Liaoxi County Taishou Mansion.

Gongsun Du looked at Yang Yi under the steps in surprise and shouted, "What did you say?" Someone is stockpiling grain at a high price in the county? ”

Yang Yi replied: "The lord is afraid that he doesn't know, now the price of grain has risen three times, and not only in Liaoxi County, but also in the entire Youzhou, there are people stockpiling grain. ”

"Do you know where the caravan came from?"

Yang Yi smiled bitterly: "There are mixed fish eyes, there are the banners of the Zhen family in Jizhou, the Mi family from Xuzhou, and the first village in the world in Zhuo County. ”

"Could it be that because of the drought in the Central Plains, these people all come to buy grain?"

Yang Yi shook his head and sighed: "Floods and droughts occur every year, and I have never seen them come to Youzhou to buy grain before, you must know that the grain output in Youzhou is far inferior to that in Jizhou." ”

"That's weird."

Gongsun Du was silent for a while, and then slowly spoke: "How much grain is still hoarded in the treasury?" ”

Yang Yi replied: "Barely able to survive the autumn harvest." ”

"That's good."

Gongsun Du breathed a sigh of relief, and said indignantly: "According to the news from the Eagle Guard, Liu Yi, this little thief, has already destroyed Goguryeo, and now this thief has three places and more than 10,000 mercenaries. ”

Yang Yi said in a deep voice: "Lord, this thief is now in the limelight, and he has the merit of recovering the lost land, Lord Assassin Shi praises him a lot, and he is being favored. ”

"That's it, let him live a few more days, you go down first to stabilize the grain households in the county, don't be like a fucking don't have a long brain, really sell the grain short, I'll see what they do for the winter."

"No!"

Yang Yi took the order and left.

After a while, Liu Yi and Gongsun Kang hurriedly came again and bowed: "My lord, several strange things have been discovered in the county recently. ”

"Oh?"

Gongsun Du's eyebrows flashed, and he asked urgently, "Come quickly!" ”

"The first thing, there are more people hunting recently, it is said that someone in Liaodong County is buying fox skins, an ordinary fox skin is as high as 100 gold, if it is a good white fox skin, I heard that it can be sold for 1,000 gold."

Gongsun Du was extremely surprised, isn't this pie in the sky? I don't know if the merchant who bought the fox skin has gone crazy.

"This second thing is still related to hunting, the first village in the world built a new deer park, and announced the purchase of live deer, an adult male deer 500 gold, a female deer 200 gold, as a result, caused many people not to do farm work, into the mountains to catch deer."

Yes, another person who is well fed and supported.

Gongsun Du asked again, "What about the third thing?" ”

Liu Yi slowed down and said, "This third thing is still for Gongzi to tell you." ”

Since Gongsun Kang was caught stealing people last time, he has been conscientious and busy dealing with various affairs in the county, which is quite appreciated by Gongsun Du.

"Kang'er, what's going on?"

Gongsun Kang responded: "Father, the Eagle Guard we installed in Liaodong County has four more people missing. ”

"What?"

Gongsun Du stood up from his seat and asked in astonishment, "Did you send someone to investigate?" What the hell is going on? ”

"I checked it, but there was no news, it was like it disappeared out of thin air!"

Gongsun Du shouted: "How is this possible, but something has gone wrong recently?" Murdered by Liu Yi, a thief! ”

Gongsun Kang replied: "It shouldn't be, since the last mistake, the child has let them hide, except for occasionally inquiring about some neighborhood news, and has not done anything else." ”

"That's weird!"

Gongsun Du wondered, thinking about it, this eagle guard is the dead soldier of some outlaws, and he will not leave without saying goodbye for no reason, and their family is still in their own hands, and there is less chance of rebellion, but now there is no news, and nine times out of ten they have been killed.

"To check, you must find out thoroughly."

"No!"

Gongsun Kang hurriedly stepped forward to receive the order.

Due to the importance of Eagle Guard, Gongsun Du was anxious for a while, so he passed the first two things that Liu Yi said.

……

At the beginning of 185 A.D., Beigong Boyu and other anti-thieves attacked Sanfu and plundered the people.

However, in July, Huangfu Song's crusade was fruitless, and he was dismissed from his official position, with Sikong Zhang Wen as the general of the chariot cavalry, attacking Beigong Boyu, and Han Fu as the assassin of Jizhou.

In September, Sikong Yang died, and Guanglu doctor Xu Xiang was the commonplace.

Situ Chen Tan was imprisoned, and together with Liu Tao, the doctor of the counselor, he was falsely accused by the eunuchs and died in prison.

In October, Zhang Wen broke Bian Zhang and Han Sui in Meiyang, sent generals to pursue him, and surrounded Yuzhong; He also sent the captured general Dong Zhuo to ask for the first zero.

When the news reached Xiangping City, Liu Yi's mind couldn't help but flash the picture of the princes of the Eighteenth Road begging for Dong, what should come will come after all, and this troubled era also needs Dong Zhuo, a rising bird, to completely destroy it.

"Lord, a good thing, a great thing!"

Just when Liu Yi was melancholy, Li Tao came to the Taishou Mansion and said with a smile.

Liu Yi asked, "What happened?" ”

Li Tao responded: "Liaoxi! ”

"Okay!"

Liu Yi couldn't help clapping his hands and applauding.

Li Tao said with a smile: "Lord, just now the golden cicada sent back the news, saying that the autumn harvest in western Liaoning has ended, and the grain output has been reduced by at least 30%. ”

"Thirty percent is a lot."

Liu Yi said with a smile.

"It's okay, the lord can continue to send people to buy fox skins and live deer, and when the time comes, the entire land in western Liaoning will be barren."

This scheme to buy fox skins and live deer was planned by Li Tao Jingjing, these two kinds of wild animals, are particularly spiritual, witty and cunning, if you want to catch them, but it takes a lot of effort, under the temptation of money, more than half of the people in Liaoxi County have put down their farm work, to do hunting, resulting in the field unattended, grain production is inevitable. (There is a difference between a silly roe deer and a deer, don't go into the pit)

Liu Yi nodded and ordered: "Order, reduce the price of grain purchase by 30%, and increase the price of live deer and fox skins by 30%. ”

"In this way, those large families will inevitably sell their grain when they see the decline in grain, fearing that it will still fall, and those small farmers, seeing that the income from growing grain is not as strong as hunting, will inevitably give up farming and devote themselves to hunting."

The two looked at each other and smiled, this food war has existed since ancient times, but Gongsun Du met Liu Yi, an opponent who was not bad for money, and he was destined to die faster.

Liu Yi asked again: "Can Guan Hai and Zhou Cang send someone to send back the news?" ”

Li Tao said with a smile: "Guan Hai is said to be not idle, under the slogan of dividing the fields and houses, he has attracted many Han people to live in the domestic city, and at the same time, the Qingzhou battalion has been expanded to 2,000 people, training during the day, sleeping with women at night, and is very leisurely and happy." ”

"As for Zhou Cang, since he entered Xuanwu County in July, he has reorganized the soldiers and horses in the counties of Xuanwu County, and the former Liaodong Battalion now has 2,000 people, but it is just ......"

Looking at Li Tao's stumbling appearance, Liu Yi asked, "Just what?" ”

"Lord, there is no problem for Guan Hai and Zhou Cang to lead the troops to garrison one side, but it is indeed a little powerless to let them govern the place, so the lord also needs to send another person to assist the two of them, so as not to cause disadvantages in the future."

Liu Yi listened to the first two big, and there was no one in his hands! It was not appropriate to send anyone, so he could only smile bitterly: "Strategist, the only way to do this is to open an entrance exam!" ”

"Exams?"

Li Tao was surprised by Liu Yi's new word again.

"The so-called recruitment examination is to openly recruit some people who can be civil and martial arts according to the different positions required, and as long as they pass the assessment, they can be made officials and generals."

Li Tao's face was stunned, you must know that there is no noble son in a poor family, such a whimsical thing, the lord is really bold and reckless, admire, admire.

But the benefits brought by Li Tao don't need to think about it to know, this is immeasurable, the assessment can make the truly talented people stand out and make the best use of things, and at the same time avoid the dirt brought by the monopoly of the family, and fundamentally put an end to some inactive prodigals.