Daily Intelligence System: Don't Kill Me, Honey!

Zhou Peng stretched out his hand and played a card, "Hmm, you’ve worked hard. How was the turnout today?"

The shopkeeper said, "Even more than yesterday. This morning, as early as the hour of Yin, people were already queuing, and by the time we opened, it took no more than the time to drink a cup of tea to sell out completely."

Zhou Peng said, "Heh heh, looks like the grain is very much in demand. We’re bound to get rich."

"Bang!"

Zhou Peng reached out and took the ’one bamboo’ tile that Landlord Wang had just played.

Meanwhile, Liu Rong of the Firewood Guild said, "Guild Leader Zhou, the tactic you taught is indeed useful. Selling a little less each day with restrictions can indeed minimize losses, but what if the Commandery Princess discovers what we’re doing?"

Zhou Peng replied, "Discover what? Aren’t we all complying with her instructions, opening the door and selling grain at a fair price? A pound of sorghum rice for ten cents, there’s no difference from before the disaster, right?"

"I haven’t been mixing sand into the rice, have I? With all this done, what does she have to be dissatisfied about?"

Upon hearing this, Landlord Wang said, "Guild Leader Zhou, but, fifty quotas a day, isn’t that too few?"

"Few? It’s not few at all. We don’t have grain in our hands, do we? The grain has to be allocated daily, and there’s only so much. We’re already doing our best. Does the Commandery Princess really want to scrutinize us that much?"

"Besides, she’s a transient official. She’ll leave in a few days anyway. Do you think she’s really going to keep a close eye on this matter?"