Chapter 71 Huai City
"dong dong"

Shopkeeper Li tapped his fingers lightly on the square table in front of Lu Xingge, seeing the boy who had lowered his head and gnawed peanuts raised his head blankly, he couldn't help laughing.

"How about it, is the peanut taste in my store okay?"

"good to eat."

Lu Yange looked at the five or six peanut shells peeled off in front of him, and asked curiously, "Are the new peanuts ready to harvest now?"

Although she doesn't know the farming season, she also knows that peanuts don't ripen until July and August.

"This is last year's peanuts, but they are boiled twice, not this year's new peanuts."

Shopkeeper Li twisted a peanut in his hand, but didn't peel it off, just held it in his hand and looked at it carefully.

During the severe flood the year before last, most of the peanuts were submerged in water, and there was almost no harvest.There was a severe drought last year, and most of the peanuts harvested were not full.

The boiled peanuts sold in Lai Fushun store are full of grains, and the price is surprisingly expensive.

Just this small plate on the table costs 26 renminbi, which is more than the price of a dish of meat in other stores.

The price of such a plate of boiled peanuts is enough for an ordinary poor family to buy two catties of brown rice and wild vegetables to eat for several days.

But in Lai Fushun, most of the merchants who come from south to north, not to mention nine out of ten, will order this dish of boiled peanuts that is not available in other stores.

The taste is on the one hand, and the other reason is that boiled peanuts are cold dishes, suitable for drinking, and also suitable for serving when chatting.

The matter between the rebel army and the court is still unknown to the Zhuang family.However, most of the ship dealers in the past have already paid attention to them.

Lu Yange gathered the few peanut shells in front of him, and looked up into the store.

The guests just left did not know when they left, and the dishes and chopsticks had been cleaned up.There are only her and shopkeeper Li in the store now, and a young man is standing at the door of the store, watching out for the passing ships and merchants.

"Uncle Li, you can't just put salt and tangerine peel in this boiled peanut. For example, you should also put some star anise, grass fruit, clove, nutmeg, bay leaf, fennel, etc., for the taste to be good."

"Oh, how much do you want to put?"

Shopkeeper Li hesitated after asking, "Although there is no shortage of boiled peanuts in the store, if you share the profit..."

"Uncle Li, I don't want to share any profits. I can also tell you the ingredients you want. I promise they will be better than those made in your store. It's just..."

Lu Yange carefully moved closer to Shopkeeper Li, and asked in a low voice, "Can you tell me that the Hongying Army will really attack the capital?"

"You boy, how dare you ask anything."

Shopkeeper Li glanced at the kid in front of him, with a faint smile on his face, "Beat, definitely. But not yet, at least after the autumn harvest, there will be food."

Ordinary children would be afraid when they heard him talking about the Hongying Army with the guests, but he kept paying attention. When they were talking, Lu Xiaosi ate and drank, as if he didn't understand what they were saying at all.

If you really don't understand, it's normal.

But now?

It was clear that he had been listening to what they had to say, but acted like he didn't care.

This kid is interesting.

He is good-looking and smart, not at all like the honest look of Lu Quan and his wife.

Lu Yange thought for a while: "After the autumn harvest, won't it be too late? By then the court will collect all the food, so will they still have food?"

Shopkeeper Li smiled mysteriously: "Do you know where the grain we collect every year goes?"

Where did you go?

The food from various places should be concentrated in the counties and counties, leaving part in the granary and sending part to the capital.

Although Nanyang County is closer to the capital than Huaicheng, the food in Nanyang County has been transported to Huaicheng.

Now that Huai City is occupied by the rebels, the food in Nanyang County should naturally be shipped to the capital!
Lu Yange: "It used to be shipped to Huai City, but now it should be shipped to Beijing."

Shopkeeper Li shook his head: "Theoretically, it should be shipped to the capital, but no one can tell about the affairs of the court. Maybe this year's grain will be shipped to Huai City."

"what?"

Lu Yange didn't seem to expect such an answer. She opened her mouth slightly and looked at the slightly serious shopkeeper Li in front of her: "Send...to Huaicheng? Why did you send it to Huaicheng?"

Unless these officials of the imperial court are out of their minds, they will give the new food to the rebels!
Isn't this crazy?

"Why not."

Shopkeeper Li looked seriously at the young man in front of him, "Is there a possibility that Dongyang County and Nanyang County have already fallen under the control of the Hongying Army, and we outsiders don't know about it."

Lu Yange straightened up suddenly: "How did it fall into the hands of the Hongying Army without fighting?"

If the Hongying army wants to occupy a city, don't they have to use knives and guns, costing countless lives, and even sacrificing many innocent people?

Facing Shopkeeper Li's calm face, Lu Yange suddenly thought of a possibility, and his heart skipped a beat.

What if the Hongying Army and the government had colluded for a long time?

Then, everything shopkeeper Li said can be true.Dongyang County and Nanyang County seem to be in the hands of the court, but in fact they have already fallen into the control of the Hongying Army.

Thinking of this possibility, Lu Yange couldn't help shivering: "Uncle Li, didn't you say that the Red Tassel Army revolted in Huai City in March?"

How could the officials of Yutai and Dongyang County be captured so quickly?
Even if the court is corrupt and incompetent, these officials are not stupid. Why should they believe in a team that has just revolted and betray the court they should be loyal to.

"It was said that it was March this year, but the Hongying army had already revolted in Dongyang County the year before last. However, it was said to be a banditry before, and it was not known to everyone. This time Huaicheng happened to be on fire, which also caused the Hongying army division to revolt. Just being famous."

It's just that it's not clear whether it's natural fire or man-made.

The uprising in Dongyang County the year before last?
Banditry?

Lu Yangge lowered his head, looking at the table in a daze, isn't Lujiazhuang just Dongyang County?

Could the death of Zhuangzhu Lu also be related to the uprising of the Hongying Army?
Maybe, what her father hooked up with was not necessarily bandits, but rebels?

This……

Not allowing Lu Yange to think too much, shopkeeper Li raised his hand and gently rubbed Lu Yange's head: "Xiao Si, go back and tell your parents to buy more food, don't panic if you have food in your hands."

This time, Lu Yange did not pretend to understand. Instead, he bowed to shopkeeper Li respectfully: "Thank you, Uncle Li, for reminding me."

Even if shopkeeper Li didn't remind her, she still knew that she had to buy food at this moment.

But Shopkeeper Li can remind her that she must remember this love.

Shopkeeper Li stared at the pier not far away. There were not many ships berthing in the originally lively pier.

Those boats coming out of Huai City spread the news that the rebel army was about to go to the capital, but those who still had rice to cook at home, would not take the risk of risking their lives not to walk outside when the storm was on the cusp.

Who knew accident and fortune would come first!
(End of this chapter)

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