Chapter 138 Scared to Pee

Yuan Baobao did not forget to look back. Seeing that there were many people following, she was also stunned for a moment.

[I am really hungry. Alas, it is not easy. ]

[There will be food in a while. ]

[Fortunately, my father and I came here quickly, otherwise, many more people would have died. ]

[Daddy is the best. He cares about the country and the people. ]

[It’s a pity that my eyesight is not good. I was deceived by a scheming woman. I didn’t know how to cherish my mother before. ]

Prince Yi was happy to hear this. The situation here is serious, but since he is here, he will definitely handle it properly.

He also received praise from his daughter, but what does the last sentence mean?

That scheming woman has been sent to the eldest prince’s house. How can the daughter still remember this?

This little girl is itchy.

Yuan Baobao suddenly felt a chill on her back, and the little girl shrank into Prince Yi's arms.

[It's so cold, there must be too many people who died of hunger, too many wronged souls.]

[How pitiful, it's a pity that it's a natural disaster, and I can't change it.]

[It would be great if it could rain soon.]

Prince Yi took Liu Quan and Ye Feng into the grain store.

The waiter saw several people coming in, all wearing coarse cloth clothes, and his eyes could hardly hide his contempt:

"What do you want to buy?"

He still asked patiently.

"What kind of grain do you have and how do you sell it?" Liu Quan asked cheerfully.

"Two taels of silver per catty of coarse grain, ten taels of silver per catty of fine grain."

(In ancient times, the unit of measurement for grain was shi. For convenience, we use the modern jin here. One shi is 120 catties, and 300 to 600 coins.)

Liu Quan was stunned when he heard the price.

Not to mention the years of famine, even in a normal good year, the price is too high for ordinary people to afford.

"Your price... is really expensive."

Liu Quan sighed and took a step back.

The faces of the people who followed behind him changed slightly. At this price, they dared not buy even if they looked up.

"Haha, is this food you are selling? Is this gold?"

Prince Yi sneered. The shopkeeper came over after hearing what he said, with an unhappy look on his face:

"My dear, what you said is wrong. Nowadays food is much more valuable than gold and silver. Food can keep you alive, but can gold and silver?"

Prince Yi sneered: "But they don't have gold and silver."

"Who can you blame? Why do some people have gold and silver but they don't? Shouldn't you look for the reason in yourself?"

"Did you work hard in the past? Did you save money diligently? If you can't make money, is it because you were lazy before?"

Liu Quan...

his eloquence is really good.

Yuan Baobao was also shocked and his eyes widened. This shopkeeper is so powerful. If it were modern times, he could be a mentor of MLM and brainwash people.

"If you don't have money, you should look for the reasons in yourself and don't blame others for everything."

"Now it's a year of famine. Everyone has no food. Only we have a little, but not much."

"It's good to have some food to sell. You are still arguing about the price."

"To put it bluntly, if you don't eat for a few days, you will starve to death. What's the point of holding all that money in your hand?"

"People are dead, so it's just a bargain for others?"

Prince Yi... has a good eloquence. It's a bit of a waste of talent to be a shopkeeper.

[This is a real orator, a master of eloquence. 】

【This shopkeeper looks less than 40 years old. If he were a diplomat and was negotiating with other countries, he would definitely be able to fool people. 】

Prince Yi... Although he didn't know how to fool him, his daughter's words really hit the nail on the head.

"The court has issued a death order before, not allowing the price of grain to rise too much."

Seeing that the prince looked unhappy, Liu Quan said:

"Three cents of grain has increased to two taels of silver. Aren't you afraid that the court will find out?"

The shopkeeper laughed:

"This is our master's order. Besides, we don't ask you to buy it. It's your freedom to buy or not."

Liu Quan... he was speechless.

"What if I have to buy the grain at the original price?" Prince Yi asked coldly, his expression turned cold. "Do

you want to force the sale?"

The shopkeeper took a step back, and eight tall and strong yamen runners gathered around. The people who followed him took a few steps back in fear, and some fell to the ground in fear. "Haha, what do you mean by forced sale?" Prince Yi sneered: "The price of this grain is too expensive, three cents a pound, not a cent more." "Boy, you are looking for death." A yamen runner stepped forward and kicked at Prince Yi. But before he got close, his body flew out, hit the wall with a bang, and fell down with a thud. "Ha, I didn't expect you to be a martial artist." Another yamen runner drew a knife and chopped at the child in Prince Yi's arms. Prince Yi raised his foot to the side and kicked again. With a snap, this yamen runner flew up like the last one, hit the other wall and fell down. However, because he had a knife in his hand, when he landed, his leg happened to hit the knife. With a scream, the yamen runner's leg was almost chopped off by his own knife. The other people saw that things were not going well, so they drew their knives and rushed up together, but before they could get close to Prince Yi, they were knocked down by Ye Feng and Liu Quan in a few moves. Yuan Baobao was stunned again. [Wow, I didn't expect that the butler uncle is also a master. ] When Liu Quan heard this, he raised his head proudly. As the butler of Prince Yi's mansion, how could he not have some skills? But before in the prince's mansion, he didn't need to take action.

"You...what do you want to do?"

The shopkeeper was so scared that he kept backing away. He didn't expect that his people were powerless in front of this man.

Who is this man?

"Do you know who is the boss behind my grain store?"

"It's the county magistrate, Lord Zhu."

"If you dare to mess around, Lord Zhu will not let you go."

The shopkeeper threatened fiercely, but Prince Yi sneered:

"He doesn't have to let me go, and I don't plan to let him go."

"In the face of natural disasters, as a parent official, not only did he not consider the people, but he also maliciously raised the price of grain. I think this county magistrate doesn't want to live."

Everyone was stunned. It seemed that the man didn't take the county magistrate seriously at all.

"Where is the account book?"

Prince Yi looked at the shopkeeper coldly. The shopkeeper shrank his neck and gritted his teeth without speaking.

"You said?"

Liu Quan pointed at a waiter, holding a small dagger in his hand and shook it in front of the waiter.

"I... I don't know..."

The dagger flew up and landed on the back of the waiter's hand.

"Ah..."

The waiter screamed in pain. The dagger directly penetrated his palm, and he jumped on the ground in pain.

The dagger flashed with cold light, and the shopkeeper's pupils shrank.

In the past, many yamen runners beat people to death, and he didn't feel anything when he saw it.

But today, it was his men, and the shopkeeper was scared to death when he saw the cold faces and the few people who didn't have any murderous aura, but were ruthless.