, they have 10,000 acres of fertile land, and the grain hoards are full, and there is no problem at all with three or five thousand stones." It's just two or three hundred stones, but it's just a small amount of money, it's a shame! ”

Tang Yi smiled all over his face, "Brother Wen feels wronged?" ”

"That's not it, I think we're wasting our time." Xu Wei said in a low voice: "Okay, you didn't prepare a killer feature, why did you ......"

Tang Yi waved his hand decisively and blocked Xu Wei's words.

"Brother Wen, let's talk about love and love, in order to marry my own son, if you omit the previous process and go directly into the cave room, will you feel good?"

Xu Wei raised his head, thought about it, and said, "There's nothing bad, my daughter-in-law only saw her for the first time when she entered the cave room!" Thinking of his beloved wife again, Xu Dacaizi's eyes were red.

Tang Yi hurriedly diverted the conversation, "Brother Wen, let's still rap a play, the most exciting singing part of a play is only a few sentences, but it can't be omitted before and after, and there is no taste without foreshadowing." If you don't boil it slowly, you won't be able to make a good soup. Before both sides have all the cards out, my killer feature is useless. ”

Xu Wei finally understood, "Okay, then you said that we are now the corners." ”

"That's right, we're going to set the mood!"

Tang Yi patted his buttocks and said confidently: "The big households in Suzhou are slamming the door, tomorrow we will go out of the city, go to Taicang, and go to our base camp, I will see who can not produce food!" ”

……

Tang Yi and Xu Wei hurried back to Taicang, unlike the cold reception in Suzhou, Qian Fat Man and a group of people had been looking forward to it for a long time.

"Oops, Childe is back!"

The fat man trotted forward, took the reins of Tang Yi's horse, and walked towards the city.

"How's it going, can we raise food?"

When the fat man heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and said embarrassedly: "Childe, let's not hide it, we only bought more than 30,000 stones." ”

"Why so little?"

This time it was Tang Yi's turn to be surprised, Taicang, Taicang, it has been a heavy place for grain production since ancient times, and casually took out hundreds of thousands of stones, which is nothing, why did he only collect 30,000 stones? Could it be that the fat man is not able to do things?

Xu Shi felt Tang Yi's dissatisfied gaze, the fat man sweated on his forehead, and hurriedly said: "Childe, when I get home, the little one will tell you in detail." ”

Surrounded by everyone, he returned to the mansion and went to see the Zhu family first, Zhu was not interested in food, but knew that Tang Yi had won the head of the government examination, he was inexplicably happy, asked long and short questions, and told Tang Yi to study hard, three yuan and first, and add glory to the Tang family.

The imperial examination is the king, and the world is like this, even if you are from a noble background, you are not exempt from vulgarity. Tang Yi could only promise to agree, came out of the Zhu family's house, and returned to the study.

At this time, the fat man was already waiting in the house, and he went straight to the point.

"Childe, the younger one just learned that as early as the beginning of the year, some people took advantage of the low price of grain to hoard food. The big families have food, but they have already signed the contract and received the deposit, and the grain is not theirs. The 30,000 stones bought by the small ones were all increased this year. It's not good for the small one to force the big guy to break the contract, and the matter is not good, and the son is also punished. ”

"I see."

Tang Yi nodded, it seems that Zhao Xu and these people are not improvised, but have already been laid out. Think about it, often close positions can be stolen beams and change columns, and the big households around Suzhou can not be settled!

Tang Yi's head also got bigger, and he, like Wang Chonggu, needed to delay time and mobilize strength. According to his judgment, Wang Chonggu's so-called 250,000 stone of grain that was about to arrive was very likely to have problems. With the energy of Zhao Xu and others, at least one fold must be made.

Therefore, I have to get at least 100,000 stones, preferably more, in order to maintain the situation.

"Old Qian, you said that all the big families have signed a contract? Isn't there an exception? ”

"I can't say that." Qian Fatzi snapped his fingers and said, "There are still two that haven't signed." ”

"Who?"

"The first one is your father-in-law's Taicang Wang family, and as for the second one, it is the old Xu family of Xu Pavilion in Huating!"

Tang Yi hit his forehead with his hand, and said in his heart Isn't this an obvious thing, do you still need to ask the fat man? The Wang family has a thousand-year-old heritage, Wang Chen's father and son are both literate and martial, famous and powerful, and can ignore Zhao Xu and others. As for Xu Jie, not to mention, the first hundreds of thousands of acres of land in the family have 100,000 stone of grain every year just by collecting rent.

Xu Ge is still a little far away, and the Wang family is right in front of him.

"Go, prepare a gift, I'll go to the Wang's house."

Tang Yi changed into new clothes, and he was also a lot haggard after a few days of busy work, so he washed his face well, Xu Wei covered his mouth and yawned, "Okay, it's all a family, is it so formal?" ”

"Always make a good impression."

Tang Yi was also very relaxed, sat in the carriage, took a nap, and when he arrived at the gate of the Wang family, he stretched his waist, and the person in charge saw Tang Yi and hurriedly came to greet him.

"Come in, please."

When I arrived at the lobby and sat down, it didn't take long for a while, there was a sound of footsteps, and three people came, the old man was Wang Chen's cousin Wang Su, and the two young ones were Wang Su's two sons, Wang Shiyu and Wang Shixian. Everyone met and exchanged pleasantries for a while. Wang Yu smiled first: "I heard that the first case in the line is two yuan, if the Taoist test comes to the first case, the third yuan, it is worth celebrating." Nothing else, my uncle was happy, and asked them to prepare food and drink and have a good chat. ”

Tang Yi nodded slightly, and after a while, the family put on the wine and food, Wang Su personally accompanied the wine, Tang Yi drank three glasses in a row, and said with a smile: "Uncle, there are still some things when my nephew comes, I don't know if to talk about it?" ”

"It's all a family, what's polite."

"Then the nephew said, it's like this, there is a shortage of food in Suzhou City, and the prefect asked me and Brother Wen to come out to borrow food. I feel that stabilizing prices is a good act to protect the people, and the prefect also said that it is not a loan for nothing, and the price of three taels of silver per stone of grain is twice as high as usual, what do you think? ”

I thought that Wang Yu would agree without hesitation, but who knew that he was silent, but Wang Shiyu and Wang Shixian had a faint sneer on the corner of their mouths, quite disapproving.

"What's the problem?"

Wang Yu didn't speak, Wang Shixian said exaggeratedly: "Cousin, to put it mildly, you were deceived by Wang Chonggu and used it as a gun, and you don't know what's going on!" ”

Wang Shixian's righteousness was stern and heartbreaking, as if Tang Yi was really a novice.

"Cousin, do you know what the price of food is now?"

"Suzhou is quite expensive, and when I came back, it was more than six taels of silver and one stone."

"Move!" Wang Shixian clapped his big hands, countless ingots flashed in his pupils, and said excitedly: "The price of grain is the same every day, and it seems that it is possible to rise to more than ten taels." Holding grain is equivalent to holding silver for nothing. How can you listen to Wang Chonggu's words and leave the silver and not make money, isn't that a fool? ”

The more Wang Shixian spoke, his hands danced, Wang Su's face sank, and he coughed twice.

"Okay, the old man knows that you are a good heart, but after all, you are too young and a scholar, just bring the words to it, and the rest of the old men have their own opinions."

Wang Su's tone was dissatisfied and impatient, and he clearly said that you are too young, too naïve, too lazy to tell you! (To be continued.) )