It was not easy for Zhu Congwen to secretly appropriate the food from the two granaries of the Zhu family. As soon as he moved, the second uncle of the Zhu family knew it. He was shocked when he learned that his nephew had moved two granaries.
Zhu Congwen took action very quickly. When Uncle Zhu rushed over, the granary had basically been emptied.
"Cong Wen, what are you doing?"
When Zhu Congwen saw his second uncle coming, he quickly pulled him aside and explained, but he still didn't say that he had discovered a gold mine in someone else's territory and was working hard to make the gold mine his own. He just said that he found a business opportunity and it was a sure-profit deal.
When Uncle Zhu heard this, he felt that his nephew had been deceived.
"Second uncle, although my nephew doesn't have much ability, he is not a pretentious person. He knows how much he has. If this opportunity hadn't been really good, my nephew wouldn't have dared to borrow 200,000 yuan. Let's do it. Second uncle, just trust me once."
After hearing this, Uncle Zhu thought for a moment and realized that his nephew was indeed what he said. He had never been like this before. Maybe, as his nephew said, he found a profitable business?
Moreover, Second Uncle Zhu felt that no matter what kind of business it was, he might lose a little in a month, but he would never lose all 200,000 taels no matter what. At worst, when the redemption time comes and my nephew can't come up with 200,000 taels, he will just subsidize some more and redeem the grain.
Uncle Zhu persuaded himself this way, but he still wanted to persuade his nephew, "Cong Wen, the price of food is obviously still going up. We can make money by holding on to the food. If we can do it without bothering, don't bother. "
The grain was mortgaged and exchanged for 200,000 taels, which was obviously a loss.
Now the other big families in the South are very jealous of the Zhu family.
Zhu Congwen thought to himself, it’s a joke. Food prices are rising, but at a rate that can be compared to the speed at which he digs gold in a gold mine? Moreover, he must redeem the grain within a month, and the part of the premium that will rise on the grain will still belong to the Zhu family. He wants to eat both ends!
"Second uncle, don't worry. Don't tell the old man about this. I want to give him a surprise and let him see what his son's future is like."
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Xie Zhan ticked off each completed plan.
He kept people paying attention to Zhu Congwen's activities. When he found out that Zhu Congwen had used grain from two granaries of the Zhu family in order to obtain the two hundred thousand taels, he frowned slightly.
After asking someone to investigate, they found out that Ji Wuyin had returned to the Southland.
At Ji Wuyin's level, his whereabouts have always been kept secret.
If Ji's business had not been involved in his plan, and if he had not kept people's attention deliberately, Ji Wuyin's secret trip to Liaodong County in private would have been unnoticed by most people.
Xie Zhan noticed something was wrong, and after digging deeper, he discovered the relationship between Ji Wuyin and Xue Xu.
This discovery was both accidental and inevitable.
As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger.
The people he had sent to Liaodong County had been collecting information on the Lu family's father and daughter.
Xue Xu doesn't get along with the Lu family and his daughter, he seems to have appeared out of nowhere. Moreover, he appeared after Lu Desheng was released. As soon as he appeared, he was the chief secretary of Hou City. This person's identity is obviously not simple.
Xue Xu's identity is not difficult to check.
Among the intelligence gathering personnel in charge of Xie Zhan was an old man from the Chen family. After he became suspicious, he sent the old man to Liaodong County. The old man from the Chen family recognized Xue Xu as their former Xue Guangxian.
He chose to launch the plan when Ji Wuyin was heading north. Firstly, it was the right time, and secondly, he wanted to drag him in when he was not prepared.
Of course, in his plan, Ji's Company was not among the prey he had to hunt. But if Ji's Company were to be stupid and let him seize the opportunity, he would not be lenient.
Now it seems that ginger is still spicy. Ji Wuyin was able to become the richest man in the South, and he was obviously more cautious than his eldest son.
Xie Zhan couldn't help feeling regretful, it would have been better if Ji Wuyin had come back two days later.
But since Ji Wuyin didn't find any loopholes, let's put it aside for now, and since he's back, it's not like he has nothing to exploit.
Xie Zhan's eyes flashed, he wrote, and slowly added a stroke to his plan.
At this time, Xie Zhan was working hard to make a cake, but he didn't know that someone had secretly eaten a piece.
Liaodong County, Houcheng, Yang Family Blacksmith Shop
In the big blacksmith's house, seven or eight doors were all open, and several stoves were burning.
On a hot day, blacksmith Xiao Yang was shirtless, swinging the hammer, banging the iron, sweat dripping down his face.
The few disciples he led, like him, did not dare to slack off.
During a break, he came to the yard, shook up a bucket of well water, took a spoonful, and drank.
But he was slapped away by Old Blacksmith Yang who came in from the outside and said, "You are not allowed to drink the well water! Isn't there some herbal tea next to it?"
"Dad, it's cool to drink well water today." It's too hot to hit the blacksmith, and there is nothing better than a bowl of well water to quench your thirst after coming out of the blacksmith room.
Blacksmith Lao Yang glared at him, and he put down the water ladle angrily.
He used to drink well water directly. After arriving in Houcheng, his father believed Houcheng's propaganda, saying that there were bugs and viruses in the water that they could not see with the naked eye, and called on them, the people, to boil the water and drink it. , do not drink raw water.
At first some people believed it and some didn't.
Until the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce's shop opened again, this time they no longer sold cheap grains, but instead sold a kind of pagoda candy, which was said to be able to cure bugs in children's stomachs.
It is said that any child with the following symptoms can buy it and try it. For example, children may suffer from long-term weight loss, irritability, loss of appetite, frequent vomiting, itchy skin, grinding of teeth when sleeping, frequent pain around the navel, and sometimes sudden cramping in the right upper quadrant. You can buy them for your children to eat. They are not expensive, only a penny each.
Sugar that can cure insects costs a penny a piece, which is really not expensive. It is much more expensive to go to the medicine hall to get side medicines.
There have been many work opportunities in Houcheng recently, and many people who are willing to endure hardships have made money. Even if they don't make money, Houcheng is full of vitality, which does not make people feel that their livelihood is difficult. Besides, this concerns children, and many people are willing to spend a penny to buy Pagoda Pond.
When they bought it, they found that the purchase of the pagoda candy was also restricted. If they wanted to buy pagoda candy to deworm their children, they could buy it by taking the household registration book and using the child quota on it. Want to buy it for a relative? That's okay, but the price is different. Those who are not local residents of Liaodong County will pay five cents a piece.
The Liaodong Chamber of Commerce explained that they sold the pagoda candy for a penny and gave it to fellow villagers at a loss. But if you sell it to others, you will definitely make money.
With the price of food being affordable last time, as soon as this pagoda candy hit the upper limit, people subconsciously thought it was a good thing.
Especially after the results came out, their understanding was further deepened.
The first batch of people who bought pagoda candy gave the candy to their children.
The insect repellent effect of this pagoda candy is also outstanding.
The next day, many children were crying and calling for adults. The adults were also shocked when they saw the effect. Then while helping the children handle it, they talked and sighed about the effect of this pagoda candy.
Then, many people rushed to buy medicine with their household registration books.
When he thought of certain scenes, Blacksmith Xiao Yang silently picked up a bowl of cool tea next to him and drank heavily.
Then he glanced at the things his father had brought in and placed at his feet. Blacksmith Xiao Yang asked, "You want something again over there?"
"Yes."
"It goes on day by day without stopping." Blacksmith Xiao Yang muttered.
After I came to Hou Ping, I had an easy time at the beginning. I don’t know why, but there’s so much iron to hit lately? What the other party asked for was still too detailed, so he couldn't completely hand it over to his apprentice. He had to keep an eye on the key points, and sometimes he had to do it himself.
"What are you muttering about?" Old Blacksmith Yang glared at him. This melon boy shows too little respect for his parents.
Forced by his father's power, Blacksmith Xiao Yang said quickly, "You're not mumbling anything! Dad, I'll get the things. I promise to get them as soon as possible and deliver them to them."
Blacksmith Lao Yang was finally satisfied.
Blacksmith Xiao Yang looked at the rollers, gears, and bearings of the threshing machine, and thought to himself, okay, okay, this thing is not difficult to beat, otherwise it would kill him to make such a large and delicate thing. .
So he shouted, "Young men, get to work!"
