Chapter 506: A Deal
"Brother Hu, please send someone back to ask the people how much these cars can be sold for." Shen Wan smiled and turned to look at Hu Dahai. "It's not easy for the officials to come all the way here. If you can help, you should try your best to help."
After hearing this, the leading officer finally let go of his worries.
She's just a woman, who would expect her to achieve anything great?
In the final analysis, isn't it just that he felt he suffered a loss by paying grain and wanted to make up for the loss from them?
Your Excellency the Prefect is really overthinking it.
Before leaving, he repeatedly reminded people to be careful of this woman and Xie Mubai, and said that they were the third prince's biggest concern.
Thinking of this, a look of contempt appeared between the officer's brows.
Hu Dahai understood.
He nodded, and pretended to send Feng Er to question him.
As the most capable killer around the Third Prince, how could Feng Er be a fool!
After entering the city, he casually walked around and came back to report a figure: "The people said that for the princess's sake, one car should be 40 taels of silver."
Upon hearing this number, the officials began to seriously doubt the occupations of the people in the city.
Are they ordinary people living a peaceful life, or are they bandits who rob people on the road?
Forty taels!
This price is enough to buy a nice horse and a new carriage in the state capital.
Looking at these rickety and broken carriages in front of me, I really don’t know how they are worthy of forty taels of silver!
Seeing their annoyed expressions, Shen Wan said calmly, "Transportation in Lanyang City is inconvenient, and there aren't many craftsmen in the city. It would be very expensive to transport vehicles here."
"Besides, scarcity makes things valuable. There aren't many families in Lanyang City who can afford horse-drawn carriages these days. It took us a lot of effort to get these few."
Although he knew she was not lying, the leading official felt the pain in his heart when he thought about spending two hundred taels of silver to buy these broken carriages.
Two hundred taels of silver were enough for them to buy a beautiful courtyard in the provincial capital.
And these shabby carriages in front of me are worth only thirty or forty taels at most.
How about we not take the food today and have them bring a car to get it tomorrow?
Thinking of this, the leading officer's eyes lit up.
Saving two hundred taels of silver by wasting a day seems like a good deal.
Just say that you can't make the decision on this matter and you have to go back and discuss it with the prefect!
"Hurry up and make a decision." Xie Mubai seemed to have guessed his thoughts. When the official was about to speak, he said coldly, "If you don't take this grain away tonight, we won't acknowledge it later. Don't say we deliberately refused to hand it over."
joke!
If you want to play tricks on him, it seems that the official in front of you is not good enough.
When the chief officer heard this, he was so angry that he almost cursed.
If someone else had said this, he would have slapped them in the face.
But facing Xie Mubai, who was intimidating without even getting angry, he still lacked confidence.
After hearing this, Shen Wan smiled and said, “It’s getting late, why don’t we unload the food on the ground and go back to eat quickly.”
"As for these grains, let the officials figure it out themselves."
When Hu Dahai heard this, he immediately took people to start unloading the grain.
"No... I'll buy it, I'll buy it!" The leading officer was so scared when he saw it that he quickly stopped them.
He couldn't afford to throw five hundred dan of grain outside the city gate if something went wrong. He didn't think the security outside Lanyang City was very good.
This is Shen Wan’s territory.
If she wanted to, she could send people to steal the food in the middle of the night.
By then, I will definitely be a hundred times more miserable than I am now!
Hu Dahai listened and deliberately said, "It should have been done a long time ago."
"Besides, you don't have to pay for these. Just go back and ask the prefect for reimbursement."
Having said that, if that moody prefect knew that he had spent two hundred taels of silver to buy so many broken cars, he would definitely beat his butt to pieces.
But if we don’t buy it, what will we do with the food?
Fortunately, they had horses when they came, otherwise they would have been cheated by these people again.
The leading officer gritted his teeth and finally nodded.
There was no other way, he could only sacrifice his butt at this time.
"But I don't have that much money on me." He thought for a moment and said honestly.
Shen Wan smiled sweetly: "This is not difficult, I believe in the official's character."
"Come here, prepare pens and ink!"
Before he finished speaking, a guard came over with writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone.
At this point, no matter how stupid the officers were, they clearly understood that they had fallen into the other party's trap.
Obviously, the other party had already prepared something and was waiting for them to come from afar to write an IOU.
But now they are really at their wit's end. What else can they do but accept their fate?
In desperation, the leading officer could only write an IOU.
Shen Wan took the IOU and then smiled and said, “It’s getting late, I won’t keep you here any longer.”
"It's getting late now and the dew is heavy, so you better be careful on the road, sir."
"It's no big deal if we run into a thief or something. I believe you can handle it."
They were already feeling uneasy about traveling at night, and now when they heard this, their hearts immediately jumped into their throats.
Looking at those pairs of frightened eyes, Hu Dahai smiled coldly.
He untied the horses from the cart and urged, "Handle the horses quickly and get on the cart."
"If we don't leave now, the prefect will probably be waiting anxiously."
Although they were extremely reluctant, the officials had no choice but to harness the horses and carriages.
Soon, the officials drove away listlessly.
"Let's go too." Shen Wan took the villain's hand and smiled sweetly, "'Master Chu' is still waiting for us to treat him."
"Brother Hu, Brother Feng, you two should go over too."
Xie Mubai nodded.
Those broken carriages did not belong to the common people, but were scrapped carriages that Wang Qi found from Chen Jiu's house.
However, after a simple repair, the four old carriages with broken teeth were sold at a sky-high price of two hundred taels.
"I won't go." Hu Dahai said with a smile, "I ate too much roasted lamb legs, and my stomach is still a little bloated."
"You guys go ahead. My brothers and I will be on duty here."
Although he is just a gatekeeper, Hu Dahai takes his job very seriously.
He and Feng Er took turns on duty here and did not dare to slack off for a moment.
"I'm not going either." Feng Er said with a smile, "Murong has cooked dinner and is waiting for me at the nursing home."
Seeing that they were determined to do so, Shen Wan didn't want to force them.
So the two of them returned to the Princess's Mansion.
As soon as I walked in, the girl came forward waving her little hand and said excitedly: "Sister, you are finally back!"
"Are you hungry, big girl?" As soon as she saw the big girl, Shen Wan happily picked her up and said, "Come, let's go eat!"
She has been so busy lately that she hasn't been able to spend enough time with the little girl.
I have to say, after not seeing her for a few days, the girl seems to have grown a little taller.
Those delicate facial features are exactly the same as those of the big girl.
"Sister is tired, don't let her hold you!"
Wang Qi walked over with a sullen face and picked up the girl.
The older girl pouted and said unhappily, "But I haven't been able to play with my sister for a long time."
Although she was still wearing a human skin mask, Wang Qi's meticulous care had already completely broken down the defense line in Da Niu's heart.
Although the girl is small, she is not stupid.
What the hell is Lord Chu? He is obviously her uncle.
Although the adults didn't say anything, she knew clearly that they were hiding something from her.
Just hide it.
Since they don't want to say it, then I'll just continue to play dumb.
"Okay, then we'll play together after dinner." Shen Wan said with a smile.
We were chatting and laughing when suddenly a white carrier pigeon fluttered in.
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