The convoy left Xiongzhou City.

In the carriage, the two sturdy servants turned their heads and said to Mr. May, "Bring me the title deed." ”

Mr. Mei didn't dare to slack off, and quickly took out the wooden box in his arms and handed it over.

One of the sturdy servants took the wooden box, opened the title deed and carefully checked it, confirmed that it was correct, and took out another document for Mei Youren to sign and press his fingerprint, put the two documents together, and put it back in the wooden box and put it in his arms.

The strong man said: "This time you did a good job, this matter should be completely confidential, no one can ask in the future, you can't say that you can't leak your mouth, and you will be put in the car if you say that the good remuneration is 50 yuan, you don't want to stay in Ohara City, go to other places." ”

The middle-aged man smiled and said: "I am a Jianghu person, I naturally know the rules, and I will keep my mouth shut when I get paid. ”

Xu Tongju hurried to the Experience Division, but did not see the rich businessman who bought the land, and the experience secretary smiled and said to Xu Qing: "My lord, I really didn't expect that all of them would be sold in this effort, and the other party did not make a counteroffer, real money, a full eighty thousand and seven hundred." ”

Xu Qing was startled, and when he entered the room, he saw a neatly arranged large box in the hall, four silver boxes, and more than a dozen copper coin boxes, all of which were now open and bright there.

Xu Qing's breathing was a little short.

At this moment, his mood is excited, because with this money, Xiongzhou can help those disaster victims, can survive this year, there will be no chaos, he can buy food, and he can do many, many things.

"Counting clearly?" Xu Qing asked with some excitement.

"It's all clear, it's a lot." The warden said.

"Okay, put these coins in the treasury and strictly guard them, there must be no mistakes, and I will go and report the good news to the prefect."

Xu Qing came to the prefect's yamen, saw Qin Guan, his face was still excited, and said: "My lord, I really didn't expect that those lands were sold, and today a high roller came, and he bought all the sold land in one go, more than 80,000 yuan, which solved the dilemma of Xiongzhou." ”

Qin Guan smiled faintly after hearing this: "This is a good thing, now that we have money to do things, since you are here, then let's discuss how this money should be used." ”

Xu Qing was slightly surprised when he saw that Qin Guan was not very excited, but when he heard Qin Guan say this, he said, "I don't know what the adults think." ”

Qin Guan said: "I do have some ideas, I think that these refugees, directly send them money and food to return to their hometown, it may not be a good way, since the imperial court has the method of building roads, rivers and canals and recruiting van troops, we will continue to use it." ”

"My idea is to select a group of young men from these displaced people to be included in the Xiang Army, and the remaining middle-aged men can be used as laborers, these people are basically a family, and the income can naturally support their families, if it is indeed the old and weak women and children, we are carrying out relief, you see this is good."

Xu Qing thought for a while and said, "The adult's method is feasible. ”

It is indeed not a good way to send money to those refugees, and it is inevitable that there will be problems of one kind or another, and it is better to manage them directly by the government.

Moreover, the current box army is all veterans, and it can be said that there is almost no combat effectiveness, and at most they can do some assistance in wartime, and it is just to carry grain and grass, so it is better to take the opportunity to recruit a group of young people.

In the past, I didn't recruit because I couldn't afford to support it, but now that I have money, it's easy to do anything.

"My lord, in this way, we urgently need a large amount of food now, and we can't let people drink gruel, but also prepare some houses to house those people." Xu Qingdao.

"Naturally, but now the price of grain in Xiongzhou is too high, you go and talk to those grain merchants, if the price can be reduced, and the price is similar to that of Ohara City, we will buy a large batch."

Xu Qing went quickly, and returned in the evening, his face full of anger.

"My lord, those grain merchants are all a ** businessman, they eat people without spitting out bones, they bite the price and don't let go, and they still shout that the current prices are low, even if we buy the price, they won't drop, what a bunch of bastards."

Qin Guan narrowed his eyes, it seems that this king of Xiong'an County is really powerful in this Xiongzhou, manipulating grain prices, and those grain merchants who came to the door of the prefect's yamen dared not to give face.

Qin Guan sneered: "We are only 200 miles away from Dayuan City, it's a big deal to send someone to Dayuan City to buy it, just these little tricks can still stump us." ”

"Yes, let's go to Ohara Castle to buy food." Xu Qing also said angrily.

The grain in Xiongzhou, if distributed in the current mode, can last for half a month, which is enough to buy grain in Dayuan City.

Early the next morning, the Xiongzhou grain purchase convoy set off, there were 100 carts, two Xiongzhou officials were responsible for purchasing grain, and at the same time sent Hu Yuanfa, a guerrilla general of the Xiongzhou Xiang Army, to select 100 people from the Xiang Army to be responsible for pressing and escorting the work.

Thinking about it, Qin Guan asked the two brothers Xiong Daxiong to follow.

The purchase of grain in Xiongzhou was quite smooth, although the king of Xiong'an County covered the sky in Xiongzhou, but he could not affect Dayuan City, and a few days later, the grain purchase convoy began to return.

On the official road, 100 carts were loaded with grain, enough for 4,000 stones, enough for 30,000 refugees to eat for half a month.

And this is only the emergency food, Xiongzhou now has money, and has ordered a large amount of grain with the grain merchants of Dayuan City, and the grain merchants will transport it to Xiongzhou one after another, and at that time, Xiongzhou will not be short of grain.

As long as you have money, these are easy to solve.

At the same time, Qin Guan also wrote a letter to Zheng Da, telling him that if the Zheng family had a business selling grain in the Northland, they could contact him, and they didn't buy anyone, so why not take care of their friends.

The convoy moved forward slowly, Xiong Daxiong Er and Hu Yuanfa walked side by side in front of the team, due to the slow ox cart, the three of them were also riding on horses and swaying, chatting casually.

Now Xiong Daxiong Er has an official position, and he is also a guerrilla general of the Xiongzhou Xiang Army, which can be regarded as a step to the sky.

Hu Yuanfa is also a rugged man, with a big beard, speaking in a rough voice, looking at the weapons hanging on the horses of Xiong Daxiong and Xiong, Hu Yuanfa said: "I want to come to the two brothers' martial arts are not bad, the ancient use of horse lances, but they are all generals, Xiong Ping's mace weighs thirty-six pounds, I can't play it, my horse cutting knife is only sixteen pounds." ”

Xiong Er said: "Mine is nothing, the young master is powerful, his overlord gun weighs sixty-eight pounds, I can't even play a few times." ”

Hu Yuanfa naturally knew who the young master in Xiong Er's mouth was, and he whispered: "The prefect is really a star, Wen Neng won the top prize, Wu Neng wielded a sixty-eight pound gun, two brothers, Xiongzhou is now rumored that on this official road that day, the prefect shot the eight horse carts of the king of Xiong'an County and flew out, but it is true." ”