Jinghai County.

After receiving the order from his superiors, the prefect Lu Sheng directly came to an end. In the prefect's office, Fusang merchants, Chu merchants, and Goguryeo merchants were summoned.

Inside the house.

Lu Sheng sat in the main seat with Guan Wei, and below were the merchants sitting separately. The merchants who could come to him were all great merchants of great origins.

Now Wu Nian has to rely on merchants to buy food. Lu Sheng is very polite to these merchants and asks you to make tea.

Of course, Lv Sheng would not say directly that Wu Nian planned to prepare for the possible food shortage next year.

"Everyone, I know that the business on the sea is not mainly about food. This business is not easy to do. But I am indeed short of food for the general of the Han Dynasty."

"This time the general ordered me to buy food. I promise that as long as you transport the food over, I will not treat you badly."

"Give real money and money."

Lü Sheng said loudly.

The merchants were divided into three groups. The familiar people looked at each other and saw the heart-warming expression in each other's eyes. Marine trade mainly consists of porcelain, silk, tea, and other valuables.

The grain business is not easy to do.

The grain business is profitable and the storms on the sea are still big. If the storage is not good, the grain will become moldy and not worth the money.

Now, although pirates are afraid of Wu Nian's troops in this area of ​​Liaodong, they dare not go ashore. However, there are still pirates roaming on the sea.

In short, the profit is small and the risk is high.

But now that Lv Sheng has spoken, the profit must be high. The profit is high, so you can do business.

"I dare to ask the Prime Minister Lu and General Sui Han what the price is offered?" A Fusang merchant bravely asked Lu Sheng.

"Sky price." Lüsheng cuts the railway decisively.

Soon, the merchants blushed and hurriedly left the prefect's office, and went back to prepare.

As long as there is 100% profit, merchants dare to trample on any law. As long as Wu Nian can afford the price, merchants dare to sell their own ancestral tombs.

The news spread quickly, and the entire Jinghai County was alarmed. The other small businessmen also began to enter the venue as if they had smelled the bloody shark.

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Jiang County.

As the end of the year approaches, there is a lot of New Year atmosphere in the city. People from all households purchase New Year’s goods, couplets, etc.

Under the command of Liu Xiang and Wu, the general's mansion of the auxiliary Han Dynasty was also decorated with lights and ready for the New Year.

Wu Nianben was idle and practiced martial arts in the backyard. Suddenly, a personal soldier came to report that it was Kitahara Aosuke, a retainer from Snow Ri, Kyoko.

Wu Nian was surprised and asked his personal soldiers to invite Kitahara Aosuke to the study room to wait. He cleaned up his appearance a little before leaving the backyard and came to the study room in the front yard.

"General."

Kitahara Aosuke sat on the right chair, sitting in a straight posture with his eyebrows down. There was a female maid and a domestic slave waiting.

Seeing Wu Nian come in, he quickly stood up and bowed.

"No gifts. Let's sit down." Wu Nian has no good feelings for the Fusang people, but he has a good impression of the Kyoko family. It is mainly because of the copper and silver business of both parties, just like gold mines, with continuous output, and Wu Nian cannot refuse.

This is a big money owner.

"Mr. Kitahara is here to find me. Is there anything wrong?" Wu Nian sat down and asked with his head raised.

"I heard that the general was short of food. Our Kyoko family was willing to work hard." Kitahara Aosuke sat back meticulously and said seriously.

"Oh. Your Kyoji family is still in the grain business?" Wu Nian said in surprise after hearing this.

"The Kyoko family does not often do grain business, but can get food." Kitahara Aosuke replied truthfully. Not to mention that the news has spread now, the profit for Wu Nianyun is large enough.

Even in order to maintain a close relationship with Wu Nian, even if they don’t do grain business, even if they don’t make a penny, they have to help.

"I understand. Thank you for your kindness. You will talk to Hirokawa Prefect Ryu Sheng. But there is one thing. You don't have to worry. Even if you don't transport me food, it will not affect our copper and silver business. Doing business, everyone can make a profit to last. If you worry about copper and silver business, and you lose money, you will transport me food. This is not necessary."

"I can't exploit you."

After hearing this, Wu Nian said very straightforwardly.

When facing a well-behaved person, Wu Nian will behave properly and cannot walk the road to death.

Kitahara Aosuke was also moved when he heard this. Their Kyoji family had been in Chu for many years and met countless officials.

Those officials were either stupid enough to read and looked down on businessmen. Or they were just insects, and their eyes were lit when they saw the merchants, and they wanted to exploit them completely.

There are very few officials like Wu Nian.

"Yes." Kitahara Aosuke nodded and bowed. Soon, he left.

"It's not bad. The food business is not easy to do. But when I climbed the high school, there were so many merchants who transported me food. This proved that I had a good reputation."

Wu Nian smiled and said in his heart.

Just like last year, Wu Nian was very fat this year. Needless to say, his food and clothing were too short, and he couldn't afford to spend time with his own family. He had a group of wives and concubines, and his children were seven. The biggest one was able to make soy sauce.

I am really happy to guard this mansion, my wife and children are so warm.

However, after the Lantern Festival passed, the wind direction would be different. Whether it was Wu Nian, the officials in the General Fu Han’s Mansion, or farmers or scholars, they all felt something was wrong.

After the Chinese New Year, there was no rain or snow in Jiang County.

The drought is so great.

The sixteenth day of the first lunar month.

In the main hall of the front yard of the general of the auxiliary Han Dynasty, Wu Nian sat in the main seat, Liu Zhixing, Li Yong, Wang Youxiao, and Zhang Haiping sat in two rows.

Everyone's faces were quite serious.

"General. All counties have reported it. Not only is there no rain or snow in Jiang County. But the entire Yingqing Prefecture, Guangchuan Prefecture, and perhaps the entire Liaodong."

"This year it's really possible that it's a drought, a thousand miles away from the barren land."

Liu Zhixing not only had a serious face, but his tone was also extremely serious.

Whether it is farming or nomadic, drought is extremely terrifying. Although Yingqing Prefecture and Guangchuan Prefecture have bumper harvests every year, Wu has expanded its troops every year, and there is not much grain in the granary of the government.

If it is really a thousand miles away.

That would be bad.

"We will build water conservancy immediately and keep the water as much as possible. Let the lieutenants from all over the country send troops to help. Next, we must put the people first."

"There is also the news that Lü Sheng spread the news. Those merchants should now transport grain in Goguryeo, Fusang and Chu. What's next is hard to say. But we must eat all the grains from this batch of maritime merchants. There is no mistake."

Wu Nian nodded and said in a deep voice.

"yes."

The four of them answered loudly, stood up, and went down immediately.

"Hope. We are over-concerned. Maybe it will suddenly rain tomorrow?" Wu Nian exhaled a long breath, came to the gate, and looked up at the sky.

The sky is clear, what a sunny day.

It doesn't look like it will rain no matter how hard it looks.
Chapter completed!