The back hall of Jiangning Prefecture.

Wang Hanzhi was walking back and forth in the house like an ant on a hot pan.

His hair was originally gray and white, but after these days, it was half white.

Wang Hanzhi, an old official, had extremely rich experience in disaster relief, but he knew that Jiangning City was complicated and could not be easily controlled by him, a fourth-rank prefect, who could easily control it. However, after raising more than 120,000 guan that day, he felt relieved.

However, things were far from as simple as he thought.

In just over ten days, the rice and grain in Jiangnan rose sharply from 800 coins per stone to 300 coins per stone, but it has continued to rise. Now it has risen to 500 coins per stone, which has doubled, and it has not even been able to buy grain.

Logically speaking, in recent years, major grain merchants have already accumulated grain for many years, so they should not have risen so quickly. Last year, the highest rose to two cents, and then fell to five hundred cents. Even if the flood disaster is severe this year, it should have risen to three cents.

However, for more than ten days, the rice and grain in the hands of major grain merchants have either been sold out or hoarded in their hands and not sold, which has made the rice and grain circulating in the market increasingly less.

Of course, Wang Hanzhi knew who was operating behind the scenes, but he had no choice.

Rice and grain and private salt are the foundation of the Zheng family. The Zheng family controls most of the rice and grain business on Jiangnan East Road. Except for the Zheng family, others have no ability to control the entire rice and grain market on Jiangnan East Road.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to demote himself. As a fourth-rank official, he went to Zheng's mansion to see Zheng An repeatedly, but he encountered many walls.

"The Zheng family is also a royal relative. How can we disturb the local area and make a fortune in the country..."

However, it is useless to say that these are useless. The Zheng family has always started by illegal management. It is not the first time that Zheng An has done such a thing as making money in the country. Otherwise, why did Zheng An become a well-known wealthy businessman in Jiangnan step by step?

Furthermore, the original Zhao, Xie family, and now Wang and Zhao are married again, and the Zheng family's status in Jiangnan is in danger, and Wang Hanzhi and the Wang family have always been very close to each other. Zheng An has long wanted to repair Wang Hanzhi.

The most important thing is that this time, the Zheng family not only called on major grain merchants to hoard rice and grain and wait for the price, but also put all their efforts into stocking up to 300,000 stones of rice and grain, and then sold it at a price of up to 4 or 5 jin per stone, which would be a profit of nearly one million jin.

With this battle, the Zheng family could tremble the entire Jiangnan, overwhelm the Zhao, Wang and Xie families, and get back their disadvantages.

The shopping mall is like a battlefield. Whether it is Xie Yun, who is known as the female Zhuge, Xie Yu, who is as a Confucian businessman, or the calm Wang Tong, he ignored Zheng An who retreated behind the scenes and regarded him as a toothless tiger. Otherwise, the Zheng family and its associated grain merchants would not have been there to rush to buy them in Jiangnan for nearly ten days before they could react.

However, the original business of the three of them was not above rice and grain. Even if the Zheng family made a big profit, it would not hurt him. The one who really wanted to hurt him was Wang Hanzhi.

Not only is the government's inventory of grain decreasing and disaster relief is sustained, but the people in the city cannot buy grain and there is not much surplus grain at home.

Once the food in the city is exhausted, not only will the 100,000 victims be short of food, but the 200,000 indigenous people in the city will be out of stock, and chaos will inevitably arise.

Of course, the Zheng family will not completely chaotic in the city by then. The command will make it so chaos that it is about to be out of control, and then sell grain at a high price to make a fortune. And he, the prefect of Jiangning, has achieved his goal.

At this moment, he finally knew that his ex-girlfriend Zhang Zhuang, who had only served as the prefect of Jiangning for three months, retreated. The muddy waters in Jiangning were too deep.

At this moment, the news outside the door interrupted his thoughts.

"The Zhao family, the Xie family, and the Wang family's second son, please pay a visit to the governor."

Wang Hanzhi calmed down and said anxiously: "Send it quickly."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Hao, Wang Jue and Xie Yu had already broken into the back hall.

After some greetings, the three of them had just sat down. Wang Jue, who was anxious, asked first: "The Zheng family's plan is ill-gotten, and the food in the city is about to be exhausted. What does the Lord of the Palace want to do?"

Logically, although he was considered the leader of the second-generation rich man in Jiangning City, he was not qualified to ask Wang Hanzhi what he said. However, a newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, and Wang Hanzhi has always been enlightened, so he did not mind the recklessness of the three passionate young masters.

Wang Hanzhi frowned and sighed for a long time: "The rice and grain on Jiangnan East Road are all under the control of the Zheng family. In addition to the Zheng family's own stockpiling of grain, the rest are also the leader of the Zheng family. It is a delusion to buy grain at a moderate price on Jiangnan East Road. The flood on Liangzhe Road is far better than Jiangnan East Road, and there is no grain to sell. The only thing that can be achieved is Jiangbei."

All three of them are younger generations who are not as young as the ones. If the situation had not been urgent and worried, Wang Hanzhi would not have expressed his feelings in front of the three younger generations, but he was talking about everything at this moment.

"The grain merchants in Jiangbei follow Huang Wenhu's horse, and Zheng An has a lifelong friendship with Huang Wenhu. I'm afraid Zheng An has already said hello. It is probably even more difficult to buy grain from Huang Wenhu..."

Wang Hanzhi's tone was filled with a strong sense of helplessness, which was so helpless that it was hopeless.

"Who is Huang Wenhu?" Zhao Hao asked with a frown.

Wang Jue said: "Huang Wenhu was born in a private grain dealer. Later, he founded the Huainan Grain Gang and even swept the entire Jiangbei rice and grain market. Because he was limping in the struggle between the rivers and lakes in the past, he was called the "lame tiger."

"Laper tiger?"

A sudden flash of inspiration in Zhao Hao's mind, as if he was thinking of something, a ray of light appeared in his eyes.

Wang Hanzhi sighed and said, "The only way to go to Jiangbei in person is to persuade Huang Wenhu to sell grain with his colleagues in Jiangbei to solve the urgent needs of Jiangning Mansion. There is no other way. However, this person has always been profit-oriented, and he is afraid that his hope is slim..."

Wang Jue became irritable and said angrily: "Zheng An has ulterior motives, so he has a bad disease, which is worthy of sin; and Huang Wenhu's son is nearly thirty years old and has nothing to do. It is said that he has become a eunuch, which is also considered retribution!"

"What?" Zhao Hao suddenly rose up, his eyes lit up.

Wang Hanzhi and the other three all showed confusion and looked at Zhao Hao in confusion, for some reason why he was suddenly so excited.

Zhao Hao thought carefully for a while, his expression became brighter and brighter, and he immediately bowed to him, "Mr. Master Guan is a fourth-rank official of the court. How can he be condescendingly begging the grocery merchant? I am willing to set off with his two brothers tomorrow and go to Jiangbei. With his words of no decay, he persuaded Huang Wenhu to sell 200,000 stones of grain at a fair price to solve Jiangning's urgent need."

"What?" Wang Hanzhi became messy when he saw Zhao Hao's confident appearance.

Xie Yu and Wang Jue looked even more disbelief, and they felt that Zhao Hao was talking in his sleep.

Zhao Hao said in a deep voice: "Two brothers, how dare you go to Jiangbei with your foolish brother?"

The two of them were instantly moved by his passionate expression, but they said half-believingly: "If my brother is confident, we will naturally be willing to go with me."

Zhao Hao looked at Wang Jue and said calmly: "Brother Xian knew that I never said anything nonsense. On that day, Zheng Feng and I made a bet with Hefenglou. Everyone in the world said that I would lose. What is the result? Last month, I told Brother Xian that I would pass the Six Arts Test and marry Lingmei. What is the result? Could it be that Brother Xian is still unwilling to believe in the ability of my brother Yu?"

This sentence is for Wang Jue and for Wang Hanzhi.

Could it be that the safety of hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangning, and the evening of my Wang Hanzhi, are all in this son’s hands?

And Xie Yu and Wang Jue, after thinking about it carefully, this former playboy brother has done many unexpected things in the past six months, and finally chose to convince him.

"Since that's the case, we will set off tomorrow and follow my brother to Jiangbei."

Zhao Hao laughed and bowed to Wang Hanyi: "I'll ask Lord Master of the Mansion to sit firmly in Jiangning City, for as long as half a month or as little as ten days. I will bring 200,000 stones of rice and grain back."

Until the backs of Zhao Hao and the other three disappeared at the door of the back hall, Wang Hanzhi was still as if he was in a dream, looking at the door in a daze.
Chapter completed!