After lunch, Guangbai and his party continued to follow up with the Hu family to prevent them from having other tricks.

And Xia Ning and Song Shaoqin walked around several grain stores in the county, and things turned out to be as they expected.

Nowadays, almost all of the grain stores in the county are out of stock, and the stores have even increased the price of grain to stabilize the supply of grain.

Obviously, the owners behind these grain shops are not in the same group as Chen Xiancheng, so they plan to trick people again before leaving Cangshan County, so as to empty the grain of the entire county.

Originally, Song Shaoqin thought that Chen Xiancheng and those wealthy businessmen were just buying grain in private, but he didn't expect that their purpose was more than that.

According to the information gathered, Chen Xiancheng and others began to plot secretly as early as when they learned the news of the war, on the one hand, they blocked the news from the outside world, and on the other hand, they arranged for people to go to several surrounding villages to collect grain.

even wanted to take advantage of the fact that the people of the county did not know about it, and designed to hollow out the grain reserves of the entire county.

At this moment, Song Shaoqin completely knew what they were planning, they wanted to make a fortune!

Put the county's grain in their hands in advance, no matter where they flee to later, as long as they have a large amount of grain in their hands, it is undoubtedly their greatest guarantee.

When the war comes, they can take the opportunity to let out the news, relying on this batch of grain to gain fame and fortune, not only can they sell it at a high price when the grain is in short supply, but they can also use this large amount of grain to climb other powerful people.

After all, food is the most important survival material at any time, which simply grabs the lifeblood of everyone, and even the powerful cannot escape.

Taking a step back, this is also a way back for Chen Xiancheng and others, who will inevitably hide most of the grain and flee to the provincial capital with some of the grain.

As for what will happen to the people of the county in the end? It's not in their minds at all.

After thinking about it, Song Shaoqin also had to say that their trick was too vicious, especially that Chen County, as a county magistrate, not to mention seeking the well-being of the people, but constantly bullying and exploiting the poor people at the bottom.

His behavior is not only unworthy of being a parent official, but also unworthy of being a human being!

Song Shaoqin's entire chest was burning with a raging fire, and he wanted to destroy the current imperial court, anyway, it was already rotten from the roots.

The good officials who really asked for the people's lives were either brutalized by those traitors, or they were suppressed and exiled, and it is difficult to find a righteous and awe-inspiring loyal minister in today's court.

It's so sad and lamentable!

This country is still fought down by the ancestors of their Song family, and there is also a share of their Song family in this world, but now, it has been ruined by the descendants of the Chu family.

"Don't be angry, it's not worth it to be angry with your body, it's not worth it for them." Xia Ning felt the riotous emotions of the man around her, and hurriedly took his hand and whispered to comfort him.

These people are really hateful, what they do is really inferior to beasts, and those who make a fortune are simply condemned by everyone, and they completely put their greed above the lives of the world.

There are obviously countless options for making money in this world, and it is not only the choice of making a fortune, but they choose the most vicious way.

"Okay, don't be angry, they have a trick, we also have a trick, it will definitely not be as they wanted, now let them be more proud, the more they scrape, the more miserable it will be in the end."

The corners of Xia Ning's mouth pursed a sneer, if you want to talk about which one is stronger, it must be the two of them, they are professional in picking up leaks and cutting off beards!

All these people do today is make wedding dresses for them.

"Well, you're right."

After Song Shaoqin calmed down, the two of them walked around the county for more than half an hour, and then they walked the entire county, which can be regarded as having a basic understanding of the county.

In the evening, the group gathered in the room of the inn again, eating the meal carefully prepared by Xia Ning, while reporting the progress of the afternoon's tracking.

"Do you know where their food is hidden?"

Song Shaoqin is most concerned about this problem now, now they just want to pay money to buy grain, and it is several days late, and the people of the Hu family have already started to prepare a few days ago, and now there is no food to buy.

Unless you go to the county next door, maybe there is some hope.

The reason why they are so anxious about this batch of grain is not to loot and bring it back to Baiyun Village, and their village is not short of food at present, but if the Hu family is allowed to take away this batch of grain, then the entire Cangshan County will be affected by a food crisis, which will have a great impact on the people of the county.

Therefore, they must maintain the order of Cangshan County, and they must not let the entire county be chaotic, otherwise Baiyun Village, which is under the jurisdiction of Cangshan County, will inevitably be affected, which is not what they want to see.

Now they are not only helping the people of the county, but also saving themselves.

Kong Qing said truthfully, "My subordinates vaguely heard Chen Xiancheng's conversation with them mentioning what action there was tonight, and after that, several of them arranged some people to travel, I estimate that they want to transfer the collected grain to a safe place tonight." ”

"My subordinates heard from the Hu family's daughters that they plan to leave tomorrow night while it's dark."

"The Hu family has a Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the county, and their subordinates found out that they have transferred some of the grain in that Zhuangzi."

Hearing this, Xia Ning was surprised, "So, the Hu family didn't completely follow Chen Xiancheng's command?" ”

This Hu family is really very cunning, it seems that they are also guarding against Chen Xiancheng, in this case, then the relationship between them is not very strong, everything is just a matter of interests.

The Hu family is quite cautious, not only left some materials in Pingsha Town, but now they have left a batch of materials in the county seat, which is why they can't put their eggs in the same basket.

"Not only the Hu family, but several other wealthy businessmen also have similar plans, but they are not hiding elsewhere, I guess there should be a secret room passage in their mansion, I haven't determined the specifics, but I found that some of them are acting a little wrong."

Song Shaoqin said solemnly, "It's good to be different." ”

Now it seems that the group of people is guarding against each other, and they all have their own hands, obviously this heart is not enough at all, but it is easier to disperse this way.

Xia Ning hurriedly reminded, "Okay, tonight's task is heavier, let's hurry up and finish eating, and rest for a while before it gets dark, there are still a lot of things to be busy tonight, I'm afraid there is no time to rest." ”

"Madame is right, you will go back to the room immediately after eating." Song Shaoqin agreed, tonight is another sleepless night.

"Yes!" Everyone instantly responded in silence.

(End of chapter)