The supply of food in the city has increased sharply in the past two days. Tang Tongpan certainly knows where the food comes from. He has also heard about the people from the Liu family in the capital. The more than 50,000 taels of silver are only the price of nine thousand shi of food. If the Liu family can help
Returning all the 20,000 kilograms of borrowed food would relieve a lot of pressure on the Jiangling Mansion, so they naturally cooperated fully and agreed to help keep good accounts.
Along the way, some grain transport teams from the city were already walking in front of them in twos and threes. When they arrived, there were already more than a dozen navy guards at the dock warehouse. Dozens of grain trucks and two warehousemen were already lined up at the entrance of the warehouse.
When the officials saw Tang Tongpan arriving, they hurriedly welcomed him inside. The government officials moved all the money in the three carts into the inner warehouse. Tang Tongpan and eight government officials guarded him at all times. Just in case, He Qizhou asked Lin Chuan to come and see him.
With silver.
As soon as they heard that grain was to be purchased, the warehouse clerks, navy officers and soldiers were very familiar with it, and had already prepared several large scales for weighing grain and scales for weighing silver.
He Qizhou was waiting at the door of the warehouse to welcome Xiang Chen who came by carriage. Xiang Chen said: "The one holding the black bamboo stick is eight thousand stones of new rice from the navy. Just give me the silver when you get there. The one holding the red bamboo stick is
All of them will be weighed and knotted with one stone each, and they will be given to the person delivering the grain. I will wait for you in the carriage. What do you think, Mr. Cheng?"
He Qizhou said: "No problem, I will give you thirty-six thousand taels as soon as the eight thousand stones are collected, and I will collect the rest according to my ability. Anyway, I promise you, no less than fifteen thousand stones!"
Xiang Chen said: "Mr. Cheng, please come to Taohua Pavilion to get together in the evening. I will be the host and thank you two for the people of Jiangling? Or I can ask some of the top names to come to Dangui Residence to chat with you?"
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He Qizhou looked embarrassed and said, "Now is not the time. Next time, next time."
After Xiang Chen returned to the carriage, Xu Mu appeared behind He Qizhou like a ghost and said, "Should you wait until I'm away next time?"
He Qizhou turned around and pretended to be frightened and said: "Where did this ghost come from? It scares me to death? How about this time, let that smelly old man call one for you? Forget it, forget it, I won't talk about this topic with you anymore.
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Xu Mu directly stepped on the instep of He Qizhou and said: "There are many people here, remember, you are a playboy of the Cheng family, don't fight back!"
He Qizhou's eyes were filled with anger and he said: "Let's ride on the donkey and read the songbook, we'll see!"
Less than a quarter of the hour, it was dark, and no one came to deliver food. As early as an hour ago, Xiang Chen had collected 36,000 taels and left beforehand, of which 20,000 taels were cashed in from Liu Zhen.
In addition to the eight thousand stones, the warehouse purchased another fifteen thousand two hundred stones and spent thirty-eight thousand taels of silver. He Qizhou discussed with Tang Tongpan and returned the twenty thousand stones to the navy and the remaining balance.
More than two thousand taels of silver were also handed over to the navy, which was considered as a small amount of compensation for borrowing new ones to pay back old ones.
The navy was in a hurry and did not hesitate. The remaining 3,200 shi of grain in the warehouse were transported back to the city by Tang Tongpan for disaster relief. When Tang Tongpan and Xu He parted, they said:
The original joy of the two people suddenly disappeared. Tang Tongpan said: "I have thanked you two on behalf of the tens of thousands of people in Jiangling, but Chen Tongzhi is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He suffered such a big loss this time.
Magistrate Zhang’s life is very difficult.”
Just two days ago, Xu Mu told Zhang Luyao He Qizhou's idea, which was to use the emblem of the Liu family in his hand and in the name of the Liu family to first persuade the Chen family, who was desperately raising prices, to purchase water at a higher price.
He then worked with Zhang Luyao to persuade the navy to lend a large amount of official grain and sell it in the city, driving down the price of grain and forcing the Chen family to sell their stored grain.
Of course, the details of the final action were all formulated by Zhang Luyao. No one was more familiar with Chen Yan's character than him. Step by step, the Chen family was deeply involved in it, and in the end they could only sell the grain reserves to reduce losses. After the incident was completed, as long as the people pretending to be the Liu family
The two people disappeared out of thin air. The Liu family can also say that the clan emblem was fake. They were also fooled. They will die without proof. The Chen family, who wants to take advantage of the disaster to make a fortune, will only suffer a dumb loss. They cannot stock up at high prices during the disaster period.
He takes care of food matters from his own family.
At this time, Zhang Luyao was not happy at all when he heard that Tang Tongpan was back alive. The news of the interruption of the post road was received at noon. Chen Yan was not blind when he came in and out of official food.
Although they had taken action, the two children He Qizhou and Xu Mu still thought too simplistically, and what they really had to consider was how to prevent this matter from involving the Liu family, Jin Yan, the prince, and more importantly the Yang family! Most importantly,
What worries him is that he will probably be sorry for his wife and daughter. A cup of bitter tea with only tea leaves left has been tightly held in Zhang Luyao's hand...
After returning to the inn, He Qizhou and the other three ate something in Danguiju and then went back to their rooms. They would go their separate ways tomorrow morning. After these days of hard work and running around, He Qizhou and Lin Chuan were finally able to settle down and start practicing.
Their homework was over. Both of them practiced the Quanzhen Nei Gong mind method, but He Qizhou's mind method was improved by Lu Baogen, and paid more attention to the refining and guidance of the true energy. Everything was just to lay a solid foundation and open the meridians as soon as possible.
Lin Chuan's Heart Law takes into account both the flow of true energy and the practicality of moves.
Out of his ideals, He Qizhou has always been extremely diligent in practicing martial arts. In addition to meditating under the waterfall all year round and receiving critical attack training from Yang Zhan, he also practices for an hour every night.
The Danzihao suite has two rooms and a large living room. Before he started to meditate and practice, He Qizhou felt a burst of swelling and pain in his lower abdomen. In fact, this discomfort has existed since half a year ago, and the feeling of discomfort is gradually getting stronger. It’s just that He Qizhou felt strong
The devilish physique with strong muscles and strong pulses had no feeling at all about this. After asking Huang Quan, Huang Quan couldn't see anything unusual, but Yang Zhan believed that it was caused by Qi Zhou's accumulation of internal energy over the past ten years.
Generally, people who practice martial arts can open their meridians in two or three years, or in four or five years, after practicing internal skills. There is not much true energy accumulated in the Dantian. Once the meridians are opened, the true energy flows between the meridians, and there will be no
Some people feel swelling and pain, and even if they are unable to open their meridians for a long time, their Dantian Qi will be full when they practice breathing and exhaling, so they will not absorb much Qi no matter how much they practice. Such people are also called "waste" in martial arts.
'It's up!
But He Qizhou is different. First of all, he has a very strong ability to understand the exercises. He learned the Quanzhen exercises early and can use them correctly. He absorbs and transforms the true energy much faster than Lin Chuan and others. Secondly, he spends a long time every day.
The high-intensity training has made the true energy in He Qizhou's Dantian no less than that of any six-meridian master. Thirdly, due to the methods taught by Lu Baogen, He Qizhou can condense more true energy and compress it layer by layer in his Dantian, which is already strong.
The Qi wall of Dantian becomes stronger with the accumulation of Qi over time.
He Qizhou's dull pain is precisely because the condensed true energy will slowly expand, causing a feeling of distension and pain in the lower abdomen of the Dantian. However, after practicing through breathing and breathing, the new true energy can continue to superimpose on the original true energy.
, which made the swelling and pain disappear temporarily, which strengthened He Qizhou's intention to practice Kung Fu, but he also fell into a terrible cycle. The superposition speed of the true energy far exceeded the speed of impacting the eight extraordinary meridians. Sooner or later, one day, the Dantian Qi would
The sea will not be able to withstand the pressure of the huge energy and burst!
However, Yang Zhan believed that based on He Qizhou's minimal feeling now, it was still very early that day. As long as the meridians were unblocked one day, the problem would be solved. Even if the meridians could not be unblocked, the worst possible outcome would be to find Lu Baogen and let him dissipate Xiao Qizhou's power.
That's it. So He Qizhou didn't take it to heart about the swelling feeling. It was just that after receiving Long Yin's palm, although his true energy surged and he almost felt like he had a pulse, he was busy with providing food for disaster relief afterwards.
I didn't have much time to practice. Today's swelling and pain suddenly became stronger. I adjusted my breath for two hours before suppressing and gathering the scattered Qi. Although I still tried my luck to attack the various channels, I still couldn't.
Returning in vain only adds to labor pains.
In the early morning of Yu day, just after Mao hour, Lin Chuan's cry was heard. He had solved the problem of food last night. Although he only slept for less than two hours, He Qizhou still felt full of energy. Suddenly, a mellow sound came from the room.
Sweet fragrance, I opened the window and saw that the old osmanthus trees on Dangui Street were blooming one after another, as if they had made an appointment. Countless small yellow flowers connected the sky above Dangui Street into a long golden river. The rich and fragrant floral fragrance, although
Taking up all the sense of smell, but without any pungent feeling, He Qizhou saw Lin Chuan walking into the house and said: "The osmanthus blooms again, my favorite osmanthus!"
"Why does it need light blue and deep red? It is the best among flowers. Drinking gruel, I didn't expect that we have something in common." Xu Mu's voice came from outside the door.
He Qizhou asked Lin Chuan to open the door, then rolled his eyes at Xu Mu who walked in, and said: "I do like osmanthus, osmanthus rice cakes, osmanthus wine, osmanthus sugar lotus root, osmanthus..."
Xu Mu shook his head, angrily, and said hurriedly: "Stop, stop, stop, what time is it? You got up so late! We packed up and left immediately. I have sent that Sister Juan back. I heard from the innkeeper that she was indeed in the inn all the time.
, I haven’t been out yet, the two little girls are still in the room, we will take the carriage to the pier together later.”
He Qizhou asked: "Did the couple notify them?"
Xu Mu said: "Zhifu Zhang has already told them. They must have gone to the dock to wait. We have to go early. There is no one on the road, and the tail dare not follow us."
He Qizhou and others finished dressing up, still dressed as the Liu family, and then took a carriage with two little girls with sad faces to leave the sweet-scented Osmanthus Street and the Jiangling Mansion where He Qizhou grew up for nearly eighteen years.
After leaving the city gate, there was indeed a car following from a distance. After a while, the carriage came to the pavilion where Zhang Luyao had stopped. Everyone got off the carriage and paid the fare. The carriage returned to the city on the same route. Xu Mu
Saying that they would sit in the pavilion for a while, He Qizhou and the others went straight to the small restaurant where they had eaten.
Those who were following from a distance saw Xu Mu sitting in the pavilion and did not dare to go forward. They pretended to walk towards the pier. When they saw Xu Mu coming out of the pavilion to meet them, they were so frightened that they turned their horses around and drove back in despair.