Traveling through ancient times, the empress insisted on having a child with me

Ling Chuan saw that they were in a dilemma, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, sirs. This shopping voucher is valid for a long time. But I advise you not to rush to use this sugar shopping voucher to buy sugar. Keep it in your hands for a while."

Deputy Director Hu was already thinking about bringing two kilograms of sugar to taste, and he couldn't help but ask, "What does this mean?"

Ling Chuan chuckled and said, "To be honest, the quantity of this sugar is limited. It is currently sold at ten taels of silver per pound. After a while, you won't be able to buy it at this price."

Deputy Director Hu asked again: "What if we can't buy it after a while? Then shouldn't we hurry up and get the sugar?"

Deputy Tu reminded him, "This white sugar shopping voucher is equivalent to white sugar. It doesn't matter whether you bring it or not."

Ling Chuan clapped his hands: "Master Tu, you will see clearly."

He then lowered his voice and said, "Perhaps in a while, the price of sugar will increase, and you may not be able to buy it even if you have money. But it's different with sugar coupons. You can pick up the goods at any time."

Deputy Director Hu suddenly realized: "I see, I see. Then I will accept it, brother?"

"Take it, take it. It's not worth much, please don't despise it, sirs."

He said that the few people felt embarrassed not to accept the gifts, so they just thanked him and accepted them.

However, Ling Chuan added: "It is possible that this thing will increase tenfold or twentyfold in the future."

Ten taels of silver per pound of sugar is already a sky-high price, how can it be increased by ten or twenty times?

Wouldn’t that be worth one or two thousand taels of silver?

The hands of several people were still in their pockets, and they stuffed the shopping coupons deeper into their pockets after hearing what was said.

After dinner, they returned to the Investigation Bureau. Lingchuan and Duan Xifeng started to study the case again. It must be said that Duan Xifeng was quite capable in this regard. He made a decision with just a few words. There was no clue at all about the assassination of Lingchuan, so they started the investigation with the case of the Xu family of Ruyin occupying fertile land.

After all, the occupied land is not a small number, but more than 300 acres. The victim was able to submit the complaint to the Ministry of Justice, so he must have some connections. However, the victim is gone now, so we can only go to Ruyin to investigate for clues.

Duan Xifeng is a man of action. He does what he says and takes out a pen and paper to write his application, ready to set off tomorrow.

Ling Chuan quickly stopped him: "Don't worry, if it is really the Ruyin Xu family who killed people to silence them, you are just sending your head to them with those seven or eight people."

Duan Xifeng curled his lips when he heard the words "send someone's head for dead". He turned his wrist and clenched his fists, making a series of crisp sounds. "Duan has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and is skilled in archery and horse riding. I am not afraid of any villain."

"You must know that it is easy to dodge an open attack but difficult to guard against an arrow from the dark. That is someone else's territory. No matter how good you are at fighting, can you beat a hundred people by yourself?"

Duan Xifeng shook his head: "No."

"That's it." Ling Chuan said, "You have to be fully prepared."

"But what preparations can be made?"

Ling Chuan scratched his chin, and after a moment he said, "How about this, I'll go back and make some arrangements, and then send a few people to go with you to Ruyin. Then we can have two groups of people, one in the open and one in the dark. What do you think?"

Duan Xifeng clasped his fists and said, "Then I'll have to trouble Brother Ling."

After all of Ling Chuan's operations, he could finally skip work openly. He stayed in the signing room of the Investigation Bureau all day, delaying a lot of important work.

As for the sugar shopping voucher, it was just a new trick Lingchuan developed to deal with the Guangfeng.

For Lingchuan, Guangfenghao was a dealer with mature sales channels, and they could have cooperated happily with each other. However, the person behind him was Prince Ning, which made Lingchuan a little uneasy.

Prince Ning and I are definitely not on good terms. How can such an important lifeline be in Prince Ning's hands?

After returning to Yunfu Ji and counting the sugar, Ling Chuan found that there were only a little over a thousand kilograms. After a quick calculation, he told his men to hitch a mule cart to load the goods.

Lingchuan was reluctant to let this life-saving donkey pull the thousands of kilograms of sugar. These days, Lingchuan even gave the donkey a name. Because the scar on its butt was shaped like a crescent, and it was a female donkey, Lingchuan simply called it Yueyaer.

Now the cart that Yueyaer pulls has also been changed. It is a small cart that can seat two people. It is light and with the driver's seat on the front shaft, it can only seat three people at most.

When Liu Quan saw Ling Chuan delivering the goods, he was as enthusiastic as usual. He ordered people to unload the goods and served tea. After a few polite words, Ling Chuan got straight to the point.

"Manager Liu, I came here today because I have something important to tell you."

When Liu Quan saw Ling Chuan's serious look, he hurriedly said, "Mr. Ling, please speak."

"There are only 1,000 kilograms of goods here today."

"Didn't we agree on two thousand kilograms?"

"To be honest with you, Shopkeeper Liu, this 1,000 kilograms was earned through hard work. Not only that, there will only be 3,000 kilograms next month."

"This..." Liu Quan was stunned. Seeing that the profitable business was suddenly cut off, he said, "Master Ling, why is this happening?"

Ling Chuan sighed falsely: "I'm sorry I can't tell Shopkeeper Liu about this, I can only tell you that there is a problem with the supply of goods, and in the short term we won't be able to get as much as you want like before."

When Liu Quan heard this, his heart skipped a beat: "Mr. Ling, how long is the short term you are talking about?"

"At the shortest, half a year; at the longest, ..." Ling Chuan said with an embarrassed look, "To be honest, I don't know when the supply problem can be solved, but I can guarantee that the supply will never be out of stock."

"Is it really that serious?" Liu Quan was shocked. "Isn't this a way to make money going to be cut off just like that?"

Ling Chuan shrugged: "I don't want to either. You said that this money comes from, what business can compare to it."

"That's right." Liu Quan looked worried: "Then there is no other way?"

Ling Chuan sighed, and the two fell into silence for a moment, until the goods were unloaded and the clerk came to report the number. Only then did Liu Quan come back to his senses and take out the account book to check the accounts with Ling Chuan.

The account was correct, Ling Chuan stood up and was about to say goodbye, but he said: "In fact, in the sugar business, there are ways to do it even if there is no stock."

"Oh?" Liu Quan put his hand on Ling Chuan's arm and said, "Mr. Ling, please stay. We can talk it over."

Liu Quan was very clear about his own value. He had been running Guangfenghao for so many years but had not been valued by the prince. However, after only running the sugar business for more than two months, he received a reward from the prince. If he had not been doing the sugar business, how could he have received such attention from the prince?

"That's a long story." When Ling Chuan saw that Liu Quan had fallen into the trap, he started to keep him in suspense.

Liu Quan said quickly, "It's okay, it's okay, let's talk slowly, Xiao Qingzi, go and make another pot of tea."

Ling Chuan then sat down, calmly waiting for the waiter to brew another pot of tea, and then waiting for Liu Quan to pour him a cup, before he slowly spoke: "Have you ever heard of futures, Manager Liu?"