It was late at night, and the grain merchants gathered together again. This was the third time they had gathered in the past few days.
The grain merchants were having a hard time. After the price of their wheat rose, they had only made a day's worth of copper coins excitedly before they were on the verge of bankruptcy. No one came to buy their wheat.
Ever since that newly arrived noble Liu Feng, he had actually acted like a madman and recruited all the commoners in the city to work. The hateful thing was that he had given them wheat as a salary. This was completely cutting off their escape routes.
"Detestable, detestable, too detestable.”
"Bang bang bang…"
The fat grain merchant shouted loudly and used the table to vent his anger.
The grain merchants 'faces were so gloomy that ink was about to drip out. Many of them had fierce looks in their eyes. Those who stood in their way should die.
It was said that merchants valued profits and pursued money. This was understandable. Everyone was greedy and only wanted to see if they could control their greed. These grain merchants had long been blinded by greed and did not care about the lives of civilians.
If a businessman had ten percent of the profits, he would not be afraid to work hard to make money.
With a profit of 20%, merchants would dare to make money desperately.
With a 50% profit margin, the merchants would risk their lives to make money.
When the profit reached 100%, businessmen would dare to make money by hook or by crook.
When the profit reached 300%, the merchant had already sold his own kind as goods.
Humanity had already disappeared. They only cared about copper coins and whether they could earn more copper coins.
In the eyes of these grain merchants, they only cared about whether their wheat could be sold and would not consider lowering the price.
"That damned Liu Feng, if it wasn't for him, we would be sleeping on a bed covered in copper coins.”
"Damn it, is this Liu Feng a fool? Was he an idiot? He actually used wheat to feed those lowlifes? He even tore down a good house.”
"As far as I know, Liu Feng doesn't have much wheat left. He can only last for three or four days at most. At that time, we can earn a lot of copper coins. To make up for the loss, I suggest raising the price of wheat by one copper coin.”
Many people were tempted by his words. Several excuses for raising the price immediately appeared in their minds. For example, a lot of wheat had been taken away by the horse bandits during the transportation, and there was only this little wheat left.
"No need. I'll raise the price in a few days. It's too slow.”
The fat grain merchant's eyes were filled with madness as he said coldly,"Kill that Liu Feng, and everything will return to square one. Those lowlifes will obediently be at our mercy.”
"What is it? You want to kill Liu Feng? He's a noble, isn't he?"
"No, no, no…this is beheading.”
Several grain merchants were frightened, but their voices were hesitant. They were probably thinking about the feasibility of the plan.
"Pfft…"
The fat merchant laughed."We are all worms on the same rope. No matter who plucks this rope, everyone will be shaken off.”
"Additionally, that new noble Liu Feng doesn't have any powerful soldiers. He only has Niu Ben's family as knights. However, I've received news that Niu Ben's sons have already left Xiyang City with those new recruits.”
"Phew…"
The grain merchants 'breathing quickened. After all, they had killed a noble, even the weakest one.
"Count me in. I have five strong guards. They can be of use.”
Someone immediately expressed their opinion. The autumn harvest was getting closer and closer, and they had to quickly sell their aged wheat. Otherwise, it would go moldy and rot.
"I've brought my guards. They're just outside. Do as you see fit. I just want to sell the wheat. After all, winter is coming. I have to rush back to Baron Omer's side.”
"I'll join too. My family has just married a new batch of maids, and they're still waiting for me to pamper them.”
The fat grain merchant stood up, squinted his eyes, and looked around. He laughed wildly."Very good. If everyone has this determination, they can make a lot of money. Baron Omar said that as long as we plunder all the money in this place, we will get a higher share."”
"Hehe…it's all that Liu Feng's fault for not knowing what's good for him.”
"In fact, I've long wanted to kill him.”
"The cat orc in the castle is mine. I can buy it for 50 copper coins.”
"Pfft, haha…you're too generous. You're actually willing to pay 50 copper coins for a lowly Beastman.”
"…
" All the grain merchants present expressed their willingness to send out guards to participate in the operation.
The fat grain merchant smiled proudly. He exchanged glances with a few of the grain merchants and nodded in satisfaction. They had all colluded in advance. They just wanted to reap the harvest earlier, or perhaps they wanted to rob the city lord's mansion.
In reality, the fat grain merchant had already received accurate news that during the autumn harvest, there would be horse bandits coming to rob Xiyang City. If the current situation continued, they would not be able to sell all their wheat. At that time, they would be the targets of the bandits.
Since they were going to be robbed by the Horse Gang, they might as well kill Liu Feng, this noble, and sell the wheat at a high price. Then, before the Horse Gang arrived, they would quickly escape from Xiyang City.
Just as the fat grain merchants were discussing how to assassinate Liu Feng, a group of people had already quietly hidden outside the courtyard.
Shink looked at the four guards outside the courtyard, his eyes flashing with a fierce light that only appeared when he was hunting.
"Greedy merchants, how dare you plot against Sir Liu Feng. You all deserve to die…
"
"I want to collect, I want flowers, I want ratings, I want everything.。”
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