Zhang Yuan hurried to the city lord's mansion in a carriage. When he arrived at the gate of the city lord's mansion, Zhang Yuan jumped out of the carriage and talked with the guards at the door. Then he learned that his second uncle Zhang Jiao was discussing affairs with someone in the meeting hall, and it was inconvenient to disturb him at this time. So the servants in the mansion took Zhang Yuan to the side hall, served tea and pastries, and asked Zhang Yuan to wait for a while.

Zhang Yuan sat in the side hall, and was not anxious. He leisurely drank tea, ate pastries, admired the antique calligraphy and paintings placed in the side hall, and looked at the bonsai on the windowsill, which was very leisurely. However, it was not long before the pastry in his hand was finished, a servant walked into the side hall...

"Young Master, the master invites you to the meeting hall, please move." The servant said respectfully.

"Okay, lead the way." Zhang Yuan threw half of the pastry that had not been finished on the table, then got up and followed the servant to the conference hall. On the way, he crossed the courtyard and corridor and found that the guard in the city lord's mansion was much more severe than before. It was like a five-step post and a ten-step whistle. This made Zhang Yuan couldn't help but think of the large prison in his previous life. I'm afraid the large prison was not as strict as it was.

When he arrived outside the conference hall, Zhang Yuan waited for a while outside the conference hall. After waiting for the servant to report, he entered the conference hall. As soon as he entered the conference hall, he found that several people were sitting in the conference hall. Of course, Zhang Jiao was sitting in the upper main seat. The first seat in the right hand was military advisor Lu Heng. Zhang Yuan did not recognize the other people, including three middle-aged warriors, a young scholar, a wrinkled old monk and a fourteen-five-year-old monk.

It is worth noting that there are only two seats in the left hand seat, which are the old monk and the young monk. However, the seat of the young monk is higher than that of the old monk. The seat of the young monk is the first seat of the left hand seat, and the old monk is the second seat of the left hand. According to the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, this chief position represents identity status. In this way, it shows that the identity of the young monk is higher than that of the old monk.

"Yuan'er is here, come in quickly." Zhang Jiao greeted Zhang Yuan who had just entered the door with a smile.

"My nephew has met my second uncle, Uncle Lu, and everyone here." Zhang Yuan said with fists around and bowed.

"Amitabha, is this Zhang Liang's fourth son? It's indeed like a rumor, extraordinary, and a talented person." The first one to speak was the wrinkled old monk, and he seemed to have heard of Zhang Yuan. What puzzled Zhang Yuan even more was the sentence "It's indeed like a rumor, extraordinary, and a talented person." This made Zhang Yuan wonder and said intimidated: "It seems that this tone is not a compliment. Am I very famous?"

After the old monk finished speaking, the others in the conference hall looked at Zhang Yuan one after another. Some showed admiration, while others showed a look of surprise. Zhang Yuan was watched like a monkey, which made him very uncomfortable.

"Hahaha..." Zhang Jiao smiled cheerfully, as if he was very satisfied with the old monk's words, and then said with a smile: "Yuan'er, this is my uncle, Master Pushan, why don't you give your respect quickly."

"I have met Master Pushan." Zhang Yuan said in obediently.

"The little donor is so polite." Master Pushan said with a smile.

After Zhang Jiao introduced Master Wanpushan, he did not introduce others, but said, "Yuan'er, why are you here to find the second uncle?"

Zhang Yuan glanced at the people on both sides, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Uncle Second, you have something to discuss here. I am only a few small things. It would be better to wait until you discuss the big things before paying attention to my small things."

"No obstacle, no obstacle, just say it." Zhang Jiao said while making a gesture to the servant. After seeing Zhang Jiao's gesture, the servant quickly moved a chair in the corner of the wall and placed it at the end of the left seat, which was the old monk's stop, and then made a gesture to Zhang Yuan as he asked him to sit.

Zhang Yuan sat on the chair, but he was wondering in his heart that he had inquired about his second uncle's affairs. Zhang Jiao is famous for being serious in government affairs, with clear distinction between public and private, and is even more strict with his two sons. Why did he become so relaxed when he arrived here? But now that Zhang Jiao asked him to say that he would not refuse too much, otherwise he would have saved his second uncle's face. So he said, "Then my nephew said that something happened to my nephew's store. Just as the store opened this morning, some scoundrels suddenly came, holding swords and driving away all the customers in the store, and forcibly bought all the goods in the store... My nephew was angry and killed a few people..."

Zhang Yuan said the matter aside, and mentioned the patrol soldiers intentionally or unintentionally. After hearing the incident, Zhang Jiao frowned, as if there were signs of anger, but then his brows were loosened, and the signs of anger disappeared. He turned his head calmly and looked at Lu Heng and asked, "Brother Lu, who arranged the patrol in Central Street today?"

Lu Heng did not speak, but turned his eyes to one of the three warriors in the room. At this time, the warrior suddenly stood up, walked to the center of the room, knelt on one knee, and said, "Sir, the patrol of Central Street today is arranged by Hushishi. Today's matter... Hushishishishi is willing to be punished!"

Zhang Jiao frowned, then said lightly: "Get up first and tell me what's going on? Why did the patrol soldiers leave their posts without permission?"

The middle-aged warrior stood up, stood up straight, and said hesitantly: "The patrol and the defense are also very confused. After returning to the rank of the rank, he will definitely investigate it! He will definitely give an answer to the adults!"

When the middle-aged warrior said this, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Sir, after hearing what the young master said, I have some guesses, and I don't know whether to say it or not."

"Let me tell me," Zhang Jiao said lightly.

"Yes, my subordinates guess that those rogues who go to make trouble are probably peripheral members of the Dajiang Alliance. The grain and salt prices in our Tizhou are controlled by the Dajiang Alliance. The store opened by the Young Master Tang..." The middle-aged warrior paused for a moment, took the word, and said: "The store opened by Young Master Tang, the goods price in the store is a bit lower than the market price. Perhaps the Dajiang Alliance thinks this is a provocation to them, so..."

When the middle-aged warrior said this, everyone understood it. This was an hinting that Zhang Yuan opened a store with too low prices and was not in line with the rules, which caused trouble.

"..." Zhang Jiao was silent for a while, then waved to the middle-aged warrior and said, "You sit down."

"Yes, sir." The middle-aged warrior responded, then sat back to his original position, and remained silent.

At this time, Lu Heng spoke and said, "Sir, 30% of the salt and grain of our Anmin Army were purchased from the Yangtze River Alliance. It is not advisable to have conflicts with them at this time. I will see that it is better to settle the matter and calm down, but..."

Lu Heng paused, glanced at Zhang Yuan, then turned his eyes back to Zhang Jiao, and said, "I have always paid attention to the prices in the city. I have also learned about the store opened by Zhang Yuan's wife. Although the prices are a little lower, they are not too hot. Moreover, the goods sold are limited, so it will not be a provocation to the Dajiang Alliance. In my opinion, the Yangtze Alliance is testing our Anmin Army!"

"Test us? What should I test?" Zhang Jiao asked in confusion.

Lu Heng glanced at Zhang Yuan again, smiled and said, "In fact, this starts with the grain and salt of Zhang Yuanxian's nephew. It's strange that although Zhang Yuanxian's nephew sells not much salt grain, it has never been short of it. There are new goods every day. There are only a few sources of goods in the whole Tizhou, among which Dajiang Alliance is the most, so the price of Tizhou's salt grain is also customized by Dajiang Alliance, which has formed a potential rule..."

"Zhang Yuan's nephew has new goods on the shelves every day, but no one can find out which source of goods is. So there are some rumors in the city that the goods were restricted by the adults, and the source of goods comes from the city lord's mansion, and then sold at a low price. This is to lower the market price of salt and grain in Tizhou!"

"This may have been an unintentional move by Zhang Yuan, but it did play a role in fueling the fire. This is something that major businesses cannot tolerate, especially the Dajiang Alliance, which cannot be tolerated. What's more, the Gongsun family, which managed the branch of the Tizhou Dajiang Alliance, was destroyed a whole family a few days ago. The newly appointed helm leader of the Tizhou branch of the Dajiang Alliance is in need of excuses to establish his authority. At this time, others cannot be allowed to touch their interests..."

"From this speculation, the people of the Dajiang Alliance made this bad decision today, which is nothing more than two reasons. One is to suppress Zhang Yuanxian's store and make it impossible to operate normally. This is a common measure for merchants in the martial arts world; the other is to test whether Zhang Yuanxian's store is related to adults. If they believe that Zhang Yuanxian's store is really related to adults, then they may warn us Anminjun in the future, and even disrupt the prices in Tizhou, or cut off the supply of goods in Tizhou, causing chaos in people's livelihood."

After Lu Heng finished speaking, everyone turned their eyes to Zhang Jiao and waited for Zhang Jiao to take notice. After all, this was related to the people's livelihood in Tizhou, but it was related to the internal affairs of the Zhang family. Zhang Yuan was Zhang Jiao's nephew. With this relationship, it was not convenient for subordinates to intervene and give their opinions.

Zhang Yuan felt very frustrated after hearing Lu Heng's words. He was not dissatisfied with Zhang Jiao and Lu Heng, but he didn't expect that a small grocery store would actually cause such a mess of things. He hated politics and conspiracy the most. He originally wanted to open a small shop and make some money peacefully, but he didn't expect that he would not be able to live in peace, which made him very annoyed.

Zhang Jiao was silent for a moment, then said, "Yuan'er, I'm afraid that the second uncle will be wronged by you in this matter."

Zhang Yuan had just heard Lu Heng's words and knew that this would be the result. He sighed secretly, but there was no special expression on the surface. Instead, he said calmly: "What did the second uncle say? What can my nephew suffer? On the contrary, my nephew caused trouble for my second uncle, which made my nephew feel very sorry."

"Oh, let's do it, your store will increase the prices. As for other trivial matters, the second uncle will settle them for you. The Dajiang Alliance will not cause trouble for you again. What do you think?" Zhang Jiao said.
Chapter completed!