After finishing all this, Lu Songli couldn't help but chat with Qin Sheng about the big army that was about to return.

Lu Songli said, "Mr. Xue, they're coming back soon, right?" ”

Qin Sheng thought for a moment and replied, "According to the speed of the large army, it should be back." But isn't it always raining these days, and the road is not easy to walk, so it is estimated that they have been resting on the spot. ”

This can't be helped, the roads in Liaoxi County are not as wide as those in Liaodong County, and when it rains, the roads are even more difficult to walk.

Fortunately, the large army has already arrived at their own territory, and they are almost at the doorstep, so it is okay to delay a little.

Speaking of this, Lu Songli couldn't help but praise him, "This thing is well done." ”

At that time, 200,000 stone of grain urgently needed to be transported out of the south, otherwise there would be no chance, and the Cao Gang only had the capacity of 100,000 stones.

There are still 100,000 stone of grain left, and they can't be transported away at once, if they stay in the south, they will definitely become Xie Zhan's meal, and even the disaster victims scattered to the south are the enemy's choice, so that Xie Zhan can benefit.

And they worked together to come up with a way to use the 100,000 stone grain to attract a group of high-quality disaster victims to the north.

Yes, Lu Songli is looking forward to the upcoming batch of victims in the south, and this group of people is undoubtedly very high-quality. If nothing else, at least in terms of courage, these people who dared to go north were stronger than those who remained in the south.

"Don't you always say that for a place to develop, it has to be people-oriented? At that time, we thought that the grain that couldn't be transported couldn't be cheaper Xie Zhan. ”

No matter what kind of idea they have, they can find the best solution to the dilemma, which is really amazing.

"Also, the 20,000 stone of grain you left in Qingzhou has helped a lot."

Qin Sheng was a little embarrassed by her praise.

Lu Songli found that this time in the south, Qin Sheng really grew a lot.

At this time, a subordinate came to report, "There is news from Nandi, saying that Xie Zhan is very likely to take Gu Huaisheng and Lu Fei to Nanyang." ”

"I see."

"Lili, will Xie Zhan ruin your plan?" Qin Sheng was quite worried, Xie Zhan was still quite smart.

Lu Songli shook her head, "It's okay." Xie Zhan could definitely guess that he would not sit idly by.

What he wants to do, Lu Songli can guess it, doesn't he just want to fish in troubled waters and pick her peaches to take advantage of it? Let's see if he has the ability.

Nanyang

Although the price of food in Nanyang is ridiculously high, because of Zhang Xian's efforts to provide disaster relief, Nanyang will not starve to death after the ground moves. But the entire Nanyang victims are yellow-faced and thin, lifeless.

In the environment of the remnants and broken walls, the victims found a piece of land, or lay or sit, and there was no more communication between them.

If it is not necessary, the victims do not even bother to speak.

At this time, a ragged man came back from outside, and as soon as he came back, he sighed, "I heard that the price of food is going to rise again!" ”

These words were like a drop of water falling into an oil pan and exploding directly.

"Up again? It's already two hundred and sixty wen a bucket, and it's going to go up? ”

"God, I'm not going to live, a bucket of grain is two hundred and sixty wen, how can I live?" An eldest lady sat on her knees with a child in her arms, crying so much that she was choking.

"Don't panic, the imperial court is still opening a warehouse for disaster relief, let's tighten our belts and always get through."

"However, I heard that there is not much food pulled down by the imperial court for disaster relief, and I am afraid that it will not last long."

As soon as these words came out, panic spread, causing tears to flow to the eyes of many victims who thought they had become numb to life.

"God, you're going to kill someone."

"No, let's sell ourselves. Sold himself to a large landlord to be a hidden household. "It's good to be alive, there's no hope for anything else.

An aura of despair enveloped the entire Nanyang.

Zhang Xian is still working hard today, he took Zuo Anmin to Xuchang to meet Che Jiuming, president of the Yuzhou Grain Merchants Chamber of Commerce.

For their intentions, the other party has been playing haha with him.

On the return trip, Zhang Xian was in a good mood.

The Che family, one of the families in Yuzhou, has now united with the surrounding wealthy merchants to establish the Grain Merchants Chamber of Commerce, with the aim of raising grain prices.

Che Jiuming's attitude was very tough, and he made it clear that he wanted to sell high-priced grain and loot Nanyang's wealth. completely disregarded the life and death of the people of Nanyang, and of course did not care about his life or death.

Now Nanyang is supported by him, and he is in the way. But now all the grain can only last for about half a month.

If half a month later, he still hasn't come up with a way to deal with it, the people of Nanyang can only let the grain merchants and chambers of commerce ravage. And he and Zuo Anmin also declared the disaster relief failure.

After Zhang Xian and Zuo Anmin left, members of the Grain Merchants Chamber of Commerce surrounded Che Jiuming.

"President, I heard that this Zhang Xian and Zuo Anmin are the emperor's favored ministers, isn't it good for you to offend them?"

Che Jiuming raised his eyebrows and said with a wicked smile, "Did I offend them?" I'm just in business. He wants us to lower the price of food a little bit, doesn't that make us trade at a loss? What a line is this? You say don't you? ”

The rest of the people smiled at each other and chimed in, "The president is right. ”

Nanyang's piece of fat, he is sure to eat it!

Nanyang has no food because of the ground movement, but the people have money in their hands. After the earthquake, the price of grain has begun to rise, but because the relief of the imperial court came in time, the common people ate free food, and the money in their hands was still clinging.

When all the food brought by Zhang Xian for disaster relief is eaten and drunk, they can use the grain in their hands to scrape the land of Nanyang.

Zhang Xian returned to his residence exhausted.

The confidant steward stepped forward to greet him and whispered in his ear, "Master, there is a distinguished guest." ”

Guest? Is that what he thinks? Zhang Xian took a deep breath, "Where did you place your distinguished guest?" Lead the way! He was looking forward to the stars and the moon, and finally looked forward to the news of the Lu family's father and daughter!

They came to the living room.

When Chen Jinshui saw someone coming, he immediately stepped forward and saluted, "The little one has seen Master Zhang!" ”

"Please, no need to be polite."

Chen Jinshui took out two letters from his arms, "Lord Zhang, this is a letter written to you by Lord Lu and Mrs. Qin Liu, please take a look." ”

"Good, good!" After reading the letter, Zhang Xian said three good words in a row, his eyes were slightly moist, and he couldn't help but raise his head.

After a while, he calmed down the emotions in his heart, "Your name is Chen Jinshui, right?" Then you follow the official. ”

"Yes."

Zhang Xian finally looked in the direction of Xuchang and said coldly, "This time, I will definitely make Che Jiuming, who wants to make a fortune, and his grain merchant chamber of commerce bleed!" ”

Runan

Xie Zhan took Gu Huaisheng, Lu Fei and others to settle in a big mansion, which is very close to Nanyang and Xuchang, and the three places have a triangular relationship.

Xie Nan was puzzled, "Family master, aren't the people from Liaodong County still making a move?" Zhang Xian can't support it, right? ”

The three major families got a total of 200,000 stone of grain, and 1 million taels of silver, in vain?

Xie Zhan said with certainty, "Liaodong County will definitely take action, and we must pay close attention to the changes in the situation in Nanyang recently." ”

"Yes!"