"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the 'Locust Destroyer' quest and exceeding the expected effect, the amount of reward food has been tripled to 320,000 stones, and an additional chance to win the lottery. ”

"Is there a lottery now?"

Luo Taisui looked confused and confirmed.

"Ding! The host was lucky enough to draw a scroll of blueprints for the Detection Wood Kite's mechanism. ”

Scouting for a wood kite?

Isn't it a Mohist trick?

This thought flashed through Luo Taisui's mind, and then it was occupied by even greater confusion.

How did you get the job done?

How did it exceed expectations?

What do you mean?

Obviously, the people of Chang'an are very resistant to say......

Next, he is preparing to take revenge on society and try various methods of locusts, steaming, stir-frying, stewing, and mixing...... Let the people of Chang'an feel what is called real dark cuisine.

Who knows that the task will be completed inexplicably.

Kidding?

The system came out and gave me a perfect explanation!

Luo Taisui shouted in his heart.

Naturally, no one paid attention to him.

This system also sends out tasks, distributes rewards, and does not have a word of nonsense.

Luo Taisui touched his nose stupidly, and then began to look at the drawings of the scout wood kite.

The moment he unfolded, he suddenly shook all over.

Then his eyes widened.

It seems to be shocked to the extreme.

I saw that the drawings were densely drawn with plans of various parts, as well as annotated texts.

As the drawings unfold little by little, the various parts are assembled in batches, turning into a wooden mechanism in the shape of a goshawk at the curly tail.

This...... This...... I can't understand what this stuff is!

Luo Taisui felt that his mind was swollen, and he casually threw the drawings aside.

It's either farming or cooking, it's not cooking or carpentry, what's going on with this system?

Do we want to train him to be a good young man with all-round development in agriculture and industry?

Can you come back to something reliable?

At this time, there was a sudden dinging sound, which scared Luo Taisui for a moment.

"The system released the advanced mission of 'Locust Destroyer': to stimulate the determination of the people in Guanzhong to fight the locust plague, and to kill 100 million locusts to minimize the loss of crops."

"Quest rewards: Triple the amount of food you have hoarded, and a chance to draw a lottery."

When he saw the number of 100 million, Luo Taisui already wanted to scold his mother.

However, the quest reward seems to be a bit perverted.

After the completion of the last task, the amount of food he hoarded had reached 320,000 stones, which had tripled......

Luo Taisui broke a branch and counted it on the ground.

Thirty-two times eight, two hundred and fifty-six.

Two million five hundred and sixty thousand stones!

It can almost feed more than one million people in Chang'an for two months!

I've never seen so much food in my life.

When the task is completed, the master is also a big food household.

Let's go, let's see.

Or come to the backyard.

The grain piled up this time is much more spectacular than the last time...... Of course, it takes more time and effort to move into the house.

Luo Taisui held his forehead with his hand, and he had a headache.

So much grain to move to the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Month?

It looks like we'll have to hire some people.

Let's leave it there for now.

When he returned to the vestibule, Luo Taisui found that Miss Li had come again.

He was standing next to the formula he had just calculated on the ground, staring at it with some curiosity.

"What is this?" Li Li asked.

"A Western Regions number." Luo Taisui replied.

"You still know the numbers of the Western Regions!" Li Lizhi was a little surprised, "Is there any point in arranging it like this?" ”

"Count, count." Luo Taisui looked like a matter of course.

"Oh...... That's pretty much the same as a calculation. Li Lizhi looked at it twice, but still couldn't understand it, so she simply gave up.

Luo Taisui invited her to sit down and poured a cup of tea.

"The method you mentioned last time to control food prices, I suddenly thought of a loophole in it, so I'm here to discuss it with you today."

Li Lizhi didn't bother to beat around the bush, and went straight to the point, putting forward the question that Li Shimin wanted to ask the most.

After talking to Empress Changsun, he already knew that the tiger-headed guy in front of him turned out to be the son of the late Duke of Yanguo.

And this Luo Mansion is the former Mansion of the Yan Kingdom.

"Oh?" Luo Taisui showed a look of attention, "What loophole?" ”

Li Lizhi took a sip of tea and said: "Your plan to manipulate grain prices is based on the premise that all grain merchants are not knowing, and once it leaks out, it will fail."

There is no such thing as an impermeable wall, and I wonder what you can do to hide it from the eyes and ears of the world? ”

"If you leak it, you should leak it, why hide it?" Luo Taisui blinked his big eyes.

How did he know that Li Shimin had already pierced the window paper.

Fan Zhongyan in later generations was scolded by the people and beat to death without explanation, and finally succeeded in fooling those large and small grain merchants.

"What?" Li Lizhi was caught off guard and was stunned by his question.

It was as if he had asked a nonsense.

I only heard Luo Taisui say: "The so-called virtual is real, and the real is virtual."

The mall is treacherous and changeable, and it is already full of all kinds of lies.

If the water gets muddy, then make it even more muddy, isn't that fine? ”

After a pause, he added: "For example, if there is a rumor that the price of grain will drop in Guanzhong, you should spread another rumor that the price of grain will continue to fall, and you should seize the opportunity to sell the grain as soon as possible."

Or maybe food prices are rising steadily, and some people want to monopolize the lucrative grain market, so they spread rumours to prevent grain traders from entering the country.

Or, simply say that the Turks are about to fight, and the five surnames and seven sects want to make a fortune in the country, so they maliciously hoard grain and do not lend it to the imperial court, resulting in the imperial court having no grain to use, and having to buy it at a high price......

You can say anything.

Once Guanzhong is affected, the price of grain will inevitably rise all the way, and the imperial court will eat grain in small batches at double the price, which is more convincing than anything else.

You must know that food is not the same as real money, it is not easy to store, and it is consumed every day.

Only when it is sold, it can be considered real money.

If you don't sell it now, when will you wait? ”

The last world was like this, what is the real hammer against the real hammer, and no one knows what the truth is in the end.

On the contrary, it is true that the heat has been hyped up.

Faced with Luo Taisui's last question, Li Lizhi was speechless, can her heart still be like this?

Sure enough, there is no business and no treachery.

But then again, isn't this guy in front of you also a profiteer?

It seems that he is also stockpiling food, and there is a lot of it.

What's more, these tricks are all from his mouth, is he more treacherous than a profiteer?

But he has an honest face again......

What kind of person is this guy?

"Then what do you think of the five surnames and seven sects today?"

Since the five surnames and seven sects were mentioned, Li Lizhi simply followed the wind of words and asked.

This is also something that her father has always been haunted by.

Luo Taisui smiled dumbly: "The five surnames and seven sects are complacent, and if they don't make changes, they will be eliminated by the times sooner or later."

After hundreds of years of war and chaos, they can maintain the property and status of their families, which is nothing more than relying on internal marriages and reporting to the group for warmth.

In fact, decline is inevitable.

It's just that they don't bother to come out to be officials, selling the prestige of their ancestors all day long, selling their fame and reputation, seeing who can't do it, and what they do not do well.

I heard that I was already very dissatisfied with them today. ”

"You know everything." Li Lizhi glanced at him lightly.

"Of course, you can call me 'Bai Xiaosheng'." Luo Taisui laughed innocently, but the cunning in his eyes flashed.