After all, he is a deep man in the city government, although Xu Haibin was surprised in his heart, but he had a flattered expression on his face, and welcomed Yuan Laoba into the back hall in surprise, and then ordered Xie Dongqun to go down and prepare drinks to entertain Yuan Laoba and them: "Brother, why take this risk, if there is really an emergency, as long as someone greets you, the younger brother will visit in person!" ”

"Knowing that you are busy with things, Brother Xian, being able to come to Yuegang in person is already a great face for my brother, how can I make Brother Xian tired!" Compared to the last time Xu Haibin went to find Yuan Laoba, Yuan Laoba's attitude now is really not too kind and cordial.

Subsequently, under Xu Haibin's courteous hospitality, the back hall was already a staggered piece of land in a short time.

During the banquet, how many times did Yuan Laoba want to interject and say his intentions this time, but when he arrived, Xu Haibin and Xie Dongqun, two old and sophisticated guys, talked about him left and right, and he was interrupted by gags, and he couldn't get into the main topic for a long time. Yuan Laoba was anxious in his heart, but he had to squeeze out a very useful expression of enjoyment on his face, and it was not until he was full of wine and food, after Xie Dongqun served a cup of hot tea, that Yuan Laoba found an opportunity to ask a question: "Brother Xian came over this time, compared to the news I asked Jiadong to bring you last time, right?" ”

"What my brother said is yes, when I got the news, my heart was really emotional, I didn't think that my brother was just taking the liberty to invite me, but I didn't think that my brother had always taken it to heart, and I haven't forgotten it!" Although it is very clear that the real purpose of Yuan Laoba to find Hongtang now is definitely not because of his invitation at the beginning, Xu Haibin still pasted Yuan Laoba's face.

"Hehe, ashamed, ashamed!" Yuan Laoba is a temperamental person, and he is embarrassed to take Xu Haibin's stubble: "Although my brother and I also did some effort for this matter, I didn't expect that this Hongtang was clever at the beginning, and since he was almost ambushed by us, he has been lurking, so we have not been able to find their heels." ”

"But where did you think that it has only been a year or so, and they suddenly appeared again, and their strength has soared, and many peers in the Penghu sea area have been disturbed, and many people in the channel have recruited his poisonous hands, and more people have run to my territory and begged me to administer justice to them. Brother Xian, you also know, brother, I am a person who is easy to say, but I can't see others being too rampant, let alone someone bullying others, so I have to stand up and seek justice for many peers. ”

"Of course, brother, I also know that Hong Tang also offended his younger brother at the beginning, and robbed his brother of a batch of priceless goods, so that he provoked your brother to go out and find a brother and me. Although they escaped at the beginning, but now that they have come out again, then my brother and I should inform you anyway, and by the way, I will seek justice for your brother. ”

"My brother has a heart, and my brother has thanked my brother for his righteousness!!" Xu Haibin was moved on his face, with a grateful look, and stood up and was ready to bow to Yuan Laoba.

"Alas, how did this make it!!" Without waiting for Xu Haibin to bow down, Yuan Laoba raised his hands and straightened Xu Haibin steadily, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move a bit.

"That brother is very gracious, the promise made by the younger brother at the beginning is now also counted, as long as the elder brother can help the younger brother avenge this arrow, the younger brother will immediately give the two thousand taels of silver promised at the beginning." Xu Haibin was not ready to salute Yuan Laoba, but now Yuan Laoba's strength has risen sharply, and in the foreseeable future, if they want to develop on the sea, they must deal with Yuan Laoba, which is why they have just now.

"Where is this, brother, am I the one who covets your little money?" Hearing Xu Haibin say this, Yuan Laoba's face was a little unswerving.

"That's that, but brother, I really have nothing else to repay my brother except for these yellow and white things." Xu Haibin nodded hurriedly and said embarrassedly.

"That's not necessarily, my brother came this time, just because he had something to ask for!" When Yuan Laoba heard Xu Haibin's words, he said with a difficult face: "This time, we all went to sea to find Na Hongtang to find an explanation, and there was no shortage of anything else, but there was a shortage of food, so I thought of asking my brother for a favor and preparing a batch of food for us." ”

"It's a trivial matter, my brother will ask Lao Xie to prepare five hundred stones of grain for my brother and transport it to your ship immediately." Hearing this request, Xu Haibin patted his chest and agreed.

“…… If I just need this food, my brother I won't ask my brother for help, and no matter how poor I am, I can still get this food. Originally, seeing Xu Haibin so simply, Yuan Laoba was very happy in his heart, but when he heard Xu Haibin say the number, he immediately collapsed and replied with a sad face.

"Then according to my brother, how much are you going to want?" Xu Haibin suddenly felt in his heart, knowing that he had entered the meat play.

"At least 5,000 stones!!" Yuan Laoba opened his mouth, and the number he said made Xu Haibin, a person from a big landlord's family, a little dumbfounded.

It's not that the huge Yuegang really can't collect so much grain, as long as there is time and experience input, no matter how much grain can be bought in the Yuegang, a logistics center that extends in all directions. But the problem is that now Yuan Laoba needs such a amount of food immediately, and ordinary people really have no way at all, which is why Yuan Laoba found Xu Haibin.

Like Li Tianyang, they asked Lu Bingyan to help collect grain, and they all asked Lu Bingyan to communicate with the grain merchants in Yuegang, and after paying a part of the deposit in advance, wait for at least a month before the grain merchants could transport the grain from other places to Lu Bingyan's hands. And if a person like Yuan Laoba is in urgent need of a large amount of grain, then it is only through Xu Haibin who has some official and clan backgrounds to deal with the big landlords in Fujian, and it is possible to quickly gather so much grain.

"This ......" Xu Haibin knew that it must be difficult for Yuan Laoba to ask for something, but he didn't expect it to be such a thing, so he was very embarrassed: "It's not that my brother doesn't help with this, but my brother can't find a place to help my brother get so much food for a while, you know, in the past few years, our Ming Dynasty has also been full of disasters and difficulties, and there are disasters and famines everywhere, and food itself is a short supply!" ”

"Brother is because there is no way, this is the only way to find a virtuous brother, and now there are more than 4,000 brothers working under my brother, plus the family members they brought, the total population has reached tens of thousands, and they are all waiting for my brother to provide for me with their mouths open!"

Hearing that Yuan Laoba revealed his family background, Xu Haibin was also taken aback, although he knew from Xie Dongqun's letter that Yuan Laoba's power is now soaring, but he didn't expect his strength to grow so fast, if Yuan Laoba really has such strength, then the future generation of Nanhai will definitely be his Yuan Laoba's world. Thinking of this, Xu Haibin immediately made a decision, gave up the plan he had thought about earlier and sought benefits for himself, gritted his teeth, and said fiercely: "Okay, since my brother said so, then my brother will think of a way to prepare this food for my brother." ”

"That's great, don't worry, brother, brother, I will never treat my brother badly, when I get this Penghu territory, the money for buying grain will be returned to Brother Xian immediately, and in the future, your Jirentang's sea ships can freely pass through my territory, and no one will dare to trouble you." Xu Haibin responded so simply, and Yuan Laoba was also relieved, as if he had returned triumphantly, sitting on the hegemonic momentum of the vast sea areas of Penghu and Ryukyu.

"Then brother, I wish my brother a victory!!"

(End of chapter)