Over the past few days, Long Zhen slowly collected large trucks in Luzhou. The result surprised him. Originally, he planned to artificially slow down the work, but the actual result was that even if he worked hard to complete the errand, I'm afraid it would not be fast.
Can't get up.
All major car dealers in Luzhou said: As the New Year is approaching, drivers are busy queuing up after the New Year, and it is impossible to have free vehicles to rent to them.
Long Zhen was helpless. This was Luzhou, not the capital. This was not a place for him to act arrogantly. Moreover, even if it was an errand for the imperial court, he couldn't force anyone to do anything, right?
In three days, only fifty carts were collected. This progress has exceeded the speed that Long Zhen originally planned to delay. If this continues, there will be no chance of shipping the grain out within a month; although he has the intention to let this batch of grain go out.
Slow down the shipment so as to prevent more troubles in Yangzhou city, but if you say you don't ship it for a month, it will be obvious at a glance that you are deliberately delaying it.
Long Zhen is not a fool. A lot of big cars in the car dealership are left in the yard to blow the air every day, and the business is not as busy as the owner of the car dealership said. It is obvious that they are not willing to accept his business at all.
There must be a reason why people in business are making money but not making money.
But the business is yours, and people just don’t want to make money from you, so what can you do? Even if he approached Magistrate Zhu, Zhu Shiyong just said politely: "The business is yours, the business is fair, how can you ask me to stand up for this kind of thing?
Woolen cloth?"
Long Zhen was extremely helpless. When he was depressed, Zhu Shiyong showed his spirit of cooperation and freed up 60 carts used to transport grain and supplies in the Luzhou Baoxin Army camp and gave them to Long Zhen for use.
Do your part.
At the beginning of the month, a heavy snow fell, which made Long Zhen feel mixed. Fortunately, he finally had a reason to stop. It snowed heavily and the roads were muddy. Even if you arrived ten days and a half late, it was also God's fault.
, has nothing to do with people.
But now it is no longer a question of delay or not, but a question of whether this batch of grain can be transported to Yangzhou. There is a fundamental principle here: the grain is shipped, but it arrives late because of the muddy road. This is the old problem.
If the weather is bad, Long Zhen has little responsibility; but if he doesn't get a grain of food on the train and doesn't even leave Luzhou City, then he has to bear all the responsibilities. He originally wanted to overthrow Su Jin, but don't end up setting fire to it.
If it hits your own head, you'll be shooting yourself in the foot.
The three giants of the Luzhou Chamber of Commerce are also very troubled by the heavy snow. They have prepared a detailed plan. When Long Zhen delivers the food, they can order people to pretend to be messengers and be captured by the bandits, and then steal the food. After a heavy snowfall,
Perhaps the five hundred thousand shi of grain could be trapped in Luzhou without taking any risks. Su Jin, who was far away in Yangzhou, was now finished.
However, putting these five hundred thousand shi of grain in Luzhou is a thorn in his heart. If it really fails, Su Jin will still return to Luzhou even if he loses his official position and is reprimanded.
.In business, once the 500,000 shi of grain starts to be sold in Luzhou, how much money will the Chamber of Commerce make from the 300,000 shi of grain?
This matter is really fucking difficult to weigh. The three giants hid in the Chamber of Commerce to discuss for a long time, and finally made a decision to urge Long Zhen to ship the grain away. This batch of grain is currently stored there, not in the bandits' den.
Give them peace of mind.
Long Zhen, an ignorant person, actually begged his father to sue Nainai and just forgot about the three big guys in Luzhou. This made the three big guys quite embarrassed. However, he didn't come to him, so he wanted to talk to him, so
Upstairs in Zuixian Tower, Long Zhen was invited to the Zuixian Tower for a banquet again.
Long Zhen, who was so annoyed, didn't want to go to the banquet. Although the memories of that night were very good, the two singing girls were sucking each other up and down. They were as delicate and lovely as two little fairies wrapped around their bodies, serving Long Zhen like a charm.
In the cloud, but this does not mean that as the deputy commander of the Ma Army, he has to pay your merchant's account; in Long Zhen's heart, this favor is counted on Zhu Shiyong, and those guys from the Chamber of Commerce are at best called by the prefect to pay the bill.
, it’s nothing at all.
However, since people invite you, they are always very warm. At least there are people who value you in Luzhou. Unlike the woman who came with the car, except for sending people to urge you, she didn’t even have a meal.
Please come.
What's more, sitting in the barracks sulking, shivering from the cold wind and snow is not going to help. If you have nothing to do, why don't you go have a drink to relieve your boredom.
Upstairs in Zuixian, it was the same time and place, but there were a few different people there. Zhu Shiyong didn't come, but there were a few more strangers at the Chamber of Commerce. After the two parties introduced each other, Long Zhen knew
These strangers turned out to be the owners of several major car dealers in Luzhou, which ignited the flame of hope in Long Zhen's heart. It seemed that the Chamber of Commerce had a purpose for this meal.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Tang Jiyuan spoke: "Commander Long is once again showing off his honors. I am so proud of myself. It has been five or six days since Commander Long came to Luzhou. Is your errand going well?"
Long Zhen sighed and said: "Don't mention it, everything is not going well and I am very anxious."
Tang Jiyuan smiled and said: "Commander Long, don't worry. If you have any difficulties, why don't you come to me for help? It seems that Commander Long didn't care about what he said that night. On the ground like Luzhou, our Chamber of Commerce can still do it."
It will become something."
Long Zhen concealed it: "Have you said this? It seems that I drank too much that night and forgot everything I said and heard. However, I have also thought about asking you for help, but I have official business and I am really embarrassed to trouble you.
, so I held back."
Tang Jiyuan said with a smile: "So that's it, I'm still acting as Commander Long and looking down on our brothers."
Long Zhen said sincerely: You guys are nothing! Are you worthy of me? But he said: "How can I? You are hospitable and righteous. I, Long Zhen, like to make friends like you the most. Why should I look down on you? Everyone
It’s just to have enough food, clothing and clothing to make a living.”
Tang Jiyuan said: "Commander Long is quick to talk and straightforward. I admire him. But I don't know what went wrong with Commander Long's work. Do you need help from the subordinates to clear things up?"
Long Zhen thought for a while and said: "Originally this is a court errand, so I can't say more here, but we are all good friends, so it doesn't hurt to say it. Recently, there have been very few large vehicles collected, and they really cannot be used to transport food. Seeing this
It’s snowing heavily, the roads will be muddy and difficult to travel, and the errands are already delayed, which is really worrying.”
Tang Jiyuan said in astonishment: "We haven't collected enough big cars? We in Luzhou have only 800 or even 1,000 cars. How come we can't even collect big cars?"
Long Zhendao: "I don't know very well, but any car dealer will say that they are transporting grain to Yangzhou and they will wave their hands and say they are not available. They will say that the business is busy and they will queue up to use the cars, but afterwards they will leave the car frames idle in the wind and rain.
It’s really depressing.”
Tang Jiyuan chuckled and said: "Is there such a thing? It seems that your price is too low."
Long Zhen said: "Is the price still low after being increased by 20%? I think someone is blocking it behind the scenes."
Tang Jiyuan said: "According to this, I am afraid that someone is really obstructing your errand behind the scenes. If your errand cannot be completed, will you be punished by the court?"
Long Zhen gritted his teeth and said: "That's natural. If you can't do the job well, the court will definitely punish you. If I find out who is blocking him behind the scenes, I will ask my brothers to chop him alive."
A trace of sarcasm flashed across Tang Jiyuan's face, and he continued: "I can guess who is behind the scenes."
Long Zhen stared and said, "Who is it? Tell me, and I will take people to ransack his home right away."
Tang Jiyuan laughed and said: "Commander Long is as fierce as fire, but you can't afford to offend this guy."
Long Zhen said angrily: "Who is so lawless that he dares to go against the imperial court? Even if his first rank official position delays the important task of transporting grain, he will still be left with nothing to eat."
Tang Jiyuan shook his head and said: "Even if he goes against the imperial court, you can't do anything to him, because his name is Shen Yaozu, nicknamed 'The Murderous Scholar', and he is the bandit leader on Bagong Mountain three hundred miles away. The imperial court has launched several campaigns without success, can you touch them?"
Long Zhen said in shock: "Bandits? What does that car dealership have to do with? Is the car dealership run by bandits?"
Several dealer owners in the seats looked embarrassed and could only cough a few times to express their dissatisfaction.
Tang Jiyuan said with a smile: "Commander Long's words may send several of you to jail. How dare the car dealer collude with the bandits? But the official road you took to transport food to Yangzhou is exactly where bandits are. Hurry!" If you pay 20% more, no one would dare to do this business even if you pay twice as much. Even though the money is good, you still have to have the life to spend it."
Long Zhen suddenly realized that the people in the car dealership were afraid of being robbed by bandits and losing their lives, so they rejected him one after another. He might have been mistaken.
"Actually, Commander Long should abandon the land route and take the water route. It would be much safer. However, it is still feasible if it is done a few days in advance. When the heavy snow comes, the river will freeze and the water route will be blocked. This matter will be difficult to handle. "
Long Zhen said: "So what if we just go by land? I have an army of 200 cavalry and I am still afraid of that small group of bandits?"
Tang Jiyuan glared and said: "A small group? I'm afraid there are thousands of people, and the weapons are very good. It is said that there are some heavy-duty crossbows. Do you think that the five or six thousand people in the two towns of Luzhou and Huainan were not wiped out? This group Can the number of bandits be reduced?"
Long Zhen took a breath of cold air, how could he resist the thousands of bandits? Isn't this looking for death?dd