In just one night, the thousand-year-old temple of Dacien Temple has changed its appearance. The aroma that usually lingers in the sky has been replaced by the pungent smell of blood!

After a night of careful counting, 61 black-clothed assassins and 255 bandits were killed, and the monks of the Great Ci'en Temple, from the abbot Shi Yongyan down, all 103 people in the temple were spared!

And Zhu Youzhen's three special service members were also killed by Sanada Kenzheng, and Xie Sheng was seriously injured and his life was in danger. Rui'er and Yan Ling also suffered several knife wounds, and even Zhu Youzhen had multiple abrasions, and they didn't know it when they were fighting, and they felt a hot pain at this time.

However, Qi Meifeng and her fifty Qi family soldiers did not suffer any casualties. They first extinguished the fire in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and the thousand-year-old pagoda was saved from being burned.

"Your Highness, do you want to report to the official immediately?" Qi Meifeng asked.

Zhu Youzhen pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "I can't report to the official." This is clearly done by Wei Zhongxian, once it is reported to the official, it is equivalent to a complete showdown with the eunuchs. Now I haven't had the strength to bring him down, and if I don't know it, I will be beaten up by him, saying that I made it all out to frame him myself. Besides, these bandits were all killed by the Qi family's army, you are no longer an official soldier, and the government will track it down, and there will be some trouble. ”

"But so many people have died here..."Yan Ling also frowned.

Zhu Youzhen said in a deep voice: "What do assassins and bandits do with them? As for the dead monks, they had to grieve them for a while, and when it was dawn, someone would find out, and then let the government deal with it. Now we hurry to the town and bring grain into the city as soon as it is dawn! ”

When the Qi family army heard the order, they only collected the bodies of the three special service members, lifted Xie Sheng, and hurried back to the town at night. Zhu Youzhen hurriedly asked a Lang Zhong to treat Xie Sheng, but fortunately, he only lost too much blood and did not hurt the vital point. With his sturdy body, as long as time passes, he can still recover as before.

As soon as the day was dawning, the Qi family army escorted a large number of mules and carriages of the Huanghai Merchant Gang into Xi'an City. When Li Henian and Li Zicheng saw this truckload of rice, they were both stunned, and they didn't know where Zhu Youzhen got so much grain.

After a brief discussion between the three of them, Li Henian immediately conveyed Zhu Youzhen's order: All the shops of the Shaanxi Merchant Gang immediately ceased their original business, and all of them were changed to temporary rice shops jointly signed by the Huanghai and Shaanxi Merchant Gangs, selling rice at the price of three taels of silver and one stone!

The news spread throughout Xi'an City in less than half an hour. You must know that the current market price of rice is 9 taels and 1 stone, but this new price is only one-third of the original price!

Not only are the people a little unconvinced, but even the guys of the Shaanxi Business Gang feel a little incredible. Because the price of rice in Xi'an City has skyrocketed for several days, suppliers from other places have also raised prices, and the purchase price of rice from Shaanxi merchants has risen to six taels and one stone a few days ago. But the helper let him sell three taels and one stone, isn't this a clear throw of silver for nothing?

How did they know that although the price of rice has continued to rise in China, it is still very cheap in rice-producing areas such as Korea and the Ryukyus. Han Zhen was ordered by Zhu Youzhen to purchase rice this time, and the average cost was probably less than one tael of silver and one stone. Even if you add the transportation cost and the loss along the way, two taels of silver will be up to the sky. Zhu Youzhen sells three taels and one stone, so there is at least half of the profit.

Of course, the common people are suspicious, but no one wants to miss the cheapness they see. Immediately a long queue formed outside more than a dozen temporary rice shops, and many people took out the only scraps of silver and copper plates left in their homes, ready to buy more rice while it was cheap. In case the price of rice rises again after the day, it will be able to cope with it for a few days.

However, the guys of the Huanghai Merchant Gang shouted loudly at the door of the store according to Zhu Youzhen's arrangement: "Fathers! During this time, several major businessmen in Xi'an raised the price of rice, which is obvious to all. We, the two merchant gangs in Huanghai and Shaanxi, can't bear to see everyone starving because they can't afford to buy food, so we specially launch affordable rice! Whether you have money or not, as long as you come to our rice shop, you will definitely not starve your whole family to death! ”

The crowd immediately erupted in cheers and rushed into the store to buy rice. The man continued to shout, "Everyone, wait! It's not difficult to eat cheap rice, but you have to follow the rules of our two merchants! No matter who you are, as long as you come to the store to buy rice, you must register, and each person is limited to buying once a day, and each time you are limited to buying two catties of rice, which is enough for your whole family to eat for one day. If you don't have rice tomorrow, you'll buy it tomorrow! ”

When they heard this, they shouted, "What does this mean?" It's not that we don't have money, who wants to run here one trip at a time, and it's so easy to buy it back at one time! ”

The guy said unhurriedly: "Everyone, don't be impatient, listen to the villain's words!" Do you know why the price of rice has skyrocketed this time, is it because there is no rice in the market? No, the warehouses of the three major merchant gangs have rice, but they deliberately hoard it and do not sell it! But we can't go without food for a day, so the price of rice is under their control, and it is doubling up! ”

"That's right!" There was an angry scolding from the crowd, "These immoral businessmen, their conscience has been eaten by dogs!" ”

"Think about it, everyone, they sell nine taels and one stone, and we sell three taels and one stone, can their rice still be sold?" The guy skillfully lured the crowd.

"They're still selling!" Many ordinary people scolded angrily, "Don't say nine taels, now they are selling for nine yuan, and we won't buy it!" ”

"That's right!" The guy laughed and said, "Their rice can't be sold, everyone think about whether they are in a hurry?" ”

"Anxious? Deserve! We've been in a hurry for months, and it's time for them to be in a hurry! I don't know who jokingly came to say this, and the crowd burst into laughter.

The guy also laughed and said, "These people are very vicious, and some of them are bad water." If they can't sell it, they will definitely try their best to make it impossible for us to sell it too! ”

"What's the matter, do they still want to send someone to make trouble?" The common people shouted angrily, "If you dare to come, everyone will beat them to death together!" ”

"They won't be that stupid!" The guy laughed, "It's very simple, they also sent people to buy rice!" He bought our rice three taels and one stone, and he still sold it for nine taels when he went to him! They said, what are we going to do if that's the case? ”

"Don't sell it to him!" The common people roared angrily.

"But maybe they'll hire someone to buy it?" The man said slowly, "That's why the gang leader of the two merchant gangs has set this rule to prevent people from taking the opportunity to hoard rice." It's all for everyone's good, can we understand? ”

"Yes!" Only then did the common people understand, and they immediately thundered with joy, "As long as we can eat a full stomach, we can agree to any rules!" ”