Chapter 451: He can obviously grab

Chapter 451 He can obviously grab it

"Open it and let Shopkeeper Li take a look."

The attendants who followed opened one of the cloth bags, and inside were ten flatbreads, some jerky of unknown meat, and a big radish.

It is definitely not uncommon for this item to be placed in the ordinary shopkeeper Li, but now it is different. The merchants in the city cannot get the goods, and many places are already short of food. In addition to water, the most expensive thing in the city is food.

"This... Brother Wang please clarify."

Steward Wang walked up to shopkeeper Li and said, "This is the package that our Master He pityed that everyone didn't have food and drink, so we prepared it for you. For this gift package, Master He will give you this amount. The rest depends on how much you can sell it for." .”

Shopkeeper Li smiled when he saw Guanshi Wang stretching out five fingers: "Fifty copper coins, this is no problem, I will take all you bring."

The smile on Steward Wang's face changed a few times, "Master Li, a bowl of clear water vermicelli in your store sells for fifty copper coins. I have cakes, meat and a big radish here. What do you think?" Fifty copper coins, I'm afraid you won't believe it yourself."

Treasurer Li asked tentatively: "Then tell me, Steward Wang, how much will you get? It won't be five hundred copper coins, right?"

"Of course more than that, here only five taels of silver a share."

Shopkeeper Li thought he heard it wrong, and when he confirmed again and again that these things really cost five taels of silver a pack, he almost laughed angrily!

He could grab it, but he wanted to give him some pancakes!

As long as the word Kui Wang Guanshi can say it out, he knows that Mr. He stored up a lot of food when the drought first broke out. Just this pancake, how many noodles can be made per catty. How much.

Shopkeeper Li tried his best to control the expression on his face so as not to offend anyone, "Steward Wang, the cost price is five taels of silver, how much do you want me to sell?"

"There are so many things, isn't it easy for you to sell them for ten taels of silver?"

Shopkeeper Li felt that Mr. He was really crazy about money. Who would pay ten taels of silver to buy such a little thing? Don't expect him to come up with that much money to buy it.

"Steward Wang, look at my little dilapidated inn. People who come to stay here can't be from wealthy families, let alone ten taels of silver, even if it is five taels of silver, they may not be able to take it out. Why don't you take a look, go to another house and ask?"

Manager Wang's face immediately sank, "Shopkeeper Li thinks, why can we sell this thing at this time? Of course, we have Mr. Wei's permission. If Mr. Wei knows, Mr. Li, you are not willing to cooperate with us to benefit the people. , my lord is afraid that he will be unhappy."

The reason why shopkeeper Li is so polite to shopkeeper Wang is because the He family has a close relationship with Master Wei, the city guard. Master Wei’s new concubine who entered the mansion last year is the daughter of the He family. Nothing can be done.

Shopkeeper Li didn't want to offend the He family, but he didn't want to be taken advantage of for five taels of silver and a package of dry food.

"Boss Wang, five taels of silver is really too expensive, do you think it can be cheaper? One tael, one tael of silver, I can give you everything!" Shopkeeper Li gritted his teeth and made a decision.

But Guanshi Wang sneered, "What's the situation now, you might as well grab it for a tael of silver, shopkeeper Li, you can think clearly, there are only 30 bags here, I believe that according to Guanshi Li's financial resources, it is completely useless to take it. question."

Thirty packs, that is one hundred and fifty taels of silver, let him take one hundred and fifty taels of silver to buy some pancakes!

But if you don’t buy it, you will offend the He family, and thus offend Mr. Wei. Shopkeeper Li also fell into a dilemma for a while.

Steward Wang saw shopkeeper Li's hesitation, so he softened his attitude and said kindly: "Treasurer Li, I only said these things to you because I have some friendship with you. It's just a little more than a hundred taels of silver. You can treat it as a gift for our master." Save face with your lord, what do you want to do in Los Angeles from now on?"

Shopkeeper Li was still reluctant to take so much, "Look, how about I just buy ten packs here? I don't have that much silver on hand, so I can take out fifty taels at most."

Steward Wang saw that shopkeeper Li was soft and hard, so he sneered and asked people to carry everything out, "Since shopkeeper Li doesn't need it, then I won't force you, just take everything away."

Seeing this, shopkeeper Li hurried forward and grabbed a handful of copper coins and stuffed them into Steward Wang's hand. Steward Wang pushed them, threw the copper coins on the ground and left without looking back.

Su Ying stood in the corridor on the second floor and saw this scene in her eyes. She was standing in a relatively hidden position, and no one in the lobby had noticed her existence. In addition, she had excellent hearing, and she heard the content of the conversation between the two of them. go in.

The Master He mentioned by the butler of the City Guard's Mansion should be the man he saw in the government that day, and his heart is as rotten as that of Master Wei.

Su Ying felt that although Manager Wang had left, the matter would not have passed like this. Otherwise, if everyone was like shopkeeper Li, who would buy that stuff?

Su Ying came down from the second floor, and could clearly see the sad cloud on Li's shopkeeper's face.

Su Ying walked up to shopkeeper Li and asked, "Shopkeeper, when I entered the city, I saw so many disaster victims outside the city and no one cared about it. The government never gave porridge, right?"

Shopkeeper Li's face became more gloomy when he heard the word from the government, "The granary in Los Angeles suddenly caught fire. Mr. Wei said that almost all the stored grain was burned, so there was no food to give porridge to the victims."

Su Ying's eyebrows twitched, "Is it burned?"

"Yes." Shopkeeper Li laughed sarcastically, "What a coincidence."

Su Ying felt that she needed to figure out what was going on, "Does Shopkeeper Li know where the granary in Los Angeles is?"

The location of the granary should be kept secret, but one time when Manager Li was drinking with Manager Wang, the drunk Manager Wang inadvertently revealed it, and he knew the location.

Shopkeeper Li looked at Su Ying suspiciously, "Young Master, why do you ask about this?"

Su Ying took out a gold medal from her body, "To tell you the truth, I was sent by the imperial court. The emperor had already heard about the drought in Luocheng, so he sent people to check the situation. He was very puzzled by the fact that Mr. Wei has not opened the warehouse for food, so I need to figure out what's going on."

Shopkeeper Li was astonished looking at the red gold dragon pattern token. He looked around, and after confirming that there was no one there, he lowered his voice and told Su Ying an address.

Su Ying nodded upon hearing the words, "Don't worry, shopkeeper Li, those who disregard the lives of the people will be liquidated by the court sooner or later."

Shopkeeper Li understood the meaning of Su Ying's words, and the gloom in his eyes gradually dissipated, "Your Excellency, you must be careful. Master Wei has held Luo City in his hands for the past two years, and it is not so easy to deal with."

Su Ying sneered, "Even a tiger that only eats people, I can still peel off its skin!"

(end of this chapter)