Chapter 572

Hua Qian's reaction was completely expected by the man in Tsing Yi, so she said with a smile: "Girl, my grain price is indeed a little higher, and I don't mind if you don't buy it."

Whether you buy it or not, it is Hua Qian who suffers in the end.

Hua Qian knew about this, and so did the man in Tsing Yi.

Hua Qian wiped the tea from the corner of her mouth, and said, "Brother, your food is indeed expensive, can you make it a little cheaper?"

"This..." The man in Tsing Yi looked puzzled, as if he was thinking, but he was actually delaying the time, and the purpose was not to lower the price.

Half an hour is not long, the man in Tsing Yi can consume it, but Hua Qian can't.

Hua Qian understood what the man in Tsing Yi was thinking, and said again: "Brother, what are you thinking?"

"Girl...that's the price, you can buy it if you buy it, and I won't force you if you don't buy it." The man in Tsing Yi said calmly.

At this time, Wu Li, who was guarding the door of the private room, came in: "Master, we don't have enough time."

Hua Qian feigned surprise, "So fast!"

After finishing speaking, Hua Qian turned to look at the man in Tsing Yi, "Brother, your food... I, I bought it!"

The man in Tsing Yi showed joy, and said with a smile: "In this case, Miss, let your people come and weigh you."

"Thank you very much." Hua Qian said, looking at Wuli again: "You go to shopkeeper Li to help you weigh the grain."

Half a quarter of an hour later, Wuli came back again and said, "Master, the food is 180 six stones in total."

After hearing this, Hua Qian nodded her head lightly, but she was thinking about it in her heart.

One stone weighs 120 catties, and a bag of grain weighs that much, which amounts to 320 catties.

One tael of silver per catty would cost 320 taels of silver. This food is really expensive.

The man in Tsing Yi really came prepared. After Wuli reported the weight of the food, he said shortly after, "Girl, you can just pay me 300 taels of silver, and the 20 taels will be free."

How generous!

Hua Qian sneered in her heart, but she had a grateful expression on her face: "Then there is one more big brother."

Immediately, Hua Qian seemed to take out the banknote from her sleeve, but actually reached into the clothing cabinet and took out the banknote, counted it, and handed it to the man in Tsing Yi.

"Brother, count the numbers. If you're right, I should go back." Hua Qian urged.

The man in Tsing Yi glanced at Hua Qian, and then slowly counted the bank notes.

Twenty pieces for 1000 taels, and three pieces for 100 taels took only a while, but the man in Tsing Yi counted them three times, and he was so inseparable that he wanted to throw him out of the window.

After the third count, the man in Tsing Yi smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't match the counts the first two times, and this is the third count."

She apologized, but she couldn't suppress the excitement and pride in her eyes, Hua Qian shook her head secretly.

"It's okay, since you've counted them all, we'll take our leave." After Hua Qian finished speaking, she left in a hurry.

The man in Tsing Yi did not send them off, but stood in front of the window, watching Hua Qian and her party leave.

After leaving the town, Wu Li, who was driving, said, "Master, for the 2 taels of silver, are you really going to give them such a cheap price?"

Hua Qian, who was lying in the carriage, had a smile on her face: "This is just casting a net, don't worry, we may not necessarily be the ones who will really suffer."

Although Wu Li didn't understand, but Hua Qian said so, she naturally believed it.

When rushing back to Qingshui Village, Li Zhao was standing at the entrance of the village with a few guards, who were waiting for her.

Seeing this, Hua Qian immediately jumped out of the carriage, walked towards Li Zhao, pointed to the ox cart hired by shopkeeper Li behind the carriage, and said, "My lord, the food is all on the ox cart, you can find someone to weigh it."

Li Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly, but did not speak. He stepped forward to check the grain on the oxcart, and after finding the mark on the bag, he thought to himself: I really bought our grain!
"Come here, come and weigh the grain." Li Zhao shouted, still ignoring Hua Qian who was beside him.

After a while, the food was weighed, and when Hua Qian thought she could leave, she only heard the guard who weighed the food say: "My lord, the food is not enough, only 150 six stones."

What the hell!

Twenty shi of grain was deducted in one fell swoop. This is blatant embezzlement. This Li Zhao is really daring!
"Hua Qian, your family doesn't have enough food, I don't want to embarrass you, so let's make up with some money." Li Zhaoyi said magnanimously.

Hua Qian despised and spurned him in her heart, but she said in her mouth: "Thank you for your understanding, sir, how much money do you want to give?"

Because the village entrance was guarded by guards, the villagers did not dare to approach, so naturally they could not hear what Li Zhao and Hua Qian said.

However, the curious villagers would still keep looking towards the entrance of the village.

Li Zhao looked at his people all around, and then stretched out five fingers towards Hua Qian.

Seeing this, Hua Qian chuckled and said, "Just 50 taels, I'll give it now."

After a while, Li Zhao had an extra ingot of 50 taels of silver in his hand, but he didn't speak, but stared at Hua Qian with a gloomy expression.

"This...isn't it right for your lord to see what I do?" Hua Qian asked cautiously.

Li Zhao snorted coldly, "You're wasting my time, don't you need to express it?"

Said your sister!
Hua Qian gritted her teeth and took out another 100 taels, but unfortunately, Li Zhao was still not satisfied.

"These are only enough for the official to distribute to his subordinates to drink. Are you sending beggars away?"

Beggars are much easier to deal with than you, and they only need a steamed stuffed bun to be satisfied.

Hua Qian rolled her eyes wantonly, but she held back and stuffed another 100 taels into Li Zhao's hand.

This time, Li Zhao didn't speak, but his complexion was very bad, and he stared at Hua Qian with gloomy eyes.

Seeing this, Wu Li frowned, and was about to take a step forward, but Hua Qian stopped her behind.

Immediately, he directly took out 500 taels, thinking that this time Li Zhao should be satisfied, but no, he really is a dissatisfied vampire.

"My lord, that's all I have on me." Hua Qian said with a low eyebrow.

Although Li Zhao was not very satisfied, but thinking that Hua Qian and Mr. Han knew each other well, he felt a little apprehensive, so he snorted coldly, "Put the food into our car and go to the post station in town."

After Li Zhao left, Hua Qian paid the person who drove the ox cart to deliver food for her, and took the carriage back to Meihuaju.

When stepping into the study, Hua Qian looked back at Wuli and said, "Sister Xiaoli, go to the village and nearby villages to find out if everyone's food has been deducted a few catties."

Wuli took the order to leave and came back at Shenshi in the afternoon.

At this time, Hua Qian happened to come out from the underground secret room of the silkworm house, saw Wu Li standing in the room waiting for her, and asked, "Is the situation the same as ours?"

"Almost. As long as the rich have land, they will basically suffer a lot. Ordinary people don't have much food in their homes, and the imperial court has posted a public notice that they can buy and sell freely.

However, as long as the adults and guards who came with Li Zhao went to the village to buy grain, every household would sell some grain.

Although the amount of catties deducted is not much, but there are so many villages and towns in Fengxi City, so the amount is quite a lot. "

A catty was reported on the surface, but the actual purchased grain was more than that, and the extra grain ended up in Li Zhao's pocket.

"It's really calculating." Hua Qian sighed.

(End of this chapter)

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