That night, Ye Xingyuan took Ouyang Ziyu out of the city and took her sword light to the Yangjiang Wharf where she was going out. This wharf was already deserted, and only the huge wooden boat made empty sounds under the impact of the waves, becoming a paradise for pirates and smugglers.

Ouyang Ziyu's junior brother is a smuggler named Su Man.

He is burly, with fair face, and bright eyes. He has three tiger patterns on his cheeks, which proves that he does not belong to the human bloodline. He is also a sword immortal, a registered disciple of the Shushan Sword Sect. However, because of his impure bloodline and inability to practice a more profound secret, he had to go down the mountain to make a living.

Su Man was originally a barbarian growing by the sea. He was determined to seek the truth, so he went out to sea to find overseas immortal islands. I don’t know if it was his luck or because of his firm determination, he actually found the inheritance of ancient immortals on a deserted island and became a talented person. Now he has a different family of practice and Shushan.

However, he was grateful for the kindness of Shushan and often went to Shushan to visit his master, so he met Ouyang Ziyu.

"Junior brother! Your practice has improved again!" Ouyang Ziyu said with a carefree smile.

This man is also a sixth-grade sword immortal. Ye Xingyuan was quite polite to him and explained to him: "Mr. Su's cultivation is amazing. I should have been entertained in the government office, but now there have been changes in the city, so I have to keep a low profile. Please forgive me for meeting here."

Su Man was quite calm and smiled and said, "You are polite. You are in a low position. It is an honor for you to come to see you for a while. Without further ado, you should have come here for Hua Shi Gang?"

He is a person who makes a living at sea and is much more familiar with the sea than the Jinyiwei. When Ouyang Ziyu recommended him to Ye Xingyuan, Ye Xingyuan didn't believe it at first. When he heard him talk about the secret Xin of the Flower Stone Gang, he was shocked and moved.

Ye Xingyuan nodded and said, "Hua Shigang is worth millions and has been robbed by others. Now even the Jinyiwei has no clue. It was because I heard that the teacher had clues that I came to ask for advice."

Su Man smiled bitterly and said, "I know clearly who sold the Huashigang and who robbed it. But now the goods have come to their hands, and it is not that easy to get them back."

Ye Xingyuan knew that such a big move must be no simple person, so he took a deep breath and asked, "Who is it? At least I can let the official know, let me talk about the others."

Su Man shook his head and said, "Actually, it's okay to tell you, but it's really hard to really take back the goods from those people. This group of people is a group of fox monsters, the leader named Hu Jiuniang, with great magical powers. Now the bandits on the sea are retreating."

Ye Xingyuan frowned and said, "Is it a woman?"

Most of the fox monsters come from the country of Qingqiu. When Xingzhou sails to Qingqiu, it is not too far. Ye Xingyuan has tried it once in Yan Wuxie's posthumous world test in the third world. Could it be that the Qingqiu fox monster is doing something wrong on the sea? Ye Xingyuan couldn't help but think of the little fox Madam Mo.

Su Man said solemnly: "Most fox monsters are women. I heard that Hu Jiuniang was originally a royal family in Qingqiu Kingdom. Because of the failure to fight for power, she was wandering to the sea. She may be a third- and fourth-rank monster. Now the demon bandits on the sea and barbarian merchants dare not provoke her. I heard that only the Shen family is in good condition."

It was indeed the Shen family, which was almost undoubtedly. But unexpectedly, there was a third and fourth-grade monster involved, whether it was a third or fourth-grade monster, with Ye Xingyuan's current strength, there was no way to deal with it. Unless he could mobilize the official army to wipe him out in one fell swoop, there was no way.

But firstly, the matter of Hua Shigang is a shame for the Jinyiwei. Of course, if you want to mobilize the official army, you cannot use this matter to say. Ye Xingyuan has no appropriate excuses. Secondly, Hu Jiuniang is far away at the sea. Even if he mobilizes the official army, the Shen family will inform them, but she will not be able to chase and suppress them unless she runs to the shore herself.

Ye Xingyuan felt a move in his heart, and had a solution, so he calmly said to Su Man: "Since Mr. Su knows so well about Hu Jiuniang, I believe there is a way to contact her?"

Su Man admitted frankly: "I met Hu Jiuniang at sea. She wanted to recruit me, but I did not agree. However, it would not be difficult to contact her."

Ye Xingyuan smiled and said, "Since that's the case, please ask Mr. Su to tell Hu Jiuniang that someone is going to do a big business with him!"

Su Man was shocked, looked at Ye Xingyuan calmly and asked, "Does sir want to take risks with him? This is not allowed! Besides, she only believes in the Shen family and should not do business with the court."

Although he is a barbarian, he is much smarter than Ouyang Ziyu. Needless to say, Ye Xingyuan obviously wants to use himself as bait to seduce Hu Jiuniang to appear.

Hu Jiuniang is a great monster of the third and fourth grade. She may take Ye Xingyuan's life as soon as she takes action. This risk is too great.

What's more, as Su Man said, Hu Jiuniang wandered on the sea and believed that the Shen family was not willing to see her.

Ye Xingyuan didn't care, "Of course I didn't meet him as the prefect of Xingzhou. Tell her that I am a wealthy merchant in the Western Regions. Not only do I want to redeem the goods she has in hand, but I can also help her restore the country. It depends on whether she is willing to come!"

He had been free to come and go in the Qingqiu Kingdom. Although it was a virtual world without magical powers, he could be trustworthy in saying such big words. Su Man was very shocked and could only nod.

Ouyang Ziyu did not feel the risks contained therein, so she nodded repeatedly and said, "It's so great, so interesting! I'm going too! Xiaoye, you have to bring me with you!"

Ye Xingyuan came back from the wharf and told Qingfei Qingfei about the talks with Su Man. Qingfei was a little hesitant and advised: "It is of course a clever plan to trick Hu Jiuniang into the shore with his own life. But as Su Man said, it is really too dangerous."

These demon enemies at the sea are all ineffective in doing business, they are cruel by nature and kill people like numb. If they really don’t agree to do anything, Ye Xingyuan will be in danger, but he will be in a life of death.

"I also have a way to protect myself." Ye Xingyuan smiled bitterly. If possible, he, a scholar, certainly, did not want to charge every time, but now there is no one available. Apart from himself, who can play the role of a wealthy merchant in the Western Regions, and who can understand the situation of the Qingqiu Kingdom?

Who will go to hell if he doesn't go to hell? Ye Xingyuan can only comfort himself with the words of the saint. Even if the so-called righteousness lies, I will go there even if there are thousands of people!

However, this matter has to be returned by Su Man. During this period, Ye Xingyuan not only handled official duties, he also had to pay attention to changes in grain prices. After he ordered the closure of the warehouse, there was no rebound in the grain warehouses in the palace and the four counties. After all, Jiangnan was originally a sufficient area for grain. After the autumn harvest, a large amount of grain was just entered into the warehouse and replaced with old grain. This period was originally the time for closure of the warehouse.

However, to count how much grain was stored in the grain warehouse, Ye Xingyuan was tangible and intangible obstruction. The treasury was fine, but the treasury did not store too much grain. The grain that mainly stabilized the price of grain was hidden in the grain warehouses of the four counties.

However, after Ye Xingyuan issued the order, there was no exact data back-pass for several consecutive days.

There must be something tricky about it. Ye Xingyuan sighed. He had already expected this situation, but at this time he had no choice but to call Lu Tongzhi and asked him to ask, "You just say that now I must have accurate data on grain storage. Let's not ask about the others for now. Let's get through this crisis first."

Ye Xingyuan knew that he had escaped from various grain warehouses and resale was inevitable, especially in places like Jiangnan where they would hardly encounter famine. It would be strange if there were no rats selling in various grain warehouses. Now if Ye Xingyuan was about to force the truth, he might have to play the trick of burning the warehouse with fire dragons. He would have gained nothing and lost food in vain. That would be a waste of water from the bamboo basket.

So he could only compromise temporarily and express his attitude of not betraying the past.

This kind of thing was not even caused by this term. It may be the deficit accumulated over the past few decades, but Ye Xingyuan never expected that the data collected later was far beyond his bottom line.

"The total grain in the four counties is only 35,000 stones of grain, and they are all old grain and brown rice! What about the new grain that was stored in the warehouse this autumn? What's the use of this! Corrupt officials and rats should be killed!" Ye Xingyuan was so angry that he almost swears.

Thirty-five thousand stones seem to be a big number, but for the people of a government, it is really too small to be less.

A rough calculation shows that even if an adult eats one liter of rice, it means that two hundred adults can eat one stone in a day. Xingzhou Prefecture has a large city, and four counties, and there are millions of household registrations alone. They can eat 5,000 stones of rice in a day, and 35,000 stones, which is only enough for the whole people in the palace to eat for seven days.

It is still a bit insufficient to stabilize grain prices, let alone compared with the futures trading market at the million-stone level?

According to the broken account book, there should be more than 200,000 stones of grain in the granaries of the four counties. Where has this been lost?

Lu Tongzhi was trembling and did not dare to raise his head, "Stop his anger. If it weren't for the adults' statement that they wouldn't pursue it, they would never dare to report the real number. In fact, it is not easy for each county to be in the deficit of these granaries for decades. If new grains are in storage, they must first make up for the previous deficits. It is rare to have some urgent grain storage."

He frowned and finally told the truth, "These 35,000 stones are just superficial numbers. If you really choose, you will probably lose 10 or 20%."

This loss is only something that is really exhausted, moldy, mud, sand, dry, and can’t be eaten at all.

Ye Xingyuan was speechless. Now he was facing the crazy million-stone grain futures market, as well as several families behind him who were ambitious and fanning the flames, and the demon bandits who were eyeing him in Shanghai, and the weapons he could use were only 35,000 stones of old grain.

How to fight this battle?

"I really want to die and be born." Ye Xingyuan gritted his teeth. Not to mention anything else, he didn't believe that he was a modern person with advanced ideas and could not play with these self-taught ancient people.
Chapter completed!