Yuzhou, the foundation of Cao Wei.

After the eighteen princes crusaded against Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao angrily led his troops to the south, got the land of Chen Liu, seized the East County from Chen Liu, went south to Yuzhou, set up the capital as the capital, and took Yuzhou as the foundation place, conquered Yuan Shu Zhang Xiu in the south, and Yuan Shao in the north, swept the world, and finally became Cao Wei's country.

Although Cao Cao has now moved his capital to Luoyang City and placed the center of the Cao Wei court in Guanzhong, Yuzhou has always been the civil core of the Cao Wei court, the center of taxation, and the granary that cannot be ignored.

Xu Capital City, the former capital of Cao Wei, this city was once broken by the iron cavalry of the Wu army, but it did not let this city fall silent, this magnificent city, is still Cao Wei's second only to Luoyang's big city.

Yuzhou Thorn History Mansion, standing in Xudu.

Yuzhou Thorn Shi Manzhong sat in the lobby of the mansion, looked at the newspaper in his hand, there was a little haze in the depths of his eyes, he thought about it for a long time, gritted his teeth, and then stood up and shouted: "Someone!" ”

"Your Excellency!"

A guard from outside the lobby walked up.

"You prepare immediately, and in half an hour, I will set off for the south of Runan, and there must be no mistake!" He said in a deep voice.

Several powerful family owners in Runan County had a great conflict with the local tenants, and now they have all made a fuss, and Runan County can't suppress the overall situation, so they report it to him.

At this time, Yuzhou, as Cao Wei's big granary, must remain stable.

Cao Cao put his full favor in Yuzhou, which is his trust in him, thinking that he can stabilize Cao Wei's big granary, so full favor must not let this matter continue to spread, it must be solved as soon as possible, and stabilizing Yuzhou is to stabilize the logistics of the Wei army.

Of course, at this somewhat critical time. He also considered whether there was something wrong with it, whether Soochow was causing trouble, but after thinking about it, he didn't think so.

After all, this matter is not big, and it can't mess with Yuzhou, and the local Haoqiang family and local tenants. These conflicts have been around since ancient times, if only he hadn't been so nervous.

"No!"

Hundreds of guards escorted this full pet, and in the afternoon of the same day, they went south to Runan County.

When the full pet left Xudu City, Yuzhou Thorn Mansion is equivalent to the dragons without a leader, a big storm began to brew in Xudu City, the cause is naturally because of the chaos of food prices.

There are two large markets in Xudu City.

One is the East Market and the other is the South Market.

The South Market is the economic center of Xudu City, and it is also a large trading market for caravans from south to north. There are countless goods coming in and out here every day, and it is only second only to the existence of the market in the entire Cao Wei.

"The price of food has dropped!"

"The grain in the Yueshan Grain Store has started to be on sale today, and the new autumn rice last year is only 300 yuan per stone, and millet is 200 yuan a stone, come and grab it!"

"The Lujia grain store sells old rice, two hundred and twenty yuan a stone. No one is limited to 100 stones! ”

"It's time to grab the food, first come, first served. There are fast hands, but there are no slow hands! ”

A sudden storm of grain price reductions was the first to roll up in the South Market.

As a necessity in life, food is the main consumable that every family needs in order to survive, and its price affects the minds of thousands of households, whether it is to raise the price or reduce the price. will cause the people to be lively.

The price reduction of the large grain store Wolshan Grain Store, followed by the price reduction of five or six large rice grain stores in a row, this force is enough to affect this price, and many rice and grain shops in the market have begun to become light and uninterested.

Faced with this situation, several large and powerful families in Yuzhou got together overnight to discuss countermeasures.

Local Haoqiang and inheritance families are not the same. The family relies on the inheritance of knowledge, mainly the power of the imperial court, and their powerful family relies on the land, controls the population, and the land produces food, which is the lifeblood for them.

"What's going on with the mountain grain store this month?"

The head of the local Haoqiang Yue family in Xudu had a melancholy face: "They are so good, how can they suddenly sell at a reduced price, they are making such a fuss, not only do they lose money, but even our rice shop is not patronized, just three days, our granary has to hoard a large amount of grain!" ”

"Who says it isn't!"

Another powerful family owner gritted his teeth and said: "My family's rice grain store doesn't even have a fly!" ”

"It's not okay to go on like this!"

"Why don't we also reduce the price and let no one come to sell food!"

"If food is always hoarded in our hands and does not come in or out, there will be problems sooner or later!"

A group of local heroes in Yuzhou were full of sadness and expressed their opinions.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my brother is on an errand in the Assassin's Mansion, and he seems to have overheard a message!" The head of the local Haoqiang Du family said suddenly.

"Brother Du, what's the news?"

Someone hurriedly asked.

"I heard that the court is now fighting against the Eastern Wu army in northern Xinjiang, and the imperial court's logistics and food are in short supply, so the imperial court now intends to forcibly levy grain from our Haoqiang in Yuzhou!" The head of the Du family said in a low voice.

"The court actually wants to forcibly requisition grain?"

"No wonder Yueshan Grain Store is selling grain at such a cost, it may be that they already know the news!"

"How can the imperial court do this?"

"It's just too much!"

When the local powerful family owners heard this, they were immediately furious and filled with righteous indignation.

"Brother Du, is the news true?" A calm head of the house asked.

"Not sure!"

The head of the Du family said: "But this is indeed spread from the Thorn History Mansion, and there must be a reason for the sudden price reduction of the Yueshan Grain Store, so it is likely to be true, don't forget, Guanzhong has experienced a bloody battle, and has not yet recovered its vitality, if the court wants food, it can only be taken from Yuzhou Yanzhou!" ”

"That's right!"

The crowd kind of agrees with this statement.

"In this way, the food in our hands cannot be left in our hands, and must be sold as soon as possible!" A head of the family said categorically.

"But the price of food is very low now, so it's too much of a loss!"

Some heads of the family are not reconciled.

"Do you want to lose money, or lose all your money, if the court makes a holy decree at this time, we will be in trouble!" The head of the Du family asked faintly: "I gave the grain to the imperial court, but there is no return." If you don't give it, that's a protest! ”

"Brother Du is right!"

Many family heads agree with the words of the head of the Du family: "Now we must sell all the grain harvested in the new season last year before the imperial court forcibly expropriates grain. ”

"That's it!"

"Our family's grain store is also selling at a discount!"

"Be sure to sell the food you have as soon as possible!"

With the unanimity of the opinions of the heads of the house, the next day. Under the all-round sell-off of Xudu's grain, the price began to show a straight line decline.

"Come and buy grain, today's grain price is on sale!"

"Our family's best new grain is two hundred and sixty yuan a stone, first come, first served!"

"Two hundred and fifty dollars and one stone, the new grain harvested last year was put on the market!"

"Aged old rice, only one hundred and eighty yuan a stone!"

With the great drop in grain prices, the market in Xudu became lively, starting from the south market and extending to the east market. Then the grain merchants of the entire Yuzhou, and even the Nanyang side of Yanzhou, began to get involved.

Many grain merchants began to take advantage of the fire to rob, taking advantage of the sharp drop in grain prices in Xudu, buying grain from Xudu in large quantities and transporting it back to various places for sale, seeking huge profits.

In less than seven days, the price of grain in Xudu has fallen below a freezing point, even if it is the new rice that was newly harvested last year. It has also reached below the dividing line of 200 yuan, and those old rice have fallen below 100 yuan.

Food is the main item in the market. When the price of food falls, the price of many items will also fall, and when the price is in turmoil, the market will also be chaotic.

In an ordinary house in Xudu, Li Nanduan, the left attendant of the Commerce Department of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, sat next to the stone table in the courtyard, looking at the latest market research in Xudu. This is the change in the market price.

"It seems that the grain in the Xudu market is almost swept away, right?"

He asked, looking up at a few of his men.

"My lord, the grain in each grain store is basically cleared now!" A young man stepped forward and replied respectfully.

"Sixty percent of the grain in the market is now in our granary!" Another subordinate added.

Pull down the market price. Then take the opportunity to absorb the supply of goods in a big way.

This is the core of this price war, the supply of goods is on the side, as long as the supply of grain is controlled, then the price of grain can be controlled in their hands, they say that if it is lowered, it will be lowered, and if it is raised, it will be raised.

"After all, Yuzhou is the big granary of Cao Wei, and the background is very profound, at this time, the grain of the entire Yuzhou should be concentrated in the market of Xudu, and the Yueshan grain store should be ordered!"

Li Nan stood up, his eyes became sharp: "From tomorrow onwards, the price of grain will be raised for me, and I will sell it hand by hand, as high as the price is, I will make the grain in the entire Yuzhou so expensive that no one can eat rice!" ”

"No!"

One of his men nodded, then went down to give the order.

With Li Nan's order, the price of grain in Xudu City seemed to be on a roller coaster, and after falling below freezing, it suddenly began to rebound, and it seemed to rebound overnight.

"Yesterday the price was low, why is this grain so expensive today, four hundred dollars per stone, it's too tricky, let's buy another one!"

"This one is even more expensive, four hundred and twenty dollars a stone!"

"What, you guys, as grain stores, actually say that there is no more food?"

"You don't have any more food in your store?"

"What's going on?"

With the lack of food, either the price is expensive, or there is no grain to sell, the people of Xudu City naturally began to be a little frightened.

Even grain merchants from all over Yuzhou also began to panic.

At this time, the local Haoqiang family in Yuzhou gathered together again.

"What's going on?"

The faces of the heads of the family were gloomy, and one of them asked, "How do I feel that someone is making trouble!" ”

"It's not a feeling, it's that someone is making waves!" The Yue family, the representative of the local Haoqiang, said coldly: "Don't you feel familiar with this scene? ”

"It seems to have appeared in Jizhou back then!" Someone remembered.

"Soochow!"

"Economic warfare for merchants!"

A terrible thought appeared in everyone's minds, and they felt like they were chilling all over their bodies.

The battle of the merchants was presented on the stage in Jizhou.

They have heard a little about the battle I had fought back then. Whether it is a businessman or a local wealthy family owner in Jizhou, they are all seriously injured and injured.

"I think we'd better report to the court!" One of the heads of the house whispered.

"Present to the court?"

One of them sneered and looked at everyone: "Don't forget, when the price of food was lowered, we also got involved. When the time comes, the court will let us lower the price, can we tell the court that we have no food in our hands? ”

"What then?"

When everyone heard this, they immediately panicked.

"But it can't go on like this!" Someone said: "If the grain price in Xudu City cannot be calmed, it will soon affect the entire Yuzhou, and then it will be a big chaos in Yuzhou, and we will not be able to escape the responsibility!" ”

"In this way, let's call the grain of the cities in Yuzhou first, and suppress the entire grain price as much as possible!"

The head of the Yue family had a gloomy gaze. Said in a low voice.

Although the supply of goods in Xudu has been hollowed out, as long as they find a way, they can still dispatch food from all over Yuzhou to support here.

"Yuejia Grain Store has grain!"

"There is also food in the Wangjia Grain Store. And keep the original price! ”

With the counterattack of the local heroes, the grain battle in Yuzhou has entered a high tide. The competition in the market, without seeing the smoke of gunpowder, consumes a large number of coins and goods in seconds.

"I seem to be underestimating these local heroes!"

Li Nan, who was in control of the current battle situation, smiled coldly: "Pass my order and tell the people of the Wu family how much other shops sell." They immediately collected as much as they could, and as much as possible let the market only have our grain, and our prices remained the same, I would like to see whose capital is stronger! ”

"No!"

This food price war is entering the tenth day. The local powerful forces in Yuzhou were gorgeously defeated, and they had no choice but to close their rice grain stores one by one.

"Five hundred dollars a stone, this is not eating gold!"

"It's almost five hundred and fifty, if you don't buy it today, I'm afraid it will cost six hundred dollars a stone tomorrow!"

"In a few days, I'm afraid it will be like Jizhou back then, pulling thousands of dollars and a stone!"

Without the reinforcements of local heroes, the price of food in Xudu was naturally raised to a sky-high price, which began to cause panic and dissatisfaction among the people.

Without food, you can't survive.

Today's food prices are already too expensive for them to survive, and Xudu, as a big city with a population of hundreds of thousands, has a mess of food, and the whole city is in chaos.

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The April sea breeze howled above the barracks in Yuzhou Mountain.

"Have you figured out the defense map of the Cao Wei Navy in Laizhou Bay?" The second venerable of the Military Aircraft Pavilion sat in the first place with the golden knife of the Great Malaysia, and looked at the sand table pattern of Laizhou Bay.

"It's still under investigation!"

He Qi replied in a deep voice: "Regarding the intelligence in this regard, Cai Mao has done a very good job, the sea route of Laizhou Bay is very complicated, and it was here that our navy suffered a big loss!" ”

"Back then, they defeated the big ship with a small boat, but it was just a sudden, and now they don't have this ability!"

Zhou Yu's eyes were sharp, his expression was natural and confident, this was his first battle after returning to the military, and he would never allow any defeat: "Although the terrain of Laizhou Bay is complicated, it is not impossible to attack!" ”

"Zhou Shangshu is confident?" Ju Yi looked at Zhou Yu.

"Yes!"

Zhou Yu nodded: "With only the strength of the 27th Army, I can take Laizhou Bay, as for Qingzhou, how about you go and fight?" ”

"Zhou Tai, the 27th Army is the elite of the navy, can you?" Hearing this, Ju Yi looked at Zhou Tai and asked.

"No!"

Zhou Tai nodded, he and Zhou Yu are also old acquaintances, and they will not question Zhou Yu's ability.

"Now the battle situation in Youzhou is very difficult, I expected to start the battle in May, but I decided to officially launch the battle five days later, that is, on April 17!" Ju Yi said word by word.

"No!"

The generals nodded, and there was a strong sense of war in their expressions. (To be continued.) )