Imperial County Magistrate

Chapter 357
Similar to storytelling, two masters fight for days and nights, making thousands of moves.

In the eyes of a real martial artist, it is a joke. If a martial artist can kill people with one move, he will never think of using a second move.

And after hearing what Wu Qingluan said before, the man knew that his apprentice had met a master.

Because only a strong man who has killed others can intimidate his opponents with his inadvertent display of aura.

This is what is called murderous intent.

Seeing his master's serious expression, Wu Qingluan also reacted and said cautiously: "Then, master, let's not go find a place, right?"

Although she is unruly and aggressive, she is not a fool. Now she also understands the situation in various places in Qingzhou.

Suddenly a martial arts master of unknown origin appears. No one can tell what the other person is doing. It is better not to provoke such people.

The man heard this but shook his head: "This Zhao Long has to meet. No matter whether he is a friend or an enemy, it will be of no harm to the Wu family to figure it out early."

The man was thinking in his mind, now that the whole Qingzhou is affected by the disaster, not only the government, but also grain merchants from all over the country are looking at the four major families of Wu and Qin, the horse kings of Qingzhou City.

The other three families are now trying to make money, and the price of food is getting higher day by day.

The Wu family has not taken action yet and has not expressed its attitude for a long time, which has already made some people unhappy.

But if you join those people and the imperial capital thousands of miles away suddenly takes action, where will you go in the future?

The man did not believe that the imperial court would let the Qingzhou disaster victims fend for themselves.

Thinking about it, he said: "Let's not act rashly first. We will wait until your eldest sister comes back. It is also possible that the other party is just passing through Qingzhou City. Just send a few people to follow from a distance."

"Then just listen to the master." Wu Qingluan said quickly.

At this time, Zhao Kang was dragging Xiao Xuance around Qingzhou City, compared to the scene outside where hordes of victims were starving to death thousands of miles away.

This Qingzhou city is like a paradise.

Seeing Zhao Kang coming back, Xiao Xuance stepped forward and asked, "How is Old Zhao?"

"The price of rice is 25 cents per dou." Zhao Kang said quietly as he looked at the crowded rice shop.

"Fuck, these bastards really dare to raise a price!"

Xiao Xuance cursed angrily. He used to make cakes in the imperial capital and knew nothing about prices.

For 25 cents a bushel of rice, even in the imperial capital on weekdays, all you can buy is good quality rice.

But that is not the case now. You can tell by looking at the rice bags piled high, which are more than two years old at least.

The common people almost started to fight over each other.

This shows how much money the grain merchants in Qingzhou made during this period.

"The situation is much more serious than we imagined. Let's find an inn to stay in first."

Zhao Kang said, turning around and taking a look as if inadvertently, the figure of Youdao immediately hid.

He didn't care, and took Xiao Xuance to an inn, where he stayed in a medium-sized guest room for two taels of silver.

It's not just food prices that have risen due to the disaster in Qingzhou, other prices such as vegetable and oil prices are also rising, which can be said to be a chain reaction.When he came to the room, Zhao Kang poured a glass of water and took a sip. His Royal Highness asked impatiently: "Old Zhao, what should we do next after we have arrived in Qingzhou City? You can talk to me so that we can I have some confidence in my heart.”

Zhao Kang had no choice but to look at this 17-year-old child who was full of calculations: "Don't worry, I originally wanted to come to Qingzhou first to find out which businessmen are driving up food prices and how many officials are involved, so as to catch them all. .”

"That's it."

Xiao Xuance's eyes flashed with excitement and impatient, "Then what are we waiting for?"

Zhao Kang frowned and said: "But now the matter is far more serious than we thought before. We can investigate slowly, but the refugees can't wait any longer. Food prices are soaring day by day. Just like what the passerby said before, time seems to be short now." It’s nothing, but over time, the victims without food will definitely cause unrest, and people may actually die.”

Xiao Xuance nodded: "Indeed, except for the rich people in Qingzhou City, not many people in Qingzhou can afford to buy food now."

"so."

Zhao Kang smiled: "We need a big family to help us, to provide food to the people during this period, at least to stabilize the hearts of the people."

"This is not easy to find. These bastards are determined to enrich the country. How can they help us willingly?" Xiao Xuance said angrily.

Zhao Kang smiled: "That's not possible."

"How to say?"

Tapping his fingers lightly on the table, Zhao Kang said: "We just spent a long time in the city making money, and I found something interesting."

"The price of food is the same in all the rice shops in the city, but the price of food in one rice shop is different. He is not even open for business."

Xiao Xuance was stunned: "Why didn't I notice?"

Zhao Kang rolled his eyes: "Damn you, you were either looking at the girl or scolding the grain merchants along the way. If you find out, there's something wrong with you."

His Royal Highness felt embarrassed for a while, "You keep talking, keep talking."

"The rice shops of the Qin family, the Ma family, and the Wang family are all selling high-priced grains. The other smaller grain stores are also open, but only the Wu family is not. Several shops passing by are closed."

Zhao Kang clicked his tongue: "Besides, do you still remember what the old man said before? The Wu family has set up many private disaster relief porridge shacks in Qingzhou City. I went to see the seven or eight porridge shacks we passed by just now. Several of them were set up by the Wu family, the other three are just selling grain at high prices, and the remaining rice merchants are not doing this either."

Xiao Xuance understood something in his heart: "Are you saying that the Wu family is not as rich as others?"

"At least now, that's the case in Qingzhou City, but I don't know for sure. They might be selling food elsewhere."

Zhao Kang clasped his hands together: "The Wu family in Qingzhou City, together with the Qin family, Wang family, and Ma family, are the four most powerful families in Qingzhou City. At the same time, they are also the four families with the most food in the entire Qingzhou."

"According to the information I got, the head of the Wu family is a woman named Wu Xinyi. It is said that she is the most beautiful woman in Qingzhou City."

Zhao Kangxiao: "Last year, Jiangzhou was severely hit by floods. Wu Xinyi donated [-] shi of food to Jiangzhou. From the information collected from various sources, it seems that the head of the Wu family has good character and is not a profiteer who is struggling to make money for the country."

Xiao Xuance was stunned for a while: "How do you know so much?"

Zhao Kang said speechlessly: "We must be prepared when we come to Qingzhou. We just come here without knowing anything. Do we think we are here for tourism?"

"I plan to talk to the head of the Wu family to see if I can persuade her to provide food and help the people first."

(End of this chapter)