Smoothly.

It went so smoothly that Li Kui couldn't even believe that with nearly 5,000 stone of grain, the Sun family had completed the preparations within an hour.

There is only one possibility, these grains were originally in the granary of the Sun family.

An unruly warehouse supervisor actually hoarded such an astonishing amount of grain at home, which was obviously not for food, but for another purpose. But these grains belong to Sun Zhuo alone? Or did a few other families put it together?

Along the way, Li Kui was entangled in this question to scratch his head.

On the contrary, Li Yun chattered on the side: "Is this family really stupid?" With so much food stored at home, where can I finish eating? ”

Sun Zhuo's family has a large population, and in addition to a wife, this guy also has seven concubines, for a man, this is the life he dreams of. There are also thugs dressed as Zhuang households in the family, and there are not many of them, about a dozen. Even if these people are all rice buckets, it is impossible to eat all this food in a year or two.

Stock up on other goods, and maybe you don't have to worry about them going bad.

But the storage of grain is very harsh, it will become moldy when it is wet, it will spoil the grain in a silo if it leaks rain, and it is necessary to prevent rats and so on. If there are no precautions, two rats living in the granary can raise an astonishing number of troops in a year of breeding, unless it is not a male and a female. In short, unless there are rice shops and wineries, the average person rarely hoards huge quantities of grain.

And Sun Zhuo's house, there is no rice shop. On the contrary, Liu An has a rice shop, but the scale does not seem to be large.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Li Kui's mind, wouldn't it be to deliberately reduce the food supply in order to raise the price of grain?

The material transfer of the Great Song Dynasty was very strict, and there was no official document for bulk commodities, and even the local people could not go out. And food is an important material for stabilizing the place, and it is generally strictly controlled. There are customs clearance documents, but the freight and taxes are a large amount, and no one will do the business of selling grain.

Grain prices in Yingzhou remain high, and there is likely to be an element of panic.

Losses are often incurred when positions are closed, giving food prices a reason to skyrocket. At the same time, one condition must be met, food supply is in short supply.

As long as there is not enough grain on the market, the price will naturally rise.

But this can only be speculation, and Li Kui didn't dare to make a conclusion through these clues.

But if Li Kui guessed like this, then the person in the lead would be terrible.

Back to Chang Ping, Li Kui looked at Yingshui not far away, thoughtful. Gao Yu looked at the long line of grain transportation, and he was also surprised, is there a shortage of grain in Yingzhou?

Missing, and still lacking.

Why does a small storekeeper have so much food?

Are they all greedy for ink?

I'm afraid that even Gao Yu doesn't think it's realistic. It is easy to come up with 5,000 stone of grain, but what about 10,000 stone? What about 50,000 stones?

The real food shortage in Yingzhou is only less than 100,000 stones, if a few families can come up with so much grain, doesn't it mean that the price of grain in Yingzhou has been under control. Whether it is rising or falling, there is a black hand behind the scenes that firmly controls the grain prices in Yingzhou.

If this is the case, if Su Shi forces the other party, the other party uses food to blackmail the place, and it is possible for the bachelor to lose his position.

Gao Yu said nervously: "I want Li Kui to go back to the yamen to tell the bachelor, so that he can prepare early." ”

"It's good!"

Five thousand stone of grain alone can't really leverage the grain price in Yingzhou. Li Kui knows this.

In the backyard of Yingzhou Mansion, Su Shi frowned and listened to Gao Yu's report, he was faintly puzzled, hoarding food, but how to annex land?

The former can only make the big farmers in trouble, but the latter needs to use a lot of money.

If Yingzhou is not short of both, then why is there a situation where grain prices are raised and a large amount of land is annexed?

Su Shi pondered for a while, and then ordered Gao Yu: "You go and call Li Kui back." ”

"Tomorrow?" Gao Yu was a little frightened, but he had just arrived from the granary on the edge of Yingshui, more than sixty miles away! Fortunately, there are horses to use, but his riding skills are very average, and although he has been dismounted for a while now, his thighs and stomachs are still twitching nervously.

Su Shi didn't leave Gao Yu the hope of sleeping for one night and going again after resting: "Go now and rush back overnight." ”

After Zhang Zhi and Gao Yu left, he continued to discuss with Su Shi on how to control grain prices. In the case of the refusal of Chang Pingsi, Yingzhou may not be able to get food supplements from the outside.

If food cannot be delivered, then the price of food will inevitably rise wildly. Even if the grain is transported, it will cost 20 wen a bucket in other places, and Yingzhou will sell it for 40 wen, how can it be sold?

On the premise that it is already believed that someone is deliberately raising the price of grain, once the price of grain is suppressed in the short term, I am afraid that the moment when Su Shi has no food in his hands, it will inevitably rise even more wildly.

"Can't you raise money among the big households?"

"Yesterday, Anle Fang opened, and the wealthy businessmen on the ground in Yingzhou were invited. Although the old man pleaded with them, there were few righteous people. Su Shi said angrily: "Maybe they are all waiting for the price of food to skyrocket and make a lot of money." ”

"Five times the value, no one will refuse such a feast."

Zhang Zhu is also helpless, he has completely subverted his previous understanding of Li Kui. From the analysis chart that Su Shi showed him, as well as the bookkeeping method, he realized a new Li Kui.

It's no longer the reckless man who jumped off the roof during the last moon festival.

It is a talent who is brave and resourceful, but does things in an eclectic way. is different from Su Shi, the head of the Su family, who may not be as good as Su Shi in terms of intelligence, especially in terms of literary talent. However, there is one thing that Zhang Dian is stronger than Su Shi, and in terms of patience with the education of his children, Zhang Dian is much stronger than Su Shi. The Zhang family has five jinshi, and Zhang's four sons can all enter high school. I'm afraid that intelligence alone can't do that. The genetics of the Su family are not bad, why are Su Shi's sons not very famous?

The eldest and second can't even pass the provincial exam, let alone the high school jinshi.

But the Zhang family is different, Zhang Dian has only learned well by himself, and even with his four sons, he is not much worse than him.

Among the four sons, the best of them is the old four chapters, and the ranking in the palace examination is fifth. Of course, the second list is not a list that has attracted attention, but it is enough to show that Zhang's education is successful.

But Su Shi is completely different, he is so smart, so smart that his reading method is different from everyone else.

His eight-sided calligraphy can memorize irrelevant doctrines and writings at the same time, a distraction that no genius can do. What's more, Su Shi's patience is not very good, seeing that the eldest and second are too stupid, they don't want to teach.

is too stupid and unwilling to teach, if it weren't for Su Guo's intelligence being recognized by Su Shi, Su Men might just be a glimpse of the Great Song Dynasty literary circle, except for the three Sus, there will be no successor since then.

It was precisely because of Zhang's dedication to his son's education that he was able to get in touch with his father's extensive political practice. Including the overall planning of the three envoys. Zhang Dian was appreciated by Emperor Shenzong at the beginning, because of his ability to prepare and co-ordinate, and appointed him as the third envoy. The most important coordination work in the preparation for the reform of the law. All the materials and wealth of the Great Song Dynasty were under the jurisdiction of Zhang Dun, and they were tightly organized. Its clever methods can be seen. But even Zhang Dian was the highest material co-ordination yamen in the Great Song Dynasty, and I am afraid that the means used were not as good as those shown by Li Kui.

This is the reason why Zhang Zhu recognized Li Kui, if he has the ability, he will be taken seriously.

In the middle of the night, Li Kui rode into Yingzhou City.

Gao Yu grabbed the horse's back half-deadly, and when he saw the city gate building, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Wake up the gatehouse, enter the back of the office, and find that the study is brightly lit.

Su Shi and Zhang Zhu were playing chess, although Li Kui had not been learning chess for a long time, he also saw that Su Shi's big dragon was young and pitiful, but he had to suffer the fate of being tortured and killed.

The Great Song Go is still in the stage of the dragon slaughter, the mid-game gladiatorial battle, the two sides kill you to the death, hearty.

It's a pity, don't look at Su Shi who has written a lot of poems about Go, such as: The water sinks under the blue screen window, and the sound of chess shocks the day and sleep.

Also: there are wins and losses at the time, and there is nothing at the time.

and other famous articles.

The most famous is the poem "Watching Chess".

"In front of the five old peaks, the site of the white crane.

The long pine shade garden, the wind is beautiful.

I travel alone, not together.

Whoever is a chess player, outdoor two.

I don't hear the voice, but I smell the fall.

Sit right, who will investigate this taste.

Empty hook fishing, is not in the bream.

The child is short, peeling and pecking the letter.

Victory is happy, defeat is also gratifying.

Youzai wander, talk about Fuer'er. ”

This poem is known as the most beautiful Go poem, and it stands to reason that the author who can write such a good poem must be a Go master. But the reality is cruel, Su Shi's Go level is very bad, which is why he said in the poem: "Victory is happy, defeat is also happy". It means that if you lose in chess, you lose, and the emphasis is on participation.

Speaking of which, Su Shi's three major weaknesses are very strange, he writes very well about wine, and he has left a lot of famous articles, but the water quality of drinking is very bad, one cup is not enough, but extinction can't withstand the offensive of three or two glasses. He also once got drunk because of the heavy smell of wine in the process of making wine...... This is still a low-alcohol wine, if it is a liquor in later generations, Su Shi is afraid that he will smell it and be like a fairy.

The second is to play chess, just be happy, don't ask the level.

Finally, there is the singing. It stands to reason that Su Shi is a master of writing words, and the rhythm will not be bad. But when he came out of Sichuan, he could sing any good tune.

Su Shi's three major weaknesses, each of which is extremely weak.

can't say it's a pity, but it will always make him change from a high-ranking literary master to a real mortal.

When Li Kui entered the house, Su Shi was repenting of chess, he was not repenting one step, but more than a dozen steps, and he wanted to use a chess piece in his hand as a secret weapon to throw people off.

But Su Shi can't help it!

Playing Go, you can't let me end without even experiencing the big dragon fight, right? It's too unpretentious, am I still your uncle?

Zhang Zhi's head was pounding, but he could only say with kind words: "Uncle, you have regretted it from the unitary time to the present, you are already in the middle of the year, aren't you tired?" ”

Su Shi happily picked up the chess pieces from the chessboard, and said without raising his head: "I'm not tired, I'm happy." ”

A Go master and a Go stinky chess basket played chess for one night, needless to say, this is an indelible torture for Zhang Zhu in his life. Li Kuixin said: Zhang's cultivation is still good.

"Master!"

"Zhang Guanren!"

"Renjie, you're just in time." Zhang Zhu looked up and saw Li Kui and found that Li Kui had never been so pleasing to the eye.

Su Shi glanced at the chessboard with a little pity, and said to Zhang Zhu with great interest: "Do important things first, and come back tomorrow." ”

Zhang Zhu grimaced and began to listen to what Li Kui had seen and heard. It was mainly the food in Sun Zhuo's house that made him also alert. Unconsciously asked, "Why did he prepare such food at home?" ”

"Maybe there was an explanation for the rotten grain in the granary before. It may be that several of them have hoarded a large amount of grain, but in order to control the price of grain in Yingzhou, they deliberately hoarded it. The goal may be to completely shoot down the grain price in Yingzhou at the right time. Farmers with little land will not be able to meet their needs, and their land will become the target of their hunt. ”

Li Kui pondered all the way before he thought of this possibility, and then added: "But this is also the kid's guess, and there is no reliable basis yet." I don't know how much money they have at their disposal. For the sake of today, only if we make more preparations, especially in terms of money and food, we cannot continue to be in arrears. ”

"As for grain, Cai waits for the system to know Jiangning now, and Jiangning, Changzhou and other places are also grain-producing areas, but if it is shipped, the price of grain is more than twice as expensive, and the gains outweigh the losses. But as long as the uncle asks, he can reach Yingzhou within half a month. ”

Zhang Zhu looked at Su Shi and asked, "But uncle, these grains need to be settled in cash, I don't know if there are preparations in the Yingzhou Mansion Treasury?" ”

Su Shi looked at Zhang Zhu blankly, and slowly raised his head to look at the roof, but his face secretly turned red.

- He doesn't even care about his family's money, he cares about the government's money?