Chapter 384 The Empire Wants Antiques
"General." Adjutant Qi shouted at the door.
Chen Yongnian and Siming both turned to look at the door.
"Come in, Director Chen is not an outsider." Siming looked at him and said.
Adjutant Qi came in and said, "Commander-in-Chief, I just received news that Commander-in-Chief Niu and his wife are coming to visit. They will arrive in seven days."
Chen Yongnian looked at Siming and said, "I'm afraid this General Niu is here for the grain seed issue."
"This old cow has the same temper as everyone else, but he is nice to the people and his wife." Siming helped him before because of this.
"This guy just has a bad temper. Before the storm, he had contacted the surrounding warlords, but they all made excuses."
"They either said food was scarce or made all sorts of excuses, like being busy and saying we'd talk later, but nothing happened."
"Otherwise he wouldn't have come to a junior like you for help." Chen Yongnian said helplessly.
"This person has a straightforward character and a bad temper, so it's normal for him to offend people." Siming understood.
"Your good personality is useless, isn't it?" Chen Yongnian looked at him and sighed.
Siming lowered his head and blew on the water in the cup: "I heard that his wife and he are also a young couple."
"Yeah. I had dealings with him before I came to Beiyang City. When he was young, his wife's family was well-off, and he was her family's security guard."
"The two of them grew up together, and then the situation became chaotic, and many people set their sights on his wife's family."
"His wife liked him and committed herself to him despite her family's objections, which angered her family so much that they severed ties with her."
"Later, when the situation became unstable, someone robbed his wife's family of their money and food, and even killed them all."
"When Governor Niu found out, he was furious and took his former bodyguards with him to avenge her."
"He killed all his enemies, avenged his wife, and gave all the money and food he had looted to his wife."
"Her wife used all her money and food to raise the army he has now."
"During an assassination attempt, I risked my life by diverting the enemy so that Governor Niu could escape. Although I survived, I was injured."
"She has not been in good health for so many years, and they have no children. Governor Niu has not taken a concubine and has just been guarding her like this."
Chen Yongnian said this and looked at Siming: "He is old now, and some people are beginning to make moves."
"Besides the grain issue, there may be other things this time."
Siming knew that General Niu was a few years older than his father.
When my father was alive, he often scolded him for his bad temper, but he also praised him for being a good commander.
"What else could he come for?"
Chen Yongnian smiled and shook his head: "I don't know about that. We can only know when he arrives."
"Then let's wait until he comes." Siming was too lazy to guess.
Chen Yongnian said everything he needed to say, then stood up and left to inform the people from the Da Zheng Chamber of Commerce to prepare money to buy food.
Adjutant Qi waited until Chen Yongnian left before speaking: "General, many people have contacted us to buy grain seeds."
“The price isn’t as much as the Taisho Chamber of Commerce, but it’s more than doubled.”
Siming looked at the documents in his hand and said: "Unify the price and quantity, keep enough for our Beiyang City needs, and sell as much of the rest as possible."
"General, do you really want to sell it to them?" Adjutant Qi didn't understand why Siming suddenly wanted to sell so much grain.
"If someone offers you money, why not take it?"
"Besides, did I tell them to give them high-yield grain seeds?"
Sima Ming didn't think they could tell whether it was a high-yield grain variety.
"General, you previously told the Northern Government that you had sold the grain to General Niu, and now you're suddenly selling the seeds. I'm afraid it's hard to explain."
Adjutant Qi couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"What's there to explain? They've already promised me a good deal, and now I've clearly stated the price. They just want to pay for it."
"I want actual benefits now. It's not that easy for them to get something for free."
Siming dared to say this because there are many people who want to cooperate with him now, and the northern government will have to think twice before making any move against him.
They don't have high-yield grain now, and they are not sure who developed the improved method, so they are now worried.
Adjutant Qi knew that Siming's decision would not be wrong: "General, if the northern government comes to buy grain seeds, what price should we charge?"
"Of course, they should get as much as others, and treat them equally, otherwise they will be envied."
"If they bargain, just tell them this is the local price. The Taisho Chamber of Commerce charges sixty silver dollars per stone."
Siming's lips curled up slightly.
"Okay!" Adjutant Qi agreed.
When the northern government learned that Siming had started selling high-yield grain seeds, the president was so angry that he scolded him half to death.
But now they can no longer fool him with the pancakes, otherwise they will suffer a loss if he says they are sold out.
"It's all Pei Jingming's fault. He just gave him the General Customs Administration. It was originally Beiyang City's territory."
“Now it’s good, but you still have to pay a high price.”
"And those guys from the Taisho Chamber of Commerce who have bad intentions, why are they raising the prices so high?"
"If the Taisho Empire hadn't only done arms business with Pei Jingming, I would have killed him long ago."
The secretary standing by didn't dare to say a word. Who would be happy to have so much extra money for no reason?
Pei Jingming had just been scolded by the President. When he got home, he tore off his tie, threw it on the ground, and kicked over the table next to him.
"Who made our Mr. Pei angry?" A woman dressed in traditional Taisho Empire clothing came out.
She walked up to Pei Jingming and put a hand on his shoulder.
Pei Jingming was now furious. He slapped her hand open and said in fluent Dazheng language, "What are you doing here?"
The woman didn't care that he knocked her hand away: "The Empire is very dissatisfied with your recent behavior."
"The higher-ups asked me to remind you that if you don't do something, there's no point in you living."
The woman walked up to him and whispered something in his ear: "The Empire wants antiques."
After she finished speaking, she stuffed a note into his shirt pocket and slowly moved her fingers down towards his heart.
"If you mess this up again, I'm going to stick the knife in here!"
After saying that, she left his side, twisting her waist and taking small steps away.
Pei Jingming didn't move for a long time, only beads of sweat rolled down his temples.
And outside the window, which he was not paying attention to, a pair of eyes saw clearly what had just happened inside.
After the woman left, he quickly left the window, turned left and right, and rushed to the busy street, quickly disappearing in the crowd.
Meng Yanxin and her friends had just arrived at the northern government's territory, and instead of staying in a good hotel, they found a place where all kinds of people mixed together and found an inn.
They all dressed very down-to-earth, and no one noticed that they were any different.
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