madnovel Chapter 1547 The first clues appear
Chapter 1547 The first clues appear
Chapter 1547 The first clues appear
Since then, Haolin Club has run much more smoothly.
But in the case of the Liu family, if Liu Chuansheng is really dead, then it meets the conditions for payment. Haolin will first give his family a stable payment, and then another payment every three months until the compensation is paid. During this period, if Liu Chuansheng returns home, the money must be returned in full - in Julu Port, few people dare to owe Ah Hao money and not pay it back.
The Haolin Club had gone through this process more than a dozen times, and its subordinates were quite skilled. After giving the instructions, Ah Hao hurried to the dock, wiping the sweat from his forehead as he walked.
Can we just forget about this missed news? Can we just ignore it? This thought flashed through Ah Hao's mind just now.
But reason told him that he couldn't.
This "dushi" seemed to be a high-ranking official, and Liu's wife came to cry again, so I went from underreporting to concealing the truth, which was even worse. Once I was discovered...
Ah Hao shuddered.
The Yangshan Chamber of Commerce branch next to the dock was newly built five months ago.
Julu Port is the busiest port in the eastern part of Shanjin Plain. 70% of the daily cargo is from Yangshan. Commercial goods, materials and personnel all come in and out here. The Chamber of Commerce has established the largest branch in Shanjin Plain here.
Ah Hao was about to walk into the branch rudder, but when he was almost at the door, an idea flashed in his mind and he changed his steps and went to the nearby dock tavern first.
He stayed in there for nearly two quarters of an hour.
Then he came out again and walked straight into the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce branch.
"I'm looking for Mr. Du."
Dozens of breaths later, Ah Hao stood in front of Mr. Du, the local person in charge of the branch, and the nonchalant look on his face had long been replaced by humility.
Boss Du doesn't like people calling him boss, because he said there is only one boss in Yangshan, whose surname is He, and he asked everyone to just call him "Sir".
"What's the emergency at night?"
Ah Hao leaned forward slightly and lowered his voice, "Another group of Bejia people have arrived. They have hired a guide from the Haolin Society. I will report this to you immediately."
"Wait a minute." Boss Du first put up a barrier, "Tell me, where is the other party from in Bejia? What is the purpose of coming here?"
"They said they were from Lingxu City."
"Not a businessman?"
"They don't look like they're doing business." Ah Hao has been through a lot and can tell a merchant at a glance. "The guide said they're going to Shizhoutou and Liuping first."
"These two places?" Mr. Du groaned. "Merchants generally don't go there. They didn't say where they were going."
"No." Ah Hao said again, "By the way, their leader is called 'Bai Du Shi'."
"Baidu Envoy?" Mr. Du was about to drink some water, but when he heard this name, he paused and asked, "Have you seen this person?"
"No, but the owner of the tavern and the inn on the dock has seen it."
"Go check it out right now to see if he's really tall and ugly."
"It has been confirmed at the tavern." Ah Hao immediately gave a positive answer, "The 'Bai Du Shi' has wrinkled features and his eyebrows and eyes are inseparable. It is because he is ugly that the people in the tavern still remember him."
That's right. Mr. Du patted him on the shoulder and said, "Great, you have done a great job! I will report you to the island master He. Go back first and don't tell anyone."
Ah Hao was overjoyed: "Yes, nothing happened in the first place!"
Although Julu Port belongs to Peng State, Yangshan Chamber of Commerce controls the economic lifeline here and is the real overlord of the local area. Ah Hao returned to Julu Port and relied on his relationship with Yangshan Chamber of Commerce to be able to thrive today.
In return, his Haolin Club became the eyes and ears of the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce.
For organizations like this, if there are any new things happening, Haolin will usually be the first to sense them. This is a good source of information.
Ah Hao was about to leave when Mr. Du suddenly stopped him and said, "Wait, when did these Bejia people come?"
Damn it, he still couldn't fool it. Ah Hao turned around and stammered a few times.
Mr. Du knew something was wrong as soon as he saw it: "What's the secret?"
"This..." Ah Hao hesitated, "Actually, it happened fifteen days ago. But Haolin has been busy with the big order of palm oil..."
Mr. Du interrupted him: "You mean, these Bejia people hired a guide in Haolinhui and set out fifteen days ago, but you didn't report it until now?"
"Mr. Du, I really didn't mean it..." Ah Hao was sweating.
He would often break other people's hands and feet in Haolin, which was very painful, but the Mr. Du in front of him could easily break his hands and feet.
Mr. Du interrupted him again: "Do you have any news about Envoy Bai Du?"
Ah Hao knew that this was another chance given to him by Mr. Du. He immediately started talking:
"The other party mentioned the tavern at the dock, so I went to the tavern to ask. The tavern had an impression of this group of people. They had been in Julu Port for half a month. If they were not in the inn, they would be at the dock. They also often went to Fuyu Ghost Market to read the notice board and inquire about the news of the rebel army. Oh, one day, Ding Gou was bragging in the tavern at the dock, and this ugly man gave him silver and asked about the Black Armor Army."
"You said that this Baidu envoy asked about the Black Armor Army?" Mr. Du noticed the key factor.
The Black Armor Army is in the limelight and is the topic most asked about by outsiders, but once Bai Du paid attention to it, it became something special.
"Yes, yes. The questions he asked were also very strange. He asked Ding Gou if he had followed the Black Armor Army to take a look, and asked him if he had seen the Black Dragon Mark." Ah Hao said quickly, "Also, they only signed a ten-day contract to hire a guide, but the guide has not returned yet."
Half time out.
"This group of people are very powerful, so they will have no problem walking on the Golden Plains. Your guide..." Mr. Du thought, "maybe he has seen too much and can't come back."
"Go back. Don't delay next time if you have important information." Punishing Ah Hao is not the top priority at the moment. The thing to do is to quickly send a message to He Xiao.
"No!" Ah Hao patted his chest, "I definitely won't do that next time!"
He left the Yangshan branch at a rapid speed. After he left, he looked up to the sky, let out a long sigh, and relaxed. Only then did he feel his back was all wet.
Mr. Du said to himself:
"Why did the Cloud Envoy from the Heavenly Palace come to the Shining Gold Plain?"
This matter has been delayed for more than ten days, and he has to race against time.
Mr. Du spread the paper, dipped it in ink, and wrote with great speed.
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At the invitation of Deshui Trading Company, He Lingchuan had dinner at one of the best restaurants in Tianshui City.
Deyou Trading Company is a well-established trading company in Yao Country, and it can even influence (manipulate) the prices of many commodities. In the past, Yang Shan tried to deal with it, but it always ignored him because of its Yao people's arrogance.
But now He Xiao and Yang Shan have a great reputation in Tianshui City, and Deyou Trading Company has become very attentive. Even He Lingchuan bought some high-quality black crystals through Deyou Trading Company.
Black crystals have always been a hard currency, and can be used as currency between practitioners and upper-class nobles. However, in addition to the recent outbreak of the Emperor's Slurry, many dignitaries also took out black crystals to collect money to buy more high-quality residential land in the new city.
There was no other way. They had already spent a large sum of money to show their loyalty to King Yao some time ago, so they had to use up their savings now.
The connections that the old trading company has among the upper class nobles are unmatched by Yang Shan, so the cooperation between He Lingchuan and Deyou Trading Company has become closer.
There were two dishes at the table, the braised shiitake mushrooms and the vegetarian eight delicacies, both of which were great with rice. Although they were vegetarian dishes on the surface, they were fresh, soft, smooth and tender, and tasted better than meat. The guests would feel sorry for them if they didn’t finish a bowl of rice with them.
The rice was served, and He Lingchuan took a bite before stopping eating: "Hey, this rice?"
The rice served to distinguished guests like them were all long-grain Huatian rice, a fine rice produced in the north, which had a pleasant milky aroma when cooked.
But the aroma of this bowl of rice is very faint, and it pales in comparison to the Huatian rice.
When Mr. Feng of Deyou Commercial Bank heard this, he called the shopkeeper over without saying a word: "What's going on? Explain it clearly!"
Island Master He was the VIP guest he had invited with great difficulty, and now the restaurant was going to lose face for him like this?
The shopkeeper's face turned bitter: "You guys don't know, Huatian rice has been out of supply for five days, and it's not available in Tianshui City. We have to use other rice instead."
Boss Feng frowned: "Isn't your Huatian rice specially supplied by the North City Farm?"
In a big restaurant like this, all ingredients are specially supplied high-end goods. Even the herbal mix and proportions of the feed a cow eats and the spring water it drinks before it becomes slow-roasted beef ribs and pan-fried pork tenderloin are all very particular.
Not serving Huatian rice to customers, passing off inferior rice as good quality, is a downgrade in service! Do you want to give up the restaurant's reputation?
The shopkeeper kept apologizing: "The farm doesn't have any stock either. They were sold out a few days ago, and we haven't been able to supply them yet."
"The autumn harvest hasn't even ended yet, and you're saying there's no rice?" Boss Feng found it weird.
"Yes, it's true!" The shopkeeper nodded his head. "I won't hide it from you. Even if you send people to ask in every restaurant, they will all say the same thing. Besides, the prices of rice, flour and oil have all gone up recently, twice in five days."
Boss Feng doesn't do grain and oil business, so he didn't pay attention to this, but he couldn't treat his VIP unfairly: "No, you give me..."
He has been in the business world for a lifetime and knows that a restaurant owner may say no, but there is a high probability that he will secretly hide some Huatian rice and supply it to the most distinguished guests.
He Lingchuan picked up the bowl and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, this bowl of rice is also very fragrant. Boss Feng, let's eat it like this."
The guests had no objections, so Boss Feng had to give up, but he didn't look very happy.
He Lingchuan ate it with great relish. He knew that in a few days, even this kind of rice would be gone.
On the way back, I passed by a grain store and saw several people standing at the door arguing very loudly.
He Lingchuan looked down and saw that it seemed that two ragged refugees were arguing with the grain shop clerk. The focus was "Why did the price go up again? It was not this price this morning!"
The clerk had a puzzled expression on his face, mixed with a bit of arrogance: "This price is set by the store, not by me."
"Ten cents can obviously buy two kilograms of rice, why are you only willing to sell half a kilogram! Are you looking down on us and deliberately making things difficult for us?"