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Luo Lingwei looked around to see that there were still customers eating. She was afraid of alarming these customers. Thus, he led Zhao Hu into the room. The few of them sat in the room. Zhao Hu looked around to make sure there were no problems before opening the purple sandalwood box. Luo Lingwei raised her eyes to look inside and found a gold token inside this purple sandalwood box. On it were written the words' Mystic Night 'and' Messenger '.

Next to the box was a three-foot-long sword with a green edge. On the scabbard of the sword was carved a fierce looking Xie Zhi. Luo Lingwei took the golden token and placed it in her pocket, and then ordered Zhang Long to wrap this treasured sword in a cloth so that it could be wrapped around his body. The group of people left the inn and headed outside of Fengyang City. The few of them did not know where Luo Lingwei was going, but they did not dare to ask her, so they could only follow her.

In this box, Wu Song arranged for the steward to lead a few trustworthy young men to bring back the one million silver taels. He immediately took a portion of it as the money to buy food and arranged for some people to go to the other counties to buy food. A few days ago, Luo Lingwei had also told Ye Lianhe about the calamity that had befallen several areas near Fengyang County. However, for some reason, Ye Lianhe did not send his men to provide disaster relief. Instead, he had his subordinates secretly organize a few grain merchants to bring food to the nearby counties of Fengyang City to sell. Therefore, the people who went to buy food had not gone far before they bought food. Thus, he returned in just four to five days.

However, he had come back at the right time, and the food in the mansion was almost exhausted. Like these victims, Wu Song only dared to eat a bowl of porridge every day. He had no choice. Every time he sent someone to buy food, these grain merchants would find excuses to avoid him. No matter what, they refused to sell him the food.

However, at least the people who bought the food had all returned. In order to avoid chaos, Wu Song left the food on the boat and let the victims line up to collect it.

Some of the victims wanted to run away as soon as they got the food, but before they could turn around, they were caught by a few strong servants beside Wu Song and thrown aside.

In this side chamber, Wu Song followed Luo Lingwei's instructions and arranged for people to register and become tenants. At the same time, he also arranged for people who were in good health to build dams and canals. Everything seemed to be in order, and the current Phoenix City was no longer as chaotic as it was before. Everyone could see that there was hope for survival. When many merchants heard that food was being sold here, they all came to get their own food. According to Luo Lingwei's instructions, anyone who bought grains would sell them at a price that was twenty percent higher than their usual price. Wu Song followed Luo Lingwei's instructions, and anyone who bought grains would sell them at a price that was twenty percent higher than their usual price.

As expected, within two to three days, the two ships of food that Wu Song had brought from the outside were exhausted. When the news reached the ears of the grain merchants, they were overjoyed. In his heart, he thought that Wu Song was still an inexperienced young master. He had no experience in business either. In just a few days of effort, all the food that these people bought to help the victims was gone. Currently, each of these grain merchants had at least a thousand catties of grain stored in their hands. In total, they had at least sixty to seventy thousand catties of grain. Just as the people in the city were panicking, they began to raise their prices. A pound of grain rose from two catties to two and a half.

However, before they could be happy, Wu Song's ship that was buying grain came again. This time, three ships came. Altogether, they weighed about a hundred thousand catties of grain. Originally, even with the 1 million silver taels that Luo Lingwei had given them, Wu Song could only buy 30,000 Jin of grain. However, thanks to these local grain merchants, even if Wu Song sold them some of the grain at a high price, in order to control the market price, they could only think of ways to buy Wu Song's grains.

However, like this, he was tricked. This time, when they stood at the side of the street and saw the ship parked at the dock, they were all dumbfounded. Coincidentally, at this time, the chef from the Wu Residence walked past them. He smiled at them and greeted them, "Masters, are you going to buy food for my Young Master? "You have to hurry, or it'll be gone in a moment."

When they heard what the chef had said, they rolled their eyes in anger, especially Manager Li. Amongst these grain merchants, he had the richest family background, hence he also had the most grain in the village. He had a total of 20,000 to 30,000 catties of grain and thought that he would be able to make a huge profit.

"Chief Li, what should we do?"

Several grain merchants at the side looked at Manager Li anxiously, hoping for their big brother to come up with an idea. Manager Li clenched his teeth and said to the rest, "Just you wait. I'll go find my brother-in-law. As the envoy for Fengyang County, he'll definitely be in charge of this matter."

Finishing his words, Master Li headed off to the Kindling Ambassador Mansion. After entering the door, he said to his brother-in-law, the local scout Cao Jin, "This is nothing, just look at me."

After the two of them had agreed on what to do, Chief Li led Cao Jin directly towards the dock.

Upon reaching the pier, Cao Jin looked around and found that there were indeed quite a few people. He immediately instructed the servant to clear up the crowd and walked straight in front of Wu Song.

"Sir Wu, how have you been?"

Wu Song was still keeping accounts when he heard someone call out to him. Upon seeing Cao Jin, he did not stand up to greet him, but instead placed the pen in his hand on the table and spoke to Cao Jin in an indifferent tone, "Student greets Cao Cao Cao Cao."

Cao Jinxin said that this man despised him so much that it was annoying. He then coldly harrumphed, "The former Japanese officials heard that a large amount of grain was stolen from the Coronation Division. Today, they have come to investigate this matter!"

When Wu Song heard this, he smiled and said, "Master Cao, since you've lost your grain, you should ask the local grain trading association. Why are you making things difficult for a poor scholar like me?"

When Cao Jin heard this, he knew that he was mocking him for conspiring with Master Li and the others, but he still pretended to be stupid. He grabbed Wu Sonyi's robe and said: "There's no point in speaking any further, go with me to the county magistrate. If you are truly wronged, I will naturally let you go!"

Then, he dragged Wu Song and walked towards the county magistrate. Before Wu Song left, he instructed the servants not to make a fuss and continued to distribute food to the victims. Alone, he followed Cao Jin and the others to the local county magistrate.

Just as Cao Jin and the others walked into the county magistrate's office in high spirits, they discovered several people kneeling in front of the magistrate court. All of them wore black gowns and from the looks of their clothes, they were all officials. Cao Jin was stunned as he looked more carefully. These people were none other than the county magistrate of a few nearby counties of Fengyang County.