"Boss, here are four bottles of beer, thirty skewers of mutton skewers, and another twenty skewers of lamb kidneys."

After sitting down at the late night snack stall, Jiang Hua greeted the boss carelessly.

"Wait a moment, I'll be here soon."

The owner of the late-night snack stall is a fat man with a smooth face, but the wife is quite handsome and wears an apron and is busy.

"Lady boss, pay the bill!"

A few strong men who were well fed and drunk waved to the proprietress who was wearing an apron and clearing the table.

"Brother Li, you've finished your meal. Your table has a total of two hundred and sixty-seven. After excluding the fractions, just give me two hundred and sixty."

The landlady walked over with a smile on her face.

"That's not right. I came here to eat last week and ordered the same thing. It only cost two hundred and two hundred and two. In just a few days, you have gained so much. Isn't it because you're too old?"

The strong man in the flowery short-sleeved shirt was not happy.

"Brother Li, you don't know that not only the price of coal has risen sharply, but also the price of charcoal. We are a small business, so we ask for your forgiveness."

The landlady looked embarrassed.

"I'm sorry. I think you two just fell in love with money. What a shabby stall. You won't come again next time."

The brawny man with short sleeves angrily threw down his money and walked away angrily.

After other diners heard this, they also complained that the boss couple should not increase the price, and clamored to pay the bill. For a time, the originally busy late-night snack stall lost more than half of its customers.

This did not affect Jiang Hua. He and Xue Shan had a bottle of beer each, drinking and eating at the same time, which was quite comfortable.

"Dad, this business is getting harder and harder to do."

The landlady sat on a stool and sighed.

"I don't know what's going on with commodity prices. When coal prices go up, everything else goes up. What do you think is going on?"

The fat boss also looked sad.

"The price of charcoal has also increased now?"

Jiang Hua took a sip of beer and asked in a casual tone.

"Not only the price of charcoal has gone up, but also the price of food ingredients. What do you think is going on? Why does everything go up when the price of coal goes up?"

The fat boss said with a grimace.

He doesn't want to raise prices. His small business was originally supported by repeat customers. Now the sudden price increase has offended many repeat customers. However, the purpose of doing business is to make money. The cost has increased. If he doesn't follow the price increase, it will not be in vain.

What?

"Don't worry, it will get better."

Jiang Hua narrowed his eyes.

He has people taking care of his food, clothing, housing and transportation. He usually has no access to price trends, but through what he has seen and heard in the past few days, he can also smell that something is wrong with the direction of the wind.

Now, not only the price of coal has increased, but the prices of other commodities have also increased. It seems that there is a force secretly driving up prices and disrupting the market.

"By the way, boss, I went to fill up the car with gas this morning. The price of gas has also gone up."

Xue Shan said angrily.

"Well, when you get up tomorrow morning, remember to call me and I'll go to Mr. Zhao's place."

Jiang Hua's eyes looked thoughtful.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Jiang Hua made an appointment with Zhao Kanghe to meet.

The operation to round up Yao Podi has come to an end. Except for Yao Podi who is on the run, the rest of his gang have been rounded up, so Zhao Kanghe has been at home recently.

"Originally, even if you don't come to see me today, I'm still going to ask you to meet."

Zhao Kanghe was standing in the yard doing Tai Chi.

"Mr. Zhao, there's something wrong with the prices recently. A small Tang family can't afford to cause such a big disturbance, right?"

Jiang Hua asked with some confusion.

In his eyes, the Tang family just used their in-law relationship with the Wu family to get a share of the Yao family's downfall. If the price of coal increased, it might have something to do with them, but they were in charge.

As prices rise, Jiang Hua thinks he looks down on them too much.

"The Tang family is just a puppet that was pushed onto the stage. The real mastermind behind this is someone else."

Zhao Kanghe performed Tai Chi slowly and slowly.

"Isn't it the Freemasons stirring up trouble inside again?"

Jiang Hua already knows that the recent turmoil in his company is inseparable from Freemasonry.

"It's the Freemasons, but they're not just here for you this time."

Zhao Kanghe closed his eyes and retracted his fists.

"What's the meaning?"

Jiang Hua didn't understand and asked in confusion.

"This is an economic war. The East and the West are two different economies. Everyone knows the reason why one is ebbing and the other is ebbing, so economic strikes are also a way of war."

Zhao Kanghe walked to the bamboo chair and sat down.

"Are you saying that the Freemasonry represents Western interests this time?"

Jiang Hua understood somewhat.

"Yes, our economy has developed too fast in the past two years, which has touched some people's sensitive nerves."

Zhao Kanghe picked up a cup of tea that the nanny had just made.

"No wonder, I was wondering before. I haven't provoked anyone recently. They made the wrong mistake. They traveled across the ocean and mobilized troops to attack me. It turned out that they only dealt with me incidentally."

Sudden realization flashed in Jiang Hua's eyes.

He has been wondering these past few days. It is true that he has a grudge against the Freemasons, but it is not a hatred of killing husbands and seizing wives. Do they need several families to unite and invite Thoros to come out to get him?

After working on it for a long time, it turned out that the other party was trying to kill the rabbit, and the real goal was to suppress the mainland's economy.

"How's it going at your company?"

Zhao Kanghe pondered for a moment and asked.

"Although Lao Suo is a stock god, he is old after all and his reputation is empty. For a while, he can't do anything to me."

Jiang Hua replied carelessly.

This is his home court, and although the momentum created by Soros is quite bluffing, it is not that easy to suppress his company's stock price.

"Don't take it lightly. They have bad intentions this time. Be prepared to cut off your downstream supply of spare parts."

Zhao Kanghe reminded Jiang Hua.

"Mr. Zhao, I have expected this a long time ago. Although my industry cannot be said to be a perfect ecological closed loop, it is still a daydream if I think it will be the same as before."

Jiang Hua had a confident smile on his lips.

After experiencing Sanxin's betrayal, he has been focusing on chip research and development. Although he cannot completely get rid of imports, most spare parts can be produced independently.

"That's good. Speaking of which, you are indispensable for our ability to catch up with the world's leading communications level in such a short period of time. It makes sense for the Freemasons to regard you as a thorn in their side."

Zhao Kanghe looked at Jiang Hua with great satisfaction.

Just three or four years ago, the domestic communications industry was still dominated by foreign companies. It was precisely because of the emergence of Jianghua that it broke the status quo of foreign companies disrupting the domestic communications industry.

And it is precisely because of the digital communication system developed by Jianghua that China took the lead in entering the 3G era.

"Mr. Zhao, do you have any strategies to deal with the price issue?"

Jiang Hua changed the topic back to the problem at hand.

"They want to use the price of coal as a lever to move the prices of other related industries. At present, they cannot move the prices of rice, flour, grains, oils, and other daily necessities. We only need to start from the key points to break their conspiracy.

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Chapter completed!