Hearing what Shang Ming said, Lu Huang was silent for a while, and then said: "In this way, now the entire Nan'an, the main grain is under the control of the He family." ”

Shang Ming nodded and said, "That's right." ”

Lu Huang pondered for a while before saying, "But if he wants to hoard grain and sell it at a high price, does he also have a reason?" ”

Judging by Lu Huang's experience, if a high price is set, there must be some reasons, and these high-sounding reasons can cover up some things that cannot be seen below.

In fact, it's the same thing for bad people to do bad things.

Bad guys will always find a valid reason, and the most popular sentence in the mouths of bad guys is probably this sentence: You forced me.

The implication is that if you weren't so bad, and if you didn't force me like this, I would have reciprocated the favor, and it wouldn't have been so bad.

Of course, this is bandit logic, but bad people need such a logic, in fact, bad people also need to stand on the moral high ground!

Shang Ming glanced at Lu Huang.

He once again felt so deeply that Lu Huang was completely different from Lu Huang in the past.

To be able to ask such a valuable question to yourself is really impressive!

Shang Ming nodded and said, "Yes, of course there is a reason, and it is impossible to do this kind of thing without a reason." ”

Shang Ming also added, and the addition was really to the point: "Little Brother Lu, you see what reasons those rebels have to say, they are rescuing the sky or something." ”

Lu Huang nodded and agreed.

Shang Ming then took over and said: "The reason is that the government is now going to raise military rations on a large scale. ”

Lu Huang frowned when he heard this, because he was very poor in historical knowledge, especially in the knowledge of the history of this world, so Lu Huang didn't know the relevant situation when he heard about the military rations.

Shang Ming seemed to see Lu Huang's puzzled expression, so he said to Lu Huang: "Little Brother Lu, the reason why you want to raise military rations is of course to prepare for war. ”

Lu Huang was very surprised when he heard this, is he going to start a war?

Who is the Western Chu Empire going to war with?

Lu Huang is naturally concerned about this matter, fighting a war is not only a matter of generals and soldiers, or the imperial court, but also has a significant impact on the people of the world.

Lu Huang then asked Shang Ming: "What kind of battle do you want to fight?" ”

Shang Ming said: "Our own country raises military rations, of course, we have to fight against another country, that country is Dayan, the Great Yan of the north." ”

Lu Huang was a little surprised when he heard this, he thought about it for a moment before saying: "As far as I know, since the battle between the north and the south, the strength of our Western Chu has been greatly weakened, why do you still want to fight with Dayan?" ”

Shang Ming shook his head and said: "Although our Western Chu Empire is not strong, but when it comes to being able to fight against the first power, Great Yan, it is not that we have no second choice in Great Chu." ”

It seems that the same is true.

Lu Huang did not express his opinion, and his knowledge of history was insufficient, so it was very cautious to let Lu Huang speak in this regard.

Shang Ming said again: "But now the situation has changed, the young Tianzi is growing up, he has his own ideas, and the people of the new school are not willing to maintain the situation that is now suppressed by Dayan, they hope to change the status quo." So they want to fight. ”

Lu Huang understood that Dayan was now overpowering Da Chu, and the new faction led by the emperor was eager to change the status quo of the country, and directly using force to achieve a victory was the most convenient and fastest way to reverse the high strength of the two countries in this era.

Simple, brutal yet effective.

In fact, Lu Huang feels that it is not only useful in this era, but in any era, war is one of the most important and critical elements to change the overall situation of the world.

Although everyone looks forward to peace, we have to admit that the existence of war always has its own rationality.

At the same time, war has its own regularity.

After thinking about it so much, Lu Huang nodded and said, "Well, then speaking of which, this is going to be a big battle!" ”

Thinking about a major change in the situation in the whole world has an impact on individuals, such as themselves.

As the so-called grain of sand of the times, it is a storm when it falls on people's heads.

But Shang Ming shook his head again, and he said lightly: "That's not necessarily." ”

"But why, isn't it just to raise military rations for a big battle?"

Although Lu Huang doesn't know much about military affairs, he still understands the principle that military horses go first before moving grain and grass, and if there is no logistical food and grass supplement to fight a war, isn't it a joke!

Shang Ming said: "Brother Lu, you have to pay attention, my wording is that the new faction wants to fight with Dayan, but what about the old faction?" The faction led by the Queen Mother, they didn't have that kind of idea, because the battle of Changyang was fierce, and the fiasco of that time made the entire people of Xichu remember it very deeply. ”

Battle of Changyang.

Oh my God, a new word has come out, and it's a new historical term.

This made Lu Huang of course immediately blind.

An impulse surged in his heart, and he wanted to ask Shang Ming, what was the "Battle of Changyang", it sounded like the battle between Chu and Dayan was very strong, and Chu was defeated, but what about the specific situation?

But Lu Huang, when his words came to his mouth, he immediately shrank back.

Just because of Lu Huang, he still has some scruples.

If this battle of Changyang is very thunderous, will he behave so ignorant in front of Shang Ming, and seem to be very mentally retarded?

Lu Huang thought of this, so he gave up asking.

Shang Ming said again: "So, between war and non-war, there are actually variables. ”

Lu Huang said: "So the big accumulation of military rations now is just a preparation, but it may not really be a confrontation between the two countries." ”

Shang Ming nodded and said, "That's exactly the reason." ”

Lu Huang asked again: "The He family has such a reason, and it can be said that it is because of the military rations that the food tension has been caused. And then they secretly gather food, which creates a shortage of food, right? ”

Shang Ming said: "Yes, they collect grain at a high price in the county, and the food supply of several other families in Nan'an City is very limited, and their actions have already begun, which can be said to have been planned for a long time." ”

When Lu Huang heard Shang Ming say this, he completely understood.

What kind of rhythm is this, this is the rhythm of cutting leeks!

The He family's heart is really dark, but just like the truth told in the story he told to Master Chen before, the profit is big enough, and people's concept of right and wrong has become very weak.

Lu Huang gently tapped his fingers on the tabletop, Shang Ming looked at Lu Huang, and suddenly said, "Brother Lu, do you have any countermeasures?" ”

Well, Lu Huang glanced at Shang Ming, Brother Shang, he was asking himself how to solve the problem of high food prices.

Lu Huang thought for a moment and threw out a solution, Lu Huang said: "Can the overlord force the bow?" ”

Lu Huang's words were so straightforward, Shang Ming reacted immediately, and he said to Lu Huang: "No." ”

Lu Huang actually knew that it was not feasible to do this, if it was feasible, Lord Chen's next order would be completed casually, so why did he solemnly hand over this task to himself?

That means, of course, that is difficult.

But this can be regarded as throwing bricks and stones, throwing it out to see what Shang Ming will have to say.

Shang Ming said "no" now, which was within Lu Huang's range of bearing, and it was also within his expectations.

He looked at Shang Ming, of course he was waiting for the other party's next step.

I saw Shang Ming shaking his head and said: "That, Brother Lu, our public has to say one word, that is the 'law', who is doing business, it is his right to buy at a high price, and it is also within the scope of his own price to sell at a high price, and there is no law in our Chu State that prohibits this, so it will not work for the government to use direct and tough means." ”

As soon as Shang Ming said this, Lu Huang immediately understood that what Shang Ming meant was that this was a market behavior in the Chu State, and it was impossible to use administrative power to intervene.

Therefore, I have to use the behavior of the market to settle the matter of He family's grain hoarding.

Lu Huang then asked Shang Ming some more information, and Shang Ming naturally knew everything.

In the end, Shang Ming confessed to Lu Huang when he left: "The second son-in-law of the He family, Gao Le, is the first person you need to deal with!" ”

After that, Shang Ming left and did his own thing.

Lu Huang sat on the chair, and he thought a lot.

At first, he recalled talking with Lord Chen in his room, and suddenly asked Qing Shiyi, and then Lord Chen brushed it over.

But if Lu Huang didn't make a mistake in his judgment, he felt that Master Chen had some things that he didn't say, but he didn't know if those words were aimed at himself or Qing Shiyi.

What's more, Lord Chen asked herself in front of her how she thought of Qing Shiyi, and if she wanted to come to Lord Chen, she would also ask her in front of Qing Shiyi what kind of person she thought she was, if that was the case, Lu Huang didn't know what Qing Shiyi would say about herself.

Lu Huang shook his head, trying to simplify these ideas as much as possible, he wanted to stock up on food Lord Chen only to do it himself, instead of co-organizing it with Qing Shiyi, who caught the fast house, because Lord Chen knew very well that this was exclusive to economic issues and did not need to use any force.

When Lu Huang thought about it, he felt more relaxed in his heart, fighting wit, thinking that it should be his strength!

When it was time to take off duty, Lu Huang walked out of the yamen on time, and he suddenly felt relaxed, tomorrow is the day of the holiday.

It's easy to take it yourself.

On the way home, he emptied all his official affairs one by one, and when he stepped into the gate of the Lu Mansion, Lu Huang felt that people were really relaxed, and this was like a carefree little master!

……

Shuangxiu served dinner, Lu Huang ate it with relish, and he said to Shuangxiu: "Let's go to the school tomorrow!" ”

Shuangxiu said "um".

She looked at Childe, who didn't seem to be interested in that place, but now Childe seems to be interested in that place.

Shuangxiu naturally didn't know what Lu Huang was thinking, he was thinking that the children's education was very important, and no matter how busy he was, he couldn't delay the education problem, so he was free tomorrow and just had a good time.