During this period of time, the escort team of Cao Lu and Lu can be said to have traveled day and night, without stopping for a moment on the way, and transported the relief grain to Danyu City at the fastest speed.

The delivery point of the grain is at the port of Danyucheng, which is the intersection of the Cao land transportation route and the bustling trade center.

In order to ensure the smooth transportation of grain, the trade market has been temporarily closed, and the port has temporarily suspended import and export activities, and all routes have been vacated for the transport team, after all, it is 1.62 million tons of grain, if there is not enough space and manpower, I don't know how much time it will take to unload the goods.

Of course, commercial activities stopped, and life still had to go on, and the streets outside the port were surrounded by many civilians watching the bustle, pointing at the grain that was loaded in cars and transported to the granary:

"The harvest season of this batch of wheat in the Danyu Plain has not yet arrived, right? Where did so much food come from? ”

"I see that these grains have been transported a few days ago, and they have not stopped in the morning and evening, and it is estimated that the granaries are almost full."

"So much grain... Is this going to war? Are these all military rations? ”

"It doesn't matter if it's military rations or not, it definitely wasn't sent to us anyway, there are so many wheat fields in the Danyu Plain, why do you need to buy food from other places."

"Hehe, when I heard you, you are not a local, how many catties of those catties of wheat in the Danyu Plain can fall into our mouths? ... Forget it, I don't want to be locked up in the sheriff's office again. ”

...

While the commoners were gossiping, in the center of the port, the officials of Danyu City, led by the consul Gomer and the supervisor Lin Gengsen, were meeting with the local nobles.

There are hundreds of nobles in Danyu City, these people have their own relationships and backgrounds in the political arena, and the family strength is extremely strong, which is by no means comparable to those small nobles who have money and no power, even if they are the eight officials in the city, they have to speak politely to them.

The aristocratic representative of Danyu City is named Du Mingwei, and he does not have an official position, but his family background is very strong, and among those relatives who are related by blood, there are 6 provincial-level officials and 23 city-level officials.

Du Mingwei himself has no intention of engaging in politics, only likes the wealth brought by business, he usually has a calm personality, rich city government, when he was young, he was rich in the business field, after so many years of accumulation, plus the strength of his family background, he finally deserved to become the aristocratic representative of Danyu City, and the richest man in the entire city.

There is no accurate statistics on how much Du Mingwei's family property is, but if he can become the richest man in Danyu City, which has a population of 6 million and is a city directly under the central government, his wealth must be as vast as mountains and seas.

Gomer had already exchanged his thoughts with Du Mingwei before, and now that the two met again, Du Mingwei looked at the century-old wheat that was constantly being carried down from the ship, and said thoughtfully: "This paper encyclical from His Majesty is really intriguing. According to the conventional income, there is at least a 10-fold difference between the income of using the Danyu Plain to change the cultivation of blood essence grass and maintaining the current cultivation of wheat. ”

Gomez squinted: "What does Mr. Du Mingwei mean..."

"It's not a business practice." Du Mingwei's gaze gradually became deeper, and he said in a low voice, "His Majesty the King must forcibly plant Blood Essence Grass if he gives up such a large profit margin, I am afraid there are political factors in it." ”

"If I want to guess, it may be that the Huff family has invented some new potion, and the formula needs blood essence grass, and the king doesn't want to be stuck by the Far Eastern Dynasty in the future on the issue of raw materials, so he made strategic adjustments."

Speaking of this, Du Mingwei paused and shook his head slightly: "But I don't understand one thing, according to the time of the king's edict, if we want to harvest and hand in the blood essence grass on time, we must cut the ears of wheat that are about to ripen in the current season, which will cause a very large economic loss, and all the preliminary investment will be wasted." Why is the king in such a hurry..."

Anyway, no one else nearby could hear it, so Lin Gengsen smiled and said, "Why else?" I don't have common sense in agriculture~ I think that wheat straw is like a stick inserted into the soil, pull it out if you want to pull it out, and stuff it back when you want to stuff it back. ”

"I tell you, I've had a lot of dealings with high-ranking people, and I've seen too many people who don't have common sense, and those ministers are very good at talking, but they don't know anything about basic common sense, and the king must be the same."

Gomai straightened his face and said, "Lao Lin, you are more restrained, if you say bad things about the king like this, if someone hears it at that time, no one will be able to save you." ”

Lin Gengsen smiled briefly, stretched out his palm and slapped it on his mouth.

Gomer looked at Du Mingwei, and his voice sank slightly: "So, the matter of cultivating the Blood Essence Grass..."

Du Mingwei sighed lightly: "Of course, I am personally willing to cooperate with the kingdom's strategic policy, but to tell you the truth, this policy is very difficult to implement. ”

"There are a total of 112 noble households contracted in the Danyu Plain, and I convened the chiefs of various clans yesterday to do a survey of intentions, and only 3 households are willing to uproot the ears of wheat, and the others have expressed strong opposition intentions."

"Everyone has to provide for their families, and no one wants to suffer unwarranted losses, and I hope that Lord Gomex will listen to everyone's opinions when considering how to implement the policy."

This answer had been expected by Gomez, and he stepped forward and moved closer to Du Mingwei: "That... Lao Lin's previous plan of 'buying instead of farming'..."

Du Mingwei shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "As long as the two adults are sure of the difference, of course we have no opinion." ”

Gome smiled in a low voice, and there was a deep meaning in his words: "Of course the plan is good, but the implementation... How to say it... The Blood Essence Grass is a treasure of heaven and earth on the side of the Far Eastern Dynasty, and it needs such a huge quantity of 6,270 tons, in terms of funds... I'm afraid that Lao Lin and I alone..."

Du Mingwei, an old Jianghu, heard Gomer's meaning early on, and said directly: "In terms of funds, if the two adults are really in difficulty, I am willing to join the nobles to lease it together." Everyone is a friend, and don't say anything about interest, how much to borrow, and how much to repay when the time comes. ”

Gomer pretended to excuse himself: "What's so embarrassing? This is an extremely large expense, I am already ashamed to borrow it, if I don't want interest, then what is the difference between me and stealing? ”

"No, really not, instead of thinking about interest, the two adults should think about what to use as collateral." Du Mingwei said unhurriedly, "Arrive first and borrow later, this is a tradition in the business world. I'm an old friend of the two adults, but if you borrow from me, you can just open your mouth, and I don't want any collateral. ”

"It's just that the total amount of monthly coins needed to purchase 6,270 tons of blood essence grass may not be able to be taken out by me alone, and I need the cooperation of other nobles, I think if the process can be more formal, it will reduce a lot of unnecessary troubles at that time."

These words are very beautiful, but they also make Gomez difficult: "With such a large amount of money, the collateral required is also sky-high, what should I use to mortgage it with you..."