Chapter 219 Zhao Ya: Chen Jiusi, your plan is too powerful

The fire surrounded the East Warehouse, and the intense flames forced everyone to retreat. The younger brothers of the Fishing Gang frantically asked for help, and the surrounding people also came to ask for help spontaneously after knowing that it was food.

But the arsonist actually used a large amount of kerosene.

The kerosene stuck to the flame and it jumped up directly, and it couldn't be put out.

Looking at the flames burning, the people around were helpless and could only sigh.

In this way, the fire was finally put out after an hour of fighting, but the huge East Warehouse had been reduced to ashes and burned completely.

Looking at the East Warehouse reduced to ashes, Chen Jie's acting skills reached their peak. He threw himself on the warehouse and shouted, "My food!"

That's really heartfelt. The Oscars owe Chen Jie a little golden man.

In the underworld, all you have to do is rely on your acting skills. If you want to deceive others, you have to deceive yourself first.

Chen Jie's behavior really deceived many people, such as Zhao Ya.

The princess's face turned pale. Yes, she believed it.

Although she knew that Chen Jie did not have 200,000 shi of grain, but only 70,000 shi, this fire burned the life-saving 70,000 shi of grain, which was also a serious blow to Mianshui County. With these 70,000 shi of grain, tens of thousands of people might be saved. If there were no 70,000 shi of grain, who knew how many people would starve to death!
Zhao Ya panicked at this time and looked at Chen Jie, who had a sad and angry look on his face, as if he was hit hard.

Zhao Ya looked at Yelu and the others around her. Although they were trying hard to pretend to be sad, Zhao Ya could see a gloating look on their faces for some reason!

Looking at the ruins in front of her, Zhao Ya really felt helpless. She really had no way to clean up this mess.

We originally had some food, but now we have nothing at all.

Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie and asked, "What should we do now?"

The people around were also in a state of panic. After hearing what Zhao Ya said, Chen Jie seemed to have just come to his senses. He looked around blankly, thought for a moment, stood up and said, "Everyone!"

Chen Jie found a high place and stood on it, then said to the people below: "Everyone, you have seen it. Natural disasters cannot be avoided. The food stored by my fishing gang here was burned. Therefore, my Antai Grain Shop will not be able to sell large amounts of food to everyone in the past two days. But I assure you that my fishing gang will find a way to solve the food problem for everyone. Don't worry, and don't panic."

Chen Jie said this to the people below, and after hearing this, the people below were in an uproar.

"Ah, no, Boss Chen, what are we going to do if you don't sell us the grain?"

"Yes, Boss Chen, please, our whole family is still waiting for food to eat!"

"Boss Chen..."

As the people below were shouting, Chen Jie sighed and said, "Everyone, even a good cook cannot cook without rice. The granary is destroyed, and I can't do anything about it. But don't worry, folks, my fishing gang will definitely find a way, we will definitely find a way, so let's do it this way."

After Chen Jie finished speaking, he turned around and left the scene in shame.

When the people heard this, they were immediately shocked and shouted, "Boss Chen, Boss Chen..."

A group of people rushed over directly. Xiaohu immediately led the disciples of the Fishing Gang to stop them. The scene was very chaotic for a while.

Chen Jie left the scene under the protection of the disciples of the fishing gang, and his back looked a little embarrassed.

Seeing Chen Jie fleeing in panic, Yelu and the others were all laughing in their hearts, thinking, Chen Jiusi, aren't you pretending to be cool? Aren't you trying to save people from suffering? This time it's good.

Yelu and his group just watched the excitement, and Zhao Ya followed directly.

When Yelu saw that there was no more excitement to watch, he said, "Disperse, disperse, let's disperse too, there is no more excitement to watch."

After saying that, Zhou Peng and others followed Yelu away.

At this time, Han He, who was watching all this not far away, said to Peng Yingyu, who was wearing a bamboo hat beside him, "Your Excellency, do you still think Chen Jiusi can save the people of Mianshui?"

Peng Yingyu asked, "Can't I?"

Han He said: "I have seen this kind of scene, and it is definitely happening all over the country. In the end, the hungry people in Mianshui will start eating tree bark and grass roots, and Guanyin soil. When these are gone, they will start to flee from famine and become refugees."

"If the disease spreads from one county to another, it will soon lead to a civil uprising in the entire Hubei region. This is a good time for us to revolt."

"And it's not just Mianshui County that's been hit by the disaster this year. Several prefectures in Huguang Road have also suffered from disasters of varying degrees. It's said that the Holy Church will send an elder to Hubei Road to preside over this uprising."

Han He talked about the Zoroastrianism’s latest action plan, which was, yes, an uprising.

This time, the flood of the Mianshui River was not just affecting Mianshui County, but also radiated to a large area of ​​Hubei Road. In other words, there was too much rain in Hubei Road this year, which led to the flood of the Mianshui River.

This is a chain reaction.

Not only was the Mianshui River affected, but other places along Hubei Road were also affected one after another, although the worst-hit area was the Mianshui County.

However, officials in other counties did nothing. In addition, due to the war in the north, grain was withdrawn on a large scale by the imperial court, making the local disaster resistance very weak.

Although the disaster situation is not obvious in many places now, intelligence from the Zoroastrianism shows that Hubei Province will soon be hit by disasters one after another. If the court fails to handle it properly, it is likely to cause a chain reaction.

These originally minor natural disasters turned into civil unrest.

This caused chaos in the entire Hubei Road. At this time, the Zoroastrianism directly sent an elder to Hubei Road to see if they could incite a civil uprising and support the war in the north.

This is a big chess game of Zoroastrianism, and the Mian River is just a small link in it.

Peng Yingyu heard this and said, "Send an elder to Hubei? Haha, Hubei is such an important place, one elder may not be enough, right?"

After hearing this, Han He said, "Your Excellency is right. If things go smoothly in Hubei, or if there are any obstacles, my master will probably come to Hubei in person."

Peng Yingyu nodded slightly: "Han girl, come and take care of it, it's almost done."

In fact, the fact that the Zoroastrianism sent an elder to Hubei showed that it attached great importance to Hubei. After all, the main forces of the Zoroastrianism were fighting desperately with the imperial court in the north.

Therefore, it is not easy to transfer an elder.

The organizational structure of Zoroastrianism is: one leader, two venerables, four Dharma kings, and under the Dharma kings are twelve elders.

Therefore, the strength of the elders is also very strong.

The weakest one should be at Changhong Realm, while the stronger elders should be at Rulong Realm.

For example, the two elders, Dragon and Tiger, among the twelve elders, are both powerful warriors in the dragon realm. Han Miaozhen also stood out from the twelve elders and was promoted to the Dharma King.

That is to say, this time the uprising in Hubei Road will most likely be led by a strong man in the Changhong Realm.

And it is in the early stage. If it is in the later stage, the court will dispatch more masters, and may even send someone at the level of King of Dharma to preside over the uprising.

Of course, the premise is that Hubei Road will become chaotic.

At present, the place in Hubei Province that is most likely to be in chaos is Mianshui County. As long as a large number of refugees appear in Mianshui County due to food shortage and famine, Zoroastrianism will take advantage of the situation and sneak in.

Therefore, at that time, Mianshui County was also a very important place in the eyes of Zoroastrianism. If things went wrong, this place would become the starting point of the Hubei Uprising.

Chen Jie left the scene. After the people reacted, they all ran to the Antai Grain Store in Baihu Hall in Xicheng District to buy food. For a while, the Antai Grain Store was surrounded by people.

At this time, Chen Jie also left the scene.

Xiaohu looked at Chen Jie and said, "Boss, it's obvious that the fire in the East Warehouse was set by someone. I'll take my brothers to investigate and see which bastard dared to burn our Fishermen's warehouse. If I catch him, I'll definitely skin him alive."

After hearing this, Chen Jie looked at Xiao Hu and said, "Hey, no need to go. Zhou Chu did it."

"Ah, Lao Zhou, he..."

Xiao Hu was shocked when he heard this, and Chen Jie said, "I asked him to burn it."

Xiao Hu was confused, so Chen Jie said, "Alright, stop asking so many questions. Send someone to search the entire city for clues right away, and make a big splash."

After hearing this, Xiaohu asked, "Boss, what do you mean?"

Chen Jie said: "Haha, such a big thing has happened. If we don't investigate, it will be ok. Well, in two days, we can find Zhou Chu in two days."

"Ah, boss, what does this mean?"

Chen Jie said: "Just go and do it."

Upon hearing this, Xiaohu clasped his fists and said, "Yes, I'll do it right away."

After doing all this, Zhao Ya rushed in and said, "Chen Jiusi, the food is burned, what should we do now?"

Seeing Zhao Ya like this, Chen Jie smiled and said, "Princess, don't worry, she's not feverish, she's not feverish."

"No fever?"

Zhao Ya was stunned. Chen Jie signaled her, and Zhao Ya immediately said to Ah Da and others who were following behind her, "You go out and keep watch."

Then Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie and said, "Chen Jiusi, what are you doing? What do you mean by not burning?"

After hearing this, Chen Jie said, "I meant that the grains were all fine and not burned."

"No fever, so you are outside?"

"acting."

Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie in bewilderment and asked, "Acting? Who are you acting for?"

Chen Jie said: "Big fish."

Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie in bewilderment and asked, "Big fish, what big fish?"

Chen Jie smiled and said, "Haha, Princess, have a cup of tea and be patient."

"If we want to save the Mian River, the little food we have is not enough. We must bring in a large amount of food."

Zhao Ya asked, "So?"

"Where can we get a large amount of grain? There are two groups of people. One is the imperial court. The imperial court has official warehouses, but the grain in the official warehouses is either transferred to the north or used to maintain stability. So even with your status as a princess, you can only borrow 30,000 shi, which is not enough to solve the crisis of the Mian River."

Zhao Ya nodded slightly when she heard that and took a sip of the tea that Chen Jie poured.

"Yes, that's right."

“So I set my sights on the second group of people who had food.”

Zhao Ya narrowed her eyes and said, "A gentry in the city, no, a big grain merchant!"

Zhao Ya mentioned a term: big grain merchant!
That’s right, they are the big grain merchants. These people are very powerful and have connections everywhere. Even the imperial court has little way to deal with them.

Because they had paid off their superiors and had the court's permission to resell grain, the local officials did not dare to use force against them.

And their favorite thing to do is to make money from national disasters.

Moreover, they are very sensitive to news. As long as a disaster is about to happen somewhere, they can sense it immediately, and then immediately start investigating the situation, mobilize the resources at hand, and then sweep away the wealth of the people in that place.

During these days, Chen Jie had been observing and discovered the spies sent by these people to Mianshui.

These people were very secretive. If Chen Jie hadn't sent people to keep an eye on them early in the morning, it would have been difficult to find them. They would pretend to be ordinary people and record the daily grain sales of the grain shops to determine the market.

Then the public will send people to investigate and finally summarize the information for these big grain traders.

Chen Jie's purpose this time was to attract these big grain merchants into Mianshui, and Chen Jie had already received news that the grain of these big grain merchants had even been transported to Hubei, so they were ready to make a fortune.

Now waiting for the market trend!
The biggest wind direction of the Mian River belongs to Chen Jiusi.

So Chen Jiusi directly burned down his own granary, so that these big grain merchants would think that there was no grain in the Mian River and that the opportunity to make a fortune had come.

Only in this way can they transport grain into the Mian River, thus completely solving the problem of food shortage in the Mian River.

This is Chen Jie's trick of 'luring someone into a trap'.

Zhao Ya heard this and said, "Even if you want to attract these big grain merchants, you don't have to make such a fuss. Can't you just say that there is no grain at the beginning?"

Chen Jie shook his head and said, "My Lord, do you think these big grain merchants are fools? If they don't know the bottom of the Mian River, how dare they join in?"

"We don't have that much time to deal with them now. We can only show our trump card first, and then destroy it to gain their trust. As long as they transport the grain to the Mian River, we can control them. Before that, we can only lie!"

Zhao Ya nodded slightly and said, "I see. No wonder you want to put on such a show. But even if these grain merchants come, we can't use force to take their grain. They are all imperial merchants. If they are unwilling to sell, we can't rob them openly!"

Chen Jie laughed and said, "Rob? Don't worry, princess. We won't rob them. If they come, I have a second plan to make them sell the grain obediently."

After hearing this, Zhao Ya asked, "Chen Jiusi, are you so confident?"

Chen Jie said: "Haha, my strategy is not aimed at one person. Since I have laid out the plan, I will naturally have a way to end it."

"What's the solution?"

Zhao Ya asked curiously, and Chen Jie said, "Princess, you will know when the time comes. It won't work if I tell you now."

Zhao Ya pouted when she heard that: "Humph, who wants to hear that?"

When Chen Jie saw Zhao Ya like this, he just smiled and said nothing.

……

Zuixian Tower. Yelu and his group came back and were now sitting in Zuixian Tower.

Zhou Peng looked at Yelu and said, "Sir, do you think the food of the fishing gang has really been burned?"

Yelu said: "The East Warehouse is their largest warehouse, and I have investigated other fishing gang warehouses, and they don't have any grain stored."

After hearing this, Tang Wannian on the side said, "Sir, do you think his Antai grain store has any grain in stock?"

Yelu said: "That place is very small, it can't hold much, but we should still explore it. Zhou Peng, send two people, like this, like this..."

"Yes, sir, I understand."

Zhou Peng immediately arranged for his men to leave, and then Yelu looked at Tang Wannian, who looked very happy, and said, "Tang County Magistrate, you seem very happy that Chen Jiusi's granary was burned. Do you have grain to sell as well?"

Tang Wannian immediately stood up and said, "Ah, sir, I, I didn't!"

Yelu looked at Tang Wannian: "Hehehe... No?"

"I am very poor, I don't have any valuables like food to sell, sir, you have misunderstood."

Yelu looked at Tang Wannian and said, "Tang Wannian, you are not telling me the truth, right?"

Tang Wannian said: "I dare not."

Yelu said: "Haha, that's enough. I won't make it difficult for you. You know the rules. We can all make money here. You can sell the 20,000 dan of grain in your hand, but you have sold them all."

Tang Wannian was shocked by what Yelu said. How did he know that he had 20,000 shi of grain?

Thinking of this, he immediately asked, "Sir, after the sale, the money belongs to you?"

Yelu said: "I am not that greedy, just give me half of it."

"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir."

After hearing this, Tang Wannian immediately thanked him repeatedly. Seeing this, Yelu said, "Well, there's no need to be so polite. You and I have known each other for a long time. You know who will stand behind you from now on!"

"Yes, yes, I understand."

Tang Wannian immediately expressed his stance, saying, "I will definitely stand firmly behind you, Lord Yelu, and will do whatever it takes to serve you."

Seeing Tang Wannian like this, Yelu smiled and said, "Master Tang, please sit down."

Then Yelu looked at the people present and said, "There is a great shortage of food due to the Mian River disaster. We have power, so we naturally have to share the worries of the people. So, when Chen Jiusi's grain is sold out, we will start selling it. As for the price?"

"I think sixty cents a pound is pretty good!"

Sixty cents. When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up and they said excitedly, "Sixty cents. Haha. We'll listen to Master Yelu."

Everyone was delighted, as this was a six-fold profit!
……

At this time, in a very low-key alley in Mianshui City, a person ran over stealthily. There was a man who looked like a butler inside, and he was making an abacus.

At this time, the man came in and immediately shouted: "Master Shen, Master Shen, big things, big things!"

The man called Master Shen was stunned, looked at the man and asked, "What's the matter?"

After hearing this, the man said, "Master Shen, the Fishermen's Gang, the Fishermen's Gang's granary is on fire."

"what!"

Mr. Shen stood up directly, with a look of shock on his face: "What did you say?"

"Fishermen's Gang, the Fishermen's Gang's East Granary is on fire. It is said that nearly 200,000 dan of grain was burned."

"this!"

Mr. Shen was stunned for a moment, then he showed a look of joy and said, "Is this true? Is this information correct?"

After hearing this, the man said, "Master Shen, don't worry. There are many people at the scene. They all saw this scene. The entire East Warehouse was burned to ruins."

"Is it true?" Master Shen stared at the person who passed the message. The person said, "It's true, it's true. The princess of the King of Ruyang and the local Darughachi were there at the time. There's no doubt about it."

"Okay, okay, this is our Suzhou Shen family's turn to make the money!"

Master Shen turned around excitedly, then turned to look at the man and said, "No, come on, come with me, I need to see what's going on outside."

Having said that, Mr. Shen rushed out of the house with the man, then took the bag of grain and went straight to the grain store.

The two men dressed up as civilians and looked like they were buying food. Some people said, is it really that serious?

As for, there is a saying that the business world is like a battlefield. If you want to get first-hand information, you must make plans. Mr. Shen and his men are the outposts of the Shen family in Suzhou.

They soon arrived at Antai Grain Store.

At this time, a long line formed in front of Antai Grain Store, which stretched for five or six miles. More people joined the line, and some people even started fighting because they were not in line.

Mr. Shen and his men watched from the side. After an hour, the An Tai Grain Shop suddenly collapsed.

When the people outside saw that An Tai Grain Store had fallen, they immediately heard someone shouting, "Boss, why is the store closed? We haven't bought any grain yet!"

After hearing this, the shopkeeper stuck his head out and said, "The storehouse is empty. There is no food today."

"what!"

After hearing this, everyone in the field was in an uproar, and then everyone started to quarrel. Then the two agents arranged by Zhou Peng came out and shouted angrily: "What do you mean there is no food? Didn't your Antai Grain Shop always say that you sell affordable food?"

"Yeah, why are you suddenly not buying anymore? Are you planning to keep the food and sell it on the black market? You guys are really black-hearted!"

"That's right, that's right, shopkeeper, buy some food, everyone is waiting to buy some food!"

After hearing this, everyone in the field shouted: "Open the door, buy food, open the door, buy food!"

Hearing the excitement outside, the shopkeeper was very calm. At this time, a young man said, "Shopkeeper, there is a commotion outside."

The shopkeeper remained calm when he heard this, because he had known that there would be a commotion.

The shopkeeper's surname is Chen, and he was originally from Xiantao Village. If we talk about relationship, Chen Jie should call him uncle. He used to do business in the city, and later when Chen Jiusi became bigger and bigger, he came to join him.

Seeing that he had some abilities, Chen Jie put him in charge of the grain shop business.

Shopkeeper Chen said fearlessly, "Open the door."

The young man heard this and said, "Boss, if you open the door, I'm afraid they will rush in."

"What are you afraid of!"

Shopkeeper Chen said, "Open the door."

"Yes."

After hearing this, the clerk opened the door of the shop and saw the shopkeeper Chen walked out of the door. Then he said, "Dear fellow villagers, dear elders."

"It's not that our Antai Grain Shop doesn't sell grain, it's just that we are out of grain. Please go back."

After hearing this, the people outside were in an uproar. No food?
The people were immediately panicked, and the younger brothers Zhou Peng arranged looked at each other and immediately shouted to incite the people: "You, the shopkeeper, have a black conscience. How could you be out of grain for such a big grain shop like Antai? Are you planning to raise the price and secretly sell grain at a high price?"

When the people heard this, they all reacted and said, "Yes, is An Tai Grain Shop planning to sell grain at a high price?"

As he was thinking this, he heard Shopkeeper Chen shouting, "Everyone, everyone, there is no such thing as high-priced grain. We really have no grain. Our grain is stored in the East Warehouse. You see, it has all been burned to ashes. Where can we get the grain?"

The people were stunned when they heard this. Yes, the East Warehouse was burned to ruins, so it was normal that the Antai Grain Store had no grain.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard the two instigators shouting, "Who knows if what you burned in the East Warehouse was grain? You might be directing and acting it out, just to make some dirty money on the black market and sell the grain at a high price!"

"we do not have!"

Shopkeeper Chen said anxiously. After hearing this, the man shouted, "Stop talking nonsense. If you say there is no grain, then there is no grain. Don't listen to their nonsense. They are all black-hearted. Follow me. If they don't sell grain, we will rob it ourselves!"

"Yes, grab it yourself, go ahead, follow me!"

The two men stirred up the people, and then a group of people rushed directly to Tai'an Grain Shop. Upon seeing this, Shopkeeper Chen immediately said, "You, what do you want to do? This, this is our fishing gang's property, you are not allowed to..."

"Get out of the way, Lao Deng..."

The leading Beggar Gang disciple pushed Shopkeeper Chen aside, and he fell to the ground. The shop assistants went to help him, and the common people rushed forward, and with a loud bang, they even broke the wooden door of the shop. A group of people rushed in with their necks raised.

"Go ahead! I want to see if there is any food in this grain store!"

A group of people rushed directly into the grain shop, and then they were disappointed. The entire grain shop was empty. Where was the grain? It was empty, completely empty!
"There is no food. There is really no food."

When the people saw the empty shops, they felt like the sky had fallen. There was no food left in the Antai Grain Store. What should they do?

Their eyes were full of panic.

But on the other side, two Beggar Gang disciples looked at each other, their eyes full of smiles of success, "Great, we really have no food, this time we can make a fortune."

Another Beggar Gang disciple wanted this Beggar Gang disciple to leave.

But the Beggars' Sect disciple didn't know what to think, and he said directly: "I have to accomplish great deeds for the leader."

Another disciple said, "Don't mess around."

The Beggars' Sect disciple laughed and said, "The people's hearts are with me. Look at how many people there are. Haha, let's just wait to make a contribution."

Thinking of this, the disciple shouted directly: "Fellow villagers, there is no food here, it must be that Chen Jiusi has moved the food. Everyone grab your weapons and follow me to destroy the fishing gang's headquarters. There must be food there. Charge!"

This little brother's words immediately excited the villagers with red eyes around him, and some of them responded: "Yes, Chen Jiusi has food to eat, why shouldn't we have food to eat? Brothers, follow me!"

A group of people were actually preparing to attack Chen Jie's fishing gang headquarters.

Another Beggar Gang disciple thought to himself, you kid are crazy, so he jumped out of the window and left.

Seeing him like this, the Beggar Clan's younger brother couldn't help but sneer, calling him an incompetent fellow, and then he shouted, "Come on, follow me to the Fishing Clan's headquarters to kill him!"

With that, a group of people rushed out of the room.

At this time, Chen Wang, who had been waiting outside, was not going to get involved in these trivial matters. After all, the gang leader only asked him to watch out for any trouble, and if anyone wanted to smash the shop, let them do it.

But when he heard this arrogant guy shouting that he wanted to attack the fishing gang headquarters, he could no longer sit still.

How audacious!

Thinking of this, he led his men out and saw that the leader was a member of the Beggar Gang. With a wave of his hand, a group of well-trained disciples captured the guy directly.

The people around were simply frightened by these people and stood there in a daze, unable to move.

Chen Wang then came directly in front of the Beggar Gang member and sneered, "You are so bold that you dare to attack the Fishermen Gang's headquarters."

"Ah, Grandpa, I was wrong, spare my life, spare my life!"

The Beggar Gang member knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately. Seeing this, Chen Wang sneered and said, "Go ask the King of Hell to spare your life."

With a shout, he chopped off the Beggar Gang's head with a knife. Chen Wang's face was covered in blood. He grabbed the Beggar Gang's head and said, "You bastards, our Fishermen's Gang bought you cheap food, but you attacked our Fishermen's Gang instead. Those shops in South City didn't sell you a single grain of food. Why didn't you attack their shops? You are really trying to get out of hand. I tell you, whoever dares to come to our Fishermen's Gang to cause trouble again will be killed without mercy!"

Against the backdrop of blood, the people were so frightened that they shuddered all over. Only then did they realize that the people standing in front of them were not good men and women, but the fishing gang.

After Chen Jiusi took charge of the fishing gang, he treated people kindly, but you can't think that he is easy to bully just because he is kind.

The fishing gang has a kind heart and the means to slay demons!

Thinking of this, the people fell silent, then slowly retreated and left.

However, after leaving, he brought back a very useful piece of news, that is, the fishing gang really had no food, and not a single grain of food could be found in the entire Antai Grain Store.

When the news came, the entire Mianyang River was boiling.

Yelu and others were celebrating. All they had to do next was wait for the black market price to go up. Now that Chen Jiusi was no longer there to hold the price, the price of grain on the black market would surely change every day.

Thinking of this, everyone immediately began to arrange their own grain transportation channels and started transporting grain to the Mian River.

Get ready to make a fortune.

This time they are going to make a lot of money.

At this time, the grain merchant representative, Master Shen, was also listening to his subordinates' report: "Master Shen, there really is not a single grain left. We are going to get rich."

Upon hearing this, Master Shen said: "Look carefully."

The subordinate said, "I have looked very carefully and there is absolutely no mistake. There is really not a single grain of food in it. And judging from the behavior of the fishing gang, their food must have been burned and they are furious."

"Master Shen, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we must seize it."

After hearing this, Master Shen said, "Great, great, hahahaha, I'll send a pigeon to Master San right away, telling him that the time is ripe in Mianshui and we can start casting our nets."

"Yes."

……

Plop la la...

On the bank of the Mian River, there are pavilions and terraces, with beautiful women playing the piano and brewing tea with bare hands.

A servant wearing clothes with the word "Shen" on them caught a carrier pigeon flying in the sky, looked at the bamboo tube on the pigeon's leg, untied it, and then ran straight to the pavilion.

At this time, a young man with ordinary appearance was seen leaning on the fence of the pavilion. A beautiful woman beside him poured him a cup of tea. He took a sip, looked at the red sunset and said, "The sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it is almost dusk."

After hearing what the young man said, the beauties beside him clapped their hands and said, "Third Master, your poem is great."

The young man said, "This is not written by me, but by Li Shangyin of the Tang Dynasty."

The beauties said, "We don't know Li Shangyin, we only know that this poem came from the Third Master's mouth, so it was written by the Third Master."

The young man said nothing, and then he saw a servant not far away coming to report: "Third Master, urgent news from the Mian River."

The young man took the bamboo tube and took a look at it, his eyes slightly fixed as he said, "Haha, interesting, 200,000 shi of grain was actually burned, really interesting."

After hearing this, the clerk asked, "Third Master, do you think this is a scam?"

The young man squinted his eyes and said, "I don't know."

The clerk asked, "Sir, should we make some money from this?"

The young man said, "It's a good idea not to make money. This seems strange, but it does have business opportunities. Go get the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce people. There's a big deal going on."

The young man said, "Third Master, we can own this business alone, why would we need to involve them?"

The young man said, "Haha... If we want to take over Mianshui County, we have to invest at least 60% of the grain in it. If something unexpected happens, the risk is too great, so we should bring in people from the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce. This way, we can share the risk and I will make a profit instead of a loss."

After hearing this, the clerk said, "Then we will earn less."

The young man asked, "Ah Chang, you have been with me for five or six years, right?"

Ah Chang said, "Yes, I have been following you since you only had a small boat."

The young man said, "Yes, I was born a beggar, and then I built my current business step by step. Back then, we had a small business, so we wanted to make huge profits. The greater the risk, the greater the profit, so we could take risks at that time, but now that our business is big, we need stability."

"Selling grain is extremely profitable, so we don't need to bet on our wealth. The more people we bring in, the less we lose and the less risk we take. As long as we can make a profit, it's a good deal."

The young man started talking about business, and Ah Chang stroked his hair and said, "Third Master, I don't understand either. I'll go get someone now."

"Go."

The young man waved his hand, then closed his eyes, waiting for Ah Chang's message. Ah Chang soon replied, "Everyone at the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce is waiting for the Third Master."

The young man said, "Well, I'll go right away."

Ah Chang followed the young man and said, "Third Master is still so powerful. When they heard that Third Master wanted to do business, they couldn't wait to come."

The young man said: "It's not me who is powerful, but money that is powerful."

After saying this, the young man looked up and said, "In this world, money makes the world go round."

After hearing this, Ah Chang said, "That's right, Master."

The young man didn't say anything, but just walked forward. Along the way, he saw the ups and downs of the world.

His surname is Shen, his given name is Fu, his courtesy name is Zhongrong, and he is the third child in the family.

His ancestral home is Wucheng County, but later his family fell into poverty and he ended up living in Suzhou, where he saw people looking down on him and had enough of the fickleness of human nature.

But with his clever mind, he finally created something from nothing. In just three years, he went from being a street beggar to the richest man in Suzhou.

Outsiders called him: Wanshan Jushi. Later, as time went by, it became: [Shen Wansan]

In addition, because he was so good at making money, many people did not understand how fast he made money, so they made up a legend about him, saying that he had a treasure bowl in his hand.

But this is obviously nonsense.

He doesn't have a cornucopia.

He relies on only one thing for business, and that is his brain.

Soon he appeared in an antique living room, which was full of businessmen, all of whom were members of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce.

When the flood disaster hit Hubei this time, they got the news first, then collected food from Suzhou and Hangzhou, and went all the way up the Yangtze River to Hubei. Their purpose was to make a fortune in Hubei with the food.

Shen Wansan is the vice president of Suzhou Chamber of Commerce. He summoned them here this time because they all came here after hearing the news and were ready to make a fortune.

Shen Wansan walked into the living room, and immediately clasped his fists and said, "Everyone."

When the people from Suzhou Chamber of Commerce saw Shen Wansan, they also clasped their fists and said, "Brother Wansan."

Shen Wansan is the youngest in the entire Chamber of Commerce, so he is called the "good brother".

At this time Shen Wansan said: "Sit down, sit down."

Everyone sat down, and Shen Wansan said, "The reason I invited you all here today is to make a big profit. Please take a look."

Shen Wansan went straight to the point and immediately asked people to circulate the letter that came from Mianshui today.

Everyone was stunned and looked over at the same time. Then they all widened their eyes and said, "Ah, this, Brother Wan San, this is an opportunity to make a fortune!"

Shen Wansan said: "I think so too, but I, Shen Wansan, think that we should all make money together. I estimated that Mianshui County needs at least 300,000 dan of grain."

"And they currently only have about 60,000 to 70,000 dan of grain reserves. Let's give them a little more, say 100,000 dan, and there will still be a gap of 200,000 dan."

"And this is still the lowest amount of grain consumption. You have to know that there are gentry in Mianshui County. These local tyrants will not be satisfied with just one bowl of porridge a day, so the amount of grain consumed by each of them may be equivalent to that of seven or eight people. Therefore, I roughly estimate that Mianshui County can definitely consume 400,000 dan."

"And it can be sold at a high price of at least fifty coins. What do you think?"

After hearing what Shen Wansan said, everyone looked at each other excitedly and said, "Brother Wansan, this deal is fine, but for such a profitable business, how do you think we should distribute it?"

After hearing this, Shen Wansan said, "I will offer 100,000 dan of grain, and there will be 200,000 dan or even 300,000 dan of quota left. Let's count it as 250,000, and you can claim it."

The merchants' eyes lit up when they heard this, and they shouted, "Okay, okay, our Zhao family will offer 100,000 shi."

Shen Wansan said: "Brother Zhao, it's too much. The maximum you can give your Zhao family is 50,000 stones."

"Then, then our Zhao family will have 50,000 stones."

"The Li family's business is worth 50,000 shi."

"Zhang's business has 50,000 shi..."

……

Soon, the grain quota of 250,000 shi was issued. Together with Shen Wansan's 100,000 shi, the grain merchant group transported a total of 350,000 shi of grain this time, and it would definitely be transported to the Mian River within seven days.

Shen Wansan said: "Okay, in that case, brothers, follow me and hunt in the Mian River."

After hearing this, the big grain merchants immediately laughed and said, "Okay, let's go to Mianshui County with Brother Wan San and make a fortune, hahahaha..."

All the big businessmen in the room burst into laughter. They now felt that the entire Mian River was in their pockets.

What they didn't know was that Chen Jiusi was waiting for them to fall into his trap.

At this time, Xiaohu from the Mianshui Fishermen's Gang came in and said, "Boss, our spies have reported that a large number of merchant ships from Xianning, Xiaogan and other places are sailing upstream towards our Mianshui River. They are expected to arrive in seven days."

After hearing this, Chen Jie's eyes narrowed slightly: "Seven days, haha, just right."

"Princess, now we just need to wait and see."

Chen Jie smiled at Zhao Ya and raised his teacup. Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie and said, "You, you really have calculated these big grain merchants..."

(End of this chapter)