Chapter 24: Buying Grain
Wen Yu left the county office, and his memory was an idle and unentitled official position, and Yu Lu was even more pitiful, and Yang Zheng was already standing at the gate waiting for Wen Yu.
"Lord, the lord and the lady said that it is not cost-effective to live for a long time, so I spent two hundred taels to buy one old mansion, and I will take you there."
Yang Zheng saw Wen Yu coming out, greeted him, and took the official robe from Wen Yu's hand.
"It's okay"
Wen Yu was led by Yang Zheng and came to a relatively quiet courtyard in the west of the city. "Yes, it's big, but I have to take care of it"
"Yu'er, you see there is a deserted land here, I want to grow some fresh vegetables for my mother"
"There is a small shed there where I can raise some chickens and ducks"
"There is also a pond where you can keep fish"
Qin Yu smiled and pointed around in the courtyard, completely looking like a peasant woman.
"Mother, I want to borrow some money"
Wen Yu, who hesitated for a long time, looked at Qin Yu, who was very happy, and still opened his mouth.
"What's wrong, Yu'er, what's wrong?" Qin Yu hurriedly came to Wen Yu's side, "Is it that the county lieutenant or the county magistrate is embarrassed by you and extorts money?"
Wen Yu shook his head and told Qin Yu the ins and outs of the matter.
"Is that all? Promise you for your mother" Qin Yu trotted into the house and walked out with a wooden box.
Wen Hao also walked out of the room and said with a smile, "Yu'er, we support you"
"Is 100,000 enough?" Qin Yu took out a hundred thousand silver tickets and handed them to Wen Yu.
Wen Yu waved his hand and said, "Twenty thousand is already more than enough."
"Then what are you opening, you take it directly in the box? Originally, we wanted to do some small business, but in this chaos, we will raise some livestock and grow some vegetables, and it doesn't matter if the conditions are difficult, as long as you are good, it is enough."
Qin Yu took two 10,000 taels of silver tickets and handed them to Wen Yu.
"Yang Zheng, tomorrow you will bring four brothers to accompany me on a trip, and the other brothers will stay to help my parents take care of this ancient mansion, and buy some new furniture by the way."
Next
Wen Yu took Yang Zheng, as well as the eldest and the second, the third and the fourth, a group of six people, riding horses, and headed towards Shangyun County, a neighboring county.
Although it is only a small half-day journey, the scene here, compared with Shangbei County, is a world of difference, the lively streets are crowded, although there are begging people, people are also kind and charitable, and from time to time there are free porridge sheds.
If you want to come to Shangyun County, you will be free from the infestation of foreigners, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment.
"Lord, I just asked someone to inquire, and the granary is over there" Yang Zheng pointed not far away.
"Who is the granary, the granary is heavy, and it is not allowed to trespass"
A group of guards pointed their spears at Wen Yu and the six
Wen Yu smiled politely and said, "I am the chronicler of Shangbei County, I came to buy grain, and I also asked the little brother to make it convenient."
"Hahaha, little notekeeper, you're not eating ink at home, what are you doing here, and do you have any money in Shangbei County?" A group of guards soldiers, laughing.
Wen Yu also had to explain, took out 20,000 silver tickets, and shook them.
The soldiers rubbed their eyes and looked at Wen Yu incredulously.
"Sir, please come inside"
The soldier hurriedly stepped out of the way.
"Slow"
A man's voice came from behind Wen Yu, and Wen Yu turned around and saw a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar, shaking a fan, walking this way.
"Prefectural Lord"
The soldiers saluted one after another, and Wen Yu also nodded, this is Xu Wei, the county magistrate of Shangyun County.
"Upper North County Chronicler? Coming to buy food? ”
He came to Wen Yu's side, his eyes were shining, and he looked at the silver ticket in Wen Yu's hand with a blazing look.
"Yes, my lord, it's Xia Guan," Wen Yu replied with a smile.
"Oh, it's easy to say, give me the money" Xu Wei shook his fan and stared at the silver ticket.
Wen Yu handed over the silver ticket, the more food the better, as long as the other party is willing to sell, it is not impossible to buy 20,000 taels of grain.
"Come on, load ten carts for them and transport them out on horses," Xu Wei, who took the silver ticket, ordered the guards beside him.
"My lord, why are there only ten cars? According to the market price, isn't it at least forty cars? Wen Yu stepped forward and hurriedly asked
"Hahaha, didn't anyone tell you about the price increase? If you want to love it, if you don't want it, just get out" Xu Wei folded the fan and revealed his true face.
"You villain, I~" Yang Zheng pulled out his waist knife and slashed at Xu Wei.
"Slow" Wen Yu quickly grabbed Yang Zheng.
"Why, in my Shangyun County, do you dare to use a knife, are you impatient?" Xu Wei retreated behind the guards and scolded Wen Yu and the others angrily.
"My lord, I misunderstood, I misunderstood, ten carts of grain are fine," Wen Yu hurriedly explained, still waiting for the grain to go back to save his life? Although ten cars are not much, it is enough to last for a while.
"It's about the same, I could have robbed it openly, and I gave you ten cars, so you should thank me well" Xu Wei saw that Wen Yu was soft, so he swaggered out.
Wen Yu had never seen such a brazen person, this person, he remembered.
With ten carts of grain being shipped out, Wen Yu smiled and bowed to Xu Wei, then took people, drove horses, and escorted the grain away.
Out of the city gate, Yang Zheng rode a horse, came to Wen Yu's ear and whispered, "Lord, this person has hit us with the idea, don't you know that I am the leader of the bandits?" Do you want me to come back quietly at night, snatch the silver ticket back, and beat him up?"
Wen Yu smiled and said, "This is your business, by the way, start lightly, don't beat you to death, after all, you are an official of the imperial court"