It has been the sixth day since Su You returned to Yangzhou, and on this day, the construction of the Grand View Garden designed by him was finally officially started, and the lives of the refugees began to enter the regular life.

The people of Yangzhou City, who did not become refugees, were still in dire straits, at that time, Mai Tiezhuan and Xiao Wei and others had already rushed back from various places,—— they set off at different times, but the result was the same,—— they all returned with a feather.

In the four or five days after Mai Tiezhu and Xiao Wei left Yangzhou and returned to Yangzhou, Su You finally moved Dongdu Qianzhuang and Qijun Qianzhuang, and they joined forces with Su You to start isolating the local Qianzhuang in Yangzhou.

Of course, the alliance is not just talking, it also requires them to come up with real money.

2 million per family, a total of 4 million.

With this money, Su You and Mai Tiezhu finally breathed a sigh of relief, but the latter did not dare to take lightly the troublemakers who dared to cause trouble in Yangzhou City, so the prison cells in Jiangdu County were once again facing the embarrassment of being full.

At this time, the two of them are directing the refugees to work on the front line of the Grand View Garden, because the refugees who are now working on the construction will receive food and wages, so their enthusiasm is similar to farming on their own land.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was nothing to do, Mai Tiezhu complained that Su You was coming, "Brother, you are too quick to attack the Zhang family, if I can participate in this matter, maybe I will keep the position of Yangzhou County Guard." ”

Obviously, after Yangzhou fell into a panic of more than 20 grains, Mai Tiezhu realized that he was out of stock.

"It's not a good thing to leave Yangzhou, Your Majesty is ambitious, and has frequently used troops abroad in recent years" Su You paused when he said this, and sighed, "I think the battlefield is more suitable for the eldest brother, the eldest brother can make meritorious contributions, and it is not difficult to become an official and become a knight." ”

Mai Tiezhu shook his head, and Su You didn't know what he wanted to do.

After all, it's not easy to mix on the battlefield, and it's not too easy for the shepherd to do something practical, for example, now, something happened in Yangzhou City, right?

"Does the eldest brother want to be a rich man? Didn't you complain before the Lantern Festival that I didn't invite you when I got this Nanami Trading Company? Why don't we wait for the things in Yangzhou to be evaluated, and let's do sea trade together? ”

"You have a profit from both ends, this will collect business taxes, and you will make a lot of money over there, so you can't lose anything."

When the two were talking and laughing, they heard that Xiao Wei came to visit.

Su You immediately restrained his smile and said, "Please." ”

Then he saw Xiao Wei walking over with heavy steps, and after he saluted the two, he said his intention straight to the point, "The grain in the warehouse can only last for five days at most."

Speaking of which, Su You has implemented the rationing system to sell grain in the past few days, and it has long been stipulated that each person should not buy more than ten catties of grain per day, but the stock in the warehouse is still too small, and the grain that Mai Tiezhu, Xiao Wei and others went out to buy can only last for a day or two.

At this moment, Mai Tiezhu can only attribute the responsibility to himself, "Hey, it's all my incompetence." ”

Xiao Wei felt the same way, and couldn't help sighing, "They are forcing us to sell high-priced rice!" It seems that they have already laid a net of heaven and earth, and calculated that we will be cornered in the end. Therefore, there is no fear of one price a day, just waiting for us to comply. ”

Su You snorted noncommittally, "What's the situation with the food stamps now?" ”

Xiao Wei replied truthfully, "Five days, pin . . Nearly 2 million food stamps were sold. He couldn't understand why the blind could see that the current ticket was at risk of collapse, but the people turned a deaf ear?

Su You replied lightly, "You can still hold on for five days, right?" Plenty of time. Don't they want to stir up the price of food? Then fry with them, and strive to fry the price of grain to 20 per quintal."

"This" Xiao Wei looked at Su You in disbelief, if it went on like this, Yangzhou City would definitely have to do something.

"Go ahead, I've got the hole cards, you'll understand in a few days." After Su Youyun said this lightly, with a wave of his hand, he directly drove Xiao Wei away.

However, Mai Tiezhu asked with some trepidation, "When I heard you talk about the price of food just now, why did I feel panicked?" What the hell is your idea? ”

Although Mai Tiezhu and Su You had related interests, seeing him so frustrated, he still couldn't help but be a little worried.

Su You didn't know how to explain it, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "Do you understand what shape it is now?" To put it simply, they don't want the price of grain to go down,—— we sell the grain, and they continue to accept the grain coupons from us, because they firmly believe that the price of grain will continue to rise, so the price of the grain coupons in their hands is rising every day, and these grain coupons can be exchanged for grain from us, that is to say, the people can also buy grain coupons from them."

"Aren't they afraid that this grain coupon will turn into a pile of waste paper?"

"Obviously not, because now the grain store is clearly supported by us, and the prestige of the imperial court is there, you still don't understand the real mystery of this, in fact, the reason why they are confident in the current grain coupons is also because we have recycled a large part of it."

McIron Rods shook his head, indicating that he didn't understand.

Su You had no choice but to continue to explain, "Let's sell the grain and grain coupons, they buy the grain coupons, and our people will pretend to be ordinary people to recover the grain coupons from them, so that we can turn their silver into grain coupons from the price difference, so that their grain coupons will increase every day, and the coupons we issue will also increase every day." Until one day, after we sell it, we will not recycle it, and then suddenly reduce the price of food, so that the coupons in their hands will not be worth anything. ”

"The premise is that we have enough food."

"Don't worry, three and a half million stones are no problem at all!" Su You said affirmatively, and then added, "Actually, time is a key thing, after all, grain can be transported from all over the world, so the process of price speculation should not be too long." ”

"I see." The wheat iron rod was immediately stunned.

In five days, Xiao Wei finally couldn't resist the pressure and began to post a notice that the grain in the warehouse was running out, and the price of grain in Yangzhou City soared to the price of fifteen guan one stone.

Yuan Shangwu also seemed to know Su You's strategy, and began to uphold the principle of only entering and not leaving, hoarding a large amount of grain for strange goods to live in, and when he heard that the grain on the dock had been sold out, he couldn't help laughing, "You must resist the pressure and strive to make the price reach twenty yuan!" ”

Now he hoped that Xiao Wei would last a few days, because if he fried for another three or five days, there would be no pressure at all if the grain reached 200,000 yuan per stone.

However, there is always the pressure of reality.

The people of Yangzhou City have attacked his money village countless times, and pointed to his backbone and scolded his ancestors for eighteen generations, but Yuan Shangwu didn't care at all, anyway, when the time came, he threw away the grain, and after making money, he would go, and he would go to do his shipping after he was done.

Su You was also under unprecedented pressure, if it weren't for Wang Shichong's cold-blooded ruthlessness, it would have been impossible to say that his new official office would have been overwhelmed by the hungry people.

The pressure of the wheat iron rod is also not small, and the feeling of being pointed and scolded is really unpleasant.

Until the sixth day, there was a long queue at the entrance of Xiao Wei's grain store, although these people knew that the grain had been sold out a long time ago, but they still did not give up.

Finally, the door opened, and the grain was still sold.

The people in line breathed a sigh of relief, how could they care that it had risen to sixteen?

Yuan Shangwu touched his chin, "It turns out that Xiao Wei is also cheating, but I don't know how much food he still has?" Or was the grain secretly brought back? Don't think about it, eat! ”

In Su You's official mansion, Lu Sheng solemnly met with Su You and said with a smile, "Live up to your mission." ”

"Good work." Su You nodded, and asked with a smile, "How much grain did they bring back, and everyone was okay?" ”

"There are three big boats, and it's no problem for us to fit forty or fifty boats in these small boats, Madame, and they are all good, but there are two people missing." Lu Sheng replied truthfully.

"Oh?" Su You asked a little puzzled.

"Jang Chung-kin and Won-Qi Niangzi did not come back, they went directly to Silla with some of the top products that Baekje could not eat; By the way, all seven ships came back, and their ships to Silla were bought directly at Baekje. ”

"I see, then you have to work hard and return to Hangzhou Bay again." Su You pondered for a while and said slowly.

"Okay, I don't know this time?" Lu Sheng asked a little puzzled.

"This time, I need you to communicate with Zhang Zhenzhou and ask him to promise you to bring all the grain to Yangzhou. I promise, these grains only need to be shown at the Yangzhou dock. ”

"I don't understand." Lu Sheng shook his head, but still said firmly, "Sir, don't worry, this matter is guaranteed to be done." ”

"Thank you for your hard work." Su You patted him on the shoulder, but heard that Xiao Wei was coming.

Xiao Wei's expression seemed to be a little more relaxed this time, and after coming in, he said to Su You with some disbelief, "It turns out that the envoy has already had a plan, and it is really a decisive victory thousands of miles away, and it is planned in"

"Alright, alright, my hat is tall enough." Su You smiled and waved his hand, Lu Sheng was able to appear at a critical moment, and he was also excited, but now was obviously not the time to be happy.

"Speaking of which, this time it was also a mistake, General Zhang was originally going to go east again, but the court had no food. But I knew that Baekje was not short of food, so I planned to pay for his funds with grain, and Baekje had nothing left but food, so Clumsy Jing could only bring back more grain, after all, Dasui's grain was not for sale. ”

Xiao Wei immediately asked cautiously, "I don't know how much grain there is in total?" ”

"Rest assured, there are one million stones, enough for the people of Yangzhou City to eat for a year." Su You gave him a reassuring gesture, stretched out five more fingers, and said categorically, "Five days, five days is the time for us to win; When the time comes, sell the stamps and grain back to their original prices, and I will use fifty ships to prove that we are not short of food. ”

"The sudden return of grain from 20 per stone to the same is afraid that it will cause a rush"

"It's not a problem, Yangzhou City is still in the driver's seat." Su You smiled, and remembered how he looked when he first entered the city and saw him wearing a military uniform.