Xie Yuan glanced at Zhao Jinxiu out of the corner of his eye and continued, "Since I've closed the sugar shop and brought back the artisans from the sugar workshop, I might as well let them try brewing wine."
"Let's think of another way, to buy some grain from the grain shops in the county!"
"Those grain shops still need to do business. If they won't sell to me, can't they sell to someone else?"
"As long as the people I find don't use the name of the Prince of Yue's Mansion, can the clerks at the grain shop identify them one by one?"
Xie Yuan deliberately spoke in a "low voice".
Zhao Jinxiu's ears twitched incessantly; she heard Xie Yuan's mutterings all over the place.
...
"Well, well! What a cunning Xie! She actually wants someone to disguise themselves and secretly buy grain?"
"She still wants to brew wine? Openly defying the imperial court's ban?!"
Madam Zheng is a typical hypocrite, the kind who allows officials to set fires while forbidding ordinary people to light lamps!
Her family could brew wine and sell it at a high price, but they would absolutely not allow other powerful and influential people in Yuezhou to get involved.
The Prince of Yue's residence is especially unacceptable!
They even wanted to use alcohol to test—no, to strangle—the Prince Yue's residence.
How could we let the Prince of Yue's mansion succeed so easily?
"Someone! Pass down the order that all grain shops in Yuezhou are prohibited from conducting large-scale transactions."
"That won't work either. Xie is extremely cunning. What if she comes up with another plan?"
"What? Purchase restrictions? Just like the candy shop at the Yue Prince's Mansion before?"
"Hmm, that's a good idea! Okay! Each person can only buy one shi of grain per day..."
As expected, Madam Zheng and Cui Boyong fell into the trap set by Xie Yuan.
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