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Chapter 59 He's Still So Enthusiastic (Please vote!)

On the third floor of Yuanming Building, there is a box without windows.

The serving maid came in and out lightly, not daring to disturb the silent businessmen from other places in the box.

All dishes.

The door was shut tightly from the outside.

The box was silent.

A round table with a wide variety of dishes.

The guests sitting around the table stared at the delicacies, but no one was the first to move their chopsticks.

The maids around them who were arranged by the restaurant to accompany them didn't dare to help them with food, let alone say sweet words to warm up the scene.

The atmosphere gradually solidified.

Until today, Wang Caozhi, who is the host, put on a smile on his face, stood up and raised his glass as a signal. He barely got to know him and said, "Hurry up, everyone, it's getting cold, don't waste the food."

"Right now the most important thing in Dragon City is food, so is it necessary to save money?" Shopkeeper Ma said coldly.

The air was suddenly silent.

Including Wang Caozhi, who looked embarrassed, the sixteen grain merchants remained silent, their faces becoming solemn and depressed.

These days, their moods are just like the price of food, rising and falling.

I thought that even if Jiangzhou was not a dining table, it was also a breakfast stand, and I could leave at any time after a bite.

But they never expected that this place is actually a trap that is carefully planned to take advantage of their greedy desires!

It's still the kind of closed doors and dogs!
Damn, a disaster-stricken small county in an unremarkable small state in Jiangnan Road, can still do such a hard work?Can there be such an expert in a small place?

The truth is a bit too much.

Everyone cursed in their hearts.

That's right, after these days of calmness and witnessing the strange trend of the situation, all the grain merchants have reacted one by one. If anyone still believes in the young county magistrate with an honest and sincere smile, then don't sit here to eat Yes, next time I will sit at the children's table.

But even knowing this, Wang Caozhi and other grain merchants still couldn't help but feel a little bitter in their mouths.

This Longcheng County is a bureau where people gather at the right time and place.

At the beginning, they were counting, pretending to be hospitable, and then they acted as dealers, and ended up in person, how can this be played?

Especially in this kind of southern states and counties where the group is exclusive and the country is conservative, it is difficult for the strong dragon to overwhelm the local snake.

And the most important thing is that they themselves can leave Dragon City at any time, but the most precious food is locked here.

ruthless.

This cheap brother-in-law is cruel enough!

Thinking of the things that happened these days, Wang Caozhi couldn't help but wipe his face with the hot towel he used to wipe his hands before meals, and threw it to Hu Ji, who was drinking with him behind him.

In fact, he should have been alert a long time ago, especially when he first went ashore in Longcheng and met that sister Ling Jiang at the door of this restaurant, he should have thought that the new county magistrate who could let a noble daughter of the Xie family follow him should not be The simple little white rabbit might be the personal disciple that Uncle Xie Xun valued...

The short young man was extremely regretful.

Shopkeeper Ma waved his hands irritably: "You all go out, don't get in the way here."

"Here."

The sixteen wine girls who accompanied the guests in the box bowed their eyebrows and left the venue one after another.

It is reasonable to talk about things after eating, but right now, tens of thousands of grains are in danger every second, and all the grain merchants are not in the mood to eat at all...

Wang Caozhi glanced at the tall slender orchid who was retreating beside him. He specially picked it to accompany the drink, not because Wang Caozhi liked this exotic style, but to take care of this orchid's business.

It was the first time he met Sister Ling Jiang in Yuanming Building. The latter came to visit this tall orchid. The orchid's full name seems to be "Zhiying". Later, Sister Ling Jiang seemed to come to her often. , recently seems to be discussing to redeem her...

In fact, Wang Caozhi didn't appreciate this kind of Hu Feng at all, and even thought it was ugly. Maybe in the northern part of the empire and Guanlong, there were Hu people living together, and the cultural atmosphere was relatively open, but in the south, the local aristocratic families The clan is powerful, its aesthetics tend to be traditional, and its atmosphere is very conservative.

What's more, Wang Caozhi was born in the Langya Wang family who valued Chinese clothes. He reckoned that if he dared to bring Hu Nu back to the family, even if he was just a concubine, at least one of his three legs would have to be broken.

So two days ago, when I heard that the cheap brother-in-law not only bought a bearded girl, but also had white hair, Wang Caozhi was in awe, admiring him like a surging river...

The compartment door was closed again.

The oppressive atmosphere in the room relaxed a little.

Wang Caozhi glanced around silently.

Some grain merchants were frowning.

Some grain merchants looked hopeless.

There were also grain merchants with angry faces, got up and wandered around the house.

"Shopkeeper Wang Shao took the trouble to choose this box. He deliberately chose a windowless one. Is it possible that some of us might not want to jump in?"

I haven't seen him for a few days, shopkeeper Li's face is much older, and the smile he squeezed out is a little tired, so he joked.

Wang Caozhi spread his hands helplessly: "If you don't think of a way, there will be a queue on the roof."

The short young man looked a little tired, and said to his fellow merchants:
"Seniors must have understood the current situation, so I invite you to this meal to let you put aside the past and restore unity temporarily. We can no longer be scattered into a mess, or we will all have to fly downstairs in the end. ... If you have any ideas, you can come up with them, and we can discuss them together."

"Have a fart idea!"

Shopkeeper Ma kept walking around the house, turning his head irritable.

This tall, middle-aged shopkeeper is no longer as leisurely as he was when he was lightly twisting the beads. Now he has two big dark circles under his eyes, and he seems to have not slept for two days and two nights. He looks like a patient with advanced anxiety.

His face was ashen, and he gritted his teeth: "Find out the rats who violated the agreement and secretly released food at a low price, and still have no energy to do business? Unite, group ass!"

Wang Caozhi and the others had ugly faces, their eyes wandered around, and they were speechless in embarrassment.

Only [-] grain merchants came to the meeting today, because two small grain merchants had sold out all their grain at low prices a few days ago, and sneaked away by boat. Everyone only found out this morning.

However, these two small grain merchant ships are small enough to turn around, and the remaining grain merchants have a lot of grain, especially Wang Caozhi, shopkeeper Ma, and shopkeeper Li, who have the most grain in the dock warehouse, with a total of 10,000+ shi. Daily warehouse management fees and anti-corruption fees are a lot of money.

And the price of food in Longcheng, after the impact of the "five qian grain", has plummeted to seven or eight qian a bucket, and even the victims were silent and crying.

What's more, this is not the end, it's just the beginning.

"At this point, what's the use of talking about it, even if it's found out, it's nothing more than increasing infighting..."

Wang Caozhi shook his head, then sighed:

"Almost everyone in Longcheng County now knows that we have more than 20 grains in storage, and they are all waiting for us to reduce the price. Now that it has entered the rainy season, the grains will be stale, and there is not much to consume... Food prices are not stable."

Shopkeeper Li cried, "Then what should we do? We can't just let the food go stale and become worthless. Let it go to grandma's house."

Wang Caozhi raised his head and said seriously: "We have to start from the root cause, otherwise everything else will be useless."

The blue veins on the shopkeeper's forehead twitched, "The root cause? It's not like you didn't see the attitude of the Longcheng county government. The whole **** is a master of Tai Chi, kicking us around like footballs! Damn it, if If you dare to do this in Jinling, I... I will be smashed!"

Wang Caozhi hurriedly got up to stop the horse shopkeeper who was about to kick the stool and punch the flower plate.

Everyone was speechless, it's useless for you to be a "box warrior" in front of us, do you dare to smash it in front of the young county magistrate and the blue-clothed policeman?

A young grain merchant with a round face muttered, "Do you want to ask the magistrate of Ouyang County?"

Everyone was silent for a while, and their eyes communicated silently everywhere.

Shopkeeper Li shook his head and said bitterly:

"It's useless. The old man has figured it out these days. This county magistrate of Ouyang, who loves the people like a son, is also pretending to be confused... All of this is probably arranged by him. The Yan catcher should have listened to him, and even It could be said that the official seals sent from Jiangzhou are all..."

The goatee old grain merchant paused, sighing as he looked at the delicious food on the table.

The round-faced little grain merchant continued to shake his head:
"I understand. But the King of Hades is easy to see, and the little devil is difficult to deal with. What can we do if we are trapped in Longcheng County? Without a solid background, it is very difficult for Shang to win against officials...Let's admit it and go give it to him." The magistrate of Ouyang County admits that he is a coward, shows his sincerity, and sees if he can pay a toll, or give some 'souvenir products', so that we can get rid of the disaster and leave."

Another small grain merchant's face suddenly hurt:

"Why do you have to pay... The price of food has fallen like this, and all the profits I made before have been vomited out, and a large sum of money has been paid..."

The round-faced little grain merchant said coldly:

"Then what do you think we should do? It is the Longcheng Yamen that got us stuck in this bureau. This is the root cause. The county magistrate is the key inside. If you don't take money to open the way, why should they remove the knife that bleeds your neck? In fact, we You should have thought of this, wasted so much time and lost so much food."

"No, no, I mean, how about another way...send some beauties to Ouyang county magistrate?"

Wang Caozhi and several grain merchants shook their heads together: "It won't work, Ouyang county magistrate is not close to women!"

"Then he likes names? Then let's weave a few Wanmin umbrellas and send them to the gate of the county government."

Wang Caozhi shook his head, "He seems to attach great importance to disasters and floods, and has always been short of food."

Shopkeeper Li stared, "Then we can't donate all the food, we might as well sell it cheap!"

The horse shopkeeper blushed and slapped the table:
"It's a big deal to fight him. I, Ma, don't sell it cheaply, and I don't need him to burn it. Ma will do it by himself! I would rather burn the white rice than give it to these poor ghosts for nothing!"

"Horse shopkeeper, be safe and don't be impatient, be safe and don't be impatient..."

Shopkeeper Li and others hurriedly persuaded them.

A small grain merchant couldn't help but take the lead in urging Wang Caozhi:

"Shopkeeper Wang Shao, isn't Ouyang county magistrate your brother-in-law? You can intercede and see if you can find out what the county magistrate wants. Don't worry about whether it's an open robbery or not. You have to leak something, right?"

"Yes, if you can't do it, you can go to that sister Xie's family to intercede, and blow the pillow wind."

Wang Caozhi blushed suddenly, and he didn't know whether his colleagues were mocking him or if he was serious...Actually, he often went to Xie Lingjiang to talk to him, but the latter would just ignore him.

"Ahem, my brother-in-law... is more stern and selfless, he is a righteous gentleman, and it is difficult for me."

The short young man sighed, and found another topic: "But yesterday evening, I went to the county government to see my brother-in-law."

Everyone fell silent immediately, and listened to each other: "What did the county magistrate say?"

Wang Caozhi nodded:
"He said... everyone is a visitor from afar, doing business in Longcheng, and the county government will help if he can... He also said that he has heard about the recent food prices, let me go back first, he said this Give us an answer in a few days."

There were also a few small grain merchants in the box who were also stunned and said: "We went to the county magistrate the day before yesterday, and the county magistrate told us the same thing, let us be calm and calm, and help if the county government can help..."

Everyone's faces were filled with disappointment.

"Help me!" The horse shopkeeper's eyes were red, as if he had been severely trampled by a scumbag, he gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't it just delaying time and watching the price of grain drop to the bottom? Who doesn't know what their county government is thinking?"

The atmosphere in the box fell into silence again. Everyone was helpless, with different faces. The horse shopkeeper stopped and turned around, facing the crowd, gnashing his teeth and wanting to speak.

At this moment, the door knocked suddenly, breaking the silence. Everyone turned their heads to see a young boy in gray clothes came in, rushed to shopkeeper Li, and whispered a few words.

Shopkeeper Li was startled when he heard that.

Wang Caozhi and others worriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

Shopkeeper Li's eyes revealed an unbelievable look:
"The magistrate of Ouyang County sent someone to tell me that all the food that the old man had been robbed by the refugees in the suburbs has been recovered... let the old man find time to go and collect it."

"Have they all been found? Are they true or false? Aren't those police officers fooling us and really handling the case?" Everyone was amazed.

"More than that, there is one more thing..." Shopkeeper Li swallowed and said:

"The county magistrate invited sixteen of our grain merchants to discuss matters in the lobby of the county government this afternoon. He said that he and the county government will give a satisfactory explanation for the difficulties encountered by the county's grain merchants!"

Everyone looked at each other.

This Ouyang county magistrate...why is he still so enthusiastic?
(End of this chapter)