"So he is the Great Immortal of the Golden Immortal Sect."
The fat man cupped his hands and said with a flattering smile, "I didn't know you were coming, and I'm sorry for not welcoming you. I hope you'll forgive me."
The others also cupped their hands and smiled ingratiatingly.
"Master, we are good citizens and never do evil things. This suspicion is probably just a misunderstanding." The pot-bellied man said while nodding and bowing.
Song Yin didn't say anything, but just stood there quietly, waiting for something.
Soon, a figure rose from the ground and quickly gathered into a tall and thin figure.
This strange scene made everyone's eyes widen.
A man crawled out from the ground, it was truly a magical move!
"Brother."
Gao Sishu bowed to Song Yin.
"How?" Song Yin said calmly.
Gao Sishu glanced at the merchants and said briefly, "Underground warehouses, all of them."
As he spoke, he spread out his palm, and there was a handful of rice in his palm.
"Are all correct?" Song Yin asked.
Gao Sishu nodded.
"good"
Song Yin looked at everyone, his eyes first set on the fat man, "Zhao Dacai?"
"It's the small one," he answered immediately.
Song Yin moved his gaze back to the second person, "Qian Jie?"
"What do you want, Immortal?" The man bowed and smiled flatteringly.
"Fang Sanmu?"
"Yes, Great Immortal."
Song Yin called out names one by one, and after everyone in the hall responded in unison, he nodded and said, "Someone reported that you were hoarding goods and manipulating prices in the city, causing great inconvenience to mortals. Now the evidence is conclusive."
"Great Immortal, Great Immortal."
Zhao Dacai's eyes widened, and he said quickly: "This is nothing, how can it be hoarded? Besides, what kind of law is this against?"
"Yes, Master, this business is all about mutual consent. They are willing to sell and I am willing to buy. It's about money, so why are they hoarding the goods?" Other businessmen also spoke out.
What is hoarding? For them, this is a normal business practice. They just buy things and as long as others are willing to sell, that's enough. As for the consequences, it has nothing to do with them.
Not to mention the Nanping Kingdom, even in the Great Chu which also has a government, there has never been any accusation of hoarding.
Hearing this, Song Yin frowned and looked at Yao Ningqing.
Yao Ningqing thought for a moment and said, "There is indeed no precedent for this, but it is indeed manipulating prices. If it lasts for a long time, the people may not be able to afford food and will have to spend a lot of money to buy it back from them. If it is not controlled in time, many people will die. Therefore, such people should be punished according to the law. It would not be wrong to kill them all!"
As he spoke, he began to sweat.
He wanted to let mortals govern themselves and not let immortals interfere, but after passing through so many countries and seeing so many towns, all he thought about was that immortals were disorderly and acted recklessly, but he did not expect that mortals themselves would also cause harm to mortals.
It’s not right to always look up.
If Song Yin had not told him about the dangers of hoarding goods at the government office before, he would never have thought of this.
This immortal from the Golden Immortal Sect did teach him a lesson.
Kill?!
Upon hearing this, the businessmen broke out in cold sweats. Are they going to kill people at any time
"Great Immortal, we really don't know!"
Zhao Dacai begged for mercy, "We have always been like this before, and nothing happened. Now the price of grain outside is 100 coins per bushel. As a businessman, we earn whatever can make money. This is very normal. You can't kill us for this, right? Great Immortal, I have heard that the Golden Immortal Sect is a kind-hearted people. We also want to work for the Golden Immortal Sect and let everyone under us worship you."
"Yes, yes, the immortals are very busy, so we can just do this little thing of offering sacrifices, and we are also kind people!"
"Yes, Great Immortal, please forgive us, we know nothing!"
Several people were begging for mercy.
No matter what, it would be extremely easy for the people above to kill me.
These great immortals kill people like they butcher dogs!
“Good attitude”
Zhang Feixuan waved his folding fan and looked at them with satisfaction, "You want to make offerings to us?"
"We are familiar with this kind of thing. We know what to do. We know what to do." Zhao Dacai smiled a smile that everyone understood.
"Oh? Brother, how about..."
Zhang Feixuan curled the corner of his mouth and spoke to Song Yin, but he shut up halfway through his words.
Because Song Yin's face looked very bad, so gloomy that it looked like water could come out of it.
This made Zhang Feixuan straighten his body, and he stopped waving the fan, and stood there upright.
He didn't know why his senior brother was so angry for a mortal, but the situation was very bad now.
Song Yin just looked at them, his eyes becoming increasingly cold.
He was very familiar with this face, but it was precisely because of the familiarity that he felt angry.
"The Golden Immortal Sect has its own laws. Since the government has been established, the requirements will be issued to the government, and the government will issue them to the people. There is no need to go through you, you are also the people."
But anger is anger, and one thing is one thing. He cannot bring his personal emotions to the sect.
It seems that these people have not made any mistakes so far, and the world has not punished them for this.
So
"It is true that you are hoarding and disrupting prices. This kind of thing is not allowed in the land ruled by our Jinxian Sect, but we will not bully you. Considering that this is your first offense, we will use the account book to calculate the price you purchased, and the government will come forward and compensate you at a fair price."
Song Yin said, "I warn you, hoarding the daily necessities of the people is a crime comparable to heresy. If you do it again, I will hang you on a tree!"
"this"
Several people looked at each other, but did not dare to answer.
It was really unheard of that a sect suddenly came to manage their business.
"Just do as the Immortal says. We won't do it again." Zhao Dacai said while lowering his head and gritting his teeth.
When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. They can only submit to the gods who are in charge of this place. They know that different sects have their own rules, and no one would go against the sect for no reason. The reason they can survive until now is two words - cooperation.
Once the war is over and other places are safe, they will leave from here.
"Yao Ningqing."
"Here." Yao Ningqing bowed quickly.
"You take some people here to check the accounts and count the quantity of supplies." Song Yin said.
"Yes, I will do it well." Yao Ningqing said.
"Okay, I'll leave first then."
Song Yin glanced at these businessmen and turned to leave.
"Great Immortal, if you don't mind, it won't be too late to drink a cup of tea before leaving."
Seeing that the person was about to leave, Zhao Dacai said politely, "My tea is the best 'meat tea'."
"Meat tea?"
Before Song Yin could refuse, Yao Ning's eyes shrank when he heard this, and he asked again, "You said meat tea?"
"This is Brother Ning, right? You know him?" Zhao Dacai said with a smile.
"Good stuff?" Zhang Feixuan was quite particular about tea tasting. Seeing the former child prodigy in a daze, he asked.
“It’s a good thing.”
Zhao Dacai smiled proudly: "This tea can refresh the soul and make the body healthy. It is said that drinking it for a long time can prolong life and restore youth. This is the way of drinking tea passed down from the Great Chu. Immortal, why don't you taste a cup of it? It can be regarded as an apology for our ignorance of the law."
This is an opportunity to build closer relationships and get in touch with people in the sect, which is what these people often do.
Although this meat tea is a mortal method, it is difficult to make and the people in the sect don't have the time to make it. But if you drink it, even the people in the sect will praise it.
Listening to Zhao Dacai's words, Yao Ningqing took a deep breath and shouted, "Master, these people are cannibals!"