Yu Meng and Chen Zhaoming left with a stomach full of doubts.

Although before they left, no matter how they thought about it, they couldn't figure out what Xia Huan wanted.

And when Xia Huan saw the appearance of the two, he also had the intention of playing, but he refused to say it.

Yu Meng and Chen Zhaoming left, and for a while, Xia Huan was missing his right-hand man. A lot of things are a little inconvenient to do.

However, fortunately, during that time in the workshop, Wang Yan's performance also surprised Xia Huan.

Therefore, during the absence of Yu Meng and Chen Zhaoming, Wang Yan gradually became Xia Huan's right-hand man.

In the county office, Chun Yujing looked at Xia Huan above the lobby and couldn't help but be a little speechless.

Chen Zhaoming and Yu Meng have been away for two days, but in the face of the increasingly expensive food prices between the markets, Xia Huan seems to have not seen it.

They do not open warehouses to release grain, nor do they give money to help people.

On the contrary, instead of opening a warehouse to release grain, Xia Huan used the money in the treasury to buy those shops and the goods in the shops.

Most of these shops are owned by individual families, and the goods are not discussed for the time being. Seeing that since Xia Huan was willing to buy, they were naturally happy to get rid of some things.

Among the wings, those porcelains are not talked about for the time being, and things such as paper and tea are indeed not easy to store.

Whether it is aged tea or aged paper, it is much cheaper than new tea and new paper.

In fact, the reason why Yingshang became like this is that in addition to the floods and the destruction of most of the workshops in the north of the city, more importantly, after the plague, many caravans did not dare to cross Yingshang.

Without caravans, there would naturally be no commercial circulation.

Those things, naturally, can't be sold. Naturally, the price fell again and again.

Therefore, even if Xia Huan wantonly bought the goods between the markets, the money in the treasury still did not bottom out.

However, this is exactly what Chun Yujing is puzzled about, and it is also the reason why he came to Xia Huan.

Of course, in addition to Chun Yujing, those people in the family are also puzzled. There are also many people who have seen Xia Huan's power, although they have selectively sold some, but they still have inventory on hand.

And those acquired shops, except for some bankrupt merchants, are opened by some small families in other places.

After all, those big families also know that Yingshang occupies the foundation of business after all, and it will not be long before it will prosper again.

Therefore, they did not sell their shops.

Xia Huan didn't care about this, but still bought their goods aimlessly.

If money doesn't work, use food. After all, food is now the most valuable thing in the city.

Many families were also moved by this, although they still didn't understand what Xia Huan was thinking.

Of course, they are not worried about food coming in from other places.

Just kidding, this is their established meat on the plate, this is the big alliance of the entire family near Shoudu, even if Emperor Chu wants to adjust grain, he needs to deal with their main family for a while.

When it was almost time, they gradually sold the grain in their hands. Earn back all the losses you have made this year.

When the relief food from the court arrived, it was estimated that the price of grain would become normal.

"Hey, what the hell do you think? Could it be that you got sick and burned out your brain? ”

Under the lobby, Chun Yu looked at Xia Huan quietly.

Although the people in the city are not in dire straits, they are not far away.

At this time, Xia Huan not only forcibly lowered the price of food with his identity, but sat back and watched the price of food rise. This is a world of difference from the Xia Huan she once reflected.

What's more, although Chun Yujing does not engage in politics, as a doctor, especially a conscientious doctor, compassion must be much stronger than others.

Seeing more and more people in the city selling grain with the money they have accumulated over the years, she is also quite unbearable.

Xia Huan glanced at Chun Yujing and asked, "Are there starving people in the city?" ”

Xia Huan's indifferent tone made Chun Yujing couldn't help but be furious, and pointed at Xia Huan is scolding.

On the side, as Xia Huan's person brought out of the palace, several palace guards also looked at each other.

Chun Yu Jing, they know each other. In particular, this little girl is not only skilled in medicine, but also kind and charitable, and when she was in the workshop, she saved people a lot.

But everyone who is Chang Xiujun has a lot of respect for her.

What's more important is that when Xia Huan was seriously ill, she also took care of Xia Huan unabated.

Even, at one time, there was a rumor about Xia Huan and Chun Yujing in the army.

Therefore, seeing Chun Yujing scolding Xia Huan like this, these palace guards just looked at each other and did not stop them at the first time.

Xia Huan's temperament has always been indisputable. Therefore, even if Chun Yujing scolded him, he didn't care much.

What's more, this bit of pure Yujing's vocabulary is no longer above the same level compared with the long-distance and high-lethal trolls of later generations.

Therefore, no matter what Chun Yujing says, Xia Huan is doing his own thing.

Maybe it was because he saw that Xia Huan didn't react, and scolded Chun Yujing, who was tired, so he simply stepped forward and snatched the brush from Xia Huan's hand.

Xia Huan, who was robbed of his brush, could only look at Chun Yujing helplessly and said, "Didn't I ask Wang Yan to take those who couldn't open the pot to the north of the city?" It's fair and cost-effective to work every day and get paid, isn't it? ”

That's right, in addition to buying shops and commodities on a large scale, Xia Huan did another thing to do, which was to repair river embankments, ferries, and build new workshops.

These things, if they are placed in normal times, it is difficult to draw up so much manpower.

It's good now, not only is there plenty of manpower, but the cost is not high. It also solves the problem of eating for many people.

In later generations, this was the "cash-for-work" of Roosevelt's New Deal in the United States.

Of course, Xia Huan did not hesitate to use this word, so he used it directly.

However, it was good that Xia Huan didn't mention it, but when he mentioned Chun Yujing, he was even more angry.

Relief is relief, and those poor people have to pay so much price, in her opinion, this is not much better than those families.

In this era, although no one really cares about people's livelihood, it is still very important. If this method is changed, it may not only not be praised, but will be criticized or even disgraced.

Because, among the several theories that are prevalent today, whether it is the Huang Lao school or Confucianism, they are extremely virtuous.

That is, Xia Huan, as a prince, is not worried about his career at all. Moreover, doing so may not mean to dispel the concerns of the crown prince and the third prince.

Time passed day by day. Just five days after Yu Meng and the others left, as Xia Huan expected, the price of grain rose to 1,500 Chu yuan a stone.

Even so, Xia Huan still followed his plan unhurriedly and proceeded smoothly.

Those families can't take care of Xia Huan now, and most of the people in the city, except for a small number who rely on Xia Huan's "work for relief" to live, have begun to buy food frantically.

However, the more this is the case, the more people from those families are in no hurry. The daily food was also carefully discussed by them.

Two days later, Chen Zhaoming returned.

As soon as he entered the county office, Chen Zhaoming looked at Xia Huan with a little wrong eyes.

"Done?" Xia Huan smiled lightly and asked.

"Hmm." Chen Zhaoming nodded and responded.