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For the next two days, He Xianzhi continued to transport grain into the warehouse.

Rumors circulated in the city that Jubao Pavilion had stockpiled more than a million catties of grain.

As for what Jubao Pavilion was planning to do with all this grain that it suddenly brought in, there were many different opinions in the city.

Some say that the He family transported all their grain here, and they might be moving their entire family to Luyang County.

Some say that the He family's antique business is not doing well, and they need to make a profit from the grain business to make up for the losses.

In short, the sudden hoarding of so much grain by Jubao Pavilion brought some new hope to Luyang County, which was already on the verge of running out of food.

If Jubao Pavilion really wants to sell grain, no matter how expensive it is, at least it will give city dwellers a way to buy grain.

After the million catties of grain were stockpiled, a notice was hung in front of Jubaoge.

The content is that Jubaoge will suspend its jade gambling and antique business tomorrow and will sell one million catties of grain to all the people of Luyang County to help Luyang County overcome the crisis.

The news spread like wildfire throughout the city that Jubao Pavilion would begin selling grain the next day.

It was like giving this already anxious county town a reassurance.

The vast majority of people who had given up hope were rekindled with new hope.

If there is food to buy, then we won't starve to death.

The news quickly reached the ears of Zhou Wanfu and his son.

"Dad, if they really want to steal our business, how should we deal with it?" Zhou Feng asked.

Zhou Wanfu remained calm, smiling with narrowed eyes, and said, "She sells hers, we sell ours, it won't affect our ability to make money."

“But this rice business was originally run by our family. Now the He family has interfered. Isn’t this just blatantly challenging our authority?” Zhou Feng said.

“If someone wants to do business in Luyang County, there’s nothing we can do about it. Besides, no one has stipulated that only you and my son can sell grain in Luyang County,” Zhou Wanfu said.

"Let's just rob the Jubao Pavilion of its grain under the pretext of requisitioning it," Zhou Feng said.

"Are you stupid? We can rob the grain of the common people, let alone the grain of Jubao Pavilion? Let alone you and me, even Magistrate Yu, would you dare to rob the He family's grain? With just one word from the He family, he could be demoted from a mere seventh-rank official to the lowest rank." Zhou Wanfu said.

"But……"

“No buts, grain prices are so high right now, their purchase price must be very high. By the way, have you found out where Jubaoge gets its grain from?” Zhou Wanfu asked.

"No, I'll go find out right away."

"Why are you still asking where the other party's grain came from? Go find out the price."

"Oh right, I'll go right now."

The next morning, before dawn, the area outside Jubaoge was already packed with people.

The reason they didn't go to Zhou Wanfu's rice shop was that after selling grain last time, Zhou Wanfu had recently cut back on his sales, only selling a little bit each day.

The number of people who could buy it was very limited, and even if you went with money, you might not be able to get any food.

Jubao Pavilion issued a public notice yesterday stating that it would sell grain to all residents of the city.

They only hoped to buy grain today, and even more so, they hoped that the price of grain would be cheaper than what Zhou Wanfu was offering.

Even if it's only a few dozen coins cheaper per kilogram, you can still save some money.

As a person walked out of the Treasure Pavilion, he shouted.

"Today, Jubao Pavilion is selling rice at a price of one hundred coins per catty!"

The whole place fell into silence.

One hundred coins a pound? Everyone seemed to think they had misheard.

Three months ago, rice only cost a dozen or so coins per kilogram.

But after these three months, everyone thought that cheap rice was a thing of the past.

Although Jubao Pavilion is now offering it for 100 coins per catty, it still shocked everyone.

After a long silence, sound finally broke out.

"One hundred coins? That's so cheap? Did I hear that right?"

"Is it really 100 coins per catty? Is Jubao Pavilion being incredibly merciful?"

"I just bought two jin of grain from Zhou's Rice Shop yesterday, didn't I lose a lot of money?"

"Jubao Pavilion has a million catties of grain! Who will still buy grain from Zhouji after this?"

Why didn't Jubao Pavilion put the grain out to sell sooner?

"It's not too late now! This is like sending charcoal in snowy weather! With the food from Jubao Pavilion, at least the whole city can get through this winter!"

……

Discussions rose and fell, and the people were in an uproar.

A large crowd surged inside, scrambling to buy food.

At the back of the crowd, Li Mu and Li Ertie stood side by side.

"Brother, you're really something! Look, Zhou Ji's side is completely empty," Li Ertie laughed.

"How could my method not work?" Li Mu said with a faint smile.

“If the people of the whole city find out you’re lying to them, you might die a terrible death,” Li Ertie said.

“Zhou Wanfu will definitely die before me,” Li Mu said.

"Yes, that beast, worse than a pig or a dog, should have died long ago. It's only because God is blind that he's still alive."

Li Mu spotted two familiar figures in the crowd; it turned out that Li Tian and his wife were also among them.

Watching the two of them desperately trying to squeeze in, but unable to move at all, Li Mu felt a pang of emotion.

Despite the hope that the whole city held, he did indeed tell the whole city a big lie.

But he was also trying to deal with Zhou Wanfu, forcing Zhou Wanfu to sell his grain at a low price.

His poor brother and sister-in-law were squeezed in the crowd, but they certainly couldn't buy cheap food.

The few hundred people squeezed at the front were all from Jubaoge and Li Ertie's men.

He instructed his men to mobilize their families.

He Xianzhi sat by the window in the attic, looking at the large group of people outside the door.

Looking at their hopeful faces, He Xianzhi felt a pang of sadness.

For these ordinary people living in chaotic times, having enough to eat is enough to bring them immense satisfaction.

However, there are some people in this world who, for their own selfish interests, do not hesitate to exploit their weaknesses and endlessly exploit them.

If her actions can make this world a better place, or at least make things a little better in Lingnan, then she has done a good deed.

“Miss, the people buying the grain are all our own people. Do you think Zhou Wanfu will really be fooled?” Xiao Lan asked.

“Zhou Wanfu is somewhat clever, but not much. He won’t be able to see through the trick and will definitely fall for it,” He Xianzhi said.

In He Xianzhi's eyes, Zhou Wanfu was a short-sighted person.

If he were truly capable, with so much capital at stake in this chaotic era, he would never have thought of making a fortune solely by selling grain.

He should have taken the opportunity to develop his own power and expand his influence.

As soon as Zhou Wanfu causes trouble, he will definitely sell off his grain.

“We’ve conjured up so much food out of thin air. If the other side investigates where it came from, we’ll be exposed,” Xiaolan said.

“When people get anxious, they only focus on things that are related to their own interests, understand?” He Xianzhi said.

"I don't understand." Xiaolan shook her head.

At this moment, after learning that Jubaoxuan was selling grain at a low price, Zhou Feng ran all the way home.

"Father, something terrible has happened!"