After they walked away, Tian Li wiped the sweat off his forehead, turned around and kicked his subordinate hard, saying angrily: "You bastard, you dare to point that place to her. If she knew there was no hot spring there, you would have enough heads to be chopped off."
The clerk covered his stomach which was hurt by the kick, and dared not cry out in pain. He said with a bitter face, "Sir, I am not lying. I remember there is a hot spring there, but it is a little far away."
"Where?"
"Inside Hulu Valley!" said the clerk, covering his face with a look of grievance.
"Ha! That's pretty far."
When Hulu Valley was mentioned, Tian Li couldn't help but shudder, "Just pray! Pray that they won't mind. If they want to cause trouble, hehe..."
The clerk trembled, "Sir, don't worry, I will never get you into trouble."
Although he said this, he had made up his mind in his heart.
If the nobleman really wanted to cause trouble, he would say that it was his superior who ordered it.
If Shangguan was kicked out, then there was a high probability that I would be the one to take the position of Tianli.
After coming out of the county government office, it was still early, and Su Yin was going to find a grain store to buy food. Providing food to the Northwest Army was a huge amount, and such a large amount of food could not be handled by just one or two shops. It needed to be ordered in advance, so that they had enough time to allocate food from other places, which would take time.
"Let's go and visit Tangquan City."
After arriving at Tangquan City, Su Yin had not yet had a good look around the city.
I wonder if there is a business of Mr. Wan San or the Heng family in Tangquan City. Whichever one there is, it would be a good thing for her. If there is none, then she can only find other businesses to handle this matter.
Master Wan San is a big businessman in the southwest, and most of the Qilian Mountains area belongs to the northwest, with only a small part belonging to the southwest. This shows whether Master Wan San's arms are long enough.
Su Yin went straight to the shop with the logos of Wan Sanye and Hengjia Shop.
I walked past two grain shops, neither of which belonged to Mr. Wan Sanye nor to the Heng family.
There are about ten grain shops in the whole Tangquan City, not too many but not too few either, and the Li family business is the most representative of them all.
Su Yin went to a rouge and powder shop, bought some rouge, and asked about Wanjia Commercial Bank and Hengjia's Baixing Commercial Bank.
The shopkeeper directly told the addresses of the two houses.
The first place Su Yin went to was Baixing Commercial Bank. It must be said that Baixing Commercial Bank was huge. It was the largest grain shop among all foreign commercial banks except for the local merchants in Tangquan City.
"Miss, what can I do for you?"
Su Yin directly took out a specially made jade pendant and handed it to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper took the jade pendant, and after seeing it clearly, a warm smile immediately appeared on his face, and he led the person to the back room.
The shopkeeper brewed a pot of premium tea and poured it for Su Yin himself.
Su Yin took off her veil and put it aside.
The shopkeeper did not take into account the fact that the other party was a young woman and thus treated her with disrespect.
"Miss, what can I do for you?"
"I need you to help me get some food and cotton clothes."
"How much do you need?"
"How many at most can you bring in?"
The shopkeeper thought for a moment and said, "I can probably find some shopkeepers nearby and transfer 50,000 stones."
“Too little.”
The shopkeeper was surprised that 50,000 shi was not enough. "Miss, how much do you want?"
"I need 150,000 koku."
After hearing this shocking figure, the shopkeeper gasped.
The number Su Yin mentioned was still the lowest. The Northwest Army had more than 200,000 soldiers. The 150,000 dan of grain would be lost during the transportation, and when it arrived at the Northwest Army camp, there would not be 150,000 dan.
She couldn't possibly expect Baixing Trading Company alone to take such a large order, so she gave the remaining half to Wan's Trading Company.
"Excuse me, young lady, where are these 150,000 dan of grain going to be sent?"
"Northwest Army."
After hearing the name, the shopkeeper suddenly realized.
They are not too far from the Northwestern Army. The three cities near the border were completely slaughtered by the Darong Kingdom, and this incident caused a great reaction in their area.
"Miss, this is great, but we need so much food. We have to bring it from far away. I'm afraid it will take some time."
"How much food can you bring over as quickly as possible? Send it over first, and the rest will be delivered in batches."
Transporting it all at once would consume a lot of manpower and resources, and it would not be possible to transport it that quickly. It would be better to transport it in a dozen batches. Although it would be more troublesome, it would provide many people with an additional way to make money to support their families.
There are too many homeless people now. The drought in the southwest and the flood in the south of the Yangtze River have caused many people to pour into Shangjing City. At the same time, many refugees are heading to the northwest.
The imperial court issued an order for local authorities to properly handle the affairs of the refugees.
It would be better if the local officials were kindhearted. But I am afraid that those corrupt officials who are rich but unkind will pocket all the relief money and food and ignore the victims.
However, most of the officials in the Dayong Dynasty today are of the latter type, and very few are of the former type.
The shopkeeper nodded, "Okay."
If the other party didn't have the jade pendant, the shopkeeper would never dare to agree.
"I'll pay the deposit first, the deposit for the first batch. After each batch is delivered, the money will be settled."
There is no reason for the shopkeeper to be worried. The jade pendant is second only to the young master's in status. Anyone who can get this jade pendant must be an important person in the Heng family.
Afterwards, Su Yin told the shopkeeper some precautions and who to hand over the food and fodder to after arriving in the northwest.
After Su Yin left, the shopkeeper sent a letter to Shangjing City by express horse while making arrangements.
This matter is of great importance, so he naturally has to tell his boss.
After Su Yin came out of Baixing Commercial Bank, she went to the grain shop of Wan's Commercial Bank. The grain shop was slightly inferior to Heng's, but larger than the average grain shop.
The shopkeeper is not here, the waiter is here to greet the customers.
"Is your shopkeeper here?"
The waiter smiled and asked, "Miss, is there anything you need? If you want to buy food, you can tell me."
"You have no say."
Su Wuming said, "Ask the shopkeeper to come over."
The guy looked at the situation, responded, and turned to walk to the backyard.
In the backyard, the shopkeeper was listening patiently to the instructions of a chubby man, occasionally agreeing.
As soon as he came in, the fat middle-aged man glanced at him. The shopkeeper frowned when he saw the waiter coming, "What's the matter?"
"Shopkeeper, there's a guest outside who asked for you. I think he's not someone you can mess with."
The chubby middle-aged man wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to the shopkeeper: "Go and take care of things first."
"good."
The shopkeeper turned around and left with the waiter.
As soon as he arrived at the shop, he recognized Su Yin and the others with a smile on his face, "Miss, what do you want to see me for?"
Su Yin didn't say anything, but handed a special wooden sign to the other party.
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