Ye Yuiyi told the newly arrived Xie Fu about the current situation. The results of Jinling Granary and Hangzhou Granary have come out.
Because the Boling Li family's fleet had an accident during transportation, the Jinling granary only had 200,000 stones.
The Hangzhou granary is roughly the same as what they explored, with a total of 360,000 shi.
Xie Fu asked: "What about us?"
Ye Yui originally thought that Fu Xie had just come now, so he must have made some efforts, but he didn't know that he didn't even know his own details. He said angrily: "Yesterday we paid 277,000 dan. This morning, the Gu family and the Lu family , the three Zhang families brought grain to the granary, a total of six thousand shi, and now it is 282,000 shi, which is 24,000 shi less than the Hangzhou granary."
Xie Fu said in surprise: "Then we are destined to lose."
Ye Yueyi angrily pinched Fu Xie's thigh secretly: "You ask me, who am I asking!"
Xie Fuxiao asked: "Sister Yui, I see that you are not worried at all. Do you have any clever ideas?"
Ye Yuiyi snorted, turned away, and said calmly: "Yes, kill Zhu Shide."
Xie Fu smiled and said: "Good idea."
Ye Yui was surprised when he heard this, and said with a serious expression: "I'm joking, don't take it seriously."
Xie Fu chuckled. He was not the kind of person who would get rid of someone if they couldn't fight with him, but he would be sorry if he was asked to investigate and find out that the killer who assassinated Gu Xianting that day was sent by Zhu Shide.
Looking towards Huo Duan, Huo Duan, who was talking to someone, noticed Fu Xie's gaze and immediately looked at Fu Xie and nodded.
Ye Yui lowered his voice and said: "The reason why I am not worried at all is because it doesn't matter if I lose this bid."
Xie Fu asked: "Why?"
Ye Yui smiled mysteriously: "My father has already recognized us, are we still afraid that we won't be able to get a share of the pie in the future?"
Xie Fu could understand the meaning of Ye Yuiyi's words. He did not want to make a lot of money by doing business, but the position of the general grain merchant of Jiangnan East Road was too important for him to secure his position as the Jiedushi of Huainan Road, especially after Lu Tao told Jiangnan After the host's intricate power relations.
Xie Fudan smiled and said, "Let's talk about it later."
Ye Yui originally expected to be praised by Xie Fu, but she was a little disappointed when she saw Xie Fu's lackluster reaction.
Zhu Shide felt uneasy when he saw Fu Xie and Ye Yui kept whispering.
At this moment, Liu Wanli left and came back again. He quickly came to Ye Meixun's side and whispered something. Ye Meixun looked surprised when he heard this.
Ye Meixun's expression made everyone very curious, what happened?
Zhu Shide, who felt uneasy, asked directly: "Mr. Ye, can you calculate the detailed number of Suzhou granaries?"
Ye Mei asked with a smile: "Sorry, it may take a little longer, please be patient."
Zhu Shide said displeased: "Why? Mr. Ye must not be partial."
Ye Meixun's face immediately turned ugly when he heard this. He had always been fair and just in his dealings and would never engage in malpractice for personal gain. Even when her daughter came to beg him for help, Ye Meixun didn't give him any face.
When Zhu Shide saw Ye Meixun's expression, he immediately knew that he had said the wrong thing. After dealing with Ye Meixun for so long, Ye Meixun, who promised a lot of money, was still trustworthy.
He quickly said softly: "Mr. Ye, that's not what I meant. What happened?"
Ye Mei asked: "It's a bit troublesome to count the Suzhou Granary. Forget it, I told everyone, everyone will be suspicious, so why don't you go to the Suzhou Granary with me to take a look."
Having trouble counting?
Xie Fu looked at Ye Yui with confusion, and Ye Yui also looked at Xie Fu with confusion. The two looked at each other.
Zhu Shide stood up and said, "Okay!" He looked like he couldn't wait to get to his destination right away.
Suzhou Granary is located in Shangshantang, which is close to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and connected to the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. It has always been an intermediate docking place for merchant ships traveling from south to north.
It is also a transfer station from waterway transportation to road transportation.
A group of people walked or rode carriages up the mountain pond.
After leaving the guild hall, Fu Xie was about to get on the carriage with Ye Yuiyi. Huo Duan came over and said with a smile: "Master Xie, get on my carriage."
Xie Fu knew that Huo Duan had something to talk to him. After nodding, he gently helped Ye Yuiyi get into the car and said with a smile: "Sister Yuiyi, we will see you soon."
Ye Yui knew that the two of them had something serious to discuss, so she nodded and lowered the car curtain.
Many people from Jiangnan have discovered that Huo Duan and Xie Fu are very close. Someone whispered: "Master Zhu, Huo Duan and this person seem to be very close."
Zhu Shide snorted coldly: "Huo Duan eats people without spitting out their bones. It's not a good thing to get too close to him."
Of course, Huo Duan is a businessman of the same level as Ye Meixun. The Zhu family in Hangzhou and the grain merchants in Jiangnan East Road are not enough. It is in Jiangnan East Road that they are qualified to compete with Huo Duan in the grain industry. .
"That's true. You'll only suffer from dealing with Huo Duan, and you won't get the slightest advantage at all."
Immediately on the ground, Xie Fu asked: "Mr. Huo, have you investigated clearly what I asked you to help investigate?"
As the saying goes, a snake follows a snake's path, and a rat follows its path. Since Huo Duan was able to learn about his appointment as the governor of Huainan Province much faster than himself, he must be very well-informed.
Huo Duan smiled and said: "The investigation is clear. According to the appearance and hints of the killer described by Mr. Xie, it should be Black Eagle who ranks tenth on the killer list."
Then he took out the arrowhead that Fu Xie gave him and continued: "This arrowhead was forged by the Su family in Jiancheng, but later on, the Su family in Jiancheng no longer forged this kind of arrowhead."
Xie Fu had earlier seen that this arrowhead was different from ordinary arrowheads. It had a star-shaped spike on the top and was very pointed. He thought it must have its origin, so he handed it over to Huo Duan for investigation.
The forging of arrows involves some techniques such as range, balance, accuracy, etc., so it is not just as sharp as you want to make them.
Xie Fu secretly wondered, isn't the Su family in Jiancheng the natal family of Sister Qianqian? Could this matter be related to the Su family in Jiancheng? He asked, "Is it related to the Su family in Jiancheng?"
Huo Duan smiled: "This is just an armor-breaking arrowhead forged in Suzhou, Sword City. I didn't say it was ordered by someone from the Su family of Sword City."
Xie Fu was curious: "Since the armor-piercing arrowheads are used, why aren't they forged?"
Huo Duan chuckled: "The armor forged by the Su family in Jiancheng is invulnerable to swords and arrows, but this armor-breaking arrowhead can penetrate the armor forged by them. The Su family in Jiancheng does not want to do these contradictory things. So stop forging this type of arrowheads.”
Xie Fu said: "It makes some sense."
Huo Duan continued: "Although the Su family in Sword City no longer forges this type of arrowheads, there are still some remnants scattered everywhere. It is this kind of arrowheads used by Killer Black Eagle. This is one, and the other..."
Huo Duan said for a while, then took out a porcelain bottle and poured some silver liquid into the arrowhead's tip. The tip immediately changed color.
"Secondly, the arrowheads of Killer Black Eagle are coated with highly toxic poison. Once the poison breaks through the skin and becomes bloody, even martial arts masters will not be able to withstand it."
Xie Fu said: "Mr. Huo can determine the identity of the killer based on these two points?"
Huo Duan smiled and said: "I am a businessman. This is not my specialty. I just told Mr. Xie the results of the investigation."
Xie Fu said: "The killer is dead. What I want to know is who is behind it."
Huo Duandao said: "Ten years ago, Zhu Shide's biggest competitor was suddenly assassinated during the Jiangnan East Grain General Merchant's bidding. This was revealed by the government investigation at the time."
Xie Fu took over the torn eucalyptus scroll record, which recorded the shape of the wound of the deceased, and the description was the same as this type of arrowhead.
Huo Duan continued: "Seven years ago...five years ago...two years ago..."
The evidence Huo Duan mentioned all points to the same person - the Zhu family in Hangzhou.
Xie Fu said: "So, the person behind the scenes is Zhu Shide?"
Huo Duan looked very cunning, "I didn't say that. Mr. Xie can make his own judgment."
Xie Fu smiled and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Huo."
Huo Duan sighed: "Oh, I can't help Mr. Xie. I can only investigate the murderer."
It was not far from the destination and arrived quickly. As soon as Xie Fu got off the carriage, he heard Ye Yui say: "Fu, come and see."
Under the leadership of Ye Yui, Mr. Xie moved to the Hangzhou Granary. He saw that the empty place was filled with people, extremely noisy and noisy. The scene was much better than that of the day when the grain stores were scrambling to buy grain.
The number of people Ye Meixun arranged to count could not be accommodated at all.
Generally speaking, grain merchants have their own measurement methods. One stone is packed in bags, and when larger quantities are encountered, they are surrounded by straw made of sorghum stalks.
Calculate directly according to the size of the perimeter, ten stones, one hundred stones, or even hundreds of stones. This method is fast and efficient.
And this group of people was scattered and mixed, and the amount of grain they brought varied, with dozens of buckets, and even three buckets and two buckets coming to join in the fun.
It is not easy to keep so many people organized, let alone calculate the amount of food.
Perhaps because he had never encountered such a chaotic scene, the manpower arranged by Ye Meixun even used the method of grain store planning and fighting.
This is why the detailed number of Suzhou granaries has not been released for a long time.
Xie Fu asked: "What's going on with Sister Yui?"
Ye Yuiyi was also confused: "I don't know, it seems they all send food here."
Xie Fu saw that these people were dressed as ordinary people, and he was curious as to where so many people came from.
I saw a newly arrived lady carrying a small grain bag behind her back. Her feet were covered in mud and dust, and her face was dusty. She had obviously come from afar.
So I went to ask some questions first, but before I opened my mouth, the lady asked first: "Uncle, is this Suzhou Granary?"
Xie Fu nodded.
The aunt said excitedly: "We're finally here. I didn't even dare to rest. I've been traveling all night."
Traveled all night? Xie Fu asked blankly: "Madam, where are you from?"
"Wuxi County."
Wuxi County! A place where Mr. Xie stayed for a short time, but was connected to the lives of the local people and regarded it as his hometown.
The aunt took the rice bag from her back, opened it, and said, "I brought six buckets of grain."
Six buckets of grain weighed almost forty kilograms. Wuxi is about a hundred miles away from Suzhou. This lady actually carried forty kilograms of grain and drove a hundred miles overnight.
This really surprised and shocked Xie Fu. He looked at the aunt's bright eyes and saw her using her hands to wipe the thick dust from the corners of her eyes.
Xie Fu felt so distressed that he couldn't help but put his mouth close to the corner of the aunt's eyebrows and blew gently. He was once the parent official of Wuxi County, and the people of Wuxi County were his children. This move was a sign of cherishing himself from the bottom of his heart. children.
But the aunt let out an ouch, shrank back sensitively, and glared at Fu Xie with an angry eyebrow: "Uncle, what do you want to do!"
