The crescent moon is like a hook, the night is hazy, the river breeze is blowing, and the tumbling and rushing river water during the day seems to become quiet.

More than 200 grain ships were moored densely on the bank of the river, covering the river more than a mile wide and several miles long.

The lights on the merchant ships gradually dimmed, leaving only a few dead wind lamps on each ship, swaying in the night wind, except for the people on duty, most of the people on the ship fell asleep, and even the largest merchant ship gradually fell silent.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and gradually in the middle of the night, those on duty also gathered together in twos and threes, chatting and passing the time, so as not to fall into sleep.

The river was dark, and no one noticed that on the outermost water surface of the merchant ships, a head suddenly appeared, followed by another one, and then more than ten heads appeared one after another, only a dozen feet away from the outermost row of merchant ships.

The merchant ships were still silent, with only occasional chatter and laughter.

Whoa~

The sound of the water sounded softly, and the more than ten black shadows plunged into the water again, scattered, like swimming fish, and swam to the outer boats respectively.

The black shadow closest to a merchant ship in the middle quickly swam under the side of the ship, popped up, looked up for a while, saw that it was dark overhead, and immediately no longer hesitated, and a black shadow flew out of his hand, dragging a long black line, and hung on the ship.

The man tested the tightness of the rope, then grabbed the rope skillfully and quickly climbed up to the hull, and when he was about to reach the top, he listened carefully to the hull for a while, made sure that there were no footsteps, and then turned over, fell lightly to the side of the ship, and put away the flying grab.

At this moment, two people came slowly with lanterns, and the startled man hurriedly turned over, fell on top of the mountain of grain bags, lifted the tarpaulin covering it, and hid in it.

The two of them slowly passed by him with lanterns, chatting quietly as they walked.

"I'll go to sleep in half an hour, I'm sleepy." One of them.

"Well, it's nothing more than mud, sand, dirt and stones, what to see." The other is humane.

"Shh......h Don't raise your voice, this is the child's plan. What outsiders don't know, it's just that this merchant ship is afraid that there are not 100,000 stone rice grains, in order to confuse the people of the Zheng family and force them to sell grain at a low price to solve the grain shortage in Jiangning. ”

"Childe's clever plan is a clever plan, but it's just that I'm waiting for ......"

The two walked over while chatting, not knowing that there was a person lurking beside them.

When the two of them were far away, the black shadow hiding under the tarpaulin, from the leg of the tight water, untied a short knife tied up, and cut a "grain bag" next to it, and the dust sprayed, and the man couldn't help but sneeze under the guard.

The man hurriedly wiped a handful of dirt from his face, and then pierced a "grain bag" on the right, revealing still mud and sand, and not half a grain of rice was missing. 、

After stabbing four or five bags in succession, the man put away his short knife, sprang out from under the tarpaulin, crept to the side of the boat, hooked the flying grab to the side of the boat, and then grabbed the silk rope and turned over, and flew down the boat gang.

After a while, more than a dozen dark shadows gathered on the surface of the river again, talking in a low voice, and then they all went into the water and disappeared.

……

The price of grain has risen to seven times and is still rising, and because of the continuous rise in grain prices, just like the housing prices nine hundred years later, the people in the city have begun to go crazy and rush to buy them.

And the 5,000 stone of grain raised by the Jiangnan Buddhism Gate is not much left, and the situation is becoming more and more critical and chaotic.

At this moment, a piece of news came, shocking the entire Jiangning City.

Zhao, Wang, and Xie will transport 500,000 stone of rice and grain from Jiangbei, and will arrive at the Qinhuai River ferry three days later.

This news was not only confirmed by Zhao, Wang, and Xie, but also by Wang Hanzhi, the prefect of Jiangning, and even the officials of Jiangning Mansion specially organized people to beat gongs and drums to publicize it in various streets and alleys.

This news quickly calmed the hearts of the people, stopped the people from looting, and the people stopped rushing to buy food rations that could still last for four or five days, and even temporarily suppressed the rise in the prices of meat, eggs, and vegetables.

It's just that a few families are happy and a few are sad, this news is not good news for those Zheng faction grain merchants who are hoarding Juqi. You must know that at the beginning, they listened to the instructions of the Zheng family, desperately rushed to buy and hoard rice grain, and most of the rice grain was purchased at a high price of more than three times, and the average purchase price was between three times and five hundred yuan. Now, although it has risen from five to seven five, it has only sold less than one percent, and if it is suddenly forcibly dropped back to two and one stone, most people will lose their money.

The grain merchants of the Zheng faction in Jiangning City panicked, and one by one they ran to the Zheng Mansion without a master, and for a while, the living room of the Zheng Mansion was full of anxious grain merchants.

Originally, they wanted to rely on the big tree of the Zheng family to make a lot of money, hoping to fry the price of grain to more than ten times, many grain merchants staked all their belongings on it, frantically snapped up, and bought grain when they saw it, and the grain merchants in the entire Jiangning City hoarded more than one million stones, and the Zheng family alone hoarded 300,000 stones.

Now, if it falls back to two guan and one stone, the grain merchants in Jiangning City will lose at least one million guan, while the Zheng family will lose 340,000 guan. Three or four hundred thousand, even if the Zheng family is rich and rivals the country, it is also a nerve-wracking effect.

The grain merchants in Jiangning are in a hurry, and the Zheng family is even more anxious.

Three or four hundred thousand yuan, although it hurts the muscles and bones, it is difficult to hurt the vitality of the Zheng family.

The most important thing is that if the Zheng family loses this battle, the prestige of the Zheng family will plummet, no matter how politically powerful the Zheng family is, it will only be suppressed by the Wang, Zhao, and Xie families everywhere in the business war in the future, and it will be difficult to turn over.

Meditation fasting.

Zheng An sat cross-legged on the futon, his eyes slightly closed, and his face was cloudy. Zheng Qing, Zheng Hong and housekeeper Li Gang stood beside them with their hands down, not daring to take a sip.

"What's the news over there?" Zheng An asked.

"No news has come yet." Butler Li Gang said in a low voice.

Zheng An said in a deep voice: "Back then, Huang Wenhu was just a splash, he was almost hacked to death, if it wasn't for the old man who saved him and supported him, how would he be today?" Could it be that he really failed the old man and took refuge in his opponent? ”

Li Gang said urgently: "It's not too late to wait for the news of the Yin gang leader, according to the villain's understanding of Huang Wenhu, he will not live up to the old official." ”

Zheng An snorted coldly: "I hope so, if Huang Wenhu becomes a white-eyed wolf, it can be regarded as Lao Tzu blind, but he doesn't want to live in peace." ”

A house slave led a sturdy man to rush over, and when he arrived at the door, the man slowed down, walked in gently, and bowed respectfully to Zheng An: "Subordinate Chen Liang, meet the old gang leader." ”

Zheng An's eyes suddenly opened, his gaze was like lightning, and he asked, "Hall Master Chen, how is the news on the river?" ”

Chen Liang said in a low voice: "This matter was personally brought by his subordinates to investigate, and there was no half grain of rice in the grain bag on the ship except for the sediment...... He waited for the three, but it was just a bluff. ”

Zheng An's eyes lit up, his eyes froze, and he asked in a deep voice, "Have you ever found out?" ”

"We have searched more than a dozen merchant ships, and they are all true. Moreover, according to the investigation of Jiangbei spies, there is no large-scale movement of grain by the grain gang. ”

Hahaha~

Zheng An suddenly laughed: "A young man, dare to play empty city tricks with Lao Tzu, not only do you go around, but even Jiangning Mansion also follows the publicity, such a big move, it is really a bluff." ”

Zheng Qing, Zheng Hong, Li Gang and others on the side also laughed.

After a long time, the laughter stopped, only to hear Zheng An shout in a deep voice: "Pass on my order, the price of grain is directly mentioned as ten yuan and one stone, and it will not be sold for a penny!" ”

"Whoa!"