In the Yu Mansion, Mr. Yu was calculating the accounts. Seeing that the money recently entered into the account was much less, he said to the steward on the side: "What's going on? Why has the business of our rice shop dropped by more than half?"
The housekeeper lowered his head and said, "Recently, a Zhoujia rice shop opened in Cheng'an County. People from several nearby counties came here to buy rice, which took away a lot of our business."
Master Yu was furious, "Didn't I ask you to put Zhou's rice in every rice shop?"
The housekeeper raised his head after hearing this and asked: "You mean those rice?"
Master Yu nodded and said, "It doesn't matter what kind of rice it is, just mark it with Zhou Family Fragrant Rice. Those people will eat different things."
The butler lowered his head and said, "Master, I followed your instructions, but the business still plummeted."
In fact, the Yu family's business is getting worse, not entirely because of Du Wanchun's new rice shop. The rice in their rice shop is divided into three, six or nine grades, and the prices are also different. ?.?????.ℂ??
Ordinary people can only buy the cheapest rice. Now that the fragrant rice from the Zhou family is cheap and of good quality, naturally more people are willing to come to the Zhou family to buy rice.
Master Yu frowned. After walking around the room for a few times, he turned to the housekeeper and asked, "Do you know where the owner of Zhou's rice shop is from?"
The housekeeper said slowly: "They are from Changliu Village in Cheng'an County. I heard that they have their own land and grow their own rice."
Master Yu's eyes lit up and he said: "Today you send a few people to Changliu Village and burn all the rice in their fields with a fire. I'll see what they sell for it."
After hearing this, the housekeeper was slightly startled and said reluctantly: "Master, is there anything wrong with this?"
Master Yu said seriously: "If there's anything wrong, just do as I say."
The butler lowered his head and said, "Sir... wouldn't this be too harmful?"
Master Yu stared, "If you are not willing to do it, I will find someone else to do it later!"
The butler had no choice but to respond: "Yes, sir, I will do it right away."
After hearing this, Mr. Yu's complexion became much better.
The butler turned around and left in a hurry.
In the market of Qingzhou Prefecture, Zhou Ruiyuan brought Du Wanchun to a pastry shop, which was full of the latest pastries from Qingzhou Prefecture.
Seeing that Du Wanchun liked to eat, Zhou Ruiyuan bought most of the shop.
By the time the group returned to their home in Changliu Village, it was already evening.
Du Wanchun distributed the snacks he bought to Aunt Zhou, Aunt Wang, Aunt Zhuang and Xu Xiaomei one by one.
Xu Xiaomei couldn't bear to eat it, so she kept the snacks and planned to take them to her sister at home in a few days.
Late at night, both Zhou Ruiyuan and Du Wanchun stayed up because of the matter at Yujia Rice Shop.
Du Wanchun said: "Why don't you tell Magistrate Zheng about this matter and let Magistrate Zheng handle it?"
Zhou Ruiyuan's eyes darkened slightly, and after thinking deeply for a moment, he said, "If Magistrate Zheng is involved in this matter, Master Yu will definitely doubt our life experience."
He said, holding Du Wanchun in his arms, "Don't worry, I will find a solution for this matter."
Du Wanchun pressed his face against his chest and looked out the window, his eyes became sharp and the corners of his mouth were raised slightly.
As the night got darker, the Yu family sent five or six people to sneak into Changliu Village.
This matter was originally left to Butler Yu to handle, but Butler Yu really couldn't bear it, so Master Yu himself found the servants in the mansion and asked them to set fire to Zhou's house.
They jumped off the carriage with kerosene and torches and secretly came to the Zhou family's field.
The leading servant asked the younger brother on the side: "Where is the Zhou family's land?"
The younger brother pointed towards the back of the woods, "It's all there!"
The leading servant looked up and saw a field of green seedlings behind the woods.
He said overjoyed: "Okay, let's set the fire quickly."
Since the current fields are not easy to burn, they also brought some dry straw.
The leading servant was just walking towards the field when suddenly he lost his balance and fell forward heavily, rolling directly into the mud.
He was shocked, quickly got up, wiped his face and said, "It's so unlucky that I can still fall even while walking."
The other servants helped him up, "Don't worry, we can walk slowly now that there is no one at night."
The leading servant frowned, pulled at the younger brother beside him and said, "You go ahead."
The younger brother responded quickly: "Okay, follow me."
The group of people walked forward cautiously, and finally arrived at the field.
The leading servant was so happy that he continued to wipe the mud from his face, "Quick, lay out the straw and pour kerosene on it!"
"Yes!" A group of people responded, ready to start throwing straws.
At this moment, the servant walking at the front suddenly pointed forward and shouted: "Look!"
