Looking After a Battle God With Hundreds of Billions in Supplies

"Open it and let Shopkeeper Li take a look."

The attendant who followed opened one of the cloth bags, and inside were ten sheets of bread, some jerky of unknown meat, and a big radish.

It is certainly not uncommon for this item to be placed in the ordinary storekeeper Li, but it is different now. The merchants in the city can't get the goods, and many places are already short of food. Besides water, the most expensive thing in the city is food.

"This... Brother Wang please clarify."

Steward Wang walked up to shopkeeper Li and said, "This is the package that our Master He pityed that everyone didn't have food and drink, so we prepared it for you. For this gift package, Master He will give you this amount. The rest depends on how much you can sell it for." .”

Seeing Steward Wang stretching out five fingers, shopkeeper Li smiled and said, "Fifty copper coins, this is no problem, I'll take all you bring."

The smile on Wang Guanshi's face changed a few times, "Master Li, a bowl of clear water noodles in your store sells for fifty copper coins. I have cakes, meat and a big radish here. What do you think?" Fifty copper coins, I'm afraid you won't believe it yourself."

Shopkeeper Li asked tentatively: "Then Manager Wang, tell me, how much do you get? It can't be five hundred copper coins, right?"

"Of course it's more than that. It only costs five taels of silver here."

Shopkeeper Li thought he heard it wrong, and when he confirmed again and again that these things really cost five taels of silver a pack, he almost laughed angrily!

He could obviously grab it, but he wanted to give him some pancakes!

As long as the word Kui Wang Guanshi can say it out, he knows that Mr. He stored up a lot of food when the drought first broke out. Just this pancake, how many noodles can be made per catty. How much.

Shopkeeper Li tried his best to control the expression on his face so as not to offend anyone, "Steward Wang, the cost is five taels of silver, how much do you want me to sell?"

"With so many things, isn't it easy for you to sell them for ten taels of silver?"

Shopkeeper Li felt that Mr. He was really crazy about money. Who would pay ten taels of silver to buy such a little thing? Don't expect him to come up with that much money to buy it.

"Steward Wang, look at my little dilapidated inn. People who come to stay here can't be from wealthy families, let alone ten taels of silver, even if it is five taels of silver, they may not be able to take it out. Why don't you take a look, go to another house and ask?"

Manager Wang's face immediately sank, "Shopkeeper Li thinks, why can we sell this thing at this time? Of course, we have Mr. Wei's permission. If Mr. Wei knows, Mr. Li, you are not willing to cooperate with us to benefit the people. , my lord is afraid that he will be unhappy."

The reason why shopkeeper Li is so polite to shopkeeper Wang is because the He family has a close relationship with Master Wei, the city guard. Master Wei’s new concubine who entered the mansion last year is the daughter of the He family. Nothing can be done.

Shopkeeper Li didn't want to offend the He family, but he didn't want to be taken advantage of for the five taels of silver and a package of dry food.

"Boss Wang, five taels of silver is really too expensive, do you think it can be cheaper? One tael, one tael of silver, I can give you everything!" Shopkeeper Li gritted his teeth and made a decision.

But Guanshi Wang sneered, "What's the situation now, you might as well grab it for a tael of silver, shopkeeper Li, you can think clearly, there are only 30 bags here, I believe that according to Guanshi Li's financial resources, it is completely useless to take it. question."

Thirty packs, that's one hundred and fifty taels of silver, and he was asked to buy some pancakes with one hundred and fifty taels of silver!

But if you don't buy it, you will offend the He family, and thus offend Mr. Wei. Shopkeeper Li also fell into a dilemma for a while.

Steward Wang saw shopkeeper Li's hesitation, so he softened his attitude and said kindly: "Treasurer Li, I only said these things to you because I have some friendship with you. It's just a little more than a hundred taels of silver. You can treat it as a gift for our master." Save face with your lord, what do you want to do in Los Angeles from now on?"

Shopkeeper Li was still reluctant to take so much, "Look, how about I just buy ten packs here? I don't have that much silver on hand, so I can take out fifty taels at most."

Steward Wang saw that shopkeeper Li was soft and hard, so he sneered and asked people to carry everything out, "Since shopkeeper Li doesn't need it, then I won't force you, just take everything away."

Seeing this, shopkeeper Li hurried forward and grabbed a handful of copper coins and stuffed them into Steward Wang's hand. Steward Wang pushed them away, threw the copper coins on the ground and left without looking back.

Su Ying stood in the corridor on the second floor and saw this scene in her eyes. She was standing in a relatively hidden position, and no one in the lobby had noticed her existence. In addition, she had excellent hearing, and she heard the content of the conversation between the two of them. go in.

What the butler of the Chengshou Mansion said about Mr. He must have seen someone in the government that day, and his heart was as rotten as that of Mr. Wei.

Su Ying felt that although Manager Wang had left, the matter would not have passed like this. Otherwise, if everyone was like shopkeeper Li, who would buy those things?

Su Ying came down from the second floor, and could clearly see the worry on Li's shopkeeper's face.

Su Ying walked up to shopkeeper Li and asked, "Shopkeeper, when I entered the city, I saw so many disaster victims outside the city and no one cared about them. The government never gave porridge, right?"

Shopkeeper Li's face became more gloomy when he heard the words from the government, "The granary in Los Angeles suddenly caught fire. Mr. Wei said that almost all the stored grain was burned, so there was no food to give porridge to the victims."

Su Ying's eyebrows twitched, "Is it burning?"

"Yes." Shopkeeper Li laughed sarcastically, "What a coincidence."

Su Ying felt that she needed to figure out what was going on, "Does Shopkeeper Li know where the granary in Los Angeles is?"

The location of the granary should be kept secret, but one time when shopkeeper Li was drinking with Steward Wang, the drunk Steward Wang inadvertently revealed it, and he knew the location.

Shopkeeper Li looked at Su Ying suspiciously, "Young Master, why do you ask about this?"

Su Ying took out a gold medal from her body, "To tell you the truth, I was sent by the imperial court. The emperor had already heard about the drought in Luocheng, so he sent people to check the situation. He was very puzzled by the fact that Mr. Wei has not opened the warehouse for food, so I need to figure out what's going on."

Shopkeeper Li was astonished looking at the red gold token with dragon patterns. He looked around, and after confirming that there was no one there, he lowered his voice and gave Su Ying an address.

Su Ying nodded upon hearing this, "Don't worry, shopkeeper Li, those who disregard the lives of the people will be liquidated by the court sooner or later."

Shopkeeper Li understood the meaning of Su Ying's words, and the gloom in his eyes gradually dissipated, "Your Excellency, you must be careful. Master Wei has already held Luocheng in his hands for the past two years, so it's not easy to deal with."

Su Ying sneered, "Even a tiger that only eats people, I can still skin him!"