Fan Li and Bao Feng bowed and agreed, and then led Feng Jian and the other two to the main hall of the cross-yard, and everyone sat down one by one.

Feng Jian focused his eyes on Pan Zhaoying: "Fatty, Ming said, "You will start to deal with the goods we brought. You will be the main thing. I will ask Chen Huan to help you. Quickly take off the goods we shipped, and then start buying counterfeit necessities such as grain, iron, and farm tools. There will be a few days left to celebrate the New Year, so we must hurry up."

Seeing Chen Huan's desire to speak but stopped, Feng Jian smiled and said, "Are Chen Huan worried that we would not be able to transport the supplies out of the city?"

Chen Huan nodded in confusion, and Cheng Yousheng next to him interrupted: "Our commander has been granted a license by the magistrate. As long as the purchase of supplies does not affect the lives of the people in the city, they can buy and sell freely. I really have no knowledge, and even the commander's words must be questioned!" Cheng Yousheng has always despised Chen Huan, so his words were a little unpleasant.

Feng Jian scolded Cheng Yousheng: "Don't be upset here anymore, stand there!" He turned to Chen Huan and said: "Cheng Zi is right, Chen Huan, just help Pan Zhaoying with business!"

"Oh, it turns out that the magistrate has already agreed to let us trade at will. It's really unexpected! Huh, the villain is so knowledgeable, the commander, don't laugh!" Chen Huan said in shock.

Pan Zhaoying looked at Chen Huan and sighed endlessly. Of course, he knew very well that the commander and the magistrate had reached an agreement. Now the commander has completely put the heavy responsibility of business on his shoulders. It was obvious that the commander valued him very much. The more he did this, the less he could not disappoint the commander.

Seeing the commander looking over, Pan Zhaoying quickly responded: "The villain takes the order, I dare not say anything else. The transaction will definitely not disappoint the commander."

Feng Jian has always been optimistic about Pan Zhaoying's business talent. He specially brought him with him during this trip to Pingdu City. Suo let him do business matters. I hope this fat man can bring surprises to him!

Hearing Pan Zhaoying's neat agreement, Feng Jian reminded: "We mainly transport herbs and delicacies from the mountains this time. It is best to understand the market conditions before trading with others."

Pan Zhaoying responded: "The villain has been paying attention all the way. When passing by Xiaohuakou Town, the villain pays attention to the herb stalls on the roadside and has a general understanding of the market conditions of the herbs. Ming said that the villain went to the medicinal materials market to learn about it, and he knew it when discussing with others."

Pan Zhaoying is really a natural businessman with a very sensitive sense of smell. He knew that most of the transported herbs were herbs, so he began to pay attention to it everywhere to avoid being in a hurry.

Feng Jian was a little proud. Leaving Huluyan Commercial Affairs to Pan Zhaoying was the best choice. The only thing to prevent problems before they happened is to strengthen financial supervision. This is not a distrust of people, but to protect talents like Pan Zhaoying from falling into the abyss because of money!

At the end, Feng Jian said to Chen Huan: "Chen Huan, don't worry about other things for the time being. Ming said that he would go to the main grain shop in the city to check and compare the grain prices in the city and prepare for us to buy grain! After he comes back, he will report the results to Pan Zhaoying so that the price and the quantity purchased will be finalized."

Chen Huan hurriedly stood up and bowed, "See the order."

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The next morning, Yunfeng Inn began to get busy. Pan Zhaoying got up early and braved the cold to come to the yard to carefully count the types of medicinal materials. The two teams of soldiers from Zhenshan Camp spontaneously began to practice in the yard early.

Cheng Yousheng, Fan Li and Bao Feng rested in the hall for one night last night, and early in the morning, the three of them came to Feng Jian’s resting room waiting for instructions!

Feng Jian got up and took some more dust and told Cheng Yousheng to bring more silver. The group of four walked out of Yunfeng Inn and prepared to find a snack bar on the street for breakfast.

Now Feng Jian went out. One was to investigate the craftsmen in the city to see if they could convince some craftsmen to go to Huluyan. The other was to visit the jewelry and jewelry store in the city to buy some jewelry for Chen Lilan and Su Su, and of course, they also had to buy some for small hairpins.

Feng Jian could feel Chen Qinglan’s friendship with him, and he should also feel his fascination with her. There was a layer of window paper between the two, buying some jewelry for Chen Qinglan to finally determine his feelings. If Chen Qinglan accepts the jewelry he gave, it means that she also likes him.

As the end of the year approaches, most snack shops in the city have been closed, and Feng Jian and his group of four have walked around and found nowhere to have breakfast.

Cheng Yousheng muttered to Fan Li on the side: "I always think that Pingdu City is a prosperous place. Now I can't catch up with our Huluyan. Look at how many beggars are along the street. I'm afraid that the weather will be colder, and some of them will die of starvation!"

Fan Li deeply felt the same way and nodded constantly and said, "It seems that our Huluyan is better now. The villagers in the village can at least have a meal and will not be frozen!" As he said that, he looked at Feng Jian's back with respect.

Feng Jian walked in front of the three of them. He knew that any big city had a bright side and a dark side! Pingdu City was naturally no exception.

A few people walked all the way through the streets and alleys and went deep into some secluded alleys in the city. Many dilapidated houses gradually appeared in front of everyone. The dirty and noisy slums lacked the flavor of the year, and the poor living here were still running around for the meals of the first day.

In the cold weather, many beggars hold their rice bowls in their hands, trembling bodies in the cold wind, asking everyone who passes by for a bite of food.

Feng Jian remembered that Chen Sui said last night that most of the craftsmen in the city were concentrated in the west of the city, and now the few people are walking to the west of the city, and there is no place to find breakfast here.

Feng Jian looked at a low bungalow not far away and said to Cheng Yousheng and the other three behind him: "This should be the residential area of ​​craftsmen, let's go in and take a look!"

Cheng Yousheng and the other two agreed and followed Feng Jian into the residential area. There were about 200 residents in this residential area. The dirty streets were filled with dirty things such as feces, rotten vegetables and leaves, and a foul stench was faintly emitted in the cold weather.

Originally, every household should have steamed rice cakes and steamed buns to prepare food for the New Year. It is a custom that if you have money or not, Feng Jian and the other two walked around this residential area along the street. There were no people on the street, and smoke from every household was rare.

Feng Jian suddenly remembered what Chen heard last night that the imperial court is now implementing the "bank collection and OEM" strategy. The craftsmen have to pay the government a sum of silver and two silver to deduct the labor of the craftsmen every year, but the craftsmen themselves have no chance to work.

No wonder Chen heard the words ambiguous. It turned out that he had known the living conditions of the craftsmen in the city, which means that most craftsmen in the city had lost their source of life and became members of the begging army in the city.

Cheng Yousheng carefully avoided the feces on the ground and said, "Look at the dirty streets, people here don't know how to clean them. How can this odor be allowed to stay there?"

Feng Jian looked at him and said, "Cheng Zi went to knock on a family and asked about the situation, why is it so deserted in broad daylight."

Cheng Yousheng curled his lips and muttered: "You still need to ask, it must be because of poverty and life."

Feng Jian said: "Don't talk nonsense and go and inquire. It's better to find a commander to ask in person, so as to make further plans."

Fan Li and Bao Feng stood behind Feng Jian and looked at Cheng Yousheng with some sympathy. Cheng Yousheng's habit of talking nonsense has never been changed. Cheng Yousheng was able to keep following the commander, which shows that the commander was not very disgusted with Cheng Yousheng's talking nonsense behavior, and the commander sometimes even took the initiative to talk to Cheng Yousheng!

Cheng Yousheng did not dare to violate Feng Jian's orders and turned around to the bungalow closest to the few people.

Feng Jian handed Fan Li a few pieces of broken silver, pointed to the street when he came and said, "Fan Li, take these broken silver to find beggars on the roadside, and find out where the craftsmen living nearby will make a living."

Feng Jian pointed his hand forward and turned to Bao Feng and said, "Bao Feng followed the commander to go to the rock mill and wait for a moment to see Cheng Zi and Fan Li." Bao Feng didn't say much, nodded slightly and followed Feng Jian behind him.

Looking at the deserted and dirty appearance of this residential area, you will know that the people living in this area are in poverty and are on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month. According to custom, no matter how poor or hard people live, they will be lively during the New Year. But we can’t feel the atmosphere of the New Year at all, which is just puzzling?

While meditating, Fan Li was rushing towards Feng Jian on the street, followed by a large group of beggars holding broken bowls.

Fan Li turned his head from time to time and shouted, asking the beggars who were swarming behind him not to follow. Every time Fan Li held on his pace, the beggars behind him stopped and looked at Fan Li. Fan Li raised his foot and walked, and the beggars followed him.

Seeing these beggars like candy, they could not be beaten or scolded, and followed Fan Li step by step. Feng Jian said to Bao Feng: "Go and call Fan Li over, don't worry if those beggars want to follow him."

Bao Feng agreed to meet Fan Li, whispered a few words and turned back to Feng Jian.

Fan Li stopped and walked: "If you want money, line up for me and go to see our boss. If you answered it to satisfy our boss, you will naturally not lose your benefits."

A circle of beggars surrounding Fan Li blinked and looked towards Feng Jian in the direction of Fan Li's fingers, and he was very consciously following Fan Li toward Feng Jian.

Back in front of Feng Jian, Fan Li reported in a low voice: "According to the commander's instructions, the villain found a beggar on the street and threw him a piece of silver. Before he could ask, the broken silver in the beggar's bowl was taken away by the sharp-eyed beggars around him. The villain threw a piece of silver to the beggar again, but suddenly he saw that the beggars on the streets around him were surrounded by the villain, so he didn't care about the question and turned around to rush back. Unexpectedly, these people followed like candy, and the commander's instructing the villain was not completed!"

Feng Jian waved his hand and said, "It's great if you beggars on the street can get some food. You can buy a liang of silver for him at once. Don't say you follow you, it's a good thing if you didn't go up and strip you naked!"

Fan Li's face turned red and he lowered his head and said, "It's a villain who is not doing his job well."

Feng Jian said: "It's not your fault. Who would have thought that there were so many people in this bustling city who couldn't eat. You retreat behind this commander!"

The beggars came to Feng Jian and the other two, and each extended the rice bowl in their hands towards Feng Jian, and begged to Feng Jian with different expressions on their faces.

Prosecutor Feng said loudly: "As long as you answer my few questions honestly, I will not be stingy with silver." Hearing Feng's words, a sensation appeared in the beggars.

Fan Li shouted: "If you want to get benefits, stand up honestly. If anyone does not abide by the rules and robs them casually, don't blame me for not recognizing others.

"Come here!" Feng Jian pointed to the middle-aged beggar with wrinkles on his forehead nearest to him and said.

The middle-aged beggar with wrinkles on his forehead looked around and confirmed that Feng Jian was calling him. Then he walked to Feng Jian with the bowl in his hand, and said with a waist, "I'll ask this master to enjoy the meal, and the villain will definitely tell you everything."

Feng Jian's eyes lit up. This middle-aged beggar seemed to have some information to talk about!
Chapter completed!