The city lord Liu Huan smiled humbly and entertained him with delicious food and wine: "Young Marshal Chen defended his family and country, guarded our reputation in Great Xia, and led the army in the Northern Expedition. He is truly a young hero!"
"This city lord proposes a toast to you!"
Liu Huan raised the wine bottle and was about to drink first as a courtesy, but he didn't expect to be interrupted by the other party: "Wait a minute!"
"Uh... Young Marshal, do you have any other instructions?" Liu Huan looked confused.
I saw Chen Shen pointing in the direction of the military school field outside the city lord's palace, and said lukewarmly: "I don't dare to take the order. It's just that my brothers in Paoze are hungry outside, how can I patronize you and feast on them? Or?
Just wait!"
As soon as these words came out, the hearts of more than a dozen officers of Xiaoqi were warmed.
Regardless of whether this young man is acting or sincere, at least he pretends to be brothers in his heart!
"The young commander's willingness to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers is really admirable! In this case, the Lord of this city will wait with you. In an hour and a half, the meals and horse fodder to comfort the troops will be delivered."
Chen Shen nodded: "Thank you, City Lord."
“I don’t dare to take it, I don’t dare to take it!”
Liu Huan waved his hands repeatedly, with a respectful expression on his face, but in his heart he was dismissive of Chen Shen's actions: "Tch, people like you have too many opinions."
"On the surface, you pretend to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. But when you turn around and go behind the scenes, don't you just care about your own happiness and live in debauchery?"
"Your tricks of winning people's hearts can only fool the big gangsters outside!"
At this moment, a young official suddenly walked into the palace quickly: "Report to the Lord of the City, there are more than 200 shopkeepers from various restaurants and animal farms outside the palace. They were brought by the Xiaoqi Army. They said that they were summoned by Marshal Chen.
They have important matters to discuss."
"Oh?" Liu Huan turned his questioning eyes to the young man at the head of the guest list.
The city lord certainly knew that before the large army entered the city, a small group of 200 people entered the city before them and then dispersed without knowing where they were going. Liu Huan did not ask much at that time.
Now it seems that Chen Shen actually sent these people to find the owners of the tavern and the zoo?
"Damn, is this guy trying to extort money from the merchants in my city in the name of sending troops to defeat the enemy?"
"His grandma knows that this little guy has no good plans!" Liu Huan cursed in his heart.
No wonder he was so angry.
It doesn't matter if Chen Shen makes this deal, he will leave early tomorrow morning anyway.
But those businesses suffered losses and complained, which directly had a huge negative impact on the city's tax revenue...
If he hadn't been worried about the other party's identity, Liu Huan would have flipped the table on the spot!
Chen Shen turned a blind eye to the fire in the middle-aged man's eyes and clasped his fists to himself: "City Master Liu, I do have important matters to discuss with them. Can you let them come into the palace to discuss it?"
"Damn it! It's unlucky for me to have such a young marshal from the Northern Expedition on the stand!"
Liu Huan took a deep breath, cursed secretly in his mind, and slowly said: "In that case, young commander, please do it yourself."
"Thank you!"
After a while, two hundred brave cavalry soldiers entered the palace with a group of trembling shopkeepers.
Fortunately, the main hall of the city lord's palace is big enough, so it doesn't feel crowded when there are hundreds of people suddenly there.
"Oh! I really don't know how much money this coach will have to cheat us before he gives up?"
"I just ask him not to open his mouth like a lion. If the amount is not too big, it won't matter. Just treat it as a loss of money and avoid disaster..."
Obviously, these shopkeepers have the same thoughts as City Master Liu.
Among the elites of the Knight Cavalry, the one with the lowest level of cultivation is the four-star profound practitioner. In this second-level town, the four-star profound practitioner can already be regarded as a third-rate master.
In addition, on their epaulette nameplates, there are clearly three gold-inlaid characters "Xiaoqijun" engraved on them. As a Daxia citizen, who doesn't know the name Xiaoqijun?
They came to invite them in the name of the commander-in-chief, and these business owners naturally did not dare to disobey orders. Long before they came, these people were prepared to bleed...
As the saying goes: Common people are half as short as officials.
What's more, the man in front of him was a powerful official with powerful cavalry and warriors, so the shopkeepers became more and more respectful. As soon as they entered the door and paid homage to the city lord, they all clasped their fists and bowed before paying homage to Chen Shen.
"Haha, don't be nervous, everyone, and there is no need to be so polite in front of me."
Chen Shen smiled and said: "The reason why I called you here is actually because I have a business to discuss with you."
"Alas! What is supposed to come has finally come!"
"Your uncle, if you are greedy for money, you are greedy for money. How dare you call it business? I have never seen such a thick-skinned person."
The shopkeepers complained in their hearts, but nodded in agreement on their faces.
The next second, Chen Shen stood up and walked into the open space in the palace, waving his hand——
"Clatter!"
The corpses of dozens of spiritual-level mysterious beasts were dumped by him.
"This, this, this...this is the body of a spiritual-level mysterious beast? My God, there are more than a hundred of them!"
"The essence and blood of these mysterious beast corpses have not dried up, and the skin and flesh are not yet cold. They must have been dead not long ago, right?"
Whether they are the tavern tavern owner or the host, they are all very discerning people, and each of them knows the goods better than the other.
In the astonished gazes of everyone, Chen Shen spoke again: "These mysterious beasts were all hunted by me on the way here. They have only been here for an hour, so they are still fresh!"
"The corpse of the mysterious beast will be taken away by everyone in the animal farm. The skin, bones, and blood of the spiritual-level mysterious beast are treasures."
"There are a total of one hundred and forty-six here. I won't break it down to the middle and upper grades with you. I only charge 30 million gold. Isn't that excessive?"
"Not too much, not too much at all!"
"Yes, yes, this is still 20% lower than the public price on the market!"
The owners of the animal farm all nodded their heads when they heard this, their eyes filled with unconcealable ecstasy.
Only then did they realize that they had wrongly blamed the young marshal before——
They have no intention of cheating money, they are really here to do business, and it is a very profitable and good business for them!
A group of people immediately collected 30 million gold in silver notes and handed them to Chen Shen respectfully.
According to the rules, whoever pays more will naturally get more and better mysterious beast corpses later.
The young man did not take the money. Instead, he pointed at the shopkeepers of the large and medium-sized restaurants and said, "Give the money directly to them."
"I will use this money to buy from your restaurant enough low-grade mortal food to feed 25,000 people, plus dried meat for a ten-day ration. Of course, it must be of low-grade mortal quality."
As a second-level town, in these large and medium-sized restaurants, there are many Xuanshi masters with one to three stars at the mortal level. It is not difficult to make low-grade Xuanshi at the mortal level that can be eaten by tens of thousands of people.
But I heard the young man say again: "These foods are only 26 million in total. The extra money should be regarded as hard work for you."
"This general has only one request: hurry!"
"Xuanshi must be delivered to the soldiers at the school within an hour. The dried meat must be delivered here at sunrise tomorrow. Can it be done?"
"Can, can, can! It must be possible!"
"Don't worry, sir, the common people will live up to their duties!"
When things have developed to this point, City Lord Liu, who is in the leading position, really wants to dig a hole in the ground and crawl in. His old face is very red——
It turns out that this young man is not playing tricks to win people's hearts, but his true love is as bright as the bright sun and the bright moon...