Huang Hua said nonchalantly, "Yes, yes, that's the rule here. So, are you going to buy it or not?"
"I, I..." The man in blue panicked, unsure of what to do.
Huang Hua pressed his advantage, saying, "Our inventory is limited. If you buy it all, what will happen to the others?"
Upon hearing this, the customers in line immediately felt that Huang Hua was right, and one of them said, "Don't waste time, leave if you're not going to buy anything!"
The two gray-clad men who were with the man in blue chimed in, "They really are a big shop that bullies its customers! We're not buying anything!"
"I advise you all to leave and not patronize this unscrupulous merchant!"
The man in gray stepped out of the group and was about to leave when he saw Zhao Cheng blocking their way.
Zhao Cheng smiled kindly and said, "Don't rush off. You haven't even bought the goods yet. How are you going to explain this to your boss?"
The man in gray's expression changed slightly, but he continued walking forward, saying as he went, "I don't understand what you're saying!"
Zhao Wu, holding his knife, stood in front of the two men in gray and the man in blue.
The three men were at a loss when they saw the scar on Zhao Wu's face and his fierce eyes.
"You guys," Zhao Cheng said, pointing to the seven people standing beside him.
Upon hearing this, the seven people turned and left.
Xu An and Yu Jin suddenly appeared with their guards and blocked their way.
"Get over there! Put your hands behind your head! Crouch down!" Xu An roared.
The seven people were terrified and quickly huddled together, the ten of them crowding together.
This commotion attracted the attention of everyone queuing to buy things, and passersby also stopped to watch.
Zhao Cheng suppressed his smile, looked at them coldly, and said, "I presume you all know my identity. So guess what? If I were to suddenly kill you all, would your boss make things difficult for me afterward because of your worthless lives?"
The ten people remained silent and lowered their heads.
“So…” Zhao Cheng said in a deep voice, “Confess honestly, and I will spare your lives.”
The ten people remained silent.
Zhao Cheng sighed, turned around and said, "Take him back to the villa and kill him."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Wu drew his knife, and Yu Jin drew his sword.
"Young Master, spare my life!" The man in blue was the first to give in, his kneecaps seemingly disappearing as he abruptly knelt, crying out, "I'll talk! Don't kill me!"
Zhao Cheng didn't turn around and continued walking forward.
The man in blue crawled on his knees toward Zhao Cheng and said, "Master Tu sent me! My task today is to buy one hundred bars of soap and one hundred bottles of floral water!"
Once someone started, those behind, fearing they wouldn't be able to keep up, all knelt down and confessed.
"I was also sent here by Master Tu!"
"I was invited by Boss Lu. He told us brothers to buy as much soap and toilet water as we have!"
"Young Prime Minister, please spare me! I had no choice..."
Zhao Cheng turned around, glanced at the growing crowd of onlookers, and deliberately raised his voice, "Why did the Tu and Lu families ask you to buy so much soap and floral water?"
“They bought your stuff at market price, then took it to shops in the east of the city and sold it at half price.”
"Are they crazy with all that money?"
"I don't know the reason for that."
"Speak!" Zhao Cheng suddenly shouted.
The man in blue was the first to be frightened and quickly said, "I don't know the specific reason, I only know that Second Master Tu is deliberately trying to ruin your business..."
Zhao Cheng laughed, then ignored them, put his hands behind his back, and walked around the crowd, saying as he went, "Fellow citizens of Jiangcheng, did you all hear that? These people bought so much soap and floral water not because they really need it, but because they're deliberately targeting me!"
"The soap and toilet water business belongs to the Eastern Chamber of Commerce. I'm just here to sell immortal wine. Because I have a good relationship with the Chamber of Commerce owner, I'm helping him promote it. I thought that soap and toilet water are good products, and it would be a good thing if everyone could buy them in Jiangyang County. But our inventory is limited, and we can't sell to every citizen of Jiangcheng. I did this with good intentions, but these people! They actually want to sabotage it!"
Zhao Cheng said angrily, "The Chamber of Commerce's business is not mine. I could easily save myself the trouble and just walk away without caring about it! But what I hope for even more is that the soap and toilet water can be sold in Jiangcheng at designated locations, so that those of you who need them won't have to travel all the way to Jingdong County! But we've only just started, and these people are already disrupting the market and deliberately lowering prices, making it impossible for me to continue!"
"They bought them and sold them to you at a low price. You think you've gotten a good deal? You're sorely mistaken! The price they sold them to you is higher than our production cost! Such a price will only make the Eastern Chamber of Commerce give up selling in Jiangyang County. So you've gotten a bargain now, but you'll lose permanent convenience! Soap and toilet water are things you'll use for a long time. Don't you want your children and grandchildren to be able to use them from birth?"
"Don't you want to be able to buy it just by going out the door?"
"Don't you want to?!"
"Yes!" someone finally responded from the crowd.
Zhao Cheng shrugged and said, "I want to do that too, but someone is stopping me."
Zhao Cheng pointed at those people and said sternly, "You all heard it too, the people who stopped us were the Tu family! The Lu family! The powerful families of Jiangcheng! Why did they become powerful families? Because they are vampires who grew stronger by sucking the blood of you ordinary people!"
Someone in the crowd said, "Young Prime Minister, we understand! We support your purchase limit rule. One purchase each is enough for us!"
"Yes, we mustn't let these bastards cause trouble!"
"The Lu family and the Tu family were never good people to begin with, Young Prime Minister, I support you!"
In an instant, the crowd became agitated, and the ten people were so frightened that they trembled on the spot.
Zhao Cheng glanced at them, sneered, and said, "Aren't you leaving? Do you really want me to invite you to another courtyard?"
Upon hearing this, the ten people immediately slunk away.
Zhao Cheng gave Huang Hua a wink, and Huang Hua immediately shouted, "Alright! Those who want to buy something, line up!"
Wow!
A round of enthusiastic applause erupted from the crowd, and then everyone lined up properly.
Xu An walked over to Zhao Cheng and said, "That was so satisfying! Let's see what tricks they can pull now!"
"This is their territory, they'll definitely have more tricks up their sleeves. This is destined to be a protracted war for us," Zhao Cheng sighed, then asked, "Has Qi Bainian given us a reply yet?"
“Just thinking about it makes me angry!” Xu An snorted and said, “The prefect is so arrogant. He waited three days to finally see me. He said that the shops in the east of the city sell at lower prices than us, not higher, so it’s not like they’re competing with the people for profit. On the contrary, they’re doing charity, buying at high prices and selling at low prices, which benefits the people.”
Upon hearing this, Zhao Cheng burst into laughter.
Xu An asked suspiciously, "What are you laughing at?"
Zhao Cheng narrowed his eyes and said, "The fox's tail can't be hidden anymore. This is getting more and more interesting."
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