"Mother, please don't worry about me and my uncle. Right now, my uncle and I are on the same side!"
Wei Rong sighed.
"Sigh, isn't it better to just do business honestly? Why do you always have to think about making as much money as possible?"
"The family has at least several million taels of silver now. Even if they spend it all on a lavish lifestyle, it would be enough to last them ten lifetimes. Why are they still so greedy?"
"That's why you'll never get rich!" Wei Ming said.
Ye Qianqian saw all of this in her illusion.
He sighed.
"Sigh, I thought Zhou Yanyan would use some clever methods to do business, but it turns out she just wanted to use this to embezzle the imperial court's money."
"The imperial court has a lot of money, but Father Emperor isn't stupid. Why should he give it to you at ten times the price?"
Because Wei Ming hoarded goods.
Soon, rice became much less available in the market.
Ye Chen also told Ye Ling about this.
"Father, the Wei family is now stockpiling goods."
"Rice is in short supply right now, and the price has already increased fivefold. It will increase tenfold or even more in the future!"
Ye Ling nodded.
"I am not at all surprised that the Wei family would do such a thing!"
Ye Chen felt somewhat guilty.
"Father, I was also wrong. If I hadn't taken advantage of Zhou Yanyan—"
Ye Ling interrupted him.
"Chen'er, this matter has nothing to do with you, even without your entanglements with Zhou Yanyan."
"Driven by profit, the Wei family will also raise the price of rice significantly."
"I have already issued an imperial edict that no rice merchant may hoard rice."
"If I discover this, it will be a capital offense!"
"So, all we need to do now is find the location where the Wei family hoarded the goods and locate them all, then the Wei family's crimes will be confirmed! At that point, they won't be able to escape!"
Ye Chen nodded.
"But Father, the Wei family's business has grown so large, they must have some kind of collusion with court officials!"
Ye Ling nodded.
"Yes, we also need to start from within the imperial court and find the officials who are colluding with the Wei family!"
Ye Qianqian decided to investigate this matter.
She went into Wei Ming's house in secret.
I was thinking of finding the article in the ledger.
Those who collude with officials will inevitably bribe government officials.
If the ledger can be found, then there will be evidence.
However, Ye Qianqian didn't know where the ledger was.
At that very moment.
Someone is coming.
It's evening now.
Anyone who comes looking for Wei Ming at this time is definitely not looking for anything good.
Ye Qianqian soon saw a man wearing a cloak walk in.
After seeing him.
Ye Qianqian was stunned.
"The Minister of Revenue?"
After the former Minister of Revenue retired to his hometown, the newly appointed Minister of Revenue, Chen Qiang, served for less than half a year.
Ye Qianqian never expected this.
Chen Qiang was actually colluding with Wei Ming.
Ye Qianqian listened attentively.
"What brings Lord Chen here so late at night?"
"Wei Ming, I received news today that the Emperor is preparing to allow rice merchants to release grain, but they must not sell rice at more than twice the usual price."
"If you calculate it this way, you will lose a lot."
Wei Ming nodded.
"Oh? Is that really true?"
"The little eunuch by the emperor's side told me this himself, so it can't be wrong."
Wei Ming nodded.
"Perfect timing, I was just about to stock up!"
"Lord Chen, this news has come at just the right time."
Just then, Zhou Yanyan walked in.
Chen Qiang became a little nervous after seeing her.
"this--"
"Don't worry, Lord Chen, this is my niece, she's one of us."
Zhou Yanyan said.
"Lord Chen, I think we shouldn't be hoarding goods right now."
"Oh? Why?"
Ye Qianqian knew it couldn't be anything good.
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