On the city wall where soldiers and horses were originally patrolling, at some point, there was not a single figure.
Ge Zhu poked his head out of the carriage, took a look at the city gate, and asked:
"Everything has been taken care of. Are you sure there are no problems?"
Hearing this, his subordinates quickly replied:
"Please rest assured, shopkeeper, everything has been taken care of. From now on until dawn, no troops will come to the east city gate to take over the defense."
Hearing this, Ge Zhu showed a slight smile and said:
"That's right. Hai Rui is not here. No one in Changning County can stop us."
Having said this, Ge Zhu paused, then waved his arm and said softly:
"Set off!"
Following Ge Zhu's order, a creaking sound was heard, and the closed city gate of Changning County quietly opened.
A group of motorcades drove immediately, lined up in a row, and headed out of the city in an extremely orderly manner.
An astonishing amount of supplies were moved out of Changning County's treasury and drove straight out of the city from the city gate under the cover of night.
At this time, on the river far away from the east gate of Changning County, there were more than a dozen huge ships floating on the river. Temporary docks on the shore had also been set up.
On the big ship, Ju Meng looked into the distance, looking at the continuous motorcade coming out of the city gate, his expression a little gloomy.
Zhong Zizuo walked to Ju Meng's side and looked into the distance together. However, due to his average martial arts skills, his eyesight was really unable to see the movement in the distance through the night, so he could only lower his voice and asked:
"Is someone really here?"
Ju Meng nodded with an ugly face and said nothing else.
When Zhong Zizuo saw this, he understood immediately and couldn't help but ask:
"King Qi's secret order asked me to prepare ten large ships with 5,000 kilo of materials and come to receive the supplies. Ten large ships with 5,000 kilo of materials are equivalent to 50,000 shi of supplies at a time. King Qi asked me to go back and forth ten more times, that is
Five hundred thousand dan. How could this small Changning County be so upright and sell so many supplies to the enemy while the plague is still there?"
Ju Meng held a long sword in his arms, his face was quite ugly, and he said in a deep voice:
"Some people in the country must have colluded with each other to embezzle relief supplies, and then betrayed the Xia Kingdom to make huge profits!"
When Zhong Zizuo heard this, he couldn't help but said:
"Five hundred thousand dan! King Qi asked me to bring 800,000 taels of silver and 50,000 taels of gold. The total is a huge profit of more than one million taels of silver. It's really exciting!"
In fact, the five hundred thousand shi of food and grass supplies did not require so much gold and silver. But at this time, King Qi was just like Xiao Cheng, with nothing in his treasury except gold and silver.
Since we can exchange for materials to solve our urgent needs, we naturally won't care about such a trivial matter as the price of these materials, which is slightly higher than the price of Yun Country by 30%.
Hearing Zhong Zizuo's words, Ju Meng turned around and gave Zhong Zizuo a cold look.
Zhong Zizuo immediately realized that he had made a mistake, laughed sarcastically, waved his hands and said no more.
"Let's go down and have a look!" Ju Meng said in a deep voice.
Zhong Zizuo nodded quickly and led everyone towards the shore.
As soon as I got off the boat, I bumped into the shopkeeper Ge Zhu who was approaching.
Ge Zhu had a humble and flattering smile on his face, and he hurriedly bowed to Zhong Zizuo and said:
"But Zhong Zi Zhuo Zhong's transfer envoy is here!"
Zhong Zizuo also greeted him with a smile, stepped forward and said:
"Deputy envoy, I'm just transferring the deputy envoy!"
With a smile on his face, Ge Zhu continued to cup his hands and said:
"Young man Ge Zhu, Tian is the manager of the caravan. This time, Mr. Zhong came in person. It is really rude of me."
Having said this, Ge Zhu took a step forward, touched his sleeve with his right hand, picked up a folded banknote between his fingers, and stuffed it into Zhong Zizuo's hand without revealing anything.
The skill of this technique and the smoothness of the process make it look like he is familiar with the job and has done this kind of thing many times.
"We will have a long time to deal with Mr. Zhong from now on. I have something to do, so please be patient with me!" Ge Zhu said with a genuine smile.
Zhong Zizuo over there immediately raised his hand, his sleeve brushed against Zhong Zizuo's hand, and the banknote disappeared from Ge Zhu's hand. This action of collecting money was very mature, like a breeze.
The noodles are not stained with the smell of copper, so it can be seen that they do not charge less money on weekdays.
"Hahaha, it's easy to talk about! They are all on errands, and they have experienced the hard work, so how can I blame you!" Zhong Zizhuo replied with a familiarity.
Seeing Zhong Zizuo's familiar appearance, Ge Zhu couldn't help but nodded slightly.
During this period of time, Hai Rui encountered obstacles everywhere, and he almost had doubts about his life creed.
Seeing Zhong Zizuo's performance again, Ge Zhu breathed a sigh of relief and felt that everything was back to what it was before.
Zhong Zizuo clapped his hands slightly and said:
"I'm pressed for time, so I won't be polite anymore!"
Hearing Zhong Zizuo's high-five, a team of men and horses walked off the ship carrying several boxes of gold and silver, and placed them directly in front of Ge Zhu.
Zhong Zizhuo pointed to the alley ahead and said in a deep voice:
"Eight hundred thousand taels of white eyes, fifty thousand taels of gold. King Qi trusts you, and I will offer these five hundred thousand taels of gold and silver directly with both hands! From now on, my fleet will stop here every three days, every time
If you accept fifty thousand shi of food and grass supplies, please ask Shopkeeper Ge for your cooperation!"
When the box was opened, millions of taels of gold and silver were dangling nakedly in front of the eyes, which made people feel shaken immediately.
Ge Zhu's eyes lit up and he immediately shouted:
"Okay! Your Highness, Prince Qi, is really happy! If so, if you don't express your feelings, my boss will blame me in the future!"
After saying that, Ge Zhu pointed to the box containing fifty thousand taels of gold and said in a deep voice:
"I will make the decision for my boss about these 50,000 taels of gold. I don't want it any more! My boss wants reputation when doing business. From now on, we will have many exchanges with each other. These 50,000 taels of gold will be considered my boss's!"
Fifty thousand taels of gold, if converted, is equivalent to more than 500,000 taels of silver. This is not a small amount! It must be said that such a generous amount is quite impressive.
However, if all the six southwest counties of Xia Kingdom were to be rescued this time, the food and grass supplies needed would not be enough, let alone 500,000 dan, even 5 million dan would not be enough!
As Ge Zhu said, the business between the two parties has just begun. For a business of tens of millions of taels of silver, half a million taels is just an extra, so why should we take it to heart?
When Zhong Zizuo heard this, he frowned, glanced at Ju Meng vaguely, coughed lightly, smiled and said, cupping his hands:
"In that case, I will act on behalf of His Highness Prince Qi. Thank you so much, Shopkeeper Ge, and this big boss!"
Hearing this, Ge Zhu chuckled twice and waved his hands gently. Immediately, the people on both sides moved the supplies and food to the ship.
Due to limited manpower, the amount of food and supplies traded tonight was only 50,000 dan. Both sides had prepared well in advance, and selected warriors who usually practiced physical training to strengthen their bodies.
Working together at this time is naturally extremely efficient. Before dawn, everything has been installed.
The fleet set off, sailed upstream, and headed straight towards Jiangyang County.
On the boat, Ju Meng looked at the pier in the distance. Ge Zhu waved goodbye and said in a deep voice:
"The people behind the scenes are so bold and what they do is so shocking. This matter must be reported to His Majesty!"
Speaking of this, Ju Meng shouted loudly:
"Li Ji, the second-class guard at Sticky Branch!"
A man wearing the uniform of a transport department officer immediately stepped forward and responded:
"My subordinate is here!"
"Take my token and secret message, return to the capital as soon as possible and report this matter to Your Majesty!"
Li Ji, the second-class guard at the stick, immediately clasped his fists and said decisively:
"Please rest assured, Commander Juyi, my subordinates will fulfill their mission!"