The shopkeeper hurriedly bent down and replied, "Back to the master, it is true." And there is more than one cart of grain, the villain sent someone to stare at it, and there are about ten cars, each of which is a large carriage dedicated to transporting goods and is full, I'm afraid this Wen family has gained a lot this time! ”

"So much food?" The old man's brows furrowed a little deeper, and he said to himself, "No, the grain that should be sold nearby has already been bought, and it is impossible to take out so much grain at once in those poor and remote small towns farther away, so where did the girl of the Wen family buy it from?" ”

"This ...... The villain is not clear. However, the villain has already sent someone to Wenjia to inquire about the news, and I believe that it will not be long before he knows the source of the food. ”

The old man shook his head slightly after a moment of silence, and said: "It's okay, but it's just such a little food, and it can't affect the overall situation, we should still be able to make money." If this Wen family has a bit of brains, at most they will make some money by selling grain at a high price, and my Wang family doesn't mind throwing some leftovers for their Wen family to taste. ”

"But if Wen Gonghu wants to rely on this little food to reverse the current famine in Peishan, it is a fool's dream! I'm afraid that if I lose the entire Wen family, I can't afford to buy so much grain, not to mention that it is impossible to sell so much grain to them! ”

"Yes, yes, sir, what you said is that the little one is worried!" The shopkeeper hurriedly complimented him.

The old man took another sip of tea, with a leisurely look of winning the ticket, and after gently tapping the table with his knuckles, he said in a low voice: "Okay, we don't have to keep an eye on the actions of the Wen family in the past two days, it is better to spend more time on taking care of the relationship with Lord Qin." Did you accept the silver you sent yesterday? ”

The Lord Qin in their mouths was the minister sent by the imperial court to provide disaster relief, in charge of the food for disaster relief.

"Back to the master, Lord Qin didn't ...... Confiscate ......" The shopkeeper's face was slightly frightened.

"Confiscation?" This answer was a little unexpected, and the old man's eyes froze, and then he asked quietly, "What did the lord say?" ”

"Lord Qin said that these little money don't need to be polite, and if you have time, you and Wen Gonghu will come to the door to chat and talk about your heart." The shopkeeper didn't dare to hide anything, and replied truthfully.

"This greedy old fox!" The old man's face sank, and he lowered his voice and scolded, thinking about it for a while, and then there was some pain in his face, and he sighed, "Okay, later today, you will bring double the silver of yesterday, if you don't accept it again, you will send it three times tomorrow, until he collects it!" ”

Although Lord Qin's meaning was polite, it was clearly dissatisfied with the amount of his filial piety, and even hinted that he wanted to contact the Wen family to knock on his Wang family, which he definitely didn't want to see.

Naturally, in order to keep this business, he could only cede the part that belonged to him after selling the disaster relief food to honor the adult.

Only by letting Lord Qin always hand over this business to them can there be more benefits.

"Alas...... The wool comes out of the sheep. Tomorrow we will raise the price of food again! The old man didn't raise his eyelids, and commanded casually.

The shopkeeper's face changed slightly, and he couldn't bear to whisper: "This ...... Master, the price of the grain we are selling now is already twenty times the price of the usual day, and if we want to raise it again......"

The old man seemed to be a little dissatisfied with his attitude, slapped the teacup on the table, and reprimanded: "What? My Wang family took out grain and sold it to those poor people who had nothing to eat, what's wrong with collecting some money? If you can't afford it, don't eat it, and if it's a big deal, you'll starve to death! In this world, I'm afraid that no one will be able to buy food? ”

"If you don't want to do it, just tell me, there are more people who want to do it!"

"No, no, no, sir, I'll just say it casually, and I'll raise the price tomorrow!" The shopkeeper trembled with fright, and hurriedly said loyally.

Now he can feed the family by relying on the identity of this shopkeeper, and if he loses this job, I am afraid he will become like those poor people on the street. He didn't want his children to starve like that......

Anyway, if you don't die in poverty, your family can live well.

The old man nodded slightly, and was about to get up, when he suddenly remembered something again, and asked, "By the way, has the grain in our warehouse been stolen again in the past few days?" ”

"Back to the master, the little one has already sent several people to guard the treasury day and night, but the little thief always comes and goes without a trace, so he still ...... Lost a little ......," replied the shopkeeper with trepidation.

In fact, this point is several times more than the previous one, but he does not dare to say it explicitly, for fear of being blamed for not doing well and losing his job.

"Damn, where did the thief come from, stealing the food of my Wang family!" The old man's face was a little gloomy, and he scolded angrily, "When you go to Lord Qin today, go and ask him to send two masters of the imperial court to keep an eye on the treasury, I want to see, under the net, is this guy really like a ghost can come and go through the wall?" ”

The Wang family's granary began to inexplicably reduce food a few months ago. At first, the amount was relatively small, thinking that it was just stolen and eaten by mice, so I didn't care, at most I just caught a few cats to catch mice.

But then the amount of this stolen became more and more, and in the last few days and even a night to empty a bucket of rice, it is already certain that the thief from nowhere started!

But what is puzzling is that after discovering the anomaly, they immediately strengthened their vigilance, so that the entire granary, whether it is the door or the window, is guarded, and there are many people inside the granary who patrol at all times, so it can be said that even flies can't fly in.

However, the food is still slowly decreasing, and often the people who patrol just turn around, and there is a bucket of food missing, which is already a bit unbelievable!

If this continues, although the amount each time is not large, it is indeed a hidden danger to add up to a lot......

"We have to find a way to get rid of this weird thief!"

……

The Wen family naturally did not know about the Wang family's thieves, and at this moment, the Wen family was seizing the time to prepare for the first food distribution activity tomorrow.

Now that Wen Gonghu has made a decision, everything must naturally be prepared, including how to publicize the legal name of this "Jade Yuan Fairy" to the people who receive food.

Verbal propaganda is naturally necessary, although they don't know anything about the deeds of this Jade Yuan Fairy at present, and even know only a name and roughly deduce it from the statue, but it does not prevent them from diverging their thinking and slowly imagining.

The granting of endless bread, in particular, was already the most revered miracle, even if it alone was enough to make the poor people who were afflicted with hunger believe in the fairy.

Of course, there are also supporting aids.

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