The ninth son of the emperor was demoted at the beginning. I have a famous Chinese general.

Chapter 197 There is food in the port

When Ning Quan brought Jia Xu and others to the port, they found that the grain in the port was indeed piled up like mountains.

These grains were all shipped by sea and are waiting for transshipment at the dock.

In addition, a large number of merchant ships are unloading in the port.

"Oh my god, how could I have forgotten about the port?"

Seeing the scene in front of him, Ning Quan slapped his forehead suddenly.

He should have thought that there was food at the port. It was common sense that bulk food relied on sea transportation.

Ning Quan quickly checked the available space and compared it with the grain piled up at the port. He then decided to change his target and prepare to steal grain at the port.

There is enough food in the port to fill the space, and it is much easier to steal food in the port than in the market.

The granaries here are very dense and are lined up at the dock.

Ning Quan only needs to go through it once to get it done.

"It's a pity that the space is too small to hold so much."

"Look at those ships, they're all loaded with food."

Ning Quan pointed at the large and small ships moored at the dock and said regretfully.

"Haha, as long as His Highness's space is full, our trip will not be in vain."

Jia Xu said with a smile.

"That makes sense, hahaha..."

"Let's go to the market and dismantle the explosives."

Ning Quan said excitedly.

Then, Ning Quan and others returned to the market and dismantled the explosives.

After dismantling the explosives, Ning Quan returned to the inn in a happy mood, ready to take action the day after tomorrow.

At the same time, he arranged for Cai Sheng and his daughter to bring 600 guards to report to Zhao Yu and escort Zhao Yu back.

Xia He and others will also have to follow.

Only Jia Xu, Xiang Yu, Li Yuanba and ten soldiers were left by his side.

Two days later, Zhao Yu was ready to set off.

During this trip to Persia, Zhao Yu bought a total of 4 million jin of grain, or 400,000 dan.

In order to transport all the grain at once, Zhao Yu hired all the carriages from three carriage companies, totaling more than 2,500 carriages.

Ning Quan was amazed by the size of the convoy.

This is indeed a big scene.

Of course, it is enough to attract the covetousness of robbers.

"When you first came here, didn't you think of bringing more guards?"

Thinking of this, Ning Quan couldn't help but complain to Zhao Yu.

"Oh Nope."

Zhao Yu stuck out his tongue and said embarrassedly.

"Hey, even if I bring out all my resources, I only have 600 guards. Add your 300, and the total number is less than 1,000."

"Do you think this number of people can protect such a large convoy?"

Ning Quan sighed.

"What should we do?"

"Your Highness, I am counting on you."

Zhao Yu blinked.

"Forget it, let's just take it one step at a time. I hope we don't run into a large gang of bandits."

Seeing this, Ning Quan could only shake his head helplessly.

"Oh."

Zhao Yu nodded, not daring to continue.

"Let's get going. I'll catch up with you in about three days. Don't worry."

Ning Quan signaled Zhao Yu to set off.

"Ah."

Zhao Yu nodded quickly and ordered the convoy to set off.

"Your Highness, such a large convoy is truly unsafe."

Looking at the departing convoy, Jia Xu said worriedly.

"Yes, this place is over 1,500 miles from the border of the Arab Empire. It will take a month and a half to get there, so it's hard not to encounter problems along the way."

"Especially since the situation in Persia is so chaotic right now," Xiang Yu said worriedly.

"This king knows what you are talking about."

"But what can we do? If necessary, we can only mobilize the soldiers in the space. We can't just watch the food being snatched away."

Ning Quan said helplessly.

If he had known this earlier, he shouldn't have agreed to Zhao Yu's request.

"Come on, let's go back and take action in two days."

"If we start, it will definitely cause a big commotion, so we'd better try to get the convoy to move away."

"promise."

Jia Xu and others took the order and followed Ning Quan into the city.

"Eh, Your Highness?"

"Why did you come to Persia?"

Just then, a voice suddenly came.

Ning Quan looked up and saw a Persian man running towards him with a look of surprise on his face.

"You are!"

Ning Quan looked at him in confusion.

"Your Highness, this is your former subordinate."

Seeing this, a soldier behind him whispered a reminder.

"Agad, please keep your voice down."

Then the soldier turned to the Persian man.

After listening to the soldier's explanation, Ning Quan suddenly understood.

It turned out that the person in front of him was his former subordinate. No wonder he knew him.

"oh oh."

Ajad also reacted after hearing this and quickly fell silent.

"You come with me."

Ning Quan gave instructions to Ajiade, then walked into a teahouse on the corner of the street.

Hearing this, Ajad hurriedly followed behind him.

"Agad, why are you here?"

"Your family is from Dante City?"

Sitting down in the elegant room on the second floor of the teahouse, Ning Quan asked

"Yes, Your Highness, the Agatha family is in Dante City." Agatha replied respectfully.

"Oh, no wonder I met you here."

"But looking at you now, you seem to be in a very bad state."

"What happened? Didn't you get the money when you left?"

Looking at the ragged appearance of Ajiade in front of him, Ning Quan was surprised.

“Yes, I received it, but all the money was used to pay off debts.”

Agade lowered his head.

“Paid off the debt?”

Ning Quan said in surprise.

"Yes, all of us brothers who returned were forced to repay our debts by the government and nobles as soon as we got back.

"All the money we saved over the years is gone."

Agade said bitterly.

"Is there such a thing?"

"What debt are you paying off?" Ning Quan asked in surprise.

"Back taxes. The government and nobles said we have to pay two years' worth of back taxes."

Agade became even more depressed when he said this.

"pay an overdue tax?"

"You go to the army to fight, and you have to pay taxes when you come back?"

Ning Quan asked in surprise.

"Yes, the government said that since we were captured, we must pay the taxes."

"We didn't expect this to happen. We originally thought we would take the money given by His Highness and live a good life after returning home, but we didn't expect this to happen."

“If we had known this would happen, we wouldn’t have come back.”

Ajad became more and more sad as he spoke.

Ning Quan fell silent after hearing this.

But Ning Quan couldn't help him with this kind of thing.

Because this is not Daqian, but Persia.

"Your Highness."

At this time, Jia Xu secretly tugged at Ning Quan's sleeve and whispered a few words.

"what?"

When Ning Quan heard Jia Xu's words, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Let me ask you, do you want to return to Daqian and continue to serve this king?"

Ning Quan asked.

"Of course I do, Your Highness. Are you still willing to take us in?"