For a whole night, until the third watch, Fan Li did not find Wu Zheng, and where Wu Zheng went, Fan Li did not know, he mobilized all the subordinates in the house, followed to look for it, inside and out, and did not find Wu Zheng's figure.

As a result, early the next morning, when it was time to have breakfast, Wu Zheng appeared again, Fan Li hurriedly called his subordinates to add wine and food, he planned to go out and continue to collect rice, although the distance was a little far, many times, he had to go in person.

In order to ensure the quality of rice, Fan Li every time, will go in person, after looking at the local market, and then let people buy the rice back, generally bad rice, Fan Li will not want, the first, the loading time can not be long, second, bad rice, but also affect the face of the rice shop.

And this time, there was a flood in the south, and Cao Yingong urgently needed a large amount of rice grain to relieve the disaster, so he specially sowed a sum of money to collect rice at a low price, and Fan Li hoarded the rice that had been purchased at a low price for a long time and handed it over, while the new rice continued to be hoarded.

Fan Li is very clear about all this, this money to the local officials, Luo is very deducted, he knows it, but not to say, some small rice shops, has begun to complain, it seems that Luo is not going to give money, planning to give this money to his own pocket.

The place to go, 3 days away from Dingtao, is a small basin, the rice grain production there is good, and the price is higher than other regions, so many rice merchants are reluctant to buy in the past, even if they buy black-hearted rice, they do not go there, in order to be able to make more money.

But Fan Li, as a businessman, is very discerning, when he observes the market, he has already thought of countermeasures, there are few people over there to collect rice, and the local people, want to sell rice, go to other places, but also have to pay high taxes, back and forth, basically, can not make any money.

The locals are also more anxious, very much hope that someone can buy their rice, Fan Li will be calculated, he passed by a few times, did not go to collect rice, said that the price is too expensive.

Over time, many people are reluctant to go over, because the price is indeed there, if it is transported back for a long distance and the price is high, it is bound to suppress other rice shops, and no one will buy it, and if it is sold low, the cost cannot be recovered.

Fan Li has been waiting, and now is the time, he will send people from time to time to the place where the rice is collected, disguised as a seller halfway, as soon as he sees the rice merchant, he will nag a few words, saying that the rice in this place is a bit expensive, and the locals have not been very willing to reduce the price.

Doing so can completely cut off the idea of these merchants wanting to go to the past, and in the end, there are no more people in that place who are willing to go to the rice shop, and the mountain road is more difficult to walk.

All of this is in Fan Li's calculations, but now, by coincidence, the catastrophe from the sky has helped Fan Li to implement the plan in advance.

Everything Fan Li did before was foreshadowing, the rice he sold was of high quality, and the price was the same as that of other rice shops, over time, the people of Dingtao were naturally willing to go to Fan Li's rice shop and buy good rice to eat, so in just a few months, the sales went up, and he naturally became the largest rice shop.

Fan Li wants the rice in the small basin, and there is another reason, that is, the rice over there is of high quality, but because of the mountain road, the transportation is extremely troublesome.

And Fan Li went to Yefu City this time to purchase ore, which is also true, he wants to prepare for the next plan.

Before going out, he asked his servant to inform Cao Yuan that he had to go out on errands and would come back in 5 days, and when he came back, he would have a good talk with Cao Yuan.

A series of plans, in Fan Li's heart, have already become a bamboo, just waiting for him to speak, and Fan Li got over, the people near the mountain road are his own henchmen, following him for many years, he naturally trusted, for them, Fan Li is also endeavour, so these people are obedient to Fan Li.

Three days later, Fan Li came to the mountain road of this small basin, the most troublesome thing in this basin is that there is a mountain stream, there is a distance, you need to cross the river, and the water is full of water to people's knees.

When cattle, horses, and livestock camel rice, they may even let the rice into the water if they are not careful, which is easy to mold, so this is also a disadvantage, but Fan Li's heart is full of joy.

Went to the entrance into the basin, sure enough, Fan Li at a few people who were selling fruits, made a look, they followed Fan Li to the tea house, after talking for a while, Fan Li entered the small basin.

The local village chief was brought in, and he went from house to house, gathered the peasants, and said that he would collect all the rice here.

"Oh, this lord, thank God, now that there is a flood in the south, those rice shop merchants are going everywhere to buy black-hearted rice to fill up, but it hurts us."

Before Fan Li could speak, the village chief said that the rice could be much cheaper and sold to Fan Li, but Fan Li refused and said seriously.

"Ladies and gentlemen, although I am a businessman, I am also a scholar, and I know your hard work, and the price of rice is still according to the original, and I have a lot of money, but I have two requests below, I hope you can agree."

Fan Li said politely, and the villagers immediately burst into amazing cheers, calling Tao Zhugong a good man or something.

And Fan Li's requirements, the first is the local rice, only allowed to sell to Fan Li in the future, the price will be according to the death, he will not regret it, the second is to pay for his own money, out of tools, so that the villagers here, in addition to the busy farming, to help repair the mountain road to Dingtao, and so on, all the tools belong to the farmers here.

These two measures made the local village celebrities all nod their heads and praised, and simply praised Fan Li as a god who saved the world, and that night in the village, held a banquet and entertained Fan Li.

After going back, this matter also spread out, and many peers were behind their backs, Tao Zhugong was a fool, but the boss's surname said that he was a good person.

The day after he went back, immediately, Fan Li held a feast and entertained Cao Yuan's family, and Cao Yuan was also worried that Fan Li's move, doing so, was tantamount to building roads for these farmers in vain, and buying their grain at a high price, which was not what a businessman should have, so he persuaded him.

"Master Cao, I naturally have my own considerations, I won't discredit the Cao family before I become your son-in-law."

These words reassured Cao Yuan, he patted Fan Li's shoulder and shouted as a son-in-law.

At this time, Fan Li planned in his heart, the second thing, came the next day.

Luo came to the door the next day, came to find Fan Li, and vomited a lot of bitter water.

After he bought rice in the Dingtao area, because of some financial turnover problems, many rice shops did not give money, and now many rice shops are looking for him for money.

Fan Li just smiled and didn't say anything, after he came here, he simply gave Luo a lot of silk and the like, to his wife and concubines, and didn't give much of a gift.

"Then in this case, Zhu Gong will help you solve the problem, I just received some rice recently, all of them are good rice, adults can discuss with these rice shops, and use good rice to compensate them, as for the amount, it is the quality of the rice they provide, is this good?"

In a word, let Luo Shi's head keep nodding, Fan Li's approach is not to bribe directly, but to wait for this Luo Shi to ask for a bribe by himself, and what he owes is Fan Li's favor, this, Fan Li has thought of a lot of ways, but it takes time, but this time, it is God who helps Fan Li.

From other places, the things that are transported over, after entering the Dingtao area, have to pay taxes, and since this time, the goods that Fan Li has transported in, the local tax collectors, are all open one eye, close one eye, either less or no collection, and never check.

Fan Li is also going to hold a marriage a month later, and he is into the Cao family, at this point, although Cao Yuan is afraid that Fan Li will oppose it, but Fan Li does not have any opinions, but the two sons of the Cao family, they are on fire, they are strongly opposed to Fan Li joining the Cao family, and they are thinking about how to kick Fan Li out.

But no matter how they dissuade him, Master Cao's heart has been settled, before his worries, is superfluous, in the past month, Fan Li's rice shop business, and expanded a circle, some rice shops without customer care, after closing, to Fan Li purchased, hung the signboard of Tao Ji.

The two sons and Luo had a very good relationship, and they went to find Luo Shi, hoping that Luo Shi would come forward to help, and then, Luo Shi said good things about Fan Li, so that the two of them returned in vain.

On the surface, he claimed that these excellent rice were bought by him and Fan Li, but in fact, he didn't spend a penny, on the contrary, the rice he got from Fan Li, when he supplied those rice merchants, he also deducted a lot from it, and sold it to the flood-stricken areas in the south at a high price, and made another profit, and he had a lot of money allocated before, and put it in his pocket.

Such a big bribe made Luo Shi completely on Fan Li's side, and every once in a while, he did not let Fan Li entertain, but personally invited Fan Li to his mansion as a guest.

The businessmen of those rice shops are very grateful to Luo, and they are also grateful to Dade, and when some millet shops are closed down, they are grateful to Fan Li for sending charcoal in the snow.

"Alas, these people, sold to others, have to count money for others, and say that others are good."

When I saw this, I couldn't help but sigh, and the ghost blade on the side laughed.

"It's not that simple, Zhang Qingyuan, haven't you heard this guy's story? Scattered the family wealth three times, hehe. ”

At night, Fan Li returned to the room, although he didn't say it, but he knew very well that this beauty had been moved, and more than once, the only possible thing was Wu Zheng, he didn't ask much, but entertained Wu Zheng well.

Tonight, Fan Li didn't fall asleep, but deliberately closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep, and after a while, sure enough, there was a burst of movement in the room.