Lu Wen, Tan Shitou and others were confused.
Lu Xu suppressed a smile and asked Tan Shitou: "Are the boat gangs still collecting grain from various towns?"
Tan Shitou nodded: "Take it."
Lu Xu laughed, and the more he laughed, the more malicious he became. He caught Lu Wen, who had no idea what they were talking about, and threw him on the boat. "Xiao Wen, don't you want to buy a cow? Go back now and ask your father and fourth uncle to buy the cow." Hurry up and sell the food at home! No, no, you still have to keep a good supply of food, just in case."
Lu Wen: "You don't want to fry fried dough sticks anymore?"
His mother wanted to buy a cow, but half of it was sold. Why is she still selling it?
Lu Xu pushed the boat into the river: "Let's take a gamble. Go talk to the uncle again and ask him to inform everyone. Whoever wants to sell grain should sell it quickly. It must be sold to the boat gang, you know?"
Lu Wen: "Huh?"
Tan Shitou held on to the boat: "Why?! Our shop can also sell it!"
Lu Xu threw the oar to Tan Shitou and pushed him aboard, "You also go and ask us how much grain the ten shops that supply us collect, and sell it all to the nearest boat gang."
Tan Shitou: "Are you crazy?!"
Now food is as valuable as money!
Lu Xu leaned into his ear and whispered: "The county magistrate has found food."
Tan Shitou looked at him in shock: "Really?"
Lu Xu: "I guessed it, but I have..."
He raised his hand and was about to make an eight, then hesitated for a moment and said conservatively: "70% sure."
Tan Shitou saw his gesture and said immediately: "Qi Cheng?! It's done! I'll go right away!"
Lu Xu: "..."
Tan Shitou rushed onto the boat and asked Lu Wen to sit down. While rowing the boat vigorously, he shouted, "You will stay in the courtyard today and wait for me to come back!"
Lu Xu: "Okay."
The boat gang heard the commotion and looked at their stall, "What the hell are you doing?"
They looked at the officers patrolling the shore, spat and cursed: "What a damn bad luck. Who will deliver food to the Third Master today? Remember to tell the Third Master that they have been blocked in the direction of the state capital for several days. I don’t know if the uncle or the second uncle has received the message.”
"How to collect it? It can't be crossed by the river, and the county government doesn't provide guidance. There are two counties separated by land. How can we get across?"
"Is our Luojia County Lieutenant crazy?"
"Who knows!" They looked at the Qiu family's fish stall again. "The Luo family has the county captain in charge. Let's bear it. The Qiu family will let a brat lead them and do all the nonsense. Bah, we will kill them sooner or later."
Lu Xu also wanted to kill the Song family.
He pondered over it at the dock, only regretting that Yan Junqi was not here and he had no one to discuss with.
Lu Xu thought for a while and ran to the prison.
Lu Xu casually carried a basket and pretended to deliver food, but was kicked out by the cell guard, "Do you understand? I told you to only deliver food once in the morning!"
Lu Xu: “They didn’t have enough to eat if we didn’t give them enough in the morning!”
Guard: “You can’t eat it if you give it to them now!”
When Lu Xu thought about it, he almost forgot that Liang Shanbao and Song San were both cultivating land in the suburbs at the moment.
He carried the basket and ran to the Qiu family compound again, "Who delivered food to the prison today?"
"Lock."
Lu Xu ran to the shop again to find the lock: "Did you meet the county magistrate and county lieutenant when you were delivering food this morning?"
Suozi: "How can we meet him?"
Lu Xu: "Have you been to the wasteland in the past two days?"
Suozi nodded: "I've been there twice."
Lu Xu: "Have you ever seen the county captain?"
Suozi: "I've seen it before!"
Lu Xu caught the lock again, took two pairs of shoes and ran to the suburbs. They were stopped by an official. Lu Xu only said that he was sending shoes. The official called Liang Shanbao to come and get the shoes. Lu Xu asked in a low voice: "Who is it these days?" Are you watching your work? Lord County Magistrate, Lord County Lieutenant are you here?"
Liang Shanbao: "The county magistrate doesn't come often, but the county captain comes every day to take a look."
Lu Xu: "Are you here today?"
Liang Shanbao thought, "No, he didn't come yesterday."
Lu Xu became more determined. He slapped his shoes into Liang Shanbao's arms and whispered in a low voice while suppressing his excitement: "Brother Shanbao, you might be able to come out soon! You hurry up and I'll leave first!" "
Liang Shanbao: "...?"
You made it clear!
The officer stared at him, but he didn't dare to yell, so he had to pick up the shoes that fell on the floor and put them on his feet under the officer's suspicious eyes.
Liang Shanbao tried on one pair, then another pair, and almost threw the shoes away and scolded his mother. You said you were giving me shoes, but you gave me a pair that was suitable and wearable!
Lu Xu ran back to the city non-stop with Suozi in a daze, and visited all the shops and stalls of the Qiu family: "How much silver do you have? Take it all and exchange it for copper coins."
Everyone had only one reaction: "Are you crazy?!"
But the purchase was basically done by Lu Xu. He insisted that Tan Shitou was not here and Liang Shanbao was in prison. Qiu Hu promised him one-tenth of the interest before leaving. For a while, others had no idea.
Seeing that everyone was unwilling, Lu Xu also gave up, "Then let's exchange for half. If we lose, it will be counted as my share."
They thought about it and decided to spend a lot of money, leaving only a few dozen taels of emergency money.
After he finished his work, it was almost dark. Lu Xu was waiting for Tan Shitou to come back at the pier. The waiter at the fish stall immediately told him, "I just received a notice from the government office that ships leaving the port these days must be registered first."
Lu Xu: "Big ship?"
Where do they have a big ship? Lu Xu couldn't help but look at the boat gang's boat.
The waterway to the state capital was blocked. Apart from the official ships, the only cargo ships belonging to the Chuan Gang were large ships, and most of them contained grain.
Lu Xu silently cursed, it was the county magistrate who was so cruel!
Why did all their Guanyang food go out? You deserve to stay!
Just as he was talking, Tan Shitou also came back.
There were four or five small boats that came back with him. The draft of Tan Shitou's boat was deeper. He jumped ashore and gave Lu Xu a reassuring look, "It's all done!"
Seeing the excitement, Lu Xu didn't think it was a big deal, and murmured to Tan Shitou: "We will arrange for a few brothers to stay on the boat at night. If we see the boat gang's big boat sneaking away, we will knock on the city gate to report it!"
Tan Shitou arranged for someone to transport the money back to the compound, and he patted his chest: "I'll do it!"
That night he moved his bedding and slept in the boat.
In the middle of the night, Lu Xu was shaken from his deep sleep.
Tan Shitou's face suddenly enlarged in front of his eyes. It was illuminated by the candlelight and looked ferocious. A drop of hot white wax oil fell down vertically to the end of Lu Xu's eyes. Lu Xu screamed and jumped in pain and shock. Open it and pull out a piece of wax from your face.
Lu Xu: "Fuck!"
Tan Shitou: "It's me! It's me!"
He picked up a pillow and hit someone, "What the hell are you pretending to be in the middle of the night? The wax is dripping on my face!"
Fortunately, most of the Qiu brothers were missing. He lived by himself, otherwise he would have to step on others.
Tan Shitou put down the candle and comforted the irritable Lu Xu: "Brother, brother, brother, you are my brother! The ship is coming! The ship is really coming!"
Lu Xu pressed the corners of his eyes, worried, "What ship? Which ship?"
Tan Shitou: "Official ship! Grain ship! Official ship is leading several grain ships!"
"real?!"
"I saw it with my own eyes!"
Lu Xu lifted up the blanket and jumped out of bed, put on her shoes and ran outside, "Let's go! Go and have a look!"
They ran out and found that everything was quiet.
Lu Xu looked up at the moon hanging in the middle of the sky, "What time is it now?"
Tan Shitou: "Midnight."
Lu Xu: "How did you get into the city?"
Tan Shitou: "Climb the wall."
Lu Xu: "..."
Someone in other rooms heard the noise and came out, "Shitou? Xiaoxu? What's wrong?"
Tan Shitou was excited: "The ship is coming!"
Lu Xu tied up her hair randomly: "You still have curfew, don't move yet, Shitou and I will go take a look first."
Lu Xu followed Tan Shitou and hid in the shadow of the wall. He quietly touched the base of the city wall that Tan Shitou said was the best to climb over. Lu Xu looked up at the city wall, which was at least three meters high, with an expressionless face.
"Is this where you came in?"
"Yes."
Tan Shitou clung to the depression in the city wall that was less than a finger wide. He didn't even need to run up, and he jumped up like a monkey.
Lu Xu was dumbfounded and complained. What a pity. He was born in the wrong era. In modern times, even if he can't be an athlete, he is more than enough to be a rock climbing coach. No wonder there are more than 200 people fighting in a group and he can do it while others are caught. Jump over the wall and run out.
Tan Shitou lay on the city wall and shouted to him in a low voice: "Hurry, if the patrol sees us, we will be imprisoned!"
Do you fucking think I can go up there? Lu Xu cursed in his heart. After trying several times, he could only climb to a height of more than two meters. Tan Shitou tried to pull him up, but he could not pull him up.
Lu Xu whispered: "Go out by yourself!"
Tan Shitou: "Do it again, I'll pull you!"
Lu Xu stepped back, two meters farther, charged up, took a running start, and jumped! He stared at the city wall and ran up two steps. Just as he grabbed Tan Shitou's hand, he heard a loud creaking sound in the distance and the city gate opened.
The two of them lay on the city wall without daring to move, and saw a large group of officers and soldiers pouring into Guanyang County from the city gate holding torches.
Lu Xu: "..."
Tan Shitou: "..."
With a tacit understanding, the two of them let go and jumped off the city wall together, and hurriedly hid before being discovered by the officers and soldiers.
Lu Xu endured a lot of swear words, bent down to pick up the shoes that had fallen far away, put them on, and quietly approached the city gate with Tan Shitou.
I saw a long line of torches outside the city leading straight to the dock. There were ten large ships parked in a row on the dock. The large ships of the same style were larger than any other ship in Guanyang. They were all parked at the dock and were busy unloading.
Neat and large bags were loaded heavily onto the truck and transported from the dock to the county under guard by officers and soldiers.
Tan Shitou did not suppress his voice and said excitedly: "It's food! It's really food!"
The county lieutenant shouted sharply: "Who is there!"
Lu Xu and Tan Shitou quickly shrank their heads, and several nearby houses also closed their windows with "bang" and "bang".
The county captain led the people towards them.
Since he couldn't hide, Lu Xu stopped hiding and ran out happily. He went straight to the county captain and said excitedly: "Uncle Robert, are these all grains? Are they really all grains?"
Luo County Lieutenant: "..."
Who is your uncle!
Lu Xu danced with joy and waved to Tan Shitou, "Shitou, hurry up and ask the brothers to get up and help unload the goods! There is food in Guanyang!"
Lieutenant Luo County shouted coldly: "Shut up! It's curfew time now..."
Lu Xu said "oh" twice, her smile did not diminish, and she happily ran towards the Qiu family's courtyard, "I'm going to call someone right now!"
Luo County Lieutenant: "..."
Seeing that his hair was disheveled, his clothes were not on properly, and his shoes were on backwards, Luo County Lieutenant turned his head, thinking that he was too excited to see Liang Cao and did not intentionally break the curfew at night.
Lu Xu was so excited that his bet was right. The county magistrate arrested Song San, held down the boat gang, and prohibited the boats from traveling westward to the state capital to find people. All this was to transport grain to Guanyang unimpeded!
The influx of large amounts of food will inevitably impact food prices. As long as this batch of emergency food can last until the autumn harvest, the boat gang will be doomed!
Lu Xu and Tan Shitou called all the brothers of the Qiu family and pushed all their carts and carts to help unload the grain overnight.
When they came down from the mountain, they had all worked hard at the dock. When they moved, they were orderly and more skilled than the officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, but the county magistrate and county lieutenant required them to transport all the food before dawn. To the granary!
The sky turned white, and the cargo ship that had unloaded the grain was covered with felt again and docked. The Qiu brothers spent the night unloading the cargo, and when they looked up, there were ten more full ships.
Lu Xu: "..."
The county lieutenant called Lu Xu aside and said, "Don't talk nonsense about what happened tonight."
Lu Xu blinked.
The county lieutenant turned towards the river and said, "Those boats are full of grain and grass that have not been unloaded."
Lu Xu hesitated to speak, nodded, took two steps, couldn't help but came back, and said humbly: "Uncle Robert, I suggest you let them drive the ship away, load some rocks to a place where there is no one, and then drive back. . The water lines of an empty ship and a full ship are obviously different. If you can deceive others, you will certainly not be able to deceive the gang!"
Luo County Lieutenant: "..."
After saying that, he looked at Lieutenant Luo County with an innocent face and said, "Don't worry, I only heard that ten more ships of grain are coming soon, but the granary is full and there is no place to put it, so we can only dock it on the other side of the river."
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