She looked deeply at the person she loved most.

Finally, she let her hands hang in the breeze.

She turned.

She's gone.

The dense pace marched forward in unison, surging towards the wharf to the west of the city.

Chen Jinqiu was wearing an official uniform, wearing a hedgehog crown, and the soldiers behind him were dressed in strong suits, with a steel knife at his waist, and his face was solemn and majestic.

"Call the treasurer of the Lord to come out." Soldier Cao used his scabbard to drive away the crowd, "We're looking for it."

Seeing this, the shopkeeper who was busy keeping accounts immediately trotted upstairs and called Jiang Nianhua down.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Jiang Nianhua flattered Chen Jinqiu, who was headed by the court, "My lord. I don't know what's going on?"

"Shopkeeper Jiang, right? Huh." Chen Jinqiu smiled kindly, "Presumably someone has already taken care of the details of buying grain for me, does Shopkeeper Jiang remember?"

Jiang Nianhua's eyes lit up, and he immediately raised his voice, and said with his fingers in a flash, "Oh, oh, oh! Remember, remember! It's you, adult. Look, look at this memory." He patted his head, "The grain has been prepared, but the food and grass that the adults need this time are all in Tongzhou and Panzhou. Yesterday, a competent subordinate was sent to inform him. Oh, my lord, this summer has just arrived, and there are many snakes, insects, rats and ants sneaking around, and it will take some time to count the grain and grass. However......" he rolled his eyes, "Your Excellency, you can rest assured, as long as the Hongshan Horse Road is unimpeded this time, this batch of grain and grass can be transported to Biansai in less than half a month."

Chen Jinqiu was so shrewd, he heard the meaning of Jiang Nianhua's words when he landed, he deliberately didn't pick up the stubble, but just asked, "What about the grain and grass that was shipped to Yanzhou and Menzhou? Are you ready?"

"It's already out of the warehouse, the traffic is busy, and the grains are all new grains harvested in the autumn of the previous year. I know that my lord is busy with official business, and all the trivial matters should be taken care of." Jiang Nianhua knew that Chen Jinqiu was not a fool, so he sold it first, "Now that there is a lot of water in Yanzhou, the waterway is not easy to walk, and the land route has to be taken a long way. But don't worry, Chongdu is still close to Yanzhou, that is, the displaced people have fled in groups, and they have lived in Chongdu for a long time, and now there is not much cash in the Chamber of Commerce, so they can't take care of the manpower, so they have gathered some tightly, and first sent a group of people and grain trucks to explore the way——"

"Shopkeeper, you were so busy last night that I forgot to tell you." The bookkeeper first looked at Chen Jinqiu, and then said resignedly, "The grain truck sent to Yanzhou was robbed by the homeless, and our people fled back last night to report the news, but the little ones didn't dare—"

"What to do?! This grain was bought by the government, how can you be so lazy?! You, you, I say what is good for you!" Jiang Nianhua reprimanded, and immediately smiled awkwardly at Chen Jinqiu, "My lord, this, this." At present, there are very few tourists in the rivers and lakes in Chongdu, and the escort people are proud and conceited, and the price is really not paid, even if they make a deposit first, they will also collect seventy percent, you listen, how can there be such a deal in the world, do you say yes?"

Chen Jinqiu understood what he meant, he took a few steps, and asked leisurely, "Then according to the meaning of Shopkeeper Jiang, how can this be done?"

"My lord, Diao Min is most afraid of the official family, especially a heroic and martial person like an adult. I think ......" Jiang Nianhua leaned in and smiled flatteringly, "If your lord can send some military masters to accompany the grain truck, then that group of people will not dare to be greedy, do you think?" Z.br>

"I understand your difficulty, this grain should also be escorted by Ben Tingwei's manpower from it, but it's just ......" Chen Jinqiu was a little embarrassed, "The Hongshan Horse Road has always been guarded and inspected by the Manhongguan border guards, and they naturally ignored the approval I issued, if this is the case, I am afraid that Ben Tingwei will have to play Your Majesty and ask for instructions to review the customs clearance documents, so as to ensure the smooth flow of grain trucks."

"That's exactly what your lord said!" Jiang Nianhua's face blossomed with joy, "In the past, the grain truck walked the red mountain road, and once checked at a pass, whether those military masters were willing to let go or not depended on their mood, and sometimes I had to give some wine money before I could open the road. If there is a holy approval this time, the grain truck will definitely arrive at the Red Pass within half a month!"

"Okay, Captain Ben will go to prepare for this, you prepare the grain and load the truck, and set off as soon as the approval arrives." Chen Jinqiu sat down with the goods, "Now let's talk about the price."

"According to the original price, I will never dare to deceive the adults." Jiang Nianhua's eyes widened

light, there seemed to be a yellow-orange copper plate in his eyes, "A bucket of seventy dollars."

"The market price, the shopkeeper Jiang can be described as a child." Chen Jinqiu put the remaining hands and handed them out, "It's just this money, I'm afraid it will be a while and a half late, and Ben Tingwei is here to discuss this matter."

Jiang Nianhua's face froze, he kept smiling, and asked, "According to the adult's wishes, how long will it take to get this money?"

"Next fall." Chen Jinqiu opened his mouth, "If the food is not enough this summer, Ben Tingwei may have to bother Shopkeeper Jiang to prepare more food."

"Fall?!" Jiang Nianhua's mouth opened wide, and he complained with a sad face, "My lord, in this businessman, it is a natural rule to collect money for goods, there is no money to pay the bill, and there is so much food to buy. If I sell it, I won't have any money or food this fall, and my lord is not making a big joke with me."

"Does Captain Ben seem to have time to joke with you?" Chen Jinqiu's smile was still the same, but his face became a little cold, "This court captain is an official, and he doesn't talk nonsense. This grain has to be bought, and as for the money, it will naturally be paid in the autumn of the next year, and I sent someone here to negotiate at first, and you are full of promises, how can you change your mind at this time? Are you prevaricating me?!"

"Absolutely not, never so!" Jiang Nianhua waved his hand again and again in fright, "It's just that a few days ago, I agreed with Yuan Ye on the price and the amount of grain and grass, and then I started to handle it.

"Nothing?! It is a rule to collect money for goods, is it possible that Ben Tingwei will not be trustworthy to you when he comes here in person?" Chen Jinqiu's face suddenly turned cold, "You agreed to this deal, and now you regret it, wouldn't it make Ben Tingwei embarrassed in front of the Holy Driver? Embarrassment in front of colleagues? What do you mean?!"

"Don't dare, adults have something to say." Jiang Nianhua hunched his shoulders in horror, "I don't count this grain and grass alone, if the money is not available, this grain is really not available on credit, and I hope the adults will forgive me."

"Considerate of you?" Chen Jinqiu raised his chin, "Then who understands Ben Tingwei? Millions of mouths want to eat, and if you say no, you can't do it now, this people take food as the sky, not you as the sky! Why don't I go and report to Da Si Nong, saying that you, the west wharf of the city, deceived the official of the court, and sealed it!"

Jiang Nianhua took two steps back and knelt down, and he said bitterly: "My lord, my lord's atonement, the grass people have no such intention."

"Humph!" Chen Jinqiu stood up and brushed his sleeves, "Let's go!"

The soldiers pressed the hilt of the knife and glared at Jiang Nianhua fiercely, and Jiang Nianhua pretended not to see it and hung his head.

And at this moment, Liu Taijing suddenly walked into the warehouse with a soldier wearing armor.

"Huh? Why is Lord Chen Tingwei here?" Liu Taijing asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with my lord, why do you look so depressed."

"Liu Kaogong." Chen Jinqiu was angry, he glanced sideways at Jiang Nianhua who was kneeling, "Ben Tingwei came here to buy grain, but I didn't expect this person to be so untrustworthy and unrighteous, negotiated a good deal, and now he actually regrets it."

Liu Taijing's eyebrows furrowed slightly when he heard this, and he said, "Is it because of the Yanzhou disaster?"

"Not bad." Chen Jinqiu sighed, "Alas, this errand is not easy to do. By the way, how did Liu Kaogong come here?"

"Oh, recently, our Shaofu has built a batch of military crossbows, and your lord also knows that the new army in the west of the city under the command of King Qin is still training, and the armor and weapons are all in a hurry. It's not like we're going to fight, we're going to have to keep busy." Liu Taijing looked around at the warehouse, "It's just that a few days ago, this batch of military crossbows was stolen and lost, and the King of Qin urged us to deliver the goods, so Xia Guan had to take the soldiers to search the whole city to find it, this batch of military crossbows is not easy to take out of the city, Xia Guan guessed that it should still be in Chongdu, so it is just routine to come here to check the warehouse of this wharf."

Chen Jinqiu was amazed and said, "At the feet of the Son of Heaven, someone dares to steal a crossbow? It's really boring, so you have to look it up."

"My lord, our warehouse is full of firewood, rice, oil, salt and other civilian goods, how can we get a crossbow?" The bookkeeper raised his sleeve to wipe his sweat, "Your Excellency may have gone to the wrong place."

"It's routine, this is the approval given by Dasi Nong." Liu Taijing showed the approval document, "Come on, check."

A group of new sergeants immediately trotted into the warehouse to rummage through the boxes and cabinets, and the soldiers stabbed the sack with sharp steel knives, and the gap immediately rolled out

grains.

Jiang Nianhua watched the soldiers go in and out, and said, "My lord, we are all good businessmen who abide by the law and abide by the law, and we will never have any crossbows—"

"My lord, there's something different here." The soldier quickly opened several sacks and cut open the sacks at the bottom of the pile, "Your Excellency."

Liu Taijing approached to take a closer look, and said with wide eyes, "Military crossbow?!"

The oiled crossbow was exposed at the edge of the gap, and Chen Jinqiu turned around and glared at Jiang Nianhua, and he said sharply, "Jiang Nianhua, what a bold man, he actually stole the crossbow! Left and right!"

The soldiers clasped their fists together and shouted, "Here!"

Chen Jinqiu pointed at Jiang Nianhua and said in a deep voice: "Jiang Nianhua stole the weapons of the Shaofu, and the stolen goods were taken, so take them down immediately!"

Bing Cao immediately stepped forward in unison, pressing Jiang Nianhua's shoulders left and right, and pressed hard!

"Oops! Your Excellency has wronged!" Jiang Nianhua shouted bitterly, "There must be a misunderstanding in this, don't you dare to steal the crossbow in the future!"

Chen Jinqiu's momentum was fierce, and he shouted: "The crossbow is here, you still dare to quibble!"

Jiang Nianhua was restrained in his arm, his head was covered with white sweat in pain, and he shouted bitterly: "Wronged, if you steal the crossbow in the next place, why is it still here, you should leave the place of right and wrong early, your lord knows it!"

Chen Jinqiu looked at him and said, "I'm afraid it's not that you don't want to leave, but you can't leave!" No wonder I kept saying that I couldn't afford to hire a guard without cash, and I lured Ben Tingwei to ask for approval for customs clearance for you. I was puzzled when I heard it, I was thinking that I wanted Captain Ben Tingwei to help you smuggle the crossbow out! And then what? Well? Isn't it going to be smuggled out of the plug and sold to foreign criminals?!"

Jiang Nianhua's face changed drastically, and he shouted in horror: "No, no, absolutely not, my lord. I don't know how this crossbow and this crossbow came here, don't wronged the good people!"