When Kang Yueran arrived on the deck, she saw Ma Shun and the other three idiots. "What are you doing?"
The three of them stood up to greet each other, and Ma Shun asked, "Miss, is there anything I can do for you?"
"I'm going to Heilongshan. You don't have to go into the city to buy. I have already sent someone there secretly. You just stay on the boat. We will return to Anzhou in a few days." The brothers from Heilongshan helped her transport the goods, and she couldn't just say thank you.
The gatekeepers at the village knew Kang Yueran, and let her in even without a guide.
Hua Rongyue and Guai Shu were talking about something. Kang Yueran saw that they looked unhappy and asked them what was wrong.
Hua Rongyue replied, "The grain merchants won't sell us grain anymore. Uncle Guai and I are discussing sending people to the nearby villages to collect some. Don't worry, we've done this before."
Kang Yueran smiled and said, "I'm here for this too. The brothers from the mountain stronghold helped me transport the goods, and I should express my gratitude. I'm also worried that Duke Lu will cut off your food supply, so I contacted my master and asked him to buy some rice, coarse cloth, and salt. They should arrive in the next few days."
Uncle Guai was delighted. "Really? If your master has connections, could you please ask him to buy more for us? We're willing to pay for it. You know, there are so many people in the village, and we consume a lot every day."
"Take me to see how big the warehouse is."
The warehouse is in the middle of the village. Uncle Guai pointed to the eight large buildings and said, "The four on the left are granaries; the two to the right are used to store cloth; and the two to the right again are used to store miscellaneous items."
There are rivers, animals and wild vegetables in the mountains, so water, meat and vegetables are not a problem. The most feared thing is the lack of rice and salt, followed by cloth.
Kang Yueran said, "With four rice warehouses, I think we can store 200,000 kilograms of rice. I'll notify my master to buy more later."
Uncle Guai was very happy and said, "Thank you very much."
"You're welcome. Let's go back and talk. I have something important to tell you."
The three of them came to a study, and Uncle Guai arranged two people to guard it.
Kang Yueran got straight to the point. "I'm going to Yuezhou and will be back in three or four days. I'd like to ask you to help me take care of the boatmen at the dock."
"Are you going to Yueyang Mountain in Yuezhou? I'll go with you so I can look after you."
"Rongyue, thank you. I'd better go by myself. It will be more secretive if I go alone. Besides, your Jinhuan is about the same size as me. I will send her a set of my clothes and let her wear them to show the spies. Don't let anyone know I've left."
Hua Rongyue nodded happily, "Okay, don't worry, I promise to help you cover it up."
Uncle Guai asked, "Did you go to Yueyang Mountain to kill those private soldiers?"
"No, I don't want to kill them. I just want to go and take a look, and then come back to find a way to control their leader. My master gave me a bottle of medicine made from the Posha fruit, which he said is addictive."
Uncle Guai's eyes lit up. "Posha Fruit, that's a good thing indeed, but it's rare. There's more than one place where the private soldiers are hidden, and there's more than one leader. And they need to be taken for a long time. Does your master have that much medicine?"
"I don't know either. I'll just eat it as long as I can." This thing can't be spread.
"How can you take it as long as you can? If you run out of medicine one day, those who are under your control won't be able to hold on for much longer."
Uncle Guai looked distraught. "Alas! I have some here too. If you run out of medicine, come and get some from me. But, you have to take it for half a month straight to see the effect. Are you going to hide in the mountains for half a month?"
Kang Yueran didn't want to expose Hou Zhensheng. "I also know that it will take half a month to be effective, so I plan to go and see first, and then think of a solution."
"This matter cannot afford any mistakes, so it's only right that we investigate the situation first. Go ahead, then. I'll give you a black flag, and you give it to the boatman. If anything goes wrong, raise the black flag, and I'll immediately bring people over to help."
Then he took out a map and pointed out several roads to Yueyang Mountain to Kang Yueran, and told her to be careful.
After handing the black flag to Ma Shun, and asking Hu Xiaocheng to deliver a set of her clothes to Hua Rongyue on the mountain, Kang Yueran went to Yuezhou while it was dark.
After leaving Black Dragon Mountain, she saw that there was no one on the road. She took out her motorcycle from the space, started the engine, twisted the accelerator, and drove at full speed...
After a night of non-stop travel, Kang Yueran arrived in Yuezhou City the next morning and quickly found the spy planted by Hou Zhensheng in Yuezhou City: Wang He, the owner of Zhuji Rice Shop.
She disguised herself as a man in the space, went into the shop and found Wang He, saying, "Boss, I want to buy some Cang Shao Lao rice. Do you have any?"
The imperial court stored grain by digging a hole in the ground, drying it, and then padding the bottom with pine boards. Warehouse-scorched rice is the rice at the bottom. Because it comes in contact with the pine boards, it picks up a pine aroma over time. The steamed rice is golden in color and has a unique fragrance.
Wang He laughed and said, "Wang Shao Lao Mi is usually only available in the imperial granaries, and it's very rare. We don't have any."
"Aren't you grain merchants all connected to the imperial granaries? How could there be no grain? Shopkeeper, one jin is enough. I'm not afraid of spending money. I'm willing to pay five taels of gold."
When buying things, people usually ask for a certain amount of money or a certain amount of silver. Few people would mention the amount of gold right away. Wang He's eyebrows jumped. "Little brother, we really don't have any."
Kang Yueran stretched out his hands and said, "I'll give you five and a half ounces of gold."
"Little brother, if we had it, why wouldn't we sell it? We really don't have it!"
"If even a rice shop as big as yours doesn't have it, where else can I look? Boss, I beg you, I only have six taels of gold, seven taels of silver, and eighty-nine copper coins. I'm willing to give them all to you. Please help me find it, please!"
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