Chen Mu didn't hide it, he told the county magistrate the time and place he discussed with the owner of the shop.

The county order acted according to Chen Mu's arrangement, and after confirming the plan, the county order hurriedly retreated.

Chen Mu breathed a sigh of relief and slowly stood up.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, I look at the appearance of the county order, he doesn't seem to believe us, if he sent too few people to surround the ruined temple on that day."

"Will we suffer, although you have a lot of guards and secret guards, we can also protect you from the encirclement of those people."

Lord Ye didn't know what he had in mind.

He frowned, his face was serious, Chen Mu saw him like this, he didn't care about waving his hand.

Lord Ye could see that the county order didn't believe him, but even if he didn't believe it.

The county commander also had to send people to the broken temple and send people to protect him and Lord Ye, after all, the two of them were high-ranking people.

If it was really because of the carelessness of the county magistrate, the two of them were in danger, and the county magistrate's ten heads would not be enough to cut off

"Except for the county order, you don't have to worry about those merchants, although we are preparing to transport grain and sell grain, those merchants will be there."

"But they are not restless people, although they have an idea about the price of this grain, but after all, they are just some profiteers."

"It's great that they can find ruffians to protect themselves."

Master Ye thought about it for a while, nodded silently, and was relieved by Chen Mu.

Lord Ye's heart was steady, Chen Mu and Lord Ye chatted a few more words, and seeing that it was not early, Chen Mu rested.

Lord Ye took advantage of the late night to collect grain in several surrounding cities, and it was not difficult to save enough food that Chen Mu promised to hand over to the shopkeeper.

The next morning, Lord Ye transported the grain to a city not far from the ruined temple and began to wait patiently.

The transaction time discussed by Chen Mu and those shops was two days later, and in the early morning of the third day, Chen Mu led people to the broken temple early.

Standing still in front of the ruined temple, Chen Mu raised his head and glanced around, catching a glimpse of a few figures flashing in the bushes not far away, Chen Mu raised his eyebrows.

He knew that those people were sent by the county order.

The county magistrate went to the inn again last night, saying that he wanted to accompany Chen Mu to go there.

Chen Mu shook his head again and again, the county order followed, it would inevitably startle the snake, although those people might not doubt his identity because the county order followed him.

But if those people realize that something is wrong and want to run away, it will not be so easy for him to catch those people in the future.

After patiently waiting for the half-burnt incense in front of the ruined temple, several carriages appeared at the end of the path.

Chen Mu glanced at the carriage and recognized that the people who came in the carriage must be those rich people.

Because this carriage looks quite extravagant.

Before the carriage reached the gate of the ruined temple, several wealthy people jumped out of the carriage.

They smiled and arched their hands at Chen Mu, and Chen Mu also nodded at them.

Those people glanced behind Chen Mu and saw that Chen Mu had brought the grain, and they were quite satisfied.

"You're moving fast, we thought it was a hassle to transport food, and you would only bring in a part of it."

"The rest of the part, let's go and pick it up ourselves, look at the vehicle parked behind you, it seems that you have brought all the food."

Chen Mu hooked his lips and smiled slightly.

"Since I said that I would bring all the food in my hand, I naturally don't need to be lazy and push this job to a few of you."

"After counting the grain, let's take it away."

"By the way, there is one more thing that I feel a little confused about, I heard about it a few days ago when I was collecting grain in the city."

Chen Mu frowned, and when the merchants heard this, they glanced at each other.

They nodded, motioning for Chen Mu to continue, and at the same time waved their hands to the people who followed behind them, preparing for someone to count the grain.

Seeing that everyone's attention was on him, Chen Mu sighed and continued to speak.

"That is, most of the grain in the hands of those people has been taken away by the merchants in various cities, and I don't know what the purpose of those people is."

"Now that I see that these people in front of me are also collecting grain, I feel uneasy in my heart, and I wonder if something big happens, I will keep some food in my own hands."

Several merchants were stunned and looked at each other.

They frowned, a slight thoughtful look on their faces.

seems to be thinking about what Chen Mu said, whether it is true or false.

Chen Mu ignored the expressions on their faces and only continued to speak.

"To be honest, because of the amount of food promised to you before, I went back and counted it again."

"I have brought all the grain that I am going to leave for myself, so that I will not disappoint you, and you will not think that I am a greedy person who cannot even transport all the food."

"So I brought all the grain."

Chen Mu looked worried, and several people looked at each other when they saw Chen Mu say this.

The rich man who first dealt with Chen Mu thought about it and took the initiative to step forward.

He looked at Chen Mu, and then at the few companions who followed behind him.

"Since this is our partner and has great integrity, we might as well tell him what we are going to do."

These merchants probably thought that they had told Chen Mu their intentions, and Chen Mu would not deduce their purpose based on their actions.

Therefore, they did not carefully cover it up, and the businessman who had dealt with Chen Mu first saw this, and immediately stepped forward and told Chen Mu about his and his own plans.

He did not directly tell Chen Mu that the reason why he collected grain at this time was that he planned to wait until there was a shortage of grain in the future, and then sell the grain at a high price.

He only said that he was stockpiling grain for emergencies, and that he was aware of the floods and droughts that had broken out in the small southern city, and that he was worried that the disaster would affect their small northern city.

The corners of Chen Mu's mouth twitched slightly when he heard this, the small southern city was separated from this small northern city by several mountains, and there were countless cities with a large area such as the capital.

If that calamity could spread to this place, then the entire Great Xia would probably fall.

But now he is talking in a cliché, Chen Mu did not reveal his thoughts, he nodded thoughtfully in response, and paid attention to the person in front of him.

When the man finished talking nonsense, Chen Mu regained his thoughts and said slowly.

"I see, that is to say, these are the people who collect grain in other cities?"

"I didn't expect you to need so much food, and I should have asked my friends who sold grain to come to this city and give you the food in my hands."

"They have a lot of food in their hands."

The eyes of several people lit up, and one of the merchants stepped forward, and was about to say something, when they heard Chen Mu say again.

"But then again, is that really all you collect food for?"