488 Zhou Chu heard this and said, "Sir, I heard that this dragon-patterned pufferfish is extremely poisonous. Even a strong man in the Wolf Smoke Realm can be killed by it."
Yelu said: "That's right, but Zhou Chu, you don't know that the more poisonous things are in this world, the more delicious they are."
"Just like Chen Jiusi!"
Yelu said this, looking at Zhou Chu and said, "Zhou Chu, I heard that you have a close relationship with Chen Jiusi?"
Zhou Chu said: "Well, we can be said to be friends for life and death. I have known him since I was in Xiantao Village, and later we supported each other after entering Mianshui City. I used to think that we were inseparable, but..."
"Oh, let's not talk about this, let's not talk about this."
Zhou Chu looked at Yelu and said, Yelu looked at Zhou Chu and said, "It seems that Brother Zhou Chu has a lot of grievances."
Zhou Chu said: "He doesn't treat me as a human being."
Yelu said: "Brother Zhou Chu, there is no need to be like this. He doesn't treat you as a human being, but I do. The reason why Chen Jiusi was able to take the position is that I supported him. If I can support him, I can also support you. Do you want to be the leader of the fishing gang?"
Zhou Chu frowned and said, "This... Lord Yelu, Chen Jiusi is not easy to deal with!"
"Haha, how difficult can he be? Can he defeat the imperial court alone? And I represent the imperial court. Whoever I support will be in power."
"Zhou Chu, do you want to be promoted?"
"think!"
Zhou Chu thought about it and nodded vigorously: "If I didn't want to be promoted, I wouldn't be sitting in front of you today."
"Okay, if you want to get promoted, that's easy. I'll help you kill Chen Jiusi, and you'll be the leader of the Fisherman's Gang."
After hearing this, Zhou Chu looked at Yelu and said, "Yes, thank you for your support, sir."
Yelu Jian smiled and said, "You're welcome, you're welcome."
"But Zhou Chu, it's not easy to bring down Chen Jiusi. We have to do it step by step."
"Master Yelu, what can I do?"
Yelu thought for a moment and said, "Help me do something first."
"My Lord, what is it?"
"Did you know that there is a food shortage in Mianshui?"
Yelu looked at Zhou Chu, and Zhou Chu said, "I know."
Yelu said: "Chen Jiusi has a batch of grain."
Zhou Chu said: "Yes, it is stored in the warehouse."
Yelu said: "Burn it for me!"
"ah!"
Zhou Chu's eyes suddenly widened: "Burned?"
Yelu said: "Burn it."
Yelu was adamant that it must be burned down. Chen Jiusi's grain shop had greatly affected the price of grain on the black market. He had already borrowed grain from Yong'an Prefecture. His old classmate was very helpful. One hundred thousand shi of grain had already been allocated and would arrive in about ten days.
But now the grain price in Mianshui has always been unable to go up. The price in Yelu's mind is fifty to sixty coins per catty.
That is to say, the price of grain will at least increase fivefold, which means that once he gets these 100,000 shi of grain, he will make five times the difference.
This is his real purpose.
But now Chen Jiusi's grain shop has been selling grain continuously, causing many people to wait and see, and the price on the black market dare not rise too much.
Therefore, the price only doubled, which was not what Yelu expected. If he could only make this little profit, he would not do it.
So he thought of burning Chen Jiusi's stored grain, leaving Antai Grain Shop with no grain to sell. Naturally, the grain price on the black market would go up. Ten days later, the price rose to fifty or sixty cents. He could just sell it directly and make a fortune.
This money is enough to make up for his recent losses.
So Chen Jiusi's food had to be burned.
And Zhou Chu is a very useful chess piece. Yelu was suspicious of Zhou Chu's surrender to him, so he took this opportunity to test Zhou Chu.
See if he is truly loyal or just pretending.
Therefore, he directly asked Zhou Chu to burn Chen Jie's granary.
Zhou Chu shook his head and said, "No, I can't burn it."
Yelu frowned and said, "Zhou Chu, what you said just now about joining me and overthrowing Chen Jiusi, were all false words?"
"Do you have any conspiracy in contacting me?"
Yelu squinted his eyes and looked at Zhou Chu, but Zhou Chu clasped his fists and said, "Lord Yelu, I am sincerely surrendering to you. Chen Jiusi and I are sworn enemies, but I cannot burn the grain. The 100,000 people in Mianshui depend on this batch of grain to survive. I, Zhou Chu, can do wicked things, but I cannot joke with the lives of so many people."
"So, Lord Yelu, I can't burn it. If I burn it, I will definitely feel guilty, and I am afraid I will never be able to live in peace for the rest of my life."
Zhou Chu looked at Yelu and said.
Yelu looked at Zhou Chu carefully, then suddenly laughed and said, "I didn't expect you to be a man of great righteousness. Well, you can go ahead and burn it. Don't worry about the food. I have already sent people to transport the food into the Mian River."
"Yeah, really?"
Zhou Chu looked at Yelu and asked. Yelu said, "Why would I lie to you? If you burn Chen Jiusi's food and I can't bring new food, I will do whatever you say."
Zhou Chu looked at Yelu and said, "Sir, how much food do you want to bring?"
Yelu looked at Zhou Chu and said, "Don't worry about it. The quantity will definitely be enough. Don't worry."
After hearing this, Zhou Chu pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, then my lord, I will burn Chen Jiusi's food, but my lord, you said that nominating me as the leader of the fishing gang will count."
"Don't worry, after Chen Jiusi falls, you will be the leader of the Fisherman's Gang."
"Thank you, sir. I feel relieved now. I will definitely burn down the fishing gang's granary in the next one or two days."
After hearing this, Yelu raised his glass and said, "I wish you a successful start."
Zhou Chu said: "I would like to thank you for your good words, sir."
The two raised their glasses and toasted each other, thus reaching an agreement.
After having a good meal and a good drink, Zhou Chu left through a small door. As he left, the butler came over and said to Yelu, "Sir, do you think he is really willing to join you?"
Yelu laughed when he heard this and said, "Whether it's sincere or false, it doesn't matter, as long as you can be of use to me, it's good."
After hearing this, the butler said, "Your Excellency is wise."
…
At this time, Chen Jie was also invited by the princess to her residence.
"Chen Jiusi, meet the princess."
The princess looked at Chen Jie and said, "Chen Jiusi, I asked you to come here this time for two things."
"Please speak clearly, my lord."
Chen Jie looked at the princess, and the princess said, "First, the things I promised you have arrived, the recipe for the Wolf Smoke Realm, and the herbs you bought. In addition, here are eighty first-grade Tai Sui pills."
The princess pointed to something on the table.
Chen Jie's eyes lit up when he saw this, and he immediately went over, picked up the prescription on the table and started to look at it.
[Wen Yun Dan]
Chen Jie first looked at the name of the pill formula, followed by the forty-eight auxiliary medicines and three main medicines.
Chen Jie looked around for auxiliary medicines and found that he still had some of them, including a lot of Hua Jin herbs, some precious herbs below Hua Jin, and even some herbs that could be used in the Qi and Blood Dan realm.
Chen Jie already had some of them, and some of them he could get by slowly, so it wasn't something that was difficult to accomplish.
There are mainly three main ingredients, which Chen Jie has never seen before.
They are [True Spirit Grass] [Wolf Smoke Fruit] [Yulin Bamboo Root]
Chen Jie looked at these three herbs and frowned, because he had never heard of them before.
At this time, Zhao Ya said: "Why are you looking at me like that? These herbs are indeed very precious and generally hard to get."
Chen Jie looked at Zhao Ya and said, "The princess can't do it either?"
Zhao Ya was silent for a moment after hearing this and said, "I, I do have a medicine in my hand."
Chen Jie's eyes lit up and asked, "What?"
Zhao Ya said: "True spiritual grass!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked at the princess and said, "I'll give all eighty Tai Sui pills to you, can you give me this Zhen Ling grass?"
Zhao Ya shook her head slightly and said, "I don't need Tai Sui Dan."
Chen Jie frowned, and Zhao Ya said, "Let's not talk about this for now. I want to tell you something serious."
Hearing this, Chen Jie wanted to say, isn't this [True Spirit Grass] the real deal? However, seeing the princess's anxious look, Chen Jie remained silent and looked at Zhao Ya. Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie and said, "I'm afraid that the matter of borrowing grain that Chen Jiusi told you about will have some twists and turns."
Chen Jie looked at Zhao Ya and asked, "What do you mean, Princess? Didn't you get the grain?"
After hearing this, Zhao Ya was silent for a moment and said, "I can't say that I didn't borrow it. I can only say that Ah San, please talk to Jiu Si."
After hearing this, Ah San said, "Yes, I rushed to Huangzhou Prefecture and met with the young prince. I told him that we wanted to borrow grain. The young prince asked me to tell the princess that because of the war in the north, all the grain in Huangzhou Prefecture has been sent north. Now Huangzhou Prefecture is also short of grain, and it is impossible to meet the 300,000 shi gap in Mianshui County."
"But the young prince couldn't bear to see the princess being stumped by this matter, so he agreed to help her raise some money, but the maximum he could provide was only 30,000 dan of grain, and he couldn't do anything more than that."
Ah San told Chen Jie what happened. Chen Jie looked at Ah San and said, "So, Huangzhou Prefecture can only transport 30,000 shi in total?"
Ah San said: "Yes, there is no more Huangzhou Prefecture."
After hearing this, Chen Jie's eyes narrowed slightly, full of worry. This was not a easy situation. Huangzhou Prefecture had 30,000 shi, and he had 70,000 shi in his hands. The gangs, gentry families, and other groups in the city also had 50,000 shi.
All together, this is still half less than the agreed amount, at least 150,000 shi less.
Thinking of this, Chen Jie frowned. Zhao Ya standing beside him wanted to know that she had not done this matter well. She had originally promised Chen Jie, but now even if all the grain in the entire Mianshui County was counted, it was still not enough to reach half of the required amount, which was still too huge.
Zhao Ya said: "No, I will go to other states to ask."
Chen Jie said: "Princess, there is a war in the north, Huangzhou Prefecture is being levied for grain, and other prefectures cannot help but be levied for grain. It is extremely difficult for the princess to collect grain from other prefectures!"
"These local officials are only thinking about making money for themselves. Food is so important now. Even if the princess uses her connections, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get enough food."
Zhao Ya sighed and said, "I didn't expect the situation to be so bad."
Chen Jie thought for a moment and said, "It's okay, Princess. This matter is not unsolvable."
After hearing this, Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie and said, "Jiu Si, do you have a solution?"
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