In addition to the 100,000 stone 'military rations', there are also 10 boats and 30,000 stones supported by Hu Zongxian, as well as 170,000 stone of grain purchased in Jiangsu and Zhejiang by silently inviting Ma Wuye to mobilize the whole gang...... It is said that when he was in Xu Mansion, Shen Mo really wanted to buy grain at a high price at first, but Lu Ji, who was neither male nor female, changed his mind after raising the price of grain to twenty-one stones...... With this money, why not buy it in the market? Now the price of a stone of grain in various places, that is, seven or eight taels of silver, why should you be the culprit of this injustice?

Therefore, the price asking behind him was purely a price hike, and as a result, Lu Ji wanted to swallow a bitter fruit without tears, and used the price of twenty-nine taels of silver and one stone to cover the grain of the Xu family.

Of course, Shen Mo knew that since the other party had made a bloody investment, he would definitely guard it strictly and not let himself buy food elsewhere, and even if he could, he would not let himself be transported back to Suzhou...... Thinking about it, with the strength of the nine families, it is no problem to do this.

But the reason why Shen Mo dared to think so was because he remembered that the third master of the Cao Gang Long had said - 'I have tens of thousands of brothers and more than 1,000 ships, and I can transport 200,000 stone of grain to various provinces in Jiangsu and Zhejiang at the same time before the price of grain drops!'" At that time, the old man's look of anticipation made a deep impression on him.

Since we can sell the grain to various places before the price is reduced, we will definitely be able to buy the grain from all over the country before receiving notice! It was because of this inference that he decisively gave up the Xu family's grain, and immediately found Ma Wuye and asked him to find a way to buy grain and grass on his behalf.

I thought it was a very difficult thing, but I didn't expect Ma Wuye to agree, it turned out that the Cao Gang at this time, although they were not subordinate to each other, but after all, they were in one breath, advancing and retreating together, and there were carrier pigeons coming and going with each other.

When he heard this, he was overjoyed, and handed over all the two million taels of silver tickets and asked him to buy them on his behalf.

Ma Wuye didn't talk to him politely, and he didn't even give him a receipt, just like he didn't want to be silent about signing a contract, what the Jianghu people are talking about is a letter of faith, and only if you can trust it, you will be righteous with you, but don't even give it to me.

After taking the silent errand, Ma Wu invited the Cao Gang brothers from all over the country to buy grain from Jiaxing, Huzhou, and even Huizhou, Yingtian and other places, and spent two days buying 200,000 stone grain and grass from more than 30 counties in six prefectures.

All the money was paid in advance by the Cao gang from all over the country, and in the following month, he carried the silver ticket and came to the door to thank and repay it, of course, there are some other things, which will not be mentioned here for the time being.

Of course, in order not to startle the snakes, these grains and grasses could not be transported to Suzhou, so they entered Taihu Lake from all directions. Today, one ship, tomorrow said two, one after another, it took half a month to finally gather on Sanshan Island. Ma Wuye personally counted it and handed it over to Wang Yongji and Qi Jiguang, who arrived one step earlier.

Wang Yongji wanted to give 30,000 stones to Songjiang Cao Gang as a reward according to his silent meaning, but Ma Wuye insisted on refusing to accept it, and finally pushed it back, so he brought 10,000 stones back.

200,000 stone of grain, in the sheltered dock of Sanshan Island, stayed quietly for seven or eight days, in order to surround the safety and hide people's eyes, Qi Jiguang's army disguised itself as the Yu family army, and practiced in the waters of this area...... Although the real Yu Jiajun has been gone for a while, the local officials and people don't understand the situation, and they think that Yu Jiajun hasn't left cleanly, so they don't think about it elsewhere at all.

Now that they finally waited for the order, as soon as the two of them were combined, Wang Yongji led the team, twenty grain ships, ten military ships, under the banner of the Yu family's army, and set off at night, while Qi Jiguang continued to guard the surplus grain on Sanshan Island.

The fleet in the night, out of the Guajing Pass, on the Wusong River, all the way smoothly, at dawn across the Jiangnan Canal, arrived at Wujiang County at noon, sure enough, encountered the checkpoint on the river.

The official who set up the card was Wujiang Liu, who received an order from Shangfeng to strictly inspect Wusongjiang and not allow a grain of grain to be transported to Suzhou. This work is very good, although the wind is blowing, but 'conscientious' for half a month, the harvest is fatter than a year ago, so the inspector never arrives late or leaves early.

On this day, when I was roasting chicken at the checkpoint, I saw a long fleet of boats coming over, and when Liu Inspector saw that there was a big deal, he went out with the roast chicken, and shouted at his people to set up cards, ready to get a vote.

But when the fleet was close, he was too busy to order someone to open and close, and he didn't even dare to let go of a fart, so he let the fleet with the flag of the Ming Dynasty and the flag of Su Song of Yu Dayou go.

No way, the idea is too hard, if you dare to bite it, you will definitely knock out a mouthful of teeth. Angry, the inspector took a bite of the roast chicken, jumped to his feet and said, "Go, notify Taizun to go!" ”

The officials hurriedly rode back to the city and reported to the lord.

Tang Di, the county magistrate of Wujiang, was reading a book with relish, and after listening to the newspaper, he nodded and said, "Go down, I know." When the messenger had gone down, he continued to read, and threw the matter out of the clouds.

The reason is very simple, he is Tang Ruji's brother, and Tang Zhuangyuan and Shen Mo have worked together in the Hanlin Academy, and everyone is the champion, so they naturally cherish each other...... This is of course Tang Ruji's opinion, in fact, the real reason is that Shen Mo has never been sneering at the 'champion of human feelings' like others, and always interacted with him with an affectionate and respectful attitude, which made the ridiculed Tang Zhuangyuan feel warm, so he sent a letter to Tang Di to cooperate with Shen Mo and not to fight with him.

With this relationship, Tang Di naturally won't get along with Shen Mo, although he doesn't want to offend those people, it's okay to open his eyes and close his eyes.

Shen Mo, who is well versed in the way of being an official, knows that if you want to be invincible in this 'humane society', you have to do kung fu on and off the field, and practice kung fu in the play!

Everyone else thinks that his life is smooth, but they don't know how much effort he has put in offstage and in the early stage.

The time was just right, twenty ships arrived in Suzhou City late at night, the water gate was quietly opened, and they were all put in, mixed into the original grain ships, and when it was dawn, no one even noticed.

So everyone continued to buy unconsciously and unscrupulously, arching the price of grain to more than 20 taels.

This greatly shocked the silence on the big ship, he couldn't imagine that people were so blind, or insensitive, that their shipments had increased so much, and they were unaware of it, and they still flocked to it.

"No, the price of food must be stopped." Shen Mo frowned and ordered: "Tell the following, open two more outlets." "Because of the existence of food stamps, the silent sales behavior is actually divided and reversed, and the payment for the goods is collected first, and the food is delivered later.

He understood and skillfully used this rule to set restrictions on the sale of grain in order to reduce the amount of deliveries per day; But there were no restrictions on the sale of food stamps, and the sale was open, so that the speed of collecting payment for goods far exceeded the speed of grain delivery, and coupled with the purchase price, which was far below the selling price, he certainly made a lot of money.

But we must stop the rise before the food in our hands runs out, otherwise it really won't end. At this time, the best way is to let the price of grain begin to fall, then using coupons is equivalent to buying high-priced grain, which can naturally squeeze out the speculative elements and only leave pure consumer demand.

Therefore, Shen Mo wanted to let the price of grain fall, so he opened two more windows, quietly increased the supply of grain to one million catties per day, and lowered the price by one tael of silver, from twenty-one taels of stone to twenty taels.

The common people may not feel it yet, but for those speculators hidden behind the scenes, the shock is tantamount to the earthquake the year before last!

"Why? Why? The 'Lu Ji' in the shadows screamed frantically: "How could you suddenly increase the supply? Where did he get the food? ”

Lu Ji, who was standing in the light, frowned and listened to him scream, and when he finished venting, he said a little depressed: "It has been ascertained, someone saw that a fleet arrived in the early hours of yesterday morning, and it seems that Shen Mo found food again." ”

"Where did you find it?" Lu Ji in the shadows roared: "Isn't it a net of heaven and earth? How did he let it slip in? ”

"People's hearts are like water, seemingly clear, but in fact, the most unpredictable transmutation." Lu Ji in the light muttered: "Those officials who promised us must have rebelled...... It seems that the connections of silence are not as weak as imagined. ”

"Don't be emotional! Don't praise Him! Lu Ji in the shadows roared angrily: "Go and sell food, what are you waiting for!" ”

"Oh......" The other Lu Ji nodded, and quickly fled away, this demon-like place.

But the grain is not said to be sold and sold, because I am afraid that Shen Mo will find out, so it is hidden in a manor outside Suzhou, although I don't want to, but it is already the next day to transport it to the city.

Lu Ji, who was waiting at the Lushan wharf, was anxious, and when the grain ship arrived, he ordered someone to shout and sell: "Twenty taels and one stones!" Don't crowd or crowd, come and buy it! ”

When he arrived, he called a lot of ordinary people.

The silence five miles away quickly heard the news, and laughed: "It seems that they have seen through it." As he spoke, he said with a solemn face: "Pass the order, fifteen taels per stone!" "He's been waiting for them to do it for a long time!!

"Enjoy this lesson of a lifetime!" Silently looked up to the sky and sighed, venting all the pressure and anger accumulated in the past few months!

When the news from this side was transmitted, Lu Ji almost fainted, and he held on to the big bluestone at the dock and said, "Price reduction, price reduction...... Also fifteen taels ......"

"Ten taels!" Hearing the news of the price reduction over there, Shen Mo lowered the price again, and at the same time, ordered Qi Jiguang, who had been waiting outside the city for a long time, to escort another eighty boats of grain and slowly sailed into Suzhou City.

"Peel off the tarpaulin!" Qi Jiguang gave an order, and all the covers on all the boats were untied, and the rice with white flowers was exposed, and every boat was, and the entire river seemed to have become a world of rice.

Seeing this situation, everyone knows that the price of rice can only fall and not rise, who will buy rice again?

Looking at the crowd that dispersed, Lu Ji only felt dizzy, his throat was sweet, and he spit out a mouthful of blood.

Hearing the unusual sound outside, Lu Ji in the shadow came out in a wheelchair, but people couldn't see the true face of Lushan, because his whole body was wrapped in black cloth, and only two eyes were exposed, what kind of eyes were they? Full of resentment and resentment, gloomy and tyrannical, there is no trace of human beings.

He pushed open the window with trembling hands, leaned on the window and looked out, and saw a river full of rice, and his eyes were full of white flowers.

"It's over...... it's over," he pounded the edge of the window, and finally because of the excessive movement, the robe was lifted, revealing the skin on the back of his hand, which turned out to be a bright red turtle's back, which was shocking.

"Why does he always anticipate my hole cards?" He went completely crazy, pushed his wheelchair and ran through the house, knocking down everything that could knock down the standing bottle, flower pots, kettles, and everything else that could be knocked down, and finally he was also on the table, and fell to the ground in embarrassment, curled up and kept curling, and said angrily: "Why? Why? Why? ”

At this time, the door opened, and Lu Ji, who had vomited blood, walked in, and saw him lying on the ground like a dead dog, so he hurriedly grabbed a few steps, helped him up, and said, "Brother, are you okay......?"

"Why, why?" The black-clothed Lu Ji muttered: "Tell me, Lu Xiu, why can he always expect my hole cards?" ”

It turned out that her real name was Lu Xiu, but I saw her shaking her head slightly, and said with tears rippling: "I don't know either." ”

"Isn't it you, Lu Xiu's ......" The real Lu Ji suddenly grabbed Lu Xiu's clothes, looked at her with resentful eyes, and said: "My twin sister betrayed me, you fell in love with that little white face and betrayed me." ”

"How so?" Lu Xiu shook his head vigorously and said, "How could I betray my brother." ”

"It has to be you." Lu Ji said hysterically: "It must be you, it's you!" You've been caught by him, you've been with him for seven or eight days, and you're sure you've taken a fancy to him! He nodded vigorously and said: "Yes, he is one of the four great talents of the Ming Dynasty, the glory of hundreds of years of reading is on him, and he is young and handsome, not like me, a disfigured one, you must abandon me and find a new love!" Right? ”

"Did you two go to bed?" Lu Ji shouted like a night owl: "Yes, so he is my brother-in-law, you go and let him come to see me, hurry up!" ”

Lu Xiu, who was splashed with his foul language, knew that it was not time to quarrel, because the other party had obviously closed the net, maybe he would find this place in a moment, so he had to hide from that person as soon as possible.

She forcibly pressed her brother to a wheelchair and trapped him with a rope...... Although Lu Ji was like a mad dog, his body was very weak, and he couldn't resist at all, and he was tied up into a zongzi by her three times and five divided by two, but he still chattered in his mouth: "I regret it, right?" I regret that I shouldn't have been so impulsive, let my identity die, and then be a stand-in for me, right? You have been Lu Ji all your life, and you will never get married! God has eyes! Haha......"

"Say no more!" Lu Xiu screamed, wiped away her tears, stared at him fixedly with red eyebrows, and said, "Tell you, Lu Ji!" I have always been proud of you in my life, and our Lu family is the most important, so far, I have never regretted being a stand-in for you, and I have always been very proud that I can meet people as the most admired brother! As he spoke, he gritted his silver teeth and said, "But let me tell you, I really regret it now!" I regret giving you this wretched and cowardly as a stand-in! ”

Listening to her words, Lu Ji seemed to have been immobilized, stunned, motionless, and cried for a long time.

"Don't cry!" Lu Xiu glared angrily, Lu Ji really didn't cry, and listened to her: "Stay in Qingshan without worrying about no firewood, lose this game, and the next one, let's go!" ”

"You're right," Lu Ji seemed to be scolded and woke up, and regained that serpent-like calm, and said: "Yes, we still have a chance, we can't knock him down from the front, we can think of other ways!" ”

"That's right." Lu Xiu sighed and said, "Let's go." So he put a blanket over him and carried him downstairs.

The brother and sister got into the carriage in the courtyard, went directly to the south of the city, and entered the familiar alley, Lu Xiu felt a fever on his face, the arrogance of yesterday was still in front of him, but now he wants to seek the protection of others, this is really a man who is not arrogant, and the world will repay it!

Knock on the door, the door opens, and the car enters.

Zhu Shisan stood in the courtyard, and when he saw Lu Xiu in men's clothes, he stroked his palms and smiled: "How is it, what am I talking about?" If you don't listen, it's you Lu Dashao who came to beg me last! ”

Lu Xiu was ashamed and annoyed, and said angrily: "The phoenix that has lost its hair is not something that a rooster can taunt!" ”

"Wrong," Zhu Shisan said with a smile: "You are better than a phoenix that has lost hair, I have heard that the Xu family has already sued the Metropolitan Governor, saying that you have maliciously defrauded and did not pay for the goods, making them lose their lives and money, let's see what the Metropolitan Governor will do." ”

"What?" Lu Xiu couldn't stand still, and asked in a low voice, "You stabbed it, right?" ”

"Don't be stupid, don't be naïve." Zhu Shisan laughed and said: "I am the thirteenth Taibao of Jinyi Wei, and I am loyal to the Governor of Dadu, not the nephew of the Governor of Dadu, do you think I will help you hide from him?" Saying that, his face was ruthless, and he said sharply: "I told you several times and three times that the Metropolitan Governor ordered that you are not allowed to embarrass Lord Shen, but you turned a deaf ear, and several times and intensified to put him to death, I have already reported everything you did, just wait to meet the anger of the Metropolitan Governor!" ”

(To be continued)