Peng Yan is the largest grain merchant in Jinzhou. If he does not have a good relationship with the government, it will be difficult for him to develop well, let alone make a fortune. If Peng Yan becomes the leader in grain prices in Jinzhou, he will naturally have to collude with the power in Jinzhou.

Originally, Peng Yan had a very good relationship with Yang Chuang, the governor of Jinzhou. Yang Chuang was fed by him with silver, so he naturally opened the door to convenience and made a lot of money. Especially last winter when Chu was facing a grain disaster, he even colluded with Yang Chuang to steal the reserved grain from the charity warehouse and make a fortune in the national crisis. This time alone, he made enough profits that he had never made in the past year.

But after Suqian led his army into the Jinzhou garrison, his hard days came. He wanted to use the same trick again and bribe Suqian to continue his career of making money while lying down. In his opinion, the generals from Anyang, who were in a bitter and cold place, would not have much intention to resist under his attack of the beautiful women of money, and wouldn't it be easy to take it down? Unexpectedly, after a while, he tried his best to do anything, and even the county magistrate Yang Chuang went into battle bare-handedly, and the other party still refused to enter.

Peng Yan was panicked at this moment. You must know that the grain from the Yi Cang he misappropriated was still not filled. He originally thought that after the winter of last year, once the relationship between Ming and Chu improved, he could buy a large amount of old grain from the Ming Kingdom to fill the gap. However, now the relationship between Ming and Chu not only showed no sign of easing, but the tension has become increasingly intense. Until the six eastern counties and four counties in Jiangnan announced their return to the Ming Dynasty. Peng Yanjian was on the verge of collapse and embezzled the grain from the Yi Cang. Once the filling was exposed, it would be a crime to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan.

Originally, if Suqian had not come, Yang Chuang could have helped him cover it up, but now Suqian has entered Jinzhou strongly and took over the entire defense of Jinzhou City as soon as he arrived in Jinzhou. More importantly, the food supply of the Suqian army was clearly designated by the court to be supplied by Jinzhou.

What to supply is naturally the charity storage here.

But is there any food in the charity warehouse now? Of course, the answer is, but not much, less than one-third of the original one. How can this amount of grain be supplied to Suqian's 20,000 troops? And how can Suqian, which controls the entire Jinzhou city defense, examine the grain reserves of the charity warehouse?

Sure enough, less than ten days after Suqian entered the city, he discovered the tricks of Yicang during the inspection. If Yang Chuang had not been involved, he would have been afraid that Peng Yan would have gone to the prison for the New Year immediately. Although Suqian did not have an attack on the spot and gave Peng Yan a month under Yang Chuang's plead, Peng Yan was very clear that under the current situation, he could not make up for the grain in Yicang no matter what. It was not that he could not bear the money, but that no matter how much money he had, he could not buy food.

Desperate, he waited for Suqian's last butcher knife to fall. Now he couldn't run away even if he wanted to. Suqian sent people to stare at him. His goal was so big that the city defense in Jinzhou is now in Suqian's hands. He wanted to escape from the city, and it was completely Tianfang Yetan.

Yang Chuang is now unable to protect himself, let alone protect him. Once a military leader like Suqian is in a ruling position, he will really be ignorant of the knife. Food is related to the stability of his tens of thousands of troops. How can he not be anxious?

But there is no way out. When Peng Yan was desperate, a Ming businessman who had dealt with him suddenly came to him. In order to overcome the difficulties in front of him and to survive, what is Peng Yan afraid to do now? As long as he can get food to deal with Suqian, the food seems to be only available in the hands of the Ming people.

Today he set up a banquet again to invite Suqian to the banquet and delivered the invitation. He was nervously waiting for the news at home. When such invitations were sent out in the past, the fate was basically overwhelming. The other party didn't even bother to give one answer. Today's invitation was sent by the Ming merchant. Peng Yan saw that he seemed to have put something in it.

"Brother He, will General Su really come?" He asked the other party uneasy, knowing that the time Suqian gave him was about to reach the final deadline.

"I will definitely come. You just need to prepare the wine and food now, and then after the banquet, you will soon send the others away, and then arrange for General Su to meet the distinguished guest." The businessman from Ming Dynasty said coldly. Now that Peng Yan is already his subordinate, he can naturally be domineering.

In order to survive, Peng Yan had joined the Eagle Nest of Ming Kingdom and became a glorious spy of Ming Kingdom, and was awarded the title of Zhenwu Captain.

Peng Yan wanted to know who the person in Suqian was, but the first thing his boss, named He told him after he joined the Eagle Nest was: Don’t talk too much. What he should know will naturally tell him what he shouldn’t know. What he should ask is the biggest taboo. So no matter how curious he is, he can only hold his heart in his heart, not to mention that the mysterious guest will arrive in his house after the evening banquet begins.

However, based on Peng Yan's experience, those who can interview Suqian will naturally not be an unknown person. Seeing what Suqian wants to do, he can even know what he wants to do.

Now he is riding on the back of a tiger, and he is in a dilemma. Without food, he will be cut off his head. The food problem will definitely be solved now. But if Suqian turns against the other party and is unwilling to collude with the Ming Dynasty, then his freshly released Ming spy will have to lose his head immediately.

If Suqian still refused to come to the banquet, Peng Yan felt that he could wash his neck and wait for death. He would not be able to run away. His whole family was here. After repeated begging, the businessman named He sent someone to ask his youngest son to send him out, which could be regarded as giving him a little psychological comfort.

It would never be cut off the fireworks of the Peng family.

An hour later, the good news finally came, and Suqian would come to the banquet in the evening. Peng Yan was overjoyed when he received this news. He was so impressed by the Mingren's methods that he had used. Suqian, who had been rude to him, agreed to come.

As long as you are sure, it means that the matter is half solved. If Suqian reached any agreement with the distinguished guest from the Ming Dynasty, then he would be in the same group as him. He would never raise his butcher knife to himself, the spy of the Ming Dynasty, right?

Peng Yan, whose life was saved, certainly used all his strength to prepare for the evening banquet. Money was never a problem for him. He climbed in the mountains, flew in the sky, and swam in the sea. He used all his strength to prepare one by one.

As the sun sets and the dusk gets darker, Peng Yan, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, finally came to Suqian. Seeing Peng Yan arrived at his door with hundreds of fully armed guards, there was no panic. Because the reason is very simple, if Suqian wants to deal with him, there is no need to kiss him at all. A team of soldiers is enough, not to mention Suqian, the leader, was dressed in plain clothes and did not even bring a carry-on weapon.

Nowadays, the war is in chaos, and even in the county town, it is not so safe. As a general, Suqian is naturally understandable to bring guards with him.

"Peng Yan, a grass man, has seen the general!" Peng Yan knelt down and kowtowed to Suqian in a regular manner.

Suqian, who had been dismounted, tilted his head and looked at Peng Yan for a while, and suddenly said with a smile: "You are really powerful, okay, today I will give you this face. Are the banquet ready?"

"It's ready, it's ready, General, please, please!" Peng Yan's face was a little sore when he got up.

It was not easy, and I finally saw General Su's smiling face.

Wine is the best wine. Even in the county town, it is often rare objects that are difficult to see at first sight. The guests and guests are naturally happy during the banquet. However, people attending the banquet naturally understand that today's highlight is not about eating, drinking, singing and dancing, so the wine is drunk and farewell. Before he could wait for the three rounds of wine, many people were already drunk and left. Even the county magistrate Yang Chuang, who came to accompany him, fell to sue Suqian and left first. Before leaving, he did not forget to wink at Peng Yan, so he naturally wanted to serve the official master today.

Yang Chuang was deeply involved in embezzling the grain from the Yi Cang. If Peng Yan fell, he would definitely be involved in it. Even if he was the magistrate of the county magistrate, he would probably not escape the fate of a single sword in the court.

The house was empty when the people left, Suqian looked at Peng Yan coldly. It seemed that he was drinking lively today, but in fact, no one drank much. "Where are people?"

Peng Yan quickly bowed and said, "General, the person is in the study of the villain behind him. He has been arranged. The general can go to see him at any time."

"Lead the way forward!" Su Qian raised his legs and walked, took a few steps, and said, "By the way, I'll make some wine and vegetables. If the wine is strong, just make a beggar chicken."

"Yes, yes." Although I don't understand why Suqian only has a beggar chicken, it seems that although I haven't seen the person coming yet, General Su knew who the person came.

Pushing open the study door, a person in the room was sitting with his back facing the door. Looking at the familiar back, Suqian smiled and turned to Peng Yan and said, "Go and prepare the wine and food."

Seeing Peng Yan saying goodbye, Suqian stepped in and covered the door, and the man turned around.

"Junior brother, you are so brave. Now that the war between Ming Chu is about to begin, you, the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty, and an important official of the country, have actually disguised himself as a disguise and sneaked into Jinzhou." Suqian said with a smile.

The visitor, that is, the kitten Zhang Xiaozheng, turned around and smiled and said, "Isn't it because Jinzhou is in your hands? As for the war in Chu, hoho, it's not considered. Does Chu still have the power to have a head-on battle with us? Let's sit there, after leaving Anyang, how many years have we not met?"

"It's been ten years in a flash." Suqian's tone was low, "I really didn't expect that my brothers and I could still sit and drink with each other."

"It's been twenty years since the past, so what else can't be put down? Speaking of which, I want to thank you for burning paper for Honger and his son in those years, and illuminating the grave."

"A woman like Hong'er is unforgettable, a pity." Suqian sighed.
Chapter completed!