Originally, Mr. Sun had thought the court would definitely issue some restrictive document; he just hadn't expected it to come this quickly.
The Sun Family's trading firm also owned a grain shop, and not a small one. When the Xia Family started acquiring grain earlier, the Sun Family had also bought some.
But afterward, Mr. Sun suddenly came to his senses and realized this Silver would not be so easy to earn. The Xia Family had the Grand Secretary backing them; naturally they had nothing to fear.
Although he too had leaned on an official in the court, that man had already warned him never to act recklessly.
So later Mr. Sun stopped purchasing grain. If in the end he had to sell it all off cheap, wouldn't that be trying to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice?
Not only would he have wasted his energy, he might well have to sell at a loss in the end.
