Chapter 084 Bullying

The final point of the problem is food.

After listening to Li Jingniang's explanation, Wang Qifang breathed a long sigh of relief.

To be honest, if the third uncle encounters other troubles, maybe she will have to work hard to see if she can help.

But if you are worried about the food problem, then Wang Qifang can pat her chest and promise to help.

This question is too simple, Wang Qifang can be very proud to say that my sister lacks everything, but there is no shortage of food.

That's right, in Wang Qifang's Buddha bead space, there are thousands of catties of grain, whether it is wheat or rice, what do you want.

In order to test whether the space can be cultivated with her mind, Wang Qifang reclaimed almost all the idle land in the space and planted wheat and rice.

As a result, in less than ten days, the grain in the space can be harvested.

When Wang Qifang saw this scene, she was excited and happy, and tried several times, causing the grain in the space to be piled up into a mountain, and there was more than one.

Fortunately, the space has the function of keeping it fresh, otherwise, it would be a great sin if such a large amount of grain was moldy and rotten.

"Well, the food problem is a problem"

Although I was secretly relaxed, there were some things that I didn't dare to say in front of outsiders.

Wang Qifang bit her lower lip in embarrassment, and then said as if she thought of something, "By the way, Jing Niang, you said that your Deyuan has also formed a fleet?" ”

"Yes, what's the matter, my cousin also wants to explore overseas markets?"

Li Jingniang couldn't keep up with Wang Qifang's train of thought, eh, weren't they talking about the problem of 'buying treetops', why did they run to the fleet again?

"We are not busy opening up overseas markets first," Wang Qifang shook her head, and she said thoughtfully, "I heard that although our side has suffered from drought, we may have a bumper grain harvest in the Nanyang region south of the East China Sea." If I could, I would like to borrow two boats from my cousin's fleet and go outside to help my uncle find some food. ”

"Borrowing a boat, there's no problem with that, it's just that the barbarians overseas will grow food? Can we eat the food they grow? ”

It's not that Li Jingniang looks down on the barbarians of Fanbang, but under the current historical conditions, the national pride and sense of superiority of the Great Zhou people have penetrated into the bone marrow of every people.

In fact, in terms of the current world environment, the Great Zhou, which inherited the development of the Tang Empire, does have the strength to be proud of other countries.

Take a look, in the Great Zhou, buy Silla maids, use Kunlun slaves, and have Japanese slaves at home to take care of the home, this innate sense of superiority has created the psychology of the Great Zhou people.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Li Jingniang has such suspicions.

"Hehe, of course you can eat it." Wang Qifang paused, then thought of the social customs and mainstream ideas of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and said with a smile, "They are the same as us, they all eat rice and wheat." ”

But wait, is Nanyang inhabited now?

Suddenly, Wang Qifang realized that this was the Great Zhou Dynasty more than a thousand years ago, what the outside world was like, and whether there were Chinese people living on the surrounding islands, she was really not sure.

Thinking of this, she suddenly had an idea, she lowered her head and thought about it, and finally decided to give it a try, and said, "Jing Niang, I know, your fleet has just been formed, there must be a lot of business to do, if the ship is nervous, you can lend me one first, and I will take someone to the sea to see"

By the way, buy an island and build your own turf so that the children can have a place to live.

You can't put your eggs in one basket, and you can't just find one way out, right?

"Cousin, look at what you said, aren't they just two boats, what is this worth? If you want to use it, what about my entire fleet giving it to you? Li Jingniang saw that Wang Qifang said a little politely, so she gave her two big white eyes, and said coquettishly, "It's just that you don't have to go to sea in person." You don't have to go on land at sea, there are many risks. Besides, you still have three children, how can you let the children go on a risk with you? ”

As she spoke, Li Jingniang subconsciously looked at the children on the opposite seat who were taking a nap safely, and said with concern.

"Hehe, it's me who didn't think it through."

Following Li Jingniang's gaze, Wang Qifang's heart rose up to explore the idea of going to the sea to find the island, but was suddenly driven away by the children's innocent and cute sleeping faces.

Yes, how did she forget the children, the first year is okay, the little new brother and sister are not yet a year old, how can they follow her to the sea for adventure.

Oh, it shouldn't be.

Seeing Wang Qifang's rare embarrassed expression, Li Jingniang covered her mouth and smiled, "Cousin, you don't have to worry too much about Master Li's affairs, our Deyuan has run a lot of grain stores, if Master Li San needs it, I can transfer some emergency first." ”

"Well, okay, then I'll thank Jingniang on behalf of my uncle."

Although she can't go in person, she can send her henchmen overseas to have a look.

Even if she can't occupy a big island, she can make a small island, as long as there is a place to settle down, she doesn't have to worry about her brother's 'big things' all day long.

Along the way, with the addition of Jing Niang's mother and son, Wang Qifang's journey was not lonely.

Two mothers, with four children, chatted in the carriage every day, made tea, and was leisurely.

Even on rainy days, I don't feel irritable.

In this way, the group came to the boundary of Qingzhou.

The carriage was moving slowly, Wang Qifang first ordered Lei Ting to ride into the city to find an inn, they ate and lived in the carriage along the way, Rao is carriage built comfortably, spacious, but also a little depressed. Since passing through the county seat, it is more comfortable to stay in an inn.

"Huh? What is this for? ”

After entering the city gate, before he had traveled far, the carriage was blocked on the side of the road.

Wang Qifang pushed the car window and looked curiously at the crowd pushing and shoving outside.

"Looks like someone is arguing?" Li Jingniang also saw the commotion in front of her, she looked over carefully, only to see someone in the crowd holding a wooden stick, and when she listened to it, it seemed that there was still a sound of scolding.

"Qingfeng, go and see, what's going on ahead?"

Wang Qifang subconsciously hugged Yuan Niang, and told the nurse to take care of Xiao Xin'er and Xiao Maruko, and then raised her voice and commanded.

"Yes"

As soon as the words fell, I saw the breeze bounce up from the back of the carriage and float towards the crowd.

After a while, the breeze floated back lightly, she stood outside the car window, bowed down and said, "Mrs. Hui, there are two grain stores fighting in front." ”

"Huh? Grain shop? For what? Could it be that they can't grab food on the street? ”

With the increasing severity of the drought, Wang Qifang and her family have seen many people fleeing the famine along the way.

I also saw many villages, fighting in groups for water.

But I haven't seen it yet, and the grain store can also fight.

"Mrs. Hui, yes and no," Qingfeng herself felt that her answer was vague, and then explained, "That's right, my subordinates heard from the onlookers that there is a grain shop owner in this county whose surname is Wu, and he is a distant relative of a certain Confucian merchant in Qingzhou, and often bullies and dominates the market in the name of this Confucian businessman. ”

It turned out that when this year's drought first appeared, Boss Wu speculated that this year's grain prices must have soared, and he began to buy grain on a large scale since April.

The businessman pursues profits, and there is nothing wrong with him doing this.

It's a pity that this black boss is used to bullying people, and he refuses to do business well, and the price of grain purchased by his grain store is completely two percent lower than the market price.

People who sell grain are not fools, so they naturally refuse to sell it to Wu's grain store at a low price, and it just so happens that at this time, there is also a grain shop in the county, Liu's grain store, which also saw a business opportunity and bought grain at a price one percent higher than the market price.

One is high and the other is low, and the grain prices of the two families are completely 30% different, so that as long as there is surplus grain around the county, small traders will sell grain to Liu Ji one after another.

Seeing that he couldn't receive food, and the price of grain was also fried by the Liu family, Boss Wu, who had always been rampant, didn't do it. So, Boss Wu specially sent someone to deliver a message to Liu Ji, asking them to settle down and not get along with the Wu family.

As for the boss of Liu Ji, he is a master who eats soft and does not eat hard, and he ignores the warnings and threats of the Wu family.

Seeing that Liu Ji ignored his warning, Boss Wu not only did not stop, but instead went to the neighboring villages and towns to buy grain, feeling that his 'authority' had been provoked, and bluntly said that he would teach Liu Ji a lesson.

No, Liu Ji is going to transport the purchased grain to the headquarters in Qingzhou today, and after Boss Wu heard the news, he simply gathered a large group of guys and ran to the road to intercept it, so he had to buy Liu Ji's grain at the price he set.

Such an impudent request is no different from a public robbery.

How could Liu Ji agree, so this scuffle was triggered.

"Huh? Liu Ji? After Li Jingniang heard the name of the store, she thought about it for a while, and then said, "Yes, I remembered, cousin, this Liu family is still your acquaintance." ”

"Huh? What acquaintances? How come I haven't heard of it? ”

Wang Qifang was stunned, she didn't expect that there were people who were said to be her acquaintances in a small county town in Qingzhou. What's even stranger is that she hasn't heard of it.

"Hehe, you forgot, what's the surname of the eldest cousin Li Maoxiang's wife?"

Influenced by the two cousins, Li Jingniang knows more about the people of the Li family in Haicheng.

"Oh, look at my brain," Wang Qifang greeted Li Jingniang's smiling eyes, and suddenly remembered, isn't the eldest cousin's mother-in-law's family surnamed Liu?

Thinking that it was her own person, Wang Qifang hurriedly instructed Qingfeng, "Go and ask, if it is really my cousin's mother's family, we can't let them suffer."

"Yes, ma'am"

Receiving the nameplate of the Confucian businessman handed out by Wang Qifang, Qingfeng quickly turned back to the scene of the incident.

"Wu Jiliang? Oh, that name sounds familiar."

Wang Qifang watched Qingfeng leave, and suddenly felt that the name of Boss Wu was a little familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere.

"Madam, this person is the lackey of the Zheng family, and he is also the accomplice who forced my father to death back then."

Behind her, Qianniang gritted her teeth and said hatefully.

P: Hey, hey, second watch, continue to ask for tickets