Chapter 689 - An Exhausted Official
The people of the food street had a rather unique and a bit overwhelming experience today. For the first time in their lives, all of their stock had been finished and even their reserves were all sold off.
A rather handsome man as described by the female vendors, went to shop by shop, stall by stall, and either ate all the food they had or bought it all. In some shops, he tasted some and bought the rest.
The other people who had come to visit the street were left stunned, unable to even complain. All they could see was a man, eating food like he had been starving for who knows how long.
Of course, this person was none other than Lin Mu, who was having the time of his life. There were many kinds of dishes to taste and even more ingredients to buy.
There were special herbs that were cooked in jungle fowl fat to make a stir-fry. There was one of the specialties of the Hong Lin kingdom, which was the Leave wrapped rice and meat cakes.
These were made by covering beast meat in rice first before it was wrapped in the broad leaves of the Hong Lin trees and then steamed. The leaves of the Hong Lin Trees gave it a rather unique armor and a tinge of flavor that seeped into the rice.
Even the water that was used to steam it all was flavored with the flowers of the Hong Lin trees, adding a scent that mesmerized everyone that passed by. This was also one of the most expensive dishes that could be bought here, but Lin Mu simply spent several tens of gold coins and bought the entire shop’s supply.
In total, he had bought around twenty steamers full of this dish. Once he stored them in the ring, they would stay good for a long time and Lin Mu would be able to enjoy them later.
In addition to the food street, Lin Mu even went to the street where they sent the ingredients for those dishes and emptied out other stores as well. Some of the other customers protested, of course, but they couldn’t really do much in the face of money.
After all, no sane shopkeeper would deny Lin Mu, who was paying everything upfront. The other customers could only sigh to themselves and curse their bad luck that they met a whale today.
The thing was, they didn’t even know why Lin Mu was buying all this. At the start, the customers thought he owned a restaurant or something like that and thus he was buying in bulk, but when Lin Mu started to empty out other shops as well, they started to find it really strange.
"Yes, office head.
"Did he cause any conflict or a fight?"
"The other customers were upset and displeased that all of the stock was bought off by him, not only in one or two shops but the entire streets." The guard replied.
"And they were the ones that reported him to you all?" The office head questioned.
"Yes, office head. They said that he is intentionally causing trouble and strife in the business. They say he is attempting to run them out of business and make them bankrupt." The guards answered.
Hearing all this, the office head rubbed his forehead and eyes.
~Sigh~
The man let out a sigh as he raised his head. His exhausted expression contorted and fear filled the eyes of the guards.
"YOU IMBECILES! DID YOU EVEN CHECK THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS BEFORE YOU CAME TO ME?" The office head thundered.
"Umm..." the guards were unable to reply anymore.
"SPEAK!" The office head yelled again.
"Uh... he didn’t really break any laws or regulations. But since the merchants and all complained, we had no choice but to come to you, office head." The guards replied with difficultly.
"I swear I’ll flip the ministry of trade someday... just because someone outbid them, they think they can just force work onto us..." the office head cursed.