The king behind the empress

Chapter 173 Undercurrent
Seeing Uncle Liu's resentful appearance, Mo Zizai shrunk his neck. How could he feel that Uncle Six had a worse life than him when he was a child.

Just thinking that his father had ruined all his family fortune, Mo Zizai was a little angry and didn't want to fight, leaving a mess and not leaving any of his family fortune.

"Forget it, stop drinking, I'm going back, Uncle Six."

Not only did this trip yield nothing, but it also drew an enemy, which made Mo Zizai a little depressed.

"Forget it, let's go back and upgrade Goldfinger."

Mo Zizai sighed silently, in this cold world, only the golden finger can bring him a little warmth.

Oh, no, he still has two young wives waiting for him. When he goes back to sleep, Xiaolu will almost be in the human realm. When the time comes, he will call some people from the Habayashi Army to kill this old bastard together!
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Just when Mo Zizai returned to the palace from the clan's mansion, the people secretly arranged by Qian Min and Zhao Baiyang also began to spread news in the market.

It's just that they didn't send people to spread the news with great fanfare because they were concerned about Yu Zhiji's eyeliner. Instead, they found another way, pretending to unintentionally spread the news to some women who like to get together and chat.

These women generally have a decent family background, do not need to work on weekdays, do they have any other means of entertainment, so their favorite thing to do is to chat with others, and generally they are the fastest to spread any news.

Although they didn't believe the news directly, but with the idea of ​​being prepared, they still planned to go to the rice shop to buy some rice, but after arriving at the rice shop, they found that something seemed wrong.

"Qiaoniang, do you see that there are more people in the rice shop than usual?"

Li Shi looked at the rice shop, which was more lively than usual, feeling a little suspicious in her heart, and subconsciously wanted to ask the companion next to her for confirmation.

"It seems that it is a little more."

The woman named Qiao Niang observed the rice shop carefully, feeling a little uneasy in her heart, "Could it be that what those people said is true?"

"No...I can't."

Thinking about what those people said, Li felt a little worried. Although she didn't know much, she also knew that if what those people said was true, it would be a big trouble.

"Forget it, don't think too much about it. Maybe these rice sellers are the ones who spread the word."

Although she said so, Qiao Niang also felt a little bit guilty in her heart. Her heart turned and she said, "Forget it, the price of rice hasn't risen anyway. No matter what the situation is, it's always right to buy more rice first." .”

"Qiao Niang, you are right, as long as there is rice at home, you will not panic."

After saying that, the two of them didn't care about that much, and bought two buckets of rice for each of them and went back.

Li's husband, surnamed Lou, is a carpenter. Because he is the third eldest, everyone calls him Lou San on weekdays, but not many people know his real name after a long time.

Lou San was working as a carpenter in a rich family's house. Normally, he would only come back after dark, but something happened to the rich family's house today, so he was sent back early.

Lou San, who had just stepped into the house, saw the newly added two buckets of rice in his house at a glance, and even though he was a little displeased, he yelled: "You prodigal girl, you bought so much at once, and the rice costs nothing!"

"Besides, don't we still have a few buckets in stock? As for buying rice now?"

"Master, listen to me."

Mrs. Li was doing needlework in the house, and when she heard Lou San's scolding, she hurried out and grabbed Lou San mysteriously, and said, "Master, we heard a few rich masters talking outside today, saying that the prince has All the big merchants in the city were arrested, and all the owners of the commercial firms selling grain were killed, saying that they wanted to transport all the grain in the capital to the three disaster-stricken counties."

"Qiaoniang said that the clothes on any one of those people were worth several hundred taels. I thought they would not be talking nonsense, so I was worried about the price increase of grain, so I bought a little more rice. Anyway, I bought two buckets more. Let's finish eating too, do you think it makes sense?"

"Catch all the merchants?"

Hearing his mother-in-law's words, Lou San's expression suddenly changed. The reason why he came back so early today was because the master's boss was arrested. At first, he thought it was the boss who committed the crime, but he didn't take it seriously. Take it to heart.

But now hearing what his mother-in-law said, he was a little startled. If the food in the capital was really transported to the three counties, what would the capital eat?

At the moment, Lou San didn't think too much about it, and after casually explaining the matter to his wife, he immediately went to get a bag of money from under the bed, and then pushed a wheelbarrow straight to the rice shop without looking back. .

Hearing Lou San's explanation, Li's heart suddenly felt deeply worried, but then she thought of her good sister Qiao Niang, so she immediately went to Qiao Niang's house and told the news to Qiao Niang and his wife.

Qiaoniang and Li Shi are sisters in love, and she naturally believed Li Shi's words without reservation, so although she was a little skeptical about the news, the couple did not hesitate at all, and immediately took some money and pushed The wheelbarrow walked towards the rice shop.

Because of the patronage of these people, the business of Mipu was very hot for a while, and the owner of Mipu, who didn’t know why, was so happy that he couldn’t close his mouth when he saw this scene. , Directly replaced with a price-increasing brand.

Seeing the price increase of food, the people who came to buy it were even more stimulated. There was no one to counter the price, and they just loaded the big bags and small bags on the car.

It was just because Qian Min and Zhao Baiyang were afraid of being too ostentatious, and not too many people were sent out to spread the news, so there are still a small number of people who have received the news. Because of too many calculations, it didn't have much impact on Mipu, so no one noticed this abnormal scene.

Even Yu Zhisi's spy, when he saw this scene, just thought it was an ordinary rice grain business, and didn't take it to heart at all.

So, largely unnoticed, a storm is quietly gathering.

After these people have enough rice for themselves, they will spread the news to their relatives and friends, and when their relatives and friends have enough rice, they will then spread the news to other relatives and friends, rumors based on facts, Then through word of mouth, it will become a well-known "fact".

As long as no one comes out to refute the rumors in the early stage, the fabricated news will spread at an explosive speed, and will soon sweep the whole city.

At that time, it will not be so easy even if you want to refute the rumors and explain.

(End of this chapter)