After dinner, Li Yan gave each soldier fifty cents and asked them to visit the provincial capital casually. In the past, fifty cents could buy some things, but now in this year, I really can't buy anything, just let them take a look.

He and Li Mou went to various grain stores to explore first. But the result disappointed them. All grain stores are the same. It would be fine if you bought less. When you heard dozens of stones, you would be very strict and tell them "No!"

It’s normal to think about it. Everyone knows that grain is rising, so naturally it’s just holding it in your hands to wait for appreciation. Selling it to you is to let you live, and then slowly spend more money to live. If you sell it to you all at once, wouldn’t it cut off your own financial path? Only fools would do it.

Without any help, they had to decide to go to Zhuxian Town, the water and land wharf to check out. The Jialu River in Zhuxian Town connects the Huai River and can connect large ships. It is very close to Kaifeng, so it naturally became a cargo distribution center connecting the northwest and southeast. There are cargoes from all over the country, from foreign goods to local products, as long as they can be bought.

After they returned to the inn, they found that the thirty soldiers were all back and were gathering together to drink. It turned out that Li Yan gave too little money and everyone could not do anything. So Shi Jin came up with the idea and bought everyone's money together, bought a small jar of bad wine, and bought some peanuts, fennel and beans, and then they came back to eat and drink.

The next morning, they took a cart out of the city and rushed to Zhuxian Town. After they arrived, they felt the prosperity here.

Zhuxian Town is divided into two by Jialu River, forming two areas east and west. The streets on the town are the concentration of businesses, Qumi Street is a street of Mimailiangxing; Youluo Street is the concentration of Youfang Street; Grocery Street is the most prosperous, with all kinds of groceries; and Cannon Street is a shop that produces and sells firecrackers. When you get here, just look at the name of the street. Go to the corresponding street and go to the corresponding street to find what you want.

Due to the importance of Zhuxian Town, there are a battalion of officials and inspection departments stationed here, so safety is still guaranteed. Otherwise, no one dares to transport things here, and the princes in Kaifeng City will suffer, and the things they care about and enjoy will be transported to Kaifeng here.

After Li Yan and his friends arrived in Zhuxian Town, they headed straight to Qumi Street. There were many grain stores here. They asked one by one, and the prices were almost the same and the supply was sufficient. However, one thing is that if you want to buy a large amount of grain, you have to increase the price. The least one has to increase the price by 20%.

That's it, it's much cheaper than the ones I bought in Suizhou last year, only one tael of one tael. Although this price is more than ten times that of the harvest year, it's not like a drought or a locust plague. This price is already a conscientious price, much more down-to-earth than the wealthy and wealthy families. Last time I just thought that Suizhou is closer and the distance is short, so it can be safer.

Li Yan took out a thousand taels of silver and bought three hundred dan at one go, so he could only buy so much. Of course, he couldn't buy all the rice and wheat, but he also bought a lot of other miscellaneous grains. Only by eating them together can he persist until the wheat harvest next year. As for the iron materials needed, it would be better to exchange them for some miscellaneous grains in Suizhou. Since there is iron ore there and the high grain price, it is naturally possible to get more iron materials.

Although Li Yan brought ten large trucks, their grain could only be loaded in three trucks. After returning to Kaifeng, he took 100 stones of grain from Li Chunyu, gathered four trucks of goods, got up early, left Kaifeng and returned to Qi County.

There was nothing wrong on the road, but a few old border soldiers were taking turns to watch a silver hairpin that Shi Jincai bought. The hairpin was bought in Kaifeng, and the money was still taken with Li Yan. Now a few of these border soldiers have begun to pursue the women in the village. They are all over the world, so they have no parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. They all know Li Yan's attitude, and they really want to find their partner to live a good life, so Li Yan did not interfere.

When they were walking to a small village called Zhouzhai, they suddenly rushed out of the grass beside the road, wearing rags, some with swords and guns, and some with hoes and iron rakes.

"I opened this road, and I planted this tree. If you want to pass this road, you can stay and buy wealth!" A middle-aged man recited the lines from Water Margin loudly.

When he finished pronunciating the lines, Li Yan and his friends had already taken out the crossbow and the waist knife, and aimed at these refugees who were robbing the way.

"Oh!" the middle-aged man who was reciting the lines said in surprise: "Hero, hero, sorry, I made a mistake, I made a mistake. We are not robbing the Tao, but want to join the team of heroes. Please take him in."

After saying that, they threw away a knife in their hands. Other refugees also followed suit, threw away their weapons, and knelt down to beg for mercy. They had never seen such a fierce caravan. Without saying a word, almost everyone had crossbows, which made them have no way to survive.

Li Yan asked: "How many people do you have? Where can I stay?"

"The little people stayed in Zhouzhai for a while, and there were fifty or sixty people." The middle-aged man in charge replied.

Li Yan asked, "How many deals have you done?"

The middle-aged man's eyes rolled and he said with a smile: "Young Master is joking. You don't seem to be used to it when we look so cowardly. Today is the first time we came out, and we met your old caravan."

Li Mou laughed and said, "The waist knives and spears in your hands are made by you? When you see the strong, you kneel down and beg for mercy. I believe that when you see the weak, you will not show mercy. If you can distinguish between strength and weakness, you will naturally suffer a loss. How dare you say it is your first time?!"

The middle-aged man laughed dryly and said, "You are always kind, and we have not done anything bad. We just make some food and live. If you don't dislike it, we will join you and just give you a stutter."

"Forget it," Li Yan shook his head and said, "I don't short of people now. Just get some food and don't hurt people's lives. If you have the chance in the future, it's not too late to join my command."

Then he ordered Li Mou: "Leave them a bag of food."

Li Mou did not ask much, and took a bag of grain from the grain truck and placed it on the roadside.

"Thank you, Mr. Xie, give me food. May I ask my name, and I will repay you in the future." The middle-aged man bowed his head and said gratefully.

"Li Yan." Li Yan said lightly.

"Thank you Mr. Li to give the food!"

"Thank you for your life!"

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Chapter completed!