Although Wang's rice shop sells rice at high prices, he hasn't even broken even in the first few days, let alone recouped his investment. He hasn't even had time to pay back the money he owes to other grain shops!
Moreover, Manager Wang borrowed a lot of money from the money shop to buy all the grain in Ruzhou. He could not rush to pay back the debts owed to other grain shops, but he had to be anxious about the money shop's debts!
It turns out that Manager Wang had promised high interest rates in order to borrow more money from the bank, which is why he kept raising rice prices; otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to pay back the interest!
So if the people don't buy rice from Wang's rice shop for even a day, Manager Wang gets extremely anxious. If they don't buy for four or five days, he can't even afford the high interest generated by the money exchange.
The outcome is predictable: Manager Wang will eventually be unable to hold on and will actively seek other grain shops to take over the rice piled up in his warehouse. At that time, other grain shops will be able to buy up Wang's rice at extremely low prices—you can choose not to sell, but the ever-increasing profits will be a challenge to bear!
Therefore, all that awaited Manager Wang was to lose money!
Jing Zhe was happy with this outcome. He hated those who profited from the national crisis the most. If they didn't suffer losses, who would?
Jing Zhe then went to inspect the newspaper office and Wenxiangju, and then visited the Zhou family. Although Zhou Ziqiong was not in Ruzhou, Jing Zhe should still visit the Zhou family, otherwise people would gossip.
I was busy all day, but everything went as usual.
The next morning at breakfast, Yu Li said, "President Jing, don't you think something seems a bit strange?"
Jing Zhe took a sip of porridge and then asked, "What's so strange about it?"
"Although President Jing and King Kadan of the Western Frontier had agreed to deliberately lure the Prince of Jin into rebellion, I heard that Kadan did not bring many heavy cavalry regiments from the Western Frontier. The majority of their troops came from Jinxi, far exceeding the garrison of Ruzhou."
At this point, Yu Li glanced at Jing Zhe: "Yet His Majesty didn't send a single soldier, not even the soldiers from other neighboring cities to help. Isn't that...?"
"Isn't that a bit too presumptuous?"
Jing Zhe asked.
Yu Li himself would naturally not dare to say this, but since Jing Zhe said it, he nodded.
Jing Zhe laughed and said, "I actually thought about Governor Yu's idea when I first came to Ruzhou. But then I thought, maybe His Majesty did this on purpose to let Prince Jin know that His Majesty doesn't value him at all! Although there are many rebels in Jinxi, to me they are just a bunch of shrimp soldiers and crab generals, scattered soldiers and generals! They say to capture the king first, so when I kill Prince Jin first, do you think these rebels will have much fighting power left?"
After listening, Yu Li thought about it and realized it made sense. These Jinxi rebels obeyed the orders of Prince Jin. As long as Prince Jin died, they would scatter like monkeys falling from a tree, posing no threat to them at all.
As for whether Jing Zhe could kill the Prince of Jin... Yu Li never doubted this. Just based on the fact that Jing Zhe only took half a day to fly from Jiangling to Ruzhou, he was more than capable of killing the Prince of Jin. In fact, Jing Zhe could have killed him back in Jinxi, but at that time he had no legitimate reason to do so.
Now that the Prince of Jin has rebelled, it is perfectly reasonable for Jing Zhe to kill the Prince of Jin under the pretext of quelling the war, having received an imperial order.
However, Yu Li was still worried: "President Jing, there is one more thing. As I told you before, I have been keeping in touch with my brother by letter, but since the news of the Prince of Jin's rebellion came, I have written several letters, but my brother has not replied to a single one, which makes me a little worried."
"..."
Jing Zhe was also stunned when he heard this. He knew who Yu Li's brother was. Logically speaking, although the Prince of Jin had betrayed the emperor, Emperor An had been staying in Jingzhou, so there should have been no problem with the Duke of Yu. Why had there been no reply?
For Jing Zhe, what he was more worried about was the daughter of the Duke of Yu, the adorable Yu Xiangrong, but at this moment, he could not show his worries.
"Is Governor Yu being too suspicious? The journey from Jingzhou to Ruzhou is already long, and letters are slow to arrive. Perhaps something went wrong during transit? Let's wait a little longer; perhaps Duke Yu's reply will arrive in less than two days!"
Yu Li nodded; that was the only way he could think of it.
The two then made further arrangements, mainly to gather all the garrison troops of Ruzhou around the city walls. Jing Zhe felt that the probability of the Ruzhou garrison troops participating in the battle was very small, because he only needed to take action himself. However, to be on the safe side, they still made arrangements in advance.
On the third night, Jing Zhe returned to his room early.
According to the information Yu Li sent to gather, the Jinxi rebels would arrive on the streets outside Ruzhou City early tomorrow morning. Jing Zhe planned to rest early and wait there tomorrow to personally kill the Prince of Jin.
He was just about to go to sleep when he suddenly heard a rustling sound outside the door.
The man immediately stood up, and as soon as he opened the door, a slender, black figure lunged at him.
"flourishing?"
Upon recognizing the other person, Jing Zhe exclaimed in surprise, but Qiu Qianqian did not answer him and fainted immediately.
Jing Zhe quickly helped her onto the bed. Qiu Qianqian's black clothes were soaked in blood, her face was pale, and there was blood at the corner of her mouth. Jing Zhe felt both heartache and anger. He didn't have time to think and quickly checked her injuries. What he saw shocked him once again!
After entering the Grandmaster realm, many things became second nature to Jing Zhe. For example, he simply placed his hand on Qiu Qianqian's arm and quickly discovered that the reason Qiu Qianqian was so badly injured was because someone had used internal energy to break her meridians!
This meridian is not the kind of blood vessel that Jing Zhe originally knew, but something unique to martial artists in this era. To cultivate internal strength, one must open up the eight extraordinary meridians.
If the meridians are severed, it means that all internal energy is lost. If they cannot be reconnected immediately, and cannot be reconnected later, then one will become like an ordinary person, and all those years of martial arts training will have been in vain!
Jing Zhe didn't know what Qiu Qianqian had gone through during this time, but he figured out one thing: why Qiu Qianqian hadn't written to him during this period. It was probably because her previous tipping off Jing Zhe had been discovered, so the Qingyang Sect Leader lost faith in her, directly shattered her meridians, and locked her up!
Qiu Qianqian somehow managed to escape to him, and it was fortunate that she was able to find him.
Jing Zhe gently stroked Qiu Qianqian's pale cheek, which was still stained with blood, and lowered his head to kiss her forehead.
"Qianqian, I'm so sorry you've suffered!"
For the woman he loved most, Jing Zhe naturally wanted to help her reconnect her meridians and restore her to her original state.
"Qianqian, don't worry. When I go to kill Prince Jin tomorrow, I'll also kill that old dog Qingyang to avenge you!"
After Jing Zhe finished speaking, he began to treat Qiu Qianqian's injuries.
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