Chapter 210
Chapter 210
In Yu's mansion, Master Yu was calculating the accounts, and seeing that the silver that had been credited to the account recently was much less, he said to the housekeeper on the side: "What's the matter? Why is the business of our rice shop less than half?"
The housekeeper lowered his head and said: "Recently, a Zhoujia rice shop was opened in Cheng'an County, and people from several nearby counties went to buy rice and robbed us of a lot of business. "
Master Yu was angry, "Didn't you let you put
the Zhou family's rice in each rice shop?" The housekeeper raised his head when he heard this, and asked, "You mean those rice?"
Master Yu nodded and said: "It doesn't matter what kind of rice he is, you just mark the Zhou family's fragrant rice on it, and what those people eat is not the same." The
butler bowed his head and said, "Master, I listened to your words and did so, but business still plummeted." "
In fact, the Yu family's business is getting worse and worse, and it's not all because of Du Bangchun's new rice shop, the rice in their rice shop is divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the price is not the same.
Ordinary people can only buy the cheapest rice, and now the price of Zhou's fragrant rice is cheap, and the rice quality is good, so naturally more people are willing to come to Zhou's house to buy rice.
Old Man Yu frowned, and after walking around the house a few times, he turned to the housekeeper and asked, "Do you know where the owner of Zhou's rice shop is from?" The housekeeper
said slowly: "It's from Cheng'an County Changliu Village, I heard that they have their own land, and they all grow their own rice."
Old Man Yu's eyes lit up and said: "Today, you sent a few people to Changliu Village, and burned all the rice in their fields with a fire, and I will see what they will sell."
The housekeeper was slightly stunned after hearing this, and said a little reluctantly: "Master, will this be a little inappropriate?"
Master Yu said with a straight face: "If there is anything wrong, you just do what I say." The
butler lowered his head, "Master....... Wouldn't that be too unreasonable?
Master Yu's eyes glared, "If you don't want to do it, I'll find someone else
to do it later!" The housekeeper had no choice but to respond: "Yes, master, I'll do it."
After hearing this, Master Yu's face was much better.
The butler turned around and hurried out of the place.
In the bazaar of Qingzhou Mansion, Zhou Ruiyuan took Du Bangchun to a pastry shop, which is full of the latest pastries in Qingzhou Mansion.
Zhou Ruiyuan saw that Du Bangchun liked to eat, so he bought most of the shop.
By the time the group returned to their home in Changliu Village, it was already evening.
Du Bangchun gave the purchased dim sum to Aunt Zhou, Aunt Wang, Mama Zhuang and Xu Xiaomei.
Xu Xiaomei was reluctant to eat it, so she kept the dim sum and prepared to bring it to her sister in the family in a few days.
Late at night, Zhou Ruiyuan and Du Bangchun didn't sleep because of the matter of Yu's rice shop.
Du Bangchun said: "Why don't you tell Governor
Zheng about this matter and let Governor Zheng handle it?" Zhou Ruiyuan's eyes were slightly gloomy, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "If Governor Zheng is involved in this matter, then Lord Yu will definitely doubt our background."
He said, holding Du Bangchun into his arms, "Don't worry, I will have a way to do this."
Du Bangchun pressed his face against his chest, looked out the window, his eyes became sharp, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.
As the night deepened, the Yu family sent five or six people to Changliu Village secretly.
This matter was originally handed over to Steward Yu, but Steward Yu couldn't bear it, so Master Yu found the family in the house by himself and asked them to go to Zhou's house to set fire.
They jumped out of the carriage with kerosene and torches and sneaked to the vicinity of the Zhou family's field.
The leader asked
the younger brother on the side, "Where is the land of the Zhou family?" The younger brother pointed to the back of the woods, "That piece is all!"
The leading family looked up and saw that behind the trees were a patch of green seedlings.
He was overjoyed and said, "Alright, let's go and set fires." "
Since the fields are not easy to burn now, they also brought some dry straw with them.
As soon as the leader of the house walked towards the field, suddenly one of them did not stand firm and fell forward heavily, and rolled directly into the mud.
He was shocked, quickly got up, wiped his face and said, "It's really unlucky, you can still wrestle even if you walk." The
other family members helped him up, "Don't worry, there is no one at night now, we can walk slowly." The
leading family frowned, pulled the little brother beside him and said, "You go ahead." The
younger brother hurriedly replied, "Okay, you follow me." The
group walked cautiously forward, and at last they all came to the field.
The leader was overjoyed, and continued to wipe the mud from his face, "Quick, spread the straw and pour kerosene
!" "Yes!" A group of people responded, ready to start throwing straw.
At this moment, the family who was walking in front suddenly pointed ahead and shouted, "Look at you!"
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