Chapter 77 - Manipulating Food Prices

The box was opened, and the snack bar owner's eyes widened and widened,

He had never seen so many silver tickets in his life, and after a long time, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and said in a trembling voice:

"Enough, enough."

Although the old people and women behind them couldn't see what was in the box, they immediately understood when they saw the look of the snack bar owner.

It turns out that I still have food to eat, and I can still live!

They burst into cheers, and finally convergated into just three words:

"Little Third Master, Little Third Master......."

This voice was higher and higher, resounding throughout Luoyang City.

For the first time, Zhu Yunxi felt a kind of pride and satisfaction, which was an indescribable feeling, and he looked at the crowd in front of him with a smile, and his mood was agitated.

"Third Master, are we always providing for these people?"

Qian Duoduo asked with some concern, his worries were not unreasonable, even if Zhu Yunxi could pick up silver for no reason, if it continued for a long time, he would not be able to bear it.

Zhu Yunxi woke up from a short period of joy, heard Qian Duoduo's words, sighed and said:

"It won't be too long before the dam can be repaired as soon as possible, and then they can rebuild their homes and resume farming."

Qian Duoduo is a little gloomy, Zhu Yunxi's words are true, but how easy is it to say?

The houses of the displaced people were destroyed by the floods, and the fertile fields were also barren, and it was impossible to restore them without money.

But where did all this money come from?

Even if Zhu Yunxi poured everything he had, resettled the people near Luoyang City and helped him rebuild his home, but this situation abounded in the Ming Dynasty, how could it be possible to save everyone from the famine?

"It seems that I can only take one step at a time, and when the third master has no money, it is estimated that he will stop."

Qian Duoduo sighed in his heart, and suddenly realized, "My God! If the little third master has no money, can I still have money? ”

Thinking of this, he suddenly sweated a little, he was just an ordinary businessman, although what Zhu Yunxi did belonged to a good act of great mercy, but if he wanted to lose all his family property, he would not be willing to do so anyway.

How could Zhu Yunxi not understand what Qian Duoduo was thinking, he patted the other party and comforted:

"Don't worry, do everything according to your ability, I won't leave myself penniless."

"That's good, that's good."

Qian Duoduo nodded again and again, feeling a heart put back in his stomach.

The third master, Zhu Yunxi, is rich again, and the news quickly spread throughout Luoyang City.

Those who originally wanted to wait for Zhu Yunxi to appear again when he had no money suddenly regretted it, and it seemed that the opportunity was missed.

But if you want to wait for this opportunity again, it seems that it is still far away, even if there is a day, it is estimated that Zhu Yunxi has already left Luoyang.

Li Jingyun also quickly learned the news, and he let out a sneer in his heart:

"In that case, let's have fun."

So he did not hesitate to issue an order to all rice shops to raise the price of rice.

Both the purchase price and the sales price have increased by two percent.

This trick is ruthless enough, it is tantamount to drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle, and the staff around Li Jingyun persuaded him one after another, saying that he would definitely annoy the little third master by doing so, and it would make the people of Luoyang hate him to the core.

But Li Jingyun doesn't care, he's just a businessman, he doesn't care about his reputation at all, it's just to compete with Zhu Yunxi again.

"Even if he, Zhu Yunxi, is the imperial grandson of His Majesty today, can he still kill me because of this?"

Li Jingyun waved his hand at the staff and said:

"The law of the Ming Dynasty stipulates that it is forbidden to sell illicit salt, but it does not say that it is not allowed to sell grain."

When everyone saw this, they couldn't say anything, but they were a little worried about what would happen next.

Zhu Yunxi soon knew about it.

Because the price of grain has risen again, all the grain in Luoyang City has been sold to Li Jingyun, because his price is high, which is like a modern stock market.

Li Jingyun is a super predator, as if he has become a super village, and the price of grain is completely controlled by him.

If Zhu Yunxi wants to buy it, he can only buy it at a high price, and there is no other way.

All the merchants in Luoyang City stared at all this with wide eyes.

He Qian was also very helpless, he didn't have any way to do this kind of thing, Li Jingyun was doing business reasonably, and he didn't break the law, let alone himself, even Lan Yu couldn't help it

Indeed, Lan Yu had no choice, and when he heard the news, he was stunned for a while.

"Yunxi, what should I do?"

He said to Zhu Yunxi:

"That guy is obviously on the same page with you, why don't you send someone to kill him?"

Zhu Yunxi shook his head: "People didn't break the law, why did you kill him?" ”

Zhu Yunxi said.

He was an expert in the history of the Ming Dynasty in his previous life, so he was naturally very familiar with the laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty.

As for food, there are no relevant regulations at all, which means that except for the state, the rest can be used as much as you want.

"What then? If you are pinched by him, I Lan Yu can't afford to lose this person, and this is our first stop out of Beijing, where do you still have a face! ”

Sapphire shouted.

Zhu Yunxi shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "Report to Your Majesty, Your Majesty will do what he says." ”

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A few days later, Zhu Yunxi's recital was placed in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

After reading it, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, slapped the table and shouted:

"Isn't that the other way around?"

As soon as he threw the chapter on the Jinluan Palace, he shouted at the original name of Li Yuanming, the secretary of the Criminal Department:

"Go, put that little eyeless guy in jail."

When Li Jinglong in the main hall heard this, his heart suddenly became bitter, he didn't expect that Li Jingyun would really get on the same page with Zhu Yunxi, and he also made a big deal about it, even Zhu Yuanzhang knew about it.

He hurriedly came out of the ranks, knelt down and shouted:

"Your Majesty, this matter is a personal act, and it does not violate the laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty, so rashly arresting people and putting them in prison will not only make people unconvinced, but also make the world laugh."

As soon as his words fell, he heard Chang Sheng say unhurriedly:

"The third master used his own money to buy food to help the people, but Cao Guogong, your younger brother deliberately raised the price of food, is he trying to go against the imperial court?"

There was an uproar in the main hall, because many people didn't know that Li Jingyun was Cao Guogong's younger brother.

At this moment, Chang Sheng said it clearly in one sentence, it turned out that it was the younger brother of Cao Guogong Li Jinglong who was arguing with the little third master in Luoyang City.

So the way they looked at Li Jinglong became very complicated.

Because this is obviously against the third master Zhu Yunxi, Li Jinglong, as Li Jingyun's elder brother, it is impossible not to know about this matter, so there is only one explanation, that is, this matter was deliberately done by the Li family brothers.

The reason?

Many people showed expressions of sudden realization.

Very simply, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong stood behind the second master Zhu Yunxi, that is, the opposite of the third master Zhu Yunxi.

Doing so means that Zhu Yunxi deliberately embarrassed Zhu Yunxi.

But Zhu Yunxi is doing good deeds, doing things for the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Jinglong's brothers did this, isn't it a bit too dirty?

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang understand that it was Li Jinglong's younger brother who was carrying the bar with Zhu Yunxi, and looking at Li Jinglong kneeling in front of him, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"In this way, it's not that simple."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought in his heart: "Could it be that Li Jinglong is planning all this behind his back, and the purpose is to set up difficulties for Zhu Yunxi." ”

Thinking of this, he couldn't help laughing, and muttered in his heart: "Hehe, since it's two brothers fighting, why should I interfere?" ”

When everyone saw Zhu Yunxi suddenly smile, they were a little puzzled as to why?

Li Jinglong was also beating a drum in his heart, he didn't know how Zhu Yuanzhang would send Li Jingyun down, and looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's angry appearance just now, this punishment would definitely not be light.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said:

"Cao Guogong is right, although Li Jingyun is greedy for profit, he has not violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, although Zhu Yunxi is to help the people, but he must also do what he can, and the court naturally cannot interfere in this matter."

Everyone was confused when they heard this, this was simply a sudden change in words, and people were not prepared at all.

Chang Sheng was dumbfounded, Li Jinglong smiled proudly, but Zhu Yuanzhang nodded at Wang Jinghong with a light face.

Wang Jinghong threw the whip in his hand and shouted to retreat!

Zhu Yuanzhang left, but many people were difficult to calm down, and some people directly stopped Li Jinglong.

"Cao Guogong, you are too unkind, do you know that we all invested money in the little third master?"

"If you bankrupt the little third master, Lao Tzu will definitely fight with you!"

They screamed, and they almost rolled up their sleeves and moved.

Li Jinglong laughed again and again, saying that he didn't know much about this matter, and said that he would let Li Jingyun correct his mistakes immediately, and he would never let the adults suffer any losses.

After talking for a while, Li Jinglong squeezed out of the crowd and fled.

"Grandma drop, I didn't expect to offend so many people!"

Li Jinglong gasped and shouted, feeling a little apprehensive in his heart.

These people may not be in Zhu Yunxi's camp, but because they bought the shares of Zhu Yunxi's company, they involuntarily stood behind Zhu Yunxi.

That's a lot of power!

It seems that Zhu Yunxi has already thought of using this way to increase his chips, and it is really high!

He looked at Zhu Yunwen again, and he seemed a little too thin, and he couldn't help but have a trace of doubt about his choice.

"Fortunately, Your Majesty should deliberately favor Zhu Yunwen, otherwise he would not have let it go so far."

Thinking of this, Li Jinglong finally felt a little relieved.

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Ten days later, the opinion of the imperial court reached Lan Yu, and he glared at a pair of eyes and exclaimed in confusion:

"How could this be, Your Majesty? Don't you know that you are doing good with your money? ”

Zhu Yunxi was also a little surprised, but he quickly figured out that the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang did this was nothing more than to see how he would deal with this matter.

"In that case, don't blame me for being nonsense."

Zhu Yunxi thought in his heart, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"You're still laughing?"

Lan Yu scolded: "Lao Tzu, see how long you can support it?" Let's talk about it first, Lao Tzu won't give you silver! ”

Zhu Yunxi glanced at Lan Yu angrily, and said in his heart You just want to post it, so much silver, can you post it?

"Okay, uncle and grandfather, you can repair the embankment well, and I will handle this matter myself."

He said to Lan Yu, and left very chicly.

"Can you handle it? Do you rob? ”

Lan Yu smiled and scolded at Zhu Yunxi's back, shook his head, and didn't bother to pay attention to this matter.

Zhu Yunxi listened to Lan Yu's laughter and scolding, the corners of his mouth hooked a touch of arc, and he said to himself:

"That's right, Lao Tzu is going to rob it!"