Chapter 386 Letter from Afar
Xue Xu had a meal and left, returning to Houcheng.
When Lu Songli met the six tribesmen he brought with him, he gave each of them a gift.
In the end, she left Alice behind, and Lu Songli let him make his own arrangements for the other five people.
Alice was a tall and sturdy woman, seven feet tall, and was good with a knife.
Wherever she went, she carried her big knife.
"Alice, are you full?" Lu Songli learned about her appetite from Xue Xu.
Alice touched her belly and nodded shyly, "Alice is very full."
Lu Songli told her, "Remember to eat enough, don't be polite, and don't starve yourself."
Alice hesitated. "But if I eat to my heart's content, I'll eat a lot of food in one meal."
"It's okay, just eat. You're here to protect me. Besides paying you, I'm also responsible for making sure you're well fed. If you're not well fed, how can you have the energy to protect me?"
"Then I can eat as much as I want next time?" Alice confirmed again. In fact, she wanted to say that even if she didn't eat enough, she still had enough strength and it would be no problem to protect her.
Lu Songli encouraged her, "Just let go."
Alice's eyes were bright, and she nodded heavily, "Yes! Master, I will listen to you."
"That's right."
Alice said solemnly, "Master, don't worry, Alice will protect you."
Lu Songli smiled, "I believe you."
Alice went out with a knife in hand, and she stayed outside the door. At this moment, she was still a little excited. Anyone who was willing to let her have a full meal was a good person. And her master also said that he would pay her wages?
She decided that if her master really paid her wages, she would have her second uncle send the wages back to the clan. As long as she could eat enough and have a place to sleep, nothing else mattered.
Xue Xu left with five younger generations.
Xian Feng and the others were secretly puzzled by his hasty departure. "Strange, Uncle, didn't you say you wanted to stay here for a few days?"
Xue Xu stroked his beard and said, "Your uncle is very busy with official duties. How can I have the time to stay here?"
On the official road from Xi'anping County to Pingguo County, a group of people were galloping on horseback.
Qin Sheng was riding his horse at a gallop, and his personal soldiers urged the horses hard and chased after him.
But there is no way, the distance between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger.
The personal guards were helpless too, because the handsome horse ridden by their Sixth Master was the top horse, the king among horses, while they were riding just ordinary horses.
Before, Liu Ye would occasionally slow down and wait for them, but now that they were about to return to Pingguo County, he definitely wouldn't wait for them.
The bodyguards simply stopped chasing and continued forward at their usual speed.
At this time, they couldn't help but talk about the beautiful mare under Qin Sheng's crotch.
Speaking of which, this mare was recently found by them when they followed Master Liu to the deep grasslands to find the largest herd of wild horses. This mare had a very fierce temper and would not let anyone ride her except Master Liu.
Qin Sheng met Xue Xu at the city gate. He dismounted and greeted him, "Mr. Xue, you're finally back?"
"Yes, I just got back."
"Mr. Xue, you must have just arrived in Guoping County, right? Are you leaving soon?"
"Well, Madam Qin Liu has given me some instructions, and I have to go back to Houcheng to handle them."
Qin Sheng quickly made way, "Oh, so that's the case, then go ahead, I won't keep you any longer." His wife's matter was more important.
Xue Xu nodded reservedly, "See you later."
"See you later."
While queuing to enter the city, Qin Sheng murmured, "There's something wrong with this old man."
But he soon put this matter behind him. After entering the city, he would be able to see his wife. Who would want to think about that old man all the time?
Yuzhou, Xuchang
The south of Nanyang broke a new record today. After closing, the Yuzhou Grain Merchants Association counted that they sold a total of 10,000 dan of grain throughout the day, earning about 28,000 taels.
After raising the price of grain to 280 wen per dou, the Grain Merchants Association began to sell grain at high prices. The daily sales volume increased from a few hundred dan to over a thousand dan, and now to over ten thousand dan.
Now that he has money coming in every day, Che Jiu Ming is in a good mood.
Che Jiu Ming believed that once the relief grain brought by Zhang Xian was eaten up, all the people in Nanyang would have to take out their hidden gold and silver to buy grain from the Grain Merchants Association.
He was going to get rich! Che Jiuming decided that for those who really had no money, he wouldn't mind them selling themselves.
Once he sold all the grain, he would use the proceeds to buy farmland in Nanyang at a low price. Those who sold themselves to him would become his hidden clients, creating infinite value for him every year.
Mei Mansion
In the living room, Mei Zishan and Zhou Beicheng sat opposite each other.
Mei Zishan glanced at Zhou Beicheng, who looked depressed, and asked, "Do you regret it?"
"Well, don't you regret it?" Zhou Beicheng certainly regretted it. He sold that batch of grain at a price of 150 wen per dou, and he sold 200,000 dan at once.
Now, under Che Jiu Ming's operation, the price of grain has risen to two hundred and eighty wen per dou. The price he sells is almost half the price. He can't help but feel heartbroken when he thinks about losing so much.
Mei Zishan advised him, "Even though Che Jiuming has set the grain price so high, we still have to be able to sell it."
In Mei Zishan's view, no matter how high the total value of unsold grain is, it is just book wealth.
Zhou Beicheng was still hesitant when he heard his words. "I always feel that with the current trend, I can always eat big meat."
Mei Zishan rolled his eyes. "If you're really envious of the high price, you could just sell the grain along with me. I don't believe you've sold all the grain."
Zhou Beicheng didn't say anything. He didn't give out all the money, but he gave out most of it. They were grain merchants. If they didn't have grain, how could they be called grain merchants?
They all intercepted a portion of the grain and did not give it all to Luoyang, otherwise how would they deal with Che Jiu Ming?
"Let's take another look."
They only hoped that whatever tricks Luoyang had would be used quickly to bring bad luck to Che Jiuming. Otherwise, if Che Jiuming didn't suffer, they would be the ones to suffer when they were discovered by the other side.
Chang'an, Imperial Palace
Eunuch Li received a secret letter from Liaodong County.
He opened it and saw that it told him to do something.
Eunuch Li's full name is Li Jieying. He originally introduced Lu Yushi's second daughter to Miss Lu, and later won her appreciation and she invested in him.
He used the money to bribe people and got himself a job serving in the Yugan Palace. Unfortunately, the emperor died young, and his life ended before he could even begin to exert his influence.
After the new emperor ascended the throne, he disliked the eunuchs who had served during the previous emperor's reign. For important occasions like the Imperial Palace, the eunuchs were replaced.
He was therefore transferred out of Yugan Palace.
Later, before Lord Lu was sent out, he even gave him some palace personnel. These personnel were all secret and could be used at critical moments.
He is now a eunuch with real power in the palace. Although he is not as powerful as the several eunuchs serving the emperor and the chief steward in the Empress Dowager's palace, he still has a say in the palace.
Li Jieying didn't know that she was just one of the people in Lu Songli's wide net. After she emerged, she was trained by her.
Eunuch Li Jieying always remembered that Lu Songli had been kind to him.
He would do what she asked him to do if he could, and would also try his best to do even the difficult things.
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