If you keep making noise, I won’t stand it anymore!

Meixiang, Feng Yizheng and Chu Zeming stood quietly behind the door curtain connecting the reception room and the inner hall, quietly observing the four people inside through the curtain.

After hearing what Mr. Liu said, she saw that he was sitting there calmly without changing his expression. Although he seemed to be drinking tea, if she looked closely, she could see that he had never refilled the water like other people in such a long time. She immediately felt that things seemed to be more interesting. She used her eyes to ask the other two whether they knew Mr. Liu. Feng Yizhen and the others looked at Mr. Liu's face carefully, and then shook their heads affirmatively.

In the reception room, except for Mr. Liu who remained motionless, the other three began to move secretly, almost unable to sit still. Meixiang saw that it was almost time, so she raised her chin towards Feng Yizheng and Chu Zeming outside the reception room, indicating that they could begin.

Feng Yizheng and Chu Zeming understood and raised their hands to open the curtain in front of them and walked into the reception room one after another.

"Oh, several owners, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time. I'm Feng, ordered by the princess to receive the four owners." Feng Yizhen said with a smile as he walked to the first seat on the right. He chose Minsheng at that time and was responsible for household and workshop matters. This time, he should be the one to lead. Chu Zeming sat in the second seat. Because the four owners had all met Meixiang, she did not show up this time for the smooth implementation of the plan.

Xiao San brought a chair and placed it behind Mei Xiang and brought her a bowl of freshly brewed tea. Mei Xiang nodded approvingly and sat down behind the door curtain. The position Xiao San chose was very good, as she could see the situation in the reception room through the gap between the door curtain and the door frame. If you didn't look carefully, it would be difficult to find that there was someone sitting behind the door curtain.

"How are the two gentlemen? I wonder what instructions you have for us today? Just send someone to the store to inform us. There is no need to trouble you to receive us in person. Hehehe..." The owner of Zhang's Rice Store glanced at the two young gentlemen sitting opposite him and said in a flattering tone.

"Excuse me, who are you?" Feng Yizhen raised his eyebrows and asked

"I am a humble man, the owner of Zhang's rice and grain store in the prefecture."

"Oh, it's Mr. Zhang. I've heard of your name for a long time." Feng Yizhen nodded to Mr. Zhang and continued, "I'm asking all of you to come here early this morning because I do need your help with something."

Seeing the four people looking over, Feng Yizhen continued, "You all should know that the emperor of Liuzhou Prefecture has granted Liuzhou Prefecture to the princess as a fiefdom." Feng Yizhen clasped his hands and saluted in the direction of the capital. "The princess is kind-hearted. A few days ago, I learned at the morning market that the military pay for the first half of this year has not been allocated. Some soldiers' families are having trouble making ends meet, so she asked us to withdraw money from the government office and the princess's private money to purchase a batch of rice and distribute it to the soldiers to tide over the difficulties."

"I invited you here today for this matter. Now you can get the quantity and price of the old rice, noodles and refined rice and noodles of past years that you can raise in your shops. The government will purchase from you according to the price. Please rest assured that all purchases will be made in cash. If this matter goes smoothly, we will consider long-term cooperation with the selected rice and grain shops later." He then signaled the servants waiting on the side to put the trays in their hands on the low tables next to the four bosses.

"Do you have any other questions?"

The four owners looked at Feng Yizheng and the other man in bewilderment. Ever since they received the notice from the government office, they had been wondering why they were invited here, but after thinking about it, they definitely did not expect it to be because of such an incident, because this was the first time in the entire Haoyue.

The head of the Liu family was the first to react. He raised his hand to take the tray on the low table beside him and placed it on his knees. He quietly glanced in the direction of the inner hall and then thought of the three inexplicable masters and servants who had been received in his own store two days ago. He immediately had an idea in his mind. He picked up the brush with his right hand, thought for a moment, and then quickly wrote on the white paper on the tray.

The other three were shocked again by the actions of the head of the Liu family. After they reacted, they followed suit and picked up the tray on the low table beside them and placed it on their knees, but they were much more hesitant when writing.

Meixiang, Feng Yizheng and Chu Zeming had been quietly observing the four people's movements, expressions and all other performances from beginning to end. Compared with the other three bosses, they couldn't help but pay more attention to Boss Liu when they saw this.

Soon, Mr. Liu was the first to finish writing. He looked over what he had written again to confirm it. After confirming that there was no problem, he picked up the pen and signed his name, then handed the tray on his knees to the servant who had been waiting not far away from him.

A quarter of an hour later, the other three owners also finished writing and handed the trays in their hands to the waiting servants.

The servant took it and handed it to Feng Yizhen and Chu Zeming to look at, and then stood aside according to Feng Yizhen's arrangement.

Seeing that everyone had finished writing, Feng Yizheng raised a compassionate smile on his gentle face: "Thank you all for your cooperation. To be fair, now I would like to ask the servants to bring what each of you has written to everyone one by one for verification, so that everyone can have an idea, right?" Then he told the four servants to line up and hand the trays in their hands to the four owners sitting on the left one by one.

The two rice shop owners sitting on the upper left had the highest quotes. After looking at the quotes from the other three people, they looked annoyed. Their quotes were already three cents lower than the current market price but still higher than Zhang's Rice Shop and Liu's Rice Shop.

Mr. Zhang from Zhang's Rice Shop, who was sitting in the third seat, stretched his neck to look at the expressions of the two men above him. Seeing their dejected faces, he was secretly delighted. It seemed that their offer was higher than his own. His own offer was five cents lower than the market price and one cent lower than when the market was the most depressed.

The servant came smoothly according to their seating order. The first person who came to him was the one sitting at the top seat, the one offering price from the rice shop. He impatiently reached out and picked up the paper full of words. Sure enough, the price offered by the rice shop was three cents higher than his own. The second shop's price was two cents higher than his own. He could not help but reveal the joy on his face, and his eyebrows were curved with smile.

He slowly picked up the quotation sheet of Liu's Rice and Grain Store from the tray in the hand of the last servant. He glanced at it and suddenly opened his eyes wide in shock. He thought he had seen it wrong. He rubbed his eyes hard twice. After looking again to confirm that he had not seen it wrong, the hand holding the paper could not help but tremble. He turned around and looked at the owner Liu who was sitting next to him and drinking tea calmly: "Brother Liu, you, you..."