After lunch that day, a merchant from the neighboring Bashu County came to sell and buy grain, surnamed Zhu Mingchun, wearing a gorgeous satin robe, full of fat intestines, and a rich body.

The merchant Zhu Chun led a few servants to wander around Dongliu Township and shouted, saying that the price of grain in Bashu County had risen and it was urgent to buy tens of thousands of catties of grain.

No, the Wu family has already begun to carry grain in large quantities and discharge them from the hospital, and sell them to Zhu Chun one by one at a price two percent higher than the market price.

The Wu family's large amount of grain sales envied the ordinary people of Dongliu Township, and they were all speculating in their hearts how much snowflakes and silver the Wu family would have to enter this time.

If there is envy, there will naturally be red-eyed.

At the gate of the Wu family, there was a pile of grain as high as a small mountain, and when the sacks were passing through the scales, there were already good people who spread the news to the Lizheng Liu family, which was less than two miles away from the Wu family.

Li Zheng Liu Lao Lai was sitting in the hall with a bowl of tea and his son Liu Armang, listening to the colorful report of the visitor, and his face couldn't help but become wonderful.

Liu Laolai's lean body like a hemp rod tightened suddenly, and the high and protruding cheekbones of his cheeks trembled from time to time, I don't know whether he was happy or surprised.

And his son Liu Armang, who has a pig's nose and a green onion, is different, he is already happy, he is pulling his fingers to calculate the account, and muttering: "Two percent higher than the market price, tsk, hehe, this is really a hair." ”

Then he shouted at Liu Laolai: "Dad, our family didn't go a few days ago... Hmm..."

Before he could say anything, he was covered by Liu Laolai's skinny palm, and then glared at him anxiously, signaling him to silence.

After Liu Armang's mouth was stopped, Liu Laolai laughed twice and said to the person who reported the news: "Well, thank you for your hard work, you already know what you said, you can go back." ”

The person who reported the news was a lazy man from Dongliu Township, who belonged to the master who had eaten the last meal but did not have the next meal.

The reason why he died begging for nothing to report the news was nothing more than that he was greedy for Liu Lizheng to be in a good mood after hearing the news, and rewarded him with three melons and two dates.

But now Liu Lizheng didn't want him to be present to hear the conversation between their father and son, and directly ordered him to be expelled.

I ran away for a while, can this lazy man do it?

So he got up slightly, stretched out his right hand and scratched his chest, then handed his right hand forward, and then smiled at Liu Laolai.

It's obvious that this is to be rewarded.

When Liu Armang saw it, he was paralyzed, and he dared to ask for a reward? It's really a face.

The gesture is about to get up and slap the lazy man in the mouth.

Who knew that he was about to get up, but he was pulled down by Liu Laolai, and he glanced at him again, and said softly: "Bastard, don't lose a big thing because of a small thing." ”

Then he dug it out of his sleeve and felt it for a long time before he took out a copper plate.

Bite~~

Liu Laolai flicked his fingers and threw the copper plate directly into the arms of the lazy man who reported the news.

The lazy man took the copper plate and took a look, my day, only one? It's not enough for Lao Tzu to buy a small wine or two to drink.

So he continued to tickle his chest, thinking about reaching out again to beg for a reward, but who? But who knew that his hand hadn't stretched out yet, but Liu Armang couldn't hold it anymore.

He got up, and then scolded the lazy man: "Get out, otherwise Lao Tzu will let the dog go." ”

Damn!

The lazy man knew how powerful a few black-skinned dogs were in the Liu family's compound, and that was called a murderous one.

Where do you dare to delay your efforts here, and you have already fled out of the hall with a bang.

When he escaped from the Liu family's compound, he turned his head and spat on it, and scolded and said: "Okay, you Liu family, Lao Tzu cursed your whole family to be seized by the government." Let you kill me, let you slam the door, you give the damn Liu Laolai. ”

The father and son of the Liu family in the courtyard of the Liu family naturally couldn't hear the curse of the lazy man, because at this time, the father and son had already begun to quarrel, where could they take care of this lazy man.

Liu Armang stepped on the chair with one foot while holding the boogers, and shouted loudly: "Dad, you are an old fool." Seeing that there is silver in front of you and not making money, do you have to wait for the tens of thousands of catties of grain to become moldy and rotten? ”

Bang!

Liu Laolai slapped his palm on the desk next to him, and scolded Liu Armang angrily: "You unfilial bastard, do you scold yourself like this?" Where am I confused, I am careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, do you understand? You know that the grain is not visible, if it is found out, let alone you and me, the entire Liu family, and even your brother-in-law will lose their heads. ”

As he spoke, he stepped forward and grabbed Liu Amang's big ears, gritted his teeth angrily and reprimanded: "You don't remember to eat or fight, you don't have a long brain, you still have to play a ball if you lose your head?" ”

Seeing the white silver flowing in front of his eyes, but he could only see but not touch, and couldn't grab it in his pocket, Liu Amang couldn't care about the pain of being scratched in his ear, and continued to fight: "It's because the tens of thousands of catties of food can't see the light of day, so I have to get rid of it quickly." My father, how many people are there in our Liu family? When will you be able to eat all those grains, and when the time comes, it will be rotten and moldy, isn't it a pity to waste it in vain? Besides, isn't there still my brother-in-law who works on an errand in the county office? He's a well-known catcher, and he doesn't have to pay for the next restaurant, so he's angry, what are we afraid of? ”

As soon as he heard that his son-in-law Qin Wei was on an errand in the Yamen, and he was still a well-known head catcher, Liu Laolai gradually calmed down.

He slowly let go of Liu Amang's ears, walked back to his seat, and slowly muttered: "It's not proper, this thing is too strange, just after 10,000 catties of grain were lost in the grain drying field, there were businessmen from Bashu County who came to our Dongliu Township to collect grain, it was too much of a coincidence." ”

Liu Armang's heart is now plunged into the pile of silver, where does it matter if the coincidence is still strange, he only knows that as soon as this grain is taken off, seven or eight hundred taels of snowflake silver will come in.

What is the source of income for the Liu family?

Is it nothing more than the nearly 100 acres of fertile land to collect rent?

But just this hundred acres of fertile land, it is only more than 100 taels of silver a year, which is not the same grade as the Wu family at all.

If the Liu family is given an extra seven or eight hundred taels of silver out of thin air, what kind of situation will it be? When the time comes, he will get a hundred taels of silver from it, and then go to the county town to be seerable, majestic, and feel like a rich second generation.

The last time his brother-in-law Qin Wei took him to the Full Moon Building where the meat was opened, he still remembers it vividly.

Those girls in the Full Moon Building are pink-haired, and they look so beautiful, where can they be compared to the earthy village girls and widows in Dongliu Township.

Tsk, the smell of fat powder, the cherry mouth poured a small sip of wine into his mouth, that is called a joy!

So Liu Amang's eyes purred, and he thought about it, and snorted at Liu Laolai: "Dad, my sister said it last time she went back to her parents' house, and my brother-in-law fell in love with a girl in the city again, saying that he wanted to be accepted into the Qin family as a concubine. My sister's status in the Qin family is in jeopardy, if you give my brother-in-law a few hundred taels of silver at this critical time, let him run away from the official or something, hehe, can my sister's status still be shaken? ”

Fools have stupid words, but they often get to the point.

As soon as he heard Liu Amang's words, Liu Laolai, a thoughtful old fox, suddenly became melancholy.

Yes, now that the Liu family can gain a foothold in Dongliu Township, in addition to the operation of several generations, it relies on its son-in-law Qin Wei to be the head catcher in the Yamen.

The biggest reason why Wu Maocai, an old dog of the Wu family, is not afraid of the Liu family because he has a good son-in-law?

If his daughter's status in the Qin family plummets, will he, the old man, still be a fart in Qin Wei's eyes?

Why don't you try?

Liu Laolai's mind began to waver.

However, it was the head snake who had been entrenched in Dongliu Township for many years, and his decades of life experience made him have a sensitive understanding of the crisis.

Let him rashly take out the tens of thousands of catties of disgraceful grain at home and sell it, and he can't tell the source of these grains, which is tantamount to asking for his own death. He would rather starve to death than do such a stupid thing.

As long as these tens of thousands of catties of grain reach the ears of the soap class officials, it will be over.

You must know that the county government has recorded the large households in each township and village, and the number of grain harvests in a year has been recorded in the Caofang.

As long as the tens of thousands of catties of grain and grass of the Liu family are exposed, it will be a dead end.

So Liu Laolai, who was as cunning as a fox, glanced at his son, who was already anxious, and then asked, "Why don't we invite that Bashu grain merchant surnamed Zhu into the house to test it?" ”

Liu Armang's thigh slapped and shouted, "It should have been like this a long time ago, my father." ”

At this time, the subordinates sent by the Liu family to inquire about the news of the Wu family suddenly broke into the hall and shouted urgently at Liu Laolai: "Master, master, it's terrible, it's really amazing." ”

Liu Laolai was frightened by this person, and shouted: "Hurry up and speak slowly, the sky hasn't fallen yet." ”

The man was drunk by Liu Laolai, stopped his steps, and shouted: "Master, the grain merchant surnamed Zhu just now said again, and he will return to Bashu County the day after tomorrow." Therefore, the time limit for the harvest is today and tomorrow, and it is ......."

Liu Laolai glared at this subordinate who had left half of his words, and scolded: "And what, hurry up." ”

The man stammered: "Moreover, the grain merchant surnamed Zhu said that the price of grain will be raised by one percent, and it will be purchased at three percent higher than the market price until it is enough." When the little one came back just now, there were already several large grain producers in several villages rushing to the direction of Wu's house to inquire about the news. ”

Oh~~

A call suddenly sounded in the hall, and there was infinite urgency in the loud voice.

Liu Laolai swept his eyes, his bastard son had already shot out like a sharp arrow, and he had already rushed out of the hall and ran towards the gate......