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"Go to the Huo Family Food Store." Cheng Jinzhou walked out of the room and said to Shi Yan while adjusting his sleeves.

"But you want to buy food?" Shi Yan turned around and closed the door.

"Well, 200 shi of food." Cheng Jinzhou continued to flick his sleeves.

Shi Yan breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Shi Mo next to him, and said with a smile: "Third brother, I'm afraid I won't be able to buy 200 shi of grain today. It's already afternoon, and the Huo family can't save too much in one place." Food, plus the time to report to the Yamen..."

Even if the Yamen is opened by the Cheng family, it still takes time to go through the procedures.

"So long." Cheng Jinzhou muttered to himself. He felt like he was in a casino, eager to show his trump cards, even if he had to pay a high stake for it.

Shi Yan looked at Cheng Jinzhou's face and whispered: "Third brother, with so much food, it is actually more cost-effective to get it from our own granary."

"Gongzhong's granary?" Cheng Jinzhou didn't want to get involved with his family, so he just bought food from an outside grain store.

As Cheng Jinzhou's bookboy, Shi Yan completely thought about Cheng Jinzhou in this different world: "No matter how expensive the food at home is, it is always yours. Moreover, my wife has agreed to give you monthly food. Buying food from the family granary is justifiable and the quantity is reasonable." Could be more.”

The last sentence is the finishing sentence. The Cheng family is a truly big family. In terms of number of people, it may be larger than the large companies of later generations, and the growth of corruption is completely proportional to the number of people.

Cheng Jinzhou understood immediately, laughed, slapped Shi Yan hard, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you."

When it comes to bribery, he naturally has to keep himself clean and has no awkwardness at all about stealing money from his own family.

Shi Yan was only 16 years old, and suddenly received the important task of 40 taels of silver, which made him feel quite hesitant. When he gave his advice, he didn't think so thoroughly.

Cheng Jinzhou counted out 5 golden melon seeds and said with a shrewdness beyond his years: "The accounts are clear, and you will be rewarded when you come back."

5 golden melon seeds are 2 taels of gold, which is almost the price of 40 taels of silver. Since there is a bribe, the final price will naturally be lower, but regardless of whether the remaining money is more or less than what should be rewarded, reimbursement should be made, otherwise Before Cheng Jinzhou even paid the bribe, his own men were in chaos.

Shi Yan carefully put the golden melon seeds into his arms, bent down, and backed out of the small door, feeling his heart heavy.

Cheng Jinzhou was immersed in the strong purchasing power of gold. The national currency of the Great Xia Dynasty was still copper coins, and silver was also an important means of circulation, but gold was more like an excellent reserve currency. A handful of yellow-orange golden melon seeds are extremely eye-catching, both in terms of their meaning and their shape and color.

Exiting the east gate of Shaonan City is where the Cheng family's granary is located, located in Hongri Village.

This is also known as the granary by the locals. In addition to the Cheng family's granary, Shaonan Prefecture's free warehouse, where the government allocates and reserves grain, is also located here. There is also a battalion of soldiers stationed not far away to guard the state capital. One-third of the army's stock.

The southeast was the food lifeblood of the Great Xia Dynasty. Shaonan, a state capital, has 2 million acres of grain fields, which is more than the number of many prefecture-level cities in the 21st century. Compared with the proportion of land reclamation, this is a quite huge number. .

Although the yield per mu in this era was very low, and the overall amount of grain reserves in the granary was not as good as that of later generations, the amount of grain stored around Hongri Village was still outrageous. The Great Xia Dynasty regarded this area as a strategic grain reserve base. processed.

Due to his special status, the steward of Hongri Village is not a servant, but Cheng Mai, the second generation son of the Cheng Jiaqing branch. After all, he was still Cheng Jinzhou's cousin, but the blood relationship was much thinner.

Shi Yan rode his donkey and rode all the way to the village gate. He was still hesitating about what to do when he saw a disciple waving to him kindly.

Shi Yan only heard about bribery from the old people. I was quick to speak and spit it out. Now I firmly adhere to the principle of seeing more and talking less. I lead the donkey over with a smile on my face and bow to him with a smile: "You are always here to invite me. What's the matter?"

"Which family is here to ask for food?" The disciple smiled. His attitude was not at all like the servants who served in the city, and there was no smell of arrogance at all.

"I belong to the third branch of Qingzi branch. I am the third young master's book boy, and my name is Shi Yan."

"Shu Tong, what's your name? You have a bright future." Menzi smiled heartily, stretched out his hands and said, "How much food do you want?"

Shi Yan was a little surprised as to why he stretched out his hands and whispered: "I want 200 stones."

"Oh, I have a big appetite." A few people who were still in the room suddenly popped their heads. A middle-aged man wearing a green jacket touched his bare forehead, rubbed the scab on his neck, and shook his head. He swayed out, looked at Shi Yan and said, "You don't even have a car with you, how are you going to transport these 200 shi of grain?"

"The car in Zhuangzi..." Shi Yan said half a sentence before he knew he was wrong, so he smiled and said, "You have to buy it first before talking about it."

The first disciple still stretched out his hands, winked and said: "200 shi of grain usually has to be reported to the Yamen. You can also transport it to us if you want. The price will be higher."

"Then it depends on whether you put your left hand or your right hand." Menzi said and rubbed his fingers, and several people behind him laughed tacitly.

How could Shi Yan not understand? He just didn't expect that the Dingjias of Hongri Village would be so arrogant, with almost no cover at all. He didn't care so much, and said in an unfamiliar tone: "Which hand is cheaper?"

Menzi took his right hand back.

Shi Yan carefully took out a golden melon seed from his arms and placed it on Menzi's left hand.

"50 stones." The bald man reported the number from behind, and the two of them seemed to be talking to each other in secret.

The golden melon seeds commonly used by the Cheng family were rarely seen by the servants of these foreign villages. Someone picked them up in one bite, regardless of the sweat of the two people on them, bit them down hard, and said: "It's so soft." .”

"Can it be softer than the little lotus flower?" Others immediately started laughing.

Shi Yan was unmoved, his hand stopped on his chest and said: "Pay for the delivery."

"Follow me to get the goods." After seeing the real gold, the bald man became serious.

The granaries in Hongri Village had different specifications. Baldhead picked up the big granaries and casually directed the workers resting next to him to load 50 shi of grain into the cart. Shi Yan felt relieved and took out two more golden melon seeds. Said: "One tael of gold and 200 shi of grain."

"Four." The bald man had seen the world and knew the weight of golden melon seeds, and slowly stretched out four fingers.

4 grains are worth 32 taels of silver, which is already 20% cheaper than those sold in shops outside. Of course, the quality is also quite poor. The ones taken out from the warehouse inevitably have some old grain, but Cheng Jinzhou doesn't care.

When Shi Yan saw that there was a door, he immediately became energetic. After some persuasion, Bald Tou gave up another 2 taels of silver and finally loaded all the 200 shi of grain into the car.

30 taels of silver can save several second-class men's monthly money. How much the bald head took from it is unknown.

At this time, Shi Yan realized that his whole body was soaked with sweat.

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