Chapter 9 — Wu Yang Flower – Jade Snow Palace

Tieu Dao mingled in the crowd, following the flow of people walking out of Than Vu Mon. She took a glance and saw the old man selling gourd candy. He leaned against the corner of the wall, looking drowsy. Compared to usual, nothing is different. Tieu Dao stepped forward. Pretend to buy a skewer of candies. She gave a few copper coins to the old man. In that moment. The broken piece of porcelain hidden in her sleeve slid silently into his large palm. The old man's dull eyes flashed a glimmer of light. Immediately after that, he returned to his dreamy look. He gave Tieu Dao a skewer of the reddest and biggest gourd candy.

“Girl, hold on tight.”

Tieu Dao took it, turned around and left. Don't turn back. She knew her mission had been completed. The old man collected the counter. Turn into a deserted alley. At moment later. From the alley stepped out a man wearing a short shirt, his appearance was so ordinary that it was difficult to remember. Hanzi walked very quickly. Finally stopped in front of a commercial road called "Tu Hai Thong". In the backyard of the commercial hall. An old man in a gray shirt, in a haughty spirit, was sitting drinking tea. He was called Uncle Chung. She is Tham Thanh Nguyet's biggest manager in the capital. Also the person she trusts the most. Hanzi stepped in front of Uncle Chung and opened his palm. In his hand quietly lay the broken piece of porcelain. Uncle Chung's pupils shrank sharply. He took the piece of porcelain. Fingers gently stroked over the scratches on it. This signal is the highest level warning. There is only one meaning. The homeowner was in trouble. Imprisoned. Activate the Giap Tu option number one. Uncle Chung's face immediately erased the usual gentleness. Only cold killing intent remained.

“Send orders down.”

His voice was calm but powerful.

“All rice shops in the capital, raise prices by three cities.”

“All ships transporting Jiangnan, temporarily stop transporting silk and tea to the capital.”

"Send a message to Lord Protector Wang, the fifty thousand taels that his son swallowed in Jiangnan, it's time to return them."

"Send word to Minister of War, Lord Ly, last year's winter military allowance was reduced, we have complete records."

I don't need to listen to all the words behind, because I know Uncle Chung clearly understands what I mean. Each command was transmitted, neatly and decisively. The entire Tu Hai Thong trade immediately operated like a sophisticated machine that had never gone wrong. An invisible net, with Lam Nguyet Hien as the center, quietly spread out, preparing to drag the whole capital into a storm. As for me, in Lam Nguyet Hien, I was still sitting under the lamp reading as usual. I don't need to see with my own eyes what kind of landslides there are out there. We know our pieces have been released, the chessboard is also finished. What we need to do now is just wait quietly, wait for Tieu Quyet step by step to enter the situation I have arranged, and then lose this game to the point where there is no way back. The next morning, when it was just dawn, the capital was in chaos. The largest rice shops in the city simultaneously increased their prices overnight. The price of rice skyrocketed, causing panic among the people. People rushed to stock up, the front of the store was crowded to the point of suffocation. The government sent servants to keep order but it was completely useless, because fear had spread throughout the capital like an epidemic. Not stopping there, the second news quickly spread. Silk shops specialize in supplying goods to palaces The family simultaneously announced that the source of Jiangnan silk had been cut off, and it was unknown when it would be available again. This time it was the nobles' turn to sit still. There is no new fabric, and in a few days the flower reward banquet will come, what will they use to compete in the competition? The entire upper class in the city began to complain, and complaints echoed everywhere. I closed the book and slowly poured myself a cup of tea. The water in the bowl was still slightly steaming, as if the situation outside had just begun to boil. The chessboard has moved, and once the pieces have moved, no one can easily take them back. In the palace, news spread very quickly. Early in the morning, before he had time to lower court, the emperor received a report about the price of rice in the capital skyrocketing and the silk supply from Giang Nam suddenly being cut off. Long Nhan was angry.

“What happened in the end?”

"Why did the price of rice in the capital skyrocket overnight?"

“And silk, why did the source stop?”

“Ministry of Households, Ministry of Public Works, what are you guys doing?”

His voice echoed throughout the main hall, causing the entire civil and martial court to bow their heads and not dare to breathe loudly.