Chapter 298 Stealing the Cake

It was not easy for Zhu Congwen to secretly appropriate the food from the two granaries of the Zhu family. As soon as he moved, the second uncle of the Zhu family knew it. He was shocked when he learned that his nephew had moved two granaries.

Zhu Congwen took action very quickly. When Uncle Zhu rushed over, the granary had basically been emptied.

"Cong Wen, what are you doing?"

When Zhu Congwen saw his second uncle coming, he quickly pulled him aside and explained, but he still didn't say that he had discovered a gold mine in someone else's territory and was working hard to make the gold mine his own. He just said that he found a business opportunity and it was a sure-profit deal.

When Uncle Zhu heard this, he felt that his nephew had been deceived.

"Second uncle, although my nephew doesn't have much ability, he is not a pretentious person. He knows how much he has. If this opportunity hadn't been really good, my nephew wouldn't have dared to borrow 200,000 yuan. Let’s do it. Second uncle, just trust me once.”

After hearing this, Uncle Zhu thought for a while and realized that his nephew was indeed what he said. He had never been like this before. Perhaps, as his nephew said, he found a profitable business?

Moreover, Second Uncle Zhu felt that no matter what kind of business it was, he might lose a little in a month, but he would never lose all 200,000 taels no matter what. At worst, when the redemption time comes and my nephew can't come up with 200,000 taels, he can just supplement it and redeem the grain.

Second Uncle Zhu persuaded himself this way, but he still wanted to persuade his nephew, "Cong Wen, the price of food is obviously still going up. We can make money by holding on to the food. If we can't do it, don't do it. "

The grain was mortgaged and exchanged for 200,000 taels, which was obviously a loss.

Now the other big families in the South are very jealous of the Zhu family.

Zhu Congwen thought to himself, it’s a joke. Food prices are rising, but at a rate that can be compared to the speed at which he digs gold in a gold mine? Moreover, he must redeem the grain within a month, and the part of the premium that will increase in price will still belong to the Zhu family. He wants to eat both ends!

"Second uncle, don't worry. Don't tell the old man about this. I want to give him a surprise and let him see what his son's future is like."

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Xie Zhan ticked off each completed plan.

He kept people paying attention to Zhu Congwen's activities. When he discovered that Zhu Congwen had used grain from two granaries of the Zhu family in order to obtain the two hundred thousand taels, he frowned slightly.

After asking someone to investigate, they found out that Ji Wuyin had returned to the Southland.

At Ji Wuyin's level, his whereabouts have always been kept secret.

If Ji's business had not been involved in his plan, and if he had not kept people's attention deliberately, Ji Wuyin's secret trip to Liaodong County in private would have been unnoticed by most people.

Xie Zhan noticed something was wrong, and after digging deeper, he discovered the relationship between Ji Wuyin and Xue Xu.

This discovery was both accidental and inevitable.

As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger.

The people he had sent to Liaodong County had been collecting information on the Lu family's father and daughter.

Xue Xu doesn't get along with the Lu family and his daughter, he seems to have appeared out of nowhere. Moreover, he appeared after Lu Desheng was released. As soon as he appeared, he was the chief secretary of Hou City. This person's identity is obviously not simple.

Xue Xu's identity is not difficult to check.

Among the intelligence gathering personnel in charge of Xie Zhan was an old man from the Chen family. After he became suspicious, he sent the old man to Liaodong County. The old man from the Chen family recognized Xue Xu as their former Xue Guangxian.

He chose to launch the plan when Ji Wuyin was heading north. Firstly, it was the right time, and secondly, he wanted to drag him in when he was not prepared.

Of course, in his plan, Ji's Company was not among the prey he had to hunt. But if Ji's Company were to be stupid and let him seize the opportunity, he would not be lenient.

Now it seems that ginger is still spicy. Ji Wuyin was able to become the richest man in the South, and he was obviously more cautious than his eldest son.

Xie Zhan couldn't help feeling regretful, it would have been better if Ji Wuyin had come back two days later.

But since Ji Wuyin didn't find any loopholes, let's put it aside for now, and since he's back, it's not like he has nothing to exploit.

Xie Zhan's eyes flashed, he wrote, and slowly added a stroke to his plan.

At this time, Xie Zhan was working hard to make a cake, but he didn't know that someone had secretly eaten a piece.

Liaodong County, Houcheng, Yang Family Blacksmith Shop

In the big blacksmith's house, all seven or eight doors were open, and several stoves were burning.

On a hot day, blacksmith Xiao Yang was shirtless, swinging the hammer, banging the iron, sweat dripping down his face.

The few disciples he led, like him, did not dare to slack off.

During a break, he came to the yard, shook up a bucket of well water, took a spoonful, and drank.

But he was slapped away by Old Blacksmith Yang who came in from outside, "You are not allowed to drink the well water! Isn't there some herbal tea next to it?"

"Dad, it's cool to drink well water today." It's too hot to hit the blacksmith, and there is nothing better than a bowl of well water to quench your thirst after coming out of the blacksmith room.

Blacksmith Lao Yang glared at him, and he put down the water ladle angrily.

He used to drink well water directly. After arriving in Houcheng, his father believed Houcheng's propaganda, saying that there were bugs and viruses in the water that they could not see with the naked eye, and called on them, the people, to boil the water and drink it. , don’t drink raw water.

At first some people believed it and some didn't.

Until the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce shop opened again, this time they no longer sold cheap grains, but instead sold a kind of pagoda candy, which was said to be able to cure bugs in children's stomachs.

It is said that any child with the following symptoms can buy it and try it. For example, if the child is long-term thin, irritable, has no appetite, vomits frequently, has itchy skin, grinds teeth when sleeping, often has pain around the navel, and sometimes suddenly has cramps in the right upper abdomen. You can buy it for your child to eat. The price is not expensive, one penny per piece.

Candy that can cure insects is one penny per piece, which is indeed not expensive. Going to the pharmacy to get a prescription is much more expensive than this.

Recently, there are many opportunities to work in Houcheng, and many people who are willing to endure hardships have made money. Even those who did not make money, Houcheng is full of vitality, and the people did not feel the difficulty of making a living. Moreover, this is about children, and many people are willing to pay a penny to buy pagoda candy.

When they bought it, they found that this pagoda candy was also limited. If you want to buy pagoda candy to deworm your children, you can use the household registration book and buy it with the children's quota on it. Want to buy it for your relatives? That's fine, but the price is different. For those who are not registered in Liaodong County, they all pay five cents per piece.

The Liaodong Chamber of Commerce explained that they sell the pagoda candy for one cent, and they are losing money to their fellow villagers. But they must make money when selling it to others.

With the last low-priced grain as a foundation, the pagoda candy has been subconsciously considered a good thing by the people once it has been restricted.

Especially after the effect came out, their cognition was deepened.

The first batch of people who bought the pagoda candy gave the candy to their children.

The insect repellent effect of this pagoda candy is also very good.

The next day, many children cried and shouted for adults. The adults were also shocked when they saw the effect. Then they helped the children deal with it while communicating and sighing about the effect of the pagoda candy.

Then, many people rushed to buy medicine with their household registration books.

Thinking of certain scenes, Xiao Yang the blacksmith silently picked up a bowl of cool tea next to him and drank it closely.

Then he saw the things his father brought in and placed at his feet, and asked, "Do they need something again?"

"Yes."

"It's been so busy all day long." Little Yang muttered.

After coming to Hou Ping, the first few days were easy. I don't know why there is so much iron to forge recently? The things the other party asked for are very delicate, and he can't just hand them over to his apprentice. He has to keep an eye on the key points, and sometimes he has to do it himself.

"What are you mumbling about?" Old Yang stared at him. This idiot has no respect for his parents.

Under the pressure of his father, Little Yang hurriedly said, "Nothing to mutter! Dad, I'll take the things and make sure to get them ready as soon as possible."

Old Yang was finally satisfied.

Little Yang looked at the rolling center, gears, and bearings of the foot-operated thresher, and thought to himself, fortunately, this thing is not difficult to make, otherwise it would cost him his life to make such a large and delicate thing.

So he shouted, "Young men, get to work!"