"Brother Shi, please be seated. The buns here are a must, and I've eaten them many times. ”

The two came to the front of the restaurant and sat down separately.

Looking at Shi Jingyan sitting in front of him, he was seven feet tall, slender and graceful, and he didn't want to be so strong and powerful.

Jia Qiong looked around and said:

"But there are fewer merchants here to eat today."

At this moment, the shopkeeper came over and heard Jia Qiong speak, so he continued:

"What the little boy said is exactly that if he has to support his family, the little old man wants to stop doing it for the time being, and the price of food will rise more than ten times.

The price of vegetables and meat has also risen more than ten times, no way, the price of Xiao Lao'er has also risen a lot.

So there are a lot fewer regular customers who come often, but they also understand Xiao Lao'er and know that Xiao Lao'er is not raising prices indiscriminately. ”

Hearing this, Jia Qiong was also a little stunned, but he didn't react. However, this Shi Jingyan was beside him, and it was not easy to lose face.

Then he looked at the elderly boss and said:

"That's the case, it's okay, you can give me some buns and soy milk, it's not enough."

When the boss heard Jia Qiong's words, the smile on his face became brighter and brighter. said yes again and again, and went all the way back to the back kitchen to prepare for food.

Today's acquaintance with this Shi Jingyan is also fate, and we still have to seize this opportunity. So he casually found a topic and said:

"Brother Shi, you are so good, where do you practice martial arts on weekdays? How long have you been in Jinling? ”

Hearing Jia Qiong say this, Shi Jingyan smiled, and then said:

"Little boy, Miao praised, when I was a child, I was taught to learn swordsmanship from Geng Tang, the commander of Changshu County.

Later, he learned stick technique with Shaolin Master Hongji, and learned marksmanship with Shaolin monk Liu Dechang.

Wandering around, there is no fixed place to live. It's been more than a month since I came to Jinling City. ”

"Oh, Brother Shi, I never thought that I started learning martial arts at a young age, no wonder I am so good."

Hearing this, Jia Qiong casually perfunctory.

However, there are some doubts in my heart, I have been in Jinling for more than a month, so it is impossible not to know the reason for the rise in grain prices.

is still looking for trouble in the Xue family grain store, and he must have asked for something.

Or seeing the look of inquiry on Jia Qiong's face, Shi Jingyan arched his hand and said:

"Don't blame the little boy, I've been here for more than a month.

When he was a child, he was taught by his county parents, and he often wanted to serve the court and wanted to join the army, but the county parents had passed away and no one recommended him.

I also thought that I was good, so I came to Jinling City to find a way, but I never thought that this Jinling City was a place to look at money and do things.

If you want to serve the country and show your ambitions, there is no way.

Now there are natural disasters everywhere, and I am also trapped in money, so I want to find a way.

It happened that half a decade ago, Xue's mansion opened a warehouse to release grain to help the poor, which was one to two percent lower than ordinary grain stores, and it was said that it was the grain raised by the Jia Xue family.

Although it is still higher than the usual price, everyone knows that he is worried about the country.

And the Jia family is a noble family, so I want to worship Jiafu as a guest and want to find a position in the army, so I have also communicated with several grain store shopkeepers, but they don't look at me squarely, let alone talk about introductions.

In the past few days, I have often checked around the Rong Mansion, and I know that the little boy often comes out for morning exercises, and I have also asked others about the appearance of the little boy. So he waited here, never thought that today, the Xue family opened another rice grain shop here.

When the little boy first arrived, I had already found out, and I wanted to show my skills. ”

Hearing this, Jia Qiong already understood that this Shi Jingyan was waiting for him on purpose, but he didn't expect that he, who had always been careful, was actually investigated by someone with a heart.

This Shi Jingyan is unwilling to start as a soldier, and wants to directly have a certain official status, so he has such a thought.

If anyone wants to harm themselves, isn't it dangerous, and they have to be careful in the future.

Thinking of this, Jia Qiong nodded at him and said with a smile:

"Brother Shi, it's normal to have this heart. I admire your skills very much, why don't you go back to the house with me first, and just teach me how to practice this sword, gun and stick.

After the completion of the imperial examination next year and the return to Shenjing, he will be enlightened with the clan and seek an official position for Brother Shi. ”

Both of them had a heart, so they hit it off, quickly finished the morning meal, and returned to Jiafu together.

At the gatehouse, Jin Wenxiang was found, and Jia Qiong said to him:

"Brother Jin, you help this big brother arrange a place to live in the front yard, Brother Gao is a tall man, and ordinary people can't beat him.

Let him get a little closer to the martial arts arena, and I, Brother Zhu, and the second senior brother can often go to practice martial arts.

Then let a little guy and the big brother go to the inn to get a salute. ”

When Jin Wenxiang heard this, he hurriedly said: "Third master, don't worry, the small ones will be arranged properly." ”

As he spoke, he said to a small guy beside him, "You and this high chivalrous warrior go to get the salute back." ”

After the two left, Jia Qiong looked at the figure that had gone away, looked at Jin Wenxiang again, and said calmly:

"Brother Jin, please arrange for someone to investigate this person, no matter what method is used.

When I chatted with him before, he said that he was from Shijia Village, Changshu, his surname was Shi, his name was Dian, his name was Jingyan, and he had a wife and children at home, so it should be better to check.

However, care should be taken not to let his family find out. I'll talk to Brother Zhu later. ”

After saying that, he was about to leave, but saw that Jin Wenxiang did not leave.

couldn't help asking, "Brother Jin, is there anything else?" ”

Jin Wenxiang looked at Jia Qiong, thought for a while and said:

"Third master, early this morning, the second master of the Xue family sent someone to inquire about the matter.

It just so happened that you went to the morning exercise, and the Xue family's shopkeeper still had an urgent matter, so he left. ”

Hearing this, Jia Qiong took a few steps back and sat down again. He pointed to the stool in front of him and motioned for him to sit down.

After Jin Wenxiang sat down, Fang said:

"Second Master Xue wants to ask, is there really no problem for us to buy like this?

The old rice grain shops and the recently opened rice grain shops have sold about 80,000 stones, and there are still 20,000 stones left, which cannot support half a decade.

He asked me to ask you clearly, and then I went to report to Xue Erye. ”

When Jia Qiong heard this, she looked at Jin Wenxiang, couldn't help but smile, and said:

"It's not a bad thing, it's been more than a month, and the merchants of Huguang are also aware of the current situation, and they are also in a hurry to transport rice and grain to sell.

When you go back to Xue Erbo, you don't have to deliberately support the time, and you don't have to sell the rice and grain before the arrival of the Huguang merchants.

Just sell it normally, even if there are 10,000 stones left and you don't sell it, it doesn't matter, we've made enough money.

If we really eat a lot of money, the other families will be hostile to us.

We control food prices ourselves, we have a righteous reputation, and coupled with the background of our Jia Xue family, they dare not go too far.

If we sell them all out, the Huguang merchants will come, and they may be misunderstood. We are not afraid of trouble, and we cannot cause trouble for our people. ”

After a few more simple chats, seeing Jin Wenxiang leaving, Jia Qiong was not in a hurry.

After carefully calculating the profit, this time the cost of one or two to one or two more silver, but the selling price reached ten taels, nearly ten times the difference.

Originally, I borrowed 20,000 taels, but later only used 10,000 taels, which is nearly 80,000 taels of profit, and if some of them are not sold, then at least there are more than 70,000 taels.

If all the 20,000 taels of rice and grain were purchased at that time, the profit would have reached at least 150,000 taels, but it could only be imagined.

Thinking of this, Jia Qiong also knew that Jia Zhu was very unkind.

If Jia Zhu dies young like in the original book, then he will inevitably take out some of the money to help Li Kun open a shop in the future.

Or count her as a molecule, just say that Jia Zhu left it.

Don't let it be picked and laughed at like the original book.

If he did not die young, then they could work together, and the court would also have a help in the future, and they would be able to borrow the momentum of the two governments.

After thinking about the matter, Jia Qiong left the front yard and returned to her yard.

Seeing the mandarin duck and the parrot who were eating, he sat down again and ate with them. Said:

"That's right, if I'm late, you can use it for your own use, and you don't have to wait for me."

Because of the previous incident, there was too much delay, and when Jia Qiong came to the study, Jia Zhu Shen Zheng and Shen Yixiu were both in the study.

PS: There is one more chapter in the evening.

I wanted to write a lot of things, but many book friends didn't want to wait and could only speed up the process.