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Eunuch Liu had been thinking about it before he entered the house. Now he hopes that the prince will not buy high-priced grain. He and several other uncles from the inner court are the only ones doing the buying.
Xue Yao is just accompanying the Sixth Prince on a tour of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. There is no need to take such a big risk and harm the Crown Prince.
Thinking about it this way, Xue Yao may have indeed figured out a way to deal with it, but why does this method continue to raise food prices?
Eunuch Liu feels that he should not think too much. Since Xue Yao has already promised that he will take responsibility, if he does not cooperate and things go wrong, he can be blamed.
Simply close your eyes and follow Xue Yao's instructions.
The three people and several attendants were divided into three groups, and they approached the grain store hall one after another, pretending to be foreign grain merchants who did not know each other, and found seats in the lobby to sit down, queuing up to wait for the reception from the shopkeeper.
Sitting around were merchants who came to buy grain.
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? out out and scolded the grain merchants in Zhejiang for being evil, and vowed to go to Huguang to collect grain next year.
Xue Yao put the tea cup on the table, attracting the attention of the people around him, and said in Jinling dialect with a resigned look on his face: "This year, all the grain merchants are evil! I can't blame them, or blame God. There was no snow all winter, and then there was heavy rain for half a month this summer. How many areas of farmland have been flooded?¡±
"Isn't it?" The eunuch named Fang immediately followed Xue Yao's previous instructions, pretending to be sad: "This year, the people everywhere have a good harvest, but they can only pay the court's grain tax, and the remaining grain is for their own families. It¡¯s hard for a few people to survive a year without a full meal, so how can there be any surplus grain to sell to grain merchants?¡±
"That's right, let alone Zhejiang." Eunuch Liu spoke with great style and convincingness. He was full of nonsense but he spoke with sense: "I have been to several grain stores in Jinling City, and I have also been to the grain stores in Huguang and Henan. The price of food in those places is only higher than that in Zhejiang!"
"Well, I came from Jinling to Zhejiang to collect grain." Xue Yao complained in a native accent: "In the big grain shop in Jinling, low-grade rice is sold for almost 600 yuan. It is said that there are officials and businessmen from the capital everywhere. We are raising money to buy grain and preparing to lend it to the people in the disaster-stricken counties. If we want to buy it, we have to buy it as early as possible. Even if we have money in our hands, we have nowhere to buy grain!"
A group of grain merchants around turned pale after hearing this.
Some people looked suspicious, suspecting that Xue Yao and his gang were entrusted by the grain bank and deliberately deceived them into grabbing high-priced grain.
Several merchants anxiously inquired about Xue Yao, asking him where he got the news.
Xue Yao said that his grandfather was an official in the capital, and the letter reminded them to collect grain as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, the letter was delayed on the road. When he saw the letter, the price of grain had already risen.
The surrounding merchants were dubious.
The waiter serving tea and water on the side had already heard the news and reported the news to the shopkeeper without missing a word.
"Those two merchants from Beijing bought grain at such a high price to lend money to the victims." The shopkeeper told the truth to the owner of the grain bank.
"No wonder they are willing to pay even the price of 640 Wen. There are so many disaster victims. As long as the interest is added to 10%, they can still make a lot of money in the coming year!"
After half a month, the owner of the big grain store knew the real purpose of those two gangs who spent a lot of money to collect grain.
There was a look of jealousy on the face of the big boss: "I have already seen that they have a good background and are all officials. How can any businessman dare to lend food to the people of several counties at the same time? When the court pursues it, they can't even save their heads. This kind of Things, we can¡¯t be jealous.¡±
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The news spread quickly. On the second day, the price of grain in Hangzhou's grain stores increased by another 20 yuan.
Eunuch Liu almost fainted, calling "Master Xue" before and after "Master Xue", begging Xue Yao for an explanation.
If this continues, food prices will really skyrocket!
Xue Yao still calmly asked him to wait with confidence.
Because he was worried that there was a mole around the prince, Xue Yao did not explain his plan to anyone. He was the only one who took the risk.
¡°As long as the people around him don¡¯t understand what he wants to do, it¡¯s impossible to plot against him secretly.
On the third day, the price of food increased by another ten cents.
Unable to sit still, Eunuch Liu was worried about delaying the important matter and being held accountable, so he sent his young eunuch to report Xue Yao's crazy behavior to the prince, hoping to reduce his guilt.
After the prince learned about it, he kept a calm attitude. He lifted the lid of the tea and said softly: "Xue Yao said that he will take full responsibility. You just follow his instructions. If he didn't let you come to report the news, you won't. If you come here to report the news, you won¡¯t do it to anyone. If you do it next time, you¡¯ll be punished with twenty canes.¡±
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After the prince put down the singer on his shoulders, he nodded and said, "I'm sorry, girl."
The singer¡¯s knees suddenly weakened, she knelt down and said gratefully: ¡°Thank you, Master, for saving your life!¡±
The musicians who caught up later were all running until their faces turned blue and they were out of breath.
Xue Yao couldn't help but blame the little fat boy in his heart.
It is because the seventh prince usually refuses to practice martial arts that Xue Yao rarely has the opportunity to exercise.
Turning around, he saw that the sixth prince, who was two years younger than him, was running all this way as if he were having fun. He and a group of musicians were the only ones who couldn't breathe, and felt very unwilling.
No matter what, if we spend the rest of our lives slacking off and eating delicious food, at least there will be a little fat boy who is as "weak as Liu Fufeng" as him.
Having a reliable brother like His Highness to protect him is enough. He only needs to help His Highness the Crown Prince to succeed in his reform. It doesn't matter if the little fat boy is crippled.
Thinking this, Xue Yao looked at the prince with admiration.
His Highness the Prince is helping the singer to stand up.
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Yaoyao: I didn¡¯t expect you to be such a hard-charging prince!
A certain Qianlong: Who said I am weak and Liu Fufeng is weak?
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