Chapter 717: Bleak Hope
The third day of September.
The first batch of seafood sent by the Dongshengzhou Giant Whale Gang arrived at Taibai Mansion through the Yanbei Canal, and Zhang Chu personally led 500 elites of the Red Flower Department to Taibai Mansion for delivery.
A full ten 500 boats flying the flags of the Giant Whale Gang and the Beiping League slowly sailed into the canal wharf outside Taibai Mansion, and the strong smell of the sea filled the entire Taibai Mansion with the wind.
It's not a good smell.
Even disgusting.
But at this time, no one dislikes the smell of stinky fish and rotten shrimp.
On the contrary, a large number of people from Taibai Mansion chased to the dock after smelling the smell.
A pair of eyes glowing green.
The sound of swallowing saliva in pieces.
If it weren't for the 500 safflower elites who were determined to maintain order at the wharf, I am afraid that these seafood would not have to be unloaded......
Zhang Chu, who was wearing a green shirt and a jade crown, stood at the forefront of the elite of the five hundred saffron tribes with his hands.
Shen Muzhi, the new county guard of Beiyin County, was dressed in the vermilion official mansion, bowed his waist, and stood beside Zhang Chu with a smile on his face and said some worthless auspicious words.
Hearing that the Beiping League and the Dongshengzhou Giant Whale Gang had teamed up to get a batch of seafood, he immediately brought a thousand government troops over to "maintain order".
As a result, before he arrived at the dock, he heard that Zhang Chu was coming in person, and he was so frightened that he trembled.
After brewing for a long time, he mustered up the courage to come to see Zhang Chu alone.
He's a man who understands.
knows that he is a high-ranking official in front of those flat-headed ordinary people.
But in front of this master, he is also a small role of a caretaker.
This lord frowned at him.
Not to mention the black gauze hat on his head, it is unknown whether he can even get out of Xuanbei Prefecture alive!
When the last 500-material ship landed steadily, Zhang Chu finally spoke: "Don't worry about these seafoods, Lord Shen, my Beiping League has its own sales channels, and it will be sold to the people everywhere at a low price." ”
Of course, Shen Muzhi didn't have the courage to bargain with Zhang Chu to repay the money, but just smiled and said: "The grain that your league has exhausted and spent a lot of money to buy, the lower officials don't dare to get involved, but can you ask Zhang Meng's master, for the sake of the feelings of the villagers, to pay more attention to the villagers in our Beiyin County......"
Zhang Chu didn't know if Shen Muzhi's words were out of love for the people like a son, or for the sake of the black gauze hat on his head.
But in the face of Shen Muzhi's request, Zhang Chu was not easy to refuse, and after thinking for a while, he sighed: "According to Lord Shen's words, Zhang should all transport these seafood to Wuding County......
When Shen Muzhi heard this, he suddenly reacted, although the master in front of him set up a flag in Beiyu County.
But in terms of origin, this master is a real Wuding County person, and most of the sons under his hands are Wuding County people.
Really about nostalgia, this one must not stick to Wuding County first?
Although Wuding County was only recaptured from the Northern Barbarians last year, a large number of remnants have returned to rebuild their homes.
The homeland is hard to leave, and the homeland is hard to leave.
Four or five years is not enough for those remnants whose ancestors have been living, aging, sick and dying in Wuding County for generations to dispel the idea of returning to their roots.
Shen Muzhi immediately wiped the sweat stains on his forehead, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Hey, Wuding Beiyu is not separated, they are all family, and ...... family."
Zhang Chufeng smiled lightly: "Lord Shen doesn't need much, Zhang will try his best to make a bowl of water even, and he will not deliberately treat the villagers of our Beiyin County, nor will he treat our blind date in Beiyin County harshly." ”
Shen Muzhi only promised: "Zhang Mengzhu does things, and the subordinate officials are a hundred convincing ......"
While the two were talking, a man wearing a sea blue power suit and carrying a nine-ring broadsword had already jumped down from the big boat headed by him, walked quickly in front of Zhang Chu, saluted respectfully, and said loudly: "The little giant whale helps Luo Liu'er, meet Zhang Meng'er, the first 540,000 catties of seafood have arrived in Taibai Mansion, please accept Zhang Meng's acceptance!"
Zhang Chu patted the shoulder of the person who came, and said gently: "Fortunately, unload the goods!"
"Whoa!"
The big man in blue turned his head, waved his hand and shouted, "Put the springboard!"
"Put the springboard!"
A loud shout
As soon as the gangplank was lowered from the big boat, many men who had been waiting in the dock rushed up.
Zhang Chu looked at the many sacks carried down by many men with great strength, and the joy in his heart was indescribable.
For the seafood from Dongshengzhou, the Beiping League has already planned it.
Every batch of seafood that arrives in Taibai Mansion will be transported to Taiping Pass to a small part of the best first, and the people of Taiping Pass will add vegetables.
The remainder is allocated locally to the county rudders.
Then it is allocated to the incense halls of each county by each rudder.
From the distance of the road, the price is two dollars and one catty, and three dollars and one pound are priced in turn, and they are sold in limited quantities.
In this way, after removing the cost of these seafood, the Beiping League can still make some money.
Of course, Zhang Chu's refusal to hand it over to the government for distribution was not to make money.
It's not that he wants to use these seafood to earn a good reputation and gather people's hearts.
He just didn't want these seafood that he had brought from Dongsheng Prefecture with his old face to be poured back and forth in the hands of the government, but finally appeared on the black market everywhere, with a price that ordinary people couldn't even smell ......
What the?
The Beiping League is so rich, why do you need money?
Is the Beiping League a benevolent church?
Even if the Beiping League is a benevolent church.
Do all these seafood have legs?
Can you run from Taibai Mansion to the bowls of the people in various counties, counties, towns and towns, and turn it into fragrant food?
Shengmien, the truth of fighting Mi hatred.
Zhang Chu understands.
He can do something good according to his mood.
But he is never a bad person.
He will not force his brothers to be bad people.
And the price of two dollars a pound and three dollars a pound, although it is not cheap.
But compared with the current situation in Xuanbei Prefecture, it has risen to forty or fifty yuan a catty, and there is still a black market grain price without a market.
Two or three dollars a pound of seafood is already the price of chopping firewood.
But all the people who are willing to sell their strength can afford to eat!
It's not just these seafood from Dongshengzhou.
Including those money help grain that is already on the way to Xuanbei Prefecture.
It will also be handled in this way.
"Bang. ”
A greedy young man carried three bags of seafood, his legs were weak for a while, and he fell to the ground, three bags of seafood fell to the ground, and the dried miscellaneous fish of honeysuckle flowers were sprinkled on the ground.
Seeing this, the foreman who was supervising the work on the dock turned pale with fright, and hurriedly rushed over, raised his whip and was about to whip: "What the hell are you eating......
"Forget it. ”
A large hand grabbed him with the whip.
The foreman looked back, only to find that it was the noble man in a blue robe standing on the edge of the dock, and hurriedly threw the whip, but he said again and again: "My lord, you have a lot, spare Ding Erlang this time, he didn't mean to pickle the grain, he just hasn't eaten enough for several days, and his legs are a little weak......"
There are very few people in Xuanbei Prefecture who don't know Zhang Chu, but there are not many people who know him.
Even if the people in Taibai Mansion had seen him once or twice from afar, they had only seen him once or twice from such a distance, so how could they remember it.
Zhang Chu smiled, shook his head and said, "It's not a big deal, don't be nervous." ”
He threw the whip in his hand, slowly walked up to pick up the young man who was lying on the ground shivering, and said gently: "Be careful, it doesn't matter if you slow down." ”
The young man blushed, and his heart was infinitely grateful, but he couldn't say a word.
He has grown so big, and it is the first time that such a noble person has spoken to him so kindly.
Zhang Chu picked up the young Xia Li Han, looked at the dried miscellaneous fish of the silver flowers on the ground, bent down and grabbed a handful, gave one to the young Xia Li Han, and then gave one to Da Liu and Shen Mu who followed him: "Taste it." ”
When Da Liu heard this, he threw the dried miscellaneous fish into his mouth and chewed it without thinking about it.
Shen Muzhi looked at the dried miscellaneous fish in front of him, which was not more than an inch long and exuded a strong smell of the sea, and had doubts, but when he saw that Zhang Chu and Da Liu had eaten one, they could only feed the dried miscellaneous fish into their mouths and chew it slowly, and their faces were like bitter gourds.
Dried trash fish in one mouth.
A total of strong fishy smell rushed straight to his nasal cavity, so stimulated that Zhang Chu almost couldn't help but vomit.
Well, it's a good thing, but it's a pity that it's not handled properly, and the fishy smell is too strong.
Also, the people over there in Dongsheng Prefecture feed these things to pigs, how can they bother to deal with them.
Zhang Chuqiang endured the nausea, swallowed the dried miscellaneous fish in his mouth hard, and said with a wry smile: "It's not very delicious." ”
Shen Muzhi nodded: "But it can live." ”
"Yes, it can live!"
Zhang Chu's face was very bitter, but his heart was very sweet.
Sweeter than honey.
"It's always going to get better......"
He said to himself.
Killing people doesn't bring happiness.
But helping people can ......
However, he was not happy for long, when he saw Red Cloud walking briskly.
From the hem of her clothes fluttering because she was walking too fast, Zhang Chu knew that something was wrong......
Sure enough, Hongyun walked quickly in front of him, ignoring the fact that there was an outsider like Shen Muzhi beside him, and said urgently in his ear: "Master, there is an urgent report from home, the imperial court has summoned the king of Zhenbei to enter Beijing, and he will be appointed as a lieutenant, and the holy decree has arrived in Xiliangzhou, and he will enter the territory of Beiyin County tomorrow at the latest!"
Zhang Chu's heart was shocked.
Summoning the king of the north of the town into Beijing?
Let him be a lieutenant?
Isn't this the imperial court trying to force the king of Zhenbei to rebel?
What good is it for the imperial court to force the king of Zhenbei to rebel!
Could it be that the famine in the northwest of Yan is about to break out, and the imperial court wants to dare to lift the time bomb of King Zhenbei before the famine completely breaks out?
But the king of Zhenbei is a fucking product!
Even if there is no natural disaster.
He is the only one, and he is also a great man-made disaster!
All of a sudden.
Zhang Chu's brain was buzzing, and he was in no good mood.
I just can't wait to kill in the capital, grab the emperor Lao'er who holds the title of the lord of all peoples, but doesn't do anything about people, and give him two big mouths!
The people of Xuanbei Prefecture are living so hard and so difficult!
Why do you lift up your noble hands and let them go?
They finally had a glimmer of hope.
Are you going to be deprived?
I had to kill everyone.
Are you happy?
Are you at ease?
I'll go to your mother's court!