Chapter three hundred and twentieth solve the food and grass
Hearing that Liu Xiu only wanted food and grass, several clan leaders looked at each other and heaved a sigh of relief together.
They all said with smiles on their faces: "Don't worry, General Liu. In the next few days, we will start raising a batch of grain and send it to the county government."
Liu Xiu smiled and said, "If that's the case, Xiu would really be grateful."
"Oh, General Liu is so polite. The Han army brothers got rid of the two great scourges Li Wen and Jia Xuan for the people of Xiangcheng. It is also my duty to raise some food and grass for the Han army brothers!" Everyone was satisfied!
He said with a smile on his face.
Liu Xiu chatted with them for a while, and seeing that he looked tired, several clan leaders got up knowingly and said goodbye to Liu Xiu one after another.
After they left, Wang Ba couldn't help snorting coldly and said angrily: "When Li Wen and Jia Xuan were here, they tried their best to flatter and please them in every possible way. Now Li Wen and Jia Xuan are dead."
, they changed their faces quickly, turned around immediately, and insulted me in every possible way. They are really a bunch of villains who adapt to the wind!"
Liu Xiu smiled and said: "Uncle Yuan, it is human nature to support the superior and suppress the inferior. It is also a wise way to protect one's own safety by adjusting to the wind."
He followed his eldest brother in revolting and fought from Chongling to Wancheng. Along the way, he had never seen any kind of people or encountered any kind of things. He had already understood all the manifestations of human nature.
, accustomed to it.
While he was talking, a soldier came in, saluted Liu Xiu, and said: "General, He Lu, the manager of Yongcang Grain Store, wants to see you!"
Liu Xiu blinked, raised his head and said, "Please."
After a while, the soldiers brought in two people from outside, a man and a woman, an old man and a young man.
The older middle-aged man is in his forties, with a square face, small eyes, a big nose, and a big mouth. He is not handsome in appearance, and his clothes are very unusual.
He has a gorgeous jade crown on his head, wearing an exquisite satin robe, and a belt made of gold thread around his waist. There are several jade pendants tied to the belt, including white jade, blood jade, and black jade.
, the jade pendants collided with each other and made a tinkling sound.
Looking at his palm, he has a jade ring and a gold ring. This outfit, from head to toe, proves one thing to people, I am rich, very rich!
There was an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl who came in with him. Although her clothes were very gorgeous, at least the colors were simple and elegant. Compared with the middle-aged people, this girl's clothes were much more pleasing to the eye.
Liu Xiu didn't know the middle-aged man, but he knew the girl who came with him. His eyes flashed, and he murmured in his heart, it turned out to be her! Miss He!
Her surname was He, and the manager of the Yongcang Grain Store was also surnamed He. Now that they were here together, Liu Xiu could already guess the identity of Miss He very well.
No wonder she came from a humble background but was invited to attend Li Hun's wedding.
In today's troubled times, having money in one's hands is not as good as having grain in one's hands. The He family's Yongcang Grain Store is one of the largest grain merchants in Xiangcheng. Thinking about it, this is the main reason why Li Wen, Li Hun and his son have a special regard for the He family.
After the middle-aged man entered the hall, he hunched his neck and straightened his shoulders, not daring to look around at all. He knelt down on his knees, bowed forward and said in a trembling voice: "Little man He Lu, please pay your respects to General Liu!"
Miss He, like the middle-aged people, also knelt down and kowtowed.
While kowtowing, the middle-aged man turned to look at Miss He. The latter saw his questioning look, lowered her eyes and nodded slightly. Seeing her gesture, the middle-aged man suddenly looked happy.
Miss He had already told him what happened in the Li Mansion, and also mentioned that on the way home, she helped an assassin named Liu Xiu, but she didn't know if this Liu Xiu was from the Han Army in Nanyang.
Liu Xiu.
Now that he had received his daughter's confirmation, He Lu was naturally overjoyed. The Han army was currently in charge of Xiangcheng, and the leader of the Han army was Liu Xiu. His daughter had helped him. How could he not look at the He family in a different light?
He Lu did not expect Liu Xiu to be so kind to the He family. As long as he could save the lives of the whole family, he would be satisfied.
"Mr. He, please rise. Who is this?" Liu Xiu waved his hand to He Lu first, and then his eyes fell on Miss He's face.
He Lu did not dare to get up immediately, knelt on the ground, and said cautiously: "General Liu, this is my daughter He Miaoying."
Liu Xiu smiled and said: "It turns out to be Miss Miaoying!"
Hearing that Liu Xiu had changed her name, He Miaoying involuntarily raised her head and looked at Liu Xiu with confusion in her eyes. The latter smiled and said: "When I am waiting for Li Mansion to assassinate Li Wen and Jia Xuan, Miss Miaoying is
Helped me."
Seeing Liu Xiu frankly confessing the matter, He Lu was surprised and happy. He quickly raised his hands and said, "It is really my blessing that I can help General Liu!"
He Miaoying asked with concern: "How is General Liu's injury?"
He Lu glared at her dissatisfiedly and told her to be careful, ask what she should ask, and don't ask what she shouldn't. Maybe she didn't want others to know about her injuries!
Liu Xiu was much more easy-going and open-minded than he thought. He touched his shoulder and said with a smile: "I'm sorry to bother you, Miss Miaoying. The injury is no longer serious."
After exchanging pleasantries with He Miaoying, Liu Xiu turned to look at He Lu and said, "Mr. He is the big shopkeeper of Yongcang Grain Shop."
"Exactly...exactly! The villain runs several grain shops in Xiangcheng." He Lu nodded in response.
"I asked about the price of grain in Yongcang Grain Store. It is higher than that in Kunyang, and much higher." Liu Xiu said slowly.
He said it in an understatement, but He Lu suddenly broke out in cold sweat.
Liu Xiu continued: "It can be seen that Director He has made a fortune by selling grain in recent years. He wears gold and silver, which is enviable!"
He Lu heard this, his legs softened, he knelt on the ground with a thud, kowtowed forward repeatedly, and said urgently: "General Liu, spare your life, General Liu, spare your life..."
Now his intestines are filled with regret, regretting that he didn't listen to his daughter's advice.
Before coming, He Miaoying reminded him not to dress so ostentatiously, but he felt that he wore more expensive clothes. Firstly, it would give him face, and secondly, it could also prove to the Han army that he was valuable.
But after meeting Liu Xiu, he realized that he was wrong. Liu Xiu was completely different from those rumored leaders of the rebel army. He did not wear gold and silver just because he became rich.
He only wore an ordinary cloth robe, an ordinary bun on his head, wrapped in a cloth towel, cloth boots on his feet, and no decorative items around his waist.
In front of Liu Xiu like this, He Lu felt that the gold, silver and jade articles he wore would not only make him lose face, but more like a talisman for his life.
He swallowed and stammered: "The price of grain in the villain's grain store is not... set by the villain himself, but... it is set by Li Wen. The grain sold by the villain is only...
...Only a small profit was made, most of the profits were...taken away by Li Wen..."
Liu Xiu fully believed what he said. If he didn't get the slightest benefit from him, Li Wen wouldn't be so kind to him and even invited him to bring his family to his son's wedding.
However, for businessmen like He Lu, especially the extremely valuable grain merchants, they still have to be beaten.
Liu Xiu stood up slowly, walked down from the seat, stood in front of He Lu, lowered his head and looked down at him, and asked slowly: "So, it's not He who is in charge of the people who fish and eat the people of Xiangcheng.
But Li Wen."
"Exactly...exactly!" He Lu sweated like rain and replied tremblingly.
"But Li Wen is dead." If you say this now, aren't you going to die without any evidence?
"The villain...the villain has an account book in his hand. In the account book, he remembers everything clearly. If General Liu doesn't believe the villain, the villain will immediately ask someone to get the account book!" He Lu said anxiously.
Liu Xiu was silent for a moment, smiled lightly, bent down, held He Lu's arm, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper He, get up and talk!"
Phew! After being helped up by Liu Xiu's own hands, He Lu couldn't help exhaling a long breath. He felt a chill on his back, and the clothes on his back were already soaked through.
Liu Xiu said with a smile: "Don't worry, Shopkeeper He. I'm just asking casually. Besides, Miss Miaoying has helped me. Even for Miss Miaoying's sake, I won't embarrass Shopkeeper He.
"
"Thank you, General Liu! Thank you so much, General Liu!" He Lu bowed his hands to Liu Xiu.
Liu Xiu waved his hand and said: "Now that Li Wen is dead, the food prices in Xiangcheng should return to normal, at least the same as Kunyang. What does the shopkeeper think?"
He Lu nodded repeatedly and responded: "Yes, yes, yes! General Liu's words make sense. After the villain returns, he will immediately lower the price of food in the food store."
Liu Xiu said: "In addition, our army is currently short of food and grass. What kind of help does the shopkeeper need in this matter?"
He Lu was stunned for a moment, and then he patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, General Liu, as long as there are villains here, we will never let our brothers in the Han army go hungry!"
Liu Xiu laughed when he heard this. Everything else he said was false. Only He Lu's words were true.
He said: "If Shopkeeper He can really do what he says and solve the food and fodder problem of our army, I will report to Your Majesty why Shopkeeper asked for the reward. I don't dare to say that Shopkeeper He can get a full-time official position, but I can let Shopkeeper He
Get a title!"
Liu Xiu was very good at discerning people's hearts. What did a nouveau riche like He Lu want most? He already had a lot of money. What he wanted most was status, to be recognized by the nobles and to be on an equal footing with the nobles.
And He Lu has been working hard in this direction, trying his best to squeeze into the gentry class. Unfortunately, he was born in the market, and the gentry class did not like him and could not tolerate him as a businessman.
It would be different if He Lu got the title of nobility. He could wash away his background of a common man and become a member of the gentry class.
Hearing Liu Xiu's words, He Lu was shocked. Without saying a word, he kowtowed forward again. His head banged when it hit the ground. His excited voice trembled and he said: "Thank you, General Liu! General Liu's."
The villain will never forget your great kindness and virtue. From now on, the villain will swear allegiance to General Liu to the death, and will not give up even if he is killed!"
He Lu was so excited that he didn't know what to say. His square face turned red due to congestion.
Seeing this, Jia Fu and others beside him were a little dumbfounded. They murmured in their hearts, is this shopkeeper He crazy about wanting a title?
None of them are businessmen, so naturally they don't understand the hardships of businessmen.
Businessmen have money and can do many things with money. They should be a very powerful class in society, but their political status is so low that even in the eyes of the gentry, their status is inferior to that of common people.
In the past, even if He Lu wanted to squeeze into the gentry class, even if he wanted to have a good relationship with the gentry or have some friendship with them, it was very difficult. Now that he has suddenly been recognized by Liu Xiu, can he be unhappy?
At this time, He Lu had already made up his mind that he must have a good relationship with Liu Xiu.
Isn’t the Han army short of food? He doesn’t have much in his hands, but he has a lot of food. Whatever the Han army lacks, he will make up for it! As long as Liu Xiu is firmly grasped as a backer, the He family will have no worries in the future.
Can't you squeeze into the gentry class? An opportunity that can change the fate of the He family has been placed in front of you.