Jiang Wencheng, the shopkeeper of the Four Seasons Inn, had just returned from outside when he received a message from home.

Let him go to the county guard's house.

He didn't say what he was going to do at the county guard's mansion, which made him wonder what he was going to do at the county guard's mansion.

With a worried heart, he took a carriage to the county guard's mansion, and as soon as he got off the carriage, he saw an acquaintance.

Wu Zeyu, the head of the drunken township building, the two grew up together since childhood, and they have a lot of affection.

He hurriedly stepped forward and whispered, "Why are you here?" ”

Seeing the acquaintance, Wu Zeyu felt a little more steady, and replied in the same volume: "The official messenger notified me to come, and it was General Du who asked me to come." ”

"General Du looking for you?"

"Aren't you?"

Jiang Wencheng swallowed his saliva, "I don't know if it's or not, the family notified me to come over, and I didn't say anything else." ”

"It must be, I just don't know what General Du is looking for us to do?" Wu Zeyu said.

The two of them fell behind the official errand, and said as they walked, after hearing Wu Zeyu's words, Jiang Wencheng stopped and whispered more and more: "Could it be that you think that we have donated less silver, and you want us to donate more?" ”

Wu Zeyu's eyes widened, he felt that this could be very big, sighed in his heart, didn't say anything more, and walked inside.

He was used to being exploited, and at this time he was thinking about how much more to donate to satisfy Du Ziteng.

Jiang Wencheng followed his footsteps, pulled him, and asked in a low voice, "If yes, how much do you plan to donate?" ”

Wu Zeyu opened his dry mouth and said faintly: "There are definitely not only two of us who have been called, and we will see you when the time comes." ”

He was right, it was indeed not just the two of them who came, there were already twelve middle-aged men sitting in the main hall of the county guard's mansion, and they all knew each other, but at this time, everyone did not speak, and drank tea silently.

Hearing the footsteps, everyone looked at the past, and no matter how tacitly they didn't look over, they were not in the mood to say hello.

The moment they saw so many people, Jiang Wencheng and Wu Zeyu breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts at the same time, no matter what, it was not only the two of them who were unlucky.

The official turned a blind eye to their strange appearance, pointed to the last two positions, and said, "You sit there, General Du will be there soon." ”

Jiang Wencheng and Wu Zeyu sat down obediently, the maid served tea, and the two nodded in greeting.

The official said that Du Ziteng would arrive soon, but Jiang Wencheng and the others still didn't believe it, but as soon as their tea was served, the people arrived.

With the sound of Tatata's footsteps, a handsome and upright young man wearing a moon-white silver silk dark pattern flower robe and a hairpin with mutton fat jade on his head strode in.

Everyone hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Xiaomin has seen General Du. ”

Du Ziteng didn't pause, walked directly to the top position, and sat down very chic with a flick of his clothes, "Sit down." ”

"Yes." Everyone carefully sat back in their seats.

Du Ziteng looked at everyone with satisfaction, without any polite words, and said directly: "This time I invited you to come over after investigation, and you have more or less hoarded food at home. ”

"Now I want to buy half of the grain in your hands, and the price is calculated at twenty-one tons, of course, you can sell me as much as you want."

The price of twenty-two and one tons was set by Du Ziteng, and only half of the grain was requested by Lin Miao.

This price can be put forward by Huang Guangping's people to prove that it is not low, and Du Ziteng intends to repay their donations.

As for only buying half of it, Lin Miao felt that people were businessmen, so they should leave some for others to do business.

Everyone was shocked, and their mouths were open enough to put eggs directly in.

Grunt...

I don't know whose sound of swallowing brood broke the silence of the room.

Jiang Wencheng and Wu Zeyu glanced at each other, and were about to speak, when they heard a hoarse and low voice sound.

"General Du, Xiaomin doesn't understand what General Du means?"

"Literally, you all know that the warehouse was burned, and I promised to open a warehouse for disaster relief, which is a disaster relief when there is no food, of course I can only buy it."

That's true, it's just...

After a moment of silence, an old man stood up tremblingly and said, "General Du, where is the money you promised to donate before, every article will be announced, and now you are taking it out to buy our grain at a high price, doesn't this make us become inhuman in the eyes of the people." ”

At present, the price of grain on the market is 900 wen and 1 stone, which is 300 wen higher than before, and if it is calculated at 221 tons, it is equivalent to 1,200 wen and 1 stone.

It is more expensive than the market price, and the people who are officials dare not scold, they must be scolded.

Du Ziteng didn't think of this, and said: "Then you can put forward a suitable price, and you can also mention additional requirements." ”

Look at me, people, and I'll look at you.

In the end, it was the old man who spoke, and he said: "General Du, Qian'an County is our hometown, and we don't want it to become miserable because of the famine, so we have decided that each of us here will donate another 500 stone of grain." ”

I've done my best, so I guess I'm satisfied.

Du Ziteng's face was stiff, "I didn't ask you to donate food, I said that I would buy it, so hurry up and bid it." ”

Everyone look at me again, I look at you, a little unsure of what Du Ziteng means.

Jiang Wencheng had contacted Du Ziteng because Ah Jiu entrusted Du Ziteng to receive her uncle, and knew that he was a person who said the same, so he quickly stood up and said: "General Du, the price of grain on the market now is 900 wen and one stone..."

"That's nine hundred dollars and one stone." Du Ziteng didn't wait for Jiang Wencheng to finish speaking, and directly made a decision, "You can sell as much as you can to me." ”

These words once again made everyone look at me, I look at you, and they are at a loss.

…………

Yard without house number.

A plainly dressed man knocked on the door of the courtyard and went straight to a study.

In front of the bookcase in the study sat a young man in his early thirties, who was writing hard, when he heard footsteps, looked up and lowered his head to continue writing.

After a while, he stopped writing and asked, "Asked you to check the content of Huang Dali's letter, why did you come back?" ”

The plainly dressed man replied: "Master Huang, my subordinates received the latest news, Du Ziteng summoned the merchants and family members of Qian'an City, saying that he wanted to buy the grain in their hands, what do you mean by him?" Didn't you promise to buy it with us? ”

The one who is called Huang Ye is Huang Guangping, and this news made his brows furrow.

After a while, he said, "Call Zhang Yi." ”

Zhang Yi quickly came to the study, "Master Huang, what are your orders?" ”

"That girl, can you get in touch with her?"

"Which girl?" Zhang Yi was a little confused.

"I live in the county watchman's house."

"Oh, she, yes, she said that as long as she told the concierge of the county guard mansion to find Miss Lin, they would bring her news."

"Then you go find her out, what does that mean now?"