(The two chapters are updated together)

He Mingyuan asked the shopkeeper to serve two pots of wine and talked with Cui Geng while drinking.

Although the wine is rough, but drinking it with the right person, drinking and drinking, it will become a mellow and refreshing wine!

Coming here today, the two are still talking about some cooperation between the two sides next year. After all, the New Year is approaching, so arrange the things for the coming year as soon as possible, so that you can prepare before the snow melts in spring. Especially for Cui Geng's entrustment of He Mingyuan to go out of the customs to smuggle war horses in the Turks, if it is not arranged as soon as possible, it will be too late to make arrangements in the coming year.

After discussing for more than half an hour, and after a very pleasant conversation, the secret meeting ended slightly.

Cui Geng saw that it was not too early, so he made an appointment to meet another day and got up to say goodbye.

When he got up, He Mingyuan also got up and waved to the shopkeeper in the direction of the counter, shouting, "Come, settle the account." ”

The shopkeeper got out of the counter, happily ran to the front, and reported: "Chenghui, thirty-six big money!" ”

"It's cheap!"

He Mingyuan took out the money bag from his sleeve pocket, counted the money and put it in the shopkeeper's hand, and said with a smile: "Your boiled eggs, the taste is quite right, and the price is also affordable." It seems that Dingzhou Cui Changshi's method of feeding chickens with earthworms is really for the benefit of one party and the people. ”

said these words in front of Cui Geng, obviously He Mingyuan slapped Cui Geng a little on the back.

Who knew that the old man in charge of the shopkeeper put away the money, sneered, and said, "For the benefit of one party, for the benefit of the people?" The distinguished guest is wrong, the people who scold Cui Changshi now are probably many more miles than the people who are grateful to Cui Changshi. ”

"......" He Mingyuan's face was a little dark, damn, this old man chatted like this, how could he continue to talk?

"Oh? What do you say, shopkeeper? Cui Geng was interested.

The shopkeeper said: "Eggs are sold so cheaply, the common people are naturally accustomed to it for a long time, and naturally no one will worry about Cui Changshi all day long!" But it is precisely because the eggs are sold more and more cheaply, those who make a living by raising chickens and selling eggs on weekdays are unlucky, and naturally they have to secretly scold their mothers at home every day. ”

He Mingyuan saw that Cui Geng's face was a little wrong, and hurriedly interrupted: "Shopkeeper, what you said is alarmist, right?" Don't listen to gossip as if it were true! ”

The shopkeeper slowly sent the two out of the store, stretched out his hand in the other direction of the shop, and said: "If the two distinguished guests don't believe it, turn left along this road, and not far away is our Dongtingzhuang Chen Qilang's house!" That's right, it's Chen Qilang, who sells eggs for the Boling Cui clan in our Dongtingzhuang, and his house is lively now,"

Hearing him say this, Cui Geng became more interested, and pulled He Mingyuan towards Chen Qilang's direction.

Arrived at Chen Qilang's house.

Sure enough, there was a group of people dressed as villagers, carrying bamboo baskets on their backs, and surrounded the small yellow mud courtyard of his house with three layers inside and three layers outside.

These villagers carrying bamboo baskets on their backs came to Dongtingzhuang from nearby villages to deliver eggs to Chen Qilang's house.

Now Chen Qilang has become a gathering point for the unified purchase and underwriting of eggs in the ten miles and eight townships of Dongtingzhuang.

Before Cui Geng and He Mingyuan entered the hospital, they clearly heard the noise inside.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I will quote today's purchase price again, and everyone will hear it clearly!"

A man from Chen Qilang's family said in a dumb voice and quoted a string of numbers: "Today's purchase price, eggs are 20 wen a catty, duck eggs are 24 wen a catty, salted eggs are 25 wen a catty, and salted duck eggs are 30 wen a catty." ”

As soon as this price was reported, the farmers in the courtyard who came to deliver eggs from various villages and villages fried the pot.

"What's that? Today's egg purchase price is only 20 wen a catty? In October, isn't it still thirty wen? A villager carrying a large bamboo basket shouted angrily.

The guy from Chen Qilang's family said lazily: "You also said that it was in October, how many months has this been?" It's coming to an end soon! Besides, Sensei said 30 wen, and in September, he sold 35 wen a catty. The market price of this market will naturally change at any time! The man replied lazily.

"How can it change, can't it be changed by one price a month? The price is too cheap! Another old man, rather old, shouted dissatisfied.

"Uncle, don't be too cheap! Maybe next month's eggs will be cheaper than this price! ”

The man leaned down, picked up an egg from his basket, held it high for everyone to see, and then said: "Take a look for yourself, the eggs in Anping County are not only big but also full of oil, and they all sold them to our Chen Dongjia for twenty wen a catty." Look at your basket of eggs, not to mention the small size, the quality is not half a star, just like this, why do you want to sell more expensive than others? We have to be reasonable, don't we? ”

A few more villagers looked at the eggs in the hands of the guys, their eyes dimmed slightly, and they muttered unwillingly: "Anping eggs are indeed a big head, we also know it, but the purchase price you gave today is too low, if you sell you at this price, we will lose to death!" ”

The guy may be a little impatient, and said in a rather rigid tone: "If you are too low, you will cover yourself at home, and I am not afraid to tell you, yesterday our shopkeeper said, and when it comes to next year, our family will only accept eggs from Anping County." The eggs are called a lot of oil and water, big, affordable and large, and they are very good to sell in the Dongtingzhuang area! ”

"You don't take it? He Chen Qilang didn't accept it, so I carried the basket on my back and went to the street to sell it! "A young villager has lost his temper.

The guy didn't bother to argue with him, just smiled.

Do you sell it on the street yourself?

Our eggs are all from Anping County, the price is cheaper than your eggs, the size is bigger than your eggs, and the quality is stronger than your eggs.

As soon as the young villager's words came out, he knew that his words were untenable, so he hurriedly changed his words again: "It's really not good, I won't sell it in your Dongtingzhuang!" I'll walk another fifteen miles of mountain road, and I'll go to Huangjiaji to sell. ”

"Eh, Huang Jiaji, don't go, it's a trip for nothing. The eggs on Huangjiaji's side are also the same price as Dongtingzhuang, and I came from Huangjiaji. One of the villagers selling eggs in a basket shook his head in frustration and said.

"What? Even Huang Jiaji is twenty wen a catty? Oh, my God! ”

For a while, the villagers in the Huangni courtyard of the Chen family looked at each other, and they already understood that they had no capital to bargain at the moment.

At this time, a woman who came to sell eggs began to beg: "This little brother, you can do it, today you will accept our eggs for 25 wen a catty, will you succeed?" I'm still waiting to use the money from selling eggs to catch two pairs of medicine for the baby's father! ”

"Yes, yes, little brother, you just raise your hand and do us a favor."

"Uncles, aunts, aunts, I really can't help with this." The man listened to everyone's pleading, his heart was also soft, and he shook his head and said: "You must know that our store hoards your eggs for 20 wen a catty, and it is only 24 wen a catty when you sell them, and the difference in price is really limited, and you have to bear the risk of hoarding goods." Besides, this store is not mine, I am just a guy who is a lot of things, the price is set by our Chen Dongjia, I just want to help, and I don't have the ability. ”

……

Regardless of what the villagers say, the young man of Chen Qilang's family just bites the price, the price of 20 yuan a pound of eggs, and the thunder can't move.

For a while, the villagers began to quarrel again.

No wonder they are noisy, now the price of food on the market is rising, their chickens have to be fed every day, to be honest, even if it is thirty pounds of eggs, they will not lose money or make money.

Now at the price of 20 wen a catty, let alone earning a little money to supplement the family, you can't even earn back the money for food and materials, and you have to stick it in.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, most people even point to using these eggs to exchange money for New Year's goods. What now?

After a while, the noisy crowd gradually stirred.

"Be quiet, old and young masters, be quiet!"

At this moment, among the villagers who came to sell eggs, a Humpty Dumpty man in his thirties spread his arms and shouted, "In my opinion, let's not be embarrassed, he can't be the master!" ”

"You mean we're going to find Chen Qilang together?" A villager asked.

Humpty Dumpty spat on the ground, shook his head and said, "Looking for Chen Qilang?" Pull it down! That grandson is a master who strings money on his ribs, and it is useless to look for him. ”

"So what should we do? It's really twenty wen who sold the eggs, and I can't pass this year. ”

Humpty Dumpty sneered and said, "New Year? Let's take a long-term view. Tell you, if you don't solve the culprit, not only will you have a bad time this year, but next year, and the year after next! ”

"What? Crime boss? Who is to blame? ”

Humpty Dumpty said: "Naturally, it's Ding Governor Shi Cui Geng Cui Erlang!" I heard that he was the one who came up with the chicken raising method of Lao Shizi on Anping's side, so that Anping's side continued to produce eggs, and the market price was cheap! Who do you not look for him? ”

Governor of Ding, Lord Trei?

The common people in this year, but they are afraid of officials like tigers, and when they heard that the fat man said that he was going to find the governor Shi to make trouble, they all took a step back, looked at each other, and were silent.

Humpty Dumpty looked around, saw that no one responded to him, and then agitated, "What? Are the big guys scared? Don't be afraid, you think it's our chicken farmers in Dongtingzhuang who want to trouble Cui Geng? That's much more than that. This time, he persecuted only us, as well as Huang Jiaji, Li Jiagang, and other farmers in the counties under the jurisdiction of Dingzhou. There are thousands of chicken farmers in Dingzhou, right? The law does not blame the public, when the time comes, thousands of people will go together to make trouble, let him compensate for our losses, see what he says? You really don't have to be afraid, don't forget, the court has its own law, and the law does not blame the public! ”

As soon as they heard the words "the law does not hold the people accountable," it was obvious that many villagers and peasant households had already been moved.

Seeing this, Humpty Dumpty became more and more calm, and then added another fire, and shouted loudly, "Also, tell everyone good news." The second uncle of my third cousin was on an errand in the Yamen of the Assassin History. I heard him say that there is also a Qingtianguan in the Assassin Shi Yamen, and the Qingtianguan is very dissatisfied with Cui Geng's behavior of competing with the people for profit as an official of the imperial court, and when the time comes, tens of thousands of farmers in Dingzhou will go to Cui Geng to claim compensation, how can the Qingtianguan in the government sit idly by? ”

Speaking of this, the fat man raised his arms and shouted: "Everyone, you must know that there are corrupt officials like Cui Geng in this world who compete with the people for profit, and there are good officials who ask for the people's lives!" We are not afraid! ”

"Yes, we're not afraid!"

"Yes, where can a corrupt official in this world fight against Master Qingtianguan!"

"We want to avenge our grievances!"

"We're going to make a claim!"

"We're going to have a good year!"

For a while, the crowd was excited, and the scene was very spectacular!

As Humpty Dumpty raised his arms and shouted, the villagers whispered and discussed the way to do this.

Finally, someone asked Humpty Dumpty in a loud voice, "Dude, what should I do about this?" ”

Humpty Dumpty said: "Let's go to Anping County to find Cui Erlang on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the day of the sacrifice to the prince of the stove, and ask him to give us an explanation and give us a compensation!" ”

Someone asked: "Cui Geng, as the governor of Dingzhou, shouldn't he be in the Dingzhou Mansion?" How do you run Anping to do? ”

"I know he's in Dingzhou, but the place where he raises chickens is in Anping!" Humpty Dumpty smiled sadly, "If Cui Geng hadn't been in Anping that day, we would have smashed and burned all his earthworm fields and chicken farms for him, and he would be in eternal trouble!" ”

"Okay, let's do it!"

"On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, I must go!"

"Count me in one!"

"And my ......"

Gradually, more and more people should be reconciled, and the scene is becoming more and more spectacular!

Cui Geng, who was mixed at the gate of the courtyard, glanced at He Mingyuan and slowly retreated.

When he arrived in a secluded and uninhabited place, He Mingyuan quipped: "Cui Changshi, now you have become a corrupt official who everyone has to blame!" Competing with the people for profit, this trick is quite detrimental, who do you say this Humpty Dumpty man's mouth will be? ”

Cui Geng raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Who else do you say?" Who arranged this Humpty Dumpty to make trouble here, who is the old man of the blue sky! ”

He Mingyuan said: "You mean to assassinate Sun Yangao?" ”

He Mingyuan shook his head again after speaking, and said, "It shouldn't be him, in the matter of raising chickens and eliminating locusts, Sun Yangao and Cui Changshi are grasshoppers on a rope!" ”

Cui Geng smiled: "Apart from him, I really can't figure out who else it is, of course, there is also Fan Guanglie, an old dog behind him, fanning the flames." As for what you said about raising chickens and eliminating locusts, Sun Yangao naturally has the same position as me, but raising chickens and eliminating locusts has the same position, which does not mean that he will support our Boling Cui clan's Anping eggs to monopolize the entire territory of Dingzhou. You must know that our Sun Da Thorn has always been very sensitive to silver, hahaha......"

"I see!"

He Mingyuan nodded and reminded: "This matter is troublesome, the Boling Cui clan lays eggs at a low cost, so the price of Anping eggs will naturally drop." But it is precisely because of this that the financial route of the people who raise chickens has been cut off, which has caused great resentment among the people, especially the hat of competing with the people for profit, which is really unfavorable to Cui Changshi! It really made Sun Yangao and them grasp the timing and entry point! ”

"Shopkeeper He, I need a favor!"

Cui Geng pondered for a moment and said, "This official knows that you have some means in Jizhou and Dingzhou. I wonder if you have people in Cangzhou, Yizhou and Weizhou? ”

"Naturally, there is." He Mingyuan said quite conceitedly, "Although He only contracted all the pavilions in the two states, my He family's mansions are all over more than ten state capitals in Hebei Province. As for Cangzhou, Yizhou and Weizhou in Cui Changshi's mouth, of course, they are also among them. ”

When Cui Geng heard this, he couldn't help but stroke his palm and said, "That's right." Next, I still bother you to explain to the shopkeeper, and let your people in Cang, Yi, Wei, and Hebei Prefectures, on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the chicken farmers in Dingzhou will gather in Anping County to ask me for justice. ”

He Mingyuan said in surprise; "What? Could it be that your Boling Cui's Anping eggs have also begun to be sold in the five states of Cang, Yi, Hebei, Wei and Ding? ”

"That's not true," Cui Geng shook his hand and said, "The current output of this official's Anping eggs is still limited, and Dingzhou is more than enough, but the other four states are far from enough." Besides, if the road is long and the distance is trafficked, the cost will increase invisibly, which is not cost-effective. ”

"Then why does Cui Changshi want my people to spread this news in these four state capitals?" He Mingyuan was confused by Cui Geng.

Cui Geng smiled slightly, and said meaningfully: "Although the goods have not yet been distributed to these four state capitals, some well-intentioned people in these four states will naturally come to Anping County after hearing the news." ”

"I Cui Changshi, what are you trying to do?"

The more He Mingyuan listened, the more confused he became, and asked incomprehensibly: "If you add these four state capitals, my God, on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, how many villagers and farmers will gather in Anping County to make trouble." How can you listen to the meaning of Cui Changshi's words, lest there are too few people who come to Anping to gather people to make trouble and find trouble? ”

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