After the immortal disappeared

The guy got angry and said, "Get out! If you can't afford it, don't mess around here!"

Three kilograms of rice for ten pennies was the old almanac a month ago. How can these refugees usually fill their bellies by opening their mouths while facing the northwest? Only the nobles in Tianshui City don't know the price of rice. Are these mud-legged people worthy of it?

His attention was focused on these two people, and unexpectedly another homeless man sneaked into the back of the store, taking a cloth bag and scooping rice quietly.

He scooped up a small half of the bag, and a customer in front of him yelled. Only then did the waiter realize that he turned around and shouted, "What are you doing? Put it down!"

The refugees clutched their bags tightly and ran out.

"Stop, don't run!"

When the refugees heard this, they greased their feet and ran faster.

The two refugees who were standing in front of the shop also dispersed in a hurry.

If you can't buy food, you can only steal it. He Lingchuan shook his head. When food prices rise, the first people affected will definitely be the refugees. They have no savings and are least able to resist risks.

After returning, he ordered Yongquan Villa to purchase grain and vegetables in batches.

It’s time to stock up.

Under his intentional control, the branch of the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce in Tianshui City has always been in a state of "under preparation." Normally, it is normal for a business bank to open a storefront in the capital and prepare for several months. What's more, He Lingchuan himself was so focused on carrying out major projects for Yaoting that he even delayed the opening of his own branch. For a nice talk.

Therefore, Yanbo, the Yangshan man in charge of local affairs, was transferred to Yongquan Villa by the big boss to serve as the temporary manager. His Yangshan people were stationed in the Villa at the same time.

Yan Bo was one of the top disciples brought out by Ding Zuodong. He was neat and tidy. After arriving at Yongquan Villa, he managed the place in order within a few days.

In addition to Wan Qifeng and other benefactors in the villa, there are also nearly a thousand people under Zhao Song. This man eats horse chews and consumes a lot of grain and vegetables every day.

In fact, Yongquan Villa had inventory, but Yan Bo was busy until the evening before following the car back.

Rice, flour, oil and various easy-to-store tuber vegetables are brought into the villa one after another and stored in the cool cellar, enough to feed the entire villa for a month.

Ice charms were also posted in the cellar, and the temperature was carefully controlled.

As for fruits, there are plenty of them at Yongquan Villa, and they are picked right now and don’t have to stay overnight.

At this time, the nine hundred palace guards came in handy, because the number of thieves and refugees who coveted Yongquan Villa began to increase, and even the workers of the eastward expansion project wanted to climb over the wall and steal some food in their spare time. The guards patrolled around the villa, and actually arrested dozens of them. They did not bring them to justice, but just grabbed the whip and whipped them until their faces were covered in blood and they howled like ghosts. Then they were thrown out of the villa.

The first thing Yan Bo said when he entered the door was:

"My boss, the price of food has increased again."

"What's going on?" He Lingchuan put down the information in his hand, "Is the capital still short of food?"

"Seven or eight days ago, the villages and towns outside were a little nervous. However, the major grain stores still had stocks, and the surrounding farms also supplied grain to Tianshui City. It was a little more relaxed." Yan Bo said, "In such a large capital, hundreds of A population of 10,000 consumes an astonishing amount of food every day, and we cannot survive for long just by stocking up.”

"At least we can still buy food now." He Lingchuan said with a smile, "It's not serious."

Yan Bo said sternly: "Today's batch of grain and vegetables, I went to several chambers of commerce to buy it separately, and put your signature on it. They said that they had already received the news that grain prices were about to rise sharply, and they were all working hard. response."

He Lingchuan stroked his chin: "Oh? The news was released first? This is a brilliant move."

He also knows how to manage expectations...could this be a lesson learned from him?

"Some grain merchants have begun to hold back their grain and are reluctant to sell it. It seems that if there is a grain shortage, it will come sooner than expected."

Yan Bo also started his own business and knew very well what hoarding meant. If businessmen predict that food prices will rise sharply, they must stock up in advance, and then ordinary people will rush to buy them frantically, which will make the already tight food shortage in the market even worse.

"Store some tomorrow to be prepared." The tide is approaching, and He Lingchuan wants to sit back and watch the ebb and flow. "By the way, I need to buy more spices too."

"yes!"

…

Yan Bo had just left when a big owl flew outside, fluttered on the window sill, and called out in a characteristic sad tone: "A letter has arrived, an urgent letter has arrived from the west!"

Lingguang's scalp tightened when she heard it, and she quickly jumped over: "Give it to me."

The owl spit something into its hand:

A fat mouse.

"Hey!" Lingguang shook her hand and shook the mouse to the owl's feet.

Before the mouse landed, the owl stretched out its beak to catch it and swallowed it in one gulp: "Sorry, I spit it out by mistake."

It stretched its neck again and spit out a small metal tube: "This, this is it."

Lingguang gave it a bottle of elixir as reward, and pointed back: "There is a rat plague in the peach garden behind us, and there are litters of newborn rat cubs by the lake. Are you interested? Free treatment." "

"Yes, that's great!" You can eat these tender snacks and just squeak, and you can get them for free! The owl's eyes flashed and it fluttered towards the back of the study.

Lingguang handed the small tube to He Lingchuan, who took out a note and looked at it twice.

The smile on his face immediately disappeared.

"Wouchao!" The soul-catching mirror in his arms also saw it, and his voice rose three times, "Bai Ziqi is here!"

How many Baidu envoys are there in Lingxu City?

Only one is famous.

He Lingchuan had expected that Tiangong would send someone to track down Emperor Jiuyou, but he did not expect that the person coming would be Bai Ziqi.

"This is not fun. Why is he here?" Mirror was optimistic. "Maybe he has other business to do in the Golden Plains, not just for you."

"People like Bai Ziqi won't do easy things." There were only a few words on the note, but He Lingchuan read it carefully. "He asked about the Black Armor Army and the Rebel Army in the tavern, and hired a guide to Shizhoutou and Liuping. The direction is very clear. Those two places are where the Nine Nether Emperor first appeared in public. So-"

He concluded: "He came to find me."

"Uh!" Mirror felt his scalp tingling.

If it had a scalp.

"We do things cleanly, and it is difficult for others to trace us, but Bai Ziqi may not be." He Lingchuan rubbed his eyes. The sleepiness that had just arisen was driven away by this news, but his eyes were still sore and bitter. "They hired a guide to set off ten days ago. I don't know where they are now."

No matter how smooth the information channels he created in the Golden Plains were, they could not avoid the interference of "human" factors. Ah Hao hadn't looked at the information of the Haolin Society for half a month, and he missed such important information!

"What should we do now? What should we do! Could he have already arrived in Yao Country?" Jingzi was anxious like an ant on a hot pot. "If he went to check Shizhoutou and Liuping at the beginning, he would definitely not miss the clues of Xiaotao Villa after arriving in Yao Country!"