After listening to Li Changliang, Zhuang Rou realized that the big grain shop he was talking about was the Renyi Rice Workshop of the Song Yi family.

Come to think of it, the mines are gone, and there is nowhere to sell so much moldy old rice. It's better to buy some fresh rice, and when Hongzhou is in the most difficult time, make a lot of money.

Of course, Zhuang Rou still has an idea, maybe these rice are not for sale, but for military rations?

Now that you know about it, you can't sit idly by.

She looked at Li Changliang and said, "You help me keep an eye on them, if you see that they want to transport the grain away, you can find someone, go to the yamen to find a catcher named Ma Dezheng, and let him tell me that the chicken has run away." ”

"I'll keep an eye on you, but don't lose your life, just know where they're transporting the food." Zhuang Rou was afraid that he would work too hard, and he really lost his life.

Li Changliang nodded obediently, if Zhuang Rou hadn't said this, he really hadn't thought that he would lose his life by doing this kind of thing.

Zhuang Rou instructed him a few words, mainly because he was worried that he would mess around and ruin his own affairs, and after confirming that he would not mess around, he opened the courtyard door and went out.

Outside the door is the back alley of the Li Mansion, and these courtyards were originally for the housekeeper to live in, and I don't know how his concubine lived here.

However, it is convenient to go out, and although the independent courtyard is poor, it can be far away from the disputes in the house.

Zhuang Rou was quite satisfied with this follower, and he was here to stare at Renyi Rice Fang, just to find him something to do, and she wanted to set up some available people outside the city.

There were no people on the streets of Ha'an Town at night, and after what happened last time, everyone didn't dare to go out and wander around at night, only a patrol team composed of townspeople walked through the streets from time to time.

Zhuang Rou has good ears now, she can hear footsteps from afar, and she can always avoid people early, and the patrol team didn't find her at all.

The location of Renyi Rice Mill is very good, and the wharf built at the door can park more than 20 small boats. Originally, they used to have to unload goods all night, but now there is a curfew at night, and the cargo ships are not allowed to enter, and most of the small boats have rowed home to sleep.

There were only three small boats on the pier, there were no lights, there was nothing fun at night, and most of the people went to sleep.

Zhuang Rou hid in the dark, looking at the signboard of Renyi Rice Fang under the red lantern, and when a patrol was far away, she stepped forward and patted the door.

After a while, someone inside asked vigilantly, "Who?" ”

"I was a happy girl, and my mother asked me to buy rice quietly. The shopkeeper promised his mother before that he would sell us three quintals of rice at a low price. Zhuang Rou lowered her voice and said delicately.

There was a moment of silence inside the door, as if considering the truth of the matter.

Zhuang Rou gently tapped the door twice, and said a little anxiously: "Open the door quickly, how can you men lift your pants, what you said doesn't count." If you don't sell me grain today, then I'll shout here loudly, so that everyone can see what your shopkeeper is doing! ”

"Wait, I'll open it for you right away." As soon as the people in the door heard this, who else could speak except the old oil man in the green building, so they opened the door.

The door creaked open a palm-wide slit, and Zhuang Rou reached out and pushed it open and dodged in, closing the door casually, as if no one had ever come.

Nearly an hour later, the door creaked open again, and Zhuang Rou walked out satisfied, with a full burden behind her.

She walked around the town a few times, and when she found that no one was following her, she returned to Li Changliang's yard.

And Li Changliang didn't sleep at all, so he hurriedly ran out to see when he heard the sound, and saw that Zhuang Rou had climbed over the wall with a big burden on his back. He was still sitting on it and waved at him, telling him to go back and keep quiet.

Seeing her go over the wall, Li Changliang went back to the house but didn't sleep all night, he was so excited that he could sleep.

In the Renyi Rice Workshop, the shopkeeper and his men looked at the emptied silver box and the account book that was thrown on the ground and wanted to cry without tears.

A young man said with a sad face: "Shopkeeper, let's report to the official quickly, all the silver has been robbed, even the jade pixiu on the counter has been robbed, how to explain to the owner when the time comes!" ”

Shopkeeper Song glared at him fiercely, "It's useless to report to the official!" She is an official, who are you going to report? ”

"Haven't you heard that this woman has an unclear relationship with Zhizhou, except for this kind of person, which official dares to run out and rob the people while the fire is hot."

He couldn't spit out or swallow a mouthful of old blood in his throat, how could the official report it, the woman came at them on purpose. When she said that this was the Song family's property, she was indifferent, and deliberately mentioned Commander Yang.

These guys don't know, but as a close confidant of Song Yi, he has sold Chen rice for so many years, so of course he knows what happened between the two.

Even the matter of the mine was known, and because the mine was investigated, I was worried for several days, but I didn't see the people from the yamen come to the door, so I was relieved.

But within a few days of peace of mind, this crazy woman came to the door, and the shopkeeper Song had an inexplicable word in his mind, black eats black.

Now that she has snatched the money and valuables, you don't dare to report to the official.

However, Shopkeeper Song was still a little lucky, Zhuang Rou only snatched cash and some valuable things, and did not have the idea of buying the grain in the warehouse.

But after thinking about it, he felt that the reason why Zhuang Rou didn't take the food was because it was too attention-grabbing. The government now only hopes that everyone will donate more food and porridge, which is purely voluntary, and if it really wants to force merchants to donate money and silver, and confiscate goods, I am afraid it will be a big trouble.

She didn't dare to do that, but just grabbing the silver was enough to make him feel like he couldn't breathe. This was the last time I bought grain before the end of the year, and it was as much as 110,000 taels.

There are three copies of this silver, one is from the Song family, one is Yang Rong, and the last one is made up by others.

Shopkeeper Song wanted to cry without tears, he was several years old in one night, he let out a long sigh, "I'll go and report this matter to the owner first, you are not allowed to make a public announcement, wait for me to come back." Clean up this place and take care of the rice and grain in the warehouse, if these things go wrong, a few lives will not be enough to pay. ”

The guys just thought that they had lost a lot of money, and they would definitely be punished, but they didn't expect that their lives would be lost. But I couldn't stand the punishment, so I quickly nodded and promised to be optimistic about the food.

"Prepare the carriage, Guibao and I will go to the city." Shopkeeper Song said.

A man said with concern: "Shopkeeper, the gate of the city has not been opened now, so it is better to go again at dawn." ”

Shopkeeper Song scolded angrily: "Don't say it's early, even if it's a knife outside, I have to go to the city gate and wait." You fools! Lao Tzu still thinks that it doesn't rain or snow, and the days are too good! ”

The guy didn't understand why he was masochistic, but he also knew that he was angry now, so he quickly shut up. Anyway, he was the one who went to wait at the city gate on a cold day, and it was none other than him.

Shopkeeper Song got into the carriage and rushed to the gate of the city, his hands and feet were numb in the cold, so he wanted to go into the wine shop outside the city to drink a glass of wine and bake a brazier to warm up.

Only then did I push open the door and go in, and saw Zhuang Rou sitting inside, with a brazier under the table, and drinking a little wine warmly.

As soon as she saw him, Zhuang Rou smiled and said, "Yo, isn't this the Song shopkeeper of Renyi Rice Fang?" Are you going to go into the city at night? It's such a cold day, hurry up and come inside to warm up. ”

Shopkeeper Song subconsciously waved his hand and stepped back, "No, it's also warm on the villain's carriage, thank you for your kindness, don't dare to disturb." ”

He shrank out, and then returned to the cold carriage, his hands in his sleeves, and shrunk in the corner of the carriage.

Gui Bao was so cold that he shouted outside the carriage, "Shopkeeper, I'll go buy you a pot of hot wine." As he spoke, he threw down the shopkeeper Song and ran into the wine shop for a long time.

"Scum!" Shopkeeper Song scolded coldly and angrily.