Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Arrival of Food and the Beginning of War
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Half an hour later, Zheng Qian took Wang Zhi and others to the county office of Ruyang City again, asking to see the county commander Wang Dan.
As Zhao Yu guessed, Zheng Qian, as the prince of the Marquis of Ruyang, of course would not be a brave and unscrupulous reckless man, and ordered his entourage and guards to smash the Zhao rice shop on the street - that would be at most a vent of anger and could not solve the fundamental problem.
The solution to the fundamental problem is still in this Wang County Commander.
As long as this Wang County Ling is willing to help their Zheng family and does not allow the Zhao family and his son to open a shop in Ruyang, why should the Zhao family and his son extend their hands to him in Ruyang?
But unfortunately, this Zheng Shizi may be disappointed this time.
After a while, Zheng Qian saw the county magistrate Wang Dan, and after some politeness, he tested the county magistrate and said: "Prince, there is a new shop called 'Zhao's Rice Shop' in the city today, does the prince know?" β
In fact, of course Wang Dan knew, after all, Zhao Yu had visited him a few hours ago, and even sent people to keep an eye on the two rice shops of the Zhao family and the Zheng family afterwards - these two shops were so close to each other, but Zhao Yu named the shop rice shop, which must be a conflict.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Wang Dan to receive the news that Zheng Qian, the prince of Ruyang, led a group of people to kill Zhao's rice shop.
Seeing that a vicious fight was about to happen, Wang Dan secretly prepared his pawns, and as soon as the two families started fighting, he sent people to block the streets - that's right, block the streets to avoid hurting the innocent county citizens, as for the two families, he didn't help anyone, let them fight by themselves.
Unexpectedly, this Zheng Qian was really calm, and he didn't order the entourage guards to fight with the Zhao family's people in the street.
"I don't know ......"
Wang Dan shook his head and said vaguely.
Obviously, this answer made Zheng Qian very dissatisfied, he looked at Wang Dan, and said in a deep voice: "Prince, isn't it?" According to the other party, they have the permission of the prince......"
"This ......"
Wang Xianling's face showed embarrassment.
However, he had already guessed that the Zheng family would come to Xingshi to ask for the guilt, so he thought of a countermeasure early.
No, I saw him pretend to hesitate for a moment, and then pretended to grit his teeth, pretending to be open-minded, and said to Zheng Qian: "That's it, now that the matter is over, Wang will no longer hide it." As Shizi said, it was indeed allowed by Wang to open a store in the county seat of Luyang Zhao, but Wang also had no choice but to ...... The prince may not know that the father and son of the Zhao family in Luyang, I don't know what method they used, they have been appreciated by General Wang Shangde, Wang's brother in Wancheng, and the prince should also know Wang Shangde's status in my Wang clan, how dare I target the people he admires? β
Zheng Qian was shocked and suspicious: "The prince previously resumed the money and grain subsidy to Luyang County......"
"That's why." Wang Dan pretended to be helpless, looked at Zheng Qian, and said in a heartfelt tone: "Shizi, the Guihou Mansion and Wang have always been good friends, if you do something else, Wang will definitely stand on your side, for example, your Mansion wants to teach Lu Yang and Zhao a lesson a year ago...... But now that the Zhao father and son are in the name of my brother Wang Shangde, I really can't do anything. This time, I can refuse the rude request of the Zhao family and not help them do anything that is harmful to the interests of your house, I have done my best, please forgive me. β
Speaking of this, Zheng Qian couldn't force anything more, so he barely squeezed out a smile and bowed: "I see, thank you Prince." β
After a while, after bidding farewell to Wang Dan and walking out of the county office, Wang asked Zheng Qian: "Shizi, do you believe the words of this Wang County Order?" β
"Believe it!"
Zheng Qian said expressionlessly: "He could have talked to us in advance, so that we could have prepared, but he turned a blind eye, until the Zhao father and son killed Ruyang, I personally came to question, and he only revealed the truth in a fake way, hmph, isn't this secretly helping the Zhao father and son?" What else do you say not to help the Zhao family do things that are detrimental to the interests of my Zheng family, I bah! β
"Shizi."
Wang Zhi looked at the yamen of the county government a little nervously, and then asked, "Then what now?" β
"What else can I do? Go on! β
Zheng Qian narrowed his eyes and sneered: "Even if there is no Wang Fengzhong to help, is my Zheng clan afraid of just one Luyang Zhao clan?" β
"But......" Wang Zhi hesitated and said, "However, this Wang Fengzhong seems to be on the side of the Zhao family and his son......"
Hearing this, Zheng Qian shook his head and said, "No, although this Wang Fengzhong is suspected of secretly helping the Zhao family and his son, but from the fact that he is willing to explain to us, it can be seen that he has not completely fallen to the side of the Zhao family and his son......"
Saying that, he thought for a while, and added: "Most of the time he thinks that the Zhao family and his son don't have much to win, hmph, this cunning old thing, secretly helping the Zhao family and the father and son who don't win much, and they don't tear their faces with my Zheng family on the surface, so that even if he is defeated by my Zheng family and rolls out of Ruyang in embarrassment, he will not offend the Zhao family, nor will he offend my Zheng family." Tsk tsk, that's a good idea......"
Subsequently, Zheng Qian took Wang Zhi back to Zheng's rice shop on West Street.
He decided to stay in this Zheng's rice shop for the next few days, waiting for the Zhao's rice shop opposite to open.
If he wanted to see how the Zhao father and son could suppress his Zheng family's business in Ruyang County with just one shop.
Although Zheng Qian is not proficient in the competition between businesses, he also knows roughly that it is nothing more than lowering the price to hit competitors, and he is accompanied by the Zheng family!
In a blink of an eye, two days have passed, and the renovation of Zhao's rice shop is almost complete.
At this time, the grievances between the two princes behind the Zheng's rice shop and the Zhao's rice shop, that is, the grievances between the Zheng family in Ruyang and the Zhao family in Luyang, have also been spread in Ruyang County.
Luyang Zhao made a high-profile appearance in Ruyang County, and also opened a rice shop diagonally opposite the Zhengjia rice shop, which was provocative but everyone could see it.
Not to mention others, even the craftsmen who helped the Zhao family rice shop renovate the interior decoration of the house asked Zhang Ji, Ma Cheng and other guards several times: "You Zhao family, do you really want to be the enemy of the Zheng family?" β
For a while, in Ruyang City, the locals were discussing this topic after tea and dinner, and they were waiting for Zhao's rice shop to open in a few days, so that the two would fight each other.
This also makes Zhao's rice shop not yet open, but it has gained a lot of fame, almost as long as it is a person in Ruyang County, they already know this rice shop.
In this regard, Zhao Yu smiled at Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng and said: "I really have to thank the Zheng family, our rice shop has not yet opened, and its reputation has spread all over the city." β
Zhang Ji and the others laughed when they heard it.
Even, the good thing opened a gambling game, betting on who would have the last laugh in the Zhao family and the Zheng family.
I have to say that almost no one is optimistic about the Zhao family, after all, the Zhao family is a township, but the Zheng family is a Hou, don't look at the difference between the words, the size of the two is much different.
Of course, these Ruyang people don't know that the Luyang Zhao family also has a Luye Freemason!
On February 25, a caravan carrying the banner of 'Luyang Zhao' slowly entered Ruyang City and stopped in front of Zhao's rice shop.
After the carriage stopped, the chief steward Cao lifted the carriage, turned his head to look at the Zheng's rice shop diagonally across from him, and shook his head slightly with a wry smile: "The second son is really ......."
Just as he sighed, Zhao Yu walked out of the shop with Jingnu.
Seeing this, Cao raised his hand and greeted: "Second son." β
"The chief steward is very polite." Zhao Yu returned the salute with a smile, and immediately looked at the caravan that seemed to be like a long line outside the store, and saw that the convoy was full of straw baskets, and he asked with a smile: "How much is transported?" β
Cao Ju replied, "Two hundred stones." β
According to his explanation, each straw basket with a cover on the carriage contained about one stone of rice, and a carriage contained ten baskets and twenty carriages, which were exactly two hundred stones.
Looking at the numbers alone, it seems that these 200 stone are not much, but in fact, one stone of rice is enough for nearly 100 adults to eat, in other words, 200 stone rice is enough for nearly 20,000 people to eat.
For General Wang Shangde, who often opens his mouth for hundreds of thousands of stone grains and rice, this bit of rice is not enough, but for the newly opened Zhao's rice shop, these two hundred stone rice should be enough to last for a while.
At least that's what Cao Ju thinks.
"Two hundred stones, ah......"
After Cao Ju finished explaining, Zhao Yu pondered for a moment, it seemed that it was a little too little, and he said to Cao Ju: "These two hundred stones, I'm afraid it won't last for a few days......
Hearing this, Cao Ju was very surprised.
If it is placed in Luyang and Yexian, these two hundred stones are indeed nothing, but the problem is Ruyang, Ruyang Zheng is staring at it, just waiting for this Zhao's rice shop to open, is the second son in front of him sure that the two hundred stone rice will be sold out in a short period of time under the situation of Zheng's special sniping?
Of course, he wanted to think about it in his heart, but Cao Ju was not interested enough to raise the question in his heart, and he said with a smile: "It's time to get lucky." β¦β¦ The second uncle sent a letter in the past few days, saying that his 50,000 stone rice was already on the way, and he was on the waterway, first through Yuncheng, and then to Yexian, and then left some for the second son. β
Zhao Yu nodded, and then told Cao Ju: "The 50,000 stone rice was transported to General Wang, right?" You might as well let the people in the chamber of commerce know, and if they are interested, let them help them with the luck and let them earn a little difference......"
Cao Ju said with a smile: "In Xia Province, however, most people in the Chamber of Commerce may not look down on making this poor money, and when they learned that the second prince was attacking Ruyang, they were also preparing to attack the surrounding counties one by one, including Yuncheng...... Alas, if this is a conflict with Old Man Zhou's friends......"
"Let them be polite, wouldn't it be better to pull the businessmen from the surrounding counties into our chamber of commerce, make money and make a fortune together, General Wang's military market, just with me Luyang and Yexian, I can't eat it, there is no need to cut off other people's financial routes." β¦β¦ Of course, people like the Zheng family, that's another story. β
"I'll remind them." Cao Ju smiled and nodded, and then turned his head to look at the Zheng's rice shop diagonally across from him, and saw that there were many people standing in front of the shop, all looking at this side with unkind expressions, and he also roughly guessed what was going on.
"There are still some things in the future, so I won't delay here, I wish the second son a victory."
"Thank you."
Zhao Yu arched his hand with a smile, and immediately glanced at Cao Ju's line of sight.
Of course, he had already noticed the group of people standing outside Zheng's rice shop, especially Zheng Qian, the prince of Ruyang, and Wang Zhi, the steward.
"Come! Face me up!'
He beckoned to Zheng Qian in the distance and made a few lip shapes.
In response to him, Zheng Shizi's increasingly gloomy face was answered.