The servants disguised as merchants returned to their respective shopkeepers and reported that the deal had been concluded.
Shopkeeper Sun and his companions were not very satisfied with the price quoted by the servants, but it was within an acceptable range.
So we just have to wait for the agreed three days to get the food.
In the backyard of Juxin Grain Store, Shopkeeper Sun was lying on a rocking chair under a big tree. There were two beautiful women beside him, fanning themselves one on each side. There were two small basins of ice on both sides of the rocking chair.
The chair rocked back and forth rhythmically, and Shopkeeper Sun was humming a tuneless tune while listening to the servants reporting the news.
"Humph, it's just tens of thousands of taels of silver. Once I buy the grain and sell it to the state capital, I'm afraid I won't be able to make back the money."
"Are you sure you've bought out all their food?"
The servant who looked rather out of place in his brocade clothes quickly replied: "Don't worry, sir. We have bought all of them, even those in their store. Not a single grain is left."
Shopkeeper Sun was very happy, and he rewarded the servant with silver with a wave of his hand, "Hahaha, great, reward!"
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Liang Hui rented a farm three days ago, and Shen Yu'an filled the farm with food.
When the three days were up, the three traveling merchants who had made an agreement with Liang Hui brought a large number of people and pulled carts, and followed Liang Hui to the farm in the suburbs to transport food.
A sign saying temporarily closed was also hung outside the Xiangrui Grain Store in the town.
Feng San and Feng Si were guarding the door, watching them load bag after bag of grain onto the cart and writing down the quantity.
The village was bustling for a while, with people carrying food coming and going.
By the time they had loaded all the food onto the carts they had brought and paid the silver, it had already become completely dark and the yard was filled with lanterns so that they could only see things clearly.
Liang Hui held a stack of banknotes in his hand and said with a happy face: "It is getting late now. If you have no place to stay, I can let you stay for one night in this manor."
When those people cast their gazes over, Liang Hui smiled and continued, "The price is negotiable."
The smiles that were about to rise on the corners of those people's mouths froze in awkwardness, and they turned their heads and said, "No need, we have our own place to go."
"Well, I won't keep you here any longer. Take care, everyone."
Liang Hui raised the banknote in his hand and waved it to them to see them off.
Everyone's eyes were attracted by the thick stack of silver bills in his hand, and they walked away with gnashing teeth.
After everyone left, Liang Hui grabbed the banknote in his hand and said happily, "Let's go back to town and have a good meal with that guy from the bookstore and Master Shen."
The Master Shen Liang Hui mentioned was Shen Rong. After cleaning up the house in the town, Shen Rong moved here with a few boys who were still attending the town school and Hua Ling.
In addition, Mr. Ji also came with Shen Dalang, Shen Erlang, Shen Sanlang and the Zhang Wendong brothers.
A primary school was set up in the house, specifically for Mr. Ji to give lectures to Shen Dalang and others.
Huang Ji had recovered, so he asked his family to come to the town.
Although it was now completely dark, the curfew had not yet arrived. These two hours were enough time for them to find a restaurant and have a good meal.
Feng San and Feng Si happily blew out all the lights on the farm, closed the door, and followed Liang Hui into the town.
Suddenly, more than 100,000 taels of silver were deposited into their accounts, and the three of them were very happy.
Feng Si even said rudely: "It's much more tiring to trick them into buying food these days than to be a clerk in the shop."
Feng San and Feng Si used to be soldiers under King Wuding, and they had always done straightforward things. But now they have to use roundabout ways to fool those people, which is really a bit taxing for them.
Not only Liang Hui and his companions were happy today, but also those who were guarding the back mountain of Longxian Village.
Thinking that the time had come, Shen Yu'an used the grain store as an excuse to let Fei Xi and many of his brothers avoid the crowd and go up the mountain to pull a lot of food.
Fei Xi knew that Shen Yu'an had a way to find food, and he and his master had opened grain stores in the town and other places, so he called people to get food to help his brothers improve their meals without any doubt.
Along with the food, some vegetables and meat were also pulled up the mountain.
When the things were pulled into the camp, everyone cheered again.
"Master has become rich? How come he brought so much food?"
One of them took out a handful of grain and rubbed it in his hands, saying in surprise: "This grain is so good."
Fei Xi smiled and punched him, saying, "You are thinking of the wrong person. This is sent to us by Miss Shen."
Shen Yu'an asked him to bring people to fetch the food, which meant that it was given by Miss Shen.
Feixi felt that his idea was correct, and smiled as he asked everyone to carry the rice, flour, etc. into the grain storage room. However, there was too much grain, so he had to vacate another room to store the grain.
Fei Xi looked at the two carts full of meat and ordered, "Ask the cook to cook the meat tonight and send it to the brothers at the mine. It's hot now and it will go bad in two days."
Everyone cheered again and said they wanted to thank Shen Yuan.
Shen Yu'an also went up the mountain with them just now, but as soon as he got to the mountain, he went to the forge in the camp.
When he walked outside the forge, Shen Yu'an heard the sound of ping-pong. The forge was busy forging weapons, using ores mined from the mines.
Shen Yu'an pushed the door open and was filled with heat. Several old craftsmen who were giving instructions saw Shen Yu'an coming and quickly invited him in.
"The girl is here, come and take a look at our batch of weapons."
Shen Yu'an took the long knife handed to him with a smile, turned his palm over and grasped the handle and turned it around twice fluently.
There were high-temperature furnaces one after another in the forging workshop. Shen Yu'an walked outside and waved the knife in his hand a few times.
"good."
Several old craftsmen laughed, as if Shen Yu'an's simple two-word evaluation was a great affirmation of them.
Shen Yu'an weighed the heavy sword in his hand and asked, "How much have you done?"
The old craftsman replied, "We already have more than 500 swords. In a month or so, each of these guys in the camp will have one in his hand."
Shen Yu'an took the knife and went back into the house to look at the other weapons they had made.
In addition to swords, they also forged a number of sophisticated crossbows and spears.
Shen Yu'an walked around the camp and then went down the mountain. Every time he walked a short distance, Shen Yu'an could find people stationed on patrol.
Originally there was only one camp on the mountain, and the guarding was not so strict.
Now that there is another mine under development, Feixi has sent people to patrol it every day.
Although no common people would come from this deep mountain, Shen Yu'an reminded him that it was always right to be careful in everything, and asked him to send people to guard it day and night.
If someone really breaks in, just lead them away calmly.
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