"Chen Wang please!" Ma Zhou said get out of the way.
Duan Da didn’t doubt that he stepped in. Ma Zhou told him a few words, and then left a confidant to sell food and chased Duan Da. "I don’t know if Chen Wang is far away from Ma Zhou, but I hope to forgive him!" Ma Zhou deliberately fell for a step, and two people walked in tandem.
Duan Da waved his hand and said, "Mr. Ma, you are too polite. I Duan Da is a clown and needs to be polite."
"Chen Wang is joking. Who doesn’t know that Chen Wang is one person and ten thousand people?" Ma Zhou appropriately held Duan Da’s sentence.
"Hehe, Mr. Ma, can I be one person and ten thousand people?" Duan Da corrected his face with a smile, but with a hint of complacency. Actually, Duan Da also looked down upon too much. Wang Xuan should recognize that he is just a second generation of officials.
"If Chen Wang doesn’t dislike it, I hope Chen Wang will come to my humble abode for a chat. Thank you for your help today!" Ma Zhou added that it was obvious that he had a curry favor with Duan Da.
Duan Da heard a smile on his face, but shook his head and said, "Mr. Ma, thank you for your words. To tell you the truth, I came to see Mr. Ma today for something!"
"It’s my honor to be able to work for Wang Chen!" Ma Zhou smiled and bowed his hand. "I wonder what happened to Chen Wang?"
Duan Da didn’t speak in a hurry. He was silent for half a ring before saying, "As Mr. Ma said, Luoyang lacks food, and now the official food is less than 300 thousand stones!" Duan Da deliberately told a lie here. Even if he wanted Ma Zhou, he knew that it was impossible to tell Ma Zhou the truth. This is Duan Da’s creed. That’s how he was able to be a hot man in Luoyang’s changing situation.
"The government grain is less than three hundred mangoku?" Ma Zhou was taken aback. The most important material for a country is that it can only be affected by disasters if it has enough food, or it can be dealt with when there is a war. However, there are 300 thousand stones in Luoyang court, which makes Ma Zhou feel incredible.
"Alas, the number of hungry people suffered from floods in the great river before, and my Lord was kind enough to move government grain to help the people. That’s why government grain was reduced to three hundred mangoku." Duan Da shook his head and looked like a sympathetic fellow.
"You really are a merciful Lord!" Ma Zhou praised
"To tell you the truth, I came here on orders to ask Mr. Ma to do a business!" Duan Da knew that Ma Zhou was a businessman, and the businessman was most interested in profit. He bit the word "business" very hard, hoping that these two words would attract Ma Zhou’s attention.
Sure enough, Ma Zhou’s eyes suddenly lit up, full of greed, and his breathing became rapid. Ma Zhou’s arch hand was very happy and said, "Wang Chen would like to hear more!"
"I want to buy food from you on a large scale and the price will never be mistreated!" Duan Da smiled.
"Buy food on a large scale? I wonder how much food you need, 50 thousand stone? Still a hundred stones? " Ma Zhou carefully explored.
Duan Da’s heart suddenly jumped violently. This Ma Zhou asked 50 thousand stones and 100 thousand stones as soon as he opened his mouth, which proved that this person had enough ability and that 100 thousand stones was definitely not his bottom line. Duan Da did not answer and asked, "How much food can Mr. Ma get?"
"It depends on how much food you want and how much you pay!" Ma Zhou also kicked the ball to Duan Da without revealing color.
The two sides tried carefully, but Ma Zhou didn’t let go, which made Duan Da more sure that this person was a businessman. His eyelids gently provoked a smile. "Mr. Ma, can you get 50 thousand stones of grain?" As Duan Da shook his head, he refused to believe, "As far as I know, there is no food in the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, and the grain control in the Sui Dynasty has always been very strict. Don’t say that even 50,000 stone grain is not a small amount!"
"Chen Wang, do you doubt my ability?" Ma Zhou smiled and took a look around him, which seemed to prevent me from seeing Ma Zhou around. "To tell the truth, Ma Zhou naturally has Ma Zhou channels. I have accumulated a lot of food in Majia Jiangdong for several years. It is no exaggeration to say that I can gather together whether Zheng Zheng needs 100 mangoku or 200 mangoku."
"I have no doubt about this." Duan Da also smiled, but his tone was not loose. "Although Mr. Ma can easily collect 200,000 grain, how can he transport it to Luoyang?"
"Ha ha!" Ma Zhou suddenly burst out laughing and laughed for half an hour before Ma Zhou stopped laughing. "I said that Chen Wang was worried about what turned out to be this problem." Ma Zhou lowered his voice and said, "This time I can transport 30,000 mangoku grain to Luoyang, and that time I can bring 100,000 mangoku grain, but you also know that 100 mangoku grain is not a small amount. I can bring it in batches."
Duan Da nodded silently, and he knew very well that if the transportation team was too large, it would inevitably attract the attention of the Sui Dynasty.
"Chen Wangshi tells the truth that although I am a businessman, my wife is from a famous family, and her brother holds the big office so that I can successfully transport food to Luoyang!" Ma Zhou looked very confident, and this made Duan Da Baima Zhou say that Lu Zushang-2669259 was holding the stool.
Chapter 95 Honey trap
Duan Da’s heart was like a mirror, but his face showed a puzzled look. "I don’t know if Mr. Ma’s wife is a Fang?"
"Ha ha!" Ma Zhou smiled mysteriously but didn’t answer directly. Instead, he pointed to the way, "Where can I transport food from Jiangdong to this route-I think Chen Wang should be very clear about the name, please forgive me for not saying it." Ma Zhou said it was a bit difficult.
Duan Da also smiled and thought for a moment with a white expression. "Mr. Ma needs a lot of food this time and wants to invite you to the palace."
"A lot?" Ma Zhou was surprised
"I know the exact amount when I meet Mr. Ma, and I’m sure we will give you a very favorable price to satisfy Mr. Ma," Duan Da said
"In that case, please ask Chen Wang to introduce you!" Ma Zhou said with a greedy expression.
"Sooner or later, I will definitely bring back the news!" Duan Da said that the arch left in a hurry.
Ma Zhou narrowed his eyes and watched Duan Da leave. In his heart, he constantly speculated that the plan had been carried out in the middle, and he must not make mistakes. He must play full spirit to deal with the lean generation of Wang Shichong.
Duan Da soon told Wang Shichong about Ma Zhou, but Wang Shichong still had some doubts. Even if this person was really Lu Zushang, he had to be very cautious in buying food from Ma Zhou.
At noon the next day, Wang Shichong asked Duan Da to invite Ma Zhou to the palace. After finishing, Ma Zhou went to the imperial city with Duan Da. This was the first time that Ma Zhou saw Wang Shichong, who was about fifty years old. He was tall and green, with bright eyes and a beard. He was full of majesty at first sight.
"Hehe, Mr. Ma has heard a lot!" Although Wang Shichong claimed to be the emperor, he still smelled of Jianghu and was a conference semifinal, which made him look more casual.
"The grass people have seen you!" Ma Zhou will bow down slightly.
Wang Shichong hurried ahead with his horse in his hand and smiled. "Mr. Ma needs to be polite. You are my guest. Please make yourself at home." Wang Shichong said with a careless look and deliberately narrowed the distance between Ma Zhou.
"Thank you!" Ma Zhou arch hand laughed
"Please!" Wang Shichong said to walk in front of a wave for Ma Zhou to wait until Ma Zhou left before finally walking.
"Mr. Ma’s painstaking efforts to send food thousands of miles this time are really the savior of Zheng and my savior!" Wang Shichong seriously tunnel to conceal excitement.
Ma Zhoudao said, "I’m a businessman who went to Liao Zan. I heard that Luoyang Grain Shortage Institute came here to transport grain and wanted to make huge profits."
Wang Shichong’s mouth twitched gently. Duan Da once told Wang Shichong that he wanted to talk big to trap Ma Zhou, but Ma Zhou insisted that he was a businessman in every word and deed, which made Wang Shichong somewhat naive.
"Mr. Ma, I have prepared some dining tables in the back hall. Let’s talk over dinner." After Wang Shichong led the way and half a column of incense, he arrived at a warm room. Three people sat in the eunuch and maid-in-waiting in order. Soon, they will eat and set up a few roast golden leg of lamb to smell the river carp. In addition, there are some seasonal vegetables.
"Mr. Ma, I propose a toast to you!" Wang Shichong lifted the bottle.
"Thank you for the wine!" Ma Zhou said, lifting the wine bottle and drinking it up.
"Mr. Good Horse is really heroic enough!" Wang Shichong laughed and drank it all at once.
Let go of the wine bottle. Wang Shichong laughed. "Mr. Ma is in diplomatic difficulties. I can make people cook some simple dishes. I hope Mr. Ma won’t abandon it."
"Positions YanChong" Ma Zhou said quickly.
"Please!" Maid-in-waiting Wang Shichong filled the wine again, and he raised the wine bottle again to propose a toast.
Three people eat and drink, talking and laughing from time to time seem to be very harmonious. After three rounds of food and five flavors, all three people are drunk. Ma Zhou has the least amount of alcohol, drinking and lying on the table for a few times.
"Mr Ma, Mr Ma? ！” Wang Shichong narrowed his eyes and cried out, seeing that Ma Zhou didn’t respond, he couldn’t help smiling. He came in a hurry with a pendulum.
"Duan Yu sent Mr. Ma to rest!" Wang Shichong said.
"hey!" Duan Yu took two little eunuchs in tandem to frame Ma Zhou and take him away.
"Chen Wang, do you think this person can be trusted?" Wang Shichong said with a smile on his face, which one was slightly drunk just now?