On the night when Li Yuntian entered Taiping City, a burly military attache with the rank of captain knocked on the door of a house in the south of the city.

"Master Jun, who are you looking for?" The one who opened the door was a tall and thin man, who already knew about the entry of the Xiaowu army into the city, glanced at the strange black military uniform on the burly captain, and asked with a smile on his face.

"This official is the staff officer of the Xiaowu Army, and I want to find your master if I have something." The captain quietly introduced himself.

The thin and tall man didn't know what a "staff officer" was, but when he saw the burly captain calling him "this officer", he immediately realized that the burly captain was an official, and hurriedly turned sideways and welcomed the burly captain into the courtyard.

The house is a two-entry pattern, divided into two courtyards, which is already considered a mansion in Taiping City, and only those who are rich and noble can afford to live in it.

The burly captain was invited into the reception hall in the front yard by the tall and thin man, asked a maid to make him tea, and then walked quickly to the backyard to report to the master.

In the backyard bedroom, a man in his thirties with a beard is sitting on a chair and sipping tea leisurely, while a pretty woman stands behind him and pounds his shoulders attentively.

"Master, there is a staff officer of the Xiaowu Army looking for you outside, it is an official." The tall and thin man hurriedly walked in the door, bowed down and said to the bearded man.

"Warrior Army! Staff officer? The bearded man was slightly stunned when he heard this, he had never dealt with the Xiaowu Army, and he was quite surprised by the arrival of the staff officer for a while.

"Master, the concubine heard that this Xiaowu army is the elite of our Ming Dynasty, one by one, one is ten, and it is extremely brave, those traitors in Jiaozhi this time will definitely be exterminated, right?" At this time, the pretty woman who gave the bearded man a shoulder thump couldn't help but ask with interest.

"What's the good thing about extermination, the old man still points to the price of food and rises again......" The bearded man replied casually when he heard this, and then he seemed to suddenly realize something, his face suddenly changed, and he stood up suddenly, and couldn't help but blurt out, "It's not good!" ”

"Master, what's wrong?" The pretty woman was startled and couldn't help but ask suspiciously.

"As the saying goes, if you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, the lord has nothing to do with the Xiaowu army, they sent someone to find the lord this time, they must be fighting the idea of the grain in the master's hands."

The bearded man's brows furrowed, and he explained to the pretty woman, "The Xiaowu army came so quickly this time, there is no time to prepare food at all!" ”

"Master, the concubine heard that there is a lot of food in Xuanhua City, they won't touch our food, right?" The pretty woman also became nervous when she heard this, and asked tentatively.

"Although there is a lot of food there, there are more refugees fleeing to Xuanhua Province, and if the Xiaowu Army wants to succeed in counterinsettling the rebellion this time, it must resettle those refugees, which will require a lot of food."

The bearded man shook his head and replied expressionlessly, "Now that the Jiaozhi rebels are full-fledged, this battle is not known to be fought until the Year of the Monkey and the month of the Monkey, and the more food the Xiaowu Army has, the better, and our food in Taiping will naturally be favored by them." ”

"Master, they're not going to snatch the grain, are they?" When the pretty woman saw that the bearded man said so strictly, she immediately panicked, those grains were worth three or four hundred thousand taels, and if it was gone, the bearded man would be unlucky.

"Rob?" The bearded man immediately sneered when he heard this, and said proudly, "Our Kyushu Chamber of Commerce is not so easy to bully, otherwise why would we be able to dominate the two countries?" Even if the Guangxi Governor Yushi saw the big boss, he was polite, and the lord didn't believe that the Xiaowu army dared to rob openly. ”

The big boss in the mouth of the bearded man refers to Chen Ningning, and he is Jia Yunchuan, who was sent by Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou to Guangxi to prepare for food matters.

Because he had to take care of the grain stored in the granary in the Taiping Mansion, Jia Yunchuan bought a small courtyard in the south of the city and lived in, and by the way, he also accepted a concubine to serve.

Because Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou are Li Yuntian's concubines, the two of them are a secret in the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, and except for those heavyweight members, other members don't know the identities of the two.

Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou both showed themselves in men's clothes when they were in the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, although the two had no position in the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, but they had unparalleled influence, and the deacons of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce Deacons and those heavyweight members were all the two of them.

The reason why this is so is not only because Li Yuntian is a close minister of Emperor Xuande in the capital, but also has an important relationship with Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou's outstanding business talents, otherwise it would be difficult for the two to convince the public in the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce.

Speaking of which, this matter is Li Yuntian's masterpiece, Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou, who were originally ice and snow smart, were instilled with modern business theories by Li Yuntian, and they have a business sense and accurate business vision that far exceed ordinary people, and they can be called business wizards, which makes those heavyweight members of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce all admire.

So far, Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou's business has been very successful and profitable, and it is under the planning of the two that the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce can occupy the market so quickly and expand its sphere of influence to the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty.

The two are like a double carriage going hand in hand, both restricting each other, but also complementing each other, steadily leading the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce to move forward rapidly, becoming the fourth largest chamber of commerce in addition to the Daming Salt Merchants Association, the Grain Merchants Association and the Cloth Merchants Association.

Because Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou have mysterious identities and have a decisive influence on the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, the members of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce privately call the two "big bosses".

In the first half of this year, when Jia Yunchuan was preparing grain, he touched the interests of a big businessman in Guilin City, and was framed by the big businessman and thrown into prison after being framed by the government.

However, Jia Yunchuan was released after a few days in prison, and the big merchant Jia and the official of the government who framed him were arrested and imprisoned by the Guangxi Governor Yushi.

Later, Jia Yunchuan learned that Chen Ningning came to Guilin and went to meet the Lord Yushi of Guangxi, who was patrolling the Imperial History Yamen, and was later personally sent out of the Yamen by the Inspector Yushi, and then he was released, and the businessmen and officials who framed him were unlucky.

As a result, Jia Yunchuan finally realized that Chen Ningning was even more powerful than he thought, and he was able to make the high-ranking Inspector Yushi solve his case in a resolute manner.

Jia Yunchuan would not know that the inspector of Guangxi and Li Yuntian were Jinshi of the same department, and they had a very good personal relationship, so they would naturally stand up for him.

Therefore, although the Xiaowu Army is led by the newly promoted nobles of the Ming Dynasty, Zhen Wubo, Jia Yunchuan also has a lot of confidence, and he will not let the Xiaowu Army take those grains lightly, anyway, there is Chen Ningning, the big boss behind him, and at the same time, he is reasonable, so he is not afraid of making things bigger.

As the saying goes, it's a blessing or a curse, it's a curse that can't be avoided, after guessing the burly captain's intention, Jia Yunchuan decided to go to meet the burly captain for a while, and rushed to the front yard with an expression.

"The adults visit the cold house, and the small people are disappointed, and they hope that the adults will forgive their sins." The burly captain sat upright on a chair in the reception hall, and after Jia Yunchuan entered the door, he arched his hand at him, smiled and asked, "I don't know why the adults came late at night?" ”

"Boss Jia, this official came to discuss with you about buying grain." Seeing this, the burly captain got up and said in a deep voice.

"Buying grain?" Jia Yunchuan deliberately pretended to be surprised when he heard this, and looked quite surprised, but he sneered in his heart, saying that he was buying, I am afraid that the price is extremely low and there is no difference between grabbing.

"Adults don't know that these grains in Taiping belong to the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, and the small people can't be the masters." Then, Jia Yunchuan bowed to the burly captain and said quietly, "If the adults want to buy grain, the small people must get permission from above. ”

"Boss Jia, the official used it to buy it, it should be okay." Hearing this, the burly captain took out something from his pocket, walked up to Jia Yunchuan and slowly stretched out his palm, smiling and showing him the thing in his palm.

"My lord, the little people are away for a moment." When he saw the object in the palm of the burly captain's palm, Jia Yunchuan was suddenly slightly stunned, his eyes showed a stunned look, and he couldn't help but look at the burly captain again, and then bowed his hand to the burly captain and left in a hurry.

Looking at Jia Yunchuan who was leaving in a hurry, the corners of Li Yuntian's mouth couldn't help but reveal a smile, at this time there was half a copper plate lying quietly on his palm, which was the other half of the half of the copper plate that Jia Yunchuan owned.

Soon, Jia Yunchuan came back quickly, holding the half copper plate that Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou asked him to give him, and picked up Li Yuntian's half of the pair, and the two half copper plates were tightly put together to form a complete copper plate.

"My lord, how do you want to buy food?" Jia Yunchuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw this, he finally waited for the other half of the copper plate, but he never expected that the person who took the half copper plate turned out to be a member of the Xiaowu Army, and after experiencing the initial shock, he looked up at Li Yuntian.

"Buy all the food at cost." Li Yuntian smiled slightly and said in a deep voice.

"Cheng ...... Cost price? Jia Yunchuan couldn't help but be stunned, looking at Li Yuntian with a stunned expression, and thought that he had heard it wrong.

Now grain is a scarce material in the neighboring state capitals of Guangxi and Jiaozhi, and due to the impact of the war in Jiaozhi, the price of grain has risen several times, and Li Yuntian actually wants to buy grain at cost price, so won't the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce lose money?

"Tomorrow, someone from the Xiaowu Army will come to negotiate with you about buying grain, and you can sell it to him at cost price." Li Yuntian nodded, seeing Jia Yunchuan's stunned expression, he nodded to him quietly, "There are many opportunities to make money, haven't you ever thought about why the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce sent you here?" ”

After speaking, Li Yuntian put his legs together, gave a military salute to Jia Yunchuan, and walked away.

Seeing this, Jia Yunchuan didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly sent him out of the courtyard gate, frowned and watched Li Yuntian disappear into the night on the street, and then looked at the two half-cut copper plates in his hand with a suspicious expression, no matter what, he couldn't imagine that the person who gave him the other half of the copper plate would be a person from Xiaowujun, it was too unexpected.

After a long time, Jia Yunchuan slowly clenched his fists, got up and walked into the courtyard, he had already figured out the meaning of Li Yuntian's words before leaving.

If he didn't guess wrong, Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou had no intention of making money on this batch of grain at all, they just did the court a favor, so as to obtain the court's return, which is of far-reaching significance.

At this moment, he never imagined that the young captain standing in front of him was the famous Zhen Wubo, otherwise he would have known that Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou were doing this purely to help Li Yuntian, and he didn't think about anything in return.!^!