Don't panic when the end of the world comes, the boss of the group has a system

There was a severe drought in the four western states of Dong Chu, coupled with floods in the south of the Yangtze River. During the autumn harvest this year, several states of Dong Chu suffered a total harvest failure.

Food was in short supply throughout East Chu, and grain merchants in Shuzhou raised the average price of grain to 50 wen per catty.

The 10 dan of grain purchased by several grain merchants in Anping Prefecture in Shuzhou were divided equally into 10 escorts, and escort agencies were hired to escort the grain to Anping Prefecture. The escort fee for one escort was taels of silver.

The cost of buying grain in Shuzhou plus the escort fee from Shuzhou to Anping Prefecture means that Anping Prefecture has to sell the grain bought from Shuzhou at at least 60 wen per catty to break even.

After the six grain escorts in the government office were settled, the price of grain at Qian Fugui's five grain shops dropped from 200 wen per catty to 100 wen per catty.

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Tianxianglou is a famous Yihongyuan in Dongchu, spread across major cities in Dongchu, and its headquarters is on the north side of Changning East Street in the capital of Dongchu.

Tianxianglou is ostensibly a Yihongyuan, but in fact it does all kinds of business: buying and selling intelligence, trafficking in human beings, murder and robbery...

Hua Yanshan, the owner of Tianxiang Tower, is 60 years old this year. He is alone and has no children. He is a top-notch warrior.

Hua Yanshan is currently in seclusion to strive for his innate ability and is no longer managing the affairs of Tianxiang Tower.

The person who manages Tianxiang Tower now is Hua Manlou, a disciple of Hua Yanshan.

Hua Manlou is 35 years old this year and is a first-rate early-stage warrior.

After learning that Prince Kang's Mansion and Duke Xingguo's Mansion had disappeared overnight, Hua Manlou hurried to Duke Xingguo's Mansion and Prince Kang's Mansion to check out the situation...

When Hua Manlou saw that only an empty space was left of the two mansions, he was so shocked that he couldn't recover for a long time.

After returning to Tianxiang Tower, Hua Manlou felt uneasy, always feeling that something big was going to happen.

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The news that Prince Kang's Mansion and Duke Xingguo's Mansion disappeared overnight quickly spread throughout the capital.

After learning about this, people in the capital rushed to the two mansions to watch...

When the onlookers saw that only a piece of empty land was left in the two mansions, they immediately had different opinions:

Some people said that a ghost appeared in the capital last night, some people said that it was the emperor who did it, some people said that the two families were punished by heaven, and some people said that there was a passing god in the capital last night...

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Soul Chaser 2 is a second-rate peak warrior. Among the one thousand assassins he led to rob the food, only 10 were second-rate early-stage warriors, and the rest were third-rate warriors.

There are about three hundred escorts escorting grain in Shuzhou. Among these escorts, only a few escort leaders are second-rate warriors, and the rest are third-rate warriors.

It is easy for a thousand assassins to deal with about three hundred bodyguards from Shuzhou.

The Soul Chaser 2 could never have imagined that not only did they fail to complete the mission this time, but they were also inexplicably thrown into jail.

Before the mission, the confident Soul Chaser 2 did not give these killers an order: to commit suicide by taking poison if the mission failed.

Even if the Soul Chaser 2 gave these killers the order, they would not have time to take the poison.

These killers were suddenly taken into the warehouse by Lin Baoer, and they fell unconscious as soon as they entered the warehouse.

Before releasing these killers from the warehouse, Yuanbao first cast a calming spell on them.

When these killers in prison woke up, their hands and feet were shackled and their teeth that contained poison had been pulled out.

When they just woke up, these killers didn't know that they were imprisoned in the Dali Temple's prison, and they were still hoping that Tianxiang Tower would send someone to rescue them.

So far, Hua Manlou knows nothing about this matter.

Even if he knew about this, Hua Manlou would not send anyone to the Dali Temple to rescue them. Not only would he not rescue them, he might even send someone to silence them.

Tianxianglou robbed escorts everywhere and always did it very covertly, so it had never been exposed.

In the past, when escorts from various places were robbed, the local government offices thought it was done by local bandits, and no one ever suspected Tianxiang Tower.

There are many experts in the Dongchu royal family. As long as Tianxianglou dares to go against the court, it will be very easy for the court to kill Hua Yanshan and Hua Manlou.

How could Hua Manlou have the courage to go against the imperial court?

The reason why Tianxiang Tower has been able to gain a foothold in Dongchu in recent years is that they are relatively sensible and have never openly opposed the imperial court.

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At noon yesterday, as soon as the gate of Linshui County was opened, Liu, the manager of Qian's grain store, sent Liu Er on a fast horse to Anping Prefecture to deliver a message to Qian Fugui.

After walking from noon yesterday to late noon today, Liu Er finally reached the south gate of Anping City.

On the way from Linshui County to Anping Prefecture, Liu Er's horse was almost snatched away by disaster victims on the road several times.

After riding at full speed all night, Liu Er arrived at Anping Prefecture feeling tired and hungry.

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County Magistrate Zhou wrote a letter to Prefect Zhao yesterday. The content of the letter was similar to the message from Manager Liu.

After County Magistrate Zhou finished writing the letter yesterday, he asked Steward Zhou to deliver the letter to the post station.

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After arriving at the gate of Qian's house, Liu Er said to the Qian's doorman: "Young man, I have something important to report to the master, and I must see the master in person."

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After hearing the report from Mrs. Liu at the second gate, Butler Qian came out personally and brought Liu Er to the central hall in the second courtyard, and then went to the bedroom to call Qian Fugui who was slightly drunk.

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When Liu Er was relaying Manager Liu's message to Qian Fugui in the central hall, Magistrate Zhao in the study in the second hall happened to receive an express letter from the post station.

"A Wanyuan Chamber of Commerce has come to Linshui County. They have a large amount of grain for sale, with no purchase limit. Coarse grains are sold at 10 wen per jin, and refined rice and flour are sold at 15 wen per jin."

Qian Fugui, who heard the message, and Zhao Zhifu, who read the contents of the letter, were both incredulous.

Qian Fugui repeatedly asked Liu Er: "Is the grain sold by Wanyuan Chamber of Commerce really so cheap?

Is it true that there is no purchase limit on the grain sold by Wanyuan Chamber of Commerce?"

Liu Er patiently replied, "Master, this is true. I have personally seen that the grain bags filled with food are piled up like mountains in Wanyuan Chamber of Commerce. Not only that, Wanyuan Chamber of Commerce also sells water. It costs two cents per bucket of water, and there is no purchase limit on water."

After hearing Liu Er's confident words, Qian Fugui immediately believed it about 80%.

After hearing such explosive news, Qian Fugui planned to inform Prefect Zhao.

"Butler Qian, take Liu Er down and treat him well. I have to go out for something..."

After giving a few instructions to Butler Qian, Qian Fugui ran out of the hall in a hurry...

"Yes, sir."

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Prefect Zhao felt that there was something wrong with his eyes and read the letter over and over again.

Even in a good year, refined rice and refined flour still cost 20 wen per pound.

I have only heard that there is a Wantong Chamber of Commerce in Dongchu, but I have never heard of Wanyuan Chamber of Commerce.

I wonder who the owner of Wanyuan Chamber of Commerce is. Not only does he sell grain so cheaply, but he also doesn’t impose purchase limits?

What was his purpose? Was it just to do good?

If this is true, not only can Qian Fugui and his men go to Linshui County nearby to buy grain, they can also invite Wanyuan Chamber of Commerce to come to Anping Prefecture to do business.

Even though the letter was written by County Magistrate Zhou, Prefect Zhao still had doubts about the authenticity of the matter and decided to send someone to Linshui County to investigate first before discussing the next steps.

"Zhao Er!"

"What are your orders, Master?"

Zhao Er is the personal secret guard of Prefect Zhao and a second-rate peak warrior.

When Zhao Er, who was hiding outside the study, heard Prefect Zhao calling him, he immediately responded.

"Zhao Er, go to Linshui County in person and check on the Wanyuan Chamber of Commerce selling grain in Linshui County."

"Your Majesty's Order!"

After clasping his fists in response, Zhao Er tiptoed up to the rooftop and then flew towards Linshui County...