章 49: Begging

Shen San was the third son of the Shen family in Huizhou.

The Shen family of Huizhou was the number one imperial merchant in the Great Zhou Dynasty, as well as in-laws of General Yuan's family. It was also because of the Shen family's support that the Yuan family army was able to defend the border while the imperial court was in arrears.

The military officials had always been on good terms with the Shen family, and Qi Xiuyuan was no exception.

With the Zhang family as the leader, the squires worked together to lower the grain grains, but raised the price of rice. As Qi Xiuyuan was not a civil servant, he could not manage the government affairs of Xingzhou Prefecture. However, they had offended him by targeting military rations, so Qi Xiuyuan naturally did not stand on ceremony.