The captured man confessed that it was a guy from Wan's grain shop who connected with him, but when the prefect asked the officers and soldiers to lead him to the door to get people, the entire Wan grain store was found for him to identify, but he couldn't find the person who connected with him in the first place!

There is no way to condemn the grain to sin based on this man's words. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Wan's grain shop wanted to accuse him of falsehood, and in the end, he could only temporarily lock up the man first. According to the man's description, the master drew the portrait of the connector and posted it to the whole city for wanting.

After the officers and soldiers went to the Wan's grain shop and couldn't catch anyone, Song Chen and Su Miao knew that there would be no follow-up, and the other party was obviously prepared, and they must have transferred the person. Maybe if you are a little more ruthless, you will already kill people, and even if the government posts the wanted notice to the entire Dalan, it will be useless. However, if the wanted warrant is hung up and can be seen everywhere, it can also deter the other party, let the other party know that the government is watching what they are doing, and they will have some scruples between actions, which can be regarded as a means.

But Song Chen still flew the book back to Baiyun Villa, and asked Liufu to arrange for Kuai Yong and the other four best people to come to the city, and he had a task to give them to do.

Song Chen asked them to come over, just to let them keep an eye on the movements of the five grain store shopkeepers.

As soon as the new regulations of Feng'an grain shop came out, sure enough, almost no one came to the door of the grain store, which was already a lot deserted. If you set a high price for food, you will naturally be able to make a lot of money, but the premise must be when a customer comes to your door! If there are so many people like now, it is not as good as Feng'an Grain Shop to make a lot of money!

The inventory in the granary of Feng'an Grain Store is decreasing, and the cash is slowly flowing back. After more than half a year of layout, the money that has been spent has come back in a steady stream. In addition to rice, the sales of various beans harvested by Su Miao were also good, especially soybeans, the tofu factory in the city originally had a long-term cooperation with a village below, and every year after the farmers harvested soybeans, they asked the chief to send them over. But the rain that has been falling for nearly two months has damaged a lot of soybeans, and the harvest is only half of what it used to be, and no one wants to sell the harvest anymore, because the harvest in this rice field does not know what will happen, so soybeans can also satisfy hunger, right?

But the price of those grain shops at the beginning has doubled, and if they sell back to the original price, not only will they not be able to earn their hard-earned money, but they will also lose money! And if they still want to make the same profit as before, then the price of tofu sold will have to increase by more than half! Then eating tofu has to eat meat, and it's expensive! Who will buy tofu?

So the tofu factory stopped working for a while after all the soybeans were used up. It wasn't until Feng'an Grain Store opened its doors to do business that they found out about the price and resumed their tofu business. The way soybeans are sold is different from rice, one person's share is two taels, and the owner of the tofu factory has a family of eight, if you follow the rules, you can only buy one pound a day, so how can you make tofu enough? Fortunately, although the shopkeeper of Feng'an Grain Store is sometimes very one-sided, he is also flexible enough when he really needs to turn. After learning about the difficulties of the tofu factory, I discussed it with the big shopkeeper and approved a special amount for the tofu factory, but the premise was that they guaranteed that the price of tofu could not be increased.

Feng'an Grain Shop's special treatment of the tofu shop is considered. At this time, food is the most important, so Wan's grain store and the other four grain stores have increased their prices a whole time, and the other industries are not all immobile, such as all kinds of meat have increased in price to varying degrees, even if the hunters take the prey into the city to sell, it is more expensive than before, but it is not as exaggerated as the grain store.

In this case, people who already have a lot of money to buy food rations will try to minimize their expenses in terms of meat and vegetables. The vegetables that the family eats, these can be planted in front of the house and behind the house, but if there is no oil and water in the stomach for a long time, people are easy to run out of strength, at this time, if you can eat although it is vegetarian, but after cooking, the taste and effect are comparable to meat tofu or its products, it is a very critical supplement to physical strength.

Because of the appearance of the Feng'an grain store, under this kind of disaster year, the people in the city lived almost the same as before, except for the need to queue up once a day. Although the farmers have also been facilitated, the harvest of the whole season is gone, and although they still have some money accumulated in previous years, it is only past October, and there are still more than seven months before the harvest season next year, and although the prices of rice and other grains in the Feng'an grain store are reasonable, they may not be able to hold out until that time.

But that's for later, and the most important thing at the moment is to live the days in front of you first. Although there has been a drought in the north, the treasury has been so full over the years that it has not been able to allocate any food. Many people comfort themselves in this way.

After Kuai Yong and the others arrived in Lily of the Valley City to assist Lin Jiu, Song Chen and Su Miao also stayed in the city for the time being, watching the progress of things.

Kuai Yong and the others stared at it for several days without finding anything abnormal, but the calmer they behaved, the more undercurrents were brewing secretly, so they didn't relax for a moment. Finally, after following them for nearly half a month, Kuai Yong and the others finally made a discovery. The shopkeeper of Wan's grain shop, which Kuai Yong followed, asked the shopkeeper of the other four to go to Qianmeilou to drink flower wine.

"Flower wine again?" Su Miao frowned, "They are so old, and they are wives and concubines at home, why do they still like to go to the kiln hall so much?" ”

"......" Kuai Yong glanced at each other, and invariably chose to be silent. When Su Miao asked this question, she didn't sigh, she wasn't joking, but she was asking very seriously, this kind of question they couldn't say when facing her, even if they wanted to answer, Song Chen didn't want to, right?

"Getting together again at this time won't be so simple, there must be something to discuss." Song Chen instructed, "You continue to follow." ”

"We?" Kuai Yong was a little embarrassed, "We haven't been to Hualou yet......"

"Just let you see and see." Song Chen said lightly. Nonsense, if they don't go, do they have to go with Miaomiao themselves?

"However, I heard the big housekeeper say that in Dalan, if a man goes to Hualou, it will be known when he looks for a daughter-in-law in the future!" Kuai Yong is already interested in someone, she is the daughter of Aunt Zhang who gave Auntie Shi a hand in Zhuangzi, what if the matter is passed back, what if Juan Er gets angry with him?

This is what Liufu said to the latter when he took Kuai Yong into the city to do business before. He was afraid that these young people of Yiguo would be young and vigorous, and they would be easy to learn bad words after entering the city, so he emphasized it.

"Didn't the chief butler tell you to be flexible?" Song Chen smiled, "Don't worry, you enter through the main gate, we will look for you." ”

"Don't be afraid!" Su Miao also encouraged Kuai Yong, "If a girl comes in, just let them sit down in peace...... If the guests don't do anything to them, there will be a reward, and they can't wait to meet such a guest! ”

"......" Kuai Yong and the others were so shocked that they didn't dare to comment when they heard Su Miao's familiar way, and only looked at Song Chen with their eyes.

"That's right! I have been to Hualou and Miss Su a few times, it is not Longtan Tiger's Den, don't worry! Song Chen took out a thousand taels of silver tickets and stuffed them into Kuai Yong, "After those people go in for a while, you can go in again." At that time, it is enough to specify the room next to them, and if it happens to be gone, you can make a point with silver and ask for the place. "Actually, this matter doesn't have to be done by Kuai Yong and them, and it is not impossible for him and Su Miao to sneak directly into the flower building to find someone. But in that case, they would have to look room by room, and they didn't want to see something they shouldn't see and stain their eyes.

"This is for you—" Su Miao took out a small porcelain vase and handed it to Kuai Yong, "After you enter the room, open the stopper and put it by the window, and I will find you." ”

Kuai Yong and the others took their things, and they went outside with others. At six o'clock in the unitary hour, Kuai Yong and the others sent someone back to inform Song Chen and Su Miao that they were ready to enter Qianmei Tower.

Song Chen and Su Miao had just finished eating, and after receiving the news, they drank a cup of tea, and watched that the sky was getting dark, before they used their light skills to sweep in the direction of Qianmei Tower.

The small porcelain bottle that Su Miao handed over to Kuai Yong contained a spice, and the kind of fragrance that was vague would not have been noticed if it weren't for someone with a sensitive nose to Su Miao's level. Kuai Yong was still worried when he put the bottle by the window, wondering how Su Miao could find their location based on this almost no taste. But thinking about Su Miao and Song Chen's actions in the past, which were always unexpected, he had confidence again.

Sure enough, within two quarters of an hour of Kuai Yong and the others entering the room, Su Miao and Song Chen also arrived. However, they did not come in, but as agreed, they threw a mung bean from the window to Kuai Yong's hand to inform them of their arrival, and then went up to the roof and uncovered the tiles on the roof of the next room to eavesdrop.

After Kuai Yong and the others received the mung bean signal, the mission had been completed. The two of them were waiting for Liufu to find them a daughter-in-law, and they were convinced of his words, so they hurriedly said that there was an urgent matter, and gave each girl a few taels of silver as a reward, and then fled out of Qianmei Building, and went back to the house to rest according to Song Chen and Su Miao's previous instructions, and then notified them of the next step when they returned.

After Song Chen and Su Miao uncovered the tiles, they saw that the five middle-aged men in the room below were sitting around the table, and they didn't see any girls accompanying them.

One of the blue-shirted men was faintly the leader of the five, because when he spoke, the faces of the other four people who were originally smiling were obviously much more solemn: "Our boss said that we have already negotiated with the owners of several of you, and from tomorrow, all our grain shops will be closed and will not do business for the time being!" ”

"Really?" Although the others asked this question, there was not the slightest expression of surprise on their faces. On the one hand, it may be that this leader has a certain prestige in their minds, and no one will doubt the truth of what he says. On the other hand, in terms of the current bleakness, the closure is actually not a big impact on business. They are such a big grain store, and there is no difference between doing one or two orders of business and not doing business at all.

"Why are you closing?" However, someone asked the key point for Song Chen.

"Because the inventory in our granary is empty, we have to wait for other places to bring in grain." The blue-shirted man affirmed.

"But......" The other man wanted to say something, but under the smiling gaze of the blue-shirted man, he quickly died down.

"Anyway, we don't have to open the door to do business tomorrow, so we won't be drunk tonight!" A man raised his glass and said loudly.

"What's not drunk and homeless? Drunk or not, we won't return! The other man looked out the door and smiled.

The others quickly understood what he meant, and laughed knowingly.

Song Chen listened patiently for another quarter of an hour, and saw that this group of people was becoming more and more prodigal, and the content of their speech was becoming more and more boundless, thinking that the business should have been finished, so he put the tiles as they were, and walked around the five grain shops with Su Miao before returning to the house.

The next day, in the early morning, Kuai Yong and the others scattered to the grain shops to keep an eye on, and sure enough, after waiting for the time when the doors opened in the past, the doors of the grain shops were still closed. By noon, there was still no movement at the grain shop, which confirmed that they were really planning to close it.

But last night, Song Chen and Su Miao went to check their granary, and there was still more than half of the inventory in it.

Song Chen thought about whether their purpose was to wait for all the grain in Feng'an Grain Store to be sold before they began to reopen the door, and at that time, they would be able to do their own business and raise the price of grain to a high level. If this is the case, then it is very likely that they will arrange for someone to come to Feng'an Grain Store to buy grain. On the one hand, it is to speed up the consumption of the inventory of Feng'an Grain Shop, and on the other hand, they buy it back at the price of thirteen Wen, and they will sell it for twenty-six Wen or more in the future, which is a big profit no matter how this business is calculated.

It's just that how could Song Chen let them get their wish? He asked the guys at the Feng'an grain store to keep an eye on the people who came to buy rice, and sure enough, a few guys from other grain shops were recognized. Two days later, the Feng'an grain store also posted a notice, and the grain store was temporarily closed. However, during the period when the sale is closed, there will be two soup kitchens in the afternoon and evening on one day. The porridge was not boiled with rice, but with several kinds of grains, which made it more satisfying.

Compared with queuing up to buy rice grains, it doesn't cost money to get porridge. This time, there are even more people in line. There are also people who spread the word about whether the food in the Feng'an grain store is also running out of stock. In the face of inquiry, the guys laughed and said, "If the stock is not enough, where will the rice be used for soup kitchen?" It's the owner's kindness, that's why they will give free porridge for a few days to help everyone. ”