"Open it and let Shopkeeper Li take a look."

The attendant opened one of the cloth bags, and inside was ten sheets of bread, some jerky of unknown meat, and a large radish.

It is certainly not uncommon for this thing to be placed in the ordinary Li shopkeeper, but now it is different, the merchants in the city can't get the goods, and many places are already short of food, and now in the city in addition to water, the most expensive thing is food.

"This ...... Brother Wang is also asked to make it clear. ”

Steward Wang walked to the shopkeeper Li and said: "This is the gift package that our master He pities that everyone has not eaten and drunk, so he prepared for everyone. ”

Shopkeeper Li saw that Steward Wang stretched out five fingers and smiled: "Fifty copper plates, this is no problem, I want all these if you bring them." ”

The smile on Steward Wang's face changed a few times, "Shopkeeper Li, a bowl of somen noodles in your shop has been sold for fifty copper plates, but I have bread, meat and a big radish here, you said that it is only fifty copper plates, you are afraid that you will not believe it." ”

Shopkeeper Li asked tentatively: "Then the king steward said, how much?" It can't be five hundred copper plates, right? ”

"Of course it's more than that, it's only five taels of silver here."

Shopkeeper Li thought that he had misheard, and when he repeatedly confirmed that these things really cost five taels of silver a pack, he almost laughed angrily!

He could have robbed it, but he wanted to give him a few pancakes!

As long as the two words can be said by the king steward, he knows that Master He has a large amount of grain at the beginning of the drought, and how many pancakes can be made in a pound of noodles, how much is a pound of noodles at that time.

Shopkeeper Li tried his best to control the expression on his face, so as not to offend people, "Steward Wang, the cost price is five taels of silver, how much do you have to let me sell?" ”

"With so many things, isn't it easy for you to sell them casually for ten taels of silver?"

Shopkeeper Li felt that Master He was really crazy about money, who would pay ten taels of silver to buy such a little thing, if he could afford this ten taels of silver, people would not lack this little thing, and the rest of the hungry people should not expect him to come up with so much money to buy it.

"Steward Wang, look at my little broken inn, the people who come to live here can't be people from rich and noble families, let alone ten taels of silver, even if it's five taels of silver, they may not be able to take it out, why don't you take a look and ask other people?"

Steward Wang's face immediately sank, "Shopkeeper Li thinks, why can we take out this thing and sell it at this time?" That is naturally with Lord Wei's consent, if you let Lord Wei know, Shopkeeper Li, you are not willing to cooperate with us to benefit the people, my lord is afraid that he will be unhappy. ”

The reason why Shopkeeper Li is so polite to Shopkeeper Wang is also because the He family has a close relationship with Lord Wei, who is the city guard of Lord Wei, and the concubine who entered the mansion last year is the daughter of the He family.

Shopkeeper Li didn't want to offend the He family, but he didn't want to be the wronged man for these five taels of silver and a bag of dry food.

"Steward Wang, five taels of silver is too expensive, do you think it can be cheaper? I can give you a tael, a tael of silver, and I can ask for it! Shopkeeper Li gritted his teeth and made a decision.

Steward Wang sneered, "What is the situation now, you might as well grab one or two pieces of silver, Shopkeeper Li, you can think clearly, there are only thirty bags here, I believe that according to Steward Li's financial resources, it will be no problem to take it down." ”

Thirty packs, that's one hundred and fifty taels of silver, and ask him to take one hundred and fifty taels of silver to buy some pancakes!

But if you don't buy it, you will offend the He family, and thus offend Lord Wei, and the shopkeeper Li also fell into a dilemma for a while.

Steward Wang saw Shopkeeper Li's hesitation, so he softened his attitude and said good words: "Shopkeeper Li, I just have some friendship with you to say these words to you, more than a hundred taels of silver, you should be a face for our lord and adults, what do you want to do in Los Angeles in the future?" ”

Shopkeeper Li was still reluctant to take so much, "Look, how about I buy ten packs here?" I don't have that much silver on hand, and I can come up with fifty taels at most. ”

Steward Wang saw that Shopkeeper Li was soft and hard, and with a sneer, he let people carry everything out, "Since Shopkeeper Li doesn't need it, then I won't force you, just carry everything away." ”

Seeing this, Shopkeeper Li hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed a handful of copper plates and stuffed them into the hands of Steward Wang, who pushed them and threw them directly to the ground without looking back.

Su Ying stood on the corridor on the second floor and saw this scene in her eyes, the position where she stood was relatively hidden, and no one in the lobby noticed her existence, plus she heard very well, and she listened to the content of the conversation between the two.

The master He mentioned in the mouth of the housekeeper of the city guard mansion should have seen someone in the official mansion that day, and his heart was as bad as that Lord Wei.

Su Ying felt that although the Wang steward was gone, the matter would not pass like this, otherwise if everyone was like Shopkeeper Li, who would buy that thing?

Su Ying walked down from the second floor, and could clearly see the gloom on the face of Shopkeeper Li.

Su Ying walked up to Shopkeeper Li and asked, "Shopkeeper, when I entered the city, I saw so many victims outside the city and no one cared about them, so the government wouldn't have never given porridge, right?" ”

When Shopkeeper Li heard the word "government", his face became even more gloomy, "A big fire suddenly broke out in the granary of Luocheng the previous year, and Lord Wei said that almost all the stored grain was burned, so there was no food to give porridge to the victims." ”

Su Ying's heart jumped, "Burned?" ”

"yes." Shopkeeper Li laughed sarcastically, "What a coincidence." ”

Su Ying felt that she needed to figure out what was going on, "Does Shopkeeper Li know where the granary in Los Angeles is?" ”

The location of the granary should be hidden, but once when the shopkeeper Li was drinking with the king's steward, the drunk king's steward inadvertently leaked out, and he only knew the location.

Shopkeeper Li looked at Su Ying suspiciously, "What is the son doing when he asks about this?" ”

Su Ying took out a gold medal from his body, "It's not a secret, I am a person sent by the imperial court, the emperor has heard about the drought in Los Angeles, so he sent someone to check on the situation, and he is very puzzled about the fact that Lord Wei has not opened a warehouse for food, so I need to figure out what is going on." ”

Shopkeeper Li looked at the red gold dragon pattern token in astonishment, he looked around, and after making sure that there was no one, he lowered his voice and told Su Ying an address.

Su Ying nodded when she heard this, "Shopkeeper Li can rest assured, those who don't care about the lives of the people will be liquidated by the imperial court sooner or later." ”

Shopkeeper Li understood the meaning of Su Ying's words, and the gloomy cloud in his eyes gradually dissipated, "This lord must be careful, in the past two years, Lord Wei has held Luocheng in his hands, and it is not so easy to deal with." ”

Su Ying sneered, "Even if it's a tiger that only eats people, I can also peel off a layer of skin for him!" ”

(End of chapter)