Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

Chapter 164: It turns out they are all taking advantage of the situation

Qin Bingrui suspected that Tianyun Inn was the secret property of the Marquis of Qingyang's Mansion.

Those who hold official positions cannot engage in business, but they can do business through other people. For example, all the shops in the Rui Palace are registered under the property of the Rui Princess's family, and the money earned naturally falls into the hands of the Rui Princess.

They can also make some so-called investments, as long as they make some fake account books, which cannot be detected by anyone except those who are interested.

Officials have power and businessmen have money, so under certain circumstances both parties will choose to marry, just to consolidate their power.

The Bai family took advantage of the marriage of the second wife's younger sister to get a foothold in the Duke's Mansion. The Bai family can make money, and the Duke's Mansion has enormous power, so this business is a sure win.

If one of these links is really touched, the consequences will not be good.

Who knew what level of connections the Qingyang Marquisate had? If it was with the Empress Dowager, or a favored imperial concubine, or at the very least, a first-rank minister, then Wangzhou City's business would be doomed if it continued.

However, they have already offended so many people, do they still need to be afraid of adding more people?

As the saying goes, a broken jar is broken, and a blessing in disguise may come!

This is a great opportunity to make so much money that your hands will cramp. Go for it, we have to speed up!

Luo Yu told Lord Li about his idea of doing a small business. Lord Li was stunned when he heard it. This was simply a godsend opportunity!

They must be well protected.

"Lord Li, you said you went to buy food but couldn't enter the city. Why didn't you report this to the Emperor?"

Seeing that the frown on his face had relaxed a little, Qin Bingrui stabbed him in the leg again.

"I just took office and don't have much evidence. Besides, no one is coming in to encroach on the market right now. Where do I start?"

Qin Bingrui raised his eyebrows and muttered, "Indeed, why haven't they started yet? Judging from the current situation, it should last for some time, right?"

Young Master Murong reminded him, "Are you waiting for the disaster relief grain to arrive before entering the city?"

"Why?" Ye Yucheng didn't have any particularly strong intuition about business.

Luo Yu slowly said, "The relief grain hasn't arrived yet, so going directly into the city and raising the price is just taking advantage of the situation. Especially since there's only one of ours, it's easy to be discovered and reported.

If the relief grain entered the city and the people had enough food to fill their stomachs, then if they were willing to buy grain at a high price, it would not be considered as being rich and unkind.

It's clear that someone in authority is behind this, and they're afraid that if they're the only one involved, they'll be investigated, so they want to hold off. Even if the market opens up later, as long as they can temporarily monopolize it for half a month, they'll definitely make a fortune."

After a pause, he turned to ask Lord Li, "How long will it take for the disaster relief grain to arrive?"

"If we hurry, there will be about ten days left."

"Well, we'll start working right away and get the food in right away."

"You want to sell food?"

Lord Li finally came to his senses and realized that this group of people were also here to take advantage of the situation and rob.

Luo Yu smiled gently and said softly: "Don't worry, Lord Li. We sell grain to help the people. We won't raise the price too much. It will definitely be lower than the current prices in Wangzhou City.

Moreover, we are going to earn money from the rich, which will definitely be cheaper than the food that the mysterious man will bring in later. It is not easy for him to control the water and land routes for so long. We must hurry up and not let his kindness down.

By the way, Master Li, what we discussed today is only known to you and me. The other three know about it. If the news is accidentally leaked, no one will have a good result! "

Fortunately, they sent ten guards from the Imperial City Department to guard outside the door, and no one was allowed to approach within a few feet.

After hearing this, Lord Li felt that there was no other way. If he really waited another ten days, hundreds of victims would probably die, and the old and young would not be able to survive.

He then expressed his willingness to secretly send some righteous men to follow them to transport grain. They were all skilled in martial arts, and as long as they pretended to be ordinary people, ordinary people would not be able to notice any difference.

The most important thing is that Miss Bai promised to transport some old rice and sell it at a low price, which gave Lord Li a reassurance.

Luo Yu analyzed it this way. As long as he imported a lot of goods, he could get three pounds of old rice for two cents, and then sell it for three cents per pound, so it wouldn't be too much of a loss.

Early the next morning, the group gathered outside the city gate.

Ten guards and ten righteous men went to Jiangzhou together. Qin Bingrui originally wrote a letter and asked them to take it to Prince Ning to ask for food, but then he was worried that Prince Ning might suddenly refuse, so he decided to go with the team in person.

Luo Yu could only stay in Wangzhou City, protected by Ye Yucheng and Master Murong.

This was the first time Qin Bingrui and Luo Yu had parted since they met. Although it would only take about five or six days if they traveled overnight, separation was always hard to bear.

Qin Bingrui hugged his sister Luo Yu and cried so hard that people who didn't know would think they were parting ways between life and death.

Ye Yucheng frowned slightly. This Miss Qin looked carefree and heartless, so how could she be so pretentious?

Miss Luo Yu was much calmer and kept patting Miss Qin's back to comfort her.

"Come back as soon as possible. Don't be too greedy the first time. Test the waters first. If it works, send a message to King Ning to ask him to continue shipping. We only need to pick up the goods halfway."

Qin Bingrui sobbed and whispered in Luo Yu's ear: "Are you sure Prince Ning will help us?"

Luo Yu nodded and whispered, "Don't let anyone see the picture of the musket you drew. If he disagrees, you can show it to him when the time comes. Things like this should exist in this era. We've simply made some effective improvements to it, so it shouldn't arouse too much suspicion."

"Sister Luo Yu, take care of yourself!"

"It's okay. Haven't you noticed that my health is recovering very quickly and my fighting power is increasing?"

"Sister, no matter how much you increase your strength, your small body can't support it."

After saying that, he glared at Ye Yucheng and said fiercely, "Master Ye, you must do your duty and protect my sister. If she makes any mistakes, I will make you suffer."

Ye Yucheng frowned slightly. This Miss Qin was so jumpy. Why would she put her sister's life and death in the hands of others?

Master Murong immediately whispered in Ye Yucheng's ear: "Master Ye, to Miss Qin, Miss Bai's life is more important than her own. You must understand."

Luo Yu suddenly thought of something and pulled Qin Bingrui away.

He whispered in her ear, "No matter what trouble you encounter, the most important thing is to save your life. If you die first, even if I come again, I don't know if I can save you."

"Logically speaking, if we're not in a parallel universe, we should still be able to survive."

"No, I suspect we are in the same timeline."

"..."

Murong heard a few subtle words, but he really didn't understand.

Ye Yucheng whispered coldly in his ear: "You are saying something incomprehensible, and yet you are trying to hide it. You are just trying to cover up the truth!"

……

That's the truth.

After seeing Qin Bingrui off, Luo Yu suddenly felt a sense of loss.

She looked at the sun rising slowly in the sky and murmured to herself: "When I wake up in the morning, the journey bell rings, and I feel sad for my hometown."

Murong was slightly surprised. She didn't expect that she could recite poems by Tang Dynasty poets.

Luo Yu glanced back at Master Murong and smiled faintly: "Master Murong, please forgive me for laughing. I have rarely been separated from my family since I was a child, especially since I grew up with Miss Qin. That was the only time we were separated. I was really scared."

"I understand."

"Does Master Murong miss his family?"

"My only living grandmother, uncle and aunt are all dead."

It sounds like a sad life.

The two of them chatted and laughed on their way back, leaving Ye Yucheng behind. It was because he had such a sullen face every day.

Back at the inn, the owner's service attitude was very enthusiastic.

"Hey, are you guests still staying here today? Why are there no young masters or guards?"

Ye Yucheng's tone was obviously even colder than before: "They have official business to attend to. Why are you asking so many questions?"

The shopkeeper didn't dare to say anything. He had secretly inquired and found out that those guards were from the Imperial City Bureau. They went there because of the White Tiger. He thought that the White Tiger was really smart and could actually cross the Wanjiang River and run to Wangzhou.

Luo Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the shopkeeper didn't think much about it.

Fortunately, Lord Li secretly spread these words, which is better than being discovered that he was secretly transporting grain.

Now we just have to wait for the grain transport teams on both sides to enter the city, and then quickly open up a large market with hundreds of thousands of people. The good opportunity to make a lot of money is coming quickly.