But unfortunately, the trend of domestic food shortage has become increasingly urgent in the past two years.

According to a rumor, the court had issued a "ban on wine making order" in Hebei, Shandong, Xuzhou and other places, and strictly prohibited the use of grain to make wine. Although Kunyang had not received the order from the court, Zhao Yu still felt that this matter was not groundless. The reason was that Jiangnan was in chaos in the past two years. It is said that a county magistrate named Zhao killed the county magistrate and presented the city to the rebels. After the court learned about it, he hurriedly transferred nearby places, that is, Jiangxia's army went to Xiapi to suppress it, and he did not know how the battle was.

In short, winemaking is probably not possible for the time being.

Of course, it is not impossible to ignore the imperial decrees and brew wine privately. Anyway, Kunyang County has the final say now. The problem is that the risk and the benefit are not proportional. Not only do you have to spend a lot of money to buy grain and brew wine in his county, but you also have to beware of someone reporting and attracting the attention of the county - if it attracts the attention of Yingchuan County because of brewing wine privately, it would be really stupid.

In short, Zhao Yu was also quite troubled about this matter, until he noticed that there were also shops of the "Luye Masonic Society" in the city.

Yes, Kunyang is Lin County, and there are naturally shops opened by merchants under the name of Luye Masonic in the city.

When talking to Ma Gai just now, Ma Gai thought that Zhao Yu looked out the window from time to time and wanted to pretend, but in fact it was not. Zhao Yu was considering that he seemed to be able to connect with Luye Masonic merchants in the city.

Thinking of this, he suddenly realized.

The Kunyang Brotherhood does not have the conditions to carry goods, but Luye Masonic will have it. The Luye Masonic under Lukuang is the most powerful merchant union among the nearby counties. Only another Luye Masonic in Ruyang can be compared with it.

In other words, the Kunyang Brotherhood only needs to be a supplier.

As for whether the suppliers will be deducted by the Luye Masonic Society as a channel... Haha, there is a shadow of the Black Tigers behind the Kunyang Brotherhood, and the Luye Masonic merchants in the city do not have the courage to do so.

Well, this is a good idea!

The more Zhao Yu thought about it, the more he felt it was feasible, so he immediately sent someone to call Chen Cai.

When Chen Cai arrived from the south of the city, Zhao Yu had already written a leaflet and handed it to Chen Cai.

However, Chen Cai was not literate and stared at the contents on the flyer with wide eyes and scratched his head. It was so embarrassing.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu shook his head. He realized once again that if he wanted to grow up in Heihu Village, he had to improve the cultural level of these leaders in the village, otherwise he would not even understand the words. How could he do a good thing?

He instructed Chen Cai: "This is a flyer. You can find a few people in the city who can write and ask them to copy a hundred copies and send them to shops of all sizes in the city, especially those with the sign "Luye Gongji". You must deliver them."

"yes."

Chen Cai nodded quickly, but couldn't help asking, "But, leader, what is this for?"

Zhao Yu did not hide it, and said with a tea bowl, "Just tell them that my brotherhood's work undertakes the processing of goods, such as making cowhide into armor, or building wooden shields and arrows. As long as someone places an order and gives a deposit, we will do it..."

"oh."

Chen Cai suddenly realized, and immediately, he asked worriedly: "Captain, do you want to cooperate with the Luye Freemason in the city? But will they cooperate with us? They hate us the most..."

Zhao Yu said lightly: "As long as it is profitable, merchants will not care about anything they hate. As long as they find that the cost of buying the same goods directly from Kunyang is lower than buying goods from Runan and Xiangyang, they will cooperate with us and rush to cooperate with us."

Seeing that Zhao Yu was so confident, Chen Cai naturally did not dare to question anything and nodded quickly.

After Chen Cai left, Jingnu tilted her head and asked curiously: "Young Master, how do you know that the price in Runan and Xiangyang is higher?"

Zhao Yu reached out and pinched Jingnv's nose. When the latter frowned and pretended to be dissatisfied, he explained with a smile: "Why have you become stupid? The major customer of the Luye Masonic Society is Wancheng Military City. They transport goods from Runan and Xiangyang to Wannan, and they have to pass the foot of our main village. In a sense, the pricing power is in my hands, so the cost of purchasing goods from Kunyang is bound to be low."

"oh oh."

Jingnv suddenly realized and immediately whispered: "Even if they know that the Brotherhood is Heihu Village?"

Zhao Yu blinked and said with a smile: "They are becoming more and more willing... not only reduce the cost, but also improve their relationship with my Heihu Village. If you are those merchants, would you refuse?"

Jingnv tilted her head and thought for a while, then shook her head: "No."

After saying that, she sincerely praised: "The Young Master is so smart."

"That's natural." Zhao Yu raised his eyebrows and waved his hand and said, "As a reward, let me hug."

“…”

Jingnv's face suddenly turned red and she glanced at the door like a thief.

On that day, Chen Cai found several scholars in the city who set up stalls on the street and made a living by helping people write letters, and asked these people to copy the flyer written by Zhao Yu himself. Then he instructed his men to deliver the flyer to shops of all sizes in the city.

Including those shops with the sign "Luye Gongji" were also received a leaflet, such as one of the shops with the horizontal plaque of "Huang Family Clothing".

The Huang family cloth shop is the owner of the Huang family in Ye County. The shopkeeper is surnamed Huang and is also a member of the Huang family.

A moment ago, when Chen Cai's hands came down to deliver the flyer, the shopkeeper Huang who was napping in the store was really shocked and thought someone was coming to make trouble.

The news moves the fastest between the markets. Of course, Manager Huang knew that these people were from Heihu Yishe, although these people now claim to be from the "Kunyang Brotherhood".

But without evidence, even the head of the county government could not do anything to the Heihu Yishe people. Businessmen such as Shopkeeper Huang naturally did not dare to get into trouble.

Pretend to be ignorant, anyway, the county government is holding on to the sky.

However, the flyer he received still surprised Manager Huang. He stroked his beard and murmured with a strange look: "Strange... Are you going to make a deal with us?"

As he said that, he ordered a friend beside him and said, "Xiao Liu, hurry up and take this item back to Ye County to meet the old man and the second master, ride the donkey, hurry up."

The guy seemed to have guessed something, opened his eyes wide and said, "Shopkeeper, behind the brotherhood is the Black Tiger Thief."

"Do you think I don't know?"

Manager Huang glanced at the talkative guy, raised his hand and patted the latter's head, and cursed angrily: "If you ask you to go, stop talking nonsense."

“Yes, yes…”

The guy quickly stuffed the flyer into his arms and ran out of the store.

Looking at his departure back, Manager Huang stroked his beard and thoughts.
Chapter completed!