Chapter 69

In the Xianyang Palace, the First Emperor received two copies of Qin Xi's recitals in a row, and after reading them, he called Li Si.

"Your Majesty." Lees' hair has turned a lot grayer.

"Good work." The First Emperor said lightly.

"Your Majesty's care is all within the minister's responsibility." Li Si arched his hand and said.

The First Emperor asked, "Do the merchants have more grain in their hands?" ”

"Your Majesty, the merchant still has some grain in his hands, but it is estimated that it will last until this winter at most." Lees said.

The First Emperor thought for a moment and said, "Let's start buying grain from merchants." ”

"Your Majesty, Xicun has begun to buy a large number of them, do they send troops to protect them when they transport grain?" Lees asked.

"Pai, and spread the word out at the same time." The First Emperor said.

"Your Majesty is planning to~" Li Si asked tentatively.

The emperor put down the chapter, got up and said, "It's time to clean up those remnants, you can let Xiao He do other things for the time being, and you will be responsible for this matter personally." ”

"No!" Li Si suddenly cheered up.

The First Emperor stepped down from the throne, took Li Si's arm, and said, "Let's go, accompany me to drink tea." ”

"Okay." Li Si laughed.

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Soon, the news that the Daqin grain depot had bottomed out soon came out, and at the same time, the Daqin officials began to purchase grain on a large scale.

Interested people found that not only the Daqin officials were buying grain, but also the Qinxi Chamber of Commerce was also buying grain on a large scale.

In the past, this was definitely the time when merchants made a fortune, but now there are restrictions on the Great Qin Commercial Law, and although all the merchants are raising the price of grain, they dare not cross the red line drawn by the Great Qin.

Many businessmen are not stupid, at this time, Daqin's grain depot has bottomed out, and the price of grain has risen to the limit, so they are all dumping the grain in their hands.

And then there are always some people, who seem to be doing the same thing as Daqin, and are also buying grain in the Kanto region.

According to the words of these people, the Qinxi Chamber of Commerce is buying grain, why can't we.

This is also due to the secrecy work of the Qinxi Chamber of Commerce, under Li Si's arrangement, the grain of the Qinxi Chamber of Commerce is secretly transported to Yingchuan, and no one knows the whereabouts of the grain.

And Qin Xi didn't know the plan of the First Emperor, Qin Xi was busy with the matter of going north.

In addition to the bitterness, a total of 100 peasant disciples were gathered. After the Mo family found out, they also sent fifty disciples.

The map and potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, and peppers have all been drawn, and even Qin Xi has made a detailed description with these one hundred and fifty strong men, and the future is just in case.

After getting the butler's side ready, Qin Xi asked a few people to set off, and then the steward would send a caravan to take them deep into the grassland, and then set off through the grassland all the way to the northeast, knowing that he saw the other side of the ocean.

Qin Xi wasn't really sure, but now he could only give it a try.

Wang Jian stood beside Qin Xi and asked, "Can you really find that kind of thing?" ”

Qin Xi looked at the group of people who were far away and said, "I told them, if you can't find it, you will come back, and if you can't get by, you will come back, no matter what the result is, you will come back in the spring of the following year." ”

Wang Jian said: "The food from your side has been delivered, but it seems that Your Majesty is playing a big game of chess, and this year's food problem should be able to be over." ”

"It's okay to get through now, but it's time back. In the event of a drought or flood, the people of the world will not be able to make a living, and we must take precautions. Qin Xi said.

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Somewhere in Nanyang, the Xiang family was living in a small courtyard discussing a major matter.

Xiang Liang sat at the top, Xiang Yu sat beside him, and then Xiang Bing, Xiang Bo and the rest of the Xiang clan.

Xiang Yu said: "Father, now that the Qin people's grain depot has bottomed out, we can just buy a large amount of grain, one is to contribute to the Yingchuan chaos, and the other is to hoard a large amount of grain for us, killing two birds with one stone." ”

Xiang Liang looked at Xiang Bing and asked, "Second brother, what do you think?" ”

Xiang Bing looked up at Xiang Liang and said, "Do what the eldest brother wants." ”

Xiang Liang looked at Xiang Bo and asked, "How much money do we still have?" ”

Xiang Bo took out a roll of bamboo slips and said: "Before buying steel in the hands of the Qin people, we spent most of the money and silver in our hands, and now if we want to collect enough grain in Nanyang, we don't have so much money and silver in our hands." ”

"Let's grab it! Anyway, let those merchants sell the grain in their hands to the Qin people, otherwise we can save a lot of money if we rob it. Xiang Yu said.

Xiang Liang ignored Xiang Yu's words, looked at Xiang Bo, and asked, "Can you still buy steel from the Qin people's steel factory?" ”

Xiang Bo shook his head and said, "I can't buy it, the Qin people are very strict with it, and there is no news about the ones we sent to try to get in touch." ”

Xiang Yu said angrily at this time: "Uncle, last time that Qin man deceived us, the steel he sold us would not work at all, if it weren't for that, I would have killed Qin Xi's thief last time." ”

Xiang Liang fell into deep thought, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Let's let the two chambers of commerce in our hands also dump the grain in their hands." ”

"Uncle! Why! Why not buy grain, but also dump it! Xiang Yu hurriedly asked.

"It's a trap." Xiang Liang said: "Now everyone knows that Daqin buys these grains for the people of Yingchuan, and now whoever buys grain on a large scale will kill the people of Yingchuan, and then he will lose the hearts of the people."

The second is that Ying Zheng should want to use this opportunity to find our traces, so we must not do anything. ”

"That's what Big Brother said." Xiang Bo said: "Yingzheng is cunning, this kind of news should not have been leaked, but now it is boiling, I'm afraid it's a trap." ”

"Okay, let's do it for now, let's disperse." After Xiang Liang finished speaking, he got up and left.

After everyone dispersed, Xiang Yu came to Xiang Bing's side and said, "Uncle Bing, uncle is too timid, can you lend me your people?" ”

"You want to grab food?" Xiang Bing frowned and asked.

"Hmm!" Xiang Yu nodded and said, "Uncle just said that he couldn't buy it, but he didn't say that he couldn't grab it." And as long as it is done covertly, who will know that we did it. ”

Xiang Bing shook his head and said, "I can't help you in this matter, since the last attack on Qin Xi, your Uncle Bing and I only have some old, weak, sick and disabled men, and I can't help you." ”

Xiang Bing patted Xiang Yu on the shoulder and said, "Yu'er, don't be impulsive, your uncle naturally has your uncle's plan to do this." Now that the time has not yet come, we still have to lie dormant first, and don't dig high-profile. ”

"Uncle Xie Bing taught, Yu'er knows." Xiang Yu lowered his head, but his eyes were full of unwillingness.

The Xiang clan did not move, but the remnants of the other six countries would not let go of this good opportunity, took out a large amount of money and silver, and began to buy grain on a large scale.

And the slogan of purchasing grain is surprisingly unified, that is, donating to Yingchuan and saving the people of Yingchuan.

At the same time, Li Si also launched a quick operation.