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"Your Majesty, before entering the palace, I ordered people to buy grain in Nanjing City and the surrounding counties, but the owners of the grain shops reported that their grain had been sold out a few days ago."
Zhu Di was not surprised, he knew who did it.
"Go to Lu Xianzi, the food is all with him."
After speaking, leave everyone behind.
All the ministers were left in a daze.
"Xianzi Lu?"
"Why is it Lu Xianzi again?"
Not only accurately predicted the locust plague, but also stockpiled food in advance.
This person is really a god descending from the earth, and he has no plans to spare.
Chapter 62
After retiring from the court, all the officials retreated separately and began to get busy with their own affairs.
"Third brother, can we salvage some of the sweet potatoes in our farm?" The second brother Han Wang was so angry that his face turned green.
Unexpectedly, this time, that little bastard Lu Lin really made the calculations. Not only did the prince show his face in front of all the officials, but he also lost their nearly half a year's harvest.
The third child also confiscated grain, so naturally he lost a lot.
"Second brother, the eggs of locusts are laid in the ground, and now there are probably no roots left."
"It seems that we all underestimated that county."
Who said it wasn't? He thought that kid was here to trick the boss, and he was ready to see the boss make a fool of himself, and even lose his crown prince.
Unexpectedly, people turned against the wind.
They fought for decades, but they fell into the hands of a young brat.
It is really not reconciled.
"Where's Xu Jingchang?" The second child asked his own guard, "Go and find Xu Jingchang."
Since the reputation has been earned by the boss, he has to make up for some losses.
Soon, Xu Jingchang got into the carriage of the second and third child.
The second child whispered a few words in his ear, Xu Jingchang immediately showed a smile on his face, gave thumbs up again and again, and praised King Han for his brilliance.
After getting off Hanwang's carriage, Xu Jingchang's carriage drove all the way into Lu's mansion.
Before Lu Lin went out to meet him, he limped in and greeted Lu Lin from afar.
"Brother Lu, long time no see, are you here all right?"
This enthusiasm has returned to the time of selling salt.
Lu Lin was hooked by his arm, but he didn't resist, and said with a smile: "What advice does Xu Guogong have?"
"Advice? Without advice, I haven't seen you for a few days. How come Brother Lu has a relationship with me?" Xu Jingchang said with a half-smile.
Not shy at all.
It seems that he was not the one who threatened to deal with Lu Lin back then.
Lu Lin smiled and said nothing, and invited him into the room.
After a while, Xu Jingchang began to ask: "Brother Lu, I heard that you have stockpiled a lot of food recently?"
Hearing this, Lu Lin frowned.
got it.
"It's not much, just a few hundred thousand stones. Is Xu Guogong interested?"
Come, make some tea.
Xu Guogong is here to beg him to cheat himself again.
Xu Jingchang held down Lu Lin's hand pouring tea: "Yes, of course, you also know that when you harvested the grain, I didn't harvest the grain. No, the family can't open the pot."
Yu Qian on the side couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard the words.
The majestic state's mansion, can't uncover the pot?
Fool letter?
Lu Lin smiled and said, "You don't know how much the Duke wants?"
"I want it all."
"Hundreds of thousands of stones, all of them?" Lu Lin was a little surprised, with a big appetite.
Xu Jingchang had an aggrieved expression: "Brother, you don't know. In my house, there are many people who open their mouths to eat. I don't know when this locust plague will pass. I have to stock up. What do you think?"
"That's right, my county's mansion is naturally not comparable to the Duke's mansion. I only have a dozen people here." After Lu Lin finished speaking, he didn't talk nonsense, and immediately ordered the accountant to bring the account book.
"Most of this batch of grain is wheat. When I bought it, it was about 300 gold a stone. We are old acquaintances. I sell it for 350 gold a stone. Will the Duke accept it?"
When Xu Jingchang heard it was only sold for 350 articles, he was about to suffer a famine, so he only sold it for such a small amount. This silly boy was quite loyal, so he made a decision immediately.
"Yes, of course I can." Xu Jingchang beamed with joy: "Brother Lu, brother really saw the right person, you are really chivalrous, and you are not making any money at all."
"The Duke is my nobleman, how dare I make money from the Duke." Lu Lin laughed.
When Xu Jingchang heard it, he immediately smiled.
Assuming you're on the way, kid, for the sake of being so good at it, I don't care about what happened before.
Xu Jingchang was still wealthy and powerful, so he signed the grain purchase contract immediately, and ordered people to go back to the house to get the bank notes, pay the money with one hand, and deliver the goods with the other hand, and the money and goods are cleared.
After that, Xu Jingchang took a cart full of food and left contentedly.
Lu Lin was in the mansion, counting the bank notes contentedly.
In fact, the purchase price of those grains is not 300 Wen, but 250 Wen, so Lu Lin earns a net profit of 100 Wen per stone of grain.
Lu Lin patted the banknote in front of the accountant and asked him, "How about it? I said I can make money, so I didn't lie to you."
As early as when the locust plague came, Mr. Lu Lin had already been convinced by the accountant. Now that the grain changed hands, he suddenly made 1000 taels of silver, and he was even more impressed.