The next morning, brothers Tang Chuan and Tang Hai arrived at Hanjia Village early.
Wei Yunlan and the maids were counting the small incense burners that the people of Hanjia Village had made overnight. There were more of them than Wei Yunlan and the village head's wife had expected, almost reaching two thousand.
Calculated at three cents per piece, Wei Yunlan took out six taels of silver and gave the old man an additional three taels as a deposit for the next batch of bamboo toys.
Tang Chuan and Tang Hai waited on the side and listened to the whole process.
He couldn't help but sigh. Fortunately, their people didn't have time to go inside last night and were detained at the entrance of the village. Otherwise, considering that nearly half of the people in Hanjia Village had not slept all night, they would have been recognized by the villagers long ago, and the matter of Xiayun Village and the grain would definitely not be concealed.
The two brothers looked at each other and thought with a smile on their faces.
It seems that it is fortunate that he was caught early?
"Master Tang, Master Tang."
Wei Yunlan walked towards the Tang brothers, and Tang Chuan and Tang Hai subconsciously stood up straight.
The two men look about 60% similar, but Tang Chuan is thinner and looks a little more shrewd than the honest Tang Hai.
"Miss, you can just call us Tang Da or Tang Er." Tang Chuan imitated the manner of a scholar and politely cupped his hands. "I heard from Tang Hai that Miss, do you have a good way to deal with this batch of our grain?"
"yes."
"I wonder what the original intention of the Tang leader to establish Xiayun Village was?" Wei Yunlan asked bluntly, "Is it to make money and live a luxurious life?"
"How is that possible!"
Tang Chuan no longer had the shrewdness he had just shown. A hint of indignation emerged on his face after being misunderstood. "We established Xiayun Village to find a way to make a living for the people in the nearby villages!"
"Miss, you really misunderstood us." Tang Hai also hurriedly explained: "Although the village was established not long ago, in addition to this granary incident, we also intercepted refugees who fled from the Dan River and caught a kidnapper once..."
Wei Yunlan had an idea in mind.
Although this group of people created a name for themselves as a cottage, in fact, it is more like a guard team spontaneously formed by young and middle-aged men from several nearby villages than a cottage.
"I have two ideas." Wei Yunlan raised a finger, "One is that you sell this batch of grain to me, and when the news is over, I can use the silver to exchange for the grain."
Then he extended another finger, "Secondly, I hired you to leave Xiakou County and travel between Beiguan and Yandu Gorge to do work for me. In addition to the reward, I will also help you settle the grain robbery."
Secretly, Wei Yunlan hoped that they would choose the latter.
But she wouldn't lose out by choosing the first one, as she just wanted to store more food in the space.
"Please let us think about it..."
"No rush, you can discuss it." Wei Yunlan glanced at the sky, "But I won't wait for you too long, our team will leave here before noon."
Leaving the space for communication to the Tang brothers, Wei Yunlan led Ningshuang and Tingxue out of the yard. The Wei family was already preparing to load the car.
The wheel was repaired yesterday. This morning they replenished some clean water in the village and borrowed a lot of dry food from the kitchen of Village Chief Han.
While the others were busy with these things in the village, Gao took the time to take Wei Mingxuan to Xiakou County.
He set out early in the morning and returned before noon. In addition to inquiring for news, the carriage was also filled with a lot of things he bought in the county town.
However, they did not buy any food. Most of what they bought were the spices and condiments that Wei Yunlan had listed on the list earlier.
As soon as she came back, Gao said, "The grain prices in Xiakou County are almost catching up with what we saw in Suijiang."
Wei Mingxuan also added: "Each person can only buy one dou at most. I heard that this is the requirement of the county government. By the way, the county is still searching for the grain stolen from the granary. I heard that someone pushed a cart and secretly transported the grain out of the city that night."
In fact, as long as you do something, there will be traces to follow.
Unless County Magistrate Lu does not investigate this matter any further, sooner or later the case will be traced back to Tang Chuan, Tang Hai and their Xiayun Village.
Tang Chuan and Tang Hai no longer had any hesitation in their hearts. "Girl, let's choose the second one."
"Our parents died early, so it doesn't matter if we are caught, but we still have many brothers in Xiayun Village, and our whole family lives in the village. If we are implicated in this, it will be the end... Please help us!"
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Just after noon, the Wei family's convoy left Hanjia Village.
Unlike when they came, there were nearly twenty more people in the team when they left. They were brothers such as Tang Chuan, Tang Hai and Xiao Shuan who were willing to leave Xiakou County and work outside.
The original Xiayun Village has also been "changed". There is no village left now, only a bodyguard team spontaneously formed by young men from nearby villages who go out to find work.
The way Wei Yunlan is addressed has also changed from Miss Wei to Master Dong.
"Boss, will Magistrate Lu really not cause trouble to us or the village again?" When stopping to rest, Tang Hai jumped off the carriage filled with goods and asked Wei Yunlan worriedly.
"Don't worry, he is now..." Wei Yunlan turned around and glanced in the direction of Xiakou County, "I think he doesn't have time to bother you."
That's true.
The Wei family had just left Xiakou County, and within half a day, Magistrate Lu, who was still racking his brains over how to replenish the remaining food, was taken away by an assistant from the Censorate.
It turned out that he had let the matter of people looting food from the villages under his jurisdiction be exposed.
He just couldn't figure out how the affairs of his small county had reached the ears of Qin, the Censor who was in charge of punishments in the three states of Huang, Qing and Xing.
What I can't understand even more is why the Censorate sent people to take care of this matter. Aren't they just going to turn a blind eye and collect the food needed by the troops stationed in the north?
"What they are afraid of is that my father will file a memorial to the emperor and report the North's affairs to the capital."
Wei Maolin stroked his beard and sighed to his children, "Our emperor is becoming more and more moody now."
Wei Mingxuan asked worriedly, "Will the local censor do something to you out of fear that you will file a complaint with the emperor?"
"No." Wei Maolin shook his head. "This place is not far from the North Gate. After the incident with the Holy Moon Sect, the court has countless eyes watching us. No one dares to target my father at this time."
However, being noticed by the imperial court has both advantages and disadvantages.
No matter what you want to do, it's not that convenient.
After thinking for a while, Wei Maolin continued, "There are only three to five days left. After tomorrow morning, I will take Steward Wang and others to go ahead. Lan'er, if you want to do anything, you can do it during these few days. As long as you reach Beiguan within ten days, it will be fine."
Wei Yunlan's eyes lit up when he heard this.
Her father really understood her thoughts. She was worried that she would not have the chance to get those things out of the space!
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