Looking at the many Guang'an merchants who were found again, Li Ling said to them without any good expression: "Are you determined to help those outsiders harming the people of Suizhou?"

"Boss Ling, don't use this to suppress us. What we want to do with the business and sell grain is just to make more money. Since Boss Fan and others can give us more benefits and make us earn more, we naturally chose to cooperate with him."

"Boss Ling, you actually have time to change your mind. As long as you bring the food in your hands at this time, I believe that with Boss Fan and Boss Hu and others, you will still be able to make a good fortune."

Faced with these guys' words, Li Ling smiled disdainfully: "You really believe their nonsense? In order to get benefits, they ignore the lives and deaths of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people. How could they really keep their promises?"

But in the face of his questioning and persuasion, these people were completely unmoved, and some even waved their hands and said, "Boss Ling, you don't have to say much, we are not here to listen to you continue talking nonsense. We come just to get our food back, you can't slander our food!"

When they said this, everyone looked fierce. Once Li Ling really refused to hand over the food, they would never give up, even if they were alarmed by the government. Looking at their appearance, Li Ling's expression became even more ugly: "Don't forget, I had an agreement with me that day and agreed to come to Suizhou to listen to me..."

"We are just forced by the situation, not out of sincerity!" Someone immediately objected, "Boss Ling, we are naturally not your opponent in the county, but now in Suizhou, even if you have the status of an imperial merchant, can you still compare with the Fan, Cai and Hu family? If you refuse to hand over the grain, we will report to the official, and then I am afraid that even the food under your name will not be able to be kept!"

They thought they had seen through their true identity of "Lingli" no longer had any concerns this time. In order to get their own food back, they even made harsh words.

"Okay!" Li Ling made a concession as they expected and said, "Our food will be delivered tomorrow, and you will take it away by yourself. But I still said that, you will regret your choice today. I hope you will not cry and beg me to beg you for your noble move!"

Faced with the harsh words Li Ling made, they just thought they were trying to make face, so they smiled without arguing, and said goodbye tomorrow and left quickly. They finally had some concerns about Li Ling's identity and did not dare to really have a conflict with him.

But this result made Shu Wenqing feel uneasy again. Seeing them leaving, hesitated to Li Ling: "Boss Ling, if this happens, the food in our hands is enough..."

"Don't worry, we will win this battle." Li Ling's face had a smile again, "because what really determines the outcome of this battle is no longer the amount of food in the hands of both sides, and the real battlefield has long since shifted."

As he said that, another meal was: "By the way, when the food is delivered tomorrow, you will take people to hand over it to them and return the food to them, and I will not go."

"Then what are your plans?"

"As for me, there are more important things to do, and I will leave Suizhou today." Li Ling smiled, but there was a cold chill hidden in this smile, "I will make them pay the price soon!"

...

The next morning, the Guang'an merchants gathered again and led by Hu Guanjue to the north gate, which was the only way to transport grain from Guang'an to Suizhou City. Obviously, they didn't even want to wait for more than a moment, and they would take it to their own hands without waiting for the grain to enter the city.

When Shu Wenqing took people to pick up food, he saw this scene, which made him feel even more annoyed, not only uneasy, but also even more annoyed. These people really didn't talk about any affection.

So while waiting for the food to arrive, the two sides were clearly separated and there was almost no communication between them. It was not until noon that they saw a large convoy transporting the food slowly. The first one was Yang Zhen and several good players from Baiyitang.

Yang Zhen, who was originally happy to meet his adult again, learned the inside story from Shu Wenqing, his face suddenly became gloomy. After staring at the betrayed businessmen for a few glances, he raised his hand: "Drop off the food behind him on the spot. Aren't they in a hurry to ask for it? Give it to them now!"

With Yang Zhen's order, dozens of big trucks behind the team stopped in response. Not only did the mules and horses quickly separate from the car body, but the driver also thrust a few times after a series of movements, shaking hundreds of bags of grain in the car to the ground, and piled up hills on the official road in front of the city gate.

This made all the merchants stunned. Although they brought people, they did not expect that they would do such a trick, and they could not transport so much food back to the city.

At this time, Yang Zhen asked someone to send the remaining grain into the city, and shouted loudly: "Aren't you in a hurry to ask for food? Then go check and scale yourself. The grain bags have your surnames written on them, but it's easy to check them very well. We will never hide your things." After leaving these words, he shook the reins of the horse and rushed past everyone like a whirlwind, almost bringing two of them to the ground, which caused a lot of screams.

Shu Wenqing also looked at them deeply, then sneered and slowly returned to the city with nearly half of the food in front. Since both sides tore their faces apart, there was nothing to show mercy.

All the merchants left at the gate of the city were all embarrassed and angry. Some were busy going back to the city to find people to find cars to transport food, while others shouted and even cursed Shu Wenqing and others for their bad behavior. Only Hu Guanjue showed a satisfied smile at this time.

This is exactly what they hope to see, and they face the merchants in Guang'an have completely broken up. The more they ignore their faces, the more they mean that they have no way to break the deadlock. Next, they just wait until their families buy all the remaining grains, and they can completely control the grain prices in Suizhou.

As for the guy named Ling Li, he looked even more unbearable now. Because he didn't even show his face today, he was obviously afraid that he would not be able to control his emotions, so he could only sulk in the inn.

"A royal merchant who doesn't know the truth or the fake, really thinks he can call the wind and rain on the ground of my Huguang? Don't look at who your opponent is!" Hu Guanjue was proud, glanced at the somewhat chaotic scene, and left proudly.

At this point, the Guang'an merchants had completely turned to their own family, and then they could only rely on their own family to breathe, so naturally they no longer had to be too polite to them as before. Let them deal with this little thing.

...

"Brother Xue, look at how I acted this time?" After rushing into the city angrily and walking for a while, the anger on Yang Zhen's face quickly faded, and he even asked Xue Jiong beside him with a little smile.

Xue Jiong also smiled and showed his thumb: "Gao! If I hadn't known about my previous relationship, I would have thought that Brother Yang, you were so angry this time."

"Haha, this is what I learned from my master...." He almost said the word "Grandman". Fortunately, he changed it back in time. Yang Zhen quickly continued to speak and covered up, "I think they must be proud. I think we can only suffer a great loss this time, and see them holding all the food in their hands."

"Yes, but since Boss Ling has a countermeasure, what should we do next?" Xue Jiong took the opportunity to ask. To be honest, besides knowing some changes in Suizhou, these brothers from Baiyitang really don't know Li Ling's next arrangements.

"Of course you stay here to help guard the food. With the many brothers from your Baiyitang helping to guard it, we can feel at ease, right?"

"What about you?"

"Of course I'm going to see the master. He has some major things to use for me next." Yang Zhen grinned. He had been escorting food before, but he was so suffocated that he could finally show his strengths this time.

“Is there anything we can help?”

"It shouldn't be, because what we are going to do next is not Suizhou. Our master rushed to Xiangfan yesterday, which is where we really want to fight those guys." As he said that, he looked at Xue Jiong again, "I won't say much to you, so I will turn to the west gate and leave. I'll ask you all for safety here." After that, he whipped the horse hard on his buttocks, rushed across the long street with a horse as fast as possible, and then turned to the west.

Xue Jiong was stunned. When he wanted to say something, the person had already run away seven or eight feet away, but he could not hear anything clearly. Finally, he could only smile bitterly and shake his head: "These people are really strange. They don't look like businessmen who do business..."

Naturally, Yang Zhen and the others didn't know that the other party would have such an evaluation, so they were just eager to rush to meet with Li Ling. As Li Ling's guards, their safety is the most important thing in their hearts. As for the transaction of grain and calculations this time, they could only put it back.

So, in the next two days, almost no one in their group had a rest, and they kept galloping towards Xiangfan. After a while, they finally caught up with Li Ling and his party who were also riding on horseback at noon on the third day.

When he heard the anxious sound of horse hooves coming from behind, Li Moyun and his men held the weapons on their waists vigilantly, looked back, and then they saw the familiar brothers chasing after them. After seeing the people clearly, they waved their hands vigorously and greeted them.

When Li Ling saw them, he also showed joy: "You are here quickly. I thought you would come until we settled in Xiangfan."

"Sir, I underestimate us too much. We were chasing Xingye." Yang Zhen also smiled.

"Okay, let's go together and strive to get to Xiangfan as soon as possible to end this food battle!" Li Ling also cheered up and said.

What responded to him was the promise of everyone.
Chapter completed!