In the Liao Wang's Mansion, the Liao King sat behind the table with a gloomy face, looking at the official document in front of him and not knowing what he was thinking.

Du Ruo, the head of the household, paced back and forth in the study with his hands behind his back.

Ye Shi walked in the corner, looked at King Liao, and then looked at Du Ruo, like a mouse forced into the corner by an old cat, trembling.

"See the prince!"

Suddenly, a voice came from outside the door of the study, and the three of them came back to their senses at the same time and looked towards the door.

"Come in!"

King Liao gave a faint order, Tong Fang walked in cautiously, and the restless Ye Shi immediately looked at him, wanting to see some clues from his face.

However, in front of King Liao, Tong Fang didn't dare to be presumptuous, his bitter gaze flashed across Ye Shi's face, and then he stared at the floor in a daze, not daring to look directly at anyone in this room.

Ye Shi's heart tightened, and a layer of sweat immediately appeared on his back.

"How's it going?"

Du Ruo came to Tong Fang and asked.

Tong Fang hurriedly knelt down and said, "Lord Shangshu, that batch of raw materials has already been bought, and it cost a full thirteen million taels, almost thirty times the original price.

Driven by heavy profits, the entire industrial raw materials of Zhili are being transported to Changxing City, and goods from several other neighboring provinces are also being shipped one after another.

It is estimated that the raw materials that will arrive in Changxing tomorrow alone will be twice as much as today's inventory.

In addition, at present, the price of everything in Changxing City is rising, especially the price of grain has skyrocketed by nearly twenty times in one day, and the people are panicked and chaotic.

There were riots in several rice shops, and if it weren't for the timely arrival of the adults of Changxing Mansion and the Five Cities Terracotta Division, there might have been an even bigger mess. ”

King Liao's face changed when he heard this: "The small price of rice turned into a riot, how did Xu Rui do it?" ”

Du Ruodao: "The prince's words are wrong, as the so-called people take food as the sky, Xu Rui grasped the price of grain is to grasp the lifeblood of the people, he wants to take the people as hostages to blackmail you." ”

King Liao sneered: "This little trick wants to make this king soft? He Xu Rui inevitably underestimated this king too much! ”

Tong Fang opened his mouth, but the two nobles were talking, and he didn't dare to interject, so he had to swallow what he wanted to say into his stomach.

Seeing his appearance, Du Ruo waved his hand and said, "Tong Fang, if you have anything else, let's say it together." ”

Hearing this, Tong Fang hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, Lord Shangshu, yesterday the Ministry of Commerce and the Imperial Central Bank issued an official document to ban all cash and silver transactions and change the circulation of silver bills.

As long as they found that there were traders who used cash, they would be arrested and punished heavily, so that now no matter the people's government, they only trade with silver tickets, and dare not use cash again. ”

Du Ruoyan frowned when he heard this: "Promoting silver tickets to replace current silver is the direction that the saint has been working towards, which can save the burden of the merchants and the people, is there something else wrong with this matter?" ”

Hearing this, Ye Shi was finally able to interject, and hurriedly said: "Lord Shangshu doesn't know, these days we have been hoarding materials, Xu Rui has purchased grain and rice on a large scale, and all of them are silver tickets, and now there is too much money in the market, and there are too few things, and the money has become worthless."

Coupled with the panic of the people and the rush to buy goods, the money became more worthless, for example, in the past, a silver ticket of one tael could buy one tael of silver, but now it can only buy five dollars of silver.

The batch of goods we received today would only cost 6.5 million taels if calculated in cash, but it would cost 13 million taels to trade with silver bills, which was fully doubled. ”

Du Ruo was stunned: "How can this happen?" ”

Ye Shidao: "I can't say why, but it is estimated that it is related to Xu Rui's push up of food prices, he must know what is inside, and nine times out of ten he deliberately made this situation, so that we can contribute more money!" ”

King Liao was furious and slapped him on the table: "Xu Rui is so foolish, if he provokes a civil uprising, can he afford it?" Come on, immediately pass on the king's decree to cancel the restrictions of the Ministry of Commerce on cash and silver transactions! ”

"Wait!"

Du Ruo thought for a while and said: "Lord Wang, the matter is so big, the Holy Lord must have also received the rumors, and there has been no action in the palace so far, which means that the Holy Lord does not want to interfere for the time being, and I am afraid that your prison order may not be passed." ”

King Liao frowned: "You mean that my father wants to hide and watch the play?" ”

Du Ruodao: "From the perspective of the old minister, the saint wants to see you and Xu Rui use the business of Changxing City as a chess game to decide the winner, but now is a critical period for the reserve, you can't be impulsive." ”

Hearing this, the King of Liao quickly calmed down, and said after a moment's silence: "Yes, since my father wants to limit the battlefield to the market, then this king will prove it to everyone, even if he Xu Rui is here, he is by no means the opponent of this king!" ”

As he spoke, King Liao looked at Du Ruo and asked, "Du Qing, how much money did the household department advance in today?" ”

Du Ruo said: "One thousand and three hundred and sixty thousand taels." ”

King Liao said: "Xu Rui raised the price, nothing more than to make our successor powerless, since this king wants to fight with him in this ring, he will follow him to raise it, no matter how much the raw materials rise, we will still cover all the round!" ”

Du Ruoyan instinctively felt that something was wrong when he heard this, and muttered: "In the past few years, the treasury has been abundant, if it is just money, the household department can still make seventy or eighty million, but this money includes the military expenses in the northeast.

At present, King Su's border army is facing off with the army of the Southern Dynasty across the border of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and a large amount of military expenditure is needed at any time, and I am afraid that this money can be misappropriated for a short time.

In addition, the cash silver of the household department is also managed by the Imperial Central Bank after the warehouse, and the Ministry of Commerce restricts it, so we can only use silver bills. ”

King Liao shook his head: "Although Xu Rui's Galaxy Group is rich in the world, his stall is too big, and he will never be able to return the funds for a while, although I don't know where he got a sum of money, but it is impossible to compare with the treasury."

As long as we can survive these days and receive the main factories of Galaxy Group under our banner, Xu Rui will become a grasshopper after the autumn, and he will not be able to jump for a few days.

And we will be able to put the materials in hand into production, and make up for the difference in the price lost during this period, and we will win at that time! ”

Du Ruoyan stopped talking when he heard this.

At this time, a subordinate hurriedly walked in and handed over a secret letter to the King of Liao, who opened the secret letter and glanced at it hurriedly, and his face suddenly changed.

"What's going on again?"

Du Ruo saw that the King of Liao's face was not good, and hurriedly asked worriedly.

King Liao handed the secret letter to Du Ruo, gritted his teeth and said: "Since this afternoon, Xu Rui has not only purchased rice on a large scale, but also finally started to buy other goods, as long as it is available on the market, there is nothing he does not buy, and as soon as he buys it, he will clear the warehouse!"

As a result, the price of all the goods in the market has risen rapidly, and now a piece of cloth has been sold for sixty taels, and a bag of rice is close to fifteen taels......"

"What?"

Du Ruo took the secret letter and took a closer look, and his face suddenly changed: "How much does this cost?" ”

Ye Shi picked up the abacus on the table and made a rough calculation, and said in astonishment: "Impossible, if he wants to sweep away everything, he needs at least three hundred million taels of silver in one day, how can he have so much money?" ”

When the King of Liao heard this, his face was cloudy and he said: "No matter what means he uses, if he continues like this, there will definitely be a big incident, and he immediately ordered the Zhili garrison to block the passes in various places and prohibit the goods from arriving in Beijing, I want him Xu Rui to have money and can't buy anything!" ”

Du Ruo was surprised: "Lord, if that's the case, wouldn't the prices in the capital be higher?" ”

King Liao sneered: "I just want high prices, Xu Rui does not hesitate to hoard Juqi, I want him to make the people's resentment boiling, it is best to provoke a riot, and see if in the end my father chooses Jiangshan or chooses to protect him Xu Rui!" ”

After speaking, King Liao said to Ye Shi: "You go to the household department to borrow 50 million taels again, and tomorrow you will continue to push up the price and put him Xu Rui on the fire to roast!" ”