In the evening, Lei Wei finally came back from the city, but he was not the only one who came back. He was also followed by Shopkeeper Wu, the general manager of Feiyun Bank in southern Jiangsu.
"Hahaha, General Ji, I have admired you for a long time! I am Wu Tong, the general manager of Feiyun Bank's Sunan branch!
He has full authority over everything at Sunan Feiyun Bank.
We have also received your request regarding your army.
Although our bank does not engage in grain trading, Feiyun Trading Company does.
In this way, the quantity required by your army is quite large, and the inventory in Sunan City is not enough. I have notified Shopkeeper Chen from the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce is bringing food from other places, and it will be delivered tomorrow afternoon at the latest.
In comparison, is there anything General Ji is dissatisfied with? "
Shopkeeper Wu kept talking as soon as he arrived, and explained clearly the deal he had made with Long Weijun.
Finally, when the person asked if he was still dissatisfied, Ji Wen almost went crazy. Fortunately, the deputy general next to him immediately reminded him secretly, and he finally came to his senses and nodded quickly:
"Okay, okay! Very good, very good! Very good!"
Wu Tong showed a satisfied smile on his face.
Then he said: "Since General Ji is very satisfied with these, then we will go as planned. The rations will arrive tomorrow afternoon at the latest. Then I will first..."
Before he finished speaking, Ji Wenchong reacted and said quickly: "Wait! Wait! Shopkeeper Wu, wait!"
Wu Tong, who was about to turn around, turned back in confusion.
He asked in surprise: "What else does General Ji have to do?"
Ji Wenchong hurriedly explained: "Shopkeeper Wu, I would like to ask about the price of grain in your bank. How much is it per kilogram specifically?"
Hearing that this was what was being asked, Shopkeeper Wu immediately explained with a smile:
"Please rest assured, General Ji, our prices are often cheaper than those on the market.
For example, this time, Lieutenant General Lei wanted to buy grain at the price of ten cents per catty.
However, I gave the price of nine coins.
The price of transactions between us is exactly this price, so you can place your order with confidence! "
"Jiuwen?!"
Ji Wenchong was shocked by the price, but then his face immediately lit up with joy!
If he buys grain at the price of nine cents per catty, then his three thousand taels can be enough to buy three days' worth of grain!
How could this make him unhappy?
He quickly nodded and agreed.
"That's the price, that's the price!"
After the price was set and the delivery time was sufficient, shopkeeper Yu left.
Only then did Lei Wei have time to come over and say:
"General, as soon as Shopkeeper Wu heard that we actually belonged to the Imperial Army, he immediately arranged for someone to start mobilizing food and grass for us."
Ji Wenchong thought about the background of the legendary Feiyun Chamber of Commerce and shook his head with a smile: "It's no wonder, you should arrange for people to prepare to receive the food tomorrow.
By the way, where are the rioters today? "
Lei Wei thought for a while and replied: "The fastest one is a traitor from Liu Sanshou, who is already in Taiping County, less than a hundred miles away from Sunan City.
General, do we need to deploy our defenses in time? "
Lei Wei thought his general asked this because he wanted to prepare an ambush in advance, so he asked after the news broke out.
However, Ji Wenchong's next words almost caused his brain to shut down.
Ji Wenchong said disdainfully: "Defense? What kind of defense?
Our Dragon Guards haven't even received food, so why should we set up defenses?
Aren’t those rural landowners very powerful?
Let them bargain with Liu Sanshou's rebels to see if Liu Sanshou will buy grain at the price they gave. "
"General, you...are you not?"
Lei Wei couldn't accept it. This sounded high-sounding, but wasn't it actually revenge?
If you don't give me any food, then I will pretend not to see you when you are beaten.
Just let you be beaten by the other party!
Ji Wenchong saw his concerns and asked with a smile: "What, if someone slaps you on the left cheek, do you still want to stretch out the right cheek to slap them?
After the injection, I asked if the injection was comfortable and if I wanted to do it again. "
Lei Wei quickly shook his head, how could he be so mean!
Ji Wenchong shrugged his shoulders and said, "Look, isn't that the truth?
The moment they even refused to sell grain to us, even a person named Du, they were no longer people who needed our protection.
Making any money will only harm themselves, so there is no need for us to waste our troops to help a group of people who don't regard us as their own.
What does it have to do with us if they are attacked?
Let them find someone named Du to protect them!
Aren't they very capable?
We Dragon Guards should not be needed, otherwise why would they not even be willing to supply us with military rations? This is because they think it is a waste to feed us! "
Lei Wei and the generals of the Dragon Guard Army immediately understood what their general meant, and after thinking about it, they nodded.
No one in this world is a fool and treats others as a fool or a traitor. One day you will be treated as a fool or a traitor by others.
The next day, afternoon.
Shopkeeper Chen of Feiyun Trading Company personally led a team to deliver more than 3,000 stones of food. The Long Weijun quickly accepted it and paid the full payment.
Both parties are very satisfied with this transaction.
Before Shopkeeper Chen and other people from the trading firm left, Lei Wei and others specifically stated the intentions of their commander, and Shopkeeper Chen understood.
Immediately after returning, arrangements were made for nearby businesses to close temporarily and people to evacuate.
Time comes on the third day.
It took three full days for Liu Sanshou and his party to finally arrive near Sunan Mansion from Taiping County, a place less than a hundred miles away.
The Dragon Guards who had received military rations also disappeared suddenly and quietly in the past few days. No one knew where they had hidden.
This also led to the fact that when Liu Sanshou's rebel army came to the vicinity of Sunan City and began to wreak havoc in the countryside, the landowners who had rejected the Dragon Guard's request to purchase grain remembered that there was such a forbidden army in Sunan and wanted to ask for help. When I arrived, I found that no one could be found at all!
So, of course, they asked for help and went to Sunan City.
When Du Song learned that the rebel army had arrived near Sunan City, his first reaction was to find the Dragon Guards to quell the chaos.
As a result, just like those landlords, he discovered that the Dragon Guards had suddenly disappeared in the past few days!
They were nowhere to be found.
And the day after the rioters arrived in Sunan City, the rioters who had been wreaking havoc in the countryside for a day finally began to siege Sunan City!
Seeing the rebels besieging the city, Jun Song suddenly felt regretful.
He also thought clearly that Ji Wenchong and the others left because they could not raise food. If he and others had not been so greedy and allocated food to them, how could they have ended up like they did today!
"But now..."
Looking at the dense army of rioters outside the city, Jun Song wanted to cry but had no tears!
"It's too late!"
In a village not far from Sunan City, the Dragon Guard Army was stationed here. Naturally, they could not let Sunan City be breached. It was just that Ji Wenchong wanted to teach those greedy guys a lesson.
That's why I hid here, and I will take action to save Sunan City when the lesson is almost done.
After all, the officials were guilty, but the city and the people were innocent.
As for the people in the countryside, almost all of them joined Liu Sanshou's army after they arrived.
Their impression of the local government is not very good either!
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(End of chapter)
