In the south of Xing'an County, there is a gorgeous palace covering a wide area, which is the palace of the king of Xiong'an County.

The whole palace covers an area of 80 acres, and there are no less than 100 palace houses, which is very vast. At this moment, Song Ke was sitting in the living room, listening to a report from a subordinate with a gloomy face.

"Lord Wang, the little ones found out that Qin Guan brought a little concubine to take office, who used to be the Hangzhou Oiran, and ten servants, the four male servants were his scholar and housekeeper, as well as the two strong men who rushed to kill our convoy the day before yesterday, and there are also six maids, who are now settled in the prefect's yamen."

"Shen Yichen of Lin'an Zhi County, who followed Qin Guan to take office, left yesterday and went to Lin'an to take office."

"After Qin Guan arrived in Xiongzhou City, he transferred the various departments of the yamen, the silver treasury, the granary and the refugee camp yesterday, and issued an announcement on the sale of land this morning."

After hearing this, Song Ke showed a hideous smile: "Do you want to sell land for money to solve the problem in front of you, hehe, you tell me to go down, all the merchants who have business dealings with our county palace will be informed, and say that if anyone dares to buy land, they will be enemies of our county palace." ”

After the subordinate withdrew, Song Ke squinted and muttered, "Dare to go against me, Qin Guan, I will play you to death." ”

A piece of news spread in Xiongzhou, and it spread more and more widely, and everyone knew about it.

"What, on the way to take office, the Qin Governor got into a fight with the king of Xiong'an County, and then he actually did it."

"The prefect of Qin actually beat the carriage of the county king into the ditch, and the county king was almost injured."

"Oh my God, no one dares to mess with the king of Xiong'an in our Xiongzhou, and I'm afraid it's not easy to sit in the prefect's seat now."

"The county king's mansion has already delivered the word, whoever dares to buy land is an enemy of him, the county king's mansion has been sitting on the land for decades, and the business is all over Xiongzhou, which of those gentry and big businessmen is willing to offend him."

"I'm afraid that the Qin Governor's Mansion is in trouble this time."

These news naturally reached Qin Guan's ears, and after Qin Guan heard these news, he just smiled faintly.

There may be one or two people who come to handle business on weekdays, and with Song Ke's words, everyone doesn't even dare to cross the door of the experience division in order to avoid suspicion, let alone buy land.

The Xiongzhou government posted a notice on the sale of land, and two days passed, but not a single cent of land was sold.

A warden sighed: "Alas, as soon as the prefect took office, he offended the county king's mansion, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to move an inch in this Xiongzhou in the future." ”

"Yes, I thought that if someone came to buy the land, the wages owed to us might be settled, and now it's over."

After Xu Tongju heard these news, his brows furrowed, in his opinion, Qin Guan's plan was unreliable in the first place, and now that the county prince's mansion is in trouble, it is even more impossible.

Xu Qing found Qin Guan and said, "My lord, there is one thing to report to you, the price of grain in Xiongzhou City has risen again. ”

"Oh, how much now." Qin Guan asked.

"Now it's one thousand six hundred and thirty dollars per stone." Xu Qingdao.

Qin Guan frowned, the price of grain is the basis of all prices.

As a necessity for human life, grain is also the most widely circulated commodity, and its price has a great relationship with social life, affecting rural and urban areas, peasants and citizens, agriculture and handicrafts, and commerce.

Especially in the years of famine, the price of grain is not only a matter of life and death for the people, but also for the government, if the people cannot afford to buy food and starve, it will cause chaos, so the government also attaches great importance to the price of grain.

Qin Guan asked: "I remember that the price of grain in Hangzhou is 6 or 700 yuan a stone, and the price of grain in Dayuan City is 1,000 yuan a stone, why is the price of grain in Xiongzhou so high?" ”

Grain is produced in the south, and the price of grain is lower, and Dayuan City is a border province, and it is normal for the output to be small and the price to be higher, but Xiongzhou is only 200 miles away from Dayuan City, so why is the price so much worse.

"Most of the grain merchants in Xiongzhou are from the county palace. Moreover, other commodities in Xiongzhou have also raised their prices to varying degrees. Xu Qingdao.

Xu Qing said the key in one sentence.

Qin Guan narrowed his eyes, it seemed that this King of Xiong'an County had begun to make a move in secret.

Xu Qing looked at Qin Guan and didn't speak, and said a little anxiously: "My lord, it's been two days, but we haven't sold a single piece of land, we can't expect to sell the land, I think we still have to find a way to ask the provincial government for help, if we really wait until Xiongzhou runs out of food, it will be a big mess." ”

Qin Guan smiled faintly: "Wait another day, if it doesn't work tomorrow, I'll go to the provincial government for help." ”

Xu Qing sighed and left the prefect's yamen.

Just when everyone was not optimistic about Qin Guan's behavior, and even many people were waiting to see the joke, a convoy came from the official road and slowly entered Xiongzhou City.

Without any stops, the convoy came directly to the Yamen of the Experience Division.

A wealthy middle-aged man stepped out of the carriage, looked around, and walked into the yamen with two servants.

The wealthy middle-aged man walked into the main hall of the experience, and a small official saw the person who came and asked casually, "What's the matter with you?" ”

The middle-aged man said with a faint smile: "I'll buy land." ”

It was just a gentle sentence, but it attracted the attention of everyone in the main hall, and everyone looked at this person, and the little official said in a somewhat incredulous tone: "This gentleman is really here to buy land." ”

"Of course." The middle-aged man said lightly.

"I don't know how much land you're going to buy." The clerk asked.

"How much you have, buy as much as you want."

This sentence shocked everyone present.

After experiencing the warden's eyes, he immediately stood up when he reacted, and shouted to the little official: "Hurry up and greet the guests and make tea." ”

Turning his head to look at the middle-aged man, he greeted him with a smile, asked the middle-aged man to sit down, and asked, "I don't know what to call it, what kind of business it is." ”

The middle-aged man said: "The contemptible surname is Mei, Mei Youren, and he is in the jewelry business." ”

"Jewelry business, good, big business, just now Boss Mei said that he wanted to buy all the land, but it's true." The warden asked.

"Nature is true, the land can live in peace and be passed on to future generations, there is such a good opportunity, Mei is naturally unwilling to let it go." Mei Youren said.

"We have sold a lot of land this time, more than 1,000 acres in Xiongzhou City, and 600,000 acres in Xiulong Mountain outside the city, with a total price of more than 80,000 yuan." The warden was afraid that the other party would not know the situation, so he said.

"I naturally know this, but it's only tens of thousands, it's just my surplus for two months."

What a rich man, this time a high roller came, and the warden smiled like a flower.

The warden said diligently: "Does Mr. Na Mei want to look at the land, measure it, and take a look at Xiulong Mountain." ”

Mr. Mei shook his head and said, "No need, I've already seen it myself before." ”

The warden was happy, saved trouble, and continued to ask: "Then I don't know when to trade and how to settle." ”

"Naturally, the sooner the better, cash settlement." Mr. Mei said very angrily.

The wardens were a little incredulous that such a large deal of business was completed so happily.

Everyone in the experience department moved, someone wrote the transaction documents, the warden came out with people, and they were crazy to see the boxes of silver and copper coins on the car.

After the transaction was completed, Mei Youren got the title deed papers, and the warden said that he had notified the general judge, and the general judge should come immediately, but Mr. Mei deduced that there was still an urgent matter, and he would visit the general judge next time, and directly said goodbye and left.