Chapter 359 Acting on one's own initiative
Xuzhou North
Qin Sheng led a large army to the north of Xuzhou and had a fierce battle with the local evil forces. Fortunately, they won.
Qin Sheng had someone raid the other party's hideout, but they didn't get much valuables.
In general, this group of evil forces is just a small fry with more bones than meat.
At this moment, Xue Xu received the news, "The Nanyang Earth Dragon has turned over?"
Qin Sheng paused while wiping his face, thinking that the emperor was going to be in trouble.
"The news must be sent back to Liaodong County as soon as possible." Xue Xu said as he spread out the paper.
"Um."
Southland, Gu family
Gu Huaisheng drank his second cup of tea and asked, "Where is the Second Young Master?"
"Replying to the young master, we have arrived at the East City Gate."
"Um."
After receiving the news that Young Master Ji and his brother had returned to the South, he sat in the living room waiting for his brother.
Xie Zhan came to visit three days ago. He hadn't slept well these past few days and he was eager to know Liaodong County's attitude towards their Gu family.
The servants were also wondering, "What's wrong with the young master? Does he miss the second young master so much?" Ever since the second young master disembarked, they'd been asking him where he was going. It was the second young master's first time traveling so far, so it was natural for the young master to be worried.
A quarter of an hour later, Gu Huaisheng asked again, "Where is the Second Young Master?"
"Replying to the young master, the second young master has returned and has already entered the gate!"
"Young Master, the Second Young Master has entered the Second Gate."
Just as the servant finished his reply, Gu Er appeared and stepped over the threshold, "Brother, I'm back!"
"Are you back? Are you tired? Have some tea first." Gu Huaisheng poured him a cup of tea personally.
Gu Er picked up the teacup, drank two cups in a row, and then waved his hand to say that it was enough.
Gu Huaisheng asked, "How was your trip to Liaodong County?"
"Brother, you don't know that the people in Liaodong County are too much!" Speaking of this, Gu Er was full of complaints.
When Gu Huaisheng heard this, his eyelids twitched.
"What do you mean?" Gu Huaisheng asked this question, only to feel his throat was very dry.
Gu Er was silent for a moment, as if thinking about what to say appropriately.
Gu Huaisheng encouraged him, "Second brother, start from the beginning and speak slowly."
"Alright, big brother, I'll start from the beginning. That day, Young Master Ji and I had just arrived in Liaodong County and disembarked at the Fang County dock. Wu Ren probably thought we were an eyesore, so as soon as we disembarked, we were invited to Houcheng."
"Wu Ren probably stayed behind to deal with the silver and grain, and didn't want us to know. Brother, they are on guard against us."
As Gu Huaisheng listened, veins on his forehead throbbed and he really wanted to ask him back, what else?
But he held back, "What's next?"
"Later, we arrived at Houcheng and lived in the courtyard they arranged for us. Wu Ren was the one who hosted us from then on. We never met the head of Houcheng."
"Anything else?"
"And..." Gu Er immediately talked about the request he made after seeing the Ji's Commercial Building and how it was rejected.
Gu Huaisheng felt that he could no longer hold back, so he asked gently, "How much money did you invest in Liaodong County this time?"
"I just bought something worth ten thousand taels as a token of my appreciation." Gu Er couldn't hide his pride when he said this. He didn't want Liaodong County to take advantage of them.
"How about Young Master Ji? How much did he spend?"
"He probably spent about 70,000 to 80,000 taels."
Bang!
Gu Huaisheng couldn't stand it anymore and slapped him.
"Brother!" Gu Er couldn't believe it.
Gu Huaisheng said sternly, "You acted on your own! Do you still remember what I told you before we left for Liaodong County?"
Gu Er remembered what he had done in Liaodong County, and panicked, "Brother, I remember it, but Liaodong County was too neglectful of our Gu family, and I was unwilling to accept it."
"What do you know? You're a piece of trash. I shouldn't entrust you with such an important task!" Gu Huaisheng was really angry at this moment.
When Gu Er and Ji Dashao went north, the chaos in the south had just ended. He needed to stay in the south and guard against Xie Zhan. He believed that Ji Wuyin had the same idea as him.
Gu Huaisheng's original intention was to make friends with Liaodong County by sending Gu Er to the north with a large sum of money. Firstly, Gu Er's status was high enough, and secondly, he was just going there to spend money to show goodwill and get the relationship between the two sides off to a good start.
Later, he took over and slowly managed the relationship between the two parties.
Gu Huaisheng felt that everything and every relationship should be done step by step. How could it be so sweet from the start?
"Brother, I..." Gu Er wanted to argue.
Gu Huaisheng didn't want to listen at all, "Get out, get out!"
Gu Er saw Gu Huaisheng’s gloomy face and hurried out.
In the hall, Gu Huaisheng had a headache. After Gu Er left, he sat there for quarter of an hour before getting up and walking out the door.
On the third day after Xie Zhan came to visit, Gu Huaisheng went to see his grandfather.
His father died young due to illness, and his grandfather had always been the head of the Gu family. When he was twelve years old, he was confirmed as the young master.
He has grown up over the years and gradually become able to stand on his own. His grandfather has gradually transferred power to him and retired behind the scenes to enjoy his retirement.
Although he is now the young master of the Gu family, he is actually no different from the head of the family.
He explained to his grandfather in detail the purpose of Xie Zhan's visit and what Gu Er had done in Liaodong County.
After listening to this for a long time, his grandfather said to him, "Please help me to post a message for Xie Zhan."
"Grandfather, you want to see Xie Zhan?" Gu Huaisheng was surprised.
"Um."
…
Lu Songli received the news that the Nanyang Earth Dragon had made a comeback.
Nanyang has been a granary since ancient times. Nanyang has suffered from an earthquake, and it is said to be very serious.
She estimated that the government’s granaries had been destroyed and buried underground, and the grain was basically wasted.
Lu Songli thought to herself, what a waste of the newly harvested grain. The price of grain would probably go up again.
As she expected, the news of Nanyang Earth Dragon's comeback spread.
Recently, grain prices, which had been falling due to the arrival of new grain from various places, have risen again.
Qin Sheng and his large army entered the south of Qingzhou.
The imperial court probably wanted to reassure the people, and soon news came that the emperor had sent two imperial envoys, Zhang Xian and Zuo Anmin, from Chang'an to Nanyang with food and supplies for disaster relief.
Xue Xu thought to himself, Zhang Xian is actually the chief officer going to Nanyang to provide disaster relief?
"Sixth Master, I want to leave 10,000 dan of grain in Qingzhou." Qingzhou also has a branch of the Ji family, and it's not a big problem to store the grain there.
He didn't know whether Madam Qin Liu would take action. Food shortage in Nanyang was inevitable, so he decided to take the initiative.
After listening to Xue Xu's idea, Qin Sheng thought for a moment and said, "Let's keep 20,000 stones."
Xue Xu gave him a thumbs up and said, "You have courage."
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