In the following days, 100,000 stone of grain entered Gusu City every day and was open to the people for sale.

The grain shops in the city are basically full of doors, and no one comes to buy them, but the strange thing is that the grain merchants are not in a hurry at all, not only do they not reduce the price to save their business, but the price indicated on the banner is getting higher and higher, and it has reached 150 wen a liter.

"Haha, King Yan wants to stabilize the price of grain, but we are not as good as he wants......" Lu Wencai smirked.

Xu Xueqian sneered, "He's in a hurry, we're not in a hurry, it's better if no one buys our grain now, if you want food, you will go to him to see how much grain he can have to fill this bottomless pit!"

"Hey, hey... As of yesterday, in Pingjiang City, Changshu, Huating and other prefectures and counties, we have already bought 400,000 stones, counting, Yan Wang does not have much food in his hands, at most it can last a day or two, when the time comes, it will be our good days, and the price of grain depends on us!"

Lu Wencai's eyes flashed with greed, as if he saw mountains of gold and silver rushing towards him.

It is not wrong to use the food shortage to force King Yan to give up the meridian realm, but it does not delay them at all to take this opportunity to make a fortune, as for the life and death of the people, what does it matter to them?

Xu Xueqian's wrinkled old face was piled up with disdain, "It's ridiculous that King Yan, who only knows the limit but doesn't know the limit, it's really stupid!"

"I don't think so." Xie Tang shook his head slightly, and said indifferently, "He should have done this on purpose, so as to create a false impression that the people have enough food, reduce the panic among the people, and at the same time put pressure on us, and it is possible that he has also found some food, which is more confident."

"Oh? More than half of the grain stocks in Pingjiang and Jiaxing are under our control, where else can he find it? The gentry of Changzhou and Anji, we have all said hello, and we will definitely not sell grain to him." Lu Wencai was puzzled.

Xie Tang laughed, "If it's an ordinary price, it probably won't be sold, if it's three, four, or even five, if it's profitable, someone will still sell it......

"Five? Isn't King Yan going to lose money?" Lu Wencai was surprised.

"King Yan is not a businessman, as long as he can alleviate the food shortage, what if he loses some money?" Xie Tang paced and continued, "However, it is estimated that he can't buy too much, otherwise the local food price will also be raised, and for him, the gains outweigh the losses."

Xu Xueqian gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "No matter how much he can get, let's buy it, it's nothing more than money, we have a lot of it, otherwise, let's just send someone to Changzhou Anji Prefecture to buy grain, directly raise the price of grain there, and block his back road!"

"Old Xu's plan is feasible." Xie Tang agreed, "With our financial resources, it is no problem to control most of the grain in western Zhejiang."

Just do it, this gang of heroes still has a strong ability to act, and immediately sent a large number of people to carry heavy money to nearby states and counties.

Dongting Dongshan, at this time, was still a pure lake island, not connected to the land, and the area was much smaller than that of later generations.

To the north-east of Dongshan, there is a waterway more than ten miles wide across the land, which has always been called the "Great Gap".

At this time, the large gap had been blocked, and hundreds of military ships were cruising around, prohibiting idlers from entering.

In one place, the boats were particularly crowded, and from time to time soldiers jumped into the lake and dived to the bottom, as if searching for something.

Not far from the shore of the island is a polder, which was originally occupied by the Liu family, but has been confiscated by Zhao Mengqi at this time.

Outside the polder, there are many large ships docked, which look like they were originally military ships, but now a large number of craftsmen are busy on them, as if they are being remodeled.

In Xie Tang and the others, Zhao Mengqi, the king of Yan, should be anxious now, looking for food everywhere, but they didn't expect him to be lazy and half-lying on the chair at this time, holding a fishing rod in his hand, waiting for the fish in the lake to take the bait.

Zhao Wei squeezed his shoulder diligently, "Fourth brother, do you really want to send me a grange?"

"A gentleman's word, eight horses are difficult to chase, can I still lie to you, as a brother, shouldn't I buy you some dowry?" Zhao Mengqi half-closed his eyes, his face full of comfort. c

Zhao Hui was overjoyed, still a little incredulous, "Whole

50,000 acres, really gave it to me?"

"Of course, but, to be precise, what you are given is the ownership of these 50,000 acres, and the right to 2% of the income."

"This little sister naturally saves, but even if it is a hundred and two incomes, there is a lot of money and grain every year, let me calculate, 50,000 acres...... Fifty thousand..."

Zhao Hui was stuck, trying to figure out how much benefit she could get, but she couldn't figure it out all of a sudden.

"I'll do the math for you." Wanwan saw that her neck was red, so she couldn't bear to help her, "These fields are the best paddy fields, and the annual yield per mu is at least three stones, which is 150,000 stones a year, then you can get 3,000 stones, and the grain price in Lin'an is usually between five and two times, that is to say, you have at least five thousand yuan per year, and the key is to always have it."

"Five thousand!" Zhao Wei was so happy that he couldn't find the north, and the strength in his hand couldn't help but increase a little.

This may not sound like a lot of money, but for an individual, even a princess, it is actually a lot of money.

The knights of the Song Dynasty rarely had fiefs, and even the food estates were mostly only symbolic, and they did not get much economic benefits, and they were all converted into monthly salaries.

According to the regulations, the women and daughters of the Song Dynasty all have a monthly salary of money and rice, spring and winter silk, and the number of them is very large, and the princess has a monthly salary of one hundred and fifty times, and in case of Enqing, it has increased slightly to two hundred, and the return to three hundred times in the Tao, which is equal to the prime minister and the privy envoy's money, which is very generous.

Zhao Hui is Zhao Yun's only daughter and the most favored, but the monthly salary is only about 200 yuan, if there is no particularly big reward, the annual income will not exceed 3,000 yuan.

Now, as long as she has a name and doesn't have to do anything else, she has nearly twice as much income, and she is not happy.

And Zhao Mengqi also said that this is just the beginning of the trial, if his plan works, there will be more granges under her name in the future.

Of course, Zhao Mengqi did not send money to Zhao Hui for no reason, nor did he plan to pretend to be public and private, but he had some ideas about the land system.

At this time, the imperial court, although there were also a lot of official fields and public land, but due to management problems, it was easy to be embezzled by Haoqiang, since this is the case, it is simply trying to become an alternative privatization, and the ownership is directly under the name of the royal family, and the private is for private to put an end to the embezzlement of Haoqiang.

For example, the 50,000 acres of land are nominally owned by Zhao Hui, but in order to ensure his own income, Zhao Hui can monitor the accounts at any time, and also has certain personnel rights and deliberation rights, but cannot interfere with specific management, which is about the relationship between shareholders and enterprise management in later generations.

Of course, not only that, Zhao Mengqi also plans to "go public" on the Grange, issue shares, and make the Grange a "joint-stock" company.

As for whether this idea can be feasible, we have to try it to know, for the time being, many bigwigs in Lin'an and Anji Prefecture have already shown considerable interest, so Zhao Mengqi has many sources of food.

"Fourth brother, can I still buy a share of my own grange?" Zhao Wei asked again.

Zhao Mengqi replied casually, "Yes, but do you have any food?"

Zhao Wei grinned, "I don't have it, but my uncle's family should have it, I will borrow it, he must give some face."

Her uncle is Jia Yidao, as the first-level leader, the rewards are very generous, and there is naturally a lot of land, and there are at least tens of thousands of stones in rent every year.

When Zhao Mengqi heard her say this, he nodded, "That's okay, anyway, the right to benefit from twenty stones and one mu of land will be sold if the grain is given, and one household will not exceed two percent of the total number of acres."

At this time, Qian Xiaopang, who was sitting on the side, wrapped his feet like a big zongzi, listened to the conversation between the brother and sister, his eyes couldn't help but roll, and then he pulled Qian Duo's arm, signaling that he had something to say.

Qian Duo was looking at the lake in a daze, and was pulled by Qian Xiaopang like this, and couldn't help glaring at Qian Xiaopang with an unhappy face, "Death!? Do you want to really become lame?"

"Eldest sister, I have something serious to tell you." Qian Xiaopang's small eyes blinked desperately, and then lowered his voice, "His Royal Highness Zhou Guo knows that he has prepared a dowry for himself, don't you know? Brother, I've thought of a good way for you, if you want to hear it, come with your ears

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"Huh? What do you mean?"

said it, but Qian Duo couldn't help but put his ears together.

After the sister and brother muttered for a long time, Qian Duo straightened out his thoughts, walked to Zhao Mengqi's side, crossed his waist, and said condescendingly, "Hey! What are you selling your land for?"

Zhao Mengqi stretched out his little finger and plucked out his ears, looking like he hadn't heard it.

Qian Duo was anxious, bent down and slapped him on the chest, "Talking to you, are you deaf?"

"Hey, who's that?" Zhao Mengqi glanced at her.

Qian Duo was stunned, knowing that Zhao Mengqi was pinching himself, but now that he had a request for others, he had to lower his posture, "Your Highness, can you tell me about this sale of land?"

"Call my brother to listen." The corners of Zhao Mengqi's mouth twitched, looking cynical, "If it sounds good, I will reluctantly explain it to you."

Qian Duo stomped his feet angrily, "You have to inch in!"

I also want you to be able to accommodate my brother's size.

Zhao Mengqi sneered, with no concession on his face, "It's purely voluntary, I don't like to force it......

Seeing his tone and tone, several people were dumbfounded, and these two people were not tired of playing this kind of trick every day.

Qian Duo bit his lower lip and struggled for a while before he reluctantly snorted, "Brother..."

"What? It's too quiet to hear, so it doesn't count." Zhao Mengqi rolled his eyes, didn't he call his father, is he so embarrassed?

"Brother!"

This time the voice was louder, but it was very blunt, and after shouting, the domineering Qian Duo actually blushed.

Zhao Mengqi shook his head and said disgustedly, "Huh...... Hard, stiff, emotionless, doesn't count!"

Qian Duo suppressed the resentment in his chest, feeling that if he just forgot it, he would lose a lot, so he went out, held his throat, and shouted coquettishly, "Brother Meng Qi......"

The voice was numb and sticky, which made a few people next to him fall goosebumps, and Qian Duo himself was even more red-faced, buried in his chest, and just wanted to find a hole in the ground to get into.

In fact, Zhao Mengqi also trembled when he heard it, but he just wanted to trick Qian Duo, and always deliberately asked her to do things that did not match her personality.

"It's pretty much the same, it's a bit of a woman, hehe, this is selling the field, it's a little complicated, I'll just say it once, you have to listen to it yourself......