After discussing for a while, everyone recommended Xuzhou businessman Ma Dongxi to negotiate with Gao Huan.

Ma Dongxi took his men and Zhan Zhan to the military camp to ask for a meeting with Gao Huan.

In the camp, in a military tent, Song Xiance, the left military advisor of the military government, sat, and Ma Dongxi stood in the tent, saying timidly: "Mr. Song, on behalf of the merchants in the city, I am willing to sell the grain to General Gao according to the previous agreement at six taels of each stone!"

The mastermind behind the scenes did not come out and sent a small person over there. Gao Huan naturally would not show up. He asked Song Xiance to meet him, see the attitudes of the merchants, and release his conditions by the way.

"Master Ma, what are you thinking?" Song Xiance said coldly: "For the past love, I have just met you, so let me listen to this."

Ma Dongxi said panickedly: "Mr. Song, this is Xu Luo that General Gao gave us!"

Song Xiance slapped his chair, "Our military government has always abides by the agreement. You first break the regulations, raise prices without authorization, and disrupt the agreement. Now you still want us to abide by the agreement. Do you think it is possible? Get out of here, let the people behind you think it clearly and let them come to see our general in person!"

After saying that, Song Xiance stood up and lost interest in talking.

Ma Dongxi knew that Hou Zongze and others had been thinking about it, and when he saw that Song Xianke was about to leave, he hurriedly said, "Mr. Song, please inform the governor of his request so that I can go back and report it!"

If you just go back like this, it will be in vain. Ma Dongxi needs to know Gao Huan's attitude.

Song Xiance stopped and said coldly, "One stone, three taels of ounces, within tonight, the deadline, otherwise~"

Ma Dongxi really wanted to ask what else, but Song Xiance had already left.

Soon, Ma Dongxi sent the news back to the Hou's Mansion, and everyone who was waiting for the news was stunned.

"A few taels of money, this is a loss!" The businessman looked sad.

In fact, for most businessmen, a few taels of stone is still profitable.

Of course, those who joined in later, collected grain for four or five taels, and wanted to sell twenty taels to Gao Huan.

"I am a fisherman. What else can I do to recover some of the costs, otherwise I won't get a copper plate." Someone said: "You can see the situation clearly!"

"Can Gao Huan be able to steal it clearly? Who will come to do business with him in the future?"

"Don't you know the word "official"? Think about how we used to mess with others, Gao Huan didn't need to rob him. He is now an official, and there are a hundred ways to take away our food!"

The crowd couldn't sit still. They suddenly realized that they had made a mistake. They first thought Gao Huan as Song Jiang, thinking that even if they were too much, Gao Huan would not do anything to them for Zhao'an.

After Gao Huan entered the city, he thought of Gao Huan as the military generals who were previously controlled by civil officials would be subject to the system of the court and moral constraints.

But Gao Huan is a traitor and can't do anything, but there is a lot of constraints.

Now he just makes an excuse to frame them for robbing them, and not only can he confiscate their food, but he may even be imprisoned by themselves.

They have done a lot of this kind of thing before, and many competitors have been destroyed and exiled to the point of being exiled.

Hou Zongze and the merchants immediately sweated like a sludge, and were sitting on pins and needles. They all stood up and said, "You have to go and ask Gao Huan quickly!"

A group of people left the lobby, and Hou Zongze was also panicked when he saw this.

He knew that he could not escape, but he was a member of the Marquis' Mansion after all, and he thought that Gao Huan would not dare to do anything to him, so he hurriedly got up and chased everyone to find Gao Huan, trying to get away with it.

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Although the Chibei Army controlled the city defense of Xuzhou, Gao Huan had no mansion in the city, and there were still official troops in the city. Gao Huan was worried about his safety, so he was not stationed in the city.

During the Southern Ming Dynasty, among the four towns in Jiangbei, Gao Jie was powerful for a while, but because Gao Jie was careless, he entered Suizhou and was eventually killed by Xu Dingguo.

Gao Huan still has many big things to do, but he can't capsize his gutter.

At this time, a group of merchants stood in the large tent of Chibei Army, waiting for Gao Huan's reception with nervous expressions.

Soon, Gao Huan walked into the tent surrounded by a group of soldiers. The mighty soldiers stood aside with their swords, and Gao Huan walked straight to the coach's seat and sat down.

For a moment, the tent was filled with silence and silence.

The merchants looked at the murderous soldiers and were frightened to death, their faces were pale, and their calves were trembling.

Seeing this, Gao Huan sneered: "Since you are here, I must have accepted the conditions of this general?"

"Accept! Accept! We are willing to accept General Gao!" The merchants nodded like pounding garlic.

Gao Huan smiled, "If I had known today, why would it be the first one!"

"Yes! It's all our fault." The merchant said: "We are willing to sell all the food to the general at the price of the general!"

These people are all Southeast merchants, and Chi Bei's army will need these people to come to deliver food and military resources to the military government.

If confiscated, you will certainly get a sum of food, but it will also discourage other merchants from dealing with the military government.

The acquisition at the market price of Xuzhou is to tell other merchants that they will not lose money when trading with the military government.

Gao Huan smiled and said, "Since everyone is willing, then sign the contract!"

Gao Huan waved his hand, Li Wu and others walked in, set it on the table, and signed a contract with the merchants.

A merchant signed a contract and bought a thousand stones of grain in his hand to the military government. Li Wu then took out a piece of paper and handed it to him and said, "This is a three thousand tael of military ticket. With this ticket, you can receive three thousand taels of silver at the Dengfeng Tongshang Bank."

"Get food next time?" the merchant said tremblingly.

Li Wu said in a deep voice: "Not bad! Next time you send 3,000 taels of grain, you can withdraw 3,000 taels of silver with this note. Of course, if you want to withdraw now, it is not impossible. Tongshang Bank will be discounted by 80% and you will receive this note. You can also resell this note to others!"

The businessmen's faces became wonderful, but they didn't expect that Chi Bei and a group of local thieves would even use this method.

This is forcing them to continue doing business with the military government!

Gao Huan glanced at everyone and said coldly: "What, you have any opinions!"

The soldiers on both sides glared and clamped the hilt of the knife.

The businessman was shaking his head as if he was rattle, "No objection, no objection!"

The group of people signed a contract and received military tickets, and they were all dejected. However, on the positive side, it was finally over. It would be a blessing for everyone to save their lives and escape.

It’s all because of Hou Fangyu. If it weren’t for him, we would have made twice as much money as possible. Now we won’t have to make less money, but we will only take one chapter of paper. We would have lost a lot.

After signing the contract, Gao Huan laughed and said, "Dear Masters, I will understand the truth. I will always be confident with the people of the four counties. As long as everyone is responsible for their duties, I will welcome you to come again!"

The businessmen wiped their sweat: "We will be honest in the future!"

Seeing that the atmosphere gradually became harmonious, Hou Zongze said, "General Gao, since the matter has been resolved, then I will say goodbye and not disturb General Gao."

The merchants also wanted to go back early and leave the military camp where the soldiers looked around.

"No hurry!" Gao Huan smiled and waved, "I have something else to do!"

Gao Huan glanced at everyone, "This time, I will send troops to repel the Xuzhou Tukes, prevent Xuzhou from the robbery, and save everyone. My Chibei Army helped everyone to fight off the bandits, and they suffered a lot of casualties and were damaged by equipment. You also know that this year's war costs a lot, pensions, excretion fees, and equipment money are not small numbers. We brothers settle the accounts clearly, and this money must be counted on you."

The merchants were stunned when they heard the words and were almost crying. Unexpectedly, the food was replaced with a piece of white paper, and there was a bamboo stick waiting for them.

When they all reached this point, everyone had no choice. Looking at the soldiers in the tent, they knew that they would not be able to leave the camp without cutting their flesh.

Today is really a mutton-like tiger's mouth, and the businessman can only admit defeat.

Hou Zongze thought about this and hurriedly said, "General, let's make up!"

Gao Huan looked at him and smiled and said, "No need to make up! This time I will mainly protect Hou Butang's family. Your Hou family will pay 100,000 taels to reward the army!"

The merchant was stunned when he heard this and was overjoyed. He saw that he didn't have to pay for it. He thought that they were harmed by Hou Fangyu, and immediately said, "Yes! General, the old man of the Hou family is rich!"

"100,000 taels!" Hou Zongze's eyes turned dark and he fainted and lay on the ground.

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