CHAPTER 822: CHAPTER 220 YELU: CHEN 94, YOU F***ED ME! (10,000 WORDS, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE)_3

Chen Jie got up, stretched lazily, and stepped out the door. To his left was Su Yunjin leading to the East courtyard; to his right was Huang Wan’er leading to the West courtyard.

Who should he sleep with tonight?

Chen Jie thought for a moment and headed towards the West courtyard.

The little young lady in the East courtyard was good, but too conservative. Since becoming pregnant, she wouldn’t let him touch her. They could only sleep hugging each night, even in the throes of passion, he couldn’t move around. Chen Jie respected her and did not make inappropriate advances.

However, Lady Huang in the West courtyard was quite open. Though she wouldn’t allow further intimacy, she could use her mouth...

It’s a different experience anyway. He had already spent two nights with the young lady, it was time to visit Lady Huang.

These two women were interesting. Others would fight to the death over a man, but these two were yielding, sigh... damn traditional virtues.

Chen Jie thought and walked directly to the West courtyard, planning to enjoy Wan’er’s tenderness tonight.

...

A night passed without words.

The inn booked by the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce.

"Wan San, my wise brother, look; the grain price on the Black Market has actually dropped to forty-five cents last night."

"Hmm?"

Shen Wansan was taken aback upon hearing this. He immediately looked at the Suzhou merchant and said: "Forty-five cents? That’s not right. Even though our large amount of grain has reached the port, causing the Mianshui grain price to fluctuate, none of us have sold grain. The price shouldn’t drop even if it doesn’t rise. And dropping by five cents, it’s clear there’s a large amount of grain flowing into the market, making the market think grain prices might lower!"

Upon hearing this, the Suzhou merchant said: "Wise brother, indeed someone did sell grain. Last night, at least twenty thousand bushels were sold!"

"Twenty thousand bushels!" Shen Wansan’s face turned gloomy immediately and said: "Who in Mianshui County still has so much grain?"

The Suzhou merchant said: "Wise brother, could it be that Yelu deliberately lowered the price?"

Shen Wansan said: "It shouldn’t be. Why would he invite us if he wanted to lower the price yesterday?"

"Could this be a smoke bomb he released?"

Shen Wansan was stunned and said: "It can’t be. There’s no reason. Unless he doesn’t want to make money, but there must be a pair of hands behind this opposing us. Who could it be?"

Upon hearing this, the Suzhou merchant said: "Wan San, my wise brother, do you think we should sell some too?"

"No, the most important thing in business is reputation. We can’t be the first to crash the market. Tell everyone, don’t rush, absolutely don’t rush. Let’s see the wind direction first. Also, send someone to notify Yelu and ask him who crashed the market."

Upon hearing this, the Suzhou merchant said: "Okay, I’ll send someone to ask Yelu."

...

Yelu Mansion.

Yelu listened to the message brought by the Suzhou merchant and immediately said to the messenger: "Go back and tell Wan San, my wise brother, that absolutely no one from Yelu Mansion sold grain yesterday, and it’s impossible for it to be the town’s scholars. As for who did, I will investigate."

Upon hearing this, the Suzhou merchant said: "Lord, I hope you find out who is opposing us as soon as possible. Don’t let us lose money."

Yelu said: "Don’t worry, this concerns not only your interests but also mine."

Seeing off the people from the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce.

Yelu frowned and then looked at Zhou Peng and said: "You go inform those few with grain in the city, tell them to manage well, or don’t blame me for turning heartless."

Zhou Peng said: "Lord Yelu, it truly wasn’t our people this time. None of us sold grain last night."

"Hmm? Then who could it be?"

Yelu frowned, and Zhou Peng thought for a moment and said: "Could it be Chen Jiusi!"

"Hmm, Chen Jiusi?"

Yelu also furrowed his brow. Yes, Chen Jiusi has been unusually quiet lately, which is unlike his character. Could it really be him?

But it’s not right, his grain was all burned, wasn’t it?

Where would he get grain to crash the Black Market?

Thinking, he looked at the guard commander behind him and said: "How goes the investigation on the Fishing Guild I asked you to do last time?"

The guard commander replied: "Lord Yelu, everything has been checked. The Fishing Guild’s warehouses are all empty; there definitely isn’t any grain. Moreover, those large warehouses have now all been leased to people from the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce. The Fishing Guild can’t have any grain!"

Yelu said upon hearing this: "Then that’s odd, indeed. If Chen Jiusi doesn’t have grain, whose were the twenty thousand bushels sold on the Black Market yesterday?"

Yelu frowned and said: "I always feel like someone has calculated against me. Mianshui is very strange right now."

Upon hearing this, the guard said: "Lord, should I investigate further?"

Yelu replied: "No need for now. Today, the grains need to be transported to Mianshui. I can’t appear personally. You take people to transport the grain to our secret warehouse in Yang Family Town."

Upon hearing this, the guard commander directly clasped his fist and said: "Yes."

At this moment, Yelu squinted his eyes and said: "Who could it be?"

For a time, he couldn’t see clearly who was setting the net.

...

Thus, the grain price in Mianshui bizarrely hovered at forty-five cents a pound for a day.

Both Yelu and the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce were waiting. If in these two days no one crashes the market, the grain price will rise again, reaching their ideal price.

And just as everyone’s attention focused on the Black Market grain price.

At Mianshui River, a black dock. It was once a major dock, but later Yelu sealed it off under a personal name, turning it into a black dock, becoming Yelu’s private dock.

At this time, ten large ships secretly entered the black dock.

Ahetai, the guard commander from Yelu Mansion, was responsible for receiving the ships.

Ahetai, originally the deputy commander of Yelu Mansion, was Mu Ge’s deputy and a former drinking buddy of Chen Xiaohu.

During the Medicine King Treasure trip, Mu Ge died, and Yelu promoted Ahetai to guard commander, succeeding Mu Ge’s position.