Chapter 53 Big Trouble

Back to Chen's mansion, Lin Huazhi looked like a central hospital. No wonder she felt uncomfortable. No matter how her face pretended to be nothing, there were times when she couldn't stand it for a long time.

Coincidentally, she saw Yan Shaobai coming from the corridor. She lowered her head and stood aside and said, "Sir." Then he stared straight at his feet.

Men's black-horned shoes stopped in front of her, motionless.

Yan Shaobai stood in front of her without saying anything.

I don't know how long it took until she began to feel a panic.

When he raised his eyes, he saw Yan Shaobai looking at her and slightly settled down. Lin Huazhi said, "What's wrong with you?"

"Is your body not well yet?"

"Much better."

"Don't be tired. If you can't, just rest for two days."

Yan Shaobai whispered gently, and Lin Huazhi looked on coldly. After listening to his words, she hummed for a long time.

Yan Shaobai saw this, sighed inaudiblely, and then left with his hands behind his hands.

Looking at him gradually moving away, Lin Huazhi also sighed. Her heart was still mixed, and there was a touch of bitterness at the corners of her mouth. How should she face him in the future?

......

This day, Lin Huazhi got up and found that there was a very nervous smell in the courtyard.

"Xing'er, what's wrong today?" When she had time, she grabbed Xing'er and asked quietly. After returning home that day, she was transferred from Yan Shaobai and was served by Xing'er.

Xing'er looked carefully left and right before she squeezed her mouth and said seriously, "Sister Huazhi, I heard from people outside that there is something wrong with the rice shop in the south of the city."

Lin Huazhi was stunned: "What can happen to the rice shop?"

"I heard that there is no rice for sale." Xing'er also seems to feel that this is too incredible. If the rice shop is not sold, how can it be called a rice shop?

As soon as Lin Huazhi heard that there was no rice for sale, a sense of uneasiness suddenly surged into his heart. In the past 20 years, there has been no war in the imperial court, and the supply and demand of rice and grain in various places are relatively stable. The imperial court has also established huge granaries in major state governments to stabilize grain prices. It can be said that no matter what kind of family you are, you can eat rice now. The Chen family's rice shop does not sell rice, which is definitely a big deal.

"Is it just a rice shop in the south of the city?" Lin Huazhi asked again.

Xing'er shook her head: "I'm not sure, but I heard from Sister Ruyi that several shopkeepers have come and are now gathered in the master's study."

Lin Huazhi has the worst idea. Chen's rice shop occupies more than half of the share of large and small rice shops in Jiangdongfu. It can be said that two-thirds of the people in the city use daily rice grain sold by the Chen family's rice shop. When Chen Suyue was still alive, she had never heard that there was no rice to sell in the rice shop.

This thing is vaguely strange.

Seeing that Xing'er didn't know it, Lin Huazhi thought about it and directly found Ruyi.

Ruyi did not hide it and said, "The Chen family has a total of 36 rice shops in the south of the city, but there has been no rice supply for three days. I heard that there is no supply in the official warehouse. The master is now trying to figure it out. I heard from outsiders that if the official warehouse no longer supplies rice, the rice shop in the south of the city will not sell a grain of rice tomorrow.

Hearing the news, Lin Huazhi was shocked: "Don't you want to transfer grain from the north or east of the city?"

Ruyi sighed heavily: "The official warehouse can't supply rice to the south of the city, and natural rice shops in the north and east of the city can't supply it. I think this is mysterious. If the rice shop in Chen's house is out of food, something big will definitely happen.

The official warehouse does not provide food, which means that it will cut off the living road of Chenfu Rice Restaurant, and also cut off the living road of two-thirds of the people in Jiangdong Prefecture. This is not only a big deal, but also a big trouble.

Lin Huazhi's face sank, and the official warehouse did not supply food for the Chen family, which is definitely a problem.

"What did the master say? Didn't he go to see the magistrate?"

Ruyi shook his head with a helpless face. It seemed that Yan Shaobai had not found a solution. At the same time, it also means that something really happened.

Thinking of the possible chain reaction of this incident, Lin Huazhi was uneasy and thought about it again and went to Fenghua Garden.

Du Yinglian also received the news. At this time, she also looked anxious. Seeing Lin Huazhi, she frowned and said, "Have you heard about the south of the city? This time it seems to be very serious. My brother-in-law and several shopkeepers have been staying in the study since the morning."

Lin Huazhi snorted coldly: "I haven't come up with a solution all morning. It's really useless to be a scholar."

Du Yinglian listened to this and stared at her: "Don't say that. My brother-in-law is smart, but it happened suddenly, and it's really difficult to make a decision for a while."

Lin Huazhi gave Du Yinglian a white look. Her cousin has grown up since she was a child. How can she know about this shopping mall?

After meditating for a moment, Lin Huazhi said, "This thing in the south of the city did happen a little suddenly, but it was a good opportunity for you."

"Me? What good is it for me?" Du Yinglian thought for a long time and didn't see anything good about it.

"I'll teach you a way. You can go to Yan Shaobai later. If the matter is solved, at least you will stand beside him at the first time, and he will naturally understand your kindness. If the matter is not solved, tell him the method I taught you, and you will definitely make him look at you differently.

Du Yinglian's eyes lit up and said quickly, "What's the way? Tell me quickly."

Lin Huazhi thought carefully in his heart and said, "Yan Shaobai should send someone to the magistrate now, but I don't think there should be any good news coming back. You tell Yan Shaobai to send someone to buy rice from other rice shops to fill the gap in the south of the city. Next, buy all the rice in the major towns near Jiangdongfu. Don't be afraid of spending money. Remember to buy all the rice. There are 53 counties and towns near Jiangdongfu. If there is no rice, I don't believe that the magistrate will not open the warehouse to release grain. Once the magistrate opens the warehouse, let all the rice shops of the Chen family raise the price by 50%.

Du Yinglian opened her mouth wide and looked at Lin Huazhi with an incredible face: "Price increase? You girl is crazy. Aren't you afraid that the government will handle a crime of price gouging you at that time?

"I'm afraid. However, my price increase is also forced by officials. There has been no rice in the south of the city for three days. It can be seen that the magistrate is determined to cut off the back road of the Chen family. The magistrate is unrighteous to me, so I am not kind to him. Don't forget that Chenfu Rice Shop will provide rice for how many people in Jiangdong Prefecture every day. If the road of the Chen family is broken, it will be the road of the people in Jiangdong.

Du Yinglian still couldn't understand, and Lin Huazhi was too lazy to explain, just urging her: "Go to the study to find Yan Shaobai. He knows very well what you don't understand. There are only two possibilities now. If there is really no rice in the official warehouse, if someone wants to have an accident with the Chen family. Go quickly."

At this point, Du Yinglian also understands the seriousness of the matter, and her face is also a little pale. She is not sure that Lin Huazhi's method is not. She just thinking about it, as if this is the only way at present.

cruelly, Du Yinglian stamped her feet and said, "Okay, I'll talk to my brother-in-law. If this thing is done, I will miss you well. If not... Alas, I will also admit it."

Lin Huazhi was really funny and looked at Du Yinglian: "Don't worry. After this, Yan Shaobai must be better for you than before."

Du Yinglian didn't say anything more. She raised her head and went to the East Courtyard.

And Lin Huazhi slowly frowned.

It shouldn't be this simple.