Happy Emperor

It was just noon.

The entrances of major grain merchants in Shengjing were in chaos.

In front of the largest Ji family store.

The queue for food was as long as a dragon, with no end in sight.

At this moment, an officer who looked like a leader, led a group of his men and swaggered into the grain store.

Upon seeing this, the grain merchant came forward immediately, with a flattering smile on his face, and bowed to the leader and asked.

"My dear gentlemen, what brings you to our shop?"

"Stop talking nonsense in front of me. If I come to the rice shop, am I going to buy rice or visit a prostitute?"

The leader was a rough-looking man who spoke in a loud voice.

After hearing this, the shop owner couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

He has the support of the Ji family and is in charge of the Ji family's rice-related business in Shengjing.

Although he was just an ordinary businessman, most third- and fourth-rank officials in the court were polite when they met him.

I didn't expect to be humiliated by a soldier today, and my face suddenly became gloomy.

He sneered and said, "How dare you act so wildly here? Do you know who is the boss behind this store?"

Before he could finish his words, the burly man grabbed his collar and lifted him up with one hand.

He cursed, "Why the hell are you wasting your time talking to me? I'm here to buy rice, not to meet your boss."

After saying that, he loosened his hands and threw the rice shop owner aside.

"Hurry up for me! Don't you see all the people waiting outside to get their rice?"

The refugees outside could see everything in the room clearly and immediately cheered.

These days they hate these profiteers because of the rising food prices.

Now seeing these people being humiliated, I feel so good.

"You, you bunch of soldier scoundrels, if I tell you my master's name, I guess you will kneel down and apologize to me immediately."

The rice shop owner hid behind his men and felt that he was doing fine again.

He shouted at the burly man.

"Isn't it just Ji Feng?" The burly man said with disdain.

"To tell you the truth, I also obeyed the Ji family a few days ago, but now I only know the emperor."

As he spoke, the burly man drew his sword and pressed it against the boss's chest.

He said viciously, "If the leader hadn't told me not to kill people easily, I would have chopped you off right now."

The rice shop owner, who was used to relying on the power of others to bully others, was suddenly less arrogant when he saw such a scene.

But he still refused to accept it. "Okay, if you have the ability, just wait. I'll go get some help and see where you are."

"Damn it, I really gave you face."

The burly man rushed to the rice shop owner and knocked him down with a slap in the face.

"I'll ask you one last time, are you going to sell this grain or not?"

"Sell, sell!" The rice shop owner was really scared at this time and replied repeatedly.

The rough man nodded with satisfaction and put the knife back to his waist.

He cursed, "You cheap bone, you must suffer a little."

Who knew that when the boss saw that his life was no longer in danger, his language started to jump out of control again.

"Ten taels a dou, how many dou can you afford?"

The rice shop owner said this, then thought for a moment and added, "No bargaining!"

The rough man was not angry at this time, although the price of rice was outrageous. He opened the door for outrageous things, which was outrageous to the extreme.

But before coming, the leader instructed us to buy as much as we could at ten taels per dou.

"Come here, bring all the silver in for me."

The burly man shouted to the outside of the door, and boxes of wooden boxes full of silver were brought in by the soldiers.

When the people in the rice shop saw it, they were stunned.

The burly man didn't have time to care about their expressions. He just spoke in a deep voice to the soldiers around him.

"Xiao Wu, take the others and keep an eye on these bastards. If they try to be sneaky, just give them a good beating. Just don't kill them."

After the burly man finished speaking, he moved a chair to the side and sat down, closing his eyes to rest.

Soon, the rice shop was bustling with activity.

All the guys were sweating profusely from exhaustion.

From time to time, he would be slapped in the face by the soldiers because the rice bucket was not full.

The accountant was clacking his abacus, and the silver piled up in the corner had formed a small mountain.

The rice shop owner was excited at first, thinking he had met a wealthy soldier.

It wasn't until he saw the food reserves in the warehouse were gradually decreasing and the long queue seemed to have no end that worry began to appear on his face again.

at the same time.

Such a scene was happening simultaneously in all the major rice shops in Shengjing. One after another, all the rice shops sold out all their stored grain.

The same situation occurred at the rice shop where the rough man was just now, when the last bag of rice was weighed.

The burly man finally woke up.

The rice shop owner came over with tea.

With a fake smile, he flattered her, "Sir, the rice in the shop is sold out. Why don't you go look somewhere else?"

At this time, the owner of the rice shop had already realized that something was wrong, and he also found out that it was the current emperor who ordered the purchase of rice.

"No rice? How can that be possible?"

The burly man spat and pointed at the refugees queuing outside the door, "Don't you see there are still people waiting to get rice?"

"But is it true that the shop has run out of rice?"

The rice shop owner was about to cry. During this period, he had sent people to the granary many times to urge the delivery of rice.

The information we have is that all the rice has been sold out and there is no more rice left.

"Don't tell me that. Go out and tell those people waiting in line to get their rice. If they believe you, I'll leave right now!"

"I......"

Looking at the refugees queuing outside, the rice shop owner really didn't have the courage to say anything.

The people have also received the news at this time that Batu and the Ji family have taken away all the grain in Shengjing’s warehouse.

"What do you mean by 'you'? If you can't find food, just wait for the people to skin you alive and eat you alive."

"I'll go get the rice myself, okay?"

Seeing that there was no other way out, the rice shop owner wanted to escape and go to Ji's house to report the matter.

"Row!"

The burly man replied with a sneer.

This is what he was waiting for. According to the above requirements, as long as the rice shop owner said this, he would be let go, and their mission would be half completed.

The rice shop owner was overjoyed. He didn't expect that the big fool in front of him would be so easy to fool.

After saying that, he turned around and left.

But he didn't expect that he had just walked out of the rice shop.

The burly man grabbed him and shouted to the refugees, "This is the rice shop owner. He's out of rice. He said he's going to get some rice. Let's line up and follow him. I hope he can get the rice back home as soon as possible."

"Good~"

"Thank you, sir! You are a great man of all times!"

"Don't thank me, thank the current emperor! All this money was paid by the emperor."

"My Holy Emperor!"

"Long live the Emperor!"

"..."

"Let's go! You probably want to go to the Ji family, right? Lead the way." The burly man said with a wicked smile.