Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 245 Trading
Late at night, Changning County.

On the city wall where soldiers and horses were guarding and patrolling, at some point, there was not a single figure.

Ge Zhu poked his head out from the carriage, looked at the city gate, and asked:
"It's all done, are you sure there is no problem?"

Hearing this, the subordinates quickly replied:
"Please don't worry, shopkeeper, everything has been taken care of. From then on until dawn, there will be no soldiers and horses coming to take over the defense at the East City Gate."

Hearing this, Ge Zhu smiled lightly and said:
"That's right. Hai Rui isn't here. In the entire Changning County, no one is going to stop us."

Speaking of this, Ge Zhu paused, then waved his arm and said softly:
"set off!"

Accompanied by Ge Zhu's order, there was only a squeak, and the closed city gate of Changning County was quietly opened.

A team of convoys drove immediately, lined up in a row, and headed out of the city in an orderly manner.

The astonishing amount of supplies that were moved out of the Changning County treasury just drove out of the city directly from the city gate under the cover of night.

At this time, on the surface of the big river far away from the east gate of Changning County, there are more than a dozen huge ships floating impressively.The temporary pier on the shore has also been built.

On the big ship, Ju Meng looked into the distance, looking at the continuous convoy coming out of the city gate, with a gloomy expression on his face.

Zhong Zizhuo walked to Ju Meng and looked into the distance together.But because of his average martial arts, his eyesight can't see the movement in the distance through the night, so he can only lower his voice and ask:

"Is someone really here?"

Ju Meng nodded with an ugly expression and didn't say anything else.

Seeing this, Zhong Zizhuo immediately understood, and couldn't help asking:

"King Qi's secret order asked me to prepare ten large ships with five thousand materials to come to pick up the supplies. Ten large ships with five thousand materials, one time is worth 50 stones of materials. King Qi asked me to go back and forth ten times, that is [-] shi. This small Changning County is so open and upright, under the situation that the plague is still there, how to sell so many supplies to the enemy country?"

Ju Meng embraced the long sword, his face was rather ugly, and he said in a deep voice:

"It must be that some people in the country colluded with each other, embezzled the relief supplies, and then betrayed Xia Guo for huge profits!"

Zhong Zizhuo couldn't help being speechless when he heard the words:

"50 taels! King Qi asked me to bring 80 taels of silver and 5 taels of gold, adding up to a huge profit of more than 100 million taels of silver. It's really exciting!"

In fact, 50 shi of grain and grass materials do not need so much gold and silver.But at this time King Qi was just like Xiao Cheng, there was nothing in the treasury except gold and silver.

Since it can be exchanged for materials to solve urgent needs, it is natural not to care about the price of these materials, which is slightly higher than the price of Yunguo by [-]%, such a trivial matter.

Hearing Zhong Zizhuo's words, Ju Meng turned his head and gave Zhong Zizhuo a cold look.

Zhong Zizhuo immediately realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, sneered, waved his hands and did not speak again.

"Let's go, go down and have a look!" Ju Meng said in a deep voice.

Zhong Zizhuo nodded quickly, and led the crowd towards the shore.

As soon as he got off the boat, he bumped into the shopkeeper Ge Zhu who was approaching.

Ge Zhu put on a humble and flattering smile on his face, hurriedly bowed to Zhong Zizhuo and said:
"But Zhongzi Zhuozhong is a transfer envoy!"

Zhong Zizhuo also greeted him with a smile, stepped forward and said:
"Vice envoy, it's just a transfer envoy!"

With a smile on Ge Zhu's face, he continued to cup his hands and said:
"The villain Ge Zhu, Tim is the treasurer of the caravan. This time, Mr. Zhong came here in person. The villain is really rude."

Speaking of this, Ge Zhu took a step forward, touched his sleeve with his right hand, and between his fingers, he picked up a folded bank note, and stuffed it into Zhong Zizhuo's hand without revealing the mountain or dew.

This technique is proficient and the process is smooth, it looks like he is familiar with the road, and he has done this kind of thing before.

"It will be a long time to deal with Mr. Zhong in the future. If there is something to do, please bear with me!" Ge Zhu said with a smile.

Zhong Zizhuo over there immediately raised his hand, his sleeve brushed Zhong Zizhuo's hand, and the bank note disappeared from Ge Zhu's hand.This action of collecting money, the demeanor is extremely mellow, like a breeze blowing on the face, without any smell of copper, it can be seen that he did not collect less money on weekdays.

"Hahaha, it's easy to talk about! They are all on errands, and they have their own experience of hard work, so how can they blame you!" Zhong Zizhuo replied familiarly.

Seeing Zhong Zizhuo's familiar appearance, Ge Zhu couldn't help but slightly nodded.

During this period of time, Hai Rui encountered obstacles everywhere, and he almost doubted his life creed all along.

Looking at Zhong Zizhuo's performance again, Ge Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that everything had returned to the way it used to be.

Zhong Zizhuo clapped his hands slightly and said:
"I'm running out of time, so I won't be polite anymore!"

Hearing Zhong Zizhuo's high-five, a group of men and horses came off the boat carrying several boxes of gold and silver, and placed them directly in front of Ge Zhu.

Zhong Zizhuo pointed to the alley ahead and said in a deep voice:

"80 taels of white eyes, 5 taels of gold. King Qi trusts you, and the gold and silver of this 50 shi materials will be offered directly with both hands! From now on, every three days, the official fleet will stop here, and each time accept [-] shi Grain supplies, please cooperate with Shopkeeper Ge!"

When the box was opened, millions of taels of gold and silver dangled like this, naked in front of the eyes, which made people shake their hearts immediately.

Ge Zhu's eyes lit up, and he immediately shouted:

"Okay! His Royal Highness King Qi is really straightforward! If so, if you don't give me some meaning, the boss will blame me in the future!"

After finishing speaking, Ge Zhu pointed to the box containing 5 taels of gold over there, and said in a deep voice:

"This 5 taels of gold, I will be the master for my boss, I don't want it! My boss wants to do business, what I want is word of mouth. From now on, we will have a lot of exchanges between the two sides, and this 5 taels of gold will be my boss's!"

5 taels of gold, when converted, is equivalent to more than 50 taels of silver, which is not a small amount!With such a handwriting, I have to say that it is quite atmospheric.

However, if the six counties in the southwestern part of the Xia Kingdom were to be given relief this time, the grain and grass supplies needed would not be enough for 50 million shi, let alone 500 shi!

As Ge Zhu said, the business between the two parties has only just begun.For a business of tens of millions of taels of silver, 50 taels is just an extra, so you still have to take it to heart?
Zhong Zizhuo frowned when he heard the words, glanced secretly at Ju Meng, then coughed lightly, cupped his hands with a smile and said:
"Since that's the case, I will take the place of His Royal Highness King Qi. Thank you, Shopkeeper Ge, and this big boss!"

Hearing this, Ge Zhu laughed lightly, waved lightly, and immediately the hands on both sides moved the supplies and grass to the boat together.

Due to the limited manpower, the food and supplies traded tonight are only [-] shi.Both sides were well prepared, and they chose martial artists who had been practicing and strengthening their bodies on weekdays.

Working together at this time, the efficiency is naturally extremely high.Before dawn, everything has already been installed.

The fleet set off, went upstream, and headed straight for Jiangyang County.

On the boat, Jumeng looked at Ge Zhu waving his hands away from the pier in the distance, and immediately said in a deep voice:

"The people behind the scenes are so bold, and what they did is so amazing. This matter must be reported to His Majesty!"

Having said that, Ju Meng suddenly shouted:
"Li Ji, the second-class guard at the sticky pole!"

The man wearing the costume of the transport department officer immediately stepped forward and said in response:

"Subordinates are here!"

"Take my token and secret letter, return to the capital as soon as possible, and report this matter to His Majesty!"

Li Ji, the second-class guard at the sticky pole, immediately cupped his fists and said firmly:
"Emissary Ju Yiwei please rest assured, your subordinates will definitely fulfill their mission!"

　The following plots are coherent, so it’s hard to break them apart, and it’s a bit late, so I’ll post them together tomorrow...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)