In order to transport 100,000 quintals of military grain to the state camp, he hired 500 ox carts from the villagers at the price of one silver coin per cart in each village, and borrowed 300 war horses from the trap camp and the fire trap camp plus his own existing ox carts and wagons to have 1,400 carts, but this was far from enough, and in desperation, Han Juzheng borrowed a battalion of cavalry from Lord Sun in the name of requesting the escort to transport military rations, although Sun Yuanwu was reluctant to lend the cavalry to Han Juzheng, but he was also worried that the military rations would be in trouble on the way to Chuzhou, Those who have official cavalry accompanying them and want to fight for military rations have to weigh it carefully, saying that they are guards are actually asking them to help transport military rations

Mobilize all the relations that can be mobilized, use all the forces that can be used, and finally gather 2,000 vehicles, even if this is the case, it can only transport 20,000 loads of military rations at a time, it takes 5 times to transport all 100,000 loads of military rations to the state camp, and it takes 10 days to travel from Alan County to the state camp everywhere

Everything is ready, but a new problem has arisen, that is, there are less than 20,000 taels of silver left on the Li family's account, according to the current price of grain, these 20,000 taels of silver can be collected at most 30,000 taels of grain, if you want to make up the remaining 170,000 taels of military food, you need at least more than 100,000 taels of silver, in the face of the current crisis, Li Yang has no way out, once he retreats, then the previous efforts will be in vain, and there is only one way left in front of him, that is, the shipwreck, After some discussion, the two brothers decided to sell all the gold, silver and jewelry taken from the tomb in the treasury and exchange them for silver

So Li Yang took people to escort 20,000 loads of military rations to the Chuzhou camp to deliver the military rations, while Li Song took 50 guards and drove 10 carriages to the national capital Yufeng City to sell gold, silver and jewelry

Five days later, at noon, the team to transport the military rations finally transported the military rations to the state camp, before the state camp was surrounded by wooden fences, you can see the inside of the camp on the side of the road, this time the camp was built around a protective wall about 3 meters high, every other distance there will be a lookout arrow tower, about 4 meters away from the protective wall, surrounded by a layer of horse rejection pile, the protective wall and the lookout arrow tower are guarded by soldiers, the main gate of the camp is two inlaid iron nail doors, in front of the door erected ten soldiers in iron armor, they are holding a big knife and look a little infiltrating

When the soldiers saw the procession of grain coming towards the camp gate, the two soldiers who were guarding raised their hands and we stopped: Stop—what are you doing here at the state camp?

When the team carrying military rations stopped when it reached 6 meters away from the main gate of the camp, Li Yang dismounted and came to the main gate of the camp and arched his hands towards the soldiers: The military envoys are here to deliver military rations

The soldier glanced at the group behind him, and then looked at me with a straight face: these carts were loaded with military rations

Li Yang: Yes, it's all military rations

Soldier: Where did you come from?

Li Yang: The military envoy is from Taizhou, and the military envoy will help inform him

The soldier scolded me coldly and said, "Wait here."

Li Yang: Then there is a labor envoy

After seeing the soldier turn around and enter the barracks, Tie Gui'er came to me and whispered: Engong, this official is not small, but it is not small

Li Yang: Tie Gui'er is no better than us in Taizhou, tell the brothers to be more restrained and abide by the rules

Tie Gui'er: It's Engong

After waiting outside the main gate of the camp for a while, there was a "squeak" of two camp doors opening a gap, and the soldier walked out of the camp just now, only to see him raise his hand and wave: You come with me, I will take you into the camp through the back door

Li Yangzong got on his horse and glanced at Tie Gui'er, and Tie Gui'er turned his horse's head and waved at the grain team: Keep up

When he arrived at the back door of the camp, the soldier who led the way handed a waist card to the soldier on duty, he reached out and took the waist card to check it, and then shouted softly to the soldier on the protective wall: Open the door

After the two gates slowly opened, a sturdy general walked out of the barracks, he looked at me, and then looked at the grain team: You come with me

When we arrived at the granary of the camp, the general raised his hand and pointed to me: The people inside will come out in a while to help you transport the grain in, this is the important place of the barracks, so that your people don't walk around and don't ask around

Li Yang: Please rest assured, general, I have already explained this to them when I was outside

The general glanced at these people behind me, "Well, that's good, you come with me, someone wants to see you."

After arranging some related matters, Li Yang came to the outside of the military tent camp under the leadership of the general, and after he stopped, he raised his hand and made a gesture to me: The general will let you in

Li Yang hurriedly handed over the matter to the general: There is General Lao

After speaking, he pulled his skirt with both hands and hurriedly walked into the big tent, and the general Lei Qi frowned and put his hands on a sand table, from the mountains and rivers on the sand table, it can be seen that this is the border town of Fuzhou and Zhejiang, and there are two colors of flags on the sand table, which should be the military deployment of the two countries in the border pass

Lei Qi glanced at Li Yang: It's here

Only then did Li Yang come back to his senses, and quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed: The grass people meet the general

Lei Qi waved his hand with an impatient look: Get up, isn't it the Yamen of Taizhou Mansion who is responsible for transporting military rations, why did you send the military rations to the Chuzhou battalion

Li Yang: The general of the Hui Dynasty has encountered some trouble, and the reason for returning to the Chuzhou camp is to meet the general

Thunder Ride: You're in trouble

Li Yang: A few days ago, the general's granary caught fire and lost 100,000 quintals of military rations, and the grass people were afraid that they would mistake the general's affairs and gathered another 100,000 quintals of military rations

Lei Cai: 100,000 loads of military rations have been delivered

Li Yang: The general Caomin first transported 20,000 quintals

Lei Qi: Why is it so much?

Li Yang: The general grass people did their best to get together 2,000 vehicles to transport military rations, and when the grass people returned, the remaining military rations would be transported to the prefecture camp one after another

Lei Qi: It takes 10 days for a round trip of 2,000 vehicles, and it takes more than a month to transport the 100,000 loads of military rations

Li Yang: The general grass people really don't have so many vehicles to transport grain

Thunder Rider: So what's the matter with you coming back?

Li Yang: The grass people want to ask the general to give the grass people more time to raise military rations

Lei Qi: Then whether the fire in your granary was an accident or was it man-made

Li Yang: Judging from the current signs, General Hui should be caused by man

Lei Qi: Let's be specific

Li Yang: Before the general gathered the military rations, some businessmen raised the price of the grain to 600 yuan per quintal, and the grass people had just gathered the military rations and prepared to deliver them to the state capital, and the granary suddenly caught fire, and the grass people had already asked people to secretly investigate the fire in the granary

Lei Cai: Someone is deliberately preventing you from raising military rations

Li Yang: General Mingjian

Lei Qi: Tell me what your plans are

Li Yang: I implore the general to give the grass people more time, because the grass people want to launch a counterattack in the way of businessmen to fight a decisive battle

Lei Cai: The battle between merchants is to see who has the most money in their hands, you just lost 100,000 loads of military rations in the merchant war, can you afford it?

Li Yang: The general Cao Min thought that the contest between merchants was actually similar to a march battle, and that it was not necessarily the side with the advantage of troops that determined the outcome of the confrontation between the two armies, and the strategy and tactical application of the generals, which changed rapidly, were also the key to determining the victory

After hearing this, Lei Qi nodded with satisfaction, "Well-not bad" I really didn't see the wrong person, according to the spies to report that the border of Fuguo has recently increased its troops, and there are signs of continuing to increase troops,

Jiaoqu Mountain, Guantai Mountain, and the Kuoyang generation have built fortresses for the troops, these are all military points that touch the throat of Zhejiang, and from the current situation, peace may not last long

Li Yang: General, your consciousness is that in the near future, Fuzhou and Zhejiang will still be fighting wars

Lei Qi "um" So you have to get the military rations together as soon as possible, you should understand the truth that the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved

Li Yang: The general grass people did their best

Lei Qi: You have to be fast if you can't do your best, how many loads of food do you have in your hands now?

Li Yang: 80,000 quintals

Lei Qi stared at the sand table in front of him for a while: Although it is not much, it is enough to top for a while, and I will give you four months to get the rest of the military rations

Li Yang: Can the general give the grass people two months?

Lei Qi squinted at Li Yang and was a little unhappy, and flicked his sleeves casually: Where can you bargain with me, delay the border defense and investigate according to the law, you are so self-conscious, step down, I still have some military affairs to deal with

As soon as the words fell, he turned his body and turned his back to me, Li Yang is not a person who does not know what to do, and when he saw that the general had his back to him, he realized that this was a send-off, so he hugged his hands together and bowed to the general: The general grass people have retired

Lei Qi just raised his hand and waved a few times outside the tent, Li Yang bowed and took three steps back, then turned around and left the big tent, after unloading the grain, seeing that it was still early, the convoy replenished some water and dry food in the city and set off to return to Taizhou

As soon as Li Song arrived in Yufeng City, he found a relatively large pawnshop, and he brought more gold, silver and jewelry, and the larger pawnshop could also get more money, and there was a wooden screen in front of the pawnshop that was larger than the door, and there was a copper coin hanging in the middle of the screen with four golden characters written on it-Tong Suo Wu Bully, Li Song walked around the screen and walked to the counter that was almost as high as a person

The pawnshop guy saw that a customer was coming, and hurriedly greeted: What do you want to pawn this guest officer, the shopkeeper will definitely give you a satisfactory price

Li Song took out a gold ring and put it on the counter and pushed it to the guy: Man, look at how much silver this gold ring can be exchanged for

The guy picked up the gold ring and rubbed it with a file a few times to make sure it was true: Guest officer, do you want to live or die

Li Song: Is there any difference between this life and death?

Man: Live is that you and the shop agreed on a period, you can redeem your pawned objects at any time within the period, only need to pay some storage fees, if your objects are damaged during the period, the store will compensate for the cost, once the deadline is over, your pawned objects can not be redeemed, this is the live pawn, and the dead pawn is the object you pawn can not be redeemed, and the price will be more than the live pawn

Li Song: So that's the case, man, how much can you make for my ring

The man weighed the gold ring: I can give you two taels of silver for this gold ring

Li Song was a little surprised: It's just that

Man: The price of the guest officer is already a high price, I don't believe that there is definitely no higher price than this in Yufeng City

Li Song took out a gold bracelet from his sleeve and handed it to the man: Let's see how much silver this can be used for

The man took the bracelet and weighed it: Guest officer, this bracelet of yours weighs 3 taels and can be used as 15 taels of silver

Li Song: Then what if you die?

Dude: I can give you up to 20 taels

Just gave such a little, Li Song felt that the price given by the guy was a little too little, and 3 taels of gold could be exchanged for 30 taels of silver when he got it to the government, thinking of this, he reached out and asked for the ring and bracelet back

Man: Why don't you sell it, guest officer?

Li Song shook his hand impatiently: Don't sell it, the price you give is too low

Man: Please forgive me, the small shop also has to make money to support the family, this gold and silver object is not worth a few dollars, such as antiques, porcelain, calligraphy and painting, jewelry and other items are more valuable

Li Song: I really have you waiting

After speaking, he went back to the carriage and took a few pieces of jewelry, and when he returned to the pawnshop, Li Song first put a string of pearl necklaces on the counter: Man, how much silver can this necklace be worth

When the guy saw this pearl necklace, he hurriedly shouted inside: The owner has come to big business

A middle-aged man came to the counter, he picked up the string of pearls and looked at it repeatedly: Your string of pearls is a pearl chain produced in the coastal area of Zhejiang-Fuguo-Dongguo, and the pearl necklace of yours is two hundred taels of silver

Li Song hesitated for a moment and felt that the price he gave was still a bit low: You better return the necklace to me

When the shopkeeper heard this, he quickly recovered the necklace: 240 taels can't be too much

Li Song stretched out his hand: Give me back the necklace, I won't sell it

The shopkeeper hurriedly pressed Li Song's hand with his hand and smiled with a smile: Guest, don't be in a hurry to leave, if you think the price is not suitable, then you can give a price

In fact, Li Song has dispelled the idea of pawning gold, silver and jewelry at this time, the price given by this pawnshop is much less than he expected, but if he goes like this, it is a bit funny, I simply pay a high price so that he can't collect it, so as not to make everyone unhappy, thinking of this, Li Song made a big effort to give a price of 500 taels of silver, and he will not sell it for less than a penny

The guy helped and ridiculed on the side: Guest officer, your necklace is in average condition, the price given to you by my shopkeeper is already quite high, and someone else will never give you such a high price

Li Song glanced at the guy and sneered and ignored him, then he put his hand on the counter and asked the shopkeeper to return the necklace to him

The shopkeeper saw that Li Song's attitude was so resolute that he was not an easy to fool master, he didn't want such a precious pearl necklace to slip away from his hand: 500 taels is 500 taels, presumably you are also a famous family, let's all make friends, and I will ask you to take care of the business of the small shop in the future

Li Song saw that the shopkeeper could accept it, and he regretted it a little, if the money is less, you can collect 500 taels of silver, which means that you can still make a profit from it, and you can make a profit of 500 taels, and the profit will definitely not be less, if it is not for the family to use the money to use these pearl necklaces, I am really reluctant to sell: I have 20 necklaces like this in the shopkeeper, I don't know if you can accept it in this store

The shopkeeper saw that this was a big business, and hurriedly came out of the counter, he bowed his waist and couldn't close his mouth, and made a gesture with his hand: The guest officer forgives the villain's clumsy eyes, please hurry up

After speaking, the shopkeeper led the way in front and invited Li Song to the back room to talk, and instructed Li Song: Guest officer, you walk slowly and be careful at your feet

After speaking, he shouted outside the house: Ding Gui hurriedly made a pot of high-quality tea and got some dried fruits

Li Song: No need, let's get down to business, you see how much silver this jade pendant can be worth

After speaking, he took out a round jade pendant from his belt and put it on the table, the jade pendant is milky white, with a poor Qi engraved in the middle, and there is a circle of cloud patterns around it, and the pawnshop shopkeeper saw this jade pendant and carefully picked it up with both hands: Good object, guest officer, this piece of jade is a piece of waist jade, and dignitaries and large families will hang it on their waists to show their identity and status

And Qiqi is one of the four fierce beasts of ancient times, ordinary people will not use it to decorate, and ordinary people may not be able to suppress it, if I guess correctly, the owner of this jade pendant should be a general who gallops on the battlefield, with too much blood and human life on his hands, use this jade pendant to drive away evil spirits

Li Song couldn't help clapping his hands: The shopkeeper really has good eyesight, so how much silver do you say my jade is worth

Shopkeeper: Dare to ask this guest officer, you are from the mansion of the dignitary

Li Song instantly pulled his face down: Shopkeeper, let's talk about business, don't ask

When the shopkeeper heard this, he quickly bowed and apologized: Forgive the villain for talking too much, how about you look at this piece of jade 500 taels of silver

Li Song: If you do this, you won't be aware of it

Shopkeeper: Guest, this piece of jade is extraordinary, not everyone can wear it

Li Song pondered for a while: Okay, there is still a box of jade pieces on the car outside, you can see how much silver it is worth

The shopkeeper hurriedly asked the two guys to go outside to carry the box to the house, the guy opened the box and put the jade pendant on the table one by one, and saw the jade pieces of different shapes The shopkeeper's eyes were about to fall out, he checked the jade pieces one by one and gave a price of 20,000 taels of silver, Li Song felt that the price of the shopkeeper was a bit low, if he could sell it to him at an additional point, but the shopkeeper said that the fineness of these jade pieces was not the same, so the price was not the same, and he had given the highest price, and the two finally reached a deal after some negotiations

The shopkeeper asked the man to carry a total of 30 boxes of 30,000 taels of silver to the three carriages, and the shopkeeper respectfully followed Li Song and sent him to the door of the pawnshop: If you have any good things in the future, you have to take care of the shop, and the price is guaranteed to satisfy you

When he arrived at the door, Li Song suddenly remembered that there was a piece of jadeite on his body, so he pulled the shopkeeper back to the pawnshop and took out a square jadeite with a long and thick finger from his arms

Saying that, he went up to the jade and put it on his tongue, licked it vigorously from the bottom to the top, and finished it: Yes, I am willing to pay a thousand taels of silver for this jadeite

Li Song didn't answer, but dragged the jade back from the shopkeeper's hand, picked up the kettle and poured some water on the jadeite, and then took out a piece of cloth and wiped it well: The shopkeeper's gold is priceless, jade is priceless, such a high-quality jadeite, you only gave a thousand taels of silver, it's too little

The shopkeeper quickly explained: You are right, but your piece of jadeite has not been carved into shape, even if it is a high-quality jadeite, it is only a rough stone, jadeite is precious, but a real high-quality must also be a skilled craftsman to carve, less than a few months, more than a year, this is to spend a lot of money, only after the jadeite is carved into shape, it will have a real price

Li Song stared at the shopkeeper for a while: If the shopkeeper's 2,000 silver is good, we will make a deal

When the shopkeeper heard this, he was so frightened that he hurriedly shook his hand: 1,000 taels of silver for the guest officer is already the highest price

Li Song: That's it, forget it

Shopkeeper: Guest, go slowly

When Li Song arrived at the door, he stopped and turned to look at the shopkeeper: How about the 1,800 taels of silver

The shopkeeper shook his head slightly: the guest officer is only one thousand taels of silver

Li Song walked out of the pawnshop and saw that the shopkeeper did not come out, so he got into the carriage and set off to return to Alan County, and saw that after Li Song left, the pawnshop guy counted the pawn items and put them into storage, and when he saw the pearl necklace, he chatted with the shopkeeper: Why do you spend so much silver to collect these pearl necklaces, I think the guest officer just now should be a master who is in a hurry to use money, if we press the price down, he can also sell it

Shopkeeper: You don't understand this, this necklace can be worth 1,000 taels of silver, even if it costs 500 taels of silver, don't you still earn 500 taels of silver, the price of the pearl necklace is a bit high, but I have found it back on those jade pendants, but unfortunately the piece of jade, in fact, 1,500 taels of silver, I can accept it ruthlessly

Man: Why didn't the shopkeeper raise the price a little bit just now?

Shopkeeper: I'm afraid that he will take out several pieces of silver at once, and I will also take advantage of his urgency to use the money so that he did not increase the price, but I didn't expect the duck to fly like this

After having the money, as soon as Li Yang returned to Alan County, he and Li Song began to plan a new round of layout, the grain stores in each village opened their doors to collect grain, and also sent 4 caravans to other villages to buy grain, while Li Yang fought against the odds and waited for a new round of moves from the opponent