ps: Tip, this chapter is the real chapter 1478. The last time the chapter is "Chapter 1478" was a mistake in the number of chapters, but in fact it was Chapter 1472. In this way, Ah Hu really expressed his regret for the reading disorders and confusion caused by readers and Gods.

Although Li Zicheng is not like Zhao Hongyu's straightforward temperament, it is best not to talk around the bush at this time.

After all, you don’t have to express your intentions in the end.

So, Li Zicheng simply expressed his intention, which was to buy food.

Moreover, this batch of grain was purchased for the rebels, and it was not concealed by Zhao Hongyu.

After listening to Li Zicheng's words, Zhao Hongyu pondered for a moment.

To be honest, it is sold to anyone who sells grain, and there is nothing wrong with the rebels who want to buy it.

As for whether it is to pull the Ming Dynasty's hindrance, Zhao Hongyu had no concerns about this. After all, he could sell weapons and armor to the rebels, which was already very good.

Nowadays, the natural disasters in Daming are frequent, and grain harvests in various places are poor, which has led to the continued rise due to weather factors and some artificial reasons.

Even though the price here in Jincheng is cheap, it is still as high as a price of three taels of silver per stone. This is the cheapest in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Then, I don’t know how much money the rebels represented by Li Zicheng would spend to buy food.

They have hundreds of thousands of people, and they think they need a lot of food.

Moreover, Zhao Hongyu was very worried that Li Zicheng could take so much money.

As if seeing some of Zhao Hongyu's concerns, Li Zicheng hurriedly said: "Your Highness, don't worry about the money. A family came here to bring enough money this time. You can buy as much food as you have. You will definitely not make things difficult for Your Highness. Please rest assured about this."

"Oh, then how much money did you bring this time?" Zhao Hongyu looked over and asked at the same time. Li Zicheng replied: "Current silver is 120,000 taels, and some antique calligraphy and paintings."

Needless to say, those antiques, calligraphy and paintings were basically obtained from the homes of landlords and gentry after the rebels and soldiers captured the county town. These things were not worth it on the rebels, but they could be exchanged for the food they urgently needed.

As for 120,000 taels of cash silver, it is really not too much. I only bought 40,000 shi of grain at the best time.

This little grain cannot solve the problem of food shortage in the rebel army. At most, it will relieve it for a while.

Therefore, it depends on the antique calligraphy and paintings brought by Li Zicheng, and how much money can be converted in the end.

If it is some valuable antique calligraphy and paintings, then of course you can finally get good returns, but once these things are not valuable or are suppressed by Zhao Hongyu, Li Zicheng will not be able to get the benefits in hopes.

Of course, Li Zicheng had already made this mental preparation before coming.

Antique calligraphy and painting, etc., will definitely be underpriced.

Even if you don’t do business with Zhao Hongyu, other businessmen would have been hit by this.

What we need to see now is Zhao Hongyu's knife. Is it cruel enough?

This is what makes Li Zicheng feel unsure.

"Oh, since that's the case, I'll say it clearly. You can buy grain. Now the price of grain in Jincheng is as much as the silver. I will sell it to you, and I won't raise the price. Then we have to carefully evaluate the antiques, calligraphy and paintings you bring. Then we can give you a fair price, but I promise that you won't suffer too much. In fact, I also hope to be able to do a long-term deal with your rebels."

Zhao Hongyu said this, Li Zicheng listened this way.

Regardless of whether it is true or false, the initiative is not on the side of Li Zicheng and the rebels he represents. However, the meaning revealed by Zhao Hongyu still made Li Zicheng a little excited, because Zhao Hongyu's meaning was very obvious, and he did not reject business with the rebels.

This is much better than the many merchants in the Ming Dynasty.

The most troublesome thing for the rebels on the other side was that they could not buy what they needed even if they had money, because they were standing on the opposite side of the class represented by the interests of merchants and landlords.

Looking at the performance of the rebels after they captured more than a dozen county towns, the rich merchants, landlords and gentry basically had no good ending.

Therefore, based on the performance and attitude of the rebel army, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty would certainly not deal with the rebel army. Even if the rebel army has money now, the merchants would not be stuck.

Then, if Jincheng could do business with the Rebels for a long time and provide the Rebels with a large amount of stable food and other materials, this would of course be very good for the Rebels.

Li Zicheng, who didn't know the subtext, had a happy look on his face.

"Don't say much more about the extra words. If you send all the money and antiques, calligraphy and paintings, I will immediately ask someone to evaluate the price of those antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and then give you food."

Zhao Hongyu is very straightforward, and Li Zicheng also likes to do things like this.

So, he immediately asked his subordinates to go to the inn where he was staying and drove the carriages to the place designated by Zhao Hongyu.

Zhao Hongyu ordered people to find several people who evaluated antique calligraphy and paintings. These people were all the people who opened pawn shops in Jincheng, and they belonged to local people in this time and space.

After all, there are really no talents under Zhao Hongyu.

Therefore, he had to rely on the power of these people who opened pawn shops in Jincheng.

Li Zicheng brought a lot of antique calligraphy and paintings, and after some appraisal, there were indeed some good things among them.

According to the appraisers, Zhao Hongyu secretly measured it in his mind that one-fifth of the antique calligraphy and paintings that have been identified can be sold to the virtual world by billions of soft girls.

This is a profitable deal.

Not to mention, only one-fifth of the identifiable has been identified now, and four-fifths of antique calligraphy and paintings have not been identified.

So what is certain is that this batch of antique calligraphy and paintings can definitely make Zhao Hongyu profitable.

Of course, no one can understand that Zhao Hongyu can make enough profits.

After all, he has a cheat that is against the will, right?

As for whether this batch of antique calligraphy and paintings will cause turmoil in the virtual world? Zhao Hongyu is not worried at all.

You know, the size of the virtual world is dozens of times that of the era where Zhao Hongyu came from.

So, how can such a little antique calligraphy and painting cause turmoil?

Of course, in order to avoid this trouble, Zhao Hongyu could not sell them all at once. He must have sold them a little bit in a planned manner.

Anyway, they only sold some Chen Mi, but they exchanged them for more valuable antique calligraphy and paintings. Such a transaction is enough to make Zhao Hongyu wake up when he falls asleep.

Taking advantage of the gap in the identification of antique calligraphy and paintings, Zhao Hongyu and Li Zicheng started a chat.

Although Li Zicheng and Sai Shiniang and his daughter recognize each other, they also need time to have a good chat.

However, Li Zicheng did not dare to neglect Zhao Hongyu.

At the same time, since the father and daughter have been separated for many years, Sai Shiniang even knew Li Zicheng and she had nothing to say for a while.

So, just Zhao Hongyu came over to chat with his father, Sai Shiniang didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Instead, she breathed a little relieved.

"Although your rebel army is now very powerful, it always makes the practice of massacres of wealthy families after breaking through the counties in various places. Besides, they are all people of the Ming Dynasty and the Yanhuang people. As for what they have to do so terrible?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhao Hongyu's words became a little uncomfortable.

However, Li Zicheng was not angry, after all, Zhao Hongyu was not something he could offend.

Besides, although Zhao Hongyu was not very polite, it contained a hint of kindness.

If someone is not kind-hearted, how could he understand the Yijun?

At the same time, even Li Zicheng couldn't stand some of the actions of the rebel army.

For example, after conquering some county towns, Li Zicheng also disagreed with the practice of massacring wealthy households.

Because Li Zicheng was a sensible person, he knew very well who the interest class group of the Ming Dynasty was, these landlords, wealthy families and merchants.

Such practices as the Rebel Army completely pushed itself to the opposite of the ruling class and to most vested interests.

If the rebel army occupied most of the world, then it would be understandable to do so.

However, the rebel army does not have such strength yet, but they insist on doing this.

Therefore, Li Zicheng felt a little uneasy.

Moreover, with the series of victories during this period of the Rebel Army, most of the people in the Rebel Army developed a proud and complacent mentality, and their personalities began to be a little distorted.

After they captured the county towns and villages, they not only killed wealthy households and landlords, but also rich merchants. They even developed to the point of looting local people, raped women and murdering innocent people, which also happened from time to time.

The Rebel Army, in essence, has begun to undergo some changes, and this change is still very bad.

Li Zicheng saw these things one by one, but he felt some conspiracy in his heart.

Li Zicheng's ancestors were also from officials. There were also complex factors in the reason why Li Zicheng's generation became an ordinary military household.

However, it is precisely because of this relationship that Li Zicheng's family also has many books left by his ancestors, which have increased his knowledge a lot.

In addition, the days when they were desperate, he had gained his experience. After combining it with this knowledge, of course, Li Zicheng was different from the big bosses in the rebel army.

It can be said that he can see farther than many people.

"What Your Highness said is, but someone is not very high in the rebel army and has no weight in speaking. And no one listens to these words, and they will offend those villains, so they simply don't bother to say anything."

"However, a certain family is also very worried about the future of the rebel army. As Your Highness said, the rebel army's actions will eventually lead to losing the people's hearts." Li Zicheng is still a person who can see clearly. Zhao Hongyu nodded secretly after hearing this.

"Most of your rebels are just peasants who cannot survive, and what they do is just to find a way out. I think you can make a way out from the Ming Dynasty, rather than fighting with the imperial army or killing compatriots. If it were me, I would lead the rebels to attack the Junggar tribe in Xi Mongolia, occupy their playgrounds, cattle, sheep, and territory..."

As soon as Zhao Hongyu said this, Li Zicheng suddenly felt thoughtful. (To be continued...)

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