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Ma Hao was not stupid, and he understood almost instantly that Zhao Hanzhang wanted to use the money confiscated from Magistrate Hu to buy grain with him.

Some of the belongings in the Ma family's courtyard were actually left there by the Ma family.

Ma Hao rubbed his forehead. He probably couldn't get the treasure back. He made a decision immediately. After looking at Ma Zuo, he nodded in agreement. He pointed at Ma Zuo and said to Zhao Hanzhang gently: "This is my brother. He has always been in charge of the household affairs. If the county magistrate wants to buy food, just look to him."

Zhao Hanzhang nodded towards Ma Zuo and took a look at him.

Ma Zuo, who was slightly bent and with his head lowered, was much more pleasing to the eye than Ma Xuan. Zhao Hanzhang did not hesitate to praise her and asked directly: "Since Ma Zuo is taking care of the general affairs, why is Ma Xuan coming to the county government to handle things?"

Ma Hao's expression froze and he asked hurriedly: "But my brother offended the county magistrate with his unreasonable words?"

He hurriedly said: "He is stupid because of his reading. He didn't mean to offend. Please forgive me for my sake..."

He was afraid that if Zhao Hanzhang was unhappy, he would have Ma Xuan beheaded as well.

Zhao Hanzhang waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, he is fine. He is having a bar with Liang Xiancheng at the moment."

Ma Hao:......

Although he said this, he still felt uneasy. It was the first time they met, and Zhao Hanzhang was too cruel.

Zhao Hanzhang took the opportunity to bring up the matter of buying grain. Although he said that Ma Zuo was solely responsible, Liang Hong also said that Ma Hao was the one who made the decision for the Ma family.

If the food she wants to buy exceeds his bottom line, he will naturally have to make the decision. It would be too troublesome to go back and forth. Since she is here to visit the doctor today, let's make a decision.

So she ignored Ma Zuo who was behind her and said to Ma Hao, "I want to buy two thousand shi of food from the Ma family."

Ma Hao: ...Why don't you just say, I plan to plunder all the grain in your family's inventory.

Of course, it was impossible for Ma Hao to sell Zhao Hanzhang two thousand shi of grain. Although he could still get it by squeezing, his family would also be out of food.

The Ma family has many servants. Of course, they are far inferior to the ones raised by the Zhao family, but their daily expenses are also quite high.

Thinking of this, Ma Hao finally didn't want to push the trouble to Ma Zuo, but cheered up and bargained with Zhao Hanzhang.

In fact, there is not much to argue about the price of grain. He is willing to lower the price to sell to Zhao Hanzhang. Zhao Hanzhang does not want to lower the price too low. There are five counties after Biyang County. She hopes that the news of her generosity and wealth will spread. To go out, it would be best to spread the word out of Runan County and spread throughout Yuzhou to attract more grain merchants and gentry.

So what they compete for is mainly trading volume.

Zhao Hanzhang kept wanting to buy more, and Ma Hao kept wanting to sell less.

Ma Zuo listened on the sidelines and had a strange feeling. It was the first time he saw buyers wanting to buy more but sellers wanting to sell less.

Zhao Hanzhang finally succeeded in setting the amount of 1,200 shi and negotiated the price.

Zhao Hanzhang was very generous and said directly: "I will go back and have someone send the money."

Ma Hao was startled and immediately said: "No hurry, no rush, wait until I prepare the food before trading..."

Zhao Hanzhang smiled slightly at him and said, "I trust Mr. Ma, so I will pay the money first. I think we should be able to trade quickly, right?"

She said meaningfully: "The people are all waiting for food relief."

Ma Hao couldn't say anything against it. Would he dare to go back on his word? Does he dare to delay?

As soon as Zhao Hanzhang left, Ma Hao lay down on the bed with a heartache and frowned.

Ma Zuo sent Zhao Hanzhang out and saw him when he came back and stood on one side with his head bowed. Ma Hao felt relieved, got up and said angrily: "Let someone go to the county government office to call Brother Xuan back and ask him to deal with Zhao Hanzhang. He has nothing to do with him." What have you been doing?"

Everyone came to find him, but he was still missing in the county government office.

Ma Zuo agreed, turned around and was about to go down, when Ma Hao stopped him and said with a frown: "Leave these small things to the housekeeper. You can take the people to the warehouse to count the food."

He sighed and said: "The grain in the granary should not be enough. We have to ask Zhuangzi to send some."

Ma Zuo agreed, paused, and then asked: "Why did eldest brother agree to her? With so much food, the family will have a hard time."

"Zhao Hanzhang... is audacious. If I give it to her now, it's a business. She's good for me and I'm good for everyone." Ma Hao paused and said: "If I don't give it, who knows if the Ma family will encounter bandits in the future. some type of?"

The county magistrate should be cut off. Facing such a county magistrate, Ma Hao did not dare to have high expectations.

Sure enough, Zhao Hanzhang bought the first batch of grain. When he returned to the county government, he began to make announcements, and asked the government officials and watchmen to go to the streets and alleys. He also went to every village to read out the content. The content was very simple. They had changed the county magistrate in Biyang County. , the county government wants to distribute relief food and let villagers from all over the county go to the county to receive the food in person.

All those who fell into banditry due to poverty this year are pardoned. As long as they return home voluntarily, she can pretend that nothing happened and give them some relief food to help them tide over the difficulties.

When the news spread, because they knew that Magistrate Hu had been beheaded by the new county magistrate, many people believed Zhao Hanzhang directly and started dragging their families to the county seat with books and books.

Many villagers who had quietly blocked the road to collect tolls heard the news and quietly returned to the village, pretending that nothing had happened.

But there are also people who stay on the mountain and insist on making a living by robbing homes and homes.

Zhao Hanzhang flipped through the news being reported from various places, and he knew what was going on.

If anyone knows the most about the bandit situation in Biyang County now, it is Fu Tinghan.

Bandits and bandits were also rebels from the good people. They had household registration before they fell into bandits and were also under the jurisdiction of Li Zheng. Therefore, the one who knows the situation best is Li Zheng.

Fu Tinghan, who had compiled so much honest news, naturally understood the situation best. He waited until Zhao Hanzhang finished reading before saying: "There are more than 300 bandits in the Houshan Valley. In addition to the original villagers of Houshan Valley, there are also Quite a few are attracted from other places.”

Zhao Hanzhang nodded, "There are quite a few people."

Fu Tinghan asked: "Do you want to suppress the bandits?"

Zhao Hanzhang shook his head, "Suppressing the bandits has cost a lot of manpower and material resources. They have just started, they only robbed passing merchants, and have not killed anyone yet. I don't want to use my soldiers to fight with them?"

Fu Tinghan's heart moved and he turned his head to look at her, "So?"

"So I want to recruit people!" Zhao Hanzhang said: "Be polite first and then attack. Let's see if we can attract people in."

"Who's going to say it?"

"Of course I went," Zhao Hanzhang said: "Mr. Ji is not here, Liang Hong is not trustworthy enough, and his ability and prestige are not up to par. His trip would be in vain. It is better for me to go in person."

Fu Tinghan nodded, closed the booklet in his hand, stood up and said, "Let's go then."

Zhao Hanzhang looked at him blankly, "Are you going too?"

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