Five days later.
Many of the details from the Heyang Elegant Banquet ultimately spread.
The Fan Family was the first to throw in with the River Law Bureau. When the news arrived, every family found it unbelievable.
Over the years, the River Law Bureau had challenged the bottom line of the grain merchant families time and again, while water prices rose higher with each passing year.
Fan Ling's move was no different from betraying all the grain merchant families. Many family heads voiced their stance, demanding that the Fan Family give an explanation.
Facing the oncoming tidal wave of public opinion, the Fan Family kept an unusually low profile, shutting their doors and refusing to see anyone.
The Fan Family had originally intended to lie low for a while, but the Lin Family and the Feng Clan's large-scale opening of porridge kitchens and organization of refugees caught them completely off guard.
This time, the Lin Family joined forces with the Feng Clan to open porridge kitchens and distribute grain throughout Green Rock City and its surrounding villages and towns.
Quite a few families also caught the scent of something unusual. In private, after long talks with Lin Che that lasted through the night, they too chose to follow suit.
Not only that, they voluntarily lowered grain prices as well, sending the refugees and common folk into jubilant cheers.
The sheer scale of it prompted the city lord, the River Law Bureau, the Grain Constitution Bureau, the Bureau of Revenue and Cloth, the Civil Commissioner, the county offices, and other senior government officials to hold overnight discussions.
For a time, undercurrents surged through Green Rock City.
After returning from the Lin Family.
Feng Xiu handled several minor matters concerning family promotions and arrangements for Uncle Zheng to contact the