Cai Zhiyi’s guess is right or not. This sudden change in the position of the government office is naturally due to the pressure from the Shen family. After all, they are local snakes in Suizhou. Whether it is related or prestige, it is not something that these big families with greater backgrounds but whose foundation is in other places can compare with each other.

But the more important thing is the reversal of the situation in the city. Because since yesterday, Shenjia Grain Shop has lowered prices to sell grain again, which has given the people a guarantee, and everyone has the courage and reason to confront those unscrupulous merchants. Even today, some people dared to gather in Liangyuan to make noise and demand that the Tianqi be returned.

Against this background, Chen Tian went to the government office to talk, and there were many local forces and the gentry class who suffered losses continued to put pressure on them. Even if the government office wanted to help those merchants with more backgrounds, they had to weigh the weight. Because once they insisted on their own and caused some trouble in the city, the only one who was unlucky was the officials of the government office. And senior officials like the governor could not argue for them and take the blame for them.

Anyway, the benefits he got were not much, and the other party did not dare to speak out or take them back, so in order to protect themselves, they could only turn against each other. However, just in case, Suizhou Prefect Hong Daqian was still careful this time. He did not come forward, but the procurator Huang Banshan came to try the case, leaving a little room for him.

However, this made the situation of Cai Zhiyi and other profiteers even more unbearable. Before they could return to Liangyuan, the relevant news had already spread throughout the city, and gave confidence to the ordinary people who had been cheated of the fields. More people came straight to Liangyuan, surrounding the quiet and wealthy garden, and then shouted and asked them to return the fields themselves.

Such a storm continued to worsen as time went by. In the evening, even many villagers in the villages outside the city heard about this, and then they all came with their families. There were more people coming and the situation became more unstable. They even alarmed the government office and quickly sent people to maintain order, for fear that something would happen...

"What should I do, what should I do... Now, is the fat that comes from my mouth going to throw out?" Hu Guanjue was still walking in the room angrily, shouting, feeling so hatred in his heart.

The two Cai brothers sat beside each other, looking at me, looking at you, without saying a word. At this point, even Cai Zhiyi was a little confused. Finally, he could only smile bitterly: "It seems that he can only give in, otherwise, let alone those unlucky people, even the government office will continue to put pressure on us."

"That's the land we have only gotten through hard work..." Cai Zhili also looked reluctant, "It's all the Shen family. If it weren't for them, there wouldn't be such a change. One day, I'll make them pay the price!"

Liang Zhonghua also had a gloomy face, but suddenly said: "I always feel that this is not what the Shen family does. Although Chen Tian is a little talented, he rarely acts like this in the past, and as for his son, he is even less capable."

"Who else can there be?" Cai Zhili said angrily. If he was defeated by a butler of the Shen family, he would be even more unacceptable.

"Did we ignore someone..." Cai Zhiyi suddenly spoke, "The guy who suddenly came to my Huguang, first took action in Guang'an, and then brought food to Suizhou to compete with us - Ling Li!"

"Yes, it's him! It's said that he has the identity of an imperial merchant. I'm afraid the government office will suddenly change its mind, and he will also be there to help the fire!" Cai Zhili nodded with conscientiousness, with a look of resentment on his face, "If I had known this guy was so insidious, I should have taken him down before!"

"Then let's think of a way and we must get rid of him. This time we have caused us to lose so much money, so we must avenge this revenge!" Hu Guanjue finally stopped and said with hatred.

When the few people said this, they looked at each other, but they had already seen giving up in their own eyes. Yes, in this case, no matter how reluctant they were, they could only choose to give up, spit out all the fields they had in their mouths and return them. Because only in this way can they escape unstoppable.

Fortunately, they did not lose much. As long as they took the food back and went to other prefectures, they could still do it again. At that time, there would be no troublemakers like the Shen family and Ling Li, right?

Just as they comforted themselves and wanted to stop, a servant ran over in panic again: "Several masters, Mr. Jin, Boss Zhang and others have come... They say that there is a debt to calculate with us."

"Not good!" Cai Zhiyi immediately reacted, and his face changed even more. They actually threw an important matter behind them.

The others also realized it later. They felt guilty and thought it was just a small loss, but then they remembered that they were still owing foreign debts.

Yes, these merchants still owed more than 100,000 taels of silver in many money houses in the city at this time. Because everything went well, they planned to use the same trick to increase the price of copper coins, so that they could make a big profit. For this reason, they even mortgaged all the land deeds and land deeds they had just gotten.

But in recent days, with the Shen family's price of grain again, the people have repented and made them forget that there is still this one, and even more forget that once such a quarrel occurs, the fields will no longer belong to their own family, and land deeds and other things will have no mortgage value.

In this way, how can people accept the money bank and other money shops? It is too late to come to the door!

This sudden change made them panic, and even Cai Zhiyi was a little confused about how to deal with it. They said that they were big businessmen, but in fact they rely more on their family reputation and their knowledge of real business methods is limited. This is just like the children of the officials who relied on family relations to start a business in a certain period of time in the later generations. They looked like big businessmen, but in fact they didn't have much business mind. They only knew where to make money and rushed over. Once they met a real master, they would definitely lose all the money they had made before.

Now that the stall is completely spread out and it is difficult to deal with, they have encountered such an ending, and they have nowhere to escape.

After a while, several serious businessmen came to the hall together. After squinting their eyes and looking at them, they said coldly: "Everyone, we won't say anything politely. We just ask you one of them, when will you pay back the borrowed silver?"

Cai Zhiyi calmed down a little and said reluctantly: "Boss Jin, we agreed to borrow silver at least two months before we negotiated to repay the money. Is it too early for you to come here today?"

"Under normal circumstances, not to mention two months, it would be a problem to spare you for another two months. But isn't the situation different now?" Boss Jin said in a deep voice, "None of the land deeds you used to pledge before are valid, which makes us unable to rest assured. If you leave then, how can we wait for the little businessman to survive?"

"Yes, you all are big names in wealthy families. Some are money. You can't cheat us and not pay back the money, right?"

"Repay the money back to us quickly, or we will sue the yamen, take you, and let your family redeem people..."

"Random!" Hu Guanjue was so angry. Seeing that these guys were so rude, he couldn't help it and cursed, "What are you? How dare you be so arrogant in front of us? Isn't it just a hundred thousand taels of silver? Can't I be ignorant? If we dare to slap again, we will take you down now!"

"I think who dares!" Boss Jin also slapped the table and shouted, "I'm not afraid to tell you that we brought dozens of brothers together this time, and they're outside. Once we don't go out in half an hour, they will kill in. Don't talk about you at that time, even this garden will not be able to be kept."

"Don't, don't do anything random..." Liang Zhonghua was panicked when he saw this and quickly stepped forward to smooth things over. "You are all people in the business world. No one can prevent some changes, so you are short of money for a while. But don't worry, with our wealth, you can still pay back more than 100,000 taels of silver easily, just give everyone some time..."

"No, we can't trust them. They are not from Suizhou. If we don't take out the money, no one will leave!" Boss Jin's attitude was very firm, and others followed suit, as if he wouldn't give up if he couldn't get the money.

Well, this time, the situation completely froze.

The merchants glared at them, but in terms of momentum, they were not the opponents of the money shop owners who dared to speak harshly. At the same time, even the three of them had to consider the other party's power in Suizhou in this matter. Liang Zhonghua may be the only one who can compete with them, but he didn't have much responsibility, but he really didn't dare to go there, so in the end, everyone could only count on Cai and Hu.

Cai Zhiyi's mind moved for a moment, and understood that the situation was better than others, so he could only give in at this time, so he said carefully: "You are so forced, although you are reasonable, you have seen our current situation. We have no money to pay back at all. What if we use copper coins to compensate?" There was no way, so he could only give up the idea of ​​making money and take out all the collected copper coins.

"Do you use copper coins? How much does one tael of silver have to be exchanged?" The other party was easy to speak and asked immediately.

"Of course, it's about the market price, one tael is exchanged for 450 yuan." Cai Zhili suppressed his anger and replied with a cold face.

As a result, the owners of the money shop all sneered and stared at them like a fool: "You really dare to speak! When did copper coins be so valuable, can they be exchanged for silver in this way? Now it has been decided outside, one tael of silver is 700 yuan, do you like to exchange it?"
Chapter completed!