Suddenly, a voice sounded in the street.

"Everyone, Wansheng Xiang Rice Store on North Street, willing to sell grain at a low price, everyone go quickly."

This news, like a thunderbolt, exploded in the crowd at once.

"Brother, what you said is true?"

"It can't be old rice, or moldy rice, right?"

“？？？”

The human:

"The conscience of heaven and earth, it's this year's new rice shipped from Jiangnan, what am I lying to you? I just came out of Wansheng Xiang rice shop, and now the price of rice has risen ridiculously, changing one price a day, and the same people in the capital, so I told each other. ”

"So, let's go quickly, don't sell out."

“……”

The people carried the burden and drove to the direction of North Street.

Yuan Zhi was stunned for a moment, and said to Ding Jiu: "Follow them and go over and have a look." ”

"Understood."

Yuan Zhi and Jiang Goro followed the crowd and headed towards North Street.

Ding Jiu was a little behind, he used gestures to command the guards scattered around, and hurriedly stepped forward to explore, and set up guards around the store in advance.

To be honest, this kind of chaotic market is accessible in all directions, and it is difficult to secure it.

Ding Jiuke has a great responsibility, and since he entered the grain market, his strings have been very tight and very nervous.

The scale of this Wansheng Xiang rice shop on North Street is not small, and there is already a surge of people in front of the shop, crowded with hawkers who come to buy rice.

More than a dozen guys in the store were busy, the shopkeeper was a woman, a young woman dressed, twenty-four or five years old, dressed in a bichival, and looked quite capable.

Next to her, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, wearing a skirt, was helping.

Yuan Zhi and the others stood on the side of the street opposite the store, watching coldly.

He soon found that in addition to the people buying rice at the entrance of the store, there were some people on the outside, showing resentment.

"There may be an accident here, Ding Jiu, call our people over and bring weapons."

"No."

Ding Jiu left in response.

At this moment, a man in his thirties rushed into the store.

I saw him dressed in a dark green official uniform, and shouted from afar:

"I said White Lady, you are too rough in your work, selling rice at such a low price, but you will get into a big disaster!"

He squeezed into the store in three steps and continued to count down the white lady, "In the past, you also sold grain at a low price, so the official won't talk about it, but this time it's a big trouble, and the disaster is about to come to the door." ”

White lady?

That is the common name of Bai Suzhen in "The Legend of the White Lady", who is not afraid of rape and dares to act.

The white lady of this rice shop was trained by the official to bow her head and remain silent, and the girl next to her shouted unconvinced:

"My eldest sister didn't do anything wrong, the price of grain in the city is too high, we can't make too much money, how can the people live, Lord Zheng, you are the deacon of the grain market, who dares not to give you face?"

"Hey, my little aunt and grandmother, this official is just an eight-grade official, this time I annoyed the Xiao family of the trading house, they can go to heaven in the background, how can I stop it."

Master Zheng's name is Zheng Shaoqiu, he paused, and said:

"This disaster relief grain is mainly transferred from the south of the Yangtze River, the officials and businessmen in this grain market, several large grain stores, but they are all from the Xiao family, a few days ago the commercial bank has been discussed, the grain price is unified, updated daily, this is the industry rule, you are doing this, you are risking the world's disapproval, an outsider, there is no foundation in the capital, how to fight with them?"

Saying that, he just sighed, and the girl became a little flustered when she heard this, "Lord Zheng, we thought you were here... That... What should I do now? ”

Zheng Shaoqiu sighed:

"What else can I do? Hurry up and restore the price of grain, and you are not allowed to sell it, and then the official sells this face, and goes to plead with the Xiao family to explain, and finally you pay some fines to the firm, but this is the lightest punishment, I'm afraid..."

As he spoke, a look of fear flashed in his eyes.

The white lady kept her head down, her face pale and silent. Seeing Zheng Shaoqiu's panicked appearance, she also realized that this time she might really be in trouble.

After a while, she muttered, "Can't we be honest when we do business, we must hoard and coax like this..."

Yuan Zhi had already walked over and stood aside and listened very clearly.

He finally understood what it was like to hoard in ancient times, buy low and sell high, and also saw the strict rules of the ancient industry.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Wan Shengxiang is doing this well, operating with integrity, young and old, this son is very impressed."

A loud voice suddenly sounded in the crowd, giving people the feeling that this person was very confident.

Zheng Shaoqiu, the White Lady and others, only then did they notice Yuan Zhi.

A young son, personable and dignified.

The nosy person who dares to speak out in front of the public should be the son of a wealthy family in the capital.

"Who are these?" Zheng Shaoqiu asked with a smile.

Jingshi is the root of the imperial city, where the dragon and the tiger are hidden, and a random person comes out on the street, maybe he is a character official, or the child of a high-ranking official, or even a relative of the emperor.

"Oh, this is my son-in-law, surname... Yuan. Ding Jiu introduced.

"Yuan Gongzi... Haven't heard of it? Master Zheng whispered, and his originally smiling face froze suddenly.

"Lord Zheng, it doesn't matter what your surname is, the important thing is that justice is in the hearts of the people, under the roots of the imperial city, no one can turn the sky." Yuan Zhilang said.

Say it beautifully, and dare to carry it later?

"Yes, Childe said." Zheng Shaoqiu barely smiled, but his smile was more ugly than crying.

"Then please come in and sit in the store."

Seeing that someone was cheering, the white lady's heart was hot and she opened her mouth to invite.

As soon as the words fell, I suddenly heard a roar outside, followed by a loud voice, and pedestrians dodged.

From both sides of the street, several merchants came in a menacing manner, followed by thirty or forty strong men, each holding either a club or a knife.

They surrounded the whole shop, and they drove away the people who bought food.

The first merchant, a big fat man with a fat head and big ears, shouted:

"White lady, do you think that if you hook up with Zheng Shaoqiu, you will have nothing to fear? Your Wan Shengxiang has fouled again and again, and this time it is even more excessive, if you don't give you some color, you won't know how powerful the Xiao family is. ”

"White lady, your Wan Shengxiang always breaks the rules of the business house, what will you do in the future about the business of this grain market?"

"Cutting off people's financial means is like killing people's parents!"

“……”

In the chaotic accusations and anger, Zheng Shaoqiu's expression was very embarrassed, these people didn't regard him, the eight-rank deacon, as a character at all.

and openly accused him of hooking up with the White Lady, and the outside of the strings was that he was conniving and sheltering, so that Wan Shengxiang dared to buy and sell like this.

Zheng Shaoqiu was a man and an official, so he had to step forward and arch his hand and explain:

"Misunderstanding, this is all a misunderstanding, please listen to my explanation, Wan Shengxiang did not consider this properly, violated the rules, the official is reprimanding, the white lady also regrets it, and is improving."

The big fat businessman led by him shouted: "What do you regret, you don't change it repeatedly, this time you don't have to talk about it, come on, smash the rice shop for me." ”

"No."

Seeing that the group of strong men was about to rush up, the white lady and the girl in the store screamed loudly in fright.