"The price of food in other state capitals has increased. How can they still sell it so cheap? So don't worry, he won't be able to survive for a few days. When the price of food in other state capitals increases, he will have to sell it at a higher price. By that time

Will the victims and people still buy it?"

The man raised his lips proudly. Seeing that Xia Mingqun's expression was obviously relaxed, he immediately added more fire.

"The imperial court only has 50,000 taels of silver for disaster relief. How much food can we buy with the money donated by everyone? As long as the price of food rises, we can afford it. It is said that the money also includes the wages of the victims and the diversion of river embankments.

Money, Mr. Gu will soon be running out of opportunities."

When Xia Mingqun heard this, he felt relieved. Yes! What Qin Shengting said does make sense.

The Xia family has plenty of money and can afford to spend it.

But if Gu Chengyu could really get a steady stream of cheap food, wouldn't it mean that he would be unable to get off the pirate ship?

Such a large amount of money is not a small amount. Even if the Xia family has a big business, it will still be very heartbreaking to lose!

The business that was originally a sure profit was in a lot of trouble when Gu Chengyu interfered with it. Gu Chengyu really had a conflict with their Xia family.

According to the original plan, this rice grain would definitely earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Now because of Gu Chengyu, he almost lost his money.

Patriarch Xia scolded Gu Chengyu thousands of times in his heart, otherwise he would not be able to vent his hatred!

Now he could only compete with Gu Chengyu for endurance and money, but he didn't believe that Gu Chengyu's financial resources could compare with their Xia family.

Suddenly, he thought of a good idea, and Xia Mingqun showed a sinister smile.

The expression on his face also changed from the previous anxiety and hesitation to a proud look of wisdom in hand.

"Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Qin. I want the five thousand stones!"

"Clan Chief Xia is so courageous. This time he will definitely get what he wants and make a lot of money!" Qin Shengting stood up and cupped his hands towards Xia Mingqun.

"Thank you for your kind words from Mr. Qin!" Xia Mingqun looked aloof and returned a salute to Qin Shengting.

After Qin Shengting left, Xia Mingqun quickly asked the attendant outside the door to polish his ink. Within a quarter of an hour, Xia Mingqun handed several posts to the attendant.

"Send these posts to these houses immediately."

Ju Haoming was running around anxiously in the house. This man usually liked to hang out in front of him when he had nothing to do. Now when he came to see him for something serious, he couldn't find him.

How could this keep him from being anxious? Their small family, the Ju family, couldn’t stand the trouble!

Originally they just wanted to make more money, but since they took refuge in that person, they, the Ju family, could not escape. They were already involved in right and wrong.

"Master! A message has been sent from the Xia Mansion outside the door, inviting the master to come over and have a talk."

The steward held a gold-gilded post and handed it to Ju Haoming respectfully.

"Xia Mansion?" Ju Haoming was a little stunned. He didn't expect that Xia Mansion would actually send him a post.

"Okay, today's food is sold out. If you still haven't bought food, come back tomorrow to buy it."

One of the yamen servants collected the things on the table, and then he and another yamen servant carried the heavy wooden box and walked into the yamen office.

"Hey? Uncle, why is there no food? When the grain truck came into the city today, we all saw it. There is so much food, why aren't we allowed to buy it?"

A man holds a cloth bag in his hand and looks forward to it.

Unexpectedly, the third person in front of him had just his turn, and the yamen servant said that there was no food. How could he be willing to do so? He had waited in line for a long time, just to buy a pound of food so that he could make porridge when he went home.

"That's all for today. If you haven't bought anything, please come early tomorrow. Today's food has been sold out."

Naturally, Gu Chengyu cannot supply an unlimited amount of food. He only sells five hundred kilograms of grain a day. He will stop after selling out and will never sell more.

"What? We have to wait until tomorrow? But our family has no food, and the government can't leave us alone!"

Some people were unwilling to do so and started shouting loudly.

"Yes! With so much food, why can't we sell more to us? It's not like we don't give money? Is it true that only the victims can buy it, but we can't? What's the point?"

"Hmph! What's the point? The imperial envoy spent a lot of money to buy this rice from other states. Do you know how much effort it took? I sold it to you for ten cents a pound, and I have already lost a lot. Who doesn't want to buy rice? Sir

If I didn't look at you pitifully, why would I care about you like this? This rice is hard to come by, and you are enjoying it, so why do you have such a big problem?"

When everyone heard this, they were too embarrassed to say more.

Indeed, what is the price of food now? Being able to buy a pound of brown rice for ten cents is already pie in the sky.

"Sir! The head of the Xia clan sent a message to the four families, inviting them to talk." Ming Mo entered the room and said to Gu Chengyu, who was closing his eyes to rest.

"But those four families that have the largest hoard of rice grains?" Gu Chengyu opened his eyes, not surprised by Ming Mo's report.

"Exactly!" Ming Mo nodded. As soon as he came back, his family asked him to pay close attention to the movements of the big merchants in the city.

"This Clan Chief Xia is so idle! It seems he needs to find something to do!" Gu Chengyu didn't take Chief Xia seriously. He estimated the days and felt that the previous letter must have arrived in the capital.

"In addition, a caravan has entered the city just now. Based on my observation, this carriage is probably only loaded with food. I made an estimate, and it's about five thousand dan."

Gu Chengyu raised his eyebrows, "Five thousand stones? Which house did you go to?"

"It's Xia Mansion!"

This Xia Mansion was quite confident. Gu Chengyu sneered. After knowing that he had rice and grain to sell at a cheap price, he still had such courage. It should not be underestimated.

From the moment the other party found out that he was selling rice, he was able to come up with a countermeasure within half a day. He was worthy of being the leader of the Xia clan.

"Sir, what should we do now? After they have collected so much grain, they naturally plan to sell it for more money. But we have disrupted their plan to make a fortune. If they don't fall for the trick, we won't be able to survive for long."

Thinking about it now, Ming Mo still felt that his master was really crazy.

Before he went to buy rice, his master had told him that he only needed to buy ten shi of rice, but when he came back, he was quoted 600 shi.

There is indeed something fishy in this, and it has something to do with the adults' plan.

"These people just think that we can't afford it, so they plan to unite to resist us. They are all the largest households in Yingnan Mansion. It goes without saying whether they have money. We can go to Sunan Mansion to buy food.

They can also go to the state capital a little further away to buy it. In order to make more money, they are planning to fight with me!"

Gu Chengyu chuckled, these people really do anything for money.
Chapter completed!