On the 29th of the lunar month of 1938.

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

As for Zhong Yi's parents, because they are far away in Myanmar, they can only talk about it later.

Immediately after Chinese New Year's Eve, President Chang in Chongqing and Chairman Huang of the province issued New Year's proclamations.

Zhong Yi was lazy, not only did he not make a statement as usual, but he did not even attend the dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve.

Because he was a newlywed Yan'er, Zhong Yi didn't go to work in the past few days, and accompanied Zhang Manyi to visit the Seven Pagoda Temple, Tiantong Temple and even Xikou Xuedou Temple and other scenic spots.

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, three feet of snow on the flat ground, but Zhong Yi and Zhang Manyi were still interested, and went to the Baoguo Temple near Cicheng for a whole day, and when they returned to Zhang's villa, it was already evening.

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

"Ziren, you're back." Zhang Yuanxi hurriedly said, "I've been waiting for you for a day." ”

"Far West, what are you in a hurry?" Mrs. Zhang walked over, and while dusting off the snow on Zhong Yi's body, she said to Zhang Yuanxi in disgust, "Let Ziren drink hot tea first to warm up your body." ”

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

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

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

In the end, a family meeting was convened to vote, and Mrs. Zhang's opinion was rejected with one vote in favor and five votes against.

Getting back to the point, Zhang Yuanxi ignored his wife, and continued: "When will the ash arrive?" The three-way project in the new area has been completely suspended! ”

"Stopped?" Zhong Yi took the teacup from Zhang Yuanfan's hand and said, "Didn't I ask you to start the landfill project of the Xitang River and the Xintang River first?" ”

"The people have all gone home for the New Year." Zhang Yuanxi said angrily, "What if you don't stop working?" ”

After a pause, Zhang Yuanxi said again: "Also, let me tell you one more thing, the construction period may have to be delayed, and 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 collapsed when he heard this, "What's going on?" ”

When it comes to business, Zhong Yi only has subordinates in his eyes, and no second brother-in-law.

"The main reason is that some of them didn't think it through at the beginning." Speaking of this, Zhang Yuanxi inevitably blamed himself, and said, "At the beginning, I thought about taking soil from the canal and Moon Lake nearby, and filling in the Xitang River and Xintang River, so that we can widen and deepen the canal and Moon Lake, and beautify the environment of Yinjiang New Area, but when it came to the start of construction, I 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 you think, you must complete the first phase of the three-way and one-level project of 5,000 acres of land for me within three months!" ”

"In this case, at least 100,000 people, and employment alone is definitely not enough." Zhang Yuanxi frowned and said, "You have to issue an administrative order in the name of the mayor of Yinjiang, and every household needs to pay a penny!" Count as hard labor, not pay! Because the amount of wages for 100,000 strong men is too large to pay! ”

Zhong Yi frowned when he heard this: "I have to think about this." ”

Sending labor has been a habitual routine of the government to oppress the people since ancient times, and Zhong Yi is extremely resistant to this.

At this time, Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but interrupt the two of them and said, "Okay, let's talk about business later, let's eat first." ”

It's just that Zhong Yi is destined to eat this meal, because as soon as they sat down, Zhou Baoyu, secretary general of the municipal government, hurriedly walked into Zhang's restaurant.

"Mayor, something is wrong!" Zhou Baoyu whispered.

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

Seeing Zhong Yi's figure disappear, Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but shake her head, really, it's not easy to eat a meal.

Fortunately, not long after, Zhong Yi returned to the restaurant, and the family continued to eat dinner, but the old man Zhang Mouzhi was not there, and he went to Fenghua to visit.

Zhang Yuanxi immediately asked, "Ziren, what's wrong?" ”

"Someone is hoarding rice!" Zhong Yi said, "Since yesterday morning, the price of rice has been soaring! ”

"Ziren, I remembered it as soon as you said it." Mrs. Zhang said, "Mother Wang is still nagging me just now, saying that the price of everything has been 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 disapprerovingly: "It coincides with the New Year, and it happens to be another blizzard, and it is completely reasonable for the price of rice, flour, oil, and meat to rise a little, so there is no need to make such a fuss, right?" ”

"This is no ordinary price increase!" Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "It's just that someone is hoarding Juqi!" ”

After a pause, Zhong Yi said again: "Because just now, the price of rice has risen to a dime per catty!" At this price, there are more than a dozen grain stores in Yinjiang City, and only two are willing to sell! ”

"What?" Zhang Yuanxi suddenly changed color and said, "It's already risen to a dime 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, and the price of rice rarely exceeds two cents in major rice producing areas like Yinjiang.

But now that it has risen to a dime per catty, then there must be something wrong with this matter!

At that moment, Zhang Yuanxi said: "Then this thing is strange, Yinjiang is the main producer of rice, and last year was a rare harvest year, and there is a lot of surplus grain among the people, so it stands to reason that there will be no such big price fluctuations." ”

Zhong Yi said: "Needless to say, there must be a pair of black hands behind it, as for who it is, it can only be known when the detective team checks it." ”

Zhang Yuanxi pondered for a moment and said, "Ziren, could it be that group of people who retaliated against you?" ”

"Possibly." Zhong Yi nodded and said, "There is a way to block people's money, such as killing their parents, if I completely cut off the opium smuggling channels of those people, they will definitely hold a grudge, and it is reasonable to find an opportunity to retaliate." ”

Zhong Yi actually has a sentence that has not been said, and this incident is probably not that simple.

Behind that group of people, I am afraid there is also the behind-the-scenes push of the Japanese, which is likely to be a well-planned economic war!

"That's a bit of a problem." Zhang Yuanxi's face changed slightly, "Among this group, a considerable number of people are senior generals in the three war zones!" With the power of the army in his hands! ”

Zhong Yi was stunned: "They have soldiers in their hands, don't we have them?" ”

After a pause, Zhong Yi continued: "If it is found out that it is not them this time, it will be fine, if it is true, how do you see me cleaning them up?" ”