Ding Yuluo was still suspicious, and his expression was delicate and touching when he stared at him, like a stubborn sister asking his brother for help, Ding Hao's heart was clear, and he smiled: "Haha, yes, let's make a climbing plow again, and climb the difficult snowy mountain of General Guangyuan!" Miss, when I entered the city today, I caught a trafficker, who was about to kidnap a child, and I rescued the child to find out that he was Cheng Fugui, the son of Cheng Shixiong, the general of Guangyuan. ”

"Really?" Ding Yuluo jumped up excitedly.

Ding Hao hurriedly said: "Don't be too happy, this is a private matter, but the grain and grass franchise is a public matter, our grain is six days late, if it weren't for the early withdrawal of the Tartars due to civil strife, I am afraid that it will cause a great change, that General Cheng must be very afraid at this moment, even if no one else wants to take away the grain business, he will not take such a risk again." I saved the little son of the Cheng family, just one more chance to mediate with him, if we use this grace to threaten each other, it is the most stupid behavior. Take the initiative to operate in the hands of others, turn over your hands for clouds, cover your hands for rain, and don't you have to let him in the future? Therefore, we must think of a foolproof strategy to solve General Cheng's worries. ”

Ding Yuluo's eyes sparkled, and he said happily: "I guess, you already have an idea in mind, right?" ”

Ding Hao didn't answer, pondered for a moment and said: "There is one thing, I need to figure out first, is there no official warehouse for such a big city as Guangyuan?" Or is there a limited amount of food in the official warehouse? ”

Ding Yuluo said: "Any big city, how can there be a reason not to have an official warehouse?" Guangyuan naturally also has an official warehouse, but in the more than ten years since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the northern border has always been peaceful, although there are northern tribes every year to 'fight the grass valley', but there are very few who dare to go deep into the Song realm, after all, it is only the behavior of the northern tribes, not the northern court sent troops to invade the south, so in general, the northern border is quite peaceful.

In the past ten years of peace, the big city of Dafu in the north has developed rapidly, the city of Guangyuan has more than doubled, the population has also increased sharply, and then the garrison of Guangyuan has become more and more day by day, and the official warehouse built in the early years has been insufficient. ”

Ding Hao asked suspiciously: "So, why don't you build an additional official warehouse to store grain?" ”

Ding Yuluo smiled bitterly: "You must know that although Guangyuan is under the jurisdiction of the Great Song Dynasty, it has always been the sphere of influence of the Fuzhou Zhe clan, and it is inconvenient for the imperial court to directly intervene to order Guangyuan to build an additional official warehouse. As for General Cheng himself, I am afraid that it is inconvenient to assert it knowing the stakes.

Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the world has been in turmoil, more than ten years to establish a country, three or five years to usurp a king, the world is turbulent, since ancient times so much. General Cheng has a heavy army in his hands and guards one side, and if he stores grain and grass extensively, it will inevitably attract suspicion. In the past ten years, the Ding family has collected grain, planted grain, and transported grain to Guangyuan, and there has never been anything wrong, so he naturally doesn't bother to talk about it. This layer of window paper has never been pierced. ”

Ding Hao sighed lightly: "Officialdom ......, alas! But now it seems that this is a big hidden danger. Since the Zhe clan dared to leave him here for more than ten years without moving, he must have been extremely trusted, or he had his own means to control him. After this grain transportation fork, it almost caused a big disaster, I think whether it is General Cheng or Fuzhou Zheshi, it is time to realize the importance of expanding the official warehouse. If we don't directly ask General Guangyuan to maintain the right of the Ding family's grain and grass monopoly, but mobilize the Ding family's connections to expand the official warehouse, will we get twice the result with half the effort? ”

Ding Yuluo's eyes lit up, and two blushes of excitement appeared on his face: "I understand, grain and grass are directly related to General Guangyuan's net worth and life, and the trouble of his henchmen will not disappear for a day, and General Guangyuan, who has been frightened by this, may not tie such an important matter to our family anymore." He is the general of Guangyuan Town, he knows the weight of grain storage, but it is inconvenient for him to take the initiative to build a grain warehouse, if we can take this opportunity to promote the expansion of Guangyuan official warehouse, it will solve his worries, and then it will be a matter of course to ask him again. Speaking of which, at that time, he was afraid that he would owe us a favor. And what we want to take advantage of is the crisis that has arisen from this incident, and it is wonderful to take advantage of the situation and turn the disadvantage into an advantage. ”

Ding Hao saw her happy appearance, and a happy smile appeared on his face, and reminded: "Since you have asked many officials from Guangyuan in the past few days, who among them is willing to really help, and who has been bought by others, you must already know in your heart." From tomorrow onwards, you go to those who are willing to help, you don't have to let them go to General Cheng to speak for the Ding family, just ask them to write to ask for the establishment of an official warehouse, as long as Fuzhou Zheshi agrees, our matter will be half done. ”

"Okay!" Ding Yuluo immediately nodded obediently, she now has an inexplicable trust in Ding Hao, in the past, she only occasionally had this kind of obedient mentality in front of her father and eldest brother, and unconsciously, Ding Hao also had such an important position in her heart, but she herself didn't realize it: "Is it only half?" So what's the other half? ”

"Of course, the other half is human affection, and if you don't understand human affection, it is difficult to move an inch. This relationship should be pulled and must be pulled. Mrs. Cheng is about to have a big birthday, we can prepare a chic gift, if we can do what they like and make the old lady happy, General Cheng, a filial son, must be grateful, then this franchise can be preserved. ”

"Well, this time, my father has been prepared, I sent someone to Guangyuan on the way to report first, I learned that Mrs. Cheng is going to celebrate her sixtieth birthday, Mrs. Cheng is a believer in Buddhism, so as soon as I enter the city, the largest gold bank in Guangyuan will build a Golden Buddha, and after the delivery the day after tomorrow, I will go to ask the empty elders of Puji Temple to consecrate the Golden Buddha as a birthday gift for Mrs. Cheng."

"Gold is precious, but it is a mundane thing, but it is ...... Mrs. Cheng is not an elegant person, if you want to send her some celebrity calligraphy and paintings, it will be really bad. ”

Ding Hao said with a smile: "Now she will be happy to ask the empty monk to chant the golden Buddha to consecrate it, and then give it to a devout believer like Cheng Lao Taijun." No wonder you are so generous in Puji Temple, you have a plan. Well...... This gift may not be suitable for others, but it is perfect for Mrs. Cheng. ”

Ding Yu was praised by him, and his heart was happy, but he was still worried: "But...... Cheng Shixiong is the lord of Guangyuan, his mother's birthday, the gentry of the city, will go to the party, those who have the intention to replace the Ding family's huge rich grain merchants, the gifts must also rack their brains, with them to compare, I am afraid that the golden Buddha will not show anything. ”

Ding Hao frowned and said, "Yes, you have to do what you like and win by surprise." ”

Ding Yuluo smiled bitterly and said: "I just do what I like, Mrs. Cheng believes in Buddhism, didn't I hit a golden Buddha to give her?" It's better to send a golden temple. ”

Ding Hao's heart suddenly moved, and the corners of his mouth showed a mysterious smile, and he said happily: "I thought about it, haha, if you do this, you will definitely be able to do what she likes, maybe it will be more effective than giving her a mountain of gold." ”

Ding Yuluo's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he urged repeatedly: "What is the method, you can say it quickly." ”

Ding Haowaner: "Don't be in a hurry, I haven't thought about the details yet, let me sell it first, Ming'er...... Go and ask the reliable officials, and I'll ...... I started to prepare for this. ”

Ding Yuluo saw that he didn't say anything, glanced at him, and said helplessly: "Okay, then how much silver do you need?" My father gave me 100,000 taels of silver, and asked me to spare no money to keep the right to the franchise. Now I have been working up and down, plus the purchase of the Golden Buddha, there are only 40,000 taels left. ”

Ding Hao glanced at her and said with a deep sigh: "Forty thousand taels, barely enough, then give it all to me." ”

"Good!" Ding Yuluo didn't think about it, he reached out and touched the silver ticket, Ding Hao was stunned and said, "You ......"

"Huh?"

"Aren't you afraid that I will take the silver ticket and leave?"

"Will you?" Those clear eyes looked at Ding Hao, there was only trust in them, and there was no hesitation.

Ding Hao lowered his eyes and sighed softly: "At any time, you should be a little careful with people." ”

Ding Yuluo smiled happily and handed over a thick stack of silver tickets: "Got it, here you go!" ”

Ding Hao touched his nose and said with a wry smile: "I know that if you don't listen to your heart, I lied to you just now." ”

"What?"

"It doesn't take 40,000 taels, 400 taels is enough, hmm...... I thought, just in case, huh...... Take five hundred taels. ”

Ding Yuluo said in surprise: "Five hundred taels? Five hundred taels is enough? ”

Ding Hao smiled: "Enough!" ”

Ding Yuluo looked at him in disbelief, and after a while, he took out the largest denomination from the silver ticket, and said: "Here, this is a thousand taels, if there is any surplus, it is all yours, and I have done it for this lord." ”

Ding Hao took it after a little hesitation, carefully picked up the silver ticket, and said, "Miss, then I'll go back and rest, let's go separately tomorrow morning." ”

The big event had an eyebrow, Ding Yuluo was very happy in his heart, and said: "Cheng, you just came back from your journey, and you are indeed tired, hurry up and go back to rest." ”

"Miss, please rest in peace, the villain retires."

"Whoa!" As soon as Ding Hao walked to the door, there was a soft call from Ding Yuluo behind him, Ding Hao stopped and turned around, and asked, "What else is the matter with the eldest lady?" ”

Ding Yuluo's face was slightly dizzy, and he said with a somewhat embarrassed expression: "I still forgot something, so ...... What do you say about Miss Tang? ”

Ding Hao was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "Oh, if you don't mention it, you forgot about it, when I sent the little son of the Cheng family back, I had already seen her." In front of General Cheng and Governor Xu, this matter has been said, I think...... She won't embarrass me anymore. ”

Ding Yuluo's eyes widened in surprise, and he lost his voice: "Will she be so generous?" ”

Ding Hao smiled dryly: "It's not a generous ......, it's mainly ......, firstly, I saved her cousin, and secondly, when she found me in the temple, she didn't know what I saw, so ......"

Ding Yuluo blurted out and asked, "Then what did you see?" ”

"Huh?" Ding Hao Khan.

Ding Yuluo knew that he was speechless, his pretty face turned into a big red cloth, he quickly turned around, and said embarrassedly: "You, you, you...... Go and rest. ”

"Yes, the villain takes his leave." Ding Hao lifted the curtain and walked out of the house, and let out a long breath: "Even if women evolve for another five thousand years, what will remain eternal is their burning gossip soul!" ”;