It was dark and the rain stopped. Ji County, which had been bustling all day, finally returned to silence.

However, the Ji County government office was brightly lit, with people coming and going in an endless stream.

In the classroom.

County Magistrate Feng Yuan called a small gathering of his close associates to celebrate the success.

Yuan Wen, the head secretary of the household department, came before Song Chi and bowed and apologized, saying that he had been blind and had spoken inappropriately.

This time, Song Chi became truly famous in the county government office. Outsiders did not know the truth, but they knew it clearly.

The people did not waste their money, the grain price fell again, everyone benefited, but he was the only one who was criticized.

Feng Yuan said, "I'll post a notice tomorrow to clear your name. You can't do good things and then be criticized."

He was standing up for Song Chi.

“No need.”

Song Chi refused directly.

The clear will be clear, and the turbid will be turbid. Even if a notice is posted tomorrow, it will not change anything. Instead, it will be more like an attempt to cover up one's own mistake.

"grown ups."

At this time, Ma Cheng, the chief secretary of the clerk's office, said, "The officials who left the county government office earlier have returned. They want to see you."

"snort!"

Feng Yuan snorted coldly, "They avoided us just when we needed them. Now that food prices have stabilized, they're back again. They're fence-sitters. Get them out of here!"

"Sir, I don't think this is necessary."

Song Chi consoled him, "After this, you will have complete control over the county government. It's time to recruit new people. If you show some leniency and re-employ them, they will be even more loyal to you."

"Besides, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. It was normal for them to leave at that time."

"What you said makes sense. Then let them stay." Feng Yuan immediately changed his accent.

Seeing this scene, Ma Cheng and Yuan Wen looked at each other. Now County Magistrate Feng really obeyed the orders of Case Chief Song.

But it's normal.

The current good situation is all due to the efforts of Mr. Song.

Feng Yuan was full of energy and took full control of the county government. He could do whatever he wanted.

The situation has completely reversed.

Song Chi knew that the Han family should be the one to worry now...

The next day, although the rain stopped, the sky was still overcast and looked gray.

The rain has made grain merchants from other places miserable. They are still lowering prices, eager to get rid of their grain, and even scrambling to get it.

The price of grain has dropped to 30 wen per dou, and along with the price of grain, the price of grain seeds has also dropped. At this time, fewer people are buying grain.

This also made the grain merchants even more panicked. They rushed to sell grain at low prices, but many people were not willing to do so and they were still waiting.

Because the county government had posted a notice that it would purchase grain at a high price of 300 wen per dou.

Many grain merchants gathered at the gate of the county government office, and another notice was posted at this time.

There was only the words "supplementary explanation" written on it. That day, due to carelessness in the handwriting of the Ministry of Revenue, the original thirty cents on the posted notice were written as three hundred cents.

A new notice was added later, stating that from today onwards the county government would collect grain at a price of thirty wen per dou.

All the grain merchants almost vomited blood after seeing this notice. They thought about what excuse the county government would use to shirk responsibility, but they didn’t expect it to be “carelessness”.

Even if you want to fool people, you can't do this.

Are you treating everyone as fools?

The notice had been posted for so long that it had become widely circulated and known to everyone. When they came to me, they said it was written wrongly.

The grain merchants were naturally dissatisfied. They were already resentful and had no place to vent their anger, so they gathered at the gate of the county government and caused trouble.

Su Dahai led the constables to the door and shouted, "Are you planning a rebellion?"

This sentence made everyone afraid to speak, and then they left silently. No matter in which era, the government has absolute authority.

What's more, they are low-status businessmen, so they are bound to suffer a loss.

However, the criticism against Song Chi intensified. There was no doubt that no one else could come up with such an idea except Song Chi.

They can only move their mouths, which is the only thing they can do at the moment.

At the county government office, Luo Yurou and her bodyguard Xiaoqing also left with the crowd. "Now you understand the cleverness, right?"

"I see." Xiao Qing shook her head and said, "Song Chi is really too cunning. He has calculated everyone."

"No, he didn't scheme against the people. The price of grain has dropped, but the people are still cursing him."

He took all the blame and made those unscrupulous merchants who wanted to profit from hoarding goods pay the price. This was a chivalrous act!"

There was a gleam in Luo Yurou's eyes. She didn't expect to encounter such an interesting thing after leaving the capital.

"That County Magistrate Feng is not a decent person either. He didn't even post a notice to clear Song Chi's name." Xiaoqing complained.

"This kind of thing is hard to explain, and the more you explain, the worse it gets." Luo Yurou said, "I'm telling you, the best is yet to come."

"Is there anything else going on?"

"Why do you think this notice was posted today? It just rained, and the roads are muddy and difficult to travel. These grain merchants are trapped in Ji County. They can't easily return, and the grain can't be stored for long after being soaked by the rain. What do you think they will do?"

"Sell it at a low price, aren't they already doing that?" Xiaoqing also knew something recently.

"It's not like someone will buy if you sell it at a low price."

Luo Yurou shook her head and said, "The people of Ji County were not short of food to begin with, but now there is too much food, and they can only sell it at a low price."

"Isn't this a loss?"

"It's better to lose money than to lose everything."

Luo Yurou exclaimed: "This trick of trapping is really too clever."

Looking at her young lady's expression, Xiaoqing asked, "But I've never seen you so interested in a man before."

"Fourth girl, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"Miss, are you feeling amorous?" Xiaoqing had been with Luo Yurou for a long time, so she spoke more casually.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Luo Yurou was not angry, "I do think Song Chi is interesting."

"With so many young talents in the capital, isn't there a single lady who's interested in you?"

"No, they are so stupid. They all think I am an ignorant little white rabbit who knows nothing about the world. It is really ridiculous."

Xiaoqing remained silent.

Miss Beijing does not behave like this. In the eyes of many people, she is just a naive girl who is well protected by her father. In fact, those people don’t know at all that this is the lady’s disguise.

"Would you like to find an opportunity to meet Song Chi?" Xiaoqing saw that the young lady was rarely so interested.

"We've been following him quietly these past two days. I think someone is going to do something to him."

"You said someone wanted to kill him?"

"Yeah." Luo Yurou said calmly: "A smart person like him, if he lives, he will be a threat to others..."

The master and servant ended their conversation.

On the other hand, Datong Grain Store also announced in time that it would stop selling grain and instead switch to purchasing grain.

Because foreign grain merchants are stranded, in order to alleviate the urgent needs of friendly merchants, we will purchase grain at the price of 35 per dou, and only 5,000 shi per day, until the grain is collected!

When the news spread, grain merchants left.

"Master, this is what happened today." The servant reported the news outside in detail.

Han Yuanzheng slammed the table in anger, "Everyone lost money, only he made a lot of money!"