Qin Lingsi nodded, glanced at the busy blacksmiths, and smiled: "During my absence, nothing major happened in Jiangdu City, right?"
Qin Lingjun glanced at Zhang Yangquan, smiled slightly, and said: "Nothing big happened. We just sold the potatoes for 60,000 taels of silver, paid back Shen Qian3,200 taels, and made an income of 56,800 taels. ”
Qin Lingsi's eyes widened: "Sold for so much money?"
Zhang Yangquan said: "Potato production is high, and we received a total of more than 12,000 dan. We had people cook a lot of dishes using potatoes as ingredients at Qinji Restaurant, which were very popular with the upper class in Jiangdu. Then we met with Shen Qianqian , Bian Ying negotiated for six taels of silver and one stone, which is slightly higher than the price of grain."
Qin Ling thought happily and said: "Then if you plant a few more times, won't you make a fortune?"
Zhang Yangquan shook his head and said: "The reason they are willing to pay this price is largely because they want to propagate and plant it themselves. I also promised to tell them the planting process, and that's why we negotiated this price."
Qin Lingsi lost her voice and said, "Why did you tell them?"
Zhang Yangquan said slowly: "The world is about to be in chaos. Only by promoting this crop as soon as possible can we reduce the number of people who starve to death. Besides, potatoes are grown from rhizomes and cannot be hidden at all. They can simply be used as bargaining chips to make a fortune."< /p>
Qin Lingsi pouted and said, "Then when there are more potatoes, won't the price get lower and lower?"
Zhang Yangquan stretched his arms and said with a smile: "We are not businessmen. Don't just think about making money. As long as Jiangdu becomes more prosperous and the population increases, we will become stronger and stronger!"
Qin Lingsi pursed her lips and smiled: "It seems that Jiangdu is already ours."
Shanzhu said: "The second village leader didn't know something. After Li Qianhu occupied Zhenzhou, a new situation appeared in Jiangdu City. Now Zhang Mingjian and Huang Boyan are actively recruiting troops!"
"Does the Prince of Tartars not care?"
Qin Lingjun said: "He has no time to take care of it. A few days ago, the provincial officials ordered Gaoyou Mansion to send troops to attack Taizhou, but the battle was defeated. Polo Buhua was very angry, and he only wrote to Dadu every day to complain!"
Zhang Yangquan said: "He can't control it even if he wants to. After we occupied Zhenzhou, Zhang Mingjian and Huang Boyan should have been greatly touched. These two people may have started to recruit troops, so they may have started to think about it."
Shanzhu said: "The military advisor is absolutely right. Recently, Huang Boyan has stopped going to the palace to pay his respects, and his attitude towards Polo Buhua is no longer so flattering!"
Hu Guangcao smiled and said: "Taizhou and Zhenzhou were defeated one after another. Everyone in the village felt that the imperial court was in ruins. The old man felt that these two people probably thought so too."
Qin Lingsi looked happy and said: "Then we have to recruit troops quickly! Zhenzhou has received a lot of money and food, and the potatoes are sold at high prices. There is no need to worry about food at all!"
Qin Lingjun glanced at her sideways and said, "It doesn't matter what you say, we have already used 30,000 taels of silver to buy 500 good horses, and the other 20,000 taels of silver have also been used to buy grain."
Qin Lingsi's eyes widened: "Thirty thousand taels of silver only bought 500 horses? Isn't this a big loss! Why don't you wait until I come back to buy again?"
Zhang Yangquan explained: "Because Zhenzhou has cut off the trade between Jiangdu and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, prices in the city have skyrocketed, and many things you want to buy are unavailable, such as horses."
"Then where did you buy it from?"
"Three hundred horses were sold by Bian Ying, and two hundred horses were sold by Shen Qianqian. They only have so many horses in their hands, otherwise they could buy more."
After hearing Zhang Yangquan's answer, Qin Lingsi asked hurriedly: "The Zheng family should have many horses, right?"
After the words fell, everyone fell into silence.
Qin Ling wondered: "What's wrong? Aren't they the number one horse dealer? Don't they have horses?"
Zhang Yangquan sighed: "There is no Zheng family anymore."
"Ah?"
Qin Lingjun said: "The night before yesterday, the Zheng family's house was burned down by a fire, and no one escaped. There is news that Huang Boyan did it, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that it was Zhang Mingjian's mastermind!"
"Isn't Zhang Mingjian with the Zheng family? Why did he attack them?" Qin Lingsi asked in surprise.
Zhang Yangquan said: "We speculate that the Zheng family may be planning to betray Zhang Mingjian and join Huang Boyan."
Qin Lingsi asked hurriedly: "What about the Zheng family's horses?"
"More than a thousand horses in the Xicheng Horse Market were all forcibly taken away by Zhang Mingjian, both from the Zheng family and from other families!" Boar replied.
The horse market in Jiangdu City is not fixed, because the Zheng family has the most horses, so other pony dealers follow the Zheng family. It used to be in the north of the city, but now it has been moved to the west of the city.
"He is so cruel!" Qin Lingsi was half angry, half envious.
Zhang Yangquan said calmly: "This person's methods are indeed ruthless, but he has lost the support of the people. Although he has posted recruitment notices in the past few days, the number of soldiers has not increased much."
Qin Lingjun knew Zhang Mingjian's style best and said, "I'm afraid it won't be long before he forces himself into a young man!"
Zhang Yangquan smiled and said: "As long as he dares to do this, the people in the west of the city will flee to the north of our city, and he will be the one who suffers at that time."
Qin Ling thought: "Hasn't he formed an alliance with us recently?"
Qin Lingjun hummed: "Look, we also signed a covenant with him. It's just a piece of paper. He can't trust us, and we won't trust him!"
Qin Lingsi smiled and said: "Then let's recruit our own troops! If we recruit troops from both sides, their recruitment speed will definitely not be as fast as ours!"
"Don't mention Zhenzhou, let's just say that in Jiangdu City, we recruit more new soldiers every day than the two of them. It's because the military advisor had the foresight in the first place!" Shanzhu said with admiration.
Hu Guangcao looked at the men working and said with a smile: "They don't have weapons, so recruiting troops is useless!"
Qin Lingsi couldn't help but smile, finally understanding why Zhang Yangquan was so confident.
With the current development trend, the situation is indeed most beneficial to Longtan Village.
At this moment, Geng San walked in, cupped his hands and said: "The military advisor, the leader of the stronghold, and the Tatar prince sent people over to ask the military advisor to come over and discuss matters!"
Zhang Yangquan asked: "What's the matter?"
"My subordinates asked, but the errand boy didn't know anything about it."
Zhang Yangquan waved his hand and said, "Just say I'm sick and can't go."
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"Yes."
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In the lobby of the General Manager's Mansion, Sun Hong's face turned red. People around him looked at him strangely, and Zhennan Wang Boluo Buhua stared at him fiercely.
The reason is that he farted just now.
In fact, this is nothing, who in the world doesn’t fart?
However, because both of the two thousand households were unable to come due to illness, King Zhennan looked as ugly as the dark clouds before the storm, and no one in the hall dared to say a word.
There was total silence for a moment, and you could hear a pin drop.
At this moment, Sun Hong farted, which naturally attracted everyone's attention.
Sun Hong couldn't help but regret. He shouldn't have gone to Qinji Restaurant at noon, let alone eaten so many potatoes.
Fortunately, a civil servant came in at this time and relieved his embarrassment.
"Your Highness, Huang Qianhu is also sick and said he cannot come to discuss matters. Only deputy Lu Qianhu came!" said the clerk.
Polo Buhua stood up angrily and stamped his feet: "Did they get the plague? Can it be transmitted to each other? Call Lu Qing in!"
After a while, Lu Qing Shiran walked in, holding a folding fan in his hand, cupping his hands and saying: "I pay my respects to the prince!"
Polo Buhua said coldly: "What disease do you thousands of households have?"
Lu Qing said calmly: "Thousands of my family members caught wind and cold last night and are currently bedridden. Please forgive me, Your Highness!"
Boluo Buhua snorted and said: "I think he doesn't want to attack Taizhou, so he doesn't come because he is ill.
Lu Qingdao: "I think that no matter whether our thousands of households are infected or not, now is definitely not the time to attack Taizhou!"
Bo Luo Buhua was even more annoyed: "The reason why I allowed you to recruit troops in the first place was to allow you to attack Taizhou, but now I'm going back on it?"
Lu Qing said proudly: "This is all due to the province's indiscriminate attack on Taizhou. Now the morale of the Taizhou bandit soldiers has soared. If we attack rashly, we will only return in defeat."
Polo Buhua said angrily: "Then we just have to watch the Taizhou and Zhenzhou thieves grow stronger? Can everyone sleep peacefully at home at night?"
Lu Qing added: "Your Highness, if you attack Taizhou, you may be attacked by Zhenzhou bandits, and if you attack Zhenzhou, you may be attacked by Taizhou bandits! There is only one way at the moment."
"What can I do?"
"You can order the Gaoyou Prefecture to arrest the Taizhou thieves. They are just helping the lowly salt men. If they are given a position of one thousand households, they should be able to arrest them."
"Zhao'an! It's Zhao'an again!" Bo Luo Buhua said angrily: "Can't you come up with something else?"
Lu Qing sighed: "Your Highness, we don't have enough troops, and we have no other option except Zhao'an!"
Bo Luo Buhua took a deep breath and said: "That's fine, let Li Qi go and appease them."
Lu Qing added: "My subordinates thought that in order to show Zhao'an's sincerity, they could let the captured Taizhou spy go!"
Polo Buhua waved his hand and said: "That's fine, I'll just do what you say!"
Lu Qing resigned.
After leaving the Governor's Mansion and looking up at the bright sunshine, Lu Qing felt relaxed all over, and the warm wind blowing in front of him made his whole body feel comfortable.
Go all the way back to the South Gate Qianhu Station and arrive at the temporary prison inside the station.
This prison is clean and tidy, without the damp and rotten smell of ordinary prisons. There is also a wooden bed inside. Lu Zhen is lying on the wooden bed, with her back to the inside.
"Cousin, you can go back." Lu Qing said.
Lu Zhen sat up suddenly, turned her head and stared at him, humming: "You really want to let me go?"
Lu Qing said calmly: "We had already agreed that you would help us identify Daheng Miao, and we would find an opportunity to let you go. Why do you ask?"
With that said, he ordered someone to open the prison door.
Lu Zhen leaned over and slipped through the low cell door, and left the room with Lu Qing. When she first touched the light outside, she subconsciously blocked it with her hand, then slowly moved her hand away, slowly opened her eyes, and looked at the blue sky.
sky.
"Brother, come with me to assist Zhang Jiusi. He is a true hero, incomparable to the likes of Huang Boyan!" Lu Zhen breathed the fresh air while extending the invitation.
Lu Qing said: "There is no need to persuade my cousin. It is better to return to Taizhou as soon as possible. I have informed the King of Zhennan that there will be an envoy to Taizhou soon to give you an order."
Lu Zhen showed a sarcastic look: "Zhao'an?"
Lu Qing came closer and whispered: "You can accept it first and then slowly accumulate strength. I will persuade Huang Boyan to start an uprising. When the time comes, our two families have agreed that I will take Jiangdu and you will take Gaoyou. Brother, I think
How?"
Lu Zhen said happily: "I will convey this to the leader!"
Lu Qing ordered someone to bring a horse, handed the reins to Lu Zhen, and said: "Cousin, be careful all the way. I will send you off not far away."