"What!"
Everyone who was drinking happily was stunned, and Zhou Zhengan also stopped his restless hands.
Han Yuan was busy asking, "What's going on? How can food prices fall?"
Wu Shiye explained, "Not long ago, a grain store called Datong opened and sold grain at a price of sixty wen per dou."
"Sixty coins per dou?" Han Yuanzheng frowned.
"Get lost."
Han Yu also dismissed the beauties around him and asked, "What is the origin of this Datong Grain Store?"
"I don't know. I've never heard of it before."
Wu Shiye continued, "You said it belongs to the Datong Trading Company and has a royal merchant background. Oh, and... you also said that there are 400,000 dan of grain stored outside the city."
“Nonsense!”
Dong Weimin immediately said, "Last year, the annual tax rate in Ji County was only 400,000 dan..."
"Where on earth did this come from? Everyone else is raising their prices, but he's lowering them. This must be... Song Chi's doing!"
Han Yuan had a cold expression on his face. He hadn't drunk any alcohol and was very clear-headed. "Where is this grain store?"
"On Minfu Street."
"Minfu Street?"
Han Yuan was stunned. He looked at Han Yu, and the father and son exchanged a glance. "So Sun Jian owns a grain store on Minfu Street, right?"
"Yes, it's under Sun Jian's name."
Sun Jian owns a lot of land and shops, most of which are not his own, but are held on behalf of the Han family. This matter is extremely secretive and no one knows about it except a few parties involved.
Because the matter was of great importance, even after Sun Jian got into trouble, the Han family was not in a hurry to deal with it. They planned to wait until Feng Yuan was dismissed from his official position before taking it back, but now it is open!
"It's that bitch named Su!" the father and son said in unison.
Han Yuanzheng's face turned gloomy in an instant. He found that he had not only underestimated Song Chi, but also underestimated Sun Jian's widow.
The dispute over the inheritance was not between women, but she knew that Sun Jian had more property.
Song Chi had been helping this woman for another purpose. The court had handed down a verdict that Su Mingyue could inherit all of Sun Jian's estate, including those that were visible to the public and those that were shameful in secret.
This is the case with the grain shop on Minfu Street. As long as Su Mingyue goes there with the verdict, she will be the owner of the grain shop.
And there’s not just one grain shop, but also fields and real estate… everything!
The problem is, these things cannot be seen by anyone, they don’t belong to Sun Jian, or even to the Han family!
They thought that no one would know, so they just had to wait for Feng Yuan to be dismissed from office, and then Dong Weimin would be appointed as the county magistrate. They would then force Su Mingyue to adopt a son, and then get rid of Su Mingyue. In this way, they could take the property back with good reason.
But now there is a big problem.
This is even more serious than the drop in food prices!
Everyone present was considered an insider, and they could roughly tell what was going on by looking at the expressions of the Han father and son.
"Bang!"
At this moment, Han Yu suddenly picked up the wine glass beside him and smashed it directly in front of Dong Weimin. The wine glass shattered and the fragments splashed directly on his face, leaving a bloody mark.
Dong Weimin stood up in shock and asked hesitantly, "Master Han...what does this mean?"
"Ugh, if you hadn't had that problem, how could Song Chi have taken over our grain store?"
Han Yu's face was filled with anger. He knew how big the impact would be if Song Chi knew about these things. You have to know that behind Song Chi was Feng Yuan, and behind Feng Yuan was the second assistant minister, and even the second prince.
In other words, these things could definitely be reported to the capital and the imperial court!
Not to mention being discovered, any slight disturbance would be extremely detrimental to the Prime Minister.
"I..." Dong Weimin lowered his head and dared not speak. He knew what Han Yu was talking about.
As the county magistrate of Ji County for eight years, Dong Weimin has been there longer than Bai Yong. Nothing can go by his side, and he even handles many things single-handedly.
He knew who the real owner of the properties under Sun Jian's name was.
This hit woke up Zhou Zhengan, who was originally drunk. He was dissatisfied with Dong Weimin, but he had also received a lot of favors from him, so naturally he had to join in.
"Brother Han, calm down. It's just a grain store. It won't affect the overall situation."
"Um."
Han Yu took a deep breath and calmed down. "How much grain does that grain store have?"
"Three thousand shi at most."
These things were arranged by Han Yuanzheng, and he remembered them very clearly.
"Three thousand stones really can't affect anything, but I always feel something is wrong." Han Yu frowned.
Han Yuanzheng had the same idea. He remembered the confidence Song Chi had when he left, which was definitely not lost for no reason, but he couldn't think of how Song Chi could turn the situation around.
It’s just a grain store and it can’t cause any trouble.
Zhou Zhengan smiled and said, "So there are only 3,000 dan. This amount of grain won't affect the grain price at all. He's shooting himself in the foot!"
"I think it's just a desperate attempt to find a cure."
Although Zhang Wu is the gang leader, he is also very smart.
"Yes, Song Chi can't change the situation, let alone turn things around. After two days, Feng Yuan will be dismissed from his post, and everything will be back to normal."
Zhou Zhengan touched the beauty in his arms again. The woman giggled and soon turned into panting. Han Yuanzheng glanced at her and a look of disgust flashed across his face.
"It's definitely not enough for him to stabilize grain prices, unless all foreign grain merchants follow his lead and lower the price. How is that possible? Foreign grain merchants are still waiting to eat his flesh and drink his blood."
"Foreign grain merchants?"
Han Yuanzheng murmured as if he remembered something.
“Boom.”
At this moment, a loud thunder suddenly sounded outside.
Zhou Zhengan was stroking it with great enthusiasm, "Damn, you scared me."
Zhang Wu smiled and said, "It's okay. It's raining. It's the spring rain season. It's time for it to rain."
"rain?"
Han Yuanzheng stood up suddenly.
"Yeah, what happened to Young Master Han?" Everyone was a little surprised. They saw that Han Yuanzheng looked surprised and even a little panicked.
“Impossible… This is impossible!”
Han Yuanzheng turned his head to look out the window. With several loud thunders, the rain began to fall gradually heavier, hitting the window with a fierce sound. Some restless raindrops also jumped in from the open window.
His shoulders trembled at the sight of this.
"Go and close the window." A cool breeze blew in, and Zhou Zhengan felt the woman in his arms trembling a little. He was a man who was kind to women.
"Bang."
Zhang Wu stood up and closed the window with his left hand. He was missing a finger on his right hand and it was difficult for him to exert force.
This sound also woke Han Yuanzheng up.
Han Yu noticed something was wrong with his son and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Han Yuanzheng turned around and said, "Father, maybe Song Chi can really stabilize the price of grain!"
"Impossible." Han Yu shook his head. "We have four major grain merchants who are enough to hold up the price, and foreign grain merchants will not lower the price."
"Originally they wouldn't lower the price, but with the rain, who knows..."
As Han Yuanzheng finished speaking, another person came in anxiously. He was from the Han family and said, "Master, Master, another grain merchant has lowered the price!"
Upon hearing this, Han Yuanzheng's expression changed drastically.
The thing he was most worried about happened!
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