When Lao Wang heard this, he was so frightened that he fell to his knees and trembled: "Mr. Zhou, I really don't know anything. I didn't do anything bad. I don't know why all the fish in other fish ponds died.
Well, even if the fish in the little man’s fish pond are fine, it really wasn’t the little man’s doing. Even if you gave the little man a hundred courages, he wouldn’t dare to do such a sinful thing.”
It was obviously Mr. Yan who asked him to buy these fish ponds. Thinking of this, his eyes lit up: "Mr. Yan asked the villain to buy the fish ponds. Even if someone does bad things, it's not a small one. It's probably that person."
Mr. Yan..."
Zhou Mu saw Lao Wang trembling with fear and stepped forward to help him up. He said gently with an eyebrow: "I'm just asking casually, why are you panicking?"
Lao Wang thought that this was a life-threatening matter, could he not panic?
After that, Zhou Mu asked Lao Wang a few more questions, and then went to the homes of people with fish ponds nearby to inquire about the situation.
The answers he got were all the same. The fish raised in these ordinary people's homes died in patches due to heavy rains. Some fish ran away from the fish ponds. It was always a natural disaster that caused the loss of fish farming.
Lao Wang's few acres of fish ponds were not affected due to the terrain. All this was not caused by man.
On the way back to the capital, Qi Zhiyuan kept talking: "That Mr. Yan is really a god. He just said it casually and asked Lao Wang to buy a fish pond that lays golden eggs. There are also two thousand acres of wasteland in the southern suburbs.
I bought it at a low price. After this heavy rain, the land price increased more than ten times..."
"Zhiyuan, do you think this is just a coincidence?" Zhou Mu, who had been silent for a long time, interrupted Qi Zhiyuan.
Qi Zhiyuan was stunned for a while before he said seriously: "If these are all coincidences, that would be terrible."
"It's really scary. It seems that Mr. Yan can predict the future. He may have known in advance that there would be a heavy rain, that the wasteland could be turned into fertile soil, and that the few acres of fish ponds that Lao Wang bought could make a lot of money.
"A cold smile appeared on Zhou Mu's lips, but the smile disappeared before reaching his eyes: "After he did this series of things, he disappeared from the world and never showed his face again. Maybe he knew that I would track him down.
's whereabouts."
Qi Zhiyuan felt confused when he heard this: "Isn't that Mr. Yan a monster?"
"Even if he is a monster, I have to make him show himself. However, I have a way to force Mr. Yan to show himself."
Zhou Mu's cold voice reached Qi Zhiyuan's ears from the carriage, and his eyes lit up: "What can I do?"
"Throw Rong Song into Dali Temple and torture him to force him to truthfully tell the truth about Mr. Yan's whereabouts. Or use Rong Song as bait to make Mr. Yan take the bait." Zhou Mu's lips curved slightly.
Qi Zhiyuan was speechless for a moment, and after a while he said: "Miss Su and Miss Gu have a close personal relationship, and Rong Si is engaged to Miss Su. If Miss Gu knew that Rong Si was thrown into Dali Temple by the young master..."
If he didn't say the rest, the young master should also know that it's hard to be kind, right?
It took a while before the young master's voice came from the carriage: "Rong Si is both good and evil. If he goes astray, and Mr. Yan is behind him to help, I'm afraid the disaster will be endless. First, we won the land in the southern suburbs, and then
We need to open a grain warehouse and plant tens of thousands of acres of grain in Mocheng. If this continues, within three years, Rong Si is likely to become a figure who shakes up the people's livelihood in Jin Dynasty. Regarding the people's livelihood in Jin Dynasty, I have to guard against Rong Si. I
What I'm most afraid of is that he colludes with Zhou Xing. If this is the case, I will definitely take action against Rong Si."
Even if Xi Yan and Su Mei have a close personal relationship, he still has to find a way to get rid of Rong Si.
"The King of Qin did want to recruit Rong Si. The young master's worries are not unreasonable." Qi Zhiyuan said seriously: "If the young master wants to capture Rong Si, my subordinates will go and get him personally."
"There's no rush. Let's send someone to keep an eye on Rong Song first. The Prince of Qin's Palace will also keep a closer eye on whether Zhou Xing and Rong Si are colluding. I won't touch Rong Si until necessary." Zhou Mu was still wary after all.
Xiyan.
Qi Zhiyuan was troubled when he thought of Mr. Yan: "It would be great if we could know who Mr. Yan is. This person has never appeared again. It is estimated that only Rong Si knows who Mr. Yan is. Otherwise, let Miss Gu go.
Are you asking Miss Su to trick Rong Si?"
Zhou Mu lightly raised the corners of her eyes, "I don't want Xi Yan to fall into a dangerous situation. It's better for me to get closer to Rong Si than to let Xi Yan come forward."
Qi Zhiyuan could only sigh in his heart, the young master used to do whatever he wanted, but now he is looking forward and backward for the sake of Miss Gu. From now on, Miss Gu will be a weakness that the young master cannot remove.
That afternoon, Rong Song was supervising the progress of the grain warehouse project in Bafang Hutong, when suddenly a crimson figure came into view.
The person who came here is tall and slender, with a posture like a pine tree, elegant eyebrows, and a noble temperament.
He walked leisurely under the bright sky, not like a mortal.
It's Zhou Mu.
"Young Master?!" Rong Song was surprised that someone like Zhou Mu would appear in such a place.
Zhou Mu sat down opposite Rong Song: "I heard that Bafang Hutong is under your control, so I came here specially to take a look."
Rong Song remembered that Zhou Mu was an official of the Ministry of Household Affairs, so it seemed reasonable to care about these things. In addition, Zhou Mu was Xi Yan's fiancé, so he didn't have any vigilance.
"I thought that there are only two Taicangs in the entire capital. For such a large capital, grain is very important, so I thought of doing business in this area. If I can build a good grain stack, I should be able to make some money in the future."
Rong Song said, pouring tea for Zhou Mu.
After all, these were Xi Yan's ideas, and he was just helping her implement them.
Ever since Zhou Mu joined the Ministry of Household Affairs as an official, he knew what was the biggest flaw in his father's political performance, that is, not focusing on food production.
If someone dares to make a fuss about food, it will easily trigger a series of civil strife.
This is not just his father’s problem, but since the founding of the Jin Dynasty, all the ancestors have not valued food. Because there has never been any trouble, each generation of emperors has continued the practices of their ancestors.
"If your grain store does well, have you ever thought about becoming an imperial merchant?" Zhou Mu probed without leaving any trace.
Because of the unmarried relationship between Xi Yan and Zhou Mu, Rong Song never expected that Zhou Mu was testing him.
He remembered that Gu Xiyan's original intention of opening a grain store was not mainly for cheap money, but for the people to have enough food and clothing. If he could become an imperial merchant, he would have more say, right?
"Of course I've thought about it, but it's not that easy to become an imperial merchant. I'll just wait until I open a grain warehouse in the future before making plans." Rong Song replied.
Zhou Mu's eyes flashed slightly, and he thought that Rong Si was indeed ambitious. If he really wanted to become an imperial merchant, wouldn't he be able to control food prices even more?
"Do you open a grain store mainly to make money?" Zhou Mu asked again.
Rong Song burst into laughter: "Of course the purpose of doing business is to make money, but not entirely."
Zhou Mu became interested when he heard this: "How do you say this?"
Rong Si is a businessman. He comes from a business family. He originally only focused on profit, but now he doesn't think so.
