"Cough, cough, cough-" Liu Biao has been unwell at home in recent days to recuperate, Jingzhou has not been as rich as it was at home since the two wars, the first war broke Cai Mao and Pang Tong, and the second war lost the last elite of Jingzhou, and now Jingzhou can hardly afford any big battle in five years, and the most headache for Liu Biao is the struggle for power between the eldest son and the second son.

The eldest son Liu Qi was born to Liu Biao's original wife, and the second son Liu Cong was born to the younger sister of Cai Mao of the Cai family in Jingzhou. Cai's she has the tenderness of Jiangnan women, and also has the scheming of everyone's family, since following Liu Biao, a half-hundred-hundred-year-old man, Cai's use of all his resources to make Liu Biao trust him, especially after Cai's left Liu Biao's second son, Cai's power is almost all over Jingzhou. In addition, Cai Mao is the governor of Jingzhou's navy, and Cai's status in Liu Biao's heart is more and more high.

It's just that after the first battle of Xiangyang, Cai Mao gave Zhou Yu a click to capture Yangzhou together, even if Cai Mao's only talent in the romance is to command the navy, but he was also made by Zhou Yu to make Cao Cao cut off his head with a bitter trick, and it is not unjust for him to die in the hands of Zhou Yu in this life. Wen Qin, the first general of Jingzhou, was also captured in the Battle of Xiangyang and is still detained in Yangzhou and cannot return. In recent years, the brothers Sun Ce and Sun Quan have attacked Jiangxia County many times under the banner of avenging their father, but Huang Zu is good at scheming and fighting, and neither brother has any benefits in Huang Zu's hands. According to the romance of Sun Ce and Sun Quan to occupy Jiangdong to recuperate, the Central Plains Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and other princes between the conquest left an opportunity for the development of his two brothers, but now Zhou Yu took the lead in occupying Jiangdong, and also settled the trouble of Shanyue in advance, it can be said that there is no worries, his two brothers have been helped by Zhou Yu many times, and now they are going to attack Zhou Yu to grab territory, one is not strong, and the other is not daring to offend Zhou Yu. As for what kind of embarrassing words of favor, that is, the point that ordinary people pay attention to. Ask this rich and noble man, which one is not cheeky and self-defeating? That is, a very popular sentence now, where do people go?

Jingzhou's family Kuai family, Cai family, Pang family, and Huang family are all ministers of Liu Biao who can control Jingzhou, Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang brothers are Liu Biao's ministers, and Liu Biao handles Jingzhou's daily life, grain and grass scheduling, and the Cai family is in charge of the assets of the navy is also innumerable, and the Pang family was quickly lost back after Zhou Yu's ancestral house, but the phoenix chick was boiled by Zhou Yu before it spread its wings, and the Huang ancestor of the Huang family was also a great achievement for Liu Biao's expedition to the east and west. After Cai Mao's death, Cai, as the first lady of Jingzhou, naturally became the de facto ruler of the Cai family, and her nephew, Cai Mao's sister-in-law, Cai Xin, became the new head of the Cai family.

"Master—something is wrong!" Cai's self-thought that he could control the situation in Jingzhou, food shortage, panic, etc. have completely begun to spread in Jingzhou, the sudden failure of the new five-baht money made the people who insisted on three days completely panicked, everyone frantically took out to continue to rush to buy firewood, rice, oil and salt, etc., the major shops saw that they all raised prices, so crazy to buy, price increases will spread panic to farther places.

In order to survive, people will go farther away to buy if they can't buy it locally, even if it is at a high price, and this time really proves that money is something outside the body, and life does not bring it to death. As long as you can survive by spending money, then as long as you can talk about the price. Jia Xu secretly sent people to disguise themselves as bandits to block the roads around Jingzhou and prevent grain, grass, supplies and other materials from flowing into Jingzhou. At the beginning, the Cai family, the Kuai family, the Huang family, and the Pang family all thought that there was a new business opportunity, and they followed the price hike to make a lot of money, and they also followed the example of other shops and only accepted real money, but when the next four of them realized that something was wrong, the rush to buy could not stop.

"Madame—what's the alarm? If everything in the house is not for the help of Dr. Kuai and Cai Xin, what can be a big deal? Could it be that Zhou Yu or Sun Ce called? Zhou Yu is now fighting with Yuan Shao in the state, and he has no time to take care of my Jingzhou, what is the matter? Liu Biao is old and has long had the intention to entrust his family property to him, but whether to entrust it to his eldest son Liu Qi or his second son Liu Juan, he is hesitant now, and everyone can only show their magic first.

"The eldest prince is now hunting outside the city for three days and has not returned, and the concubine and the other adults are trying to find a way to open a warehouse and release grain to appease the people first. It's just that in recent years, Jingzhou has sent troops twice to consume the grain and grass that has been hoarded for many years, and there is no money and grain to help the victims. "The original child is not as good as the adopted child, after Cai's son has his own son, he looks at Liu Qi more and more is thorn in the flesh, and at this time he does not forget to step on Liu Qi fiercely.

"Hmph-quickly summon Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, Cai Xin, Liu Qi, and Liu Qian to come to the meeting!" Liu Biao didn't say that he was too disappointed by Liu Qi's approach, but he didn't know that Liu Qi went out of the city to raise grain and grass to quell the food shortage, and no one of them has investigated why the new five-baht money suddenly couldn't circulate overnight, but they just felt that there was a rush to buy suddenly, and Liu Qi was also confused, so he could only convene people to discuss countermeasures.

Five baht? Why 5 baht? Liu Biao couldn't see the difference between the new five-baht coin and the old five-baht coin, one was brand new and the other was written patina, Liu Biao finally sniffed out that this time the food shortage had the smell of conspiracy. It's just that he can't see the difference.

Kuai Yue ordered people to take a bowl of aged vinegar, put the old and new five-baht coins into the bowl at the same time, and saw some bubbles rising up, not a cup of tea, the old and new copper coins were fished out, the old five-baht coins were much less patina, and the new five-baht coins were all lost. The shops do not charge the new five baht money, so the old five baht money is not much, the real money and silver are blind, the grain and grass were bought a lot with the new five baht money the day before, and the grain and grass mobilized for a time can not reach Jingzhou, and the remaining grain and grass are not enough for the people to use.

"What do you think? But there is a good way-" When Liu Biao asked this sentence, he knew that he was asking in vain, if there was a way, how could he let himself come forward, there were really too few people available to him.

"My lord, I think it's better to make an example of one hundred first, otherwise we won't be able to stop this food shortage?" Kuai Yue stubbornly took the stubble, they will not stupidly damage their own interests, whoever dares to stir up trouble will kill whom!

"It's not right - killing someone can stop the chaos for a while, but what about after that? How many days will the grain be resolved, for the time being is unknown? Since you don't have a good opinion, then follow the old man's arrangement, and inform the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, Cai Mansion, Kuai Mansion, Huang Mansion, and Pang Mansion to each take out 100,000 stone of grain for disaster relief, and the rest of the clans will each contribute 50,000 yuan. Once there is enough food and grass, the enemy will have no chance to take advantage of it! ”

At this moment, Liu Biao returned to his decisive appearance, he wanted people to know that a toothless tiger is also a tiger!