When Yu Chong returned to the shop, it was already past the end of the day, and Ah Fu saw Yu Chong coming back and asked, "Brother Chong, why did you come back so late?" ”

"Is there any business in the store today?" Yu Chong asked casually.

"Only two girls bought some spices."

"Well, Ah Fu, you close the shop first, I have something to tell you."

Seeing that Yu Chong was talking so seriously, Ah Fu faintly felt that Yu Chong had something important to tell him, so he immediately closed the shop and gave Yu Chong a cup of wine.

"Ah Fu, apart from my parents, you are now my closest and most trusted person." Yu Chong said slowly.

"Brother Chong, what are you talking about after so many years."

"Ah Fu, you let me finish my words first, today I met an official woman, although I don't know her name, but from her speech and demeanor, I also know that she and behind her must be a big man."

"Who?" Ah Fu asked curiously.

"I don't know who it is, but she knows about my father." Then Yu Chong told Ah Fu about the tragic experiences of his parents one by one.

Ah Fu was stunned when he heard this, and sat there for a long time without speaking.

"Ah Fu, in fact, I have long regarded you as my own brother, and what I will experience in the future may be a hundred times more difficult and dangerous than the current one, and I really don't want you to take risks with me." Yu Chong said earnestly.

"Brother Chong, don't say such things in the future, my Ah Fu is mixed with you, after my father and mother are gone, I am basically supported by your family in order to survive, even if it is a sea of swords and fires in the future, my Ah Fu will also go with you, and I will not mention it again in the future."

"Good brother, don't mention it, drink."

The two of them got drunk again and slept indiscriminately in the attic.

Not long after the shop opened in the morning, Aunt Li next door came over, "Yu Chong, have you noticed that the price of rations has been reduced today." ”

"Yes, Aunt Li, I really don't pay attention." Yu Chonghou realized after he realized.

"If you don't have a family, you can't feel anything, my man went to buy rations yesterday, and it was much cheaper than usual."

"Haha, it's still Aunt Li who is calculating."

"Well, I won't tell you, I still have to go to the market and buy more food to prepare, which can save a meal of wine." As he spoke, he hurriedly walked out of the shop.

Yu Chong asked Ah Fu to pour a bowl of tea, drank it himself, and after a while, a guy came to Yu Chong and whispered, "Shopkeeper Yu, our shopkeeper Wang has something important to ask you to go to the pawnshop." ”

As soon as Yu Chong heard that the king was in charge of the shopkeeper, yes, Hezunjiao might want to make some trouble, so he told Ah Fu to let him look at the store and go out by himself.

When he arrived at Hengrui's pawnshop, Wang Shopkeeper Yu Chong pulled into the back room and closed the door tightly.

"Shopkeeper Wang, what's the matter, please send someone to find me in person."

"The Holy Aunt has something important to explain." Shopkeeper Wang lowered his voice.

"What's the matter?"

"Holy Aunt decreed, pay close attention to the changes in grain prices in Nandui City, and after three days, when the grain prices go down, you will go to the Dadong Grain Store and buy 30,000 stones of rice."

"How much, 30,000 stones, how can you buy so much rice?" Yu Chongxin said, it seems that this Hezun Sect still wants to get some benefits from my Southern Dusk City.

Then he said, "The city lord has already imposed clear restrictions on the export of grain, and even the wharf does not dare to disobey it." ”

"Brother Yu, you have to believe in the ability of the Hezun God Sect, with a pass, the sect leader is still capable of doing it."

"Okay, I know, the money to buy food ......," Yu Chong asked.

"You are only responsible for ** rice, and I will settle it myself when the time comes, so you don't have to worry about this."

"Okay."

After coming out of Hengrui Pawnshop, Yu Chong was really curious about the problem of grain prices, it is said that this Nanducheng is the land of fish and rice, with abundant products, and grain prices have been very stable, even when they just became independent from Penghua Kingdom, food prices have not been turbulent.

After walking a few steps, I arrived at the grain and rice street, Yu rushed in and turned a few grain stores, and the price of rice was generally lowered, 300 wen a stone on weekdays, but now it has quietly dropped to 200 wen.

How can the price be suddenly reduced, can't you sell it after a bumper harvest this year, Yu Chongxin said, and went straight to the largest Da Dong grain store in Nan Dusk City, it is said that this Da Dong grain store has done seventy or eighty percent of the business in the whole South Dusk City, and the owner behind many grain stores in the city is actually a Da Dong grain store, and the Da Dong grain store has also opened branches in Shangyuan and Penghua and Jiang Yunguo, which shows its strength.

Yu rushed in to see, sure enough, there is the style of a big store, to the small shops to make profits, clearly marked 190 Wen Yuan a stone, but there is no stock, can only be booked, three days later can be handed over rice.

Yu Chong was very puzzled and came out of the Dadong Grain Store, I have always had stable food prices in Nandui City, why did it suddenly drop so much, Yu Chong was thinking, and walked back to the shop.

"Brother Chong, just now Brother Xu sent someone to call you to the dock."

"Brother Xu, what's the matter?"

"The person who came didn't say it, but if what the official lady said is true, you have to pay attention." Ah Fu kindly reminded.

"I see." With that, he walked to the docks.

As soon as he entered Xu Ying's house, Xu Ying pulled Yu Chong to sit down, "Brother Chong, what have you been busy with lately, I am not in the store every time I look for you." ”

"It's nothing Brother Xu, I'm idle hair, Aunt Li next door told me in the morning that the price of food had dropped, so I went out for a walk and took a look."

"Ahh Yes, the price of food has indeed dropped, and it is precisely for this reason that I came to you today for my brother. ”

"Brother Xu, what's the matter, you just tell me."

"I'm not polite to you, five days later, 30,000 stone of rice will be transported to Jiang Yunguo, and you will be responsible for escorting it."

"But didn't the city lord have an explicit order not to let the grain be shipped?"

"You don't have to worry about this, you just have to transport it, this time it's escorted with the dock brothers, and you don't have to worry about the situation last time."

"Okay, it's all up to Brother Xu."

Yu Chong returned to the shop and thought about today's things well, let's wait and see, I hope it's not what I thought.

On the afternoon of the second day, Yu Chong woke up from his nap, and was woken up by the sound outside the door, only to hear Aunt Li say, "I see that the price of this grain is getting lower and lower, but the amount of food we buy is not increasing, and I see that the surplus at home is about to bottom out." ”

"Didn't your man go buy it yesterday?" "I said that there was no stock, and I had to wait, and I couldn't buy it today, so I thought of going out of the city to the countryside to find farmers to buy it."

"I heard that the city has also been sealed ......"

Yu Chong listened curiously, and also went out, as soon as he arrived at the grain and rice street, all the people were full of people, and most of the people were holding empty grain bags, and they didn't see a few grain bags full of grain, because the food supply was sufficient on weekdays, so many people in Nandui City did not have the habit of storing food.

Yu Chong was watching the excitement, and was suddenly dragged out, Yu Chong fixed his eyes and saw that it was not Juxiang Daxia, the bodyguard of the official lady.

Ju Xiang Yu Chong was taken to a remote alley, and a carriage was parked in the middle, so Yu Chong got into the carriage, and a burst of fragrance filled his nose.

"Yu Chong, why do you also pay attention to food?"

It was the official lady who spoke last time.

"Miss, I didn't pay attention to it at first, it was my neighbor Aunt Li who reminded me, so I came to take a look."

"What do you think?" Miss Guanjia asked.

"Since the establishment of my Nandui City, the grain production has been abundant, it has been very stable, and there has never been a situation of robbery, it may be that someone is operating behind the scenes, trying to make the situation turbulent, so that he can profit from it."

"Well, that's right, the master really didn't underestimate you, and the master has already thought of some countermeasures. Is there any news on the Hop Zun Sect and the Docks? ”

"It seems that the Hezun Sect has long known about the drop in grain prices, and wants to buy grain and rice at a low price from my Nandu, and then transport it to Jiangyun Country through the dock, Xu Ying also mentioned this to me in the morning, and asked me to escort it personally."

"Looks like they've come to an agreement."

"Miss, I don't know who is behind this big Dong grain store?"

"Da Dong Grain Store, Dong Jian, the shopkeeper, he moved to Nanducheng with his father Dong Chang with the old city lord from Penghua Kingdom, when the old shopkeeper Dong Chang was there, Dong Jian was obedient, after Dong Chang died, Dong Jian began to move around, and finally defected to Wei Chihao."

"No wonder Da Dong Grain Store is so powerful."

"Go back, and do as they tell you, and see what they want to do."

"Miss, I have a letter for the people who support me behind me, and Miss Lao brings it."

"Okay, you can get busy first."

On the top of the Golden Palace in Southern Dusk City, Wei Chiqing held a letter, read it excitedly, and said again and again, "Okay, well-written, thorough, Zhai Jiang'er, just do what the letter says." ”

On the third day, according to what the shopkeeper of Hengrui Pawnshop said, Yu Chong came to Dadong Grain Store for 30,000 stone of rice, and today's price is really the lowest, it has been as low as 120 Wen one stone, according to the agreement, it is the fifth day before the rice can be handed over, everything is arranged.

At present, there are only a few grain stores in the whole southern twilight city that have grain for sale, and the queue is also far away, and the grain is generally sold in less than two hours, and those who can't buy grain can only go to the government to beat the drum and sound unevenly, and the government has no choice, close the door, and don't care, and the phenomenon of beating houses and robbing houses began to appear on the street, and no one can take care of the chaos.

On the fourth day, as soon as Yu Chong arrived at the store, he saw that everyone had taken grain bags to grab grain, Yu Chong grabbed Aunt Li and asked, "Why is there food today?" ”

"Now there is only rice in the Dadong Grain Store in the entire Southern Twilight City, and it is 400 a stone at the moment, and some people say that it will rise to 500 a stone in the afternoon, so I have to leave quickly."

Yu Chong smiled lightly, thoughtfully, it seems that eight or nine are not far from ten, some people want to make the situation turbulent, and some people want to make a profit.