When Lu Taining heard this, he immediately cheered up.

“What good news?”

The accountant said, "We just came back from Cuicang County and saw some ships preparing on the side of Guantong. I asked casually and heard that they were about to receive a batch of goods recently, which is food."

"oh?"

Lu Taining's eyes flashed for a moment and asked, "How many are there, where did they come from?"

The accountant said, "I heard that a few days ago, a grain merchant from the town came to Huang, with a batch of white rice and soybeans in his hand. He came from Yangzhou and was about to transport it to the north. He planned to transfer here to find a ship shop to pick up the goods. Guantongxing really wanted to get this batch of goods, but it was said that it was coming soon."

"White beige soybeans? How many are there?"

"When we talked, we said there were 1,000 stones, but we haven't seen the goods yet. We will probably not find out after we arrived. But at least, it will not be less than 800 stones."

“When will you get here?”

"They haven't won the business yet, but it seems like they're bound to get it."

When Lu Taining heard that there was a batch of 500 stones of food to come, he was so happy that he was itchy. He wanted to be sleepy and someone stuffed a pillow. It was such a coincidence.

However, he was meticulous and turned his head and his eyebrows furrowed.

Indeed, it was a coincidence.

Just after their small river warehouse was burned, a batch of grain was going to Xiajiang Town for transit, which was a coincidence.

You know, just a few months ago, Lu Taining was not the big manager of this Hang Seng Store.

The former shopkeeper was Xiao Wu. He had always been in charge of Hang Seng Xing, and he was the second-in-command under him. But just a few months ago, Hang Seng Xing suffered a loss at Xiao Wu's hands.

The reason was that the man surnamed Ye, who was disguised as a grain merchant to cooperate with them in a hidden identity, saying that their family's things were going to go through the waterway of Xingluo Lake. In order to have unimpeded access in the future, he wanted to get in touch with the people from Tiangang Lianwu. That batch of grain was a meeting gift.

Of course, apart from food, the one named Ye did not treat them unfairly.

The meeting gift is a silver note of two thousand taels.

Xiao Wu was greedy and naturally did not want to miss such an opportunity. However, he still sent someone to check it out, but did not find any flaws. He completely believed the man surnamed Ye and sent someone to escort him and the ship of grain to Xingluo Lake.

Of course he knew what happened later.

After the ship of unmanned bodies was transported back, Xiao Wu also died. Lu Taining never knew how the people on the island identified the true identity of the surname Ye in such a short time, and even killed him. He didn't know how Xiao Wu died. However, Tiangang Lianwu has been lingering on Xingluo Lake for so many years, and even the court has no way to deal with them. Naturally, there are some means.

After Xiao Wu's death, Lu Taining took over the shopkeeper of Hang Seng Store.

He was naturally cautious, afraid of making a mistake, but unexpectedly, things didn't go as expected. But when he was in office for a few months, the fire in Xiaohecang was in great danger. If he didn't recover, he would not have enough food to transport to Xingluo Lake. Even if he hid in the ends of the world, he would not be able to save his head.

However, you cannot trust others easily.

It happened that their Hecang had just been burned, and the grain merchant came to Xiajiang Town with hundreds of stones of grain. Maybe another bureau was there.

Xiao Wu's past lessons are still in front of him, so he dare not act rashly.

The accountant's official had heard of this news and thought it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he came back and reported it to him. Unexpectedly, Lu Taining looked hesitant and asked, "What's wrong? This is God is helping us."

Lu Taining said: "But, don't you think it's too coincidental?"

"ah?"

"As soon as our granary was burned, someone transported hundreds of stones of grain here for transit."

“…”

"What if, what if someone set up a bureau for us again?"

“…”

"I don't dare to take this risk."

After hearing this, the accountant frowned and said, "What should I do if I don't take risks? I have asked people around me, and I can't even collect a grain of food. Moreover, several days have passed now, and the day of delivering food is coming."

“…”

"If you don't send it over, you'll be angry."

Hearing him say this, Lu Taining's brows frowned a little tighter.

Seeing that he was in a dilemma, the account room didn't think so much. After all, he was not the big shopkeeper here, and the responsibility was not overwhelming. He just thought that if the food was not sent over, the entire Hang Seng Trading would be punished, and he was no exception. If he traded with the grain merchant named Huang, he would naturally be fine if he succeeded. The whole Hang Seng Trading would be better. If the person surnamed Huang had a problem - anyway, he was not the big shopkeeper, and Lu Taining would die at that time.

Once Lu Taining died, he was the biggest player in Hang Seng.

If you do this, it will be beneficial to you no matter what.

It should give it a try.

Thinking of this, he instigated him for a long time, and Lu Taining really had no other way to go. In addition, he felt a little relieved when he was encouraged by this.

However, at this moment, one of his subordinates also followed Zheng Qun, a water bandit who came out of Xingluo Lake, and said, "Brother Lu, you didn't say it two days ago and were still talking. Let's not waste your old business, why did you forget it today?"

When Lu Taining heard this, his heart suddenly moved.

yes.

They were born into water bandits, and when they went to Xiajiang Town to open this Hang Seng business, they were just a cover for doing business. Why were they still thinking about doing business at this time?

Water bandits should act like water bandits.

Thinking of this, he immediately had an idea.

So he hooked his fingers, called Zheng Qun over, and said, "You call a team of people and go directly to the front entrance to block the grain. It is impossible to transport five hundred stones of grain by small boat. It must be a big boat. At this time, the only thing the big boat can walk on is the Jinhu waterway. Just go directly to rob the grain."

Zheng Qun nodded immediately.

The account was startled. Unexpectedly, they were so direct. He hurriedly said, "Shopkeeper, you, do you really want to do this?"

Lu Taining said: "It's not what you said. If you don't think of a solution, Xingluo Lake will not spare us easily."

"but--"

The tent frowned and said, "The grain merchant named Huang, I heard that he came from the north and was very powerful. If their things were robbed here, could he give up? Moreover, our small river warehouse was burned, and everyone in the town knew about it."

“…”

"If he guessed that it was our move, then the next thing would be a big trouble."

After hearing what he said, Lu Taining also frowned.

Yes, this is indeed a trouble.

At this time, Zheng Qun on the side sneered and said, "Isn't this simple yet?"
Chapter completed!