"Laizhou is much stronger than our Qingzhou, and the price of rice has fallen below eight yuan! However, this rich family has almost bought it, saying that those grain merchants are coming to our Qingzhou Mansion, and our Anqiu is close to Laizhou Mansion, so it must arrive first, and the price of food in Anqiu will also fall! My brother didn't buy a lot of food a few days ago, so I'll wait for this! ”

The man who spoke was a man in his twenties, dressed in a plain green cloth shirt, shaking a fan as he spoke, and he had a bit of a literati temperament.

The people around him asked him if it was true or not, and Cui Zhi also asked Wei Ming, "You said that this person is right, can you believe it?" ”

Wei Mingdao can believe, "This person's surname is Hao, he is a showman, quite literate, his family is in business, and he has some connections in the county." ”

"Huh?" Cui Zhi glanced at the man again, "Is it from Hao Shu's merchant?" I look a little similar to Uncle Hao. ”

"You have good eyesight, he is the younger brother of Master Hao, line three, a single name and a word repair. Since he said this, he thought that he had received the news from his eldest brother, and he could not be wrong. ”

Cui Zhi listened to Wei Ming's confirmation, and he couldn't be too happy.

Laizhou's rice is saturated, and it is going to flow to Anqiu, so what else does the Sheng family go to Laizhou, and they don't honestly trade with her here?

This early in the morning is like taking a reassuring pill.

She was happy here, and a person at the other table shook her head and smiled, "Hao Sanye, just look at Laizhou, it's just like that, I just came from the south the day before yesterday, but it was Xuzhou Mansion who delayed and didn't want to transfer food to us, it's also true!" ”

Shandong asked the imperial court for disaster relief, and the grain in the warehouse in Linqing, Jinan and Xuzhou in the south was transferred.

As a result, food prices may rise instead of falling.

Half of the people in the hall were surprised, and Hao Xiu even asked, "Xuzhou Cang still dares to listen to the dispatch of the imperial court?" ”

The elderly man at the table with the person who spoke just now stroked his beard, "The boundaries of Xuzhou and other places will be flooded in three or five years, and it will be peaceful for two years, and maybe it will be flooded again next year, how dare you say that it will be adjusted?" The imperial court asked them to send 20,000 stones, so they naturally had to bargain with the imperial court. ”

The person who had just come from the south also said: "This has come and gone, the grain has arrived in Anqiu, I don't know what year and month it is." ”

Cui Zhi heard this, and hurriedly pulled Wei Ming's sleeve, "Is that the case?" ”

Wei Ming thought back and forth, "In the previous life, I did send grain twice before and after, I didn't know anything at the time, but now it seems that it should be the first grain emergency in Linji and Ji's second warehouse, and then it was nearly winter, so it was sent again, and there was a difference of time before and after." ”

Cui Zhi looked at Wei Ming's expression and knew that it was not only as simple as sending food late, but also that many people would starve to death and freeze to death.

It's only June now, and this kind of news has come out, and it seems that it can't be wrong.

Cui Zhi listened to a group of old and young masters talking about the flood, saying that countless people had drowned, and all the houses and livestock had washed away, and suddenly felt shuddering, she clenched Wei Ming's sleeve, "We won't also have a big flood, right?" Is it the Yellow River overflowing? ”

Wei Ming looked at her strangely, "Anqiu floods are not abundant, the Yellow River often floods, and it is Xu, Huai and other places downstream that are washed away, and it has little to do with Anqiu. ”

This can make Cui Zhi stunned, didn't the Yellow River enter the sea from Shandong? She was very worried that her side had finally broken the famine, and another flood would bring everything to nothing, wouldn't it be miserable? No matter how she crosses, she can't hold the footsteps of the flooding of the Yellow River, right?

She asked Wei Ming, but Wei Ming said: "The Yellow River entered the sea from Shandong, which was a matter of the Northern Song Dynasty, and has been rerouted for hundreds of years, and it will not be changed back for a while." ”

Cui Zhi pondered this, and Wei Ming glanced at her, "Could it be that the future generations have diverted Shandong to enter the sea again?" ”

This time, Cui Zhi understood that the Yellow River had been diverted many times, but fortunately, he couldn't stand her for the time being!

Otherwise, the family business that has been saved so hard will be washed away by the Yellow River, but it will not be all over?

She made up her mind, but seeing that Wei Ming was still lamenting the infinite destructive power of the Yellow River, she didn't know what to say for a while.

The system and productive forces are not good, and the so-called management of the Yellow River is also a symptom rather than a root cause.

It's just that Xuzhou is taking precautions, and the grain is unwilling to be transferred to Shandong, and the grain price in Anqiu will not fall even if a grain merchant from Laizhou comes.

Therefore, it is imperative to complete the business with the Sheng family as soon as possible. She said to the common people that she would pay nine dollars a bucket, and if the price went up, she would lose to death!

Thinking like this, he couldn't sit still any longer, drank the tea, and dragged Wei Ming straight to the Sheng family.

*

The Sheng family couldn't sit still for a long time.

Sheng Qiming went to the door early in the morning, and asked people repeatedly, Cui Qiye's people came, listening to Erheng, who was guarding the door, said that he didn't come, and ran to Sheng Qixian's house and paced back and forth.

"Brother, what kind of road do you say this Cui Qiye is? The Tao family said that they had never heard of this person, and there was no one in the county next door who could be right? It's been two days, and I haven't come to the door yet, what's going on? ”

He couldn't hold his breath, Sheng Qixian was even more drumming in his heart for two days, he was most afraid of this Cui Qiye now, who was the local grain merchant and the yamen of which level, secretly came to find out the bottom of the fishing!

They have no money and no power, they come all the way from Yangzhou, if they are planted, who will catch them?

Sheng Qixian was a little scared, and said: "Regardless of whether the Cui family comes or not, we have to be cautious in this business, I don't think it's unreasonable for the steward to say it, alas......"

When Sheng Qiming heard him say this, he hurriedly said, "No, "Didn't the little servant of the Cui family also say it?" We and their family are salt for rice, and we don't take away money, so we can't stand it, right? I just think that this Cui Qiye will never send someone here, how long do you want to delay? ”

Sheng Qixian couldn't answer this question, but the little maid came to pass the word, "Uncle, second master, the servant of Cui Qiye's family is here!" ”

"Oops! It's coming! ”

The two brothers were shocked, and hurriedly asked the two servants to come in, as if they were the chief steward.

Cui Zhi and Wei Ming noticed this treatment before they even entered the door.

The two looked at each other and entered the house.

Sheng Qiming was a little anxious, and as soon as he was looking forward to someone coming, he asked directly: "How is it?" What did the Seventh Master say? Our grain is all the best Yangzhou rice, and the seventh master wants new rice! The seventh master missed this village, but there is no such shop! ”

Cui Zhi saw Sheng Qixian frowning at his younger brother, smiled secretly, and said: "The second master of the Sheng family, our seventh master saw the grain of the Sheng family, and directly stayed, saying that this business must be done with the Sheng family." ”

Wei Ming couldn't help but glance at her.

She is really not ashamed to say this, in fact, it is that the Wei family has no food to entertain the Wen family to do work, and she is greedy, so she eats the rice first, which will say that Cui Qiye values the grain of the Sheng family and will not return it.

The Sheng family brothers naturally couldn't hear the reason, Sheng Qiming's face was happy, and he was just about to talk seriously, but Sheng Qixian opened his mouth.

"The Sheng family has also been delayed for a lot of time in Anqiu, and there is still a trip to Laizhou, and the seventh master wants to trade, so it is better to wait for my brother to come back from Laizhou."

As soon as he said this, not to mention that Cui Zhi didn't expect it, even Sheng Qiming looked at him strangely: If you don't hurry up to talk about business with the Cui family, why do you want to leave others aside?

Sheng Qixian's eyes signaled him to be restless, Sheng Qiming frowned and didn't speak.

Wei Ming watched from the side, and saw that Steward Sheng came up with tea, and he was relieved when he heard this, and he understood a little in his heart.

He took a step forward and said leisurely: "It's okay, there are also a few grain merchants in Laizhou, and our seventh master also wants to take a look." ”

After saying this, it was originally because of Sheng Qixian's reversed momentum, but it turned again.

Cui Zhi immediately thought about it, took a step back, and said with a smile: "Exactly." ”