After the execution, Zhou Wen was burned to a ball of charcoal.

The surrounding crowd vomited again, and even some of the soldiers under Zhuang Shaoyou couldn't bear it anymore.

Qin Ling trembled and escorted a few thieves who surrendered to Cheng forward, Qin Ling was not frightened by the tragic situation at the execution ground, but frightened by Zhuang Shaoyou's methods

I've been following General Zhuang for a short time, why didn't I find this side before? In the future, it's better to be well-behaved, and be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years.

"Qin Ling! What kind of eyes do you have? Am I scary? Zhuang Shaoyou looked at Qin Ling with a smile.

Qin Ling shuddered when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "General, my subordinates felt a slight cold last night, and they were all a little uncomfortable, please forgive me, general!" ”

"Oh? Really? Although General Ben is not the emperor, he can't convict you of bullying the king, but the consequences of deceiving General Ben are also very serious, so I will sentence you to the crime of panicking the military situation, what do you think? ”

Zhuang Shaoyou stopped paying attention to Qin Ling after teasing him, turned his head to look at the thieves who surrendered, and asked lightly:

"You say that your hands are relatively clean, but you still have to go through your case records, if there is really anything hurtful, General Ben will definitely not spare it!"

One of the thieves stepped forward and said respectfully: "Little Yang Rong thanks the general for his leniency, we were all forced to fall into the grass by that Zhou Wen."

Then he was forced by Liu Cao to join the gang, and the little one had to compromise for the sake of dozens of brothers under him, but Zhou Wen and Liu Cao's hurtful things and his subordinates never participated.

Also, General, the little one has an important matter to report to the General!

”

Seeing this, Zhuang Shaoyou waved back and talked to Yang Rong alone for a while.

"Is that true?"

"The small sentence is true, the general can send someone to follow the small one to see if it is true or false!"

Zhuang Shaoyou was a little happy after hearing this, thought for a moment and said, "Qin Ling! You take 200 people to go to Dahei Cottage with Yang Rong! ”

"Yes!"

When Zhuang Shaoyou returned to Yuqi County, it was already dusk, so he first went to the administrative hall to take a look and found that there was no major event, and the biggest thing today was the execution of Zhaojiazhuang.

returned to the courtyard of the county government's house, practiced swords for a while, and when he returned to the house, he found that Mo Mei had already prepared a meal and was waiting in the house.

Zhuang Shaoyou's heart was hot when he saw this, what a good daughter-in-law! Then I began to regret why I didn't do it to her last time.

After the meal, Zhuang Shaoyou tried his best to get Mo Mei to bed again, but unfortunately Mo Mei swore to death.

The whole day passed the next day, and at dusk, Qinling still did not come back, Zhuang Shaoyou was a little worried, and sent someone to Daheishan to check it out

An hour later, when it was completely dark, Zhuang Shaoyou returned to the house to eat, but just as he was about to attack Mo Mei again, he heard a report from outside.

Zhuang Shaoyou took the opportunity to wipe the oil and then went out to the courtyard, and heard the report of his subordinates that Qin Ling had returned.

Zhuang Shaoyou breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, finally came back, and then followed his subordinates out to check the results.

In the outer courtyard of the county government, Qin Ling's eyebrows danced and described: "General, we are rich again!" ”

Zhuang Shaoyou knocked him: "How many times have you said it, can you be a little more interesting!" ”

Qin Ling smiled and said, "General, this is not bad for me!" I went with Yang Rong to dig the thief's warehouse, and there were two treasure houses, one bright and one dark!

There is some grain in the Ming Library, and there are as many as 4,000 Hu, which is enough for the people of the Black Mountain Cottage to eat for a year and a half!

There was a shortage of food in our county, and I was happy at the time, but I didn't expect Yang Rong to take me to see the secret vault again, and this secret vault was also discovered by Yang Rong who inadvertently followed Zhou Wen

There are a thousand sets of excellent full infantry equipment inside! 500 crossbow machines, 1,000 bows and arrows!

Some silver taels were also found, although not much, but also three thousand taels.

In addition, when Yang Rong grabbed Zhou Wen, he turned out some valuable jewelry in the hands of him and his cronies. ”

Zhuang Shaoyou was also a little excited when he heard this, food, four thousand grains! Caught up with most of the official warehouse! These bandits are really having a good time!

At the beginning, there were 6,000 pieces of grain left in the official warehouse, but now more than half a month has passed, more than 1,000 pieces have been consumed, and there are still 4,500 pieces left, plus the newly obtained 4,000 pieces, a total of 8,500 pieces of grain.

Save money and use some food that can last until April next year, which is still three months away, but there will be fish supply soon, which can reduce some food consumption, but there is still a lot of shortage.

Now that I have a lot of new weapons and equipment, I can train some more soldiers, but I don't have rations! What a headache!

Looks like it's time to talk to the grain merchants!

The living room in a mansion in the county seat.

A well-proportioned middle-aged man sat on the top and leisurely sipped tea. The two fat men below were holding tea bowls, with anxious expressions.

The three of them had been silent for a long time, and a fat man in red below finally couldn't help but say:

"Brother Zhantian, I heard that General Nazhuang just destroyed the Great Black Mountain Thief, divided the body of the bandit leader Liu Cao Wuniu, and lit the sky lantern of the original county commander Lord Zhou!

Last night I heard that those people had brought back countless food, weapons and equipment. Isn't it inappropriate for us to drag on all the time? ”

Another fat man in blue echoed: "Brother Zhantian, as the saying goes: the people don't fight with the officials, and we are doing business just to make money in harmony.

Now on other people's turf, shouldn't we take the initiative and strive to leave a good impression, and do business in the future with a convenient personality, isn't it? ”

The man at the top was dressed in a white brocade robe, put down the tea bowl, glanced at the two people below, and said calmly:

"Don't worry, we can afford it, but General Zhuang can't afford it, as long as the three of us work together, don't tear each other down, and wait and see what happens.

He will come to us, and then the initiative will be in our hands, and we will be able to win more benefits, right? ”

The two people below were a little moved, but still a little worried, and the old fat man in red said:

"Brother Xian, that's what I said, but if General Zhuang turns his face and raids our home, won't everything be in vain?

I can't get any benefits, and I have to pay a family for everything! Brother Zhantian has to think twice! ”

"It doesn't matter, this General Zhuang has promulgated three chapters of the law, promising to ensure our safety, and I think this person is definitely not a treacherous person, you can rest assured!

He fights with us with wisdom and patience, to see who can't sit still first, he will definitely not be rough easily, and now he is far from the point of turning his face roughly, we are all businessmen who keep to themselves, operate legally, and he can't find anything wrong.

The worst outcome this time is that we just bow our heads and admit our mistakes, which is why I dare to take such a risk!

If everything goes well, in the future, the business community of this county and not Liaodong County will have the final say on us!

As long as the risks are controlled within a certain range and there are huge benefits, why can't we give it a go? ”

Zhuang Shaoyou paced in the administrative hall of the county government, not knowing what he was thinking. Suddenly stopped, and said: "Someone, go and invite the grain merchant Zhou Tian, and say that General Ben wants to see him." ”

"Yes!"

"Come back! Don't go! You go and prepare, I'm going to go to this big boss Zhou's house in person! ”

Night falls on the county, and the soft moonlight falls on the snow-white earth.

The largest grain merchant in Qiqi County, Zhou Tianfushang.

Zhou Tian, who is 40 years old this year, is the largest landlord in southern Liaoning, with 500 hectares of fertile land, accounting for a quarter of the entire county.

The two people who discussed with Zhou Tian during the day, the older one was called Liang Tian, and his family had 300 hectares of fertile land, and the younger one was called Chen Gu, and his family had 250 hectares of fertile land.

These three people controlled more than half of the fields in the county, and most of the fields were concentrated in the hands of these three people.

Before, there were some ordinary landlords in the county who ran away with Zhou Wen and transferred the family title deed and grain to these three people at a low price.

Therefore, now more than half of the fields in this county are in the hands of these three people, and they actually manipulate the economic lifeline of the county.

Zhuang Shaoyou and Zhou Tian sat in the living room, drinking tea leisurely, very calm and relaxed, and they didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

Zhuang Shaoyou was a little surprised in his heart, this person was really calm, coughed lightly, and said with a smile:

"Brother Zhou, I'm here today to talk to Brother Zhou about business, I wonder if Brother Zhou would like to hear it?"

Zhou Tian smiled and said: "General, please speak, listen to me!" ”

"Before talking about business, I want to ask a sentence below, I want to know if Brother Zhou plans to farm and sell grain wholeheartedly, or does he plan to do some other business?"

Zhou Tian was slightly surprised when he heard this, thought for a moment and said: "Tian is accumulated by the ancestors from generation to generation, but only doing grain business in this acre and three points of land will never be big.

If you want to do something else, Liaodong is located in a remote area, with inconvenient transportation, sparse population, and not rich in products, and it has been a long time since I nested here, but I have never had a chance!

I just don't know if the general can introduce any business to me? ”

Zhuang Shaoyou said in his heart: This old fox is really on the road. So he said:

"Brother Zhou, the difficulties you mentioned are naturally there, but they are a little one-sided, and we always make such mistakes when we look at problems.

If we change the angle, for example, this county is located in the southern Liaoning Peninsula, from the hinterland of the Central Plains is high mountains and rivers, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and it is easy to occupy the land for the king.

Although the population here is sparse and the products are not abundant, it is not the truth, everything can be created from scratch, and the products can naturally be.

For example, there are endless treasures in this vast sea, and there are countless geniuses and treasures in the mountains to the north, and there will be many, many other things in the future, and the list goes on, this business can naturally be done! ”

Zhou Tian's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he was still slightly puzzled

"The general is right, but you also said that this place is too remote, and even if you can get those things, who can you sell them to?"

Most of the local people are refugees who have fled and cannot afford to buy anything other than food. ”

"Hehe, this commodity is naturally sold to a place in short supply to get the greatest benefit, what does Brother Zhou think about this Bohai natural insurance?

If General Ben can turn this danger into a smooth road, does Brother Zhou think this business can be done? ”

"Huh?! Could it be that the general knows this art of shipbuilding? If you can really build a sea ship, then this business is really limitless! ”

"Hehe, this matter still needs to be considered in the long run, and the meal has to be eaten in one bite, but now General Ben will not be able to eat!"

"It's good to say, it's good to say, you can provide 10,000 pieces of grain to the general, and guarantee that the new grain will be opened at a fair price before it comes down.

If the general is still lacking, it can be raised from Liangtian Chen Gu! ”

Zhuang Shaoyou heard that the landlord of this dog day was really fucking rich, and he actually hid so much food in his nest, and he really had the heart to rob.