After knowing each other for so long, Ye Zhen and Mrs. Wu can be regarded as having a friendship of revolution and life, and there is still a tacit understanding.

Seeing the other party running over in such a hurry, Mrs. Wu wondered if she was just like herself, and she was also anxious about the same thing.

Nodding slightly, Ye Hao took out the invitation from his arms and handed it to the other party.

"This flower-viewing party is really a bit weird, please say it, after all, you and Song Wan are cousins. But how could I, a country woman who had nothing to do with her, receive an invitation?"

This is the biggest question in her heart, and it is also the reason why she rushed to Wu Mansion non-stop.

Although Ye Zhen has dealt with the county commander several times, this county magistrate's wife, she has never met the other party once on the surface.

It's good to hold a flower viewing party, shouldn't the banquet be for those ladies and ladies in the city?

Perhaps the former owner was an unattainable existence for people like Song Wan. But now, the Xie family has been raided, and she has become a criminal woman who has been exiled here.

If Song Wan took into account her previous identity and sent out an invitation, then almost the entire village of aunts should have a copy!

Therefore, she thought of this matter to Mrs. Wu, worried about whether Song Wan had discovered something?

Yesterday, the two of them thoroughly interrogated Ying'er and Yan'er, and sent them to Qingcheng, and they received an invitation from each other early this morning. Isn't it a bit of a coincidence?

Mrs. Wu was also worried about the same in her heart, no, she went out to the Song Mansion not long after receiving the invitation.

The current housewife of the Song Mansion is her own aunt, and when it comes to love, she is much closer to Song Wan, a concubine.

Under her inquiry, the other party said that this flower viewing party was held by the county order, and even Song Wan didn't know why.

As for the invitation list, this Mrs. Song is unknown.

After all, she and the county lady have been lukewarm all these years, so where will they tell everything?

This time, except for knowing that the flower viewing party was not held by Song Wan for anyone, she didn't get any news.

But this alone made Ye Hao feel a little more at ease.

"It wasn't Song Wan who took the initiative to organize, and it shouldn't be aimed at you and me. That's it, the soldiers will cover the water, and now you have nothing to do with her, and we have nothing to fear."

After comforting the other party a little bit, Ye Hao put her heart back in her stomach and left the Wu Mansion immediately.

If you want to talk about this flower viewing party, even Fu Heng sent an invitation, thinking that it should be a banquet for people with status in the county.

No matter how you look at it, this kind of battle can't be just a game set up for them, Ye Hao only feels that she is concerned and messed up this time!

When she returned home, she began to supervise the sugar factory again.

Today, under her instructions, Aunt Huang hired four qualified aunts from the village to come to the sugar workshop to see if she could do this work.

Ye Hao is not completely heartless, she can teach the whole process to Aunt Wang and Aunt Li, firstly, because after the workshop is completely set up in the future, she can't be taught by word and deed, so she can't be tired to death?

Therefore, cultivate a few henchmen in advance, and hand over these tasks to the other party in the future. But there are not many people, and two is enough for the moment.

What's more, these two aunts are the first to be admired by Aunt Huang, and they are also very good in character, and she can teach the formula to each other, and she can feel a little more at ease.

As for the later ones, they will divide their labor, each lead their own work, and after learning successfully with the two aunts, they will start to get started.

The 1,500 catties of sugarcane hoarded at home are enough for these people to work well for a few days.

Now the salary of each aunt, Ye Hao is equal to all one or two silver per month, and when there are more people in the future, she will promote Aunt Wang and Aunt Li to be stewards, and then give them additional salary increases.

The sugar workshop was busy here, and Huang Chuan didn't stop.

He first raised the price of sugarcane to seven cents according to Ye Hao's instructions yesterday, and specially went to Xingnan Village to make up the difference.

The village chief of Xingnan Village, who got the money, was stunned, and he didn't know why the other party was so generous.

Huang Chuan had to find an excuse, saying that the people on the other side of Mochizuki Tower checked it after going back yesterday and thought that their sugar cane was very good, which was extra money.

With the money, the village chief was naturally happy, and even had an extremely respectful attitude towards Huang Chuan.

But Huang Chuan didn't have time to continue to spend time in Xingnan Village, he hurriedly said goodbye, and immediately went to Wangyue Tower, took the manager Liu he had seen the day before, and went to the next village.

At the same time, Zhang Xuehai, who was looking at a big red invitation in front of him at home, also received the news.

"My lord, our sugarcane harvester today said that something had happened!"

The subordinate kneeling on the ground had a somewhat ugly face, he was one of Zhang Xuehai's henchmen, and he was responsible for the purchase of sugarcane in previous years.

This is quite a good position, after all, there is money in his hand, and there is the filial piety of those below.

It's just that the price given by Zhang Xuehai this year is too low, and those villagers in the countryside are unwilling to accept it, so they will drag it out for a long time, and they have not been able to harvest the sugarcane.

Although he was doing things for the county order, Zhang Xuehai did not dare to play with his power and oppress people with power.

The matter of harvesting sugarcane is obviously just a businessman's behavior, and he can't even come forward himself, let alone use official coercion.

So what he planned to do at the beginning was to drag it out until the stupid villagers couldn't drag it anymore, and the sugarcane was about to rot in the ground, so they didn't have to compromise obediently?

It's just that I didn't expect that there would be a renegade in the middle.

"What's going on?"

Raising his eyes, Zhang Xuehai frowned and looked at his subordinates.

The henchman hurriedly replied:

"According to the letter, someone took away all the sugarcane in Xingnan Village at the price of the previous year, isn't this against us?"

In previous years, all the sugarcane in the county was basically collected by him, how could anyone else dare to compete for business in the county?

The brown sugar business can be said to be the only way to make money from the county order, and it is impossible to give others a piece of the pie.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Xuehai will confidently lower the price, waiting for those rural villagers to come to the door.

"Who is it?! Who would dare to steal something from me?!"

Although he has no impression of Xingnan Village, Zhang Xuehai is still a little angry when he blatantly opposes himself.

The Lingnan region is already southern, remote and remote, especially this barbarian county.

In addition to the county order, it is their local clans that are the most powerful, who would dare to provoke him?

Hearing this, the henchman swallowed his saliva in cringe, and paused for a moment before replying cautiously:

"Seems to be...... The people of Mochizuki Tower......

Although he is a subordinate, he has been with the other party for a long time, and he should know some inside information.

As for how the county order treats Mochizuki Tower preferentially, and the owner behind Mochizuki Tower, they who have been working in the county government know it well.

Sure enough, when he heard this name, Zhang Xuehai, who was a little angry just now, was instantly stunned.

Mochizuki Tower, this is something that even the county order does not dare to offend easily.

He sat in the study for a long time with a calm face, and remained silent.

The henchmen didn't dare to intervene, he was also anxious, if the other party really intended to collect sugarcane, then how could they have a chance to grab it?

Mochizuki Tower has always been wealthy, just came to the county town and waved his hand to buy the shop opposite the drunken fairy building, and spent a lot of money to build a new restaurant in a very short time.

Not to mention that this time they are buying at a low price, while the other party is buying at the original price.

There's no comparison!

Just when his henchmen were unsure in his heart, Zhang Xuehai spoke.

"Let's go, come with me to the Moon Tower."

Let's talk about it

, he didn't pay attention to the invitation on the table, got up and led the people out.

With the blessing of Ye Hao's seasoning, the business of Mochizuki Tower is increasing day by day, and many diners have become repeat customers, eager to enjoy their food here.

When Zhang Xuehai came to Mochizuki Tower this time, he didn't put up any official shelves, but dressed ordinarily, riding in his own carriage, and sitting in the box like an ordinary diner.

When the dishes on the table were almost there, he called Xiao Er, who had just come to deliver the dishes, and asked if the other party's shopkeeper was in the store.

Xiao Er saw that the other party was dressed as a son-in-law, and there were guards behind him, and he understood that the other party was a person with status, so he answered honestly.

Fu Heng was a little surprised when he heard that someone wanted to see him, but he didn't refuse.

There are many affairs in the restaurant, and he is usually busy, but he doesn't even have time to see each other.

What's more, according to Xiao Er, the other party seems to have an unusual identity.

When he came to the box and saw the true face of the other party, he knew who it was.

Fu Heng, as the shopkeeper of Wangyue Tower in Manyi County, has a lot of entertainment from all parties on weekdays, and he handles all the big and small things here.

Dealing with these officials is naturally indispensable, and Zhang Xuehai is also the most favored person by the county order among the officials of the county government, and he is still somewhat familiar with the other party.

"It turned out to be Lord Zhang, I was really sluggish."

Politely greeted the other party, Fu Heng had a polite smile on his face, but he was thinking about what the other party came to do today.

He had been in contact with the other party and knew that Zhang Xuehai was a shrewd person, and he must have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace.

Facing Fu Heng, Zhang Xuehai's face was not as ugly as before, but he squeezed out a smile on his face, and greeted the other party in a familiar tone.

"Shopkeeper Fu, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

The two were polite for a while, and then slowly turned to business.

So far, Fu Heng hasn't guessed why the other party came.

He didn't know that the sugarcane matter would be related to the other party, after all, the Fu family had not interfered in the brown sugar business in Lingnan before, and Fu Ru'an had been in Lingnan for a few days, and he didn't put his thoughts on it.

Therefore, they did not investigate this matter, and did not know that the sugar factory behind the county order was run by Zhang Xuehai.

"I've also heard that Mochizuki seems to be buying sugar cane lately. Could it be that Shopkeeper Fu also wants to make some brown sugar and open source Mochizuki Tower?"

Intentionally or unintentionally, when he mentioned this matter, Zhang Xuehai's words were full of inquiry.

After hearing that Mochizuki Tower had purchased sugar cane, his first feeling was shock and jealousy, and the next thing was doubt.

Mochizuki Tower has also been open in the local area for a year, and I have never heard of them starting any other business besides this restaurant.

It was also because of the doubts in his heart that he would come directly to inquire about the other party's meaning.

Hearing the other party's words, Fu Heng had a smile on his face, but his heart had already turned nine and eighteen turns.

In the past, he only knew that the sugarcane in the county was purchased by the people of the county order, but he did not know exactly how to buy it and who it was used for.

Now that the other party has asked about the door, Fu Heng naturally understands the reason why Zhang Xuehai is here today.

"Sugar cane? There seems to be such a thing."