Chen Su said: "The amount in our own granary is negligible. There are about four to five hundred stones in six rice shops. I will ask Mr. Xiang to send people to collect them all early tomorrow morning. Due to the tightening of grain supply in the past four days, only selling
We have collected more than 2,000 dan. Due to the suspension of grain collection from several counties in the south of the Yangtze River, we have calculated that there are still more than 9,000 dan. I think we need to tighten the grain control in the past few days. Within half a month, the price of grain will increase with us.
If you're hungry, nothing can compare to rice."
Xiang Chen said: "What Chen Su said is absolutely true. We not only want to get the maximum benefit from it, but also let the high food prices force Zhang Luyao to take risks. If he dares to use military rations or even make an edict, that would be the best."
.So we should not give out more than a thousand dan of grain every day, and we will sell it all in seven or eight days when those poor devils have no choice anymore! I have the specific number of grain stored here, and I asked two gangsters in the city to arrange for twelve
Skilled men bought all the grain from the grain stores, and their men arranged the grain in rows and sold it scattered everywhere."
"How is the grain stored?" Chen Yan asked.
Xiang Chen replied: "These twelve people have stored grain in more than forty places inside and outside the city. As of this afternoon, there are still 8,500 dans. In addition to these stored grains, the grain distributed by them should not be sold.
Light may be scattered in the hands of hundreds of people. This number is a bit difficult to calculate. It should be between 500 and 1,000 dan. If Zhang Luyao is willing to spend money, these 500 to 1,000 dan is the maximum amount he can buy.
Already."
Chen Yan asked again: "Are those people trustworthy? If something happens, will we be involved?"
Xiang Chen said: "You can rest assured. First of all, these guys are not qualified to contact the Chen family directly. They only recognize two things, money and gang leaders, and the whole families of the two gang leaders are in my hands. If
Either they absconded or confessed, and they will not be passed on. Secondly, I can make those twelve people disappear at any time. Anyway, they just go to the top of Qimen Mountain. If something happens again, they will be traced to me.
, I will commit suicide to thank my master for knowing me."
Chen Yan said hurriedly: "Mr. Xiang's words are serious. One day, Chen will fight to the death to save Mr. Xiang."
However, Chen Su and Xiang Chen had surprisingly the same thoughts in their hearts. They thought, when the day comes, you, Chen Yan, will be the first to kill them with a knife.
The three of them talked secretly for about half an hour. The secret guard who was hiding behind the rockery appeared and knocked on the door to report: "Sir, there are two people in the main building who insist on meeting the person in charge of Taohua Pavilion. Mother Liu and Manager Qi left.
Got kicked out."
Chen Yan was about to ask a question when he saw Chen Yang running in hastily again and said to the guard: "You go, I'll take care of it."
Chen Yang took a deep breath and said quickly: "I have been guarding outside the building since I returned to Jianghu Tower. About a stick of incense time, the three people who went to the gambling house walked out of Jianghu Tower together, walked to Danguiju, and then asked
We got a suite and an upper room. The one named Ah Fu seemed a little drunk, and the other two talked calmly, but they felt a little alienated."
Chen Yan interjected: "Nonsense, if anyone gets a big slap in the face in public, will the relationship be good? Don't talk nonsense, talk about the important points."
Chen Yang took another breath and continued: "I asked my men to continue to keep an eye on the three navy officers, while I stayed at Danguiju. I was afraid of the middle-aged man in black and did not dare to get close to eavesdrop.
After another quarter of an hour, the three officers also came to Dangui Residence and lived in three Tianzi houses. I stayed there for about half an hour. After Haishi, I wanted to let my subordinates take turns to keep an eye on me. I was about to come back.
After the order was returned, something strange happened that I didn't expect. The three officers gathered in a room, and soon the boy named Cheng and the middle-aged man who had won money in the casino also went to the room."
"Oh? Is there such a thing? Keep talking." Chen Yan was a little moved.
"In just one stick of incense, the two of them left the room and went straight out of the inn. However, the three officers were still in the room. It seemed that there had been an argument. I couldn't really hear it because I was far away, but I could only hear it vaguely.
When words like 'I'm not here to serve you anymore' and 'get out' came up, I wanted to hear a summary. Unexpectedly, the noise stopped after a while. Two people walked out of the room and returned to their room in silence. I hurriedly
Then I chased the two people out of Danguiju. Fortunately, I arranged spies nearby, and I quickly caught up with the two people in Taohua Pavilion. The two spent a lot of money and called four girls to accompany them.
His hands and feet were very well behaved. The young man seemed to be afraid of the middle-aged people accompanying him. Except for his restless eyes, he ignored the girls' teasing. After drinking two glasses of wine, he asked the girl to invite the person in charge.
The middle-aged man has a very poisonous eye, and both of them were kicked out one after another. He just said that they had important matters to discuss, and if no one who can keep his word comes, they will leave, so I rushed to report. "
Chen Yan said decisively: "Go and tell those two people that the person in charge will be here soon." Then he said to Xiang Chen: "Mr. Xiang, you first go to explore the truth and listen to what their intentions are, no matter what their requirements are.
Don't refuse in a hurry, and don't offend them. Mr. Chi is seriously injured, and I don't worry about the others, so I won't send anyone to eavesdrop, so as not to backfire."
The old man thought that you, Chen Yan, were too cautious. He had been able to control the entire underworld in Jiangling Prefecture easily for decades. Will he suffer from those two young boys again? Then he smiled and said: "Okay, I
Let’s go meet them now.”
In an elegant room in the main building of Peach Blossom Pavilion, the bead curtain is hung low, and the golden beast breathes incense. A thin layer of fine gauze separates the elegant room from the inner bedroom, but it does not block the bright red curtain in the inner room.
In the spring scenery, behind two simple desks next to each other, four women with heavy makeup and thin clothes were sitting next to two men, but their faces were full of helplessness and embarrassment.
The only difference is that the two women sitting next to Xu Mu on the left are at least one foot away from Xu Mu, while the three people sitting on the right side of He Qizhou are almost right next to each other. The things that should be teased have already been said.
There are many ways to tease, but the two men are like wooden figures who don't understand the charm, and the four girls have graceful figures but there is nothing they can do.
The one who was more embarrassed than that girl was none other than He Qizhou. He was holding the glass wine glass in both hands and slowly rubbing it on his chest. After a few glasses of wine, his daughter was blushing. His erratic eyes were still unconsciously erratic after Xu Mu glared at her.
Intermittently, he wandered around the bodies of the four beauties who looked as if they had been transformed with makeup. Her face was slightly flushed. I don’t know whether it was because she was a little overwhelmed by the two consecutive meals of wine or because she had a little more reverie in her heart. Fortunately, the actor opposite, holding a pipa,
While playing and singing, the tune and the singing sound were like the smoke from the incense burner, gently curling up, which somewhat relieved the embarrassment of everyone in the elegant room.
With a "pop" sound, Xu Mu drank up the wine in the glass and slapped the empty glass hard on the table, interrupting the continuous sound of pipa and frightening several girls to pale.
He Qizhou said coldly: "Master, let's go."
At this moment, there was a burst of hurried footsteps outside the door. After knocking on the door, without waiting for anyone in the room to respond, someone opened the door with a creak. It was a middle-aged man who had been here before.
The so-called person in charge. Immediately afterwards, a kind-faced elder also walked into this elegant room. The middle-aged man who came in looked a little ugly and said: "Two distinguished guests, I don't know how important you are. This person
This is Boss Xiang, the owner of our Taohua Pavilion. If you don’t want to talk anymore, please come back."
Xu Mu looked at the old man behind the steward and said: "But how did I hear that the big boss of Taohua Pavilion is named Chen? Boss Xiang, we do have important matters to discuss. Can you be the winner? Our boss
It’s not easy to run far away. It’s not a good idea to waste time on small things and miss big things.”
The old man scolded the steward: "What are you talking about? Get out! Everyone else should also step aside." Then he said to Xu Mu: "They are all ignorant servants. Please bear with me. This Taohua Pavilion is indeed
It's Chen's property. Fortunately, the old man can still talk in the building. You guys are here to do things for the master's family, right? Why do you need to be aggressive? Harmony makes money. If you have anything to do, why don't you talk to me first?"
He Qizhou glanced at Xu Mu and said hurriedly: "Okay, how about we sit down and chat first?"
Seeing that Xu Mu was still calm, the old man frowned and said, "You two must be from the Liu family, right? To be honest, I was the one who saw the wooden plaque in the gambling house before, otherwise I would have come in person.
Meeting you? In a small place like Jiangling City, I ask myself whether I can still represent the Chen family, but am I qualified enough to talk to you?"
He Qizhou winked at Xu Mu and said, "Uncle Zhang, you see that the old man came to see us in the middle of the night, which shows his sincerity. How about we talk about it first?"
Seeing that Xu Mu finally nodded reluctantly, the old man laughed secretly, thinking that I would be afraid of you if you put on a show of force? However, his expression turned from gloomy to clear, and he said: "Mr. Zhang and this young master, it is really not suitable to talk here.
How about we go to the old man’s study and discuss it later?”
He Qizhou said: "It's exactly what I want."
The old man then led the two of them out of the main building. The main building was quite large. All the way out from the elegant room, all the actors, prostitutes, turtle masters and madams who saw the old man would stop and bow their heads and respectfully call him "Big Boss", but the old man never stopped.
Without returning the gift, he led the two of them directly to a waterside pavilion.
The furnishings in the waterside pavilion are elegant. Apart from some antiques and porcelain, the most abundant thing is racks of books. He Qizhou cursed in his heart: "No matter how polite you are, you are still a scum who eats people without spitting out their bones!"
The old man asked someone to make a pot of tea, and the three of them sat down at the round table in the waterside pavilion. The old man didn't say anything, but just advised the two of them to drink tea. He Qizhou didn't say anything when he saw Xu Mu, so he had no choice but to take the initiative and said: "Hello, Mr.
Yaxing, I never thought there could be such an elegant place in this dusty place!"
The old man said: "Young Master is so complimentary. I don't know what to call you two. Why did you come to find this place?"
He Qizhou said: "My surname is Cheng, and I am Cheng Cheng. This is Mr. Zhang. As for the name, it is really inconvenient to reveal it. I hope Boss Xiang will forgive me. Throwing the token is really a mistake of Xiao Ke's desperation. Mr. Zhang will treat it as such."