first minister

Chapter 232 Amazing news

"Guard Wu. We just confirmed that this group of people are indeed from Liangdu, and what they said is exactly the same as what we saw and heard in Liangdu."

"Wu Guanshi, we have already contacted each other. Now the ducks in the nearby villages and villages that mainly breed poultry have been reserved by us. As long as they want to do business with the Qin family in the future, they must cooperate with us!"

That night, two pieces of good news reached Guanshi Wu's ears one after another, which made him very happy.

Early the next morning, the Beiliang people got up early and planned to leave.

In Wu Guanshi's heart, it is best to isolate these people in his own villa in the name of treating guests and let him decide, but he also knows that unless the other party is really greedy for pleasure and is stupid, he will not be able to do this. The law can't be forced, so I had to let them go.

But among the leaving team, there was another Deng Jinbiao who was generous and offered to help.

Looking at the back of the leader Beiliang nobleman leaving with gratitude and pride, Guanshi Wu quietly raised the corners of his mouth.

When they arrived in Huilong Town, Deng Jinbiao didn't bother to rest. After settling down in the inn, he accompanied them on the road to buy ducks again.

They arranged the carriage and two people in advance, and prepared to do the same as yesterday. After the acquisition was completed, they set off to escort them back.

But I didn't expect that today's situation is like the sudden change of summer weather, it is different in an instant.

This time, there were very few people responding to the acquisition!

The leading nobleman from Beiliang immediately became anxious, "What's going on? There were so many people who came yesterday, and they bought nearly ten thousand ducks in just a short while. Why is there no one left today!"

Of course Deng Jinbiao knew what was going on, but he pretended to empathize with anxiety, "No! Why should there be 10,000+ ducks in Longzhen this time, why no one came to sell them!"

He rubbed his chin, "Could it be that you have decided that you have to raise the price, so you don't want to buy it at a price of sixty Wen?"

The nobleman of Beiliang's complexion suddenly became a little ugly, he called a follower, and whispered a few words in his ear, it was clear that he was suspicious of Deng Jinbiao and the Qin family behind him.

After the attendant listened, he greeted another person and left quickly.

Deng Jinbiao watched silently, as if he didn't see this scene, he just sneered in his heart, stupid outsider, you don't know anything about the Qin family's abilities!
Not long after, the entourage came back and said a few words in the ear of the nobleman of Beiliang, the complexion of the nobleman of Beiliang became more and more ugly.

He took a deep breath, walked to Deng Jinbiao, and laughed with him, "In your opinion, what should we do at this moment?"

Deng Jinbiao seemed to have completely ignored what happened just now, and thought seriously: "The best way, of course, is to reduce the price to [-] Wen, which is lower than [-] Wen, and higher than the market price of [-] Wen, and let everyone know that it is impossible to wait any longer. There won’t be much benefit, and at the same time, I’m afraid that even this benefit will be gone, so naturally they flock to them.”

The nobleman from Beiliang's eyes lit up, and he heard Deng Jinbiao's words behind him, "But, this is the way for real businessmen like us. But you can't."

The nobleman of Beiliang showed doubts, "Why am I not a businessman?"

Deng Jinbiao said: "You are the ones who carry out the tasks of the master and the sub. Making money is not your primary goal, but completing the tasks assigned by the master is the primary goal. For a businessman like me, I can follow the farmers like a hawk. But, I can really not buy it, just pat my ass and leave, can you do it? If you can’t buy enough ducks, can you go back and do business?”

The nobleman of Beiliang pursed his lips and fell silent.

Deng Jinbiao strikes while the iron is hot, "Your master has money, and even a few hundred thousand taels of silver is fine, so what about those of us who work below? Naturally, everything should be based on doing the tasks assigned by the master, otherwise we will give it away." But our own fate, what do you think?"

"Hey!" The nobleman of Beiliang suddenly sighed, cupped his hands and said: "Thank you for your guidance, otherwise I'm still undecided!"

He immediately said: "Go and issue a notice, today the price will increase to [-] yuan a piece!"

Among a rich merchant in Huilong Town, a peddler from the Qin family who was like Deng Jinbiao sat in the main hall with the owner of the household. Hearing the news brought back by his servants, he smiled slightly and looked at the owner's house proudly, " Xu Yuanwai, how are you? I'm not mistaken!"

"It's amazing! It's amazing! Your Excellency really has a clever plan, they actually raised the price!"

The owner of this household is grinning so much that his gums are wide open. As the largest farmer in Huilong Town, the tenants under him and his farm can collectively raise tens of thousands of ducks. He is the number one farmer in Longzhen this time. , One sells for an extra 1000 Wen, which is more than [-] taels of silver!

If you want to earn so much money on weekdays, you have to work hard for a year or two.

He smiled and said, "Then let's put him through it for a while, and wait until he reaches a hundred wen tomorrow?"

Looking at this greedy smiling face, the Qin family peddler felt a little disdainful in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, "That's natural, but today we still have to let out ten thousand of them."

The head of the household showed hesitation when he heard the words, obviously a little bit reluctant.

The Qin family peddler cursed stupidly in his heart, and said coldly: "You don't sell at all, and the fool knows that there is a ghost behind it. I'm really anxious, the other party just left, you just sell it to the Chinese for forty renminbi." In the capital!"

The other party suddenly came to his senses and nodded repeatedly, "Your Excellency taught you the lesson, I will go discuss arrangements with my colleagues."

A day passed by, looking at the more than 8000 ducks he bought, the nobleman from Beiliang had some displeasure written on his face.

He understood that he was being manipulated by these sellers.

But it seemed that Deng Jinbiao's words were still listened to by him. What his master cared about was whether they could complete the task, not how much money they spent, so his complexion was not so ugly.

He asked two of his subordinates to hire chariots and horses to escort the duck back to Beiliang. He and Deng Jinbiao sat in the inn room, clinking glasses with a table of wine and food.

"Brother Deng, let's open the skylight and tell the truth. Now that two days have passed, is the Qin family willing to help? If not, we can find someone else."

Deng Jinbiao looked at the restless man and sighed, "Officer Wu has already told you about this matter. If it was an ordinary matter, the Qin family would naturally be willing to help, but your master's family is obviously a dignitary from the Northern Liang Dynasty, and there is also something involved. When it comes to saving people's lives, it won't benefit my Qin family if this matter is done well, but if something goes wrong, my Qin family will offend the master of your mansion."

"However, if this is done, the Qin family will definitely gain the friendship of my master."

Deng Jinbiao shook his head, "One of the secrets of the Qin family's everlasting success is that the Qin family would rather not take advantage of that and try not to take risks. So this time the Qin family will not make a move, but with the permission of the steward, I can personally Identity to help Your Excellency."

Seeing that there was nothing he could do, the nobleman from Beiliang sighed and raised his glass to drink.

On the next third and fourth day, they sent people to contact the big households in the surrounding area, hoping that they could help them to contact them, but these wealthy businessmen who got the Qin family's orders early all just made excuses to decline.

On the other hand, after they continued to increase the price, the price reached 150 yuan on the third day, and the price soared to [-] yuan on the fourth day, and nearly [-] pieces were harvested every day.

As a few more subordinates escorted the duck away, there were only a dozen or so people left in the original team of more than [-] people.

As for the five-day period, there was only the last day left.

During this period, Deng Jinbiao has been with him all the time, and he is very grateful to this group of people.

But thank you, thank you, the current results make everyone quite distressed. After four days of purchasing, they only received more than 4 ducks, and in the end it even rose to a high price of 150 Wen. Such a result made the whole The team fell into a kind of pessimism and sadness.

In the evening, the nobleman from Beiliang was sitting in the room, still facing Deng Jinbiao across a table of food and wine.

"Brother Deng, to be honest, we are still a long way from the plan the master has set for us this time. Can Brother Deng help us to think of a way?"

Deng Jinbiao sighed, "It's not that I don't want to help, but my son made it clear that he doesn't want to get involved in this matter."

"Brother Deng!" The other party pressed Deng Jinbiao's hand directly, with an anxious expression on his face, "Tomorrow is the last day, and we have to leave no matter what in the afternoon of tomorrow to go back to Shangjing, so I am willing to pay for it, so please ask Brother Deng to help contact us." Fan, I'll give you two hundred coins a piece, how can you give them whatever you want!"

Deng Jinbiao was ecstatic in his heart, but his face showed embarrassment, "I really want to earn your money, but I really don't have the ability! I am a peddler of the Qin family."

"Brother Deng, you can't leave your life alone! I'll give you three hundred coins! Please help me, Brother Deng!"

"Forget it!" Deng Jinbiao sighed, "I'm going to contact you overnight and do my best!"

The nobleman from Beiliang stood up excitedly, and put his hands on his chest, "Brother Deng, no matter what the result is, I will give you my most precious friendship, my most precious friend!"
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On the other side, in Zhongjing City, within the Qin Mansion.

A homing pigeon landed on the shelf of the pigeon house, and the people in the pigeon house immediately stepped forward to take it off, checked the marks, and hurried out, knocking on Qin Yuwen's door.

"My lord, Liang Du replied."

Qin Yuwen, who was discussing with Guanshi Xiao the "battle" with the Jiang'anhou Mansion, and the details of the duck hoarding plan, immediately got up, took the letter paper that was wrapped in a roll, and opened it, his complexion changed suddenly.

Guanshi Xiao hurriedly asked curiously: "My lord, what did you say in the letter?"

Qin Yuwen turned to look at him with a complicated expression, "Only one dignitary in Liangdu has been seriously ill recently, and it fits what that person said."

"Who?"

"Emperor Liang's most beloved seventh princess, it is said that she has been ill for a long time and has not shown up for several months."

"hiss!"

(End of this chapter)