"Where is the Marquis of Pingyang now?"

Liu Ying asked coldly, which provoked Lu Shizhi to hurriedly recover from the joy of 'Shaofu is about to make a windfall', and chuckled and gave Liu Ying a little hand.

"Yesterday, the Marquis of Pingyang sent someone to report: The soldiers and horses of Qi, Jing, and Chu who were led by him have arrived in Suiyang, the capital of Liang."

"Five days later, at the latest, you can go to Xingyang and get the rice of Aocang; When you arrive at home, you can protect your family to the east and go to abundance······"

Hearing this, Liu Ying only nodded indifferently, and secretly calculated again.

Today, several major problems of the Shaofu government's grain and rice have been basically solved by Liu Ying.

Guanzhong's annual grain output of tens of thousands of stones was cleverly eaten by Liu Ying with 'storing grain on behalf of the people'.

And the remaining half, relying on Liu Ying's 'advice' alone, is difficult to be properly solved······

Today, there are more than 900,000 households in Guanzhong, and according to the average annual output of 300 stone per farmer after tax, every year in Guanzhong, there will be a total output of 270,000 to 30,000,000 stone of grain merchants!

Among them, nearly 10,000 stone for the people of Guanzhong for their own use can be solved by 'storing grain on behalf of the people', and bringing 5 million stone to the Shaofu and the national treasury respectively.

The remaining 170,000,000 stones will all need to be purchased by Shaofu with money.

This is no longer something that Liu Ying, the prince of the prison country, or even the current Chang'an court, can handle.

According to this year, Liu Ying forcibly pressed down the grain price of 2,000 yuan and 1 stone, and this 170,000,000 stone of grain will be worth more than 30 million yuan!

Today's Shaofu has another 30 million dollars?

- I'm afraid that the money in the whole world, including Qin Banliang, Han Sanbaht, and even the old money of the Six Kingdoms, and even the Warring States Sword Coins, may not be able to have 10 million!

Therefore, in order for Shaofu to smoothly eat this 170,000,000 stone of grain, it cannot simply be 'bought', but needs to circulate it.

To be more specific, it is that the grain of this 170,000,000 stone must have at least 10,000,000 stone, which has been booked in advance by the Kwantung vassal states, and even paid for the goods in advance!

Only in this way can the Shaofu take this 'advance payment' to buy grain from the people and hand it over to those areas in the Kanto region where grain production is low and heavily dependent on imports, such as the country of Qi, which is dominated by commerce and has undeveloped Jing countries, as well as the vast and sparsely populated countries of Yan, Dai, and Zhao who are located on the bitter cold border wall.

This is also the reason why Liu Ying asked, 'Where is Cao Shen now'.

This time, Liu Ying went out under the cover of 'returning to his hometown to worship his ancestors', and the grain and grass used by the army to quell the rebellion were put on the vest of 'civilian grain and rice needed by the three kingdoms of Qi, Jing and Chu'.

But Liu Ying knew very well in his heart: the vests on this batch of military rations were not Liu Ying's nonsense, but something true!

——Today's three kingdoms of Qi, Jing and Chu are indeed extremely short of domestic food, even to the extent that food prices are about to skyrocket!

As for the reason······

"Sure enough······"

"Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh; Pull a hair, and move the whole body~"

With a stiff smile on her face, Liu Ying's face also quietly swelled up with a little self-deprecation.

In the past, to be precise, since the Warring States period when the 'Tian clan dynasty Qi' occurred, the kingdoms of the heavens have basically relied on grain imports to varying degrees.

Later, Qin collected the Hetao in the north and Bashu in the south, and the three thousand miles of Qinzhong completely evolved into the granary of the whole world, and almost every grain trade between countries was sold by Qin.

As for the buyers, there were Zhao State, which lacked arable land in China and had a large population, Qi State, which basically gave up agriculture and turned to commerce, and Yan State, which was far away in the northeast corner of Shenzhou in the Central Plains.

By the time the Han dynasty was established, although the world was nominally owned by the Han Dynasty, the existence of the vassal states with different surnames in the Kanto region also made the Han dynasty briefly in a period of 'unification, but in fact similar to the Warring States'.

It's just that compared with Zhou Tianzi, who was dignified and disrespectful to the world, the majesty of Liu Bang, the son of Han Tianzi, was much higher.

However, even in this political background of 'open and secret struggle between the central and local governments', the grain trade between Guanzhong and Kanto has not been greatly affected.

The reason is that Liu Bang, as the lord of the world, cannot sit back and watch the citizens of those princely states with different surnames endure the suffering of hunger in order to eradicate the princes with different surnames.

Therefore, in the past few years, except for the areas where the rebellion of the princes with different surnames broke out, the other vassal states were still able to get a steady stream of rice and grain from Guanzhong from the grain merchants in Guanzhong to meet the hard needs of their respective countries.

Among them, especially the three clan vassal states of Qi, Jing and Chu, they are most favored by Liu Bang, the son of heaven.

After all, no matter how sorry the people are that they can't eat enough, but for the vassal states with different surnames, the Chang'an court will have a certain degree of vigilance, so as to strictly control the flow of the strategic resource of 'grain' into the vassal states with different surnames.

But for the three clan vassal states of Qi, Jing, and Chu, the Chang'an court naturally responds to requests; Even in some special periods, the three clan vassal states were allowed to send a certain number of troops to the border to meet the grain merchants and grain teams sent out from the east of the Guandong.

This is also the reason why Liu Ying went east to quell the rebellion this time, and put the required military rations on the vest of 'Qi, Jing, and Chu requested grain allocation', without worrying about the truth.

- The three kingdoms of Qi, Jing, and Chu sought food in Guanzhong, which has a precedent to follow, and is even a very common thing.

In the spring of this year, the price of grain in Guanzhong rose strangely, and Liu Ying also had a horizontal heart, and came to the bottom of the kettle to draw salaries and completely ban the grain merchants in Guanzhong, and only by promoting the government-run grain and rice of Shaofu and monopolizing the grain market in Guanzhong did the grain prices in Guanzhong be stabilized.

As a result, the countries in Guanzhong, which were already unable to be self-sufficient and relied heavily on importing grain from Guanzhong, suddenly became somewhat unclear about the situation.

In the past, Kanchu's grain exports to the Kanto region were basically based on Kanchu grain merchants acting as 'wholesalers' and grain merchants from Kanto countries acting as 'retailers', so that they flowed into Kanto countries.

Nowadays, there is no longer a group of 'grain merchants' in Guanzhong, and as for the Shaofu that banned the grain merchants in Guanzhong, the grain merchants in the Kanto countries are really a little 'untouchable'······

In this way, Guanzhong's perennial grain exports to the Kanto region suddenly came to a standstill in the year when Liu Ying implemented the grain and rice official policy in Guanzhong, and the countries of the Kwantung region, especially the three clan vassal states of Qi, Jing and Chu, suddenly fell into a grain shortage!

After discovering the food shortage in their respective countries, Liu Fei, the king of Qi, Liu Jia, the king of Jing, and Liu Jiao, the king of Chu, hurriedly sent people into the customs.

After finding out the reason for the stagnation of the 'grain export trade', these three clan relatives found Liu Bang, the son of heaven, at the same time.

- Your Majesty!

- A few of our people, but they don't have any food to eat!

- Your Majesty, tell the prince quickly, and sell us some food!!

As for the pleas of the three of them, whether it was Liu Bang, the son of heaven, or Liu Ying, the prince of the prison country, they all ignored it intentionally or unintentionally······

Liu Bang ignored that it was most likely that he was busy with the war to quell Chen Xuan's rebellion at that time, and he didn't care about 'making the decision' for his three relatives.

And Liu Ying ignored this issue, but it was completely ulterior motives······

"Hey ······"

"Princes ······ Clans"

chuckled and muttered, Liu Ying only smiled weirdly, regardless of the presence of Lu Shizhi beside her.

At the beginning, Liu Ying really did not consider that his move to ban the grain merchant group in Guanzhong and promote the grain and rice of the Shaofu government would lead to the stagnation of the grain trade between Guanzhong and Kanto.

But after receiving the euphemistic 'reminder' from her brother Liu Fei's attributes, Liu Ying did not react immediately, but chose to wait and see.

As Liu Ying expected, for the 'begging for food' of Qi, Jing, and Chu, Daddy Liu Bang also had an attitude of 'staying in China and putting it on hold for the time being'.

With the bottom in her heart, Liu Ying reacted and replied to her eldest brother Liu Fei.

- Big brother~

——Guanzhong last year, the grain production was not abundant~

- No, at the beginning of spring, the price of grain almost rose through the sky!

- Younger brother, in order to stabilize grain prices, I have let Shaofu intervene, which has made the grain prices in Guanzhong stable.

——When my brother takes care of the matter, I must find a way to send some food to my eldest brother as soon as possible!

- My younger brother, at a young age, was pressed by the heavy burden of the prison country, and I was really busy with my feet on the ground, taking care of one and losing the other, and I was in a dilemma in the court.

- Big brother, I need to understand me more······

With such a reply letter from the 'prince's personal letter', the matter of 'asking for food' in the three kingdoms of Qi, Jing, and Chu can be regarded as being put on hold for the time being.

And now, it is summer and June, and the export of grain to Guanzhong countries has been delayed by Liu Ying for three months.

Coupled with the fact that Liu Ying is about to personally go to Fengpei, which is located in the territory of Chu State, this matter has reached the point where it can no longer be delayed······

It is said that now, Liu Ying is about to arrive at Hangu Pass, and the east exit is imminent.

About five days later, when Liu Ying arrived in Xingyang, if nothing else, Liu Ying would inevitably wait for Qi Xiang Cao Shen's visit.

The grain export matters of the three kingdoms of Qi, Jing and Chu will inevitably be mentioned by Cao Shen.

When Liu Ying arrived in Fengpei in another half a month and met with her eldest brother Liu Fei, uncle Liu Jiao, and cousin Liu Jia, this problem could no longer be delayed.

"Hmmm······"

"It's time too······"

Thinking to herself, Liu Ying's face also took on a little seriousness.

Previously, the main reason why Liu Ying dragged this matter was indeed that she couldn't take care of it.

-- Although the sharp rise in grain prices in Guanzhong was fueled by the grain merchant group, the root cause of the sharp rise in grain prices was last year, when Guanzhong did not produce enough grain.

If it were not for the reduction in output, which would have formed a necessary condition for price increases, it would have been difficult for the grain merchants in Guanzhong to raise the price of grain to the sky with the two stinky money in their hands.

In addition, at that time, Liu Bang, the son of heaven, was busy suppressing the rebellion in Dai and Zhao, and the consumption of grain and grass in the army was amazing, and Liu Ying had foreknowledge of the upcoming rebellion of Wang Yingbu of Huainan.

Combined with all this, Liu Yingcai at that time had the idea of 'holding the grain in his hands first in case of emergency', and intentionally or unintentionally ignored the food shortage in the Kwantung countries.

And now, the war between Dai and Zhao is basically coming to an end, Chen Feng is about to be defeated, and Liu Bang, the son of heaven who drove the expedition, has also returned to Chang'an.

The grain price in Guanzhong has also been completely calmed, and Shaofu has also prepared enough grain reserves for Guanzhong to use until the autumn harvest to meet Guanzhong's own needs.

Even on this basis, Shaofu also completed the military rations to Liu Yingping's rebel army alone, and there is still a surplus?

Previously, in the case of 'I don't have enough', Liu Ying ignored this matter, but it was reasonable.

Now, 'the family has eaten and drunk enough' and prepared a surplus, and if the rest is not taken care of these poor relatives, it will be a bit too much to say.

After all, no matter what you say, Liu Ying is not Liu Bang, the son of heaven, and the Liu Fei, Liu Jiao, and Liu Jia she faces are all clan elders.

Next, to quell the Yingbu rebellion, Liu Ying needs the assistance of these three elders; After succeeding to the throne in the future, Liu Ying also needs the support of these clan princes to become his confidence in the court.

Thinking of this, Liu Ying nodded slowly, and immediately took out a thin wooden tube from his arms that had been prepared a long time ago and sealed with mud seals.

"I also sent someone to my uncle, and presented this book to my father in person."

Only whispered an order, Liu Ying stepped out of the chariot and watched Lu Shizhi run to the rear of the team with a thin wooden tube.

"Whew~"

"In this way, the princes of the clan will not be able to mess up······"

With a long sigh full of embarrassment, Liu Ying turned around, looked at Hangu Pass not far ahead, and slowly showed a bright smile.

The content of Fang Cai's letter is actually nothing special, but Liu Ying asked Liu Bang to give an order to let Shaofu transport 5 million stones of grain to Aocang for later use.

It's late June, and the autumn harvest is less than two months away.

With these five million stone grains, the three kingdoms of Qi, Jing, and Chu will no longer have to suffer from a shortage of food this year.

What Liu Ying really wanted to do was not just to agree to the request of the elders of the clan who succeeded to the throne and allocate grain to solve the food shortage in Kanto······

"This year, that's it······"

"Next year, if you want to ask for food from Shaofu, I'm afraid it's not so simple~"

With an inexplicable mutter, Liu Ying stepped forward and beckoned to Quan Xu, the accompanying captain of the Southern Military Academy.

"Tell the sons and daughters to hurry up, cross the river before dusk, and then find a place to stay."

Giving the order of 'I must go out of the pass and cross the river today', when Quan Xu gave up his order, Liu Ying turned around, hummed an unknown tune, and walked towards his brand-new chariot.

And Liu Fei, the king of Qi, Liu Jiao, the king of Chu, Liu Jia, the king of Jing, and even the future Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao, Liu Fei, the king of Yan, Liu Jiao, the king of Liang, Liu Chang, the king of Huainan, Liu Bi, the king of Wu and other clan princes did not expect that the 'grain and rice official camp' policy, which was originally used to calm down and control the grain market in Guanzhong, eventually became a sharp weapon for the central government of Chang'an to control the vassal states of the Kwantung clan!

Since then, for nearly a hundred years, whenever there are clan princes who feel that 'I can replace the Son of Heaven', it is such an edict that makes these clan princes dispel the thoughts in their hearts.

- A certain king Liu x disrespects the ancestors,