Chapter 490: Help
After Wei Xing read the secret letter, he immediately took a piece of fire and blew it to burn it.
Xue Lihua said worriedly, "What instructions does the little boss have?"
"He is now forced to move even an inch. He had to renounce the relationship with Wanjia last night and temporarily saved Wanjia. Now he is working as a beggar on the street." Wei Xing said with a solemn expression.
"How can he be a beggar? These bastards have gone too far! He is a border war hero!" Xue Lihua said angrily.
Gu Chan led them to defeat the Earth-Moon Kingdom army at the border, and that was how peace prevailed in Tiancang Kingdom.
But the people in Jiangnan didn't care at all. They pushed Gu Chan to death for their own selfish interests. Who wouldn't be angry about this?
Wei Xing smiled bitterly and said, "Human nature is evil. This is the way the world is. If you interfere with other people's interests, others will deal with you. It couldn't be simpler."
"No, I have to go pick him up." Xue Lihua said.
Then she was about to get up and leave, going to pick up Gu Chan on East Street.
Wei Xing hurriedly reached out to hold her and shouted, "Sit down, little boss is not stupid. If he really doesn't want to be a beggar, he can leave the city last night and stay at the Dahuaxia on the Jiangnan River. Now that he has chosen to be a beggar, it means that he has his own agenda, so don’t cause trouble for him.”
"But..."
"Okay, stop talking nonsense and sit down quickly. The little boss has other instructions." Wei Xing interrupted first.
Xue Lihua had no choice but to suppress her anger and patiently sat down again.
Wei Xing waited for her to calm down and then said, "The little boss is worried that the people in Jiangnan City will take action against the Dahuaxia, so he asked me to secretly send people to protect it. I think you and Ren Nanshan will take the four-legged snake Sogou tonight." Just go over. If there are too many people, it will be easy to be exposed. It’s just right for you two to go over.”
"Okay, I can't do anything else. Secretly protecting merchant ships is not a problem." Xue Lihua nodded in agreement.
"As for us, after you leave, we will let Cheng Yu take your place, and you can just leave everything in hand to her." Wei Xing began to make arrangements in an orderly manner.
Xue Lihua didn't say much and immediately stood up and left.
After a while, she found Ren Nanshan and the four-legged snake Sogou, and explained the matter clearly. After one person and one spirit beast learned that this was Gu Chan's order, they packed their things without hesitation and followed Xue Lihua left together.
Cheng Yu followed Xue Lihua's instructions and took over the management of her and Ren Nanshan.
In the afternoon, Xue Lihua and Ren Nanshan dressed up in disguise and brought the four-legged snake Sogou to a pier in Jiangnan River. The two spent money directly to buy a small flower boat, and then they boarded the boat quietly. He rushed to the vicinity of the Dahuaxia to protect him secretly.
At this time, Gu Chan had already rushed to the ruined temple where the nine-fingered old beggar lived.
It has been almost a month since they last met.
Sitting down face to face again, the nine-fingered old beggar looked at her and said, "Why do you look so sad? Could it be that you have encountered something that can't be solved?" "Hey! Old gang leader, it's not like you don't know about my affairs. , I’m almost out of breath from these idiots in Jiangnan City,” Gu Chan said with a long sigh.
"Hahaha..."
The nine-fingered old beggar raised his head and opened his mouth to laugh.
Gu Chan couldn't laugh at all, she just sat there with a grimace on her face.
After laughing for a while, he stopped smiling and said, "Okay, don't frown. I'll give you a move to make sure you catch them off guard."
"Then tell me quickly!" Gu Chan said with eyes shining.
"I recently found out that all the medicinal herbs dealers in Jiangnan City, under the instructions of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, are hoarding large quantities of medicinal herbs and then controlling the prices of medicinal herbs. Moreover, they will also pay high prices to collect the medicinal herbs they collect from ordinary people. , to suppress you," the nine-fingered old beggar said with a smile.
Gu Chan reached out and stroked her forehead and said bitterly, "I know that many people will still sell the collected herbs to them in order to make money. If this continues, it will be even more difficult for my merchant ship to collect herbs."
"So! How to transfer the herbs hoarded by medicinal merchants to your merchant ships is a question for everyone." The nine-fingered old beggar said shrewdly.
Gu Chan shook his head and said, "I have actually thought about this trick, but it is not realistic. The amount of medicinal herbs stocked by the medicinal dealers is too large. It is impossible for me to eat it alone. This is the first, and the second is, at this juncture. Something is going to happen to their medicinal herbs, and I will be the first to suspect it. I will be fucked when the time comes! Wouldn’t it make things even worse for me?”
"You have never lived in the Jiangnan area and don't know the specific situation here. Let me tell you! No matter how the medicinal merchants here stock up on herbs, they must get rid of them completely before May, otherwise there will be big problems. ." said the nine-fingered old beggar.
"Is there such a thing? Why?" Gu Chan asked doubtfully.
She was indeed a little confused. Medicinal herbs are not like other commodities. They will expire if they are stored for a long time. Moreover, the older the medicinal materials are, the better. Medicinal materials that have been stored for a long time will often be more effective. This is It’s the same thing as wine.
Therefore, it stands to reason that the medicinal material dealers here would not be in such a hurry to sell out.
What's more, she has been here for more than two months, and now winter is about to pass, and spring will start in a blink of an eye. Then it will be the New Year, and it will be February or March in a while. They will get rid of medicinal materials again. There is no rush to do it before May!
The nine-fingered old beggar was not in a hurry to explain. Instead, he took out the cigarette rod, slowly filled the pipe with shredded tobacco, then took out the fire stick and blew it, lit the cigarette, took a puff and said, "The weather in the south of the Yangtze River is different from that in the north." The weather is different, but after the beginning of spring, in April and May, it will slowly start to become humid. ”
"Oh! I understand, this is the so-called return to Nantian, right?" Gu Chan suddenly realized.
"Yes, although you are not afraid of storing medicinal materials for a long time, you are afraid of the humidity in the place where you store them! As long as the Jiangnan area becomes humid, even if you store it in a cellar, you will not be able to escape the bad luck of moisture and corruption. Therefore, Jiangnan is a place where The medicinal materials merchants nearby, after stocking up on medicinal materials every year, basically have to sell them before May of the following year, or ship them to various places in Tiancang Kingdom and sell them at low prices," the nine-fingered old beggar explained.
Gu Chan nodded repeatedly after hearing this.
The nine-fingered old beggar added, "Think about it, if you can think of a way before the Chinese New Year to prevent problems with the medicinal materials they have stored in advance, then they will have to rush to clear out the medicinal materials before May. ”
"But this is because of the weather! No matter how awesome I am, I can't control the weather. Let Hui Nantian come early!" Gu Chan spread his hands and looked embarrassed.
She admitted that the Nine-fingered Old Beggar had a good idea, but the key point was that she was not that capable!