On the second day, the four deputy envoys from the imperial capital appeared in the Baron's Mansion early in the morning, and Qin Shouzhuo was blocked in the restaurant by the four of them before he officially started work. Qin Shouzhuo picked up a square towel and wiped the oil stains on his mouth, looking at the four guys in front of him who hurried over, but behaved like they were not in a hurry, and sighed secretly, he deserved to be playing politics, and his acting skills were really good.

"I came here so early in the morning, a few of them are really proactive, but I haven't received the report yet, how many ships can be used, how much food can be transported, and now I can't say, I'm afraid that a few people will run in vain. Have you had breakfast? Why don't you sit down and use some together? Although the chef of my baron's court is not a famous chef, his skills are not bad. ”

"Huh...... Hehe...... "The four of them are all deputy envoys, and they came together to monitor each other, but they couldn't even choose a leader when it came to the end." The four of them are not fools, no matter how they discussed it in private last night, now in this public occasion, whoever speaks first will be counted as the leader, and if the talks collapse or Qin Shouclum's refusal to fulfill the agreement, then he will have to bear the main responsibility. Four people, you look at me, I look at you, and then look at Qin Shouzhuo, who was looking at them curiously on the side, I came so early to talk about things before Angel Saint came over, and after looking at each other like this, not to mention what Qin Shouzhuo thought, Angel Saint's morning class was about to end.

"Huh...... We just wanted to ask how many ships and food the Baron could come up with, and if it wasn't enough, we would have to find a solution. The youngest of the four spoke, but he was about thirty years old, but he had two pinches of mustache, and he looked more mature.

Qin Shou glanced at the mustache that spoke, I don't know it, but it doesn't matter, the people behind them are very important, but they are inconsequential idlers, outcasts who can be taken out and thrown away at any time. "Oh~ yes, like I said just now, I haven't seen the report yet, so let's go to the office and take a look after breakfast. ”

As he spoke, Qin Shouzhuo's attention returned to the dining table. The four of them looked at each other, squeezed their eyebrows for a while, and chose the oldest one as the representative, and the others laughed together, and spoke again: "Your Excellency, I don't know how long it will take for you to send food to the imperial capital?"

"Time?" Qin Shouclumly pinched his fingers and calculated: "Half a month, the airship of my Babiya Collar has a special propulsion device, and if it doesn't take the air channel, it will be faster." ”

"Ahh......h Your Excellency's airship is so fast. The four of them glanced at each other and couldn't help wiping the sweat from their foreheads: "Uh...... Perhaps, the imperial capital is ...... Not in such a hurry?"

Carefully watched Qin Shouchou's reaction, cautiously probing. Qin Shouzhuo sneered in his heart: "Hmph, the fox's tail is finally revealed." But his face was silent. "Oh, why? To tell the truth, I, the Babiya Collar, is preparing to carry out a large-scale upgrade and improvement of its flying ships, which will take a long time, and if it starts immediately, it will definitely not be able to catch up with the delivery of food to the imperial capital, and I have already ordered the transformation work to be suspended last night, and it will be restored to its original state immediately. But so many ships are parked in the dock for no reason and have nothing to do, and the maintenance and depreciation costs alone can make me bankrupt, and if I want to send grain to the imperial capital, I will naturally send it as soon as possible, and I will continue to transform it when I am done. ”

Qin Shouzhuo put down the teacup, breakfast was finished, looked at the four people in front of him who were still squeezing each other's eyebrows, and said calmly: "Let's go to my office." ”

Arrived at the office in the front yard with the four of them, and when they saw this safe place to talk, the four of them finally couldn't help it: "Don't hide it, the four of us are here on behalf of the 22 grain stores in the imperial capital, and the 22 grain stores in the imperial capital have their own merits behind them, and none of them are easy to get along." Our proprietor believes that there is no shortage of grain in the imperial capital, and the imperial court will soon issue an order to open the reserves, and the price of grain in the imperial capital will soon fall below 20 copper coins a catty, and it is very uneconomical to transport grain from far away to Beijing. ”

Qin Shou blinked his eyes, he didn't expect the other party to use this excuse to persuade: "I don't understand business matters, but this time I sent food to the imperial capital, I didn't plan to make money." This is a political investment, an act to show loyalty to the emperor, it doesn't matter if you lose money, I can afford to lose anyway. If you think about it, my Barony of Babia itself is not a place where grain is produced, and its own rations need to be imported, but when there was a food shortage in the Gyeonggi area, the grain ship of Barbia was the first to come, and Baron Babia is simply a loyal minister!"

Hearing Qin Shouzhuo say this, the four of them were also stunned for a moment, can they still be counted like this? It seems to make some sense.

"Moreover, the cumulative investment of my Barony Barony has reached 70 million silver coins, and there are 20 million silver coins planned to be invested this year. A problem that can be solved with money, is that a problem?"

"Poof...... Tyrant, please be friends with me!!"

Skipping the intrigue, the four people who were intrigued did not mention it, after the Holy Daughter Angel got up early in the morning, she showed that according to the custom, she first went to the prayer room to do morning lessons, then washed up, and had breakfast, and then, the Holy Daughter Angel was ready to come to Qin Shouzhuo. The hundreds of thousands of people trembling under the high price of food in the imperial capital could not afford to wait, and if she could, Angel hoped that the first grain ships would depart at noon today, although she also knew that it would never be possible.

At about 10 o'clock in the morning, Angel appeared outside the gate of the Baron's Palace on time, but unexpectedly saw the four deputy envoys walking out from the inside.

"The four deputy envoys arrived here so early today, they really care about the people and are loyal to the imperial court. ”

"Uh...... Angel Saint Maiden ......" The four of them were startled by the sudden voice, and when they saw that it was actually Angel Saintess, their faces suddenly turned a little pale, and they greeted Angel a little weakly, and when they saw Angel who didn't seem to have found anything, they couldn't help but settle down: "Angel Saintess, we arrived at the Baron's Mansion at dawn." Unfortunately, we were unable to convince His Excellency the Baron, and it seems that this task will have to be left to you, the Holy Maiden. ”

"Well, please take a break, it's up to me next, I will definitely live up to the archbishop's expectations, and I will definitely find food to save the people of the imperial capital!"

Angel entered confidently, and when Angel disappeared into the corner of the room, the four people, who were still full of vitality and confidence, suddenly changed back to their original appearance, looked at each other, and let out a long sigh.

On the commercial street opposite the gate of the Baron's Palace, in an ordinary teahouse, the four of them took over the entire top floor, ordered the attachés to guard the lower stairs, and the four deputy envoys sat silently at the table facing the street, looking at the gate of the Baron's Mansion from a distance, and were silent for a long time.

"I said, Rank, or we will agree to Baron Babia's terms, and we will join forces to eat all the food here, and the cost will be limited......"

"Wishful thinking!" slammed the table, and the anger in the eyes of the deputy envoy with two mustaches could not be dissolved: "25 copper coins a catty, why didn't he grab it!! now is the autumn harvest, you must know that the price of grain in other provinces is generally around 8 copper coins a catty, and some provinces have almost fallen to 5 copper coins!!

"Then you let him smash the price of grain in the imperial capital with tens of thousands of tons of grain, and then we fed the dogs all the plans we have been planning for so long?"

"I ......" The mustache flicked his sleeves and sat down, his heavy breathing showed that he was still in a state of anger: "Then what do you say? Just according to the price he said? Anyway, I can't swallow this breath!"

"Oops~Okay, okay~! "The eldest one had a goatee, and even at this time, there was still a smile in the corner of his eye. "To say, the price given by Baron Babia is not expensive, this Babia City is prosperous and rich, you see that the tea we ordered, in the imperial capital, it is only 1 silver and 20 copper, and here it has risen to 1 silver and 50 copper. ”

The thin old man's eyes were bent into two slits, and he continued with a smile: "This Babia City, Treasure Land. You see, everything is more expensive than the outside, and when that's done, I'm ready to come here. I inquired, the price of grain here is basically about 20 copper plates, after all, there is nothing produced here except steel, and the money to buy a kitchen knife can buy a pot in the imperial capital. ”

The mustache puffed for a moment, and if you think about it carefully, the price of everything you buy here is about twice as expensive as that of other places, and at first I thought it was a profiteer bullying me as an outsider, but if I think about it carefully, this city appeared almost out of thin air, and the so-called locals only had the original village, dozens of households, and less than 600 people. If the whole city is basically out-of-towners, there is no bullying of locals or anything like that.

While the four were still arguing, they found that Angel had finished talking and was walking out, and a fat man sent the saint all the way to the street outside the door, and waited for Angel's saint's car to drive away, and then returned to the Baron's palace with the attaché. Sensing that something had changed, the four of them hurriedly sent someone to intercept the saint's car and brought Angel to the teahouse.

"It's just a matter of talking about something, why do you have to take a whole floor? It will cause trouble for other people, you must know that luxury is the original sin, God teaches us to be loving, to be friendly, you can take a whole floor, and the other guests who can come here can only crowd downstairs or find another place, obviously there are only a few people, but they have so many resources............"

"Hmph~" The mustache pursed his lips disdainfully, he had already expected this situation long before inviting the saint to come up, this kind of thing had happened several times along the way, and the four of them had long been used to it, but the mustache didn't want the three old guys who were so soft that they could bear it, and he couldn't help but sneer every time.

Just when the mustache couldn't help but stand up and taunt, the old man with the goatee grabbed his sleeve and interrupted Angel's tirade with a string of laughter: "Hahahahaha...... Thank you for the teachings of the Holy Maiden Angel, we who are covered in the smell of copper still need a holy kaolin flower like the Holy Maiden Angel to save our fallen souls. But for now, let's get down to business. ”