When Xiao Yao received the news of Bao Liang, he immediately found Zu Yuan to discuss countermeasures together.

"Zhang Dai is really not simple, he can come up with this trick to deal with us, this piece of food is really our dead end!" Zu Yuan smiled bitterly.

"Before, they relied on their wealth and power, so they did things impulsively and wanted to imitate our products, but they spent money and wasted time, so that we could gain a firm foothold, and now we know that the flesh hurts, and we have to change our strategy!" Xiao Yao sneered.

"But his trick is really ruthless, and he has calculated that we don't have a good relationship with those gate lords, and we can't buy grain from these big landlords like them!" Zu Yuan said indignantly.

"What do we buy food for? Do you really want to compete with them on the grain front? Haha, Boss Zu, you are inflated, are we going to do whatever they do? Don't make the same mistake as Yinhai Trading House! Xiao Yao said with a smile.

"This, the young master has to teach a lesson! It's me who is too impulsive! But aren't you ready to meddle in the food, young master? After all, food is the foundation of people, and if they control it, it is equivalent to being choked by them! Zu Yuan said.

"They don't have the ability to control food, and the emperor won't let them control it! It's just that they can get the surplus grain and pull the grain merchants to their side! Of course, it will definitely have an impact on us, sell us rice at a high price, or even sell it to us, hmph, then we really can't help it! Xiao Yao saw it clearly.

"This is exactly what we are worried about, now we are developing rapidly, employing a large number of people, and the food cannot be controlled by them!" Zu Yuan said worriedly.

"Then we will stop the pace of development first, maintain the status quo, and show weakness to the enemy! As for the food, you can go to Chen Shuling to complain and ask him to use his connections to get us food! In the past six months, we have developed rapidly, and he has gained a lot of benefits, and it is time for him to contribute to us! At the same time, it can also give Yinhai Commercial Bank a false impression, so that they think that we are afraid, they have regained the advantage, and the arrogant army will be defeated! Xiao Yao said.

"If we stop, at the current scale, with the banner of King Xing, we will definitely be able to get a lot of food, and with the support of Jiangzhou, we should be able to survive, and we don't have to worry that the Yinhai Commercial Bank will control our food sources, but will this have an impact on the young master's plan?" Zu Yuan asked worriedly.

"It won't affect too long, as long as the Northern Expedition starts, we can reverse this disadvantage! They can buy grain now, it is nothing more than relying on the good relationship with these big landlords, but these big landlords are all Chen Guo people, and the fields are only in the south of the Yangtze River. Xiao Yao said coldly.

"That's right! Just now, I was really too worried, only focusing on the Jiangnan area, or the young master has a long-term view! Since I want to show weakness to the enemy, I will close some of the workshops as well, anyway, I hired a large number of disaster victims before, and now they want to go back to farming! A large number of GM firms have closed their doors, haha, this news should make them happy for a while. Zu Yuan also smiled.

"Haha, that's it! Let them think that they have really choked our food, the battle between the prince and King Xing, it can't always be King Xingwang who has the upper hand, and it's time to make the prince arrogant! Xiao Yao said with a smile.

"Moreover, we can also take the opportunity to get back the money that we paid to Chen Shuling before!" Zu Yuan said with a smile.

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Soon, the crown prince Chen Shubao suggested to his father, Emperor Chen Xu, that Yinhai Commercial Bank set up a government-run grain farm, and then authorized them to buy grain from the big landlords on their own!

After all, Chen Xu also thought about attacking these big landlords at that time and requisitioning their grain, but he didn't succeed, and now Yinhai Commercial Bank can actually do it for himself and find these big landlords to buy grain, and they are also willing to take out grain, so he was so happy that he waved his pen and approved!

After Yinhai Commercial Bank established a grain village, it accumulated a large amount of grain in its hands, and really pulled all the grain merchants of Chen Guo to his side, and then immediately attacked the general commercial bank, selling grain at a high price, or even not selling it to the general commercial bank!

Zu Yuan, who had been on guard for a long time, also quickly closed a large number of workshops and dismissed a large number of employees, and Jinling immediately reported that the General Commercial Bank was counterattacked by Yinhai Commercial in one fell swoop, and it was difficult to parry, and the status of the second largest commercial bank in Chen Guo was in jeopardy!

"Haha, Zhang Dai, your move is really powerful, one move to defeat the enemy! There is no food in their hands, they can't raise so many mouths, and the general trading bank immediately closed so many workshops, to see if they dare to open new workshops and new products like before, and now they have no food! Chen Shubao said with a smile.

"Thank you Your Highness for complimenting, the people take food as the sky, even if the general business firm is rich, I just don't sell him food, he can't support the employees, so he can only close the door!" Zhang Dai also smiled happily, after holding back for so long, he finally got back a game!

"Although with the support of Jiangzhou and the fame of King Xing, the General Merchant Bank can still raise a lot of food and maintain the status quo, but we have also successfully stifled his development momentum, we should take advantage of this momentum to regroup and defeat them in the two businesses of salt and iron!" Shen Ke said lightly.

"Amitabha, congratulations to His Royal Highness for turning defeat into victory and sweeping away the decline of the past!" Bao Liang also smiled.

"Thank you for the reminder that day! Now a large number of workshops of General Motors Commercial Bank have closed down, and after Xiao Shilang was humiliated by his teacher, he could only hide in the barracks and dare not see people, haha, it's really happy, I don't know how my imperial brother feels now! Chen Shubao smiled even more.

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Zu Yuan had also rushed back to Jiangzhou to report the loss to Chen Shuling: "Your Highness, we really can't imagine that this Yinhai Commercial Bank can unite with those gate lords to attack us!" Because of the Northern Expedition, there was no surplus grain in the entire Chen Kingdom, but they were able to buy grain from these people, and we were indeed caught off guard by them! ”

"These warrior gate valves are all white-eyed wolves! When I was still in Jinling, everyone flattered the king, and now that I have only been away for a year, I have all fallen to the prince! Chen Shuling said fiercely, "How much did we lose this time?" ”

"Your Highness, because there is no food, I can only close those newly opened stores and workshops, and it has already cost a lot of money to open stores and recruit workers, and these investments cannot be recovered! And in order to maintain the existing workshop production, we have to find a way to buy grain, but those gate valve landlords look down on me and other merchants, so we can only rely on His Highness to personally come forward and sell grain from them! Of course, the price spent will definitely be higher, so it is estimated that the money earned in the first half of this year will be taken out! Zu Yuan pretended to be pitiful and said.

"What!" Hearing that he was going to take out the money he earned, Chen Shuling was furious, and smashed the wine glass in his hand.

"Your Highness is angry! This is also a way to solve the urgent need, and Shiro said that as long as we survive this half a year, when we go on the Northern Expedition, he will immediately take down the big granary of Huainan, and then we will no longer have to worry about the food problem! Zu Yuan said.

"Shiro, what's wrong with him? Why did he accidentally fall into the way of the old monk and be so humiliated by him, you must know that this old monk can be the abbot of Guangzhai Temple for so long, it is not simple! At this time, Chen Shuling asked about Xiao Yao.

"Shiro doesn't have anything, he just has his hair shaved, and now he can only hide in the military camp to avoid the limelight, so Your Highness, we can't care about temporary gains and losses, we must focus on the overall situation!" Zu Yuan continued to aim at the silver in Chen Shuling's hand.

"Alas, that's all there is to it!" Chen Shuling said bitterly.