Chapter 193 Fame and Wealth Song

Zichuan looked confident and explained without panic:

"Why don't you tell me first, between fame and wealth, what do you want more?"

"Fame!"

As an ambitious prince, the Fourth Prince reported his result without hesitation.

"Since this is the case, let alone today's price is just doubled, the Fourth Prince's rice shop must continue to sell grain."

"Even if the grain price drops back to the normal price of one time, the Fourth Prince's rice shop still cannot be closed."

"Until all the rice in your hands is sold out."

"Why?"

The Fourth Prince didn't react at once. With this way of selling, he couldn't make much money, and where would the fame come from?

"This year, there is a bumper harvest in Jiangnan, but most of the grain has been collected clean."

"I heard that the grain merchants in previous years were not able to collect grain this year, and they were very angry and wanted to find out the people who collected grain."

In this world, money can make the devil work.

So, although the grain merchants only have money,

they relied on this money to find out that there are three big grain collectors, one is the prince, the second is the fourth prince, and the third is an unknown person.

The prince and the fourth prince are both sons of the emperor.

The people do not fight against the officials. How can the lowest-ranking grain merchants fight with the prince and the fourth prince?

Compared with the price of grain collected by the prince and the fourth prince, the price of grain merchants is much lower.

Therefore, the grain merchants want to seek justice, but they don't even have a name.

The people of the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince did not use their power to bully others. No

matter who came, they could not find any mistakes in the whole grain harvesting process.

If this matter was reported to the emperor, the emperor would still praise the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince, saying

that it was the price of grain they collected that made the people earn more money from selling grain and have more hope of survival.

After understanding all these, the grain merchants dared not speak out but could only put their heads back into their shells.

Until the snowstorm occurred, in just one night, these grain merchants were so angry that their mouths were rotten.

Because they knew that if there were no Cheng Yaojins like the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince,

how much wealth could these grain merchants who were looked down upon by others have made by taking advantage of the opportunity!

They couldn't touch the grain collected by the Crown Prince and the Fourth

Prince. But apart from the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince, weren't there two other groups of people?

If these two groups were ordinary people, they wouldn't mind buying the grain at the original price,

and just didn't blame the two groups for their rude behavior of stealing their grain.

But what made the grain merchants vomit blood was that the results of the investigation of the other two groups were still not easy to deal with.

One of the groups mixed with the Crown Prince's people when collecting grain.

It's obvious that they can touch the people protected by the Crown Prince?

No!

The last group of people, good guys, are servants of the Minister of Rites.

So, is it because of some weird luck that their grain prices are so high this year? Or are they just having some bad luck

? Those who are competing with them for grain are all powerful people, and none of them can afford to offend or take advantage of them.

What the grain merchants can’t figure out is what’s wrong this year.

They thought they could lower the grain prices by relying on the good harvest, but not only were they taken away by high officials,

but before the New Year, there was a heavy snowstorm, causing a snowstorm.

This, this, this…

Most people don’t know this news, but Song Zichuan took some trouble to find out everything.

Seeing that the Fourth Prince ignored everyone else and only focused on him,

Song Zichuan was very proud. What the ladies said was absolutely right: this opportunity is always reserved for those who are prepared.

This time, thanks to the advice of the girls, he had the opportunity to show his face in front of the Fourth Prince . He

was no longer like before, because his face was too fresh and he was not only bullied by others, but also ignored by the Fourth Prince.

Even if he was still the Fourth Prince's staff, Song Zichuan didn't want to be such an staff with no sense of existence like a shadow.

Because of this, he would never get ahead.

"The people who went to collect grain this year have special identities, and none of them are grain merchants."

"In other words, the Fourth Prince holds one-third of this year's new grain."

"What the grain merchants put out to sell has long been replaced with old grain."

"The new grain and old grain have the same price. If the people knew that it was the Fourth Prince who sold the new grain, how would they evaluate the Fourth Prince, and how would they evaluate the grain merchants?"

This question is too easy to answer.

The common people would naturally scold the grain merchants for being evil-hearted and praise the Fourth Prince for his benevolence.

"With such a snowstorm, how could the common people not understand that the grain price must rise?"

"The Fourth Prince could sell the new grain to the common people at double or even the normal price without considering his personal gains and losses."

"How could the common people remain indifferent when the Fourth Prince loves the people like his own children?"

"Song Zichuan, don't you think that what you just said was all nonsense, and none of your words were useful?"

Seeing that Song Zichuan had stolen everyone's limelight, naturally some people disliked Song Zichuan.

A man in his thirties came out. He was Yan's staff member who was favored by the Fourth Prince on weekdays.

"Officials should not compete with the people. If people knew that the Fourth Prince competed with the grain price for profit, how could we explain this to the Emperor?"

"After knowing this, the Emperor would definitely reprimand the Fourth Prince. Aren't you trying to harm the Fourth Prince?"

"No, no."

Song Zichuan put away his fan:

"Officials should not compete with the people. This also depends on the circumstances."

"What's more, there are so many shops along the streets of the capital. Which one doesn't have some power?"

"If the Fourth Prince did something that was not good for the people, then officials should not compete with the people."

"But the Fourth Prince sold grain today, which protected more civilians and caused the profiteers who sold stale grain to lose a little money."

"In this case, how can we judge it by saying that officials should not compete with the people?"

"Right."

The Fourth Prince tapped his fingers heavily on the table,

"This people should refer to the common people, not the grain merchants. If I choose one of the two, this prince will protect the common people and harm the profits of the grain merchants. My father will definitely not blame me, but will also reward me."

If Song Zichuan analyzed this matter thoroughly, the decision would no longer be difficult.

"The Fourth Prince is wise."

Song Zichuan was in high spirits after finally showing up in front of the Fourth Prince and letting the Fourth Prince officially remember him.

After waiting for so long, he finally waited for this opportunity today.

"Your name is Song Zichuan?"

As Song Zichuan thought, the Fourth Prince not only remembered his face, but also his name.

"To reply to the Fourth Prince, I am Song Zichuan, and I have only been working for the Fourth Prince for a few months."

"I am very lucky that the Fourth Prince can remember my name."

The Fourth Prince gave Song Zichuan a hand, telling him not to be polite:

"Mr. Song is very talented, and I am lucky to have Mr. Song's help."

He would definitely welcome a smart person.

Seeing that Song Zichuan had succeeded, Yan's staff was so angry that his beard was about to curl up.