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Feng Jin felt that she had seen enough, so she took Shi An back, and within a few steps, she arrived at the place where the old woman was selling radishes in the morning, and it was here that Feng Jin saw some dumbfounding scenes, a group of ragged clothes The old people here are selling radishes here, Feng Jin felt a little cold when he saw this scene, but after careful observation, he found that these people really didn't seem to be pretending, all of them had yellow faces and thin bodies.

Seeing the young master looking at those people, Shi An immediately became nervous: "Young master, you don't want to buy wild vegetables again!"

There are so many people here, if the son bought them all, wouldn't he have to move them by himself!All the servants left just now!

After hearing Shi An's words, Feng Jin felt a little puzzled, is a radish a wild vegetable?its not right!I have eaten carrots at the dinner table before!Although the Feng family is not a big family, it is still a fourth-rank official family, so they will not let wild vegetables be served on the table!

Feng Jin was startled, and quickly walked towards those old people, and took a closer look, it was a beet! ! !That's a carrot!In the past few times, it looked like a radish from a distance, but as long as you look closely, you can recognize it as a beet at a glance. The beet was introduced to China from the Mediterranean!I didn't expect this world to exist!

Feng Jin didn't want to cause any trouble, so she quickly straightened her expression, but her heart was filled with turmoil again.

"What is this wild vegetable used for?" Feng Jin asked.

"It's for feeding animals." One of the old men with gray hair said, he was ashamed when he said this, after all!Who would sell the wild vegetables fed to pigs and cows!This kind of wild vegetable is cheaper than sweet potatoes!But today I saw that the Lu family sold these wild vegetables for 100 taels, everyone was very excited!

Feng Jin suppressed the astonishment in her heart, and observed these old people again, they can be described as "refugees".

No matter how you say it, the imperial capital is also the most prosperous capital city in the Nancang Kingdom. Ordinary people should have no problem with food and clothing, and you can’t see beggars at all when walking on the road.But this group of victims is too unusual!

"Old man, did you come to the imperial capital from other places?"

"We are from Suicheng, where there is a drought this year, and there is no harvest, and we..." The old man suddenly stopped speaking for some reason, and his body was still trembling.

Feng Jin was baffled by this scene, the question he just asked was nothing strange!And Sui City! !That's too far!This Sui City is much farther than Yi City, even if these people flee, they don't have to travel thousands of miles to come to the Imperial Capital!Wouldn't it be enough to just find an adjacent city?

A bad feeling followed in Feng Jin's heart, but before he could think about it carefully, those old people seemed to be carrying beets to leave.

Just when Feng Jin was about to say something, a young man rushed over and knelt in front of him, and said, "Grandfather, please be respected by Lu Tao."

With the sound of "plop", Feng Jin also felt a "plop" in his heart.

Although the young man lowered his head, Feng Jin was sure that he had never helped the young man in front of him, so he couldn't help but worry that there might be some kind of conspiracy.

But seeing an old lady walking slowly not far away, Feng Jin understood that this old lady was the one who sold beets in the morning.

Feng Jin helped the young man who was kneeling on the ground to his feet. He felt that giving the old lady 100 taels was a simple effort, and he couldn't stand this kneeling.

And as Feng Jin bent over, a smell of horse manure came to his nostrils.Not only did Feng Jin not feel disgusted, but his heart moved, and he somewhat guessed the identity of this person. At this time, the boy stood up, and Feng Jin had seen that face before, it was the boy who was collecting hay in the morning.

Feng Jin smiled, this young man is rather clever, and more importantly, he knows how to repay his kindness.

Those old people who were planning to leave stopped when they saw Lu Tao, and when they saw Lu Tao knelt down, their eyes widened in fear.They thought that some disaster would befall them again, but when they heard what he said, they immediately relaxed, and looked at Feng Jin vaguely with anticipation.

"How much money did you exchange for hay from the horse dealer?" Feng Jin didn't mention the matter of "giving away" the 100 taels earlier in the morning, but asked a question that everyone didn't understand.

When Lu Tao heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, and then replied simply: "20 taels"

It turned out that Lu Tao knew that there would be a horse dealer coming to the west city to sell horses today, so he ran around the city to collect hay. This hay is not valuable at all, and everyone is willing to sell it to this person who buys hay at a "high price" .

And in the afternoon, the horse dealer's horses hadn't eaten for a long time, and they all looked listless.In order to sell the horses at a good price, the horse dealers had to go to the city to collect hay, but they found nothing, so they had to go to Lu Tao to buy them, but the price would of course be a bit expensive, but Lu Tao made a lot of money.

"You did a good job. You exchanged a few hundred pennies for 20 taels of silver, which shows that you have a good business mind. Even without my help, I think you will be able to get rid of the current embarrassment soon. You don't have any kindness." Feng Jin said with a smile.

Lu Tao just wanted to say something in rebuttal, but what Feng Jin said next made him overjoyed.

"I'm trying to do some business recently, and I just need a manager. I wonder if you would like it."

Of course Lu Tao was willing. The hay business just now depended entirely on chance, and being a manager with stable wages was a good place to go. Moreover, after what happened in the morning, he also saw that this young man was a generous man.

"Lu Tao is willing to serve the young master."

"But before I hire you to be in charge, I still have to ask you a question, why don't you continue to do the hay business, it will be a lot of money in a month!"

Although Feng Jin's questions were casual, Lu Tao knew that as long as he could not satisfy the other party with his answers, his position in charge might be ruined.

"Although this method is good, it can only be used once. The horse dealer has suffered a big loss this time. Next time, he will definitely prepare hay in advance."

After hearing this, Feng Jin was very satisfied.Just when I wanted to say something, I found that this place has attracted many people to wait and see.

Looks like a good place to chat!So he whispered to Lu Tao: "Take me to the place where you live, let those old people bring wild vegetables, and go back first."

Lu Tao said a few words to the white-haired old man who took the lead, and the old man nodded, beckoned to his companions, and left in all directions.

Seeing this scene, Feng Jin was very happy, this Lu Tao was so convincing among this group of people, it seems that things will be much easier later!

In order not to attract the attention of those who are interested, Feng Jin asked Lu Tao to take them to another route.