Liu Zhen said in surprise: "Is it that simple? Don't worry, my family still has some land, and the income is much more than my dad's salary. Just wait for me and I'll be back."
After a while, Liu Zhen came in with two exquisite wooden boxes, one large and one small, and said: "That's all I can find. The big box contains eighteen thousand taels, and the small box is my private room."
I can give you two thousand taels of money, but I want to ask you something. If you agree, I will exchange it with you."
He Qizhou said: "Please speak."
"My two thousand taels are used to donate to the victims. You don't have to pay me back. You just need to give me eighteen thousand taels. Also, can I tell my father about this?"
Xu Mu and He Qizhou stood solemnly and hugged Liu Zhen. He Qizhou said: "Thank you, Miss Liu. You can tell your family about my identity. This wooden sign was given to you by your family and cannot be concealed from others.
Can you still hide it from your family? But please don’t reveal Xu Mu’s identity, okay?”
Liu Zhen pursed his lips and smiled, glanced at Xu Mu and said, "Okay, definitely."
He Qizhou said: "Please give us the silver note later. After we leave, please go to the magistrate's office and find Zhang Luyao. He will send someone to bring the silver over in a carriage. You can take away eighteen thousand taels and leave the rest."
We'll pick up the cash and banknotes you placed down later."
Liu Zhen said: "Aren't you afraid that the Chen family will know?"
He Qizhou said: "Don't be afraid. Magistrate Zhang is a personal follower of the Censor. It's perfectly reasonable for the Liu family to borrow money from him for disaster relief. But don't tell anyone in your house about our relationship in advance. You just need to say yes afterward."
We asked you to find Zhang Luyao and ask him to give you the money to exchange the banknote."
It took almost an hour for Qi Zhou and the two of them to circle around, so they hurried back to the inn. Unexpectedly, Chen Yan and Xiang Chen were already waiting there, and Lin Chuan was accompanying them stupidly. When Qi Zhou came back, he immediately stood up and said: "
Young Master, the two adults have just arrived."
Chen Yan stopped being polite and asked, "I wonder how the two of you talked?"
Xu Mu said: "Time is limited, so I won't beat around the bush. The navy was unwilling to let go at first. It would be harmful to others to reveal the grain. They are just errands. They are not afraid of you suing. As for lending grain,
It’s not what they want. Why is it so expensive to sell it to you? In fact, it’s also the market situation at that time. If you don’t want it, Zhang Luyao is rushing to get it. But to show their sincerity, they are willing to take back eight thousand stones, but they can only give out three for each stone.
Two and a half taels, the difference of two and a half taels is even if they move it around and make up for the loss of selling it in the north. Since the business fails, our eight thousand taels will also be refunded to you. What do you think?"
Xiang Chen glanced at Chen Yan eagerly, but Chen Yan remained silent. Xu Mu said: "If Mr. Chen can't decide, then this matter should be put on hold temporarily?"
Chen Yan said: "This is the only way I can think about it. What do you think, Boss Xiang?"
Xiang Chen hurriedly said: "I think it's feasible." After all, thirty-six thousand taels can be recovered, and the three of them will have no losses.
Chen Yan asked again: "Then the Liu family is willing to buy grain?"
He Qizhou said: "We went to the second master's house and asked about it, and we got some money. As long as the price is right, we can buy the rice you have. If the deal is really concluded, I hope that when new rice comes on the market in the future, the Chen family can also give my family a suitable one."
The purchase price." Chen said along the way: "Don't worry, Mr. Cheng, how can we lower the Liu family's price? Besides, there is a navy doing your business. What do you think of this? If you inspect bags of old rice and new rice, it will be time consuming.
There are too many, why not sell them all to you at three taels per stone?"
Xu Mu said: "Mr. Chen, we can't talk about it like this. Although we intend to provide disaster relief, we are not wealthy people like the three major families. How can we have so much silver? Besides, if we don't handle this matter properly, we will definitely have to go back."
If you can't explain it, it's better to do nothing and get scolded at most."
Chen Yandao: "Then how much is Mr. Zhang willing to pay?"
Xu Mu said: "If you calculate them together, it's two liang and one stone. If you calculate them separately, it's two liang and eight new rice and one liang and six old rice. It will definitely be higher than the price of food in half a month."
Chen Yandao: "Then I might as well sell them all over Fuzhong. The price will be higher than this."
Xu Mu said: "You know, it won't be much higher. Besides, aren't you also thinking about disaster relief? We don't lower the price just to make a profit."
Chen Yan secretly cursed, doesn't it cost money to earn fame? If you, Liu Jinan, don't have a reputation, how can you get those ten thousand acres of fertile land and hundreds of mansions? He just said calmly: "Even if it's only three liang and one stone, we have lost a lot.
, let’s do this, the lowest price I can decide is 228, do you want to stop discussing it?”
He Qizhou was a little moved and looked at Xu Mu. Xu Mu was completely disapproving and said: "I don't know where you got the food source from and why the price is so high. If that's the case, we may have to buy less and wait for the new ones."
Donate after the grain is on the market, it is never the style of the family owner to make a fool of yourself."
Xiang Chen broadcast: "How much can you buy?"
Xu Mu said: "Three thousand stones."
Xiang Chen asked again: "What if it's your price?"
"Fifteen thousand stones."
Xiang Chen looked at Chen Yan and said, "Mr. Chen, I can give you a little more, two, two, five, what do you think?"
Chen Yan actually hoped in his heart that Xiang Chen could give him a step up. When he saw what he said, he glanced at Xiang Chen with fake resentment and said, "Since Boss Xiang said so, for the purpose of disaster relief, do you think we should give him another step?"
One step, two, two, five, one stone?”
Xu Mu was a little hesitant and said, "Can you let me and I go into the back room to discuss it? How about I invite you two to have a cup of tea and wait for a while?"
Although Chen Yan was very anxious, he was extremely calm on the surface and said, "Please excuse me, both of you."
Xu Mu and He Qizhou entered the back room. They didn't say anything. They just opened their mouths and laughed silently. They walked out before half a stick of incense. It was Xu Mu who spoke first: "Master Chen, I don't know what you are doing."
Can we collect food in time? The fleet is about to leave, and we will be on the road tomorrow morning. If we agree to your price, where will the transaction be?"
Chen Yan looked at Xiang Chen, and Xiang Chen said hurriedly: "Both of you, the food is in the city. As long as you name a place, if it's Liu Erye's house, it can be delivered in one or two hours. As for the transaction, because
Grain is in the hands of many people. It would be best if you could trade directly with the people who sell the grain. If you can trust us, you can also hand over the silver to me."
He Qizhou said: "No, I have already borrowed money from his family. If so much grain is piled into Mr. Liu's house, it would be too disturbing to trade one by one. Let's do this. Anyway, there are eight thousand stones that need to be boarded.
Why not put the transaction place in the dock warehouse and let your people transport all the grain to be sold. It will definitely not be a problem to pile tens of thousands of stones. Let's rush to the dock now. Boss Xiang will also go there and wait for the return.
Now that the navy's eight thousand taels are collected, I will give 28,000 taels to Boss Xiang and clear the navy's accounts first. However, 20,000 taels of them are banknotes from the Chen family bank. Do you think it's okay?
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Xiang Chen said: "That's very good, but there may be a lot of people coming to sell food. How about this? I will give each of them a bamboo stick. If there is no bamboo stick, please don't accept the food. How about that?"
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He Qizhou said: "Okay, I will go and keep an eye on it myself. Then please tell me, please, we will only collect grain this afternoon. We will stop purchasing as soon as the hour comes."
Chen Yan cupped his fists and said, "Then it's settled. I would like to thank Master Liu and you two on behalf of the people of Jiangling Mansion."
He Qizhou and Xu Mu also stood up and clasped their fists to see each other off. After the two left, He Qizhou and Xu Mu took stock of the silver taels they could use and sold the eight thousand stones to Xiang Chen for fifty-six thousand taels and gave them water.
After the division's 32,000 taels, there were still 24,000 taels left. Then Zhang Luyao sold 5,000 shi of grain from Jinling and the navy borrowed almost 4,000 taels of grain. The total amount of food received was 52,000 taels.
Around 76,000 taels in total.
We must first return the eight thousand taels of Chen Yan's eight thousand stone ship grain, plus the nominal 28,000 taels for the Navy, and the remaining 40,000 taels can be used to purchase Chen Yan's harvested grain.
If the Chen family had 10,000 shi, they could buy another 16,000 shi. In other words, they could use the Chen family's 10,000 shi to save grain without spending a penny. The three of them were in a state of excitement, so they hired two carriages and transferred the ten thousand shi in their hands.
He took all the boxes of money and went straight to Liu's house.
Liu Zhen had already guarded the gate and quietly said to He Qizhou: "After I went to see Magistrate Zhang, he sent two accountants, Tang Tongpan and eight government officials, to drive two carriages over. He said that there were a total of 50,000 yuan in the carriage.
Two thousand and sixty-five taels is the total income from selling grain in these two days. I will leave 18,000 taels and give you the 20,000 taels in silver notes. He told Tang Tongpan that all the money should be transported to the dock and handed over.
The Liu family will be responsible for purchasing the grain as a loan to the navy. When the silver arrives at the dock, the Liu family will control it. He also said that Tang Tong's judge is okay, and he will restrain the eight people to keep watch over the silver, and the eight government servants.
I don't know anything about it, I just know that it is the escort officer Yin. If they really get some clues, try not to let them vent their anger on Chen Yan before the navy leaves. There will be dozens of Quanzhen cultivators by then.
I have sent disciples from Jinling to help, and the two carriages and people are waiting at the mansion now."
He Qizhou glanced at Liu Zhen gratefully and said, "Thank you, you are much better than Liu Yuting."
He Qizhou's inexplicable compliment made Liu Zhen's cheeks blush, making her look even more charming, and said, "How can I compare with my cousin?"
Xu Muyin smiled and said: "Mr. Cheng, why don't you come back and talk slowly after finishing the business?"
He Qizhou quickly asked Liu Zhen to ask Tang Tongpan and his party to set off to the dock together, and then shouted to Xu Mu with a straight face: "What are you thinking about? Let's go!"
On the way to the dock, He Qizhou briefly told Tang Tongpan about the situation, which meant that the Liu family had contacted the source of grain and raised some money. Together with the money from the government's grain sales, they were planning to purchase grain for the government and return it to the navy. If
Any remaining balance will be given to the government for disaster relief.