The three of Qin and Yang felt that a pie had fallen from the sky, and they all started to roll up their sleeves and prepare for a big fight.
On the other hand, Xiao Xuance was a little depressed on the way back.
Zhao Kang put his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "What's wrong? It's like you ran away from your wife?"
His Highness the Prince rolled his eyes, and after thinking about it he was still a little confused and said: "Old Zhao, what you just said made me feel a little uncomfortable."
"Oh? Where? Tell me." Zhao Kang Yile, this silly boy.
Xiao Xuance said angrily: "Those three old bastards just listened to what you said. As long as you open your mouth, you can get them to lower the price of food, but you didn't do that. Do you know how many people are buying it now?"
I can’t afford food to eat.”
"I know." Zhao Kang nodded.
Seeing the sincere look on his face, Xiao Xuance felt a little unsure: "Then you return it!"
Zhao Kang smiled and hugged his shoulders from behind: "Xuan Ce, let me teach you a lesson. If you want to make people perish, first make them crazy."
Xiao Xuance frowned and repeated what Zhao Kang said, and then said: "I don't understand something."
Zhao Kang said seriously: "Do you know when a person is closest to failure?"
Xiao Xuance shook his head, and Zhao Kang said calmly: "That's when he is about to succeed. As the saying goes, a man who travels a hundred miles will be half ninety."
"Just now, these two old foxes in Mashan, Qinyang, seemed to be giving me a chance to lower the price of food. In fact, they were just testing our attitude."
"As soon as I open my mouth, believe it or not, they will agree on the surface, but tomorrow, those grain merchants, big and small, who are involved with them will no longer sell grain."
"Why are they doing this?"
Xiao Xuance was stunned: "If they don't sell food, won't they not be able to make money?"
Zhao Kang walked with his arm around his shoulder. Adolescent boys always grow very fast, reaching his shoulders.
Zhao Kang sounded helpless: "There is nothing we can do about it, because they have food, so they can consume it with us, but we can't afford it."
"Now the Wu family's food supply has bottomed out. Although Qi Yunshan asked the local governments to open warehouses to release food, our Qian country has not been peaceful in recent years, and the government's granaries do not have much food."
"There is absolutely no way we can quell this food shortage. Only by relying on wealthy grain merchants like Qingzhou can the people of Qingzhou survive until next year. So."
Zhao Kang said with a smile: "We have to make them happy now. Only when they are happy can the people have food to eat. Food worth twenty or thirty cents per pound is indeed very expensive."
"But it's not to the point where we can't even afford it. Your sister asked Qi Yunshan and the others to come here with money. It's okay to squeeze it in for a short time so that the poor people in Qingzhou can have something to eat."
"But if these bastards are unhappy, then even if they have money, they won't be able to buy food, and the people will be hungry."
Zhao Kangdao: "So let them sell it. It won't last long anyway."
Xiao Xuance seemed to understand, but Zhao Kang said again: "It will be the same when you sit on that chair in the future. Some officials seem to be incompetent and corrupt, but some things are really difficult to deal with without him.
Unless you are absolutely sure about this kind of person, it won't hurt you to kill him, and you can fill the vacancy after he is gone at any time."
"Only then can you let go and kill him. Before that, you have to let go of your own situation and let him. How many days can the grasshoppers jump around after autumn? When the time comes, how much can they eat? They have to let them take it with them.
How much did Lee spit out!"
Zhao Kang sneered.
His Royal Highness only felt a little itchy in his head, maybe he was about to grow a brain.
He said: "Then when are we going to kill these bastards?"
"Almost." Zhao Kang raised his head and looked at the sky.
It is already mid-September, and harvesting of crops has already begun in some places.
Return to Wu Mansion.
Qi Yunshan took several officials and Wu Longli to take stock of the Wu family's grain reserves. Zhao Kang casually called an official.
"grown ups."
"Go and take some people to the Qin family and the Ma family. Ask them for food. One thousand dan per family is what they promised."
The official was surprised and said: "Take the order!"
"Mr. Zheng, you lead some people to hurry up and leave Qingzhou City for other places. Every time you pass through a city, you will spread the word about the skyrocketing food prices in Qingzhou City."
Zhao Kangdao: "Order all local officials in Qingzhou to appease the people within their jurisdiction and not allow any riots. Let them tell the people that our court has plenty of food for them to eat!"
Advocating about food prices will cause a certain amount of panic, and will only allow officials below to try to appease the people affected by the disaster.
A series of orders were issued, and the officials who took the orders did not dare to slack off and hurriedly followed the orders.
Wu Qingluan, who came to join in the fun, stuck out his tongue: "Master, I didn't expect you to be quite powerful."
"That's right." Zhao Kang smiled happily.
In just a few days.
News of the skyrocketing food prices in Qingzhou City spread like a plague.
For a time, food prices in various parts of Qingzhou City rose again. In response to this, disaster relief officials in various places worked day and night, distributing food and giving porridge, and controlled the impact to a minimum.
Seeing that the government is distributing food every day, the people who were still a little panic gradually calmed down.
It's not like there are no officials who want to gain benefits from this disaster relief, but after Qi Yunshan chopped off the heads of several people.
Officials from all over Qingzhou knew that the court was serious this time!
After seven or eight days, all the officials in Qi Yunshan lost weight.
Wu Longli went from being a handsome scholar to a bearded boy, no different from a country boy.
Even so, Master Wu is still full of energy every day!
"This guy Long Li is very attentive and willing to put in his efforts when doing things. From what I see now, he is a capable official, quite good."
Qi Yunshan, who had rushed back from other places, was drinking porridge and was generous with his compliments.
Wu Longli smiled stupidly and lowered his head to drink the porridge.
Wu Xinyi on the side smiled knowingly, it was a good thing for her brother to fall in the eyes of these high-ranking officials.
Zhao Kang listened and nodded: "Well, Long Li, you will have some snacks at the next Chunwei test."
Wu Longli was extremely surprised: "Zhao...Mr. Zhao, are you saying that I can participate in the examination?"
It was not easy for someone who was born into a business family to take part in the examination. Given his reputation as a candidate, Wu Xinyi spent a lot of money to get a place from the county magistrate Mr. Zhou.
Zhao Kang chuckled: "Those who are talented and knowledgeable will not be buried. In the future, more people will participate in the imperial examination. No matter what profession they are from, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce!"
A group of people in the room were stunned. Even Qi Yunshan didn't dare to interrupt in this matter.
At the same time, at the gate of Qingzhou City, a convoy pulling hundreds of carriages were queuing up for inspection. Judging from the rut marks, it was clear that the items on the carriages were heavy.
