After the uncle and nephew decided on a place to store the grain, Lin Feng would return to the shop.

Li Yan first asked her uncle who was about to leave to wait for her for a while, ran back home to put the silver bill in her pocket, and then followed her uncle to the market.

When Li Yan walked into the shop, her cousin and his family had just finished unloading the goods.

Seeing Zhao Da about to drive away, Li Yan hurriedly called him to stop, "Uncle Zhao, please wait a moment. I have to go back soon."

Zhao Da immediately stopped his mule upon hearing this and said, "Miss, go and do whatever you want. I'll be waiting here!"

Li Jianmin saw his sister following closely behind him and asked, "Why are you here now? What happened?"

"It's nothing serious. I'm going to look for Qin Yue later and ask him to help find a craftsman. I'll go next door and ask if he's there." After saying that, he walked out of the snack shop and went to the Yuelai Inn next door.

When Shopkeeper Qin saw that it was Li Yan looking for their young master, he quickly pointed to the grain shop across the street and said, "The young master is at the grain shop right now. You can go over there and take a look."

Li Yan nodded, thanked him, and walked towards the grain shop.

At this time, Qin Yue was sitting behind the desk, looking at the accounts sent from the south, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.

The income from selling ice in the capital alone was tens of thousands of taels of silver, not including the profit from selling noodles and the money earned in Jiangnan and other places.

Qin Yue put down the accounts in his hand and said to the shopkeeper, "I have asked people to transfer the money earned by the shops in the capital and Jiangnan to here. After the summer harvest is over, you just need to collect grain from the people!"

The grain shop owner thought for a moment and asked, "From what I've heard, many grain shops in the city seem to have colluded with each other. They plan to lower the price and buy grain from the people."

Qin Yue snorted. These profiteers were just relying on the silver in their hands. The people had to sell their only valuable grain in order to pay taxes!

These people's wishful thinking is indeed very loud, he wants to see if they can still fulfill their wish this year.

Now that he had earned some money and felt confident, Qin Yue smiled sarcastically, "That's perfect! I was just worried that the food we purchased this summer wouldn't be enough. You can buy food from the people at the normal price of previous years!"

The shopkeeper bowed in response when he heard this.

At this time, the boy outside the door came to report, "Sir, Miss Li is here!"

After hearing this, Qin Yue hurriedly asked someone to invite her in.

The two greeted each other and sat down. The shopkeeper quickly made a cup of tea for Li Yan.

Li Yan did not beat around the bush and directly stated her purpose. She told Qin Yue about how she had found someone to build a secret door in the cave.

"I was thinking of using it to store some food. My dear Master, you know that I have a family with many elderly and young children, so I have to make more preparations!"

Li Yan spoke frankly, with no intention of hiding anything, because she knew that since she had troubled him, she could not hide this matter from him. Instead of trying to hide it and appear petty, it would be better to show weakness and tell the truth.

Qin Yue couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "Why are you thinking of hoarding food for no reason?"

"I heard from my father that the Emperor is ill, and I'm worried about chaos. People's hearts are unpredictable, and if panic breaks out, food prices will be the first to be affected. Rather than being completely in the dark when the time comes, it's better to make more preparations now and stockpile some food. I just want peace of mind!"

The shopkeeper standing by couldn't help shaking his hands as he poured tea after hearing what Li Yan said. This girl really dares to say anything to others!

Li Yan's words were both straightforward and bold.

After she finished speaking, her pair of bright eyes stared straight at Qin Yue, trying to find some clues from his face.

Her source of information was still too isolated, so she wanted to test Qin Yue's reaction through what she had just said.

Qin Yue looked at Li Yan with sharp eyes for a long while.

He looked at the bold girl in front of him. She didn't seem to be afraid at all that he was an outsider, and she even wanted to find out about the current situation in the court from him!

He suddenly withdrew his gaze, picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip of tea, and reminded her lightly: "Miss Li, be careful with your words, or you may cause trouble."

Li Yan didn't see any clues from Qin Yue's expression. She withdrew her gaze from him and winked mischievously, "I didn't treat Mr. Qin as an outsider. I thought we were already partners."

Li Yan’s meaning is very clear. We are all family. Do we need to be so cautious when talking to each other?

Qin Yue was pleased by Li Yan's words. He was in a good mood and did not pursue Li Yan's previous outrageous remarks. Instead, he said: "I will send the manpower you need as soon as possible!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yan hurriedly thanked him.

It doesn't matter if she can't find out the news, as long as she can achieve the purpose of her trip.

When Li Yan stood up to say goodbye, Qin Yue remembered what he promised her last time and said, "I have found the three sets of engravings you mentioned last time. They are now in this shop. Remember to take them back when you go back!" After that, he waved his hand and asked the shopkeeper to prepare them.

Li Yan was very happy. With the woodblock, once her paper was made, every child would soon have a textbook.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Qin. I wonder how much this engraving costs?"

Qin Yue waved his hand nonchalantly, "They are just ordinary items, not worth anything, just take them!"

Compared with the ice-making method and the sketches she gave herself for making a pasta machine, her three sets of engravings were not good enough.

Since he said so, Li Yan happily thanked him!

Seeing that she didn't refuse, Qin Yue continued, "As for the two embroiderers you asked for, they are already on their way and will arrive in Rongcheng soon!"

After hearing this, Li Yan felt better. She hurriedly thanked Qin Yue. These skilled talents were not something a small peasant girl like her could hire. The thigh she had clung to was still useful!

After bidding farewell to Qin Yue, Li Yan walked out of the tea room. The shopkeeper immediately came up to her and asked, "Miss, take a look at these engravings. Do you want us to help you send them back?"

Li Yan looked at the pile of carved blocks placed in front of the door and thought that she couldn't take them back by herself. She thought for a while and said, "Boss, I'll go back and drive the car first, and I'll be back in a while!" After that, she went directly to the shop opposite.

Li Yan walked into the shop and greeted her cousin, then asked Zhao Da to drive to the grain shop opposite.

After loading the carved plates onto the truck, Li Yan said goodbye to the shopkeeper and asked Zhao Da to go to the money shop again.

After exchanging all the banknotes for a bulging bag of silver, the two of them left the city and headed home.

This money was used by Li Yan to buy food.

If the big grain merchants continue to suppress grain prices this year, she will buy grain from the villagers at normal prices. In this way, the villagers will have tax silver and the grain they want to store.