In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

"If you have rice or grain, we can give you a reasonable reduction in the amount of money you pay... If the richest man in town has 5000 shi of rice, he won't have to pay."

"The richest man in the county has 1 koku."

When Bai Lu heard this, a question immediately came to her mind. If these people paid for the food and money, then what about the richest man in Liangzhou Prefecture?

How much money does the richest man in Liangzhou Prefecture make?

But later Bai Lu found out that the richest man in the entire Liangzhou Prefecture was one of the masterminds who supported King Cheng in his rebellion.

When the imperial court rescued them later, they simply beheaded the richest man.

After King Cheng finished saying these words, he turned and left. After he left, the guards behind him took the lead in closing the door.

Lin Canghai, whom Bai Lu and the others had met before, glanced at Bai Lu and the others, then walked forward with a stern expression and guarded the door tightly with his guards.

Although they had all kinds of food in their house, there wasn't much.

The most important thing is... there is only some tea in here.

This water is not enough for so many people to drink.

In other words, if they don’t come up with a solution today, don’t come up with a solution tomorrow, and don’t pay the money... they may starve to death here the day after tomorrow.

Some of the other wealthy businessmen were wailing loudly, some were silent, some were acting crazy and laughing foolishly, and some were already busy discussing with their subordinates how to deal with the situation next.

Only Shen Congyun glanced at Bai Lu, frowned at her, and then swept his sleeves and threw all the severed fingers on the table to the ground.

Shen Congyun said impatiently: "You are really patient."

"This kind of thing is in front of you, why don't you spit it out?"

"..."

Bai Lu showed a pale smile. She had just vomited, so her complexion did not look very good.

She curled her lips at Shen Congyun, "Didn't you vomit just now? You're talking as if you didn't vomit."

Shen Congyun was silent. He frowned and said, "Alright, alright, stop talking nonsense."

"Now tell me how to solve this problem and what we can give."

Bai Lu smiled, "Of course I took it according to the standards of the town's richest man."

"You are the richest man in Xiangshan Town, and I am the richest man in Lianhua Town. Naturally, each of us will give out 5000 shi of rice."

Hearing this, Shen Congyun nodded, but didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Anyway, he has a lot of rice in his hands, definitely more than 5000 stones.

During this period, he seized the opportunity and bought a lot of things in advance, so he has quite a lot in his hands.

He had known for a long time that he was so rich that he would definitely be targeted by the rebels, so he deliberately bought some in advance.

This is not reckless, it is not just about making money, nor is it about giving food to these rebels.

......The main thing is to deliver food, you have to have food to deliver.

You know, what should those families who don’t have enough money or rice do now?

The more you have in your hands, the easier it is to negotiate.

The people below even started crying.

The people below grumbled, "I really don't have that much money at home."

"Our whole family only has this much money. Even if I sell my whole family, I still can't get this much money in a short time! What should I do?!"

"Yeah, I don't have any at home!"

"It would be fine if there was rice... I have rice at home, but it's only enough for me. I can't afford to share for others."

"Hey, which one of you has a lot of rice? Can you lend us some? We'll buy it at double the price!"

"I'll buy rice for 15 cents a pound!"

"I'll give you 20 cents! 20 cents a pound!"

"If you have any, please sell them to me quickly. Otherwise, I'm afraid we really don't know what to do."

5000 shi of rice was only worth 4000 taels of silver before, so even if the price was tripled, it would only be 1 taels of silver.

This is much less than the 4 taels of silver that the town's richest man has to pay, so some people are willing to pay three times the price to buy it.

They were discussing something there in a mess, and for a moment no one noticed Shen Congyun and Bai Lu.

Bai Lu's eyebrows jumped when she heard the unusual movement over there. At this time... could it be that this is the opportunity to take action?

No...no, she needs to wait a little longer.

She wanted to see what King Cheng wanted to do.

King Cheng invited them all over and asked people to pay special attention to himself and Shen Congyun next to him. It seems that he didn't just want these things.

At this moment, Shen Congyun suddenly looked like he was about to cry, and cried to Bai Lu, "Hey, I really can't hold it in anymore, I want to cry."

"???"

Bai Lu: “…”

Bai Lu ran to the question mark, "Don't pretend."

"I know you're calm."

Shen Congyun suddenly grabbed Bai Lu's sleeve and threw himself into Bai Lu's arms.

Taking advantage of her??? Bai Lu's brain suddenly crashed.

Then he heard Shen Congyun whispering in his ear.

"Someone is watching us."

"We should pretend to get along with them, otherwise... it will seem like we have a lot of rice and money at home."

"right."

Bai Lu's eyes lit up, and she immediately followed him, hugging each other and crying. They looked like a pair of immortal lovers.

"..."

The people watching them behind the scenes couldn't help but twitch their lips.

Lin Zanghai said to King Cheng: "Your Highness, were you overthinking before?"

"They don't look that special... They are probably just some clever people."

"They pretended to be quite calm before, but now they are crying and crying more miserably than anyone else, as if their own parents had died."

Hearing this, King Cheng was amused. He said with a smile: "Xiao Lin, you are still too young, so you don't understand."

"They are definitely very smart businessmen... Look, they are only in their early 20s, but they know so much at such a young age. It shows that they are not ordinary people."

"Moreover, the deeds of this Master Shen Congyun are extremely well-known throughout Xiangshan County. He is a ruthless man. Otherwise, how could he have secured his position as the boss?"

"And Bai Lu's Seven Fairies Milk Tea Shop suddenly appeared and became so famous in Lianhua Town. She even opened three stores in Huai County, and each store was a big hit... You can imagine that she is definitely not a simple person."

"Mr. Shen Congyun and Ms. Bai Lu are both extraordinary people who were able to research these two industries."

"Invite them both to my room in the evening. I want to talk to them alone about something."

"Yes."

......

At night, some wealthy businessmen were still helpless.

There's just not enough money.

As for another part of the wealthy businessmen, some who were lucky had rice at home, or had rice shop-related businesses...they had already planned to take out the rice.

Some even lost everything and took the money reluctantly.

Otherwise, it would take a long time for them to get the rice and money.

Right now, all the wealthy businessmen in Liangzhou are going to buy rice, so there is definitely not enough rice.

Finally, they made a rough calculation and found that there were 72 wealthy businessmen in total who would not be able to provide either money or rice tomorrow.

At most, I can only take out 3000 stones.

They cried and said, "We are so far away. We may die tomorrow."

"Yeah, yeah, how can we be so different?!"

"If we had known, we would have bought some rice earlier!"

"...It's just... I really didn't expect it."

"..."

Some wealthy businessmen have even begun to bow their heads and cry loudly.

"We used to own a rice shop, but we later sold it to someone else... We wanted to leave Liangzhou City, but it turns out that there is no way to leave!"

"Who says it isn't?"

In fact, many of these wealthy businessmen wanted to leave Liangzhou City by driving horse-drawn carriages, but they were intercepted.

Otherwise, it would not be possible to gather so many wealthy businessmen so quickly.

They cried very sadly there.

Suddenly, a wealthy businessman who looked to be in his 40s, with a round face and no beard, and very friendly, said to Bai Lu and Shen Congyun: "I heard that you two are the ones who bought several rice shops in nearby counties."

"I wonder if you two can lend me some rice?"

As he spoke, he lowered his head somewhat awkwardly and said to them sincerely: "My name is Li Ping. If you two can lend me some rice, I will definitely pay four times the price for the rice in your hands!"

"..."

When Bai Lu heard this, she was stunned and didn't say anything.

At this time, she was pretending that she didn't have much rice in her hand.

Shen Congyun looked at himself, and he was obviously in an awkward position. But in fact, only the two of them knew in their hearts... they had a lot of rice.

Right now, the reason why I don’t lend it to them is not to watch them die.

But - if they knew that I had rice in my hands, they might rush up to grab it, because when a person is in a life-and-death moment, they don't know what the situation is.

The second point is that King Cheng is watching outside.

King Cheng might have deliberately asked them to take the rice and money to see them quarrel among themselves, and finally calculate how much rice each family had in their pockets.

So Bai Lu and Shen Congyun both looked troubled and said, "We do have some spare money... but not much."

Shen Congyun nodded and said bluntly: "I only have more than 5000 dan of rice in my hand. Of these dan, I have dan, which leaves dan. Even if I sell them to a few of you... it won't be enough for the rest of you."

"With so many of you, how are we going to divide them? Won't someone still die in the end?"

"!!!"

The 72 wealthy businessmen looked at each other for the last time, then they all burst into tears and kept patting their knees.

Bai Lu also sighed and said with a sad face.

"As you know, I just opened the Seven Fairies Milk Tea Shop not long ago, so my family background is not very rich... I didn't have much money at the time, otherwise I couldn't just buy those rice shops in Huai County."

"In fact, I have already spent a lot of money to buy those rice shops in Huai County, plus some rice... In total, I only bought more than 10,000 dan of rice. This 10,000 dan of rice is only enough for me to give to one more person."

"The two of us combined can at most give it to the four richest people in the town, or the two richest people in the county."

"Tell me, with so many people, how can we give it to them? It's not that we don't want to, but we just have no other choice."

At this time, those wealthy businessmen were completely desperate.

They all sat on the ground and cried loudly.

Some people have even started talking to Bai Lu and Shen Congyun.

"Then let's draw lots."

"Whoever wins the lottery will get the rice. What do you think?"

"???"

"!!!"

"what?!"

Suddenly, some people couldn't help but jump up. He looked very rich and seemed to be the richest man in the county.

He immediately flew into a rage at the man.

"You fart!"

He then said to Bai Lu: "Lady Bai, this is not how you do business!"

"You and I are both businessmen, and we must know that profit is the most important thing! How about this, I will pay a higher price to buy the rice in your hands, what do you think?!"

He had more than 70,000 taels on hand. If he sold the house, he might still have less than 80,000 taels, but... it would still be enough to buy some rice.

Therefore, at this time, he already had hope in his heart and wanted to buy the rice from Bai Lu.

In this way, King Cheng could let him go.

Bai Lu was stunned when she heard this.

Immediately, a wealthy businessman behind him kicked him and said angrily, "Get lost! You are already over 60 years old, why are you still alive? Those cloth shops in your family...just leave them to your youngest son to inherit."

"Don't live anymore!"

"Yeah, what's the point of living! You're already over 60, so just give us this opportunity."

"We are also willing to pay a high price to buy the rice they have."

"I do too, I do too!"

"..."

The remaining 72 people started arguing about this matter.

Before they started fighting, they heard Lin Zanghai outside push the door open and say angrily.

"What are you doing? Why are you fighting?!"

As he spoke, his eyes fell directly on Bai Lu, with a warning look in his eyes that was very obvious.

"White Lady, please don't cause trouble."

"???"

Bai Lu was confused. What did it have to do with her? When did she cause any trouble?

What these people said had nothing to do with her.

After that, Lin Zanghai raised his eyebrows and said in an ambiguous tone, "Lady Bai, and Mr. Shen next to you, please pack up and follow us to His Royal Highness King Cheng in a while."