It turns out that the masked man has already made a plan. He is just a pawn in the masked man's hands. The development of the situation and the reaction of the grain merchants are all under his control.
Since he has the cards in his hand, there is nothing to say.
"Xiao Sheng will just wait for your news."
After saluting, the masked man left first. After he was far away, Jiang Shengwei walked straight out of Changshou Fang and headed towards his hiding place.
Behind Jiang Shengwei, two shadow men followed quietly.
Inside the palace.
Li Xueyan and several attendants were making soup for His Majesty in the garden. Just as news came to the palace, after he opened the note, his eyes became a little strange. Before the soup was ready, he hurriedly left the palace, taking a few people with him.
The palace maid walked towards the Manna Palace.
Sedan chairs are not conducive to the spread of the concept of equality for all and have been banned by Qin Huaidao.
When they arrived at Ganlu Hall, they saw that Qin Huaidao was still working hard on the Yellow River floods. Fang Xuanling from the Ministry of State and Duan Lun from the Ministry of Works were in the hall reporting to His Majesty the progress of various affairs in recent days.
"Your Majesty, we have recently collected 3,000 tons of grain from Chang'an City and surrounding prefectures and counties. It is the beginning of summer, and it is a time of food shortage. The people and merchants do not have much food left. I will expand the scope of collection and collect as much grain as possible.
." Fang Xuanling said.
After seeing Fang Lao report, Duan Lun also reported: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry has prepared more than 100 trucks of flood control materials and more than 10,000 sacks. According to your Majesty's request, they have been transported to the dams in various sections of the Yellow River and will arrive in the next few days.
, At present, the manpower of the Ministry of Industry is still increasing, and it is not a problem to double the production in five days."
This news did not have any effect on relaxing Qin Huaidao's tense mentality, because these quantities are far from enough for the entire Yellow River: "Fang Lao, I will transfer the Jin Yiwei and Luo Wu's security forces to your task of collecting food.
, in the event of a disaster, I want every common person to have food to eat, but one thing is that we cannot collect it by force, let alone go into homes to rob it, levy it at high prices, and do not compete with the people for profit."
"As for Duan Lun, if you recruit more craftsmen, women can hold up half of the sky. We must actively encourage women and children to join this preparation. As for wages, there are two options, one is fixed payment, and the other is more reward for more work."
, it can be counted on a piece-by-piece basis, and those who do more should earn more.”
"promise."
The two of them accepted the order and slowly retreated.
Seeing that Qin Huaidao still had a solemn expression, Yao Xueyan stepped forward and gently kneaded his head, comforting him and saying: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be too worried. In the final analysis, the serious problems in the Yellow River are just the words of river worker Feng Jiizhang and Lanzhou Prefecture. I remember
There is also a message from the state capital saying that the local dam is very strong and there is no worry of dam failure. Floods in the future may not happen at all, right?"
Qin Huaidao smiled. She might not be able to understand some of the things he said to her.
But thinking about it carefully, her words are not unreasonable. However, once a flood occurs in the Yellow River, it will affect more than one state and one prefecture. If preparedness is not good, the entire downstream coastal state roads will be flooded, and the people involved may be afraid.
It's tens of millions, and he can't help but worry about it.
But on the surface, I don't want these ladies to worry too much.
He put away a bunch of memorials and forced a smile from his tired face and said: "Indeed, I was too worried about the Yellow River incident. I haven't been to your palace to see you for a long time. It's my fault. I have many things to do. Thank you very much.
You share my worries."
"We are all one family, how can I thank you?" Li Xueyan said shyly, and then explained the purpose of her visit: "Do you still remember Jiang Shengwei, the son of the Jiang family who caused trouble in the imperial examination? News came from the Tianyan Intelligence Network that he was the one who caused trouble in the imperial examination yesterday.
The purpose of conspiring to gather many grain merchants is unknown, but it is a pity that the people with clairvoyance could not sneak into the grain merchants, otherwise they would know what they said."
Qin Huaidao smiled, grabbed Li Xueyan's hand that was squeezing his head, and pulled it gently. Li Xueyan sat on his lap, and her whole body was nestled in his arms.
His eyes were soft, his hand gently scratched her nose, and his words were reproachful but also hinted at distress: "Look, you are saying that I am not busy with these things? You don't need to hold on to some things too tightly, let the Military Intelligence Department
Li Jingren can handle it."
Li Xueyan said: "How can that be the same? Whatever your Majesty tells me to do, I will do it well. What's more, the Military Intelligence Department that my younger brother is in charge of should focus on military information. News from the people and officials from various places should also be
Leave it to the Eye of Heaven."
Thinking of what happened just now, Li Xueyan got out of Qin Huaidao's embrace again and said seriously: "Regarding the changes in the grain merchants, I suspect that Jiang Shengwei may have an agenda. Although he can't cause any trouble, if trouble occurs when the Yellow River floods occur,
, it will bring a lot of trouble to His Majesty, how should Your Majesty handle it?"
Qin Huaidao thought for a moment and then said: "These grain merchants are also ordinary people. Punishing them rashly is not conducive to the development of the Han Dynasty. I ordered people to buy them with money to see if I can get some information."
Li Xueyan nodded secretly, she also meant the same thing, but because she was a grain merchant, the matter might involve flooding in the Yellow River, so she came to discuss it with Qin Huaidao.
At night.
Someone with clairvoyance quietly came to the residence of several grain merchants and knocked on their door.
At this time, the Wang family, a grain merchant, was upset because of the changes in grain prices. According to their grain merchant's practice, they would save a lot of old grain over the years to deal with various unexpected situations. However, there happened to be a war against Li Tai before.
, when the situation in the whole world is out of control, it is impossible for them to spend a lot of money to purchase a large amount of food.
The crime of holding a treasure is that food is the most important thing in wartime. If you hoard too much, you will easily be targeted, either forced by the court, or robbed by refugees. If you are unlucky enough to encounter rebels or mobs who are short of food,
It is common for a whole family to lose their lives.
As a result, the Han Dynasty established the country and finally waited until the political situation was stable. When the summer grain collection came, they originally planned to take advantage of this year's bumper harvest to collect more. Now, it's better. The court collected grain at a high price and seemed not to leave it to them at all. How could they let it happen?
Isn't he annoyed?
He didn't want to talk to anyone outside the door, but he never thought that the other person would be unrelenting and keep knocking.
"Come on, come on, why are you in such a hurry?" Wang complained as she opened the door. When she opened the door, she found several complete strangers standing there.
"Grain merchant Wang, right? I am a member of the Dali Temple. If you have an important question, please come into the house to discuss it in detail." The Dali Temple personnel are the hidden identity of Tianyan's operation in Chang'an.
"Dali Temple?" Just when Ms. Wang was thinking that she seemed to have nothing to do with Dali Temple, several people closed the door, leaving the two of them to look out, and then they were politely invited into the house.
Wang was shocked: "You, what do you want to do?"
The person who reported himself to be a member of the Dali Temple before said with a smile: "You don't need to worry, we are not evil people, we just want to do business with you for one thousand taels of silver."