Bingzhou City is still in a panic, but this panic only lingers in the minds of grain merchants.
The first batch of grain from Jiangnan Road to help the north has entered the city. The grain merchants could not sleep at night. Early the next morning, before dawn, the grain merchants gathered outside the gate of the governor's mansion.
The news is not good, so we must sell the grain in hand quickly, otherwise things will change later.
After Li Qinzai said he was ill, the gate of the Governor's Mansion was closed tightly, but there was a sea of people outside.
The first batch of grain merchants who brought grain into the city had not yet sold the grain, but there were still grain merchants coming into the city continuously, all attracted by Li Qinzai's story of buying horse bones for a large sum of money.
However, Li Qishi was ill. I heard that his illness was very serious and he was just hanging on for a breath.
Now the grain merchants gradually realized that something was wrong with their products.
Damn, are you really sick? You became sick just after the food from Jiangnan Road arrived. Is the name of this disease called "renewal"?
Grain from Jiangnan Road has come in, and the grain in the hands of grain merchants is obviously worthless. Forty cents a liter? Who dares to sell it at this price now? Isn't that asking for death?
In the next few days, if more grain comes from Jiangnan Road, the grain in the hands of grain merchants will become even cheaper.
The imperial court's diversion of grain from the south to the north was a macro-control exercise to provide relief to the north. This was a trend that no one could stop. Under this trend, grain merchants could only be crushed to pieces.
I was suspicious but unwilling to give in. Why did the food I stocked up at a high price turn into a cabbage price inexplicably within a few days?
The essence of capital is bloodthirsty, not vomiting blood!
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In the governor's house, Governor Li, who was reported to be ill and dying, was sitting in the yard... eating barbecue.
Dip the brush in oil and brush it over a row of chicken wings in turn. The movements are smooth and smooth, full of beauty.
Liu Asi grabbed a chicken wing and was eating it until his mouth was full of oil. He sighed while eating.
Li Qinzai tolerated it for the sake of his confidants at first, but the more he tolerated it, the more he felt that it was hard to calm down.
"Either you finish your meal and get out of here, or you put the chicken wings down and let the gas out of your stomach before you eat them."
"Fifth Young Master, I really don't know what you are thinking. The money your Majesty allocated to us has been spent. There is not a penny left. There are so many grain merchants outside waiting to sell grain. You can still eat it now.
Chicken wings…”
Liu Asi sighed and said: "There is no trace of the food in Jiangnan Road. It is obviously a play put on by a villain with a plot. If someone exposes it, we will be criticized by thousands of people."
Li Qinzai stared at the chicken wings intently, paying attention to its heat, and said calmly: "Take care of your mouth. Except for eating and sighing, don't open it at other times, and you'll be fine."
The chicken wings are sizzling over the charcoal fire, and the oil is sprinkled with some salt and cumin. The aroma becomes more intense.
Li Qinzai swallowed and kept blowing cool air on the chicken wings.
"Oh, by the way, tomorrow night you lead the troops out of the city and continue to get more than a dozen carts of grain. This time you only need to bring empty grain bags, find a deserted wilderness and decorate them with straw, river sand, etc., and then put a seal on them.
, put a stamp on it, and swagger back to the city after dawn."
Liu Asi's IQ is limited, but Li Qinzai's operations sound somewhat familiar.
"Fifth Young Master, is this... a plan to suspect soldiers?"
"It can be understood..." Li Qinzai took a bite of the chicken wing, and the oil flowed down from the corner of his mouth. He gasped because of the heat: "Also, the 30,000 soldiers who dug the canals should come in handy. You can send a smart Pao Ze Tell the general over there to send 10,000 people over."
Liu Asi suddenly became excited: "Is Fifth Young Master still going to kill the grain merchant?"
"I really want to kill you... Why do you always think about fighting and killing things that can obviously be resolved peacefully?"
"Ten thousand people will arrive outside Bingzhou City before midnight tomorrow evening and station twenty miles away from the city. After you transport the second batch of fake grain back to the city, have the soldiers dig out all the roads out of the city in four directions. Then two thousand soldiers and horses were dispatched to Bingzhou to take over the city defense."
Liu Asi looked at him in shock: "Fifth Young Master, what are you going to do?"
Li Qinzai said while chewing chicken wings: "I want to make Bingzhou an isolated city temporarily, and let the grain merchants in the city be in trouble, adding a little more psychological pressure to them."
"By the way, I sent a message to Song Sen. After two thousand soldiers and horses entered the city, I asked Song Sen's Baiqisi to spread rumors in the city, saying that there was a severe drought in the north, turmoil in central Shanxi, and that there might be civil unrest in neighboring counties and counties, so Bingzhou must be on guard. , blocking traffic.”
Liu Asi thought hard for a long time and couldn't help but praise: "Fifth Young Master, you are brilliant!"
Li Qinzai twitched the corner of his mouth: "What's wrong with me?"
"The road has been dug and rumors are spreading. The grain merchants cannot get their grain out of the city, and they dare not leave the city. They are getting more and more uneasy with the grain in their hands. You are forcing the grain merchants to lower their prices. In addition, Jiangnan Road's so-called relief Grain is constantly being delivered, and there is no shortage of grain in the city. The grain merchants can only sell the grain to the governor's office at a fair price."
"The price is four cents per liter. The grain merchants have lost all their capital this time. Wu Shaolang fought without any blood or robbed him. The grain merchants are willing to sell the grain to you. It is really brilliant."
Liu Asi's eyes shone brightly, and his admiration for Li Qinzai became even more uncontrollable.
Li Qinzai looked surprised, but the focus of his surprise was different: "With your IQ, you can actually figure out such a complicated problem. Am I becoming more and more shallow, or have you upgraded your experience bar unknowingly?"
"Uh...ah?"
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Outside the Governor's Mansion, grain merchants asked to see Governor Li to no avail. They waited until the next day and bad news came again.
Another batch of grain relief from Jiangnan Road has entered the city. This time it is still more than a dozen trucks, worth about more than 10,000 dan.
Liu Asi and his subordinates escorted the grain carts and entered the city gate with great swagger. More than a dozen grain carts swaggered through the city. Liu Asi deliberately hung around the entrances of inns and grain shops for a while before escorting the grain carts into the official warehouse.
In the afternoon, more than a dozen grain stores in the city that supplied grain to the government's warehouses put up notices.
Starting today, the price of food in the city will drop by another penny per liter.
The people in the city became more and more jubilant, and everyone rushed to tell each other. Many people in the residences were beating gongs and drums, as happy as a festival.
The grain merchants who stayed at the inn looked as if they were mourning for their heirs.
Another penny drop in grain prices may seem like a small change, but the signal sent by the Governor's Office to the outside world is too strong.
Yes, Li Qishi no longer cares about the grain merchants. You want to sell it or not. As for you still want to sell it for forty cents a liter, haha, you want to eat it.
Grain merchants will not sit still and wait for death. There is no hope of making money here, so we can go elsewhere. Can't we sell somewhere else?
Less than an hour after Liu Asi escorted the grain into the city, the grain merchants greeted their clerks and cart drivers one after another, pushed the grain carts out of the city, and left.
The departure of the grain merchants this time did not cause any panic to the people in the city, and the people were unmoved by this.
The grain in the south has already filled the official warehouses. Who cares about the high-priced grain that costs tens of cents per liter?
However, not long after the grain merchants left the city, they pushed their grain carts back to the city in a dejected manner, each of their faces looking uglier than the last.
The road outside the city leading to the neighboring city was dug up by the soldiers of the Ningshuo Governor's Mansion, making it impossible for grain trucks to pass. The grain merchants had no choice but to return to the city.
After returning to Bingzhou City in panic, the grain merchants could no longer control their anger and sent people to report to the big shots behind them. The current situation in Bingzhou was serious and they could no longer bear it.
Just as the grain merchants returned to the city, two thousand soldiers were ordered to enter the city and take over the defense of Bingzhou City.
The atmosphere in Bingzhou City suddenly became tense.
Rumors spread from nowhere that there is a severe drought in the north, turmoil in central Shanxi, and there are signs of instability in neighboring prefectures and counties, and there may be civil unrest.
Li, the governor of Bingzhou, took precautions against the danger and took precautions. He not only ordered troops to be mobilized into the city, but also dug roads in four directions to prevent civil unrest.
The rumor spread wider and wider, and soon the whole city knew about it.
The grain merchants finally despaired, knowing that they would lose all their money this time.
No matter what, you must get rid of the food in your hands as soon as possible and leave Bingzhou City as soon as possible.
Whether the rumors are true or false, they are not good news for grain merchants.
If it is true and the civil uprising does happen, then the whole of Jinzhong is the enemy of the grain merchants. If the grain dares to leave the city, it will be robbed, and the lives of the grain merchants will not be saved.
If it is false and it is a rumor concocted by Governor Li, it means that they are targeting the grain in their hands, attracting grain merchants to the city at high prices, suddenly popping up the so-called Jiangnan Road grain relief, and finally digging up the road to spread rumors of the so-called civil unrest...
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This is clearly a chain dance of an immortal.
If we continue to hold on hard, who knows what conspiracy the young governor will come up with. The two thousand soldiers who have just entered the city and so-called take over the city defense... are they really just taking over the city defense?
Haha, you are so naive, how did you know they wouldn't attack the grain merchants in the city?
In the time of great disaster, grain prices were driven up. Governor Li appealed for the people's orders and killed people to stabilize grain prices in the city. The grain merchants were killed, and the people clapped their hands and cheered...
Isn’t this picture classic?
Grain merchants just want to live a good life and don't want to become a classic...
Thinking of this, the grain merchants suddenly felt chills on their necks and goosebumps all over their bodies, as if an invisible knife was unknowingly placed on their necks.
You must get rid of the food in your hands, you can give it away for free!