"Then what do you say? What's holding us back in this situation is the Longcheng Yamen. This is the root cause. The county magistrate is the key. If you don't get money to clear the way, why should people remove the knife that is bleeding from your neck? In fact, we have already

You should have thought of this, you have wasted so much time and lost so much food."

"No, no, I mean, how about another way... send a few beauties to Magistrate Ouyang?"

Wang Caozhi and several grain merchants shook their heads together: "It won't work, Ouyang County Magistrate is not close to women!"

"Then he likes fame? Then let's knit a few Wanmin umbrellas and send them to the county government office."

Wang Caozhi shook his head, "He seems to take disasters and floods very seriously and is always short of food."

Shopkeeper Li glared, "Then we can't donate all the food, then we might as well sell it at a low price!"

Shopkeeper Ma's eyes turned red and he slapped the table:

"The worst we can do is fight with him. Even if I don't sell it cheaply, I won't need him to burn it. I'll do it myself! I'd rather burn the rice than give it to these poor people!"

"Shopkeeper Ma, be patient and don't be impatient, be patient and don't be impatient..."

Shopkeeper Li and others quickly advised.

A small grain merchant could not help but take the lead in urging Wang Caozhi:

"Master Wang, isn't County Magistrate Ouyang your brother-in-law? Go and intercede and see if you can find out more about what the magistrate wants. Don't worry about whether it's an overt robbery or not. You have to let something slip, right?"

"Yes, if that doesn't work, you can go find that sister from the Xie family to beg for mercy and have some fun with her."

Wang Caozhi suddenly blushed, not knowing whether his colleagues were mocking him or serious... In fact, a few days ago, he often went to Xie Lingjiang to talk to him, but the latter always ignored him.

"Ahem, my brother-in-law... is quite selfless and a righteous gentleman. It's difficult for me to handle him."

The short young man sighed and looked for another topic: "But yesterday evening, I went to the county government office and met my brother-in-law."

Everyone suddenly became quiet and asked, "What did the county magistrate say?"

Wang Caozhi nodded:

"He said... everyone is a guest from afar and is doing business in Longcheng. The county government will definitely help if it can... He also said that he has also heard about the recent food prices and asked me to go back first. He said this

Give us a reply in a few days.”

There were several small grain merchants in the box who were also stunned and said: "We went to the county magistrate the day before yesterday, and the county magistrate told us the same thing. Let us be calm and calm. If the county government can help, we will help..."

Everyone's faces suddenly looked disappointed.

"Help me!" Shopkeeper Ma's eyes turned red, as if he had been severely ravaged by a scumbag, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't it just stalling for time and watching the price of food fall to the bottom? Who doesn't know what their county government is thinking?"

The atmosphere in the box fell into silence again. Everyone was helpless and had different expressions. Shopkeeper Ma stopped and turned around, facing everyone, gritting his teeth.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door, breaking the silence. Everyone turned around and saw a young man in gray clothes walking in. He hurried to Shopkeeper Li's side and whispered a few words.

Shopkeeper Li looked startled when he heard this.

Wang Caozhi and others asked worriedly: "What's going on?"

Shopkeeper Li’s eyes revealed a look of disbelief:

"Magistrate Ouyang sent someone to tell me that all the food that I had stolen by the refugees from the suburbs has been recovered... and asked me to find time to go over and collect it."

"We've found them all? Are they true or false? Aren't those detectives fooling us and really working on the case?" Everyone was surprised.

"Not only that, there is something else..." Shopkeeper Li swallowed and said:

"The county magistrate invited our sixteen grain merchants to go to the county government hall to discuss matters this afternoon. He said that he and the county government would give a satisfactory explanation to all parties regarding the difficulties encountered by the grain merchants in the county!"

Everyone looked at each other.
Chapter completed!