"You guys are good at home and prepare more dry firewood. We will be back soon!"

"Yes, boss!"

"Go and go!"

The next morning, Erhan, Xiaotu, Hongxiu, and Jinya were left behind to guard the dilapidated temple, and Xue Yu led the other friends to come out of the mountain to take revenge in a fierce manner!

Of course, if you want to avenge revenge, it is far from enough to have momentum. You also need to have a clever plan. Otherwise, with eight little wanderers, challenging the rich and powerful Liu family is like hitting a stone with an egg!

Fortunately, Xue Yu has always been a dark man. After a night of planning, he came up with a perfect revenge plan, but implementing this plan requires a little bait.

Therefore, before leaving, I opened the jar, took out the leftover chicken bones, wrapped them in a piece of rag, and carefully put them in my arms!

...

The Liu family lives outside the east gate of Hejian Mansion. It is a large mansion covering an area of ​​several acres, with red painted doors, brass door knockers, five-story white marble steps, and there are horse-mounted stones and horse-mounted stones in front of the door. There are two rows of horse-mounted stakes. There are even a high hall and a large house inside. The weather is extraordinary, and it is not inferior to the official families!

The Ming Dynasty always emphasized agriculture and neglected business. It once established a law: ordinary people could wear clothes of four materials: silk, yarn, silk and cloth, but merchants could only wear silk and cloth. Merchants could not live in luxury houses, ride in carriages when they went out, and even more so could not enter the official career!

More than two hundred years have passed, and with the increasing corruption of the Ming Dynasty's rule, no one has followed those rules. The merchants lived in luxury, became rich as officials, and even paid for donating officials, and were above the court in a noble manner.

"Boss, we are alone and lonely, and we are afraid we can't beat the Liu family?"

"The Liu family has dozens of thugs, all of whom are cruel and ruthless, and some even take up their lives!"

"I want me to tell you, we will come and go to the yard secretly, and there are still bricks and cow dung. Even if we can't hit people, we can still disgust Liu Datou!"

...

When they came to the Liu family's mansion, the friends were a little timid. With their strength, how could they fight over the big families? I'm afraid there is no hope of revenge and they will be beaten up!

"Don't worry, boss, I have my own tricks. Not only do I want to avenge Erhan, but I can also have a good meal of meat!

The four men, the man bull, the tiger head, the flower snake, and the pheasant, went to the willow forest to ambush, and then prepared a long rope, and then... in this way... do you understand?"

"I understand, boss!"

"The others have been hiding, and no one is allowed to speak out!"

Xue Yu had a plan, so he sent four partners to prepare first. He led the rest of the people to hide in an alley, monitoring Liu Zhai's every move. If he wanted to win the big battle with a small profit, he would win the battle with wisdom, courage and patience!

...

"Get away, poor people, get away, don't pass by the Liu family's gate in the future. Who dares to bring bad luck in? Be careful of the Sixth Master's whip, bah! bah!"

"Wang!--Wang!"

The door of Liu's house was closed tightly, and a stool was placed in front of the door. A thin guy with rat eyes, a floppy nose bridge and a thunderbolt mouth looked like a big horse monkey, holding a cowhide whip in his hand. It was Wei Liu's finger that had previously put a dog and bite people!

Wei Liuzhi, who is in his thirties this year, was originally a rogue. Later, he defected to the Liu family as a slave and was responsible for watching the door. No one knew his real name. Because there were six fingers on his right hand, he got the name of "Wei Liuzhi"!

There was also a big yellow dog lying beside him, weighing at least 60 or 70 kilograms, with thick limbs and sharp fangs. He spit out a bright red tongue and whispered at passers-by from time to time, looking like a dog ruling with his power!

Locals knew the situation and did not dare to leave here. Refugees from other places were unaware of it. Some people came to beg for the house, but were driven away by evil slaves and evil dogs. They were either whipped or bitten by dogs!

"Helping!--Wheel!Wheel!"

At noon, a convoy arrived in front of Liu's house. There were about 70 or 80 mule carts filled with grain bags, all of which were bulging. In addition to the handlebars that drove the car, dozens of servants were also responsible for escorting them, carrying sticks and so on!

A middle-aged man in the team leader was burly, big, round waist, and a beard all over his face. He looked extremely ferocious. He had a pair of iron rulers on his waist, weighing at least twenty or thirty pounds!

Zhu Yuanzhang rebelled and won the world. In order to avoid future generations imitating it, he issued a strict order: it is strictly prohibited to make a civilian war, or to privately store weapons, armor, and firearms, and those who privately store them are even more strictly controlled.

In order to protect their property, those landlords and wealthy people usually set iron rulers, iron bones, iron sticks, etc. for the thugs, which were considered as a traitor. However, as the Ming Dynasty became increasingly corrupt, more and more people were hiding weapons, and the bandits were becoming more and more serious!

"Manager Xiang, you are back. It's hard to transport grain to the south!"

"Well, I'm back, please inform the master!"

"Yes, the younger one is going here!"

The convoy stopped in front of the gate, and Wei Liuzhi immediately came up, smiling on his face, nodded and bowed, almost wagging his tail like a watchdog, and then rushed into the door to report the message.

A moment later, seven or eight people walked out of the mansion, leading an old man in his early fifties, wearing a large melon-skin hat, a black-collared gray satin gown, and a golden silk cane in his hand. It was Liu Datou, the owner of the house!

Liu Datou, as his name suggests, has a surprisingly big head, and has no hair. It is like a big oil gourd, accompanied by broom eyebrows, triangular eyes, a flirty nose, a catfish mouth, and a garlic clove teeth that go out in and out. If you go out at night, you will be scared to death when you see it, and you will be scared to the point when you see it!

"Master, there are eighty trucks of grain, including 60 stones of refined rice, 300 stones of brown rice, and 120 stones of mixed grains, and they are transported back without any fault!"

"I did a good job and immediately send it to the Beiguan warehouse for storage. I will send someone to guard day and night to prevent fire and theft. Never be careless!"

"Yes, Master!"

"Apart from that, you are lucky to be a little bit harder. I will take you guys to the south to transport food tomorrow. Now the price of grain has risen three times a day, just like a monkey climbing a tree. I have made a fortune and will definitely not treat you badly, haha!"

"Thank you, sir!"

Liu Datou has an ugly appearance, a flexible head, and has certain business skills. As early as a few months ago, he expected a famine.

Therefore, people were sent to Nanzhili and Huguang to purchase a large amount of grain, and took a boat north from the Grand Canal, and then transported it back to Hejian Mansion by vehicles, and sold it to the outside at a high price, making huge profits from it!

However, in recent days, after discussing with other grain merchants in Hejian Prefecture, he restricted the sale of grain every day, causing market scarcity, which forced grain prices to soar. On the other hand, he hoarded a large amount of grain, and when the price rose madly, he made a lot of money!

Beiguan Warehouse is where grain merchants hoard grain. It is said that more than 100,000 stones have been hoarded, and inside and outside the Hejian Prefecture City, people are starving to death every day!

"Please look, Master, this is brought back by the young man from Nanzhili, and he is dedicated to honoring you!"

"Oh, what is this?"

"Report to the master, this is called pearl rice. It is said that it is a Westerner with red hair and blue eyes. It is brought by kelp from the ocean. Some wealthy families in southern Zhili have planted it. The villain specially brought a basket back and gave it to you to try it out!"

While speaking, Xiang Guanjun took out a basket, which was more than twenty things one foot long and thick at the wrist. The outside was blue-white leaf skin, and some brown beards at the top!

Liu Datou picked up one and peeled off the leaf skin on the outside. The inside was a cone fruit, with golden rice grains densely covered with them, about the size of a tooth, and arranged quite neatly!

After doing grain business for most of his life, Liu Datou had never seen such pearl rice. He picked up a piece of pearl and stuffed it into his mouth. After chewing it hard for a few times, his old face suddenly turned into bitter gourd.

"Ph!--Ph!

It is hard and astringent, like eating sand and gravel, produced by the barbarians' land. It is indeed not a good thing. It is comparable to our heavenly kingdom. The grains are sweet and nourishing the body!

Don’t bring these useless things in the future. If there are Yangzhou Skinny Horses and Qinhuai Famous Prostitutes, you can get a few back. Master, I will try them out, haha!"

In addition to being greedy for money, Liu Datou also has another problem - lustful!

"Yes, I remember it, I will definitely let the master get his wish next time!"

The flattery hit the horse's leg, and Manager Xiang hurriedly returned the basket to the car, nodded and apologized, and then took the convoy to Beiguan!

...

"Steamed steamed buns, pasted pancakes, stubble porridge, and my favorite gold and silver steamed buns!"

In the alley, Xue Yu was about to jump up excitedly, and his saliva kept flowing out. What kind of pearl rice is it? Isn’t that corn? Commonly known as corn or rod!

I was born in the countryside and went to the fields when I was a child. I helped adults break sticks together. I was very familiar with this crop and knew more about how valuable it is!

Corn is native to the American continent. During the Ming Dynasty, it was introduced into China by European merchants. It first appeared in Guangxi and then gradually entered southern provinces. However, it was not widely promoted. Only some wealthy families planted it in small quantities. As a rare food, it was called pearl rice or corn!

The reason why corn is not promoted on a large scale is complicated:

First of all, for thousands of years, Chinese people have been growing grain rice (rice), millet (yellow rice), millet (millet), wheat (wheat), and beans (soybeans). It will take a certain amount of time to accept a new crop and be familiar with its cultivation methods!

Secondly, China has a vast territory, complex terrain and a changeable climate. After corn is introduced, it will take a long time to adapt to China's climate environment before finding the most suitable soil for growth!

Finally, corn is high in yield, nutritious and drought-resistant, but its taste is far less than rice and wheat. It is a coarse grain. In addition, without a good cooking method, it is naturally difficult to accept by the people.

Therefore, corn was introduced to China for more than 200 years, and it was not until the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty that it was widely promoted and became a major crop, feeding a large number of people!

But now it’s different. As a time traveler, Xue Yu knows the value of corn very well. Although the steamed buns are not delicious, they are really hungry!

"Mouse, monkey, you follow the convoy and come back with a few corns!"

"Boss, what corn?"

"It's just that Liu Datou chewed, and the golden thing must be brought back!"

"Understood!"

The mouse is a thief, and the monkey is flexible. The two of them are sneaking in and quietly follow the Liu family's convoy, looking for opportunities to start!

On the other hand, Liu Datou returned to the inner house, and Wei Liuzhi hid in the door room for lunch. Only the big yellow dog was left in front of the gate. He lay listlessly on the ground, waiting for the owner to eat his fill, and then give it some leftovers!
Chapter completed!