Liu Dao just smiled and did not answer the other party's words. After a pause, he turned to say, "Aren't you curious as to why I came to find you?"
"If you want to tell me, you don't have to ask, you will tell me." Hosokawa Mokiyuki said with a smile, "After all, you are so heroic, you will definitely not treat a friend like me badly, right? Of course, I will not treat my friend badly."
friend? You, a foreign barbarian, still want to be friends with me? Liu Dao raised his eyes and stared at Hosokawa Mochiyuki. If he hadn't said the last words, he might have turned against him on the spot. Not just any cat or dog can become Liu Dao's friend. Liu Dao’s friends were all friends with whom he had a life-long friendship.
Liu Dao suddenly burst into laughter, and then said in a mysterious manner: "I am here this time to bring you good news."
Having said this, Liu Dao immediately lowered his head, closed his eyes slightly, and said no more.
Hosokawa Noriyuki was listening with his ears bent, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't wait for Liu Dao's words. When he looked up and saw Liu Dao's posture, he understood immediately.
He smiled and said, "My lord, please stay a moment and arrange some things down there."
"Yeah." Liu Dao opened his eyes when he heard this, looked at him, and nodded slightly.
Hosokawa Mokiyuki stood up and walked out of the door, stretched out his hand to summon a servant, and said: "Go and report to the master that I need one hundred taels of gold here."
The servant immediately bowed in response to Hosokawa Mochiyuki, and then went to report to the master.
Noriyuki Hosokawa turned around and returned to the house.
Liu Dao looked at him coming back empty-handed and thought he didn't understand what he meant. His face suddenly darkened and he said, "What do you mean?"
Noriyuki Hosokawa smiled and said, "How about you drink some tea first, sir?"
Liu Dao also realized that he was a little too eager, and a sip of tea could just calm him down.
While Ryuudao was drinking tea, a servant came in with a wooden box and placed it on the table in front of Hosokawa Noriyuki, and then bowed out.
Liu Dao glanced at the wooden box. This box was exactly the same as the one given to him twice before. Is there another hundred taels of gold in this? If that's the case, then he's really making a fortune. Spreading a word is worth one hundred taels of gold. Liu Dao never dreamed that this kind of money came from him.
Hosokawa Mochiichi put his hand on the wooden box, gently pushed it in front of Liu Dao, and said with a smile: "Can you speak now, sir?"
Liu Dao glanced at him, then looked down at the wooden box, stretched out his hand to open the wooden box, and found that it was indeed gold that he was familiar with, and even the amount was the same as the previous two times.
Liu Dao immediately closed the wooden box, laughed, and said, "By the way, where did I just mention it? Oh, I think about it, it's good news."
Seeing Hosokawa Mokiyuki looking at him with a smile, Liu Dao continued: "The good news is that the Governor has agreed to sell all the food to you."
Hosokawa Mochiyuki's heart seemed to be caught by an invisible force for an instant, making people hold their breath involuntarily, and asked hurriedly: "How much grain are you willing to sell to me, the Governor?"
"One million stones." Liu Dao raised a finger.
Hosokawa Mokiyuki was overjoyed when he heard this. He quickly reacted and asked, "What about the price?"
"The Governor has said that it will be at your price." Liu Dao finished relaying the Governor's words and then fell silent. He just pressed one hand firmly on the wooden box, waiting for Hosokawa Noriyuki's next words.
Hosokawa Mochiyuki felt as if he was experiencing a magnitude 10 earthquake, turning his heart upside down. When the owner told him the day before yesterday that the Governor's Palace would sell them grain at double the price, he didn't quite believe it.
Now they are not the only buyers in the Governor's Mansion. The Ashikaga clan are still in the Governor's Mansion. How could they sell grain to them at such a price? Based on his own thoughts, if he faced such a situation, he would choose to wait for the price and sell it.
"Sir, my lord, this is really great news." For a moment, Hosokawa Noriyuki couldn't find any words to describe it, so he had to say it in front of him.
Liu Dao immediately felt relieved. Since the other party was satisfied, the gold would be his. He smiled and said, "So is this news worth it to you?"
As he spoke, he glanced at the wooden box.
Hosokawa Mochiyuki immediately understood what Ryugo meant, nodded quickly and said: "It's worth it, it's worth a thousand dollars."
After Liu Dao heard this, he took the wooden box over generously. He stood up and said, "Since you're satisfied, that's good. I still have things to do today, so I won't bother you any more. I'll say goodbye!"
"My lord, walk slowly. I'll see you off." Hosokawa Mokiyuki also stood up and responded with his hand raised towards Liu Dao.
How could Liu Dao be willing to let him give it away? It would be bad if someone saw it. He quickly declined and said: "Stay, I can just walk out by myself."
What Hosokawa Noriyuki wants most now is to report the news to his master immediately, and he doesn't want to waste time by sending a sword. So he borrowed the donkey from Poxia and shouted outside, "Come here, let me see you out."
Liu Dao did not refuse anymore and left here with the visitor.
After watching Yanagata turn the corner, Hosokawa Mokiyuki hurriedly looked for the owner.
Arriving outside the door of Komatsu Reiko's room, Hosokawa Mochiyuki suddenly lost the hurried momentum just now, and couldn't help but get up lightly. He even wanted to turn around and go back if it wasn't a serious matter.
Just when Hosokawa Mokiyuki didn't know whether to wait outside the door or go in directly to report, Komatsu Reiko's voice came from inside.
"Come in."
After hearing this, Noriyuki Hosokawa immediately stepped into the house and saw Reiko Komatsu reading a book.
Looking in the direction of Noriyuki Hosokawa, one can clearly see that the book in the owner's hand is Jin Si Lu.
"Master, good news."
Komatsu Reiko kept her eyes on the book, and without waiting for Hosokawa Noriyuki to say anything, she said, "Is the Governor's Office willing to sell food to us?"
"Master is really a prophet! Yes, Liu Dao came just now to send a message that the Governor's Office has agreed to sell grain." Hosokawa Mokiyuki quietly flattered him.
What makes Hosokawa Mochiyuki feel strange is that in the face of such a great thing, the master looks calm and calm. Even the look on his face didn't change at all. Hosokawa Noriyuki asked himself, if it were his long-cherished wish that had come true for many days, he would definitely be extremely happy. How could he be as immovable as his master?
"I got it." Komatsu Reiko looked up at Hosokawa Mokiyuki calmly and ordered, "Go down and prepare to buy food."
Hosokawa Noriyuki suddenly thought of something and said with some embarrassment: "But master, the Governor's Palace requires that one hand be paid and the other hand be given food. We don't have enough money, so I'm afraid we won't be able to buy so much food."
Komatsu Lingzi didn't even raise his head, and then said: "You don't have to worry about money. I had already sent someone back when you found out how much food the Governor's Mansion had."
If he sent someone back so early, could it be that the master had already planned to sell the grain to him at the Governor's Mansion? One can imagine how shocked Hosokawa Noriyuki was.
Facing his master's oppressive eyes, Hosokawa Mochiyuki immediately bowed and replied: "Since there is no problem with money, I think we need to hold on to the Governor's Mansion now to prevent them from regretting it."
Komatsu Reiko nodded noncommittally and said, "I'll leave this matter to you."
"Yes." Hosokawa Mokiyuki replied immediately, and then respectfully exited the door with the owner's wave.
After Hosokawa Noriyuki left, Komatsu Reiko suddenly closed the book in her hand and put it on the table. A pair of eyes became brighter than candlelight, and he said to himself: "It's only been two days, and I was able to persuade the governor to sell grain to me. Still at such a price. It seems that I underestimated Xu Chengfei and the governor." It’s related. Xu Chengfei, who are you?"
In the eyes of Komatsu Reiko, Xu Chengfei is very mysterious. Every time she sees Xu Chengfei, it seems that she can easily see through this person at a glance. But every time she thought she had seen through Xu Chengfei, she would discover that what she had seen was just one side of Xu Chengfei, and there was something even more unknown about him.
Xu Chengfei kept saying in front of her that he was just a maritime merchant, but what kind of maritime merchant could be as knowledgeable as him, not only able to obtain the food of the Ming Dynasty, but also able to avoid navy patrols and transport it to Jeolla Province? Come?
According to Komatsu Reiko, Xu Chengfei had an extraordinary identity and status at least in the Ming Dynasty court and the navy. Only in this way could he transport the Ming Dynasty's grain here without being discovered.
But it doesn't make sense when it comes to Xu Chengfei's official position in the Ming Dynasty. Based on Komatsu Reiko's understanding, officials of the Ming Dynasty could not easily leave their territory, let alone leave the Ming Dynasty?
Anyway, the more Komatsu Reiko wanted to see Xu Chengfei clearly, the more she felt that Xu Chengfei was mysterious, as if there was a veil covering his body. It made her look hazy, but it aroused her desire to lift the veil. It was this curiosity that allowed her to use the onmyoji method to be honest with Xu Chengfei when she was alone with him.
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Han Du felt ashamed and annoyed ever since he was tricked by Komatsu Reiko. At the same time, he was extremely glad that Komatsu Reiko had no ill intentions towards him, and after all, he had taken advantage of her.
However, it was not easy to take advantage of this advantage. For this reason, Han Du was blackmailed by her to sell the grain to her. Not to mention, the loss in price alone would cost a million dollars even if it was half.
Losing a million dollars in one sleep is probably the most expensive sleep in the world.
Because of this incident, Han Du himself began to wake up. I am still too careless, thinking that with the revolver around me, no one here can do anything to me. But I never thought that even with a revolver, I would inevitably encounter some weird methods that could make me lose the power to resist in an instant.
