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Zhao Baiyu appeared at the gate of Princess Changping's mansion in white clothes, his face was pale, Yan Bing expressed distress and resentment, and tried his best to persuade him to leave.

Seeing that he couldn't be persuaded, Yan Bing made a good idea and asked the hidden guard who turned to the bright side to forcibly carry Zhao Baiyu away, and said loudly: "Why do you do this! Since there is no fate, why bother to ask for that little affection? If you want to meet for 20 years No communication? As soon as you arrived in Liangjiang, you looked for opportunities to enter the princess mansion, but you were rejected again and again, aren't you sober enough?"

After a pause, Yan Bing lowered his voice: "I have goosebumps."

Zhao Baiyu: "It means that you haven't repaired your face enough. If you replace Adjutant Cui, he can kick the gate of the princess mansion."

If it was Huo Jingtang, he would probably hire a funeral team to beat gongs and drums to carry him into the princess mansion, that would be a social death that he couldn't bear.

The dark guard rolled up his sleeves and said he could do it too, but was rejected by Yan Bing's 'too exaggerated'.

During the tug-of-war, the door of the Princess Mansion was opened, and Changping's personal female officer was at the door, and she said coldly: "Your Highness wants to see you." By the way, he stopped the guard and Yan Bing, "Your Highness only wants to see you by name, and the idlers are waiting." Do not enter the princess mansion without permission."

Zhao Baiyu ordered: "You guys wait outside."

After saying that, I followed the female official into the mansion, and after a long detour, I finally reached a circular arch, where I could see the pavilions, waterside pavilions, rockery, flowing water, and rare plants. Then I recalled the waterside pavilions and terraces I saw along the way, and estimated the princess mansion. The floor area and the servants are not a bit of the treatment that exiled sinners deserve.

The female officer asked Zhao Baiyu to wait outside, and went in to report. After a while, a maidservant came to lead the way, crossed the gravel road, entered a nine-curved corridor, embraced rockery, lakes and gardens, walked a few steps and finally saw On a building about ten steps ahead, Princess Changping is leaning on the railing of the building to look at the scenery of the Princess Mansion.

There is a guard at ten steps, a maid at five steps, and Li Deshou and female officials on the left and right, creating an aura that is even more majestic than Zhao Baiyu meeting Emperor Yuanshou in the palace.

"Jiangxi Cao Envoy Zhao Baiyu has seen the princess." Zhao Baiyu bowed his hands.

Changping looked at Zhao Baiyu contemptuously, frowned in disgust when he met those eyes that only looked like Xie's, tapped the railing with his index finger, and asked slowly: "I have offended the grain merchant by asking to see you for several days in a row. Come to me to intercede?" There was a bit of carelessness and sarcasm in his tone.

Zhao Baiyu was neither humble nor overbearing: "Isn't the princess waiting for me?"

After knocking on the railing, he quickly regained his composure, and Changping laughed: "I don't like people who show off their intelligence, especially those who stand up and beg for help." Suddenly he said coldly, "Seeing off guests."

Li Deshou: "Please."

Zhao Baiyu's back is always very straight, like a green bamboo that would not be bent. At this time, he was wearing white clothes, his thin waist was stretched out, and the breeze was blowing when he climbed to a high place. There is a clear and elegant demeanor.

And when he faced his biological mother, whom he hadn't seen since he was born, and saw him for the first time after 20 years, he didn't break down and cry bitterly, was targeted with indifference or even hostility, and didn't lose his composure and complained. He was still calm and calm. appearance.

The maidservant on the balcony was unknowingly attracted and cast her eyes frequently.

"After all, begging for help should be like begging for help. It's really annoying to be condescending."

Changping: "It turns out that you still have the advantage of self-knowledge."

"So I'm not here to beg for help." Zhao Baiyu said with a smile, "I just came to see you, to see what kind of person was like a snake-hearted person who seized love, poisoned women and children, and now sits in Liangjiang, playing tricks and calling the wind and the rain , and what it looks like. Looking carefully, there are still two eyes and one mouth, nothing unusual."

The female officer looked angry: "Presumptuous!"

Li Deshou raised his hand and was about to grab Zhao Baiyu's arm and throw him out. Changping's expression was indifferent, and he looked at Zhao Baiyu with a smile on his face and cold eyes. Shi Shiran said, "Back off."

Before the rest could react, Li Deshou withdrew his hand first, and the female officer ordered the maids and guards in the building to retreat outside, leaving only Changping and Zhao Baiyu.

"You should call me mother." Changping stared straight at Zhao Baiyu, his bright smile twisted with some pleasure. "you hate me?"

Zhao Baiyu: "There is no need to hate."

Chang Ping didn't believe it, but Zhao Baiyu's eyes were calm and indifferent, not the coldness deliberately created to hurt others, but the indifference and indifference of looking at strangers, flowers, plants and trees. He really didn't hate her, and of course he didn't have any extra love .

For the "biological mother" who had been away for 20 years, there was no love or hatred, and there was no disturbance.

Changping felt displeased, "So cold-hearted and cold-hearted, there are still people who praise you as a bodhisattva, are they blind or you are too good at pretending?"

"Whether I am good or evil has nothing to do with you. I have no intention of breaking my heart with you, and you don't have to use the name of my biological mother to play prestige in front of me." Zhao Baiyu still smiled, with a gentle voice He spoke in a nonchalant manner, without knowing it, he thought he was chatting and joking with someone with a good relationship.

One mouthful of you, seemingly respectful, but in fact, the inside and outside of the words are full of biting ridicule.

For the first time, Changping felt that being honored as "you" was very harsh, and his originally peaceful heart was suddenly filled with anger, and the nails dyed with impatiens were deeply inserted into the palm of his hand.

Zhao Baiyu's coldness reminded her of Zhao Boyong, and his calm and gentle but sharp words reminded her of Xie Shi.

"If after today, there are rumors that you fainted your biological mother, what will happen in the future?" Changping did not hesitate to release his malice.

"I thought you wouldn't be coerced by emotions." Zhao Baiyu said with a regretful tone, and suddenly laughed: "You think I'm here to kneel to you today?"

Chang Ping suddenly lowered his face and looked back blankly.

"'Official worship merchants, you can do this if you don't want to die, but Zhao Baiyu is a little smart, so he will take the initiative to worship me'... because you represent one of the forces in Liangjiang, although you have joined hands with Gan merchants to deal with me, but as long as I Bowing your head to you means that I, Zhao Baiyu, have surrendered to Liangjiang officials and Jiangxi merchants, and my kneeling down to you is nothing more than a son kneeling down to his mother. Thought?"

Changping's ugly face showed that Zhao Baiyu was right, so Zhao Baiyu's voice became softer.

"I kneel to you, are you happy?"

The youngest son of the hated rival loves to admit that the thief is his mother. I am afraid that this is the happiest time in his life.

"It's a pity that I will never be able to bow down to you."

Not for anyone, but for the most innocent Zhao Baiyu. In this life, he will never bow down to Princess Changping, even if it is just a hypocrisy.

"But as long as I walk out of the princess mansion today, the Gan merchants will know that our mother and son are deeply in love."

The words 'deep love between mother and child' accentuated the tone, and it really disgusted Changping.

Changping was a little puzzled: "I can put my attitude to the end at any time, why do you think Ganshang trusts you but not me?"

"Because you have a fundamental conflict of interests, and I can fall to either side at any time. The news of the imperial envoy's arrival will spread soon, and I will no longer be the one who threatens Liangjiang. Naturally, I am worried that you and I will join forces to annex them. "Zhao Baiyu was in a happy mood, cupped his hands and said: "Thank you for the hospitality, there is no need to send it off."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the balcony.

Li Deshou stood in front of him, Changping waved his hand, and then stepped aside.

Watching Zhao Baiyu's figure disappear among the pavilions and waterside pavilions, the female officer came to Princess Changping and said, "Just let him go like this?"

"He sees through me, but I don't see through him." Changping curled his fingers, with uncertainty floating on his face. "Why is he so calm?"

Female officer: "He uses the imperial envoy who came to investigate him as a lifeline?"

"No. He's not that stupid. It's still unknown what the imperial envoy's arrival can change. Zhao Baiyu blatantly used me, and he was sure that the Jiangxi Chamber of Commerce would believe that he knelt down to me and told them that he bowed his head—such an easy lie, why did he have a plan in his chest? ? If you are using me to get out of trouble, shouldn't you make false claims with me?"

Changping was puzzled, "What is his confidence?"

The female officer glanced at Li Deshou, who lowered his head and had no sense of presence.

Frowning and thinking for a while, the female officer had no idea: "Maybe it's a bluff?"

Chang Ping: "It's not like that. Watching him act, he only makes a move if he is absolutely sure...I heard that he used to like to gamble?"

Female officer: "Yes. I've been mixed up in various religions, and I often go to gambling houses at a young age, so I'm humble in my bones."

Changping: "Like gambling shows that he tends to take extreme risks in his actions, but seeing that he takes every step safely, he has calculated the front and back. There are extremes, but there are no risks..." The more he thought about it, the more he felt wrong, and he said quickly: "It's depressing. Check to see if there have been any major changes in Kyoto Prefecture recently."

Li Deshou: "The old slave takes orders."

***

As soon as Zhao Baiyu came out of the princess mansion, Yan Bing rushed over and covered his forehead, and then he heard his howling voice: "Wu Lang, why did you break your forehead? Why did you suffer so much in the blink of an eye?" bitter!"

The dark guard rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the gate of the Princess Mansion without saying a word, kicked open the gate and shouted, "Have you asked our general for bullying Master Zhao?"

Zhao Baiyu: "..." It's over, brother.

Yan Bing was dumbfounded, and rushed over to pull him back, and the three of them got into the carriage and ran away.

People peeping from a distance will not feel that they are acting, and report back the scene they saw truthfully.

***

"What rules are these?" Chen Luowu frowned deeply.

"What else can there be?" Boss Ping came in angrily, sipped his tea and said, "Blood relationship has no overnight enmity, isn't it just to clear up the past, mother is kind and son is filial, and in the end we are the only ones being played around?"

Chen Luowu: "What do you mean?"

Boss Ping: "Zhao Baiyu and Princess Changping are now in the same camp and came here with the idea of ​​annexing us. You don't know that the capital sent imperial envoys to Liangjiang to investigate Zhao Baiyu?"

Chen Luowu was startled: "Imperial envoy? Why did the imperial envoy come to the point of trouble? This juncture is even worse, and the house leaks happen to rain all night. One Zhao Baiyu tossed the two rivers to the bone, and another imperial envoy, I'm afraid it's not really necessary." Kill me Gan merchants."

Boss Ping: "Regardless of whether the imperial envoy came for Liangjiang Water Transport or Zhao Baiyu, we must let him fight Zhao Baiyu! We must make sure that Jiangxi is under the governance of Zhao Baiyu. Merchants are on strike and there is no food to buy. , so that the Northwest War cannot receive food and grass because of him, it would be better if there is another defeat."

Chen Luowu: "What do you mean?"

Boss Ping: "Let the grain merchants in the province throw away as much rice as they have in their hands! Even if the imperial envoy comes, if there is no grain, there is no grain."

Chen Luowu: "Who are you throwing it at? Who else can swallow 150 million shi of government rations except the government?"

Boss Ping: "It's still sold to the government, but it's not the Cao Si in Jiangxi, but the Cao Si Yamen in the northern provinces."

Chen Luowu pondered for a moment: "... Beishang?"

Boss Ping nodded.

Chen Luowu immediately denied: "The poor and poor of the northern merchants can't afford it, and the official food can't be sold at a reduced price."

Boss Ping: "Not only will we not lower the price, but we will also raise the price to sell it. Beishang can't afford much money, so we can open up the business to borrow money and earn interest. Rolling interest, in fact, Beishang helped us pay for this. The freight from the south to the north, and the money earned from doing business in the middle still goes into our pockets."

He talked about the intense war in the Northwest and the shortage of food, analyzed it carefully, and finally got Chen Luowu's nod.

"Okay, you decide." Chen Luowu sighed: "If the third master hadn't been seriously ill recently and didn't see any outsiders, I'd come to ask what to do right now."

***

In the carriage, the dark guard asked Ganshang to cooperate with Changping, would he easily believe in divorce schemes?

Zhao Baiyu: "Their relationship is in opposition. Before I came, their balanced relationship was unbreakable. I disturbed their relationship and prompted them to join forces in a short period of time. But the relationship between me and Princess Changping is in the eyes of Ganshang. It is a thorn in my side, and Jiangxi's commander-in-chief and dispatch envoy are all from Gan merchants, and Princess Changping, who lost Tian Yingzhuo, is also on guard against Gan merchants, as long as I take such a step in any direction, the balance will collapse."

Taking off the string of Buddhist beads and wrapping them around his wrist again, Zhao Baiyu smiled and said, "Not to mention another imperial envoy...do you think the imperial envoy will be?"

Yan Bing: "An important minister of the imperial court...at least a third-rank official."

Zhao Baiyu stroked the Buddhist beads: "It would be fine if I was an ordinary minister, but I'm afraid that the Tian family will plan to rectify the two rivers, and maximize the benefits."

Yanbing and Anwei looked at each other, neither of them could understand Zhao Baiyu's worries.

***

"150 million official rations and 50 shi ordinary rations?" The president of the Northern Chamber of Commerce almost jumped out of his chair in shock, and said with trembling hands, "I, our brothers don't have that much money, brother, look at this... ..."

Yan Sanwan: "Be safe and don't be impatient. I know you don't have enough money, so I recommend the largest bank in your mansion. There are bank notes accepted by eighteen provinces. You can borrow them as long as you are alive!"

The head of the North Chamber of Commerce's eyes wandered: "I'll think about it again, think about it again."

The amount of government rations was too large for ordinary people to swallow, and Yan Sanwan didn't force him: "Don't wait when it's over, brother." After saying that, he left.

As soon as the person left, the head of the North Chamber of Commerce immediately spat: "Bah! Treat people like monkeys!"

The deputy next to him sneered and said, "150 million shi, that's probably the sum of the monopoly of grain merchants in the four northern provinces. Let us borrow money? The extra interest from this round will be able to offset the point earned by the intermediate business." The profit means that we do nothing, and we also pay for them to send the goods to the north, which is too easy to calculate!"

President of the Northern Chamber of Commerce: "If Mr. Zhao is not fair, many people will be tossed and killed this time." After thinking for a while, he said: "You find someone... no, you should go to the Cao Shi's mansion to ask for advice. Mr. Zhao If we want to buy them all, we will buy them all!"

***

"Buy." Zhao Baiyu patted the table and decided, "Tell your president, buy as much as you have. Our Liangjiang Caosi is not short of money, and the budget for food purchases every year is a lot more than the actual purchase money."

Deputy: "With your words, our brothers will definitely take over this big deal for you. But my lord, the 40 shi official rations in it are still ours?"

Zhao Baiyu: "You guys betrayed me."

The assistant was overjoyed: "Okay! My lord, please wait."

***

With Zhao Baiyu's guarantee, the president of the North Chamber of Commerce came to Yan Sanwan to ask for 200 million shi of grain, but he didn't borrow the money, saying that the money bank's remuneration was too scary, so he met with the big grain merchants in the four northern provinces. He paid for it, and he helped to transport the goods to earn some travel expenses.

There was no difference in the results, Yan Sanwan nodded and agreed to sell the grain.

After inspecting the goods with each other, signing a sales contract, going to the tax office to draw a deposit, paying the money and delivering the goods, both parties felt that this was the most refreshing cooperation.

Seeing that all the grain in the warehouse had been sold, Yan Sanwan felt relieved, and the other grain merchants who had to withhold all the grain because of the embarrassment of the Gan merchants also let go of their throat-ridden worries.

Boss Ping knew the progress here, and his heart was very smooth, so he didn't go to Hualou, and went to drink with Yan Sanwan for several days in a row.

At this moment, the imperial envoy came forward.

***

Chen House.

Chen Luowu: "Where is the imperial envoy?"

Boss Ping: "I've asked a few people about it. The imperial envoy lives in a hotel in the east of the city. He has fully booked the hotel, and no one else is allowed to enter or leave the hotel. In fact, he sent a close acquaintance to the Caosi yamen early in the morning to question him."

Dou Zumao hurriedly said: "I saw that person with my own eyes and asked Zhao Baiyu in the front hall of the yamen to ask him to solve the strike and grain purchase within three days, otherwise he would take off his official hat. I dare not utter a single word."

"He plays prestige in front of us, but he is as obedient as a dog in front of the boss." Yan Sanwan laughed loudly: "Today is the third day, I still want to see him. It looks like Liu Liu was kicked out of the Cao Si Yamen."

Chen Luowu was also in a good mood, but he was more vigilant: "Princess Changping didn't say anything?"

Boss Ping: "No."

As soon as the words fell, someone came in to report that it was the female officer next to Princess Changping who asked to see her, and Chen Luowu ordered her to be brought in.

As soon as the female officer entered the room, she asked, "Did you sell all the food in your hands, good or bad?"

Chen Luowu was the first to speak: "Food is always for sale. If someone comes to buy it, naturally there is no reason to promote the sale."

Female officer: "Confused!"

Chen Luowu and the others immediately turned cold, "I promised Your Highness not to sell the grain to Zhao Baiyu, but I didn't promise not to sell the grain. How dare I ask where the stupid talk comes from?"

Female officer: "There is no food, what do your rice shops sell?"

Chen Luowu: "When the grain merchants stopped the market, even if the imperial envoy came to ask, there was no rice to sell. As for how the people in the mansion solved the problem of starvation, let's ask Zhao Baiyu. What does it matter to me?"

The female officer: "The problem is that Zhao Baiyu doesn't need to buy grain from you anymore. There are a lot of grain merchants who have traveled thousands of miles to deliver grain to him." After speaking, she threw a few pieces of letter paper in front of Chen Luowu and others.

They picked up the letter paper and looked at the ten lines at a glance, and couldn't help but look stunned: "It's a good idea? Cross-quote? This... when did it happen?"

Boss Ping comforted him: "The good policy that was implemented a few years ago was only implemented in Huainan and the four northern provinces a few days ago. The exchange is mainly made with tea and salt. The salt in the two rivers is not enough. As for the tea, it is monopolized in our hands and we do not sell it. Give it to the government, and the government can't take the balance."

The female officer: "Your Highness said that the current situation is complicated. Zhao Baiyu never does anything he is not sure of. There are strikes and food purchases being rejected. Even the imperial envoys order him to resolve the matter as soon as possible. He can still do business in a leisurely manner." , which shows that I have a bottom in my heart—”

"Of course it's leisurely, after all, there is a princess mother to help out." Boss Ping said coolly.

"Presumptuous! The body of a princess who is a daughter of gold, how can you allow me to mock you!" The female official shouted angrily.

Boss Ping's face changed drastically, he held back his anger and bowed his knees: "The villain's words and deeds are meaningless, and he still looks at Haihan."

The female officer snorted coldly: "Do you doubt Your Highness?"

"Don't dare." Boss Ping: "It's just that Zhao Baiyu knelt down at the princess mansion, and I'll be neither deaf nor blind, and I can still see."

The female officer wanted to say that everything was Zhao Baiyu's divorce plan, but when she thought about His Highness, she hesitated to speak. Sure enough, as His Highness said, the Gan merchants never believed His Highness.

"If you don't believe me, go to the Caosi Yamen now."

Several people looked at each other, looking at the female officer's cold and mocking face, their firm minds were a little shaken.

After hesitating for a moment, Yan Sanwan said, "No, find someone to find out."

The errands were running very fast, and it took less than two quarters of an hour to go back and forth, and he replied with a steady breath: "Go back to the master, it's not good, I saw hundreds of thousands of shi's official food trucks being carried into the Caosi Yamen! "

Chen Luowu stood up abruptly, "Go, let's take a look."

***

Cao Si Yamen.

The gate was opened, and fifty or sixty north commercial carts pushed thousands of large sacks full of government food into the Caosi yamen. Dozens of yamen servants were watching, and from time to time they turned their heads to peek at Zhao Baiyu and the others. He stepped forward to help, but was pushed away by Beishang as soon as he started, and he couldn't touch him.

The president of the North Chamber of Commerce smoked dry cigarettes, squinted his eyes and said: "Three thousand sacks, each sack contains two shi of ordinary grain, and the remaining 44 shi of grain are stored in a nearby warehouse. We will not sleep if you give an order." Move it into the Caosi Yamen for you. As for the 150 million shi official grain, it will be stored in the official warehouse by the wharf, and it is guaranteed to pass the customs, and none of it is old rice. The brothers checked it for you overnight."

Knocking the butt of the dry cigarette, he asked puzzledly: "I have a question, what do you want this ordinary food for? Five hundred thousand shi of food, you can't eat it all in ten years."

Zhao Baiyu smiled and said, "It's my turn to sell grain."

The president of the North Chamber of Commerce pondered for a while, but he didn't think he understood.

At this moment, Yan Sanwan and others rushed to the yamen, and saw the president of the Northern Chamber of Commerce and the batch of familiar officials, no matter how stupid their brains were, it was time to turn the corner.

Chen Luowu gritted his teeth: "You guys join forces to play tricks on me?"

Zhao Baiyu: "What are you talking about? You don't want to sell grain to Cao Si, and you don't want the grain to rot in your hands, and Beishang has nothing to do with Cao Si, but it can cover the bottom for you and let you earn money. Isn't it a good thing to get money? As for selling grain to me...they are all open for business, and I come to deliver money, so there is no reason to reject it? You can't do anything against the money."

The president of the North Chamber of Commerce nodded again and again: "Master Xiao Zhao wants to buy it, and it happens that he has a quotation in his hand that can be exchanged for Huaiyan. We Beishang needs Huaiyan, so we all get what we need... In fact, it is just to make a small profit in the middle, it is not a big deal. Buying and selling—speaking of which, do you still have food in your hand?"

Yan Sanwan's face was ugly, his head was dizzy for a while, and he disappeared.

He is out of food!

Not only him, but the 200 million shi of grain sold by the grain merchants in the province to the head of the Northern Chamber of Commerce was sold to Cao Si in exchange for the Huaiyan salt in his hand!

Yan Sanwan's eyes went dark, and the man who hunted all day was finally blinded by geese. Who would have expected that there would be an intercourse?

Huaiyan is the real parents in the eyes of Beishang. They are white flowers, equivalent to silver. With such good goods in hand, what is food?What is Ganshang?

All sold to Zhao Baiyu.

Not only the northern merchants, but also merchants from all over the world, once they know that Zhao Baiyu has an offer that can be exchanged for Gan tea and Huai salt, they will definitely flock to it.

As soon as the thought flashed through, a businessman with a Zhejiang accent squeezed his way through the crowd and asked, "May I ask if this is Jiangxi Caosi?"

Yan Bing turned around: "Yes. You are?"

"The two Zhejiang grain merchants, I heard that you are receiving official grain here, and you will exchange it for Jiangxi tea, Zhejiang salt and Huai salt?"

"I can't change Zhejiang salt for the time being. You are a Zhejiang merchant, why did you travel all the way to Liangjiang to ask for Zhejiang salt?"

"There is no way, no way, how can salt be so easy to buy? What's more, I heard that every ten bags of salt is given an extra bag, and you have to pay for it directly from the local salt official. How can there be such a good thing?" The Zhe merchants were gearing up: "Tell me quickly, where is Cao Si buying grain? I have [-] shi of grain in my hand, and the quality must pass the test. If Cao Si is in a hurry, I can collect another [-] shi!"

Zhao Baiyu pointed to the gate, Yanbing understood, and brought Zhejiang merchants into the yamen to do business.

Not long after a Zhejiang businessman went in, two or three other businessmen from other places came together. They also knew it and made a good plan to rush over, lest they be too late and miss the introduction of Huaiyan.

Chen Luowu's legs were weak, he staggered and almost fell.

Boss Ping was too flustered to look at Yan Sanwan's face, but Yan Sanwan's expression was empty and blank, his lips were trembling, and he couldn't utter a word for a long time.

The female officer had a complex expression, knowing that the situation was over, so she didn't stay any longer.

Dou Zumao lowered his head and moved his legs quietly, away from Chen Luowu and others, and quickly drew a clear line.

"Speaking of it," Zhao Baiyu turned his head and smiled, and asked softly, "You don't have any food, can the rice shop still be open?"

How to open a rice shop without food?

Are you going to sell the Northwest Wind?

Asking people knowingly is disgusting!

Chen Luowu and others vented their anger in their hearts, their expressions were aggrieved, and they dared not meet Zhao Baiyu's eyes.

"You don't sell it, Caosi Yamen sells it." Zhao Baiyu smiled: "Every person is limited to buy one stone per day, and if more than one stone is added to the market price, 150 yuan will be added for each stone. Selling for three hundred and five, no one cheats, High quality and low price, welcome to buy anytime.”

The president of the North Chamber of Commerce finally understood what Zhao Baiyu was doing with so much food.

Entering with the left hand and pouring the right hand, going around in a circle, the grain merchant who sold it for [-] had to buy it back from Zhao Baiyu for [-]!

Of course, official grain cannot be sold. What is sold is ordinary quality grain. The market price is actually less than two hundred per shi, but now they not only have to pay a high price to buy it back, but they can't sell it to the common people at a higher price.

Because Zhao Baiyu will open a granary to adjust the price of grain!

A total of 50 shi of ordinary grain and 150 million shi of official grain were sold, which was not a big loss for the grain merchants, but for Chen Luowu, Yan Sanwan and others, it was nothing.

Counting back and forth, exhausting thinking, no loss but no gain, it hurts morale, and loses face, why bother?

Today's news got out, and most of Jiangnan knew that Jiangxi merchants had suffered a crushing defeat, and their prestige would be difficult to establish in the future.