Shangguan Yunyi frowned, "Is it because your people are not doing their job well?"
Liu Feng quickly said: "If you don't believe me, you can go to the rice market at the west end of the city. It is crowded with people. Now rice merchants from all over the country are gathered there, eagerly waiting for people to transport rice in, but all that is transported is polished rice."
, Even so, I just came here to grab a little bit, but I started too late, and I couldn’t even buy polished rice!”
Shangguan Yu said coldly: "I don't believe it, I will go and see for myself tomorrow!"
Liu Feng nodded quickly.
The next night, Shangguan Yunyi had just slept for an hour and was in a daze when he heard Liu Feng's voice outside, "Sir, it's time to get up. If you go late, I'm afraid you won't be able to buy rice!"
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Shangguan Yunyi frowned irritably and opened his eyes. At this moment, the maid on night duty had already lit the candle in the room, and in the distance, the sound of the night watch could be heard.
As soon as Shangguan Yunyi got up, he felt very cold. He quickly called the maid to come over and put on a layer of robe, and then he felt much warmer.
Liu Feng walked in respectfully, holding a cloak in his hand, and said seasonedly: "Sir, it's extremely cold at dawn. It's better to put on more clothes. It's an open-air market and there is no place to block the wind.
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Shangguan Yunyi frowned and said, "I just heard the sound of what seemed to be the fourth watch. Does it need to be so early?"
Liu Feng said quickly: "The people below will set off at three o'clock. They have to go and occupy the place in advance. If you go at this time, you can just wait for the rice shipment!"
Shangguan Yunyi frowned again. Although he was a little reluctant, he still got out of the warm quilt, let the maid serve him and put on his clothes, then put on the cloak that Liu Feng brought, and then strode out the door.
The dawn of early winter was extremely cold. As soon as he walked out of the gate of Luofu, Shangguan Yunyi shivered intuitively and quickly got into the carriage and sat down.
Liu Feng sat outside the carriage and asked the carriage driver to hurry up. The lantern on the carriage swayed with the vibration of the carriage, heading towards the rice market in the west of the city.
Along the way, most people in the city were still having a good dream. Only a few breakfast stalls on the street lit up a few candlelights. Shangguan Yunyi lifted the curtains and took a few glances. Unable to bear the coldness, he turned around and snuggled in.
He fell asleep on the pile.
At this moment, Li Huang was awakened by the sound in the Prince's Mansion. He looked up and saw that Chu Yiqing was fully dressed and standing in front of the dressing mirror, wearing a white cloak ribbon.
"Where are you going so early?" Li Huang stood up and asked.
"Go to the rice market!" Chu Yiqing smiled faintly, "Now that the rice has been harvested, the next step is to sell the rice. Although Shangguan Yu is watching, I should also go and have a look! You were just at the third watch last night
When you come back, just sleep a little longer at home, I have already asked Lei Yuan to go with me!"
Although Li Huang was tired, he still cheered up and sat up and said: "Now that your belly is so big, how can I trust you to go to a crowded place alone? Just wait for me for a while, wash up and I will go with you!"
Chu Yiqing was about to say no, but Li Huang had already started to put on his boots, and Chu Yiqing followed him.
After the two of them finished packing, it was still dark, because there was still some distance to go to the outskirts of the city, so Chu Yiqing asked Li Huang to relax in the carriage for a while.
Li Huang held Chu Yiqing's hand and closed his eyes to rest.
"You came back at midnight last night. Did something happen in the court?" Chu Yiqing saw that he was just resting his mind and did not fall asleep, so he slowly talked to him.
"Wu Yi has been writing to the emperor asking him to establish a queen. This time, even the ministers and servants started to respond to the mysterious journey!" Li Huang said, rubbing the corners of his eyebrows.
"Isn't Yang Xin in charge of the Ministry of Finance?" Chu Yiqing was startled and asked.[
"The left and right servants were originally Liu Hu's people. After Liu Hu was dismissed, Yang Xin had not found a suitable person to replace him. Unexpectedly, this time they would join forces with Wu Yi!" Li Huang frowned.
"It seems that Li Jue and Li Qian have joined forces!" Chu Yiqing suddenly thought of the key point and whispered.
"I think so too. It seems that Li Jue has taken refuge with Li Gan!" Li Huang whispered.
"That's not necessarily the case!" Chu Yiqing raised his hand and rubbed the corners of his eyebrows for Li Huang, "Although Li Jue has a shallow foundation, he is not a person who can be manipulated by others. If he is willing to rely on Li Gan, he might as well Come and choose you! People who come together for profit often separate because of profit, so you don’t have to worry too much!”
Li Huang laughed softly, "I thought about it for two nights and couldn't figure it out, but you figured it out with just a few words!"
Chu Yiqing leaned next to him and smiled: "Besides, if the emperor had already intended to establish a queen, he wouldn't have delayed it for so many years! The emperor naturally understands that establishing Wu Fei as the queen will only make Li Gan bigger, unless he I want to give up on you as the prince, otherwise, he will not ask for trouble!"
Li Huang nodded and said, "You're right, but I've been worrying too much!"
Chu Yiqing raised his hand, stroked his frown, and whispered: "You have been too tired these days, so you should pay attention to rest!"
Li Huang took advantage of the situation and held Chu Yiqing's hand, put it to his mouth and kissed it. Just when he was about to say something, he heard Lei Yuan's voice coming over, "Prince, madam, the rice market is here!"
Li Huang's face was immediately filled with disappointment, but he still didn't give up and took the opportunity to kiss Chu Yiqing's forehead a few times.
Chu Yiqing blushed, but did not get out of the car. He whispered: "The big fish hasn't taken the bait yet, let's wait a moment!"
Li Huang whispered: "You didn't tell me earlier!" After saying that, he gently held Chu Yiqing in his arms.
Chu Yiqing let him hug her and listened to the noise outside. When she thought of the good show that was about to be staged, she couldn't help but curl her lips in joy.
I don't know how long I slept, but there was a faint noise outside the car. Shangguan Yunyi quickly opened his eyes, and now he felt the carriage stop.
"Are you here?" Shangguan Yunyi opened the curtains and saw that the night outside was still dark, with a few stars twinkling in the sky. There was a small market not far away, with many merchants dressed in silk. Haha Standing on the side of the road in the hot weather, some vendors took the opportunity to sell from their cars: "Sweet potatoes, hot sweet potatoes!"
"Young master, we're here!" Liu Feng said happily, "I just went down to take a look. Our people occupy the third position, which is very good. No one has come to sell rice yet. If you are hungry, you might as well come here." How about a sweet potato?"
Shangguan Yunyi frowned. He never liked such vulgar things as sweet potatoes and immediately shook his head.
Seeing that he refused to eat, Liu Feng asked the coachman to park the carriage aside, and he ran forward to buy a few sweet potatoes and distributed them to his brothers in the crowd who had been waiting for more than an hour.
Just when Liu Feng and others were munching hot sweet potatoes, someone called out and saw several carriages coming over the road. The leader was a tall and strong man. Before he could stop the carriage, , a dozen rice merchants stepped forward and surrounded him.
"Is there any brown rice?" Liu Feng saw this and quickly squeezed in and asked.
But the man ignored him and shouted: "Two carts of polished rice, if you want it, pay quickly!"
As soon as the man finished speaking, the rice merchants quickly responded loudly, and some even took out their banknotes and held them in their hands.[
Liu Feng knew that he might have looked again today, so he immediately shook his head, squeezed out from the crowd, went to Shangguan Yunyi's carriage, and reported in a low voice: "Young Master, you have also seen that in the past few days, this rice has been
It was brought here by this man named Dai Wei. He is from Shangguan Yu. My subordinates are looking at it. I am afraid that Shangguan Yu controls the rice source of the entire capital. It is difficult to polish rice, let alone brown rice!"
Shangguan Yunyi opened the curtain, looked at the scene of rice merchants robbing rice, frowned and asked: "Why don't you buy it from farmers? I don't believe it. Those farmers hear that the price is high and they don't have to pound the rice, so they won't sell it to us.
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Liu Feng sighed and said: "The strangest thing is here. In previous years, when wheat was harvested, the merchants would harvest it whenever they wanted, and the farmers would deliver it when they wanted. There were many households, and the merchants were very selective, but this year
It's completely the other way around. Firstly, there is too little rice, and secondly, there is only one source of rice. My subordinates also heard the news that all this rice was sold to Shangguan Yu by one person. Sir, tell me, will this happen?
What relationship does it have with Miss Chu?"
As soon as Shangguan Yunyi heard Chu Yiqing's name, his eyes darkened. He looked coldly at the merchants not far away who were robbing rice, and said in a cold voice: "I don't believe it, Liu Feng, that money can make ghosts come true."
Grind, you are like this...!" Shangguan Yunyi whispered in Liu Feng's ear, Liu Feng nodded quickly, turned around and walked towards the crowd.
At this time, Dai Wei had already sent the rice to the merchants' cars and counted the money, but there were still several rice merchants chasing after him.
"That's all for today. You wait for tomorrow. Ten carts of rice will arrive tomorrow!" Dai Wei answered as he walked out.
Liu Feng squeezed into the crowd, took the opportunity to grab Dai Wei, and stuffed a banknote into his hand.
Dai Wei was stunned, turned to look at Liu Feng, and asked coldly: "What does this boss want to do?"
Liu Feng chuckled, pulled Dai Wei aside, and said in a low voice: "That's right, our shopkeeper wants some brown rice, which is rice with just the outer shell and bran removed. Look..."
Dai Wei laughed heartily: "Your shopkeeper is really weird. You don't want this white and fine polished rice, but brown rice?"
Liu Feng rubbed his hands and pretended to be a shrewd businessman and said: "Isn't the price of rice high this year? Brown rice is cheaper and easier to sell!"
Dai Wei looked at the one hundred taels of silver notes in his hand, frowned, and whispered: "There is brown rice, but not much, only two thousand catties. Do you really want it?"
When Liu Feng heard this, his eyes widened immediately, and he nodded quickly and said: "Yes, I want them all, you set a price!"
Dai Wei smiled slowly and whispered into Liu Feng's ear. Liu Feng nodded happily and followed Dai Wei to the carriage parked not far away.
There were still more than twenty sacks on the carriage, but under the carriage, two shopkeeper-like people were already waiting, each with their own servants, all looking eagerly at the sacks on the carriage.
Two people came forward and whispered something in Dai Wei's ear. Dai Wei frowned, looked at the two shopkeepers, looked back and said to Liu Feng in embarrassment: "I'm really sorry, those two people also want brown rice."
Yes, my man was ignorant and brought him back. The brown rice is only two thousand kilograms, I'm afraid it won't be enough for you to share!"
When Liu Feng heard this, he quickly said: "You promised me first, and you also took my money!"
Dai Wei nodded and said, "I know, but those people are very generous with their money. I'm surprised. These one hundred taels of silver can buy a thousand kilograms of polished rice. Why do you all want this brown rice?"
Liu Feng didn't want to explain, so he just grabbed Dai Wei's excuse for accepting his banknote, and whispered: "No matter what, if you want to give these brown rice to me, I'll pay a higher price!"
Although Liu Feng's voice was low, the two shopkeepers still heard it. One of the short shopkeepers shouted loudly: "I will pay twice the price!"
Before Liu Feng could react, another shopkeeper actually opened his bid, and the price of brown rice rose from eighty cents to two hundred cents.
"Two hundred and fifty coins!" Liu Feng said solemnly, he was determined to get today's brown rice.
"Three hundred coins!" The short shopkeeper also shouted loudly, not wanting to give in at all.
"Four hundred coins!" Another shopkeeper was not convinced and raised the price again.
Liu Fengqi's face turned red. Now the price of brown rice has increased five times. He couldn't make a decision, so he had to say to Dai Wei: "Don't worry, I will send someone to ask our boss!"
Dai Wei leaned leisurely on the carriage, glanced at the two shopkeepers, and said slowly: "I can wait, but I don't know if these two shopkeepers will let me wait! Anyway, I am also doing business.
, whoever pays the highest price will get this cart of brown rice!"
Unexpectedly, other shopkeepers also expressed their intention to report back to their owners, so the bidding came to an end for the time being.
At this moment, Lei Yuan quietly approached Chu Yiqing's carriage and knocked on the door gently. Chu Yiqing knew that a good show was on, and he quickly got out of the carriage.
"Slow down!" Li Huang looked at her worriedly and helped her towards the tent nearby.
The tent was facing Dai Wei's carriage. Liu Feng and the other two shopkeepers were waiting anxiously. After a while, a man wearing a black weft hat strode forward and whispered in Liu Feng's ear.
As he said something, Liu Feng immediately became energetic and shouted loudly: "Our boss said, one or two pieces of silver, we want them all!"
As soon as Liu Feng said this, the faces of the two shopkeepers were full of shock. Before they could react, Liu Feng hurried forward and prepared to pay.
"Shopkeeper, please wait a minute. The bosses of these two shopkeepers haven't spoken yet, maybe..." Dai Wei said with a smile.
Liu Feng was startled and couldn't help but curse: "Are you crazy? This brown rice is already priced at one tael of silver per catty. Do you think they can afford such a high price?"
"Who can't afford it?" Suddenly, a man's clear voice rang out, causing everyone to look not far away.
In the tent, Chu Yiqing looked at the extraordinary man walking not far away. He seemed to be rich and noble at first glance, and frowned slightly. Although the man in black just now wore a weft hat, she had seen Liu Feng.
Therefore, we can guess the identity of the man in black, but it seems that this man in bright yellow clothes has never been seen before.
The man in yellow clothes smiled faintly, walked slowly to Dai Wei, signaled to the entourage behind him, took out a wad of silver notes from his sleeve, sent it to Dai Wei, and said with a smile: "This is five thousand taels of silver.
You count the votes!"
Liu Feng's expression changed. Just as he was about to say something, he saw the thin shopkeeper suddenly approaching a person. The person was tall and tall, with prominent features. He didn't seem to be from Li Guo.
The skinny shopkeeper whispered something into the man's ear. The man nodded and saw the skinny shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Our boss said, ten thousand taels of silver, we want all of this brown rice!"
The man in yellow clothes turned to look at the tall man standing not far away, and smiled slowly: "It seems that many like-minded friends have come today!"
As soon as the man in yellow clothes said this, the tall man's face became stern.
But Shangguan Yunyi stood still and said in a low voice: "Since we are like-minded, continuing to fight will only give others an advantage. How about dividing these two thousand kilograms of brown rice equally?"
Dai Wei saw that the time was almost up, so he stepped forward and said with a smile: "Three owners, you have already told me this price. Not to mention two thousand catties, even six thousand catties are available. Lao Mu, hurry up and collect the money, hurry up!
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As soon as Dai Wei finished speaking, an old man in his forties came forward and quickly collected the money. The family received ten thousand taels of silver.
"Three bosses, wait here a moment, the brown rice will be shipped soon!" Dai Wei said with a smile.
After a while, Na Lao Mu brought two other carriages, and after letting Shangguan Yunyi and others inspect the goods, they delivered the goods to the online game.
"Everyone, when we went to pull rice just now, our boss said something. Although this brown rice can be used as seeds, you should still be careful. Food is the most important thing for the people. If it is spread over a large area without testing, I am afraid it will
It’s a disaster for the people!” Dai Wei said with a smile.
Shangguan Yunyi and the tall man were all silent and cold. Only the man in yellow clothes clasped his fists and smiled and said: "Thank you very much, my boss. Today, I just want to join in the fun. I will definitely have the opportunity to meet your boss in the future. Please do it for me."
Tell me, my surname is Rui, my name is Ao, and my surname is Dai Guoren!"
David nodded.
After Shangguan Yunyi heard that the man announced his family status, he suddenly turned his head towards the man in yellow clothes, Rui Ao? He is the crown prince of Dai Kingdom? That other one... Shangguan Yunyi was about to carefully figure out the identity of the tall man,
But they saw that the tall man had left straight away, and behind him, the thin shopkeeper-looking man was directing people to carry the brown rice in the car.
Not long after, Shangguan Yu led people into the tent and whispered: "The people we sent found the residence of those people. The man in black is Shangguan Yunyi, but now he has changed his name to Luo. He is said to be a nobleman of the Luo Kingdom.
, I came to Li State specifically to purchase things used by the royal family! That Young Master Rui Ao, on the other hand, has a great background, he is the crown prince of Dai State! The other one is called Mr. Lu, and he is from Rao State!"
Chu Yiqing turned his eyes and smiled at Li Huang: "I didn't expect that several thousand kilograms of brown rice would actually lead the crown prince of Dai State out, as well as that tall man. I saw him appear next to Liu Gan before, he should be Liu Gan's."
people!"
"You're just giving them late rice seeds for free?" Li Huang frowned in disapproval.
"I'm not giving this away for free. Six thousand kilograms of brown rice was sold for thirty thousand taels of silver. It can be regarded as a hugely profitable deal. If I don't sell this brown rice to them, they will try their best to get it. In this case, it's better to give me an advantage, or
So that we can subsidize the loss of thousands of acres of land in the capital!" Chu Yiqing said calmly, "Besides, I have reminded them that if they really consider the people, they will not recklessly use these brown rice as seeds!
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"You mean, even if this brown rice is planted in the ground, it may not be as good as this season?" When Li Huang heard this, his brows gradually widened.
Chu Yiqing glared at him: "Do you think anyone can plant this land? If grain seeds are to be planted on a large scale, it will take at least several years of selection and experimentation. They blindly pull the seeds back. If it is true, If you covet the temporary benefits and let the common people sow it, then only the common people will suffer! Fortunately, I only give them two thousand catties, and often when good things come out, they should be rewarded to the princes and nobles, and ordinary people cannot get it!"
Only then did Li Huang understand Chu Yiqing's painstaking efforts and joked: "You are really kind to a woman. If my father knew about it, I'm afraid he would blame you for losing a great opportunity to unify the four kingdoms!"
Chu Yiqing looked back and asked: "What about you? Do you also feel it's a pity?"
Li Huang smiled and said: "Liu Qian and Lan Yi don't seem to be that stupid, and the Prince Dai doesn't seem to be stupid either. I'm afraid even if you give them 20,000 kilograms of brown rice, they won't dare to let the people plant it!"
Chu Yiqing laughed softly, nodded, turned to Shangguan Yu and said: "It seems that Shangguan Yunyi has joined forces with Emperor Luo, you should be more careful in the future!"
Shangguan Yu nodded and said: "I will keep an eye on Shangguan Yunyi's side, but I'm afraid they won't give up just like that. Apart from the capital city, there are also rice in Pingliang and Lucheng!"
Chu Yiqing nodded, and when he was about to say something, he saw Shi Shi coming in a hurry, looking panicked: "Master, madam, there is news from Pingliang that more than 60 long-term workers brought by Master Zhao are missing. Got it!"
Chu Yiqing's eyes couldn't help but darken. The three countries not only tried every means to obtain the seeds, but also kidnapped people?
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