Chapter 958

Farm work is busy, such as sickles for picking palm oil, hoes and shovels for turning the ground, and iron plows for cattle and horses. The Yangshan Archipelago can't refine them in time, so they can only purchase them. The purchase is large, thousands at a time, and ordinary merchants can't supply them, so Ding Ding Zuodong's stewards can only find chambers of commerce everywhere to order and transfer. Unexpectedly, this thing also rose in price, and the wholesale price of a sickle for picking palm oil actually reached one hundred wen!

That is, two pieces of broken wooden handles, with a blade sandwiched in the middle. Under normal circumstances, it wouldn't be used for forty. The Yangshan people went to buy it, and they couldn't suppress it to eighty wen after talking.

It made Ding Ding Zuodong angry and asked people to go door-to-door in Blade Harbor and villages to collect old sickles. Not asking for new ones, just useful ones.

Other farm tools don't need to be said; whoever you buy from is dead expensive.

The problem is that the large chambers of commerce in Does Bailie and Blade Harbor all sell at this price, and the Yangshan people sometimes find local blacksmith shops to order, and the price was negotiated the day before, and the next day they came to cancel the order saying they wouldn't sell.

There is no wall that doesn't leak in the world. Ding Ding Zuodong privately asked merchants to inquire, and the other party said clearly, "The superiors require raising the selling price."

Who the superiors are, he doesn't know either.

In addition, the Qing Nation and Does Bailie are transporting materials to the Mou Nation, and cattle, horses, and mules are all transport capacity. Strong livestock are very expensive themselves, and official procurement has surged, so the price has naturally gone up.

Until now, the transport capacity of the Yangshan Archipelago is also in short supply.

Ding Ding Zuodong said again: "According to your requirements, I secretly contacted Lu Gan Laosan Lu Zhenlian to buy livestock and boots, and contacted Lu Lu Laoliu Lu Zhenxian to buy stone materials and grain. Sure enough, the price can still go down a lot."

These two are Lu Lu Zhensheng's cousins, and they are also clan elders, although they are quite young.

The Lu family is the landlord of Does Bailie, and they are not the only ones with privileges.

As long as they are surnamed Lu, they all have some industries under their hands, whether they make money or not.

The landlord asks the Chamber of Commerce to unify the price increase, so how dare ordinary merchants not respond? The only ones capable of digging a hole in this front are the Lu family members themselves.

Speaking of this, Ding Ding Zuodong went out and brought a brocade box in: "This is a gift from Lu Gan Laosan to you."

Inside the box is a pair of dark brown fast boots, with gilded lines inlaid with malachite on the slanted edges, with a low-luxury aesthetic.

These boots are a magic tool, not only invulnerable to water and fire but also come with the shadow-robbing divine ability. The person wearing them runs like a gust of wind, very light and agile.

He He Lingchuan put them on his feet, and the boots automatically fit. Walking two steps, it was extremely comfortable.

"Good stuff." Not necessarily expensive, but very practical, "Lu Gan Laosan is really a thoughtful person."

"We canceled the orders of other chambers of commerce and specifically bought four hundred head of livestock from him, and ordered more than a thousand pairs of combat boots. Lu Gan Laosan hasn't made such a big order in half a year, so he was happy from ear to ear and came to receive me in person." Ding Ding Zuodong smiled, "If you ask me, Lu Gan Laosan is better at being a person than Lu Lu Zhensheng, but he is suppressed in the family and has no chance."

He He Lingchuan remembered what Butler Feng said, the "old, broken, and big" house of Lu Gan Laosan, and the weasels that jumped over the well to scare people for fun at night...

And those few complaints from Lu Gan Laosan and his wife.

Although knowing that the master might be dealing with the Yangshan Archipelago, who can refuse the benefits delivered to the door, who can refuse the white silver, especially the Lu San family who is so short of money.

He smiled: "It seems that Tao Ran's news is quite accurate. Lu Lu Zhensheng and his son keep the best industries in their own hands and only give some leftovers to the clan uncles and cousins. If the clan members want to live better, they must rely on Lu Lu Zhensheng's breath."

The Other Rongshan person Tao Ran lurked in Lu Lu Zhensheng's house to inquire about news and often passed words here.

He He Lingchuan believes that the Lu family must have done the same to the Yangshan Archipelago, and both sides are even.

"But Lu Gan Laosan and Lu Lu Laoliu have their own industries, and sometimes they move Lu Lu Zhensheng's interests, so they are unhappy." He He Lingchuan's eyes moved, "Since this is the case, I will add another fire to them. Old Ding, you send two invitations for me, I invite these two old Lu to have a meal at Qianbin Building."

He is looking for these two Lu clan elders, not just to save some money on buying things. "It's also time to contact other Lu family members. By the way, I heard that Lu Lu Laoliu's son and daughter are very promising?"

"Yes, but it's not Lu Lu Laoliu who trained them, but the father-in-law Miao An who brought them up himself. It is said that their cultivation and martial arts are quite good."

He He Lingchuan nodded. If you want to consolidate your territory and strength, marriage is one of the best ways. As an ancient family passed down for many years, the Lu family knows this well.

"Miao An has been guarding the eastern part of Does Bailie for many years. He was seriously injured in the battle against the Ya Nation last year, and Does Bailie's defense line was broken, so he had to pay compensation to seek peace. However, Lu Lu Laoliu's daughter, that is, Miao An's granddaughter Lu Lu Feiyan, went to the battlefield to kill the enemy at the age of fifteen. She fought several battles and her record was not bad. Lu Lu Laoliu boasted to me that Lu Lu Feiyan served as the left vanguard in Miao An's army last year. After Miao An was injured, she covered the main force's retreat quite well, but the army didn't win the battle, so there was no way to hype it up."

"That's some ability." He He Lingchuan also leads troops to fight, knowing that retreat is more difficult to control than attack. At that time, his own side was defeated, the military heart was shaken, and no one had the mood to fight, which is the so-called "defeat like a mountain."

Under such circumstances, those who cover the main force and stay behind must have two brushes.

"It is said that the name 'Lu Feiyan' was changed by herself." Ding Ding Zuodong continued, "As for Lu Lu Laoliu's son Lu Qingbin, he studied in Lingxu City early and only returned to Does Bailie this year."

"I just said the name sounded familiar." He He Lingchuan stroked his chin, "As if I had seen or heard it before."

The mirror in his arms immediately reminded: "Lingxu City! You saw him in Lingxu City!"

Where else could He He Lingchuan have seen Lu Qingbin? Of course, it was Lingxu City.

During that time, he drank with the students from various countries in the Lingxu Imperial Academy during the day, no, it was high-spirited talk, and he made friends with some of them. Although Lu Qingbin was not among his friends, he remembered the name and remembered Lu Qingbin toasting him with other students. As soon as Ding Ding Zuodong mentioned it, he matched the number.

Even the reason why Lu Qingbin finished his studies and returned to Does Bailie, He He Lingchuan could guess seven or eight out of ten: like other students, he was affected by the Lingxu Incident launched by Fang Fang Canran.

An individual's fate is not worth mentioning in front of the times.

"There are still a few talents in this generation of the old Lu family, not as weak as I imagined, not bad, not bad."

"It's a pity that they are all covered by the light of Lu Lu Qinglin and eclipsed." Ding Ding Zuodong smiled, "Lu Lu Laoliu is proud of his son and daughter, but he is also a little unconvinced in his heart, although he didn't show it, I can perceive it."

The one who defends the country in Does Bailie is his father-in-law, and the ones who go through fire and water are his son and daughter, but Lu Lu Zhensheng is the main family now, and all the best resources and reputation of the clan are given to Lu Lu Zhensheng's second son, and Lu Lu Qinglin is in the Mou Nation.

(End of chapter)