Three days later, Ma San still found Scar Zi on the deadline and said he was willing to accept the deal Zhang Lie told him before and asked when it could start.
Scarzi originally thought that things were going to go wrong, but he didn't expect that Ma San would agree to such a harsh condition. I secretly admire Mr. Zhang, he got the name Ma right!
Scarzi then transferred the news to his upline, who then reported it to his own upline and finally to Feilong.
This process seems cumbersome, and it is not convenient to go around, but it is actually done deliberately by Feilong. The more roads in the middle, the safer it is for the higher up links.
That afternoon, Scarzi sent the news back to Ma San: Waiting for notification.
After all, it is not easy to take out such a large amount of grain, even if it is old grain. Especially in this period when everything is full of enemies, you need to be extremely cautious. So Ma San was not surprised at all by the word "wait".
Even Ma San is waiting for news.
Many people were killed in the previous siege in Xiaochuan. Ma San managed to escape with the help of a blood escape talisman with extremely side effects. Although he was severely punished internally afterwards, he looked familiar. Even when the black market tightened, they didn't dare to replace him, so he had the opportunity to make meritorious deeds and run around with his seriously injured body still unhealed.
Ma Sansei had doubted Feilong's route before, because they had been taking the road from Baijiang to Xiaochuan for several years, and nothing had ever happened, but now something happened? He had suspected that one of his own had leaked the news, and he also suspected that Feilong had betrayed him.
But as Zhang Lie said before, the time and place of the original transaction were notified by them at short notice. Even the final transaction place was not told to outsiders at all. He directly led Zhang Lie there, but Xuan Qing was Wei ambush early. From this point of view, Feilong's suspicion is very small.
He was not sure, so Ma Sancai did not go directly to Feilong but went to Guangshun City to explore the situation.
It's not that the goods can't be found elsewhere, but that the most suitable route for transportation to the barbarian territory is in Jingxi. It would be even more troublesome to organize the supply of goods from elsewhere.
But after Ma San arrived in Guangshun City, he realized that in just two months, not only the black market in Guangshun City had been taken over by Feilong, but also the black market in Lianfeng City next door had also become Feilong's territory.
Why is it that the entire black market in Jingxi has been scratched three times, but Feilong is the only one who is doing nothing but getting better and better?
Ma San lurked hesitantly for a long time, and finally found Scar and asked for the goods, just to find out the details of Feilong. This is actually risking his life, because once he shows up, Feilong will almost die if he wants to sell him. He could no longer bear the side effects of a blood escape talisman.
But Ma San won the bet. Feilong didn't betray him, and the person who came was Zhang Lie, who had crossed paths with him.
This made Ma San feel reassured. After paying the price of a few Da Pei Yuan Dan, the goods arrived successfully. Although it is not the first choice of pan spirit stone, sixty-one large carts of grain can also be delivered.
However, Zhang Lie's insistence that he was unwilling to be responsible for transportation posed a big problem for Ma San.
Whether traveling by land or water, bulk materials such as food require complete transportation channels, and the targets on the road are huge and easy to be discovered. In addition, Jingxi is now surrounded by soldiers, and it is impossible for any horse racing dealer to dare to take on this kind of business.
With no other choice, Ma Sancai delayed the deal for three days, and finally went to Scarzi to agree to Zhang Lie's proposed transaction. In fact, he did a lot of things in the past three days.
Report the details and difficulties of the grain trade to the superiors, and then wait for a response from the superiors at the same time.
Just in the early hours of this morning, the reply to Ma San from above was: Agree to the transaction, but wait closely for my follow-up news and be prepared to evacuate at any time.
Does it mean that Ma San can stabilize the goods? At the same time, the superiors will further verify the quality of Feilong? After all, it is suspicious that Feilong can still get a large amount of food. There is also the possibility that Feilong has also been fished.
It happened that Feilong was waiting? He was probably preparing goods? Ma San was not in a hurry, he was also waiting.
November twenty-eight.
After waiting for a day, Ma San received the news from his companion: it was credible.
Just yesterday, there was a fire in the official warehouse in Wuyang City, and the structure of the warehouse was damaged. We were worried about the damage to the stored grain in a short period of time, so we cleared out half of the old grain in one go and renovated the empty warehouse with new grain. The cleared old grain was sold by the official warehouse to a local private grain merchant in Wuyang City at a reasonable price.
Old grain is generally not sold as rations. Because although the food supply in the Jingjiu Dynasty was not that rich, there had been no famine for decades. Old grain was generally used to make wine or as feed for livestock. So this grain dealer was not criticized for buying such a large amount of grain. He just went through the normal procedures and the approval documents were complete.
According to what Ma San's companions said, this batch of grain was exactly sixty-one carts in size, and it should be the batch promised by Feilong.
The method used to obtain the food was clever, and it was so perfect that there was no clue at all. It was just a normal transaction brought about by an accident. So it's not like anyone is deliberately fishing for flying dragons. And Ma San can rest assured and continue to wait for the delivery notice from Feilong.
On the same night? When Scarzi approached Ma San, he didn't know if it was his imagination. He always felt that Ma San looked more relaxed today than before. He looked carefree.
"Master Ma, what was said above? The things you want have been prepared. The day after tomorrow Yin is delivering the goods in the red leaf forest fifty miles east of Wuyang City in the jurisdiction of Fengli City. In addition? You also need to pay 70% of the money now. Give it to me first.”
"Seventy percent? Wasn't it always 30% in advance? Why is it so much higher?"
Scarzi rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "I don't know this if you ask me? It's all decided by the authorities. You see..."
Ma San still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, feeling aggrieved by being eaten dry. When the black market was good in the past, when did it become the turn of an intermediary to be so arrogant? You can still get the goods by changing any intermediary. But now... Feilong is eating alone in Jingxi!
He had no choice but to hand over 70% of the payment to Scar in advance in exchange for a simple voucher. At that time, this voucher will have to be presented to the person who pledged the goods at the time of delivery.
Scarzi smiled and counted the banknotes, then bowed and left. He also wanted to hand over the money as soon as possible. What makes him excited is that this business will be counted on his head, and the commission at the end of the month will be a lot of money. With this money, his family will be very comfortable at least until the middle of next year.
In fact, since quitting gambling, Scarzi's family's life has generally been getting better. Scar is even thinking about whether to go ashore and do some other small business on his own once he can make some money. Walling in the black mud all the time is not an option.
