Xiao Youran's eyes darted around, "One cartload of grain costs one hundred gold coins!"
She had calculated that when she supplied instant noodle workshops before, one cart could hold fifty large bags, each bag weighing one hundred kilograms, so one cart was half a ton. The grain she exchanged for with one point of luck points could fill two carts. At the current market price of thirty coins per kilogram, that's one hundred and fifty taels of silver per cart.
One hundred taels of gold per cart is equivalent to one thousand taels of silver, which is much higher than the market price!
Wen Yuanbai flicked her nose, "You little money-grubber! You even want to swindle your senior brother's money?"
"How can you call it fraud? This is a clearly marked price, fair and honest! Do you agree or not?"
"Deal. I need fifty trucks. Do you have them?"
Fifty carts equal five thousand taels of gold!
I made a profit!
Xiao Youran nodded frantically, "Of course there are!"
Wen Yuanbai then said slowly and deliberately, "Then tell me, what blame do you want your senior brother to take?"
Xiao Youran chuckled, "My food was given to me by the gods; I can conjure it up instantly. What you need to do, senior brother, is find a legitimate source for it."
Anyway, I've already revealed quite a bit of my secrets to my senior brother, so I'm not afraid that he'll know even more.
Wen Yuanbai smiled slowly again, "Oh, that's easy. I'll just say it's military rations from the imperial court. Prince Xuan first dispatched fifty carts to support Taizhou. By the time the news arrived, the rations had already arrived."
"Mmm, good idea!" Xiao Youran smiled and agreed.
“However… the scapegoating fee is five thousand gold coins!” Wen Yuanbai continued.
Xiao Youran's eyes widened suddenly. "Senior brother! You're trying to extort me!"
"Oh, clearly marked prices, fair and honest! This young master doesn't just take the blame for others."
Xiao You Ran was furious: ...
Fine, you're the Crown Prince of Xuan, so what!
But fifty cartloads of grain means 25 points of luck... It's a little painful, sob sob!
She puffed out her cheeks and glared at the handsome, bright-eyed boy.
The boy laughed heartily at her puffed-up face and continued slowly, "Besides, this grain is military rations. The sooner it reaches the border, the sooner the soldiers' hunger will be alleviated, and the sooner the people will benefit. Don't you want others to be grateful? Senior brother will have someone secretly spread the word in the army that this military ration was donated by Master Wuwang's disciple, Xiao Youran, so that they will all remember your kindness, how about that?"
"Deal!" Xiao Youran quickly agreed.
There are tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of soldiers on the border. Even if only one in a thousand truly thanks her, she would still have hundreds or even thousands of gratitude points!
What's a mere 25 points?!
We can also solve the food problem while taking our great-aunt and her entourage back to Beijing.
He patted her head again and asked, "How are you going to get so much food?"
Xiao Youran tilted her head and said, "Prepare an empty granary for me, or an empty carriage would also be fine."
Wen Yuanbai then recalled that day in Dadu Village when she stayed in his carriage for a short while and then conjured up a box of instant noodles and several buckets of water. He asked, half-jokingly, "Was it really a magic trick by a fairy?"
Xiao Youran replied half-jokingly, "Yeah, it just went 'whoosh'...hehehe."
In the afternoon, Wen Yuanbai took her to an abandoned local temple on the outskirts of the city, and then pointed to a cleared space in the middle and said, "Let's put the grain here first."
Xiao Youran touched her left wrist with her right hand and turned her head to see Wen Yuanbai staring at her.
She glared at him, then glared at him again.
He then touched his nose, turned around and left, leaving Xiao Youran alone there.
She quickly exchanged 26 points of luck for 26 tons of grain, and with a wave of her hand, the grain instantly appeared on the open ground.
The result was...
The roof of the earth god temple was suddenly pierced by the grain that appeared in an instant.
Wen Yuanbai and Nan Zhuo rushed in from outside and were stunned by what they saw.
With a dark expression, Wen Yuanbai carried Xiao Youran out and then had the guards come in to start moving the grain.
The guards were also shocked. When they were cleaning, the temple was clearly empty, but in just a short while, a room full of grain appeared.
However, they didn't dare to ask any more questions and resigned themselves to becoming porters.
The extra ton of grain was partly loaded onto their horse-drawn carts and partly sent to the instant noodle workshop and Yunjia Village.
Of course, Xiao Youran didn't wait there for the guards to slowly carry the grain; she returned to the Yun residence first.
Unexpectedly, Wen Yuanbai followed her up shortly after, saying he would deliver the food she needed back to her residence on her behalf.
As soon as she arrived at the door, Xiao Youran noticed a horse-drawn carriage parked there.
An eleven or twelve-year-old boy was jumping off the carriage, preparing to knock on the door.
Xiao Youran recognized him and called out in surprise from behind him, "Brother Chengyuan!"
The person who arrived was Sun Chengyuan, whom I hadn't seen for half a year, and he had grown quite a bit taller.
Sun Chengyuan turned around and exclaimed joyfully, "You Ran, my little sister! I've finally found you!"
Xiao Youran tilted her head. "Are you looking for me?"
Sun Chengyuan nodded, "Yes, ever since the Westerners entered the pass, Mother has been very worried about you."
He then happily pulled Xiao Youran to his carriage, saying, "Come and see what I brought you!"
Wen Yuanbai's face darkened, and he followed behind the two men with displeasure, coldly saying, "In this time of war and chaos, you still have the mood to give gifts?"
Sun Chengyuan ignored him and happily lifted the carriage curtain, "Ta-da! Look, Youran!"
Xiao Youran looked over in confusion, but all she saw were neat rows of familiar, round... sacks?
This thing...?
She thought it should be very valuable, but she thought to herself, 1 point of luck could be exchanged for a ton!
Seeing her stunned expression, Sun Chengyuan assumed she was too moved and continued rambling on, “I heard from my father that Western barbarian bandits were invading the villages and towns around Wufeng County, and that the county town was facing a severe food shortage. So I gathered some grain to try and help you out. I came to Wufeng County to find you five days ago. Unfortunately, no one knew where you were. I also went to Sanyang Village, but the soldiers guarding there said they didn’t know your whereabouts. Yesterday, I returned to the county town and found Magistrate Cao, who pointed me to the address of Xinyunjia Village. I went there again this morning, but the villagers of Yunjia Village said you had returned. So I had to turn back. See, aren’t you surprised?! Aren’t you surprised?”
Xiao You Ran: ……
No, not at all.
Can she say that she could lack anything but food?
but……
She looked at Wen Yuanbai. How could the soldiers guarding Sanyang Village not know the address of Yunjia Village?
Also, did you know beforehand that Sun Chengyuan was coming to deliver grain? So you deliberately brought a cartload of grain behind you?
Sure enough, Wen Yuanbai coughed lightly, glanced disdainfully at Sun Chengyuan's grain, and gestured towards his own carriage, "Why don't you go and take a look at our carriage too?"
Sun Chengyuan asked, puzzled, "What?"
"You'll see when you look."
Sun Chengyuan then walked over, and Nan Zhuo similarly lifted the carriage curtain, "Ta-da! Look, aren't you surprised?! Unexpected, aren't you?"
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