Chapter 135: Encountering Captain Cheng Si while Smuggling Food Seeds in Space
In the carriage outside the Qian Mansion, Xu Nian looked at the courtyard wall of the Qian Mansion thoughtfully. It seemed that the rumors could not be believed. Although he did not know the reason, this Mr. Qian was definitely not someone who wanted to do business on his own.
Xu Nian came to her senses, summoned Mo Jian and asked him to explore the grain warehouse in Huaicheng, while she took Mo Yu out of the city.
Xu Nian asked Mo Yu to take her to an abandoned winery. The winery was obviously a bit dilapidated and it was unknown how long it had been abandoned.
Before the two of them went in, they saw an old man walking out with his body bent.
Xu Nian walked forward, pointed at the two large warehouses beside the broken wall and asked, "Old man, do you rent these warehouses to people?"
The old man thought he had misunderstood, and explained, "This used to be a wine warehouse. Now that the wine shop is closed, this place is empty. What are you asking about this place?"
Xu Nian said softly, "Uncle, I want to rent this place for a month. What do you think is a suitable rent?"
The old man was very happy when he saw that the girl really wanted to rent the warehouse. "Girl, if you want to use it, just give me 800 coins for the whole yard. Don't look at this house as old. I repair it every month to make sure it doesn't leak wind or rain."
The old man was probably afraid that Xu Nian and the other two would think the price was too high, so he explained a lot.
Xu Nian asked Mo Yu to give the old man one or two taels of silver to rent the place. Mo Yu looked at the dilapidated yard and didn't understand why Miss Xu rented this place.
This is why Xu Nian brought Mo Yu with him. Although Mo Yu was curious, she never asked or said too much. Mo Jian was different. He was the kind of person who would get to the bottom of things.
Xu Nian then asked Mo Yu to call for a fleet of vehicles, while she moved all the grains out of the space in the warehouse. The originally full space became much emptier because of the grains.
When Mo Yu brought the convoy back, Xu Nian began to direct people to load the grain seeds in the warehouse into the trucks. Mo Yu looked at the bag after bag of grain seeds and found it very mysterious. Where did these grain seeds come from? Could it be that someone else had been here during the time she was away?
Xu Nian automatically omitted Mo Yu's shocked expression and ordered people to start transporting grain seeds.
The original time agreed with Mr. Qian was the hour of Xu, but all the grain had already been delivered to the Qian's granary before the hour of You.
The old manager who was originally in charge of allocating grain at the granary hurriedly passed the news to his father. Qian Youhuai was also shocked. He didn't expect that the young girl could act so decisively and efficiently.
But this batch of grain was related to the Qian family after all, so after receiving the news, Qian Youhuai rushed to the granary.
After Xu Nian and Mr. Qian handed over all matters, it was already dark. When they returned to the inn, Mo Jian had not returned yet.
Xu Nian was a little worried, wondering if something unexpected had happened.
"Mo Yu, go and see if Mo Jian is in trouble?"
Mo Yu nodded, but before leaving, he took out his bamboo flute and played a few notes. Only after doing all this did he leave the inn.
Xu Nian knew that although she seemed to be alone in the room, there was a secret guard in a corner, so she did not change her clothes, but sat at the table with her eyes closed and rested.
Almost two quarters of an hour passed before Xu Nian heard the sound coming from outside.
"Knock, knock." "Miss, we are back."
"Come in"
Only Mo Yu came in. Without waiting for Xu Nian to ask, Mo Yu bowed and said, "Miss, Mo Jian met the people sent by the prince. They are waiting outside."
Xu Nian sat up straight and said urgently, "Let them in quickly."
Mo Jian walked in with a few strong men, who looked like military men.
"I have met the young lady."
Xu Nian hurriedly asked everyone to stand up and not to be polite. At this moment, she was more concerned about Luo Jinan.
"How is your Highness now? Is the war situation in Yangcheng going well?"
The one who answered Xu Nian's question was the leader of this trip, Captain Cheng Si of the Black Armor Army.
"Miss, don't worry, His Highness is fine. Now that His Highness is in charge of Yangcheng, there is no need to worry for the time being. However, His Highness sent us here to transfer food for the future protracted war." Having said this, Cheng Si lowered his head in shame, "Unfortunately, the prefect of Huaicheng did not agree."
Mo Jian said angrily: "What does this have to do with you? Those bastards from the Wen family will never let you get what you want, not to mention..."
Mo Jian stopped talking harshly and looked at Xu Nian who shook his head. Xu Nian's heart sank, knowing that this was Huaicheng's granary and there was no food.
She did not investigate further, but instead arranged for the existing food to be transported to the border of Yangcheng.
"Master Qian of Huaicheng has promised me to provide one month's worth of food and fodder for the 50,000 troops at the border. Tomorrow, the food will be shipped to Yangcheng. I was originally worried about the problem of transporting the food and fodder, but now that you are here, I can rest assured."
Cheng Si raised his head in surprise when he heard Xu Nian's words. Originally, His Royal Highness the Prince was going to go to Qian's to buy food after the grain transfer failed, but he didn't expect that the young lady had already discussed it in advance.
Cheng Si knelt on one knee and said: "Cheng Si thanks the young lady on behalf of the soldiers at the border." He knew very well that Yangcheng would face a fierce battle. If there was a shortage of food and grass, he didn't know how many people would be sacrificed.
Several other strong men also followed suit and bowed solemnly to express their gratitude. Xu Nian was unable to accept their gifts and quickly asked Mo Jian to help them up.
Cheng Si took out the silver bills prepared by the prince from his own arms and the arms of several strong men behind him and handed them to Xu Nian.
"This is what Your Highness intended to use to buy food. Now that we have the food and fodder, please keep the silver for safekeeping."
Xu Nian did not refuse. After collecting the banknotes, he said, "Qian's granary can only provide one month's worth of food and fodder. I will continue to use this money to buy food and fodder. You will escort the food and fodder back to the border tomorrow."
"yes"
Cheng Si brought a total of 500 soldiers with him when he came to Huaicheng to requisition food supplies, which saved Xu Nian a lot of trouble.
The next day, Xu Nian led his men to the Qian family's granary, where Qian Youhuai had already been waiting. However, Qian Youhuai was somewhat disappointed when he saw the soldiers and generals. With the soldiers and generals escorting the grain and grass, there was no need for the Qian family to follow.
Xu Nian looked at the two people beside Qian Youhuai and saw that they were 70% similar to Qian Youhuai. He knew that they might be the other two old men of the Qian family.
She saw the change in Qian Youhuai's expression and knew that Qian Youhuai might have other plans. Xu Nian thought about it and understood that Master Qian wanted his family to show off in front of Luo Jinan and pave the way in advance.
"Captain Cheng, we have a lot of food and fodder to transport this time. Let the two masters of the Qian family bring the Qian family guards to escort us for a while."
"Yes, as you wish, miss."
Xu Nian turned to Qian Youhuai and said with a smile: "I'm sorry to trouble the two elders of the Qian family this time. I wonder if Third Master Qian would mind?"
Qian Youhuai said happily: "This is a blessing for the Qian family."
Qian Youhuai once again carefully looked at Xu Nian, but he was thinking about it. I wonder who this Miss Xu is. Judging from the respect the captain just showed her, this little girl must be someone special, not to mention that she was wearing that jade pendant.
He was already considering whether he should put some effort into this person.