In the afternoon of the same day, Cui Baitai was sent out of the cell. The moment he walked out of the gloomy dungeon and rebuilt the sun, Cui Baitai was so excited that he almost burst into tears. Those who have never lost their freedom cannot grasp the importance of freedom.

Li Hao led someone to stand at the door of the cell and said sharply.

"Cui Baitai, the crime you committed should have been put to death, and Your Majesty has mercifully pardoned your guilt. I hope you will do well in the future, do things honestly for Your Majesty, and work for the benefit of the people. ”

Cui Baitai is much more honest now, and immediately gave up: "The grass people know, don't worry, my Cui Baitai will do my best to assist the adults in the future and help the people rebuild their homes!" ”

Li Hao didn't say a word, turned around and left.

Looking at the back of Li Hao, Cui Baitai's eyes gradually became fierce.

"I swear not to avenge this revenge, and I swear not to be a man!"

"Okay, don't talk harshly here, be careful that the wall has ears, let's go back first!" Li Ziyin walked out of the dark with a few people and persuaded in a low voice.

Cui Baitai took a deep breath, his face returned to calm, and he followed Li Ziyin back to the mansion of the wealthy man.

Looking at the money spent in the past few days to buy people's hearts, Cui Baitai felt a pain in his flesh. As a businessman, every time you make a small profit in business, you lose money, let alone help people buy building materials at a loss this time.

The Cui family suffered a big loss this time, and Cui Baitai also knew that after this incident, his influence in the Cui family would definitely be affected. Maybe your inheritance will be shaken.

"Nu Zhuge , thank you for saving me, what should we do next?" Cui Baitai cheered up and asked Li Ziyin.

Li Ziyin brewed a bowl of tea and took a sip: "For the time being, I haven't thought of any good way, Li Hao's status in the hearts of the people is difficult to shake." I've worked hard these days, and I'm just reshaping the image of a good person, and it's a fool's dream to shake Li Hao's status because of this. ”

"So what do we do now?"

"For today's plan, let's stand still for the time being, Li Hao has already personally intervened in the reconstruction work, and flaws will soon be exposed, we must be vigilant at any time!"

"Understood, let's let Li Hao be proud for a while!" Cui Baitai clenched his fists and said.

In the days that followed, Li Hao would take people to inspect the reconstruction sites of various villages every day, and the engineering team of Lijiazhuang led the reconstruction, so naturally Li Hao did not need to do it himself. The reconstruction work is proceeding slowly and methodically, and there is a scene of prosperity everywhere.

On this day, Li Hao took Wan'er to the village again to inspect the work. Behind them, a group of people followed from afar, secretly observing Li Hao's movements.

Cui Baitai clenched his fists, his eyes full of anger.

"Li Ziyin, it's been almost a month, haven't you figured out a way yet? The reconstruction work is coming to an end. If Li Hao returns to Chang'an smoothly for disaster relief, this will inevitably be another great achievement, and when Li Hao's reputation is in full swing, it will be even more difficult for us to deal with him! ”

Li Ziyin smiled: "Li Hao is really rigorous, for so long, he hasn't shown any flaws for me to catch, but even if he doesn't have flaws, I have already thought of a way to deal with him!" ”

"What's the solution?" Cui Baitai immediately came to his senses and hurriedly asked.

Li Ziyin said very seriously: "Send someone to secretly purchase food supplies around Hongzhou, and strive to cut off all supplies in close proximity within a month!" ”

"Buying grain again?" Cui Baitai frowned, now he has a shadow on the word food, last time because of the problem of food, he was sent to the old house and almost lost his life. Now he has to buy grain again.

Buy it, buy it, but now under the holy order, no one's grain can exceed the market price line, even if you buy grain, how much damage can it cause to Li Hao?

Li Ziyin seemed to see Cui Baitai's doubts, so she explained: "According to my observation, Li Hao has done everything in the reconstruction of this matter, and we are afraid that there is no chance to attack him on this matter." We can only look at the future. ”

"Only this flood in Hongzhou has spread widely, to put it mildly, nine counties have been affected, and even some places that have not been affected by the disaster, grain has been completely destroyed, and Hongzhou will inevitably have no harvest this year. If you think about it, even if the house is repaired, there is no food reserve, how the people will survive the winter. ”

Cui Baitai pondered for a moment and clapped his hands suddenly: "That's right, the people of Hongzhou this year will definitely need supplies from the imperial court." ”

"That's right! But the imperial court has been sending supplies to the disaster area in Hongzhou for a month, and it must be almost impossible to support it, and the follow-up food can only be supplied from the surrounding areas of Hongzhou. If we buy out of food, what will the people of Hongzhou eat? ”

During the Tang Dynasty, long-distance transportation of materials was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the transportation cost was very burdensome. Fortunately, with the help of Li Hao in the flood in Hongzhou this time, the imperial court was able to raise millions of taels of relief silver.

But far water can't save the near fire, and the transportation and deployment for a month has long exceeded the capacity of the imperial court. If the people of Hongzhou rely on Chang'an to transport food this year, they will not be able to withstand it even if they have more money.

If at this time, we will take a salary from the bottom of the kettle and buy out the grain in the surrounding counties and counties of Hongzhou, and the people of Hongzhou will face an embarrassing situation of having no food to eat this winter. At that time, even if the imperial court has the intention to deploy, it will be a drop in the bucket.

And Li Hao, as the minister of disaster relief, if the people in the disaster area end up starving all over the field because they have no food to eat, then he will inevitably be implicated.

The five surnames and seven wangs have so many henchmen above the court, and when the time comes, let them put pressure on the emperor, even if Li Shimin has a good relationship with Li Hao, it will be difficult to ensure that he is thorough.

Even if he can't be convicted of a capital crime, it will minimize his influence.

In this way, what else can Li Hao compete with the five surnames and seven hopes?

Li Ziyin continued: "I have seen the new decree issued by the emperor, although the price of grain cannot exceed the market average, but within this range, as long as we adjust the price of grain to the highest, there will be a profit of 10% per catty of grain. These days, in order to win people's hearts, the Cui family has spent a lot of money to buy building materials, right? With such a big deficit, the elders of the Cui family already have a lot of opinions about you, right? ”

Cui Baitai sighed, as Li Ziyin said, in recent times, the Boling Cui family has a great opinion of Cui Baitai, and many young children have begun to openly question his strength, and Cui Baitai's family status is in jeopardy.

"If we can take advantage of this food crisis, we will not only be able to hit Li Hao hard, but also earn back all the money we lost. When the time comes, who else will be able to shake our position? ”

"That's a brilliant plan! Just do what you say. Cui Baitai had no way to retreat at this time, he gritted his teeth and agreed to Li Ziyin's suggestion.

"I'll arrange for someone to buy grain, even if I empty the family treasury, I must buy out the grain!"

"Don't be impatient!" Li Ziyin hurriedly grabbed Cui Baitai: "Li Hao is thoughtful and has a lot of eyeliner, if we go to buy food like this, I'm afraid it will attract his attention." So while buying food, we have to create some trouble for him! ”

"What to do, you say!"

Li Ziyin smiled slightly and whispered her plan.