"Don't worry, these are not for you to eat for free." Cheng Sanjian aroused the appetite of several people, put away the baggage and shouted.

"Say it quickly, tell me what the conditions are, as long as our brothers can meet them, we will never refuse."

When Cheng San saw that his goal was achieved, he immediately stated the conditions.

Everyone didn't care at first, but when they heard that they wanted to know the whereabouts of Zhu Guoxiang, their faces became ugly. That was the stay in Zhongdu. Fengyang in Zhongdu can be said to be a man who covers the sky with one hand. Who is so bold?

How dare you know his whereabouts.

"No, no, this is too risky. If someone finds out, we will die without a burial place." The leading man shook his head like a rattle.

"Brother, if there is no food, we will starve to death soon. Since we are all going to die, why not take a gamble. Even if we die, we must be full. If brother doesn't do it, then don't blame the brothers for not caring.

Big brother, I, Chen Liu, will take over this matter."

"Yes, brother, if our brothers really can't last a few days without food, just take over this job."

The leader then thought about it and thought, that's right. Now that we don't even have food to eat, we are just about to die, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

Immediately he slapped his thigh and said: "Since the brothers have said so, we brothers will take over this job. Bring the things and I will bring you the news you want at the latest in the morning."

Wang Xiaoer was stunned and asked with disbelief: "Is this done?"

"Of course it's not that simple." Cheng San shook his head and said.

Wang Xiaoer finally breathed a sigh of relief. If that were the case, this job would be too easy.

However, this Cheng San is considered a talent. He hired so many helpers for just a few steamed buns, which should not be underestimated.

Not to mention Cheng San and Wang Xiaoer running around outside, Lin Dong got off the ship after having lunch.

According to his plan, he planned to visit Sifang Pavilion when he had free time in the afternoon. Food was a very important part of his plan. If he could not hand over the food by then and the other party did not stamp his merit, even if he went back,

Liu Jingzhong will definitely find an excuse to convict him. He doesn't want his bright future to be ruined by this despicable villain.

Sifang Pavilion was not difficult to find out. Lin Dong soon learned its specific location from a passerby. What surprised Lin Dong was that Sifang Pavilion was not too far from the dock where Lin Dong was located.

Soon, he came to the door of Sifang Pavilion. At this time, a middle-aged man with a big belly was drinking tea leisurely in the shop.

As the new year is approaching, the rice and grain business is not doing very well. The boss doesn't care about it and just drinks it leisurely by himself.

"Hey, please come." When the boss saw Lin Dong coming in, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, he put down his tea cup and quickly came over to greet him.

Lin Dong looked around and saw that there was indeed a lot of food stored in the store.

"Boss, do you have food for sale here?" Lin Dong asked straight to the point.

"How much do you want?"

"Two thousand tons" Lin Dong raised two fingers and said.

Since Shang Ba said that Sifang Pavilion had a solution, he would not deceive himself, so he immediately said straight to the point without beating around the bush.

"Two thousand dans? So much food?" The boss seemed shocked. For Sifange, buying several thousand dans of food at one time is nothing, but these are extraordinary times, and this person bought so much at one time.

What to do with more food?

Thinking of this, the boss looked Lin Dong up and down again, and then said after a while: "Is it possible that you are here to purchase military rations?"

Lin Dong shook his head slightly and said: "I have someone to purchase the military rations. I have other uses for purchasing these grains."

As a salesman in his previous life, he clearly knew how to gain the upper hand when bargaining. If he let the other party know his details, the subsequent negotiations would be much more laborious, and he might even suffer a small loss.

"Since the guest officer doesn't want to say it, I won't ask. But now the prefect has issued an order that all grain dealers are not allowed to trade large amounts of rice grains. Otherwise, they will be charged with collaborating with the enemy. My small grain store cannot afford it at one time.

So much food..."

"The boss is joking. Who doesn't know that Sifang Pavilion has great hands and eyes in Fengyang City? I believe this grain cannot be troubled by you. How about this, I will buy this batch of grain at a price that is 10% higher."

Businessmen are nothing but profit. As long as there are enough benefits, Lin Dong believes that no one will be unmoved.

"Increase by 10%?" The boss was a little surprised. After a moment of thought, he nodded and said, "That's it. When will you come to transport the food?"

Lin Donglue pondered and said: "I will send someone to transport food on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month." After saying that, he immediately took out a banknote from his body and handed it to the boss.

"This is the deposit, please leave me a receipt from the boss." The boss nodded repeatedly, very satisfied with Lin Dong's straightforward character.

As a businessman, profit always comes first. At this time, it is indeed good news for him that there are still people buying grain in large quantities.

The boss took a pen and paper and wrote a receipt and gave it to Lin Dong. The two agreed on the place and time of delivery as well as the specific details of the delivery before leaving Sifang Pavilion.

He didn't expect that this trip to buy food would go so smoothly. Once this was done, the trip to Fengyang could be said to have been half successful. As for the other half, it all depended on whether he could seize the opportunity.

Thinking of this, Lin Dong raised his legs and walked towards the teahouse he went to for the first time.

It was there that he heard the news about Xiao Wu. It seemed that if he wanted to get into Xiao Wu's circle, he would have to start with that group of literati.

When he came to the teahouse, there were already many people standing here. Lin Dong walked up and found that one of them was holding a Di newspaper in his hand and was reading aloud there. Lin Dong hurriedly came forward and said,

Only then did I hear what the man said clearly. Chen Qiyu fell into the trap of the invading army in the Carriage Gorge and let them go. After that, the invading army gained strength again.

After the Hou Jin army returned to the north, Emperor Chongzhen once again ordered the encirclement and suppression of the invaders. On October 27, the seventh year of Chongzhen, Huguang troops came to Hanzhong to aid, but were defeated by the peasant army. Deputy General Yang Zhengfang and his general Zhang Shida were killed in the battle.

On November 28, the imperial censor Fu Yongchun again impeached Qiyu for his untrue contribution in resolving the siege of Longzhou, ordered his name removed, and he was arrested and imprisoned.

At the same time, Emperor Chongzhen gathered the peasant army in Shaanxi and ordered Henan troops to enter Tong and Hua, Sichuan troops to move from Xing, Han, and Shanxi troops to leave Puzhou and Hancheng, and Huguang troops to enter Shang and Luo to jointly suppress the peasant army.

After Chen Qiyu was arrested, Hong Chengchou was ordered as Minister of War to also take charge of the military affairs of the five provinces of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Chu, Henan and Sichuan, in order to prepare for a larger-scale encirclement and suppression of the peasant army.

In December of the seventh year of Chongzhen (1634), the peasant army Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and other troops left Zhongnan Mountain from eastern Shaanxi and entered Henan. They even defeated Chenzhou, Lingbao, Sishui, Xingyang and other places, and their momentum resumed.

Emperor Chongzhen urgently ordered Hong Chengchou to leave the border and join forces with Shandong Governor Zhu Dadian to encircle and suppress the peasant army.

Listening to these official reports, Lin Dong frowned slightly. Due to the underdeveloped transportation in the Ming Dynasty, this report had become old news. Today's invading army is probably hundreds of miles away from Fengyang City.

We will arrive in Fengyang in half a month...

At this moment, a group of scholars burst into tears and cursed Chen Qiyu and others.

"In my opinion, the country's affairs are rotten because there are worms like Chen Qiyu who fail to kill the enemy in battle and lie about their military exploits but never fall behind others. It is really satisfying for this man to be imprisoned..."

"Haha, what Brother Yan said is absolutely true. Fortunately, Emperor Chongzhen was aware of the situation and urgently ordered the Red Chief to take charge of the encirclement and suppression of the army. I think that with the Red Chief here, the invading army will not be able to survive for long..."

At this point, everyone who had been in great grief just now had smiles on their faces, and no trace of sadness could be seen at all.

"Hey..., there was such a group of scholars in the Ming Dynasty, no wonder they perished..." Lin Dong shook his head and sighed.

At this time, everyone had already begun to discuss poems and songs, and they had completely forgotten what had happened in the newspaper, as if the sadness just now did not exist.

"Everyone, I heard that the little dancing girl is going to meet friends tonight at Wangjiang Tower, and I also heard that Gu Hengbo, who is number one in Nanqu, will also come to Zhongdu in the near future..."

"What? Are you telling the truth?" Everyone was shocked.

"Of course, according to the news I heard, it is said that Hou Fangyu will also come together. I don't know if it is true..."

The man suddenly broke the news about such a big event and became the focus of everyone. When Lin Dong heard him talking about Xiao Wu, he had already pricked up his ears. When he heard Gu Hengbo, his expression became weird.

Could this Gu Hengbo be the Gu Hengbo from the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai? If that is the case, I really have to go and see what level the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai in the Ming Dynasty are like.

"It's not easy to be number one in Nanqu, but we can try our luck at Wangjiang Tower. Maybe we can write a good lyric and be favored by the little dancing girl..."

"Not bad, little dancing girl, but we haven't had a literary meeting for a long time. We'd better go there quickly and don't let anyone take advantage of us."

"Brother Tao is absolutely right, we'd better get there quickly."

Having said this, everyone paid for their tea and turned to leave.

Seeing everyone leaving, Lin Dong stood up in a hurry, grabbed a thin black scholar next to him and said, "Sir, wait a minute, you are going to attend that literary meeting, can you take me with you?"

"Is the Young Master also a member of the Ming Cult?" The man raised his head and looked Lin Dong up and down, and asked with a puzzled look on his face. He asked himself that he was familiar with Fengyang City, but he had never seen such a prominent figure as Lin Dong.

"I wonder what you call me, brother?"

"I'm Lin Dong. I'm from Andong. When I first arrived in your place, I heard that the little dancing girl was going to hold a literary party. I wanted to join in the fun together. Is it convenient?" Lin Dong explained.

"It turns out it's Brother Lin. I'm glad we met. Since Brother Lin is also interested in the little dancing girl, why not? I wonder what Brother Lin's poems and articles are like?"

The thin black man said happily.

"I don't want to go over and have a look at the excitement. I don't dare to show my shame in front of the young master with this little skill." Lin Dong waved his hands repeatedly. In fact, he was not very sure about going this time. After all, poetry relies on talent. He asked himself whether poetry or articles were

not good at.

"If this is the case, it would be a pity. I heard that as long as you can satisfy the little dancing girl, you can still live in the same room with the little dancing girl." The thin black young man said with a wretched look.
Chapter completed!