At the Xu family's rice shop.
There were several grain stores in Suzhou that were backed by the Xu family. The common people of the grain stores did not dare to cause trouble outside the Xu family's rice store.
And now.
The flood flooded and broke the dike.
Countless commoners were starving, so why would they care about who the Xu family was?
"Hit him, hit him hard!"
"A group of unruly people, how dare you cause trouble outside my Xu family's rice shop?!”
"You're courting death!"
At the entrance of the Xu family's rice shop, Xu Lin covered his bleeding head with one hand and shouted at the servants who were fighting.
These damned unruly people actually dared to sneak attack him and snatch his food!
If he didn't teach these people a lesson, how would the Xu Family's rice store continue to operate?
They were all robbed!
"Stop!"
"All of you, stop. If you fight again, kill without mercy!”
At this moment.
A man in armor led a group of soldiers and rushed over. He beat up anyone he saw and suppressed the situation with violent methods.
"Lord Wang?"
"Aiyo, Lord Wang, you came at the right time!”
Seeing Wang Zhen bring his men over, Xu Lin immediately revealed a pleasantly surprised expression. He hurriedly went forward to welcome him and at the same time complained,"Lord Wang, look. This lowly one is selling food at this time for their work, but these unruly people don't know what's good for them. They actually robbed the food and injured this lowly one. This is really an unforgivable crime!”
Wang Zhen glanced at Xu Lin and swept his tiger eyes across the people who had been captured. He shouted,"Arrest them all!"
"Sir, please spare my life."
"The Xu family's rice shop has raised the price again and again. We're also forced to do so.”
" That's right, sir. It was only fifty copper coins yesterday, and it's going to be a hundred copper coins today. Even if we pawned all our belongings, we still wouldn't be able to afford a jin of rice…"
" Xu Lin," Wang Zhen's face darkened as he shouted coldly," the Provincial Governor has been reminding us not to raise grain prices. Who gave you such courage?"”
Xu Lin complained incessantly," My lord, the price of grain is not set by our Xu Clan. It's because we don't have any available grain now. Every family in the city has raised the price. This is already the lowest price our Xu Clan can offer."”
"Nonsense!"
"I watched as your Xu family transported dozens of carts of food to the warehouse!”
"That's right, that's right. Do you think we're all blind?”
"The other grain merchants are not selling grain because they are forced by you.!”
……
Xu Lin's expression did not change." Sir, please be clear. The food that was sent into the warehouse is inedible. It has long been soaked in water and rotted. If I take it out, will everyone dare to buy it? Aren't they afraid that they will die from eating it?”
"The grain sold by my Xu family's rice shop is all high-grade rice. There's nothing we can do about the high price.”
Wang Zhen waved his hand." Don't tell me these things. Call your father and go to the government office together."”
Xu Lin: " I'm sorry to disappoint you, Lord Wang. My father went to Chang 'an yesterday. I don't know when he'll be back for the rations."”
"Last night, Xu Yongyong was inviting all the grain merchants in the city to a banquet in Yihong Restaurant. Why did he go to Chang 'an?”
A teasing voice rang out, and everyone turned to look. Liu Ergou smiled as he cupped his hands towards Wang Zhen. His gaze swept across Xu Lin and the others as he slowly said,"Take them all down and put them in jail!"
Xu Lin immediately laughed coldly,"Where did you pop out from?" I'm talking to Lord Wang, who are you to interrupt?”
Wang Zhen also frowned as he looked at Liu Ergou, guessing his identity.
Liu Ergou casually took out a token and waved it in front of Wang Zhen," Is this thing good enough?”
Wang Zhen's heart trembled as he pointed at Xu Lin.""Take him down!"
"Lord Wang, you…" Xu Lin was stunned.
"So it's the people from the Crown Prince's Residence. I've been paying my respects just now…" Wang Zhen cupped his fists.
Liu Ergou waved his hand," Send someone to bring them back. You come with me."”
Crown Prince's Residence?
Xu Lin's expression changed slightly.
" Quickly go back and inform..."
Pa!
Liu Ergou raised his hand and slapped him. He smiled and said,"Don't worry, your father will reunite with you later.”
"Take him away!"
Liu Ergou's gaze swept across the crowd. The commoners who were still gathered there clapped their hands, and over a hundred people emerged from the crowd.
Wang Zhen raised his eyebrows in a strange manner. Then, he heard Liu Ergou say,"His Highness the Crown Prince has already arrived in Suzhou and will definitely not let you suffer any grievances. However, he also hopes that everyone will not cause trouble and not disturb the law and order because of some people with ill intentions!”
"They will be responsible for the security of this place. They will distribute food according to the number of people, ten catties per person, until the Xu family's rice shop runs out of food.”
"But let me say this first. Anyone who disturbs the peace and snatches food will be killed without mercy!”
The excited citizens were instantly doused with a bucket of cold water. They looked at Liu Ergou with fear and nodded, indicating that they would not mess around.
"Lord Wang, please come with me.”
"Alright."
……
Xu Manor.
Liu Ergou and the rest hurried over.
"Lord Wang, what is this?"
"Go in and arrest him!"
"What?"
"Lord Wang…"
"Kill all who resist!"
……
Liu family.
Zhou family.
The Wang Clan…
More than a dozen grain merchants were captured by Liu Ergou.
In the blink of an eye, 80% of the grain merchants in Suzhou were captured. Nine, the remaining grain merchants were shocked.
Suzhou was about to change!
……
At the government office.
Liu Ergou and Wang Zhen strode in.
"Reporting to Your Highness, the merchants who participated in the grain price discussion and raised the price have all been arrested.”
“？？？”
Qin Chuan was so shocked that he almost stood up, looking at Li Chengqian in disbelief.
In just a short while, they had arrested all those unscrupulous merchants?
Qin Chuan looked at Wang Zhen, who smiled bitterly and nodded.
Too ruthless!
He didn't even give her a chance to retort and directly took her down.
If there was one, then there was one.
"Mr. Qin, look, isn't there food? They still dared to raise the price? Let them raise the price."
“……”
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