Chapter 680 Grain Merchant Begs for Mercy

Yun Zheng followed the sound and saw a group of people shaking red cloths they got from nowhere at him, as if they were afraid that he wouldn't be able to see them in the crowd.

They also wanted to break through the human wall of soldiers, but were firmly blocked from outside.

Do these people have grievances?

Want to seek grievance against yourself?

While Yun Zheng was secretly puzzled, Chen Bu quickly walked over and yelled: "If anything happens, let's talk about it another day! Today is the day of the prince's triumphal return, so don't make trouble here!"

However, Chen Bu's scolding did not have much effect. The group of people continued to shout and wave the red cloth in their hands at Yunzheng vigorously.

Those who didn’t know this would have thought that these were all Yunzheng’s little fans!

Seeing those people shouting so vigorously, Yun Zheng guessed that they must have something important, so he immediately ordered the guards around him, "Go and bring them here!"

"Yes!"

The Guards immediately took the order and left.

Soon, the Guards brought two people over from the group.

As the two people approached, a hint of enlightenment quietly flashed in Yun Zheng's eyes.

Isn't this the former grain merchant?

No wonder he is so anxious to see himself!

Looking at them like this, they probably didn't deliver enough food to Shuobei on time, right?

He also said that he would find time to deal with this matter later!

Unexpectedly, as soon as I returned to Dingbei, someone came to find me.

"The common people meet the prince..."

Arriving in front of Yun Zheng, the two of them quickly knelt down and saluted.

"No gift!"

Yun Zheng waved his hand gently and looked at the two of them with a smile on his face, "You seem familiar to me? Have I seen you somewhere?"

Listening to Yun Zheng's words, the two people's faces couldn't help but twitch slightly.

They wish they had never seen Yun Zheng!

"The prince is busy with everything, so it's normal not to remember the villain."

Hou Shikai stood up slowly, nodded and said, "I am a grain merchant from Muzhou. When I was in Mayi, I was with the prince and Mr. Zhang..."

"It turns out it's you! I wonder why I look so familiar to you!"

Yun Zheng smiled with a "sudden realization", and then asked with a puzzled face: "You are so anxious to see me, could it be that you transported the grain to Shuobei? Who doesn't give you money?"

"No...it's not..." Hou Shikai shook his head quickly.

"What's that?"

Yun Zheng pretended to be confused.

Hou Shikai cried sadly and knelt down again with a bang, "The villain is begging the prince for mercy. I beg the prince to be lenient and let the villain go..."

As Hou Shikai knelt down, the other person also knelt down.

"Begging for mercy? Be generous?"

Yun Zheng frowned, "Tell me, you two, what is going on with you? I'm still confused now. I've always been an innocent and well-behaved person when doing business. Why are you begging me for mercy?"

Seeing Yun Zheng's bewildered look, the two of them started to cry out incessantly.

Neither of them knew whether Yun Zheng was really confused or just pretending to be confused, so they had no choice but to tell the whole story.

Both of them overestimated their abilities and failed to deliver the food stipulated in the contract to Shuobei on time and in sufficient quantity.

Hou Shikai was still short of 150,000 dans of grain, and another man was still short of 170,000 dans of grains.

According to the contract they made with Zhang Xu, Yunzheng and the others must be compensated for the missing grain at three times the purchase price of the grain.

Because the price paid by Yunzheng and the others for purchasing grain was too high, the two of them needed to pay compensation of five to six hundred thousand taels of silver.

After this calculation, they were giving away all the food that had been transported to Shuobei to Yunzheng for free, and they had to pay out tens of thousands of taels of silver.

In desperation, they could only think of asking Zhang Xu for help.

But after asking around, I found out that Zhang Xu had returned to the imperial city.

In the end, they had no choice but to go to the palace to beg for mercy.

But the people in the palace wouldn't even let them in. They just asked them to find Chen Bu, saying that Chen Bu was in charge of the matter now.

Under the guidance of the people from the palace, they met Chen Bu.

But Chen Bu turned over and over again and said, everything is settled by the contract.

If this was based on a contract, they would be at a loss to their grandma's family.

They had been in Dingbei for several days and looked for Chen Bu many times, but Chen Bu didn't let go.

It wasn't until he learned that Yun Zheng was about to make a triumphant return that he thought of coming to Yun Zheng to beg for mercy.

"Is that so?"

Yun Zheng frowned and looked at the two of them, "When I was in Mayi, I told you again and again that if you can't do it, quit early. I will never be embarrassed! Now that you have breached the contract, it is time to take responsibility. , but you come to me to beg for mercy, this is a bit of a rogue!"

If I had known this, why did I have to?

When doing business, how can you only think about making money?

"The younger one was hot-headed and overestimated himself. Please give me a way to survive!"

"Please, Your Majesty, please be accommodating and spare me this time..."

The two of them knelt on the ground and kept begging.

It doesn’t matter if you play rogue or you can’t afford to lose.

They just want Yun Zheng to be more generous, otherwise, they will go bankrupt.

If the contract is signed with someone else, they may not take compensation seriously at all.

But they signed a contract with Yunzheng!

This is the King of Jingbei who has a lot of troops!

If they dare not take compensation seriously, Yun Zheng probably won't take the lives of their whole family seriously either.

The two begged for mercy and kept kowtowing.

"You are making this king very difficult!"

Yun Zheng had a look of embarrassment on his face, and after sighing for a while, he said: "Well, please step back first! I have something else to do. Come to the palace tomorrow afternoon to find me!"

Seeing that the begging for mercy seemed interesting, the two of them quickly kowtowed and thanked, "Thank you, Your Majesty, Thank you, Your Majesty..."

"Okay, step back first!"

Yunzheng waved his hand impatiently, thinking secretly in his heart.

Why only two came?

Could it be that the other two grain merchants transported grain to Shuobei on time and in sufficient quantity?

If this is the case, it means that the two grain merchants still have some skills.

Yunzheng thought wildly for a while, and then briefly said a few words to the people at the scene.

He didn't say anything to save his face, he just asked everyone to disperse early and stop freezing.

After that, Yun Zheng boarded the carriage.

The three women in the carriage were talking and laughing, but when they saw Yun Zheng coming in, they all stopped talking and laughing.

"In such a cold weather, I see that some people don't have cotton or leather clothes. Is it because they don't have money to make cotton clothes and leather clothes, or is there too much shortage of cotton and fur in Shuobei?"

Yun Zheng's eyes fell on Ye Zi.

"All of them!"

Ye Zi sighed softly: "But the main reason is that there are not enough cotton cloths on the market. We have been worried that the war will last too long and that the frontline soldiers will not have cotton-padded clothes to keep out the cold in winter. The cotton and cloth shipped from the customs are given priority to ensure the army The need..."