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Chapter 869 Hoarding

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    The twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month in 1938.

    In accordance with the wishes of the Zhang family, Zhong Yi and Zhang Manyi held a simple Western-style wedding at the Catholic Church in Yinjiang under the witness of Zhang Mouzhi and his wife, Zhang Yuanxi, and Zhang Yuanfan brothers, and they officially became husband and wife.

    As for Zhong Yi¡¯s parents, since they are far away in Myanmar, we can only talk about it later.

    ¡°New Year¡¯s Eve came right after, and Principal Chang in Chongqing and Chairman Huang from the province issued New Year¡¯s proclamations one after another.

    Zhong Yi was lazy. Not only did he not issue a statement as usual, he even did not attend the New Year's Eve dinner.

    Because she is newlywed, Zhong Yi has not gone to work these days and has accompanied Zhang Manyi to visit scenic spots such as Qita Temple, Tiantong Temple and even Xuedou Temple in Xikou.

    In the blink of an eye, the time came to the third day of the first lunar month of 1939.

    There was a heavy snowfall in Yinjiang, with three feet of snow on the ground. However, Zhong Yi and Zhang Manyi continued to enjoy the trip. They went to Baoguo Temple near Cicheng for a whole day. By the time they returned to the Zhang family villa, it was already evening.

    As soon as he entered the door, he met Zhang Yuanxi, and he still looked anxious.

    "Zi Ren, you're finally back." Zhang Yuanxi said anxiously, "I've been waiting for you all day."

    "Yuanxi, why are you in such a hurry?" Mrs. Zhang came over and brushed the snow off Zhong Yi's body, and said angrily to Zhang Yuanxi, "Let Zi Ren drink some hot tea first to warm up."

    "Brother-in-law, drink tea." Zhang Yuanfan handed over a cup of hot tea.

    By the way, Zhang Yuanfan has been sent to the officer training class of the East Zhejiang Coastal Defense Corps by Zhong Yi.

    Mrs. Zhang strongly opposed this, but her father-in-law Zhang Mouzhi and her second brother-in-law Zhang Yuanxi strongly supported it.

    Finally, a family meeting was held to vote, and Mrs. Zhang¡¯s opinion was rejected with one vote in favor and five votes against.

    Back to the topic, Zhang Yuanxi ignored his mother and continued: "When will the cement arrive? The three-way project in the new district has been completely suspended!"

    "Stop?" Zhong Yi took the tea cup from Zhang Yuanfan and said, "Didn't I ask you to start the landfill project of Xitang River and Xintang River first?"

    "All the people have gone home to celebrate the New Year." Zhang Yuanxi said angrily, "What if we don't stop working?"

    After a pause, Zhang Yuanxi continued: "Also, let me tell you something. The construction period may be delayed. The first phase of the three-way project of 5,000 acres of land may not be completed in three months."

    "What?" Zhong Yi's face dropped as soon as he heard this, "What's going on?"

    When it comes to official business, Zhong Yi only sees his subordinates, not his brother-in-law.

    "The main reason is that I didn't think carefully at the beginning." Speaking of this, Zhang Yuanxi inevitably blamed himself, and said, "What I considered at the beginning was to take soil from the canal and Yuehu Lake nearby and fill in the Xitang River and Xintang River, so that we can widen the  We deepened the canal and Yue Lake and beautified the environment of Yinjiang New District, but when it came time to start construction, we found that the amount of work was too large!¡±

    "I don't care!" Zhong Yi said arrogantly, "Three months is three months. No matter what method you think of, you must complete the first phase of the three-way and one-leveling project of five thousand acres of land for me within three months.  !¡±

    "In this case, at least 100,000 civilians are needed, and employment alone is definitely not enough." Zhang Yuanxi frowned, "You can issue an administrative order in the name of the mayor of Yinjiang, and every household must contribute one! It's considered labor.  No wages! Because the wages for 100,000 strong men are too high and we simply cannot afford them!"

    Zhong Yi frowned as soon as he heard this: "I have to think about this."

    Sending laborers has been a common method used by the government to exploit the people since ancient times. Zhong Yi is extremely resistant to this.

    At this time, Mrs. Zhang couldn¡¯t help but interrupt the two of them and said, ¡°Okay, okay, we¡¯ll talk about business later, let¡¯s eat first.¡±

    However, Zhong Yi was destined to be unable to stop eating this meal, because as soon as the others sat down, Zhou Baoyu, secretary-general of the municipal government, hurriedly walked into the Zhang restaurant.

    "Mayor, something happened!" Zhou Baoyu whispered.

    Zhong Yi put down his chopsticks and followed Zhou Baoyu out of the restaurant.

    Seeing Zhong Yi disappear, Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but shook her head. Really, she couldn't even eat a meal without making a living.

    Fortunately, not long after, Zhong Yi returned to the restaurant and the family continued to have dinner. However, his father-in-law Zhang Mouzhi was not there. He went to Fenghua to visit.

    Zhang Yuanxi immediately asked: "Zi Ren, what happened?"

    "Someone is hoarding rice!" Zhong Yi said, "Since yesterday morning, the price of rice has started to soar!"

    "Zi Ren, when you tell me, I willI remembered.  "Mrs. Zhang said, "Mama Wang was still nagging me just now, saying that the prices of everything are rising in the past two days, the price of rice is rising, the price of meat is rising, and the price of eggs is rising!  "

    Zhang Yuanxi said disapprovingly: "It coincides with the New Year, and there happened to be another heavy snowstorm. It is completely reasonable for the price of rice, flour, oil and meat to increase. There is no need to make such a fuss, right?"

    "This is not an ordinary price increase!" Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "Someone is just hoarding it!"

    After a pause, Zhong Yi continued: "Because just now, the price of rice has risen to a dime per catty! At this price, only two of the dozen or so grain stores in Yinjiang City are willing to sell it!"

    "What?" Zhang Yuanxi suddenly changed his color and said, "It has already reached 10 cents per catty?"

    Although Zhang Yuanxi has never bought rice, he probably knows that the price of rice fluctuates around two or three cents per catty. In major rice producing areas like Yinjiang, the price of rice rarely exceeds two cents.

    But now it has actually increased to 10 cents per catty, so there must be something wrong with it!

    At that moment, Zhang Yuanxi said: "Then this is strange. Yinjiang is the main producing area of ??rice. Last year was a rare good year. There was a lot of surplus grain among the people. Logically speaking, such a big price fluctuation is impossible."

    Zhong Yi said: "Needless to say, there must be a pair of black hands behind it. As for who it is, we can only know it after the detective team investigates."

    Zhang Yuanxi pondered for a moment and said, "Zi Ren, could it be that group of people who retaliate against you?"

    "It's possible." Zhong Yi nodded and said, "There is a way to block people's money, such as killing their parents. I will completely cut off those people's opium smuggling channels. They will definitely hold a grudge and find opportunities to retaliate. It is reasonable.  middle."

    Zhong Yi actually has one sentence he hasn¡¯t said yet. This incident may not be that simple.

    Behind that group of people, I¡¯m afraid there are also behind-the-scenes pushes from the Japanese. This is probably a well-planned economic war!

    "This would be a bit troublesome." Zhang Yuanxi's face changed slightly and he said, "A considerable number of this group of people are senior generals in the third theater of war! They hold military power in their hands!"

    Zhong Yi suddenly said: "They have soldiers in their hands, don't we?"

    After a pause, Zhong Yi continued: "It would be fine if it turns out it's not them this time. If it is true, how do you think I will deal with them?" (Remember this website's website address: www.hlnovel.com
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