Prosperous Tang special forces

Chapter 156
The servants led Wang Yan, who was dressed in a brocade robe, into the Nan mansion. Looking at every plant and tree here, Wang Yan sighed: "Master Nan is really brave, the scenery in this mansion is not much better than that of the imperial palace."

Nan Badi, who was lying on the wicker chair, snorted angrily, "What's the matter with you coming to my Nanfu, brother of the new governor?"

Wang Yan said with a smile: "I'm here to buy something, but I don't know if Mr. Nan can give up his love?"

"Oh, what do you want?"

"Food, a lot of food."

"Food? Didn't Long Feiyu transport [-] dans of grain from the outside world? What kind of grain did you buy from me?"

Wang Yan smiled and said, "Where did he get the grain? I deposited his [-] dan of grain."

Hearing this sentence, Nanbadi was overjoyed and said, "Where do you get so much food?"

"Guangzhou is surrounded by the sea. I heard that the overseas generation is short of food, but rich in treasures. They are planning to travel to the sea, so they specially brought [-] tons of food to the sea. Unexpectedly, Long Feiyu would lend it to him to meet his urgent need. I'm going to sea soon, what should I do if I don't have any food, I can only buy it."

"According to what you say, Long Feiyu has no food at all?"

Wang Yan shook his head and said, "Do you think this road is so easy? I transported all these grains. If it wasn't for the opening of the Meiling Ancient Road and depositing it in the hands of the army, where did he get the grain? But I heard that he Father has a good relationship with warrior Xun, the governor of Jingzhou. Jingzhou has been a rich place since ancient times, so warrior Xun promised to lend him fifty thousand dans of grain, but it would take at least a month to transport it here, so he took my grain. "

Hearing that Long Feiyu still had [-] dans of grain, Nan Ba's eyes widened. He knew that if he didn't sell the grain, it might be damaged in his hands.Squinting his eyes, he said, "I have [-] dans of grain here, can you finish buying it?"

Wang Yan said with a smile: "What's so rare about this, our Wang family has money left over if we don't have any other money. I want all of it for five cents a load."

"Five qian? You really dare to open your mouth. I spent five liang to buy these grains."

"Five taels? Master Nan, you are really rich. It's almost five cents a bucket. The current price of grain in the market is only ten cents and five taels. It looks like it can go down a bit."

"Five for one penny? Nonsense, it was still two pennies when I came back just now."

Wang Yan said with a smile: "But when I came here, it was already ten cents and five cents. I heard that my cheap relative released another batch of grain in order to stabilize the grain price and let the common people buy cheap grain. Anyway, his grain It’s almost here, and the [-] load will last until the end of the year, and it’s not a big problem.”

Hearing what Wang Yan said, although Nan Badi was furious, he didn't show it. Wang Yan came to discuss business, and beating people casually is not like doing business.He gritted his teeth and said, "Since Long Feiyu doesn't have so much food, why do you still buy my food?"

"Time doesn't wait. It will take at least a month for his food to arrive, but I am in a hurry to go to sea. It will be unlucky if the time passes."

Hearing what Wang Yan said, Nan Badi chuckled and said, "It's true, but I'm not short of money. I bought these grains specially from the six great families, and I wouldn't sell them even if I threw them away. You still Let's go back."

Hearing that Nan Badi was so decisive, Wang Yan waited to say more, but suddenly remembered something, he cupped his hands and said: "Well, since Master Nan doesn't want to sell, then I won't force it." Then he cupped his hands and said: "Master Nan bids farewell."

Seeing that Wang Yan left as soon as he said so, the housekeeper said anxiously: "Master, don't let him go, now we have exchanged all the money for food, and these six great families are waiting now, why can't we turn over the funds?" , if these grains are thrown in our hands and cannot be exchanged for money, then we will really want to cry without tears."

Nan Ba ​​snorted and said: "You see, Wang Yan is clearly here to see a joke. I won't sell this grain to him. I'll see what he takes to go to sea. The price of this grain is already so low. It's impossible. Let's talk to Long Feiyu. landing."

As soon as Nan Badi finished speaking, someone ran in and said, "Master, the price of food has dropped to one penny."

"What? One dollar? How could it fall so fast?"

After talking about money, Nanba sat up from the rattan chair with a slight rub.The visitor came in a hurry: "The new Mr. Long said that the imperial court gave tens of thousands of dans of grain, and since it was taken from the people, it should be used for the people. He specially asked people to lower the price of grain, so as to give back to the people."

"Where are there many people buying?"

"It was quite a lot at the beginning, but because their food purchases are limited, there are not many people buying food now."

Hearing this, Nan Ba ​​said anxiously: "Housekeeper, hurry up and chase Wang Yan back."

The butler let out a "hey" and rushed out to chase after him. Unexpectedly, just as he walked out of the inner courtyard, he saw Wang Yan leisurely strolling around in the courtyard accompanied by his entourage.

Seeing Wang Yan, the butler greeted him with a smile and said, "My lord, my master is here to invite you."

Wang Yan glanced at the butler, and said casually: "Didn't your master let me out? Why invite me in now?"

The butler said with a smile: "There are some things our master still wants to discuss with the prince."

Wang Yan shook his head and said, "Forget it, we don't have any relationship, I'm just anxious to go to sea to raise food. If you don't want to sell, I won't bother you." As he said he was going to leave, the housekeeper hurriedly took the first step Stopping in front of Wang Yan, he cupped his hands and said, "The prince is here, why don't you stay a little longer, the scenery here is beautiful and unique, and the prince can just enjoy it."

Wang Yan chuckled, nodded and said: "Well, anyway, I'm here for fun, and I can't go overseas if I go overseas. Anyway, Long Feiyu's food will come in a month, and I will pay it back at that time I'm just going to sea."

Wang Yan said it casually, and the housekeeper kept laughing, and they walked into the inner courtyard together.Seeing Wang Yan's arrival, Nan Ba ​​chuckled, stood up from the rattan chair, and made a serious invitation gesture, saying: "Please sit down, Mr. Wang, we can talk about the food, in fact, I want to do that." It's useless to have more food, it's just to prove my strength. Now that the six great families can't hold their heads up, my goal has been achieved. Since you want the food, you can deal with it at a low price. You see how much money is right, just take it away."

Wang Yan nodded and said: "Okay, everyone is a straightforward person. To be honest, I don't care if I don't go to sea. When I came, I received a letter from my sister, asking me to come and find this little brother-in-law. I'm afraid that he will take back some concubines. Let me watch, who knows that he took away the food before I watched it. Now the sea can't get out, so I have to watch him, anyway. In a hurry."

Although Wang Yan's words are a bit far-fetched, but businessmen can hear it as soon as they hear it. I'm not in a hurry. If you want to sell it, you can sell it. If you don't want to sell it, don't sell it.

This trick of playing hard to get made Nan Badi quite embarrassed, and Nan Badi was not a fool if he could become the best in Guangzhou City.He gritted his teeth and said, "Since Mr. Wang said so, well, you can take two taels of silver and one stone."

Wang Yan chuckled and said, "A few years ago, the grain was quite valuable, but now it is worthless in the north. Except for the tough people here who seldom cultivate it, there is no shortage of grain in other places. I can't use so much food from the north. What's more, my cheap brother-in-law brought it with the army, and even saved the porter. It doesn't cost much. Your food is too expensive. Although I am a prodigal , but it’s not so stupid that if I buy it back, our patriarch will scold others. Maybe how to deal with me.”

Hearing what Wang Yan said, Nanbadi's fists were clenched and loosened. Now they are discussing business, and he can't just do it casually. In the past, he would have picked up the bench and smashed it.

After a stalemate like this for a while, Nan Badi finally let go and said: "That's all right, I won't talk to you anymore, one to two five, this is the head office, right?"

Wang Yan smiled, patted his knees and said narrowly: "Since this is the case, I won't say much, how about eight coins? You also know that we are running errands for the family. It’s a little bit good, isn’t it, I’ll give them nine dollars when I go back, and it’s a bit of a loss. Otherwise, the business is so boring.”

Nan Badi suppressed the anger in his heart, and said: "One or two, don't talk about it if you are less."

Hearing one or two, Wang Yan looked distressed, and after a long time of preparation, he nodded and said: "Okay, one or two is one or two, you get the grain out of the warehouse as soon as possible, and I will find someone to move it. As for the money, I will pay you later." How about I send someone to deliver it?"

Nanba squinted his eyes and nodded, waved his hand and said, "Seeing off the guests."

Wang Yan cupped his hands and walked straight out of Nanfu. Seeing Wang Yan leave, Nan Ba ​​picked up the teacup on the table and threw it out with a face of anger. It shattered to the ground with a "pop".

Seeing that Nan Badi was so angry, the butler hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him: "Master, don't be angry, this Wang Yan can't go out, he has to spend the money here in Guangzhou City, the money spent here is still ours, this It’s just that the meat rotted in the pot. We just exchanged a bunch of dead things for 10 taels of living money, and Wang Yan is just a place for us to put money.”

Thinking of this, Nanba nodded, and agreed: "That's right, all those who live in Guangzhou City, their money will enter my pocket sooner or later."

In order to avoid any change in the future, Wang Yan quickly asked people to pull the silver taels over. After counting the silver taels in Nanbadi, a large group of people came to pull away the grain carts one by one.

Naturally, they are no strangers to these people. These are soldiers of the army, and they are now being used by Wang Yan as public weapons for private use.

In the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Long Feiyu was inviting Sun Simiao and his group to taste the clear tea he made, but Governor Yang said with a happy face: "Your Excellency is really good. You even got [-] dans of grain overnight. The urgent need has been resolved, otherwise the humble officer will definitely be caught blind this time."

Long Feiyu said with a chuckle: "Master Yang, being an upright official is much more difficult than being a corrupt official. You must be ready to deal with all kinds of criminals with evil intentions at any time. A bully like Nan Badi is going to force him to He has nowhere to go, and then he reveals his fox tail, and we will catch him."

While talking, Wang Yan walked in with a smile, cupped his hands at Long Feiyu and said, "My lord, what you have told me has been done, and the food has been brought back."

Long Feiyu nodded, and said to the guards behind him: "Go, tell your general to ask him to throw away all the rags he brought in a few days ago, put these grains into the warehouse, and then restore the grain price to the original level." level."

"Yes"

Hearing that Long Feiyu wanted to restore the grain price, Prefect Yang wondered, "My lord, why did you ask them to throw away the grain in the warehouse?"

Before Long Feiyu could finish speaking, Wang Yan laughed and said, "Where is there any food in the warehouse of Prefect Yang? It's just tens of thousands of bags of sand that my lord ordered someone to bring back."

"Sand? What are you selling these days?"

"It's the only [-] tans of grain in the warehouse. The adults are afraid of selling out, so they start to restrict purchases on a household-by-household basis, so that the flow of water can last forever. Forcing Nanba to cut prices and destroy the grain market in one fell swoop, with his own way To deal with him, so that he can't operate, he can only find a way to deal with the gathered grain at a low price, and I will be responsible for buying the grain he handles."

Hearing what Wang Yan said, Prefect Yang was happy but also a little scared, he let out a long sigh of relief and said, "This is really suspenseful, if Nan Badi finds out, it will really be the end of this time."

Wang Yan said with a smile: "When I was about to go to Nanfu, my lord had already thought out a countermeasure for me. After a few tricks of playing hard to get, Nanba land will be on the downhill. There is still time to think about it, and wait for him to react. The food was already in our warehouse when the food arrived, and as long as the food was in the warehouse, even if he wanted to move it, he couldn’t move it.”

"Can't we move? This Nanba land is the overlord here. If he finds out that he has been cheated, why don't we overturn our warehouse?"

Wang Yan said with a smile: "My lord, have you forgotten that the granary is an important part of the national treasury, and robbing the granary is tantamount to treason, and can be executed on the spot. No matter how stupid Nanba is, it is not so stupid as to openly offend the court."

(End of this chapter)