Zhu Changnian went and returned, and Xue Xu was not surprised at all.

Turning back again, Zhu Changnian's eyes were attentive, his momentum was awe-inspiring, and his whole person was like a burning flame.

As soon as he sat down, he asked directly, "Mr. Xue, who is the mastermind behind the scenes?" ”

"Xie Zhan."

"Is that him? It turned out to be him! Zhu Changnian was very surprised, he thought it was Chen Jiaye's, "But my Zhu family has no grievances with him recently, and there is no enmity in the past, why does he want to calculate my Zhu family?" "Could it be that he was instructed by Chen Jiaye?

"In a word, you are in his way."

Zhu Changnian was puzzled, they? In other words, in addition to the Zhu family, there are people who stand in his way.

"In the way?" Although the words were asked, Zhu Changnian vaguely guessed something.

"The southern land is like a fertile land, and the six great families have each taken a piece of it and planted fruit trees. The six great families are like forest guards, guarding their own fruit forests. ”

"The sum of the six great families, plus one Ji family, at least occupies eight or nine tenths of the land in the south, and the rest of the place is the place where small merchants and small rich peasants live. In this context, Xie Zhan wants to lead the Xie clan to rise and occupy a place in the south, what can he do? ”

"Xie Zhan can only use tactics to cause a scuffle among the forest guards, and it is best to kill a few forest guards, and then go to grab the land and become a forest guard."

Just like he just thought! Zhu Changnian asked again, "The death of Chen Jiaye and others was also designed by him?" ”

Xue Xu smiled but did not speak.

Zhu Changnian understood, "This Xie Zhan is amazing." "Their Zhu family is not unjustly lost.

"Xue Guangxian, who is your current master?" Zhu Changnian looked at him with burning eyes, "What is the purpose?" ”

Xie Zhan used the Chen family to set up such a bureau, which is very powerful. But the person behind Xue Guangxian was able to see through all this early, and the other party was even more powerful than Xie Zhan.

"Well, I can't comment on that. The purpose is naturally to grab profits. ”

Zhu Changnian didn't know Xue Xu's current situation as well as the Chen family, and he didn't even know that Xue Xu was currently serving in Liaodong County. He only thought that Xue Xu had disappeared for three years before appearing Xue Guangxian.

Hearing Xue Xu's four words, Zhu Changnian nodded, feeling very regretful in his heart. Such a powerful person, he is afraid that he will not have a chance to meet him.

"Ming people don't say secret words, I have some of the descendants of the Zhu family who want to entrust to you."

Zhu Changnian secretly thought that when he learned that the Zhu family had been counted to the end, his hunch was right, all relatives and friends were not suitable candidates for orphanage. If the Southland is in chaos, they will inevitably be caught up in it as well.

"How many people are there?" Xue Xu asked.

"About a dozen, right?" Zhu Changnian is not very sure about the authenticity.

"This person is the head of the Zhu family, you need to be strictly screened, don't stuff unsuitable people over, life and death, selfishness should not be too heavy." Xue Xu reminded.

Zhu Changnian nodded. He trusted his younger brother Zhu Changning, and he didn't want to check it again. Now that I have listened to Xue Xu's words, I think he should review the candidates. There can be no fluke mentality, and if the identity is not suitable, cross it out. If it's too stupid, cross it out too! Save the rest of the people.

Xue Xu smiled and said, "Master Zhu, you should know how much it costs us to protect your Zhu family's bloodline and raise them to adulthood. His meaning was obvious.

Zhu Changnian snorted, "The people of my Zhu family are raised by my Zhu family, and I don't need you to raise them!" Also, since our Zhu family has troubled you, we will naturally have a heavy reward! ”

He knew that Xue Guangxian was eyeing their Zhu family, just because he fell in love with their Zhu family's food. Their Zhu family doesn't have much else, but the most food.

"I will give you two large warehouses of grain in secret, and those two warehouses of grain are top-quality grain. There is only one condition, to raise them as much as possible, and if they can, to give them a sum of money that they can live on when they grow up. Speaking of which, Zhu Changnian's voice became very low.

Zhu Changnian knew very well that since their Zhu family had been targeted, the property on the surface could not be moved. There is no point in using the belongings on the surface to support the orphans.

After Xue Xu listened, he quickly converted in his heart.

It is customary that one warehouse of grain is 50,000 stones, one large warehouse of grain is 100,000 stones, and two large warehouses of grain are 200,000 stones!

The normal value of these two warehouses of grain in non-disaster years is also around 200,000 yuan. At present, the value is about 480,000 taels, not to mention that he said that the quality of this grain is top-notch, and the value will only go up.

It's sent! These two large warehouses of grain can be transported back, which can solve the problem of how many people can eat, and the soldiers will no longer have to worry about not having enough to eat after conscription.

The Zhu family is worthy of being one of the six major families in the south that are mainly engaged in grain. There are 500,000 stone of grain on the open account, and there are two large warehouses in secret! The key is that they don't know if there is more grain in the Zhu family's secret than these two warehouses!

"The master of the Zhu family is magnificent." Xue Xu boasted.

"Don't pat me on the back, I want to know now, how can I make sure that you won't take a benefit and not do anything?" Zhu Changnian stared at him and asked.

"When this time comes, you can only trust me, right?"

"Yes, but your words and actions will also affect my decision. What my Zhu family has is food, bright and dark, giving more and giving less, it all depends on my heart. ”

At this time, Zhu Changnian was extremely calm, as the head of the Zhu family of the six great families, he was smart and wise.

Xue Xu's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile, "Please rest assured, my master and I, Xue, are not people who are untrustworthy. However, my master often says that the customer is Galeries Lafayette, and of course we have to pay attention to the needs of Galeries Lafayette. ”

When Zhu Changnian heard this, he muttered in his heart, what does this mean, listening to his master or a businessman?

"Sixth Master Qin, come in!"

Qin Sheng, who was working as a guard outside, pushed the door in, his five senses were keen, and he listened to the conversation between the three of them just now.

"This is our Qin Sheng Qin Sixth Master, the youngest son of Qin Yueyan, Marquis of Zhenbei. Sixth master, this is the head of the Zhu family. Xue Xu introduced Zhu Changnian.

Zhu Changnian's eyes widened when he heard Qin Sheng's identity, wasn't the Zhenbei Hou family exiled to Pingzhou?

Qin Sheng nodded at him, "Long Yang." ”

Zhu Changnian replied, "Fortunately." ”

Qin Sheng hugged Ji Wuyin again, "Don't blame Mr. Ji. ”

The last time Ji Wuyin went to Liaodong County, Qin Sheng went to suppress the bandits, and he didn't have a chance to meet.

He didn't expect that the young man in front of him would be Lu Songli's husband. And he has been pretending to be Xue Xu's guard, and he has been in the south for so long, and he has never revealed his identity, but he is really calm.

"Mr. Xue, your sincerity Zhu has felt it, and I will send you a large warehouse of grain in the end. This is a token from the head of my Zhu family, you arrange for someone to go with my henchmen to get food. ”

Zhu Changnian knew very well that if something happened to the Zhu family, it would only be the emperor who would make a move.

Qin Sheng's appearance in the south was against the emperor's order, and the Zhu family secretly sent out some blood, which was also against the emperor's order.

They will be on the same front from now on, and everyone will be the same.

In addition, the reputation of the Qin family is very good, and he believes them.

If Xue Xu knew his thoughts, he would definitely say that these people didn't know, and the reputation of his lord was good.

Xue Xu affirmed his approach, "Master Zhu, you are right, the fewer people who know some things, the better." ”

Xue Xu's words made Zhu Changnian understand that he had already guessed that he planned to use this large warehouse of grain to entrust his relatives and friends again.

Zhu Changnian smiled, didn't answer his words, and turned to Ji Wuyin and said, "I will mortgage you with two more warehouses of grain, and take a loan of 180,000 taels of silver, with a mortgage term of one day, do you dare?" ”

"What am I afraid of?" Ji Wuyin can become the richest man in the south, and he is not a vegetarian.

The price of this grain is different day by day, and now the Zhu family's two warehouses of grain are worth more than 180,000 taels. Zhu Changnian is like this, which is equivalent to selling grain to him cheaply.

"If you dare, let's make a contract."

Zhu Changnian knew very well that most of Xie Zhan's calculations were aimed at the Zhu family's grain. Then he will exchange as much food as he can!

At this time, Xue Xu said, "I, Xue Guangxian, am also here to give you a guarantee to the head of the Zhu family, if what we speculated did not happen, we will return this grain in full." ”

Ji Wuyin also said, "Lao Zhu, it's the same on my side, if your Zhu family doesn't have anything to do this time, then I will return these two warehouses of grain in full, without any interest." ”

Zhu Changnian smiled nonchalantly, of course he hoped that their speculation was wrong, but the intuition he had cultivated over the years had made him know that there was little hope.

Next, they were busy all night, gathered all the people they could use, and even borrowed people from the Cao Gang to get the grain from a large granary.

The granary was located in the middle of nowhere, close to the wharf, which saved a lot of effort.

Xue Xu and the others came over this time, anticipating this situation and bringing a lot of wheelbarrows.

Another large warehouse of grain, can only be temporarily left untouched. Fortunately, this is the grain hidden by the Zhu family, and the storage location is secret, so it is not a big problem to leave it in a short time.

Ji Wuyin watched Xue Xu and Qin Sheng's victory in the first battle, and couldn't help but smack his mouth, sure enough, the market's reward for foresight was rich.