"Sold to Childe won?!"

"The princes, they all sold the grain to the prince and won ?!!"

Anneung-eup, Du Fu.

The head of the Du family stood up suddenly, and asked with a shocked expression, causing the old housekeeper in front of him to bow subconsciously.

"No, not all sold;"

"The Marquis of Wuyang, the Marquis of Yangdu, the Marquis of Boyang, and several other princes seem to be dissatisfied with Gongzisheng's price, and they did not sell the grain back to Gongzisheng."

"Gongzisheng asked them to go to Taicang and take their respective grains away, but they didn't go;"

"On the contrary, I got out of the palace and went to Changle together······"

Hearing the housekeeper's words, the head of the Du family was only stunned in place;

I was stunned for a long time, and in the end, I still 'clicked' and sat down on the couch.

"It's over;"

"It's all over······"

"20 million in Taicang, 7 million in Shanglincang - just on the bright side, Gongzi wins, there are 27 million stone grain."

"Even secretly, Gongzisheng has no grain left in his hand, and the two seven million in Taicang and Shanglin Cang alone are enough to sell for more than a month······

After a burst of muttering, the head of the Du family let out a long sigh and sat in place with a dull gaze.

After a long time, he asked again in despair: "What price?" ”

"Gongzisheng, at what price did you buy back the grain in Taicang?"

Hearing this, the old butler only hurriedly shook his head.

"I don't know."

"But since Wuyang Hou, Yang Du Hou and others all think that Gongzi's price is low, then if you think about it, it can't be high?"

As soon as the old housekeeper's words fell, he saw the head of the Du family take a deep breath and let out a long sigh again.

Pursed his mouth, gritted his teeth, and shook his head thoughtfully with a look of unwillingness.

"Alas······"

"Go, send men to the grain shops in various places;"

"—Ready to open······"

"According to Gongzi's victory, the price set in various places in Guanzhong will be two dollars lower per stone······"

With all the strength of his body, he said this last command, and the head of the Du family lay on the couch as if his soul had been drained.

staring blankly at the ceiling, there is only endless unwillingness, and loneliness······

Hearing the instructions of the head of the Du family, the old housekeeper was only in a hurry!

Seeing that the head of the Du family finished speaking, the posture lying on the couch, the old housekeeper forced himself to press the urgency, but he still stepped forward with some doubts.

"The grain harvested by the farmers is nothing to sell at this price, at most it is a little profit;"

"But the price of the grain bought from Gongzisheng is a hundred dollars per stone?"

"-If you really want to sell it like this, for every stone sold, you will lose nearly forty dollars!"

"What's more, these grains are all bought with the money of the saltless clan, and the interest is ten times as much······

Hearing the housekeeper's words, the head of the Du family only shook his head weakly, but he didn't want to say anything.

But instead of giving up, the old butler took another step forward with a more urgent tone.

"Why don't you wait?"

"The Marquis of Wuyang, is he a high marquis of 5,000 households, or a descendant of Wuyang Wuhou - Fan Xiangguo;"

"Yangdu Marquis Ding Ancheng, but also Yangdu Jinghou - the descendant of the Great Sima Ding Fu, there are 7,800 households!"

"These two, plus several other princes, all went to Changle Palace;"

"Maybe······ Can there be a turnaround? ”

In the deep meaning, some urgent words could still be heard, which made the face of the head of the Du family lying on the couch stagnant.

But after a short period of thought, he shook his head again, straightened up with great effort, and sighed again.

"Now, it's spring and March, and it's about to enter summer."

"Summer, April, May, June, Autumn and July······"

"—Counting the first half of autumn and August, there are less than five months left before the autumn harvest."

"When Gongzisheng's 27 million stone grain is bought and eaten by the farmers in Guanzhong, it will be summer and May······"

Speaking with melancholy, the head of the Du family couldn't help but shake his head and sigh bitterly;

After a while, his face became visibly solemn again.

"Even if there is no Gongzi Sheng, the grain hoarded in the hands of my Anling Du clan, as well as the Wei Jiasu clan and Zhutian branch, is enough to sell in Guanzhong for three months."

"Right now, there are less than five months left before the autumn harvest."

"——If we don't start selling grain quickly, or even at a price lower than Gongzisheng's, we can quickly sell the grain in our hands······"

"You, you know what I mean?"

As soon as the head of the Du family said this, the housekeeper immediately understood.

The current situation is no longer a question of how much food prices will rise, or even whether they will rise.

- As long as Gongzi Sheng has grain in his hand, and these grains continue to pour into the market at parity, the price of grain will not rise!

Childe's price is sixty-five yuan, which means that any grain above this price will not be able to sell even a single bucket!

And in the past month, Gongzi Sheng has been selling grain;

Now, Gongzi Shengguang is on the bright side, and there are still 27 million stone grains, which is enough to support until summer and May.

The most critical question is: no one knows where the grain sold by Gongzi Sheng in Guanzhong in the past month came from;

No one knows how many of these 'unknown origins', like grain falling from the sky, are still in Gongzisheng's hands······

"That's what the Lord said;"

"If we don't hurry up and start selling, and wait for the other companies to react, the grain harvested last year will not be sold out this year······

Seeing that the old housekeeper understood the deep meaning of his words, the head of the Du family only nodded gloomily.

"I estimate that the grain in Gongzisheng's hands, both openly and secretly, can be bought at least until mid-June in the summer."

"—that's my conservative estimate."

"Even if it is calculated according to the beginning of summer and June, when the grain in Gongzisheng's hand is sold out, there will only be two and a half months left before the autumn harvest."

"In two and a half months, in the hands of my Du family, Su family, and Zhutian, there is enough grain to sell for three months."

"The difference in just half a month is tens of millions of stone grains······"

"——Tens of millions of stone grain, if you want to stock up from last year to next year, it is better to throw it away directly······"

Listening to the melancholy words of the head of the Du family, the old housekeeper also nodded sadly.

In the end, he was still entangled and said again: "The price of the grain bought from Gongzisheng is one hundred yuan; ”

"Counting the ten times the interest of the Wuyan clan, the purchase price alone is as high as a thousand yuan······

"Really don't wait for news from Wuyang Hou and Yang Du Hou anymore?"

As he spoke, the old butler's face also swelled with a twisted look like colic.

But when the head of the Du family heard this, he sighed melancholy.

"There will be no more variables~"

"Wuyang Hou, Yangdu Hou, a few people, at most only a few million stone grain in their hands;"

"Even if you go to the Queen Mother to complain, it's just a mantis arm as a car."

"——The general trend, go to the ······"

"As for the ten times the interest of the Wuyan clan, let's take it as a lesson."

"From now on, all the transactions related to grain, I, Anling Du, will never interfere again······"

Finally, after saying another word, the head of the Du family floated back to the couch again, waving his hand weakly.

Even the hundreds of thousands of stone grains that he bought from Liu Sheng but did not transport back home, and the purchase price was as high as 1,000 yuan per stone, he had no intention of mentioning it······

·

"Hmm~"

"Good."

"Hmm······"

"That's a good job."

Weiyang Palace, Xuanshu Palace.

Looking at the bamboo slips in his hand, Tianziqi only nodded for a while, and said 'very good' and 'good' from time to time.

Liu Sheng was dressed in formal clothes, with the crown of the princes on his head, and stood in the center of the hall with an indifferent face.

On Liu Sheng's side, the courtiers and officials sitting in the east and west seats focused on Liu Sheng's body with different eyes such as scrutiny, relief, and uneasiness.

——Today, it is the twentieth day of March in spring, and it is a regular dynasty.

The core topic of today's Chang Dynasty was originally the Tiantian Ceremony that will be held tomorrow - this year's Spring Ploughing Afternoon.

But obviously, compared to the Great Ceremony of Jitian, which is every year and is the same every year, the monarchs and ministers of the Han family obviously care more about Liu Sheng.

To be precise, he is more concerned about the 'stabilizing of grain prices in Guanzhong' that Liu Sheng single-handedly handled······

"Good, good."

After reading all the contents on the bamboo slips, the Son of Heaven raised his head with a smile and looked at the center of the hall.

He couldn't hide his joy and nodded to Liu Sheng repeatedly, and said a few more 'yes', and the Son of Heaven picked up the bamboo slip in front of him, and then got up from the imperial couch.

With Jane in one hand and one behind him, when he looked at the courtiers and officials in the palace, his face was full of pride.

"Last year's war caused a poor harvest in the farmland in Guanzhong."

"As ······ in previous years"

"——Mainly Emperor Xiaohui, and the practice of Empress Dowager Lu during the reign of the Empress Dowager: if the grain harvest in Guanzhong reaches 30%, the price of grain will rise to three times that of the previous year."

"If the court has no measures and does not sell grain to the people at a parity price, it is very likely that it will rise to more than ten times that of the previous year."

"But this year ······"

Speaking with joy, Tianzi Qi couldn't help but stop talking for a moment, and raised the bamboo slip in his hand.

"Last year, in the entire Guanzhong, more than 30% of the grain harvest failed!"

"And in the spring of this year, the price of grain in Guanzhong has only increased by ten yuan compared with last year, that is, less than 20%?"

"——Zhugong thinks that the price of grain in Guanzhong is considered to be stable?"

"The ninth son of the emperor who handled this, should I be rewarded?"

Although he said so, the face of the Son of Heaven was already visible to the naked eye.

The last sentence 'should not be rewarded', and I don't hear the slightest intention to ask for advice, it is completely showing off and screaming!

The Son of Heaven wanted to scream, but the courtiers and officials naturally did not dare to disobey, so they hurriedly turned sideways and 'ecstatic' to the Son of Heaven.

"Your Majesty, your eyes are like torches~"

"——Leaving the matter of stabilizing grain prices to the ninth son of the emperor is really clear."

"Nowadays, the price of grain in Guanzhong is set, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, without worrying that they can't afford to buy grain or eat rice;"

"Ministers, I would like to congratulate the world on ······"

With such cooperation from the hundred officials, the Son of Heaven could no longer hold back his joy, grinned without any scruples, and laughed heartily.

That is, taking advantage of the kung fu of the Son of Heaven, in the middle of the court, he hurriedly erected a few old figures, stepped forward worriedly, and came to Liu Sheng's side.

Following the slight footsteps and turning his head and seeing the faces of those people clearly, Liu Sheng couldn't help but smile, turned around, and bowed his hand to a few people.

"I've seen all the princes."

- is a prince;

But not any of the thirty-seven.

Seeing that Liu Sheng still had a smile on his face, several people felt a little calmer.

But in the end, one of them stepped forward, trembled and grabbed Liu Sheng's wrist, pulled Liu Sheng aside a little, and then lowered his voice and said: "Son, give the old minister a solid ······."

"In the hands of the son, is there any grain that can be sold to the people of Guanzhong at a low price?"

"-The 20 million stone grain in Taicang, Childe, did you really buy it back?"

"How long will it last?"

"How long will it be sold?"

Like a machine gun, several questions suddenly appeared, and the old gentleman looked at Liu Sheng's gaze, but he became more and more worried.

Liu Sheng was also stunned by the old man's posture, and turned around a little suspiciously;

When he saw the nobles who were also worried, Liu Shengcai finally smiled.

"Don't worry, prince;"

"I ······ in my hand"

As soon as a sentence came out, Liu Sheng turned his head sideways with a strange expression;

looked around the hall, but found that the eyes of the entire Xuanshu Hall had fallen on him······

"What do you have to be so sneaky?"

"-Say it out loud~"

"Say it and tell it to all the princes, so that you can completely settle down."

In a moment's astonishment, the words of the Son of Heaven were full of joy, pulling Liu Sheng's mind back to his eyes.

Reflecting his gaffe, he smiled shyly, then turned sideways, bowed his hand to the Son of Heaven generously, turned sideways, and looked around the hall.

"You don't have to worry about food."

"Today, Taicang and Shanglincang have a total of 27 million stone grain, which can be sold to farmers in Guanzhong at any time."

"——Ten days later, at the latest, there will be nine million stones that have been sold, but they have not yet been transferred out of the granary and bought back by Shaofu."

"With these 36 million stone of grain, the price of grain in Guanzhong this year will never rise even a penny ······."

Seeing Liu Sheng explain the details of his reasoning, the courtiers and officials, who were already very concerned about this matter, also sat up straight.

But after Liu Sheng's words came out, everyone in the hall was stunned again!

There are 20 million stones in Taicang and 7 million stones in Shanglincang, and everyone naturally knows it.

In Liu Sheng's mouth, the nine million stones that are 'about to be bought back by Shaofu', everyone can also figure it out.

——At the beginning of this year, after Taicang was 'eaten' by the 37 princes, Shaofu transferred back more than 9 million stone of grain from all over Guanzhong.

In the end, the grain merchants in Guanzhong did not hesitate to raise money to eat it.

Now, most of the thirty-seven princes who bought grain have sold the grain back to Liu Sheng;

The princes have given up resistance, and the merchants, naturally, will not have the courage to continue to hold on.

But this is what makes everyone wonder!

- The 20 million stones in Taicang are the grain stored before Shaofu;

The seven million stones in Shanglincang are the new grain that Shaofu bought back from Shu County and Hanzhong;

As for the 9 million stones bought by the merchants, they were transferred back to Chang'an by Shaofu from various official warehouses in Guanzhong.

These three batches of grain are almost all the grain on the 'books' of the Chang'an court!

And now, Liu Sheng, who has been selling grain at a low price in various parts of Guanzhong for more than a month, told the big guy: These three batches, a total of 36 million stone of grain, are not missing a stone?

This???

Well??????

"Princess, maybe you forgot, right?"

"——Last year, the harvest in Guanzhong was completely poor, and my father took pity on the people of Guanzhong, so he ordered the exemption of agricultural tax and levy tax;

"But when the tax exemption decree was issued, last year's agricultural tax had already been collected by local governments."

"Therefore, my father ordered the Shaofu to pay money from the internal treasury and convert the collected agricultural taxes into money and return them to the people of Guanzhong······"

Swish!

As soon as Liu Sheng said this, everyone in the hall turned their heads sideways, and scattered their unbelievable gazes to Shaofu Xiao Sheng!

- Good for you, Xiao Sheng!

- Such a big thing, I can't understand it at all?

I've been worried about the big guy for more than half a year!!

Being stared at by everyone so directly, Xiao Sheng couldn't help lowering his head a little weakly, and he didn't notice that everyone was looking at him.

And Liu Sheng's next words were also the same as everyone in the hall······

At the very least, and the vast majority of people, breathe a sigh of relief in their hearts.

"The agricultural tax exempted by my father was converted into money by the Shaofu and directly returned to the people through the imperial doctor's office."

As soon as these words came out, everyone shook their heads again, just looking at Tao Qing's gaze, obviously a little more relaxed.

"And the tax grain that was collected before was written by the internal historian himself to the local county: it was kept in the local government warehouse for later use······"

At this moment, everyone glanced at each other, and then lowered their heads in peace.

Speaking of which, there is no need for Liu Sheng to continue.

-- Last year's agricultural tax was indeed exempted;

But before the exemption, the tax grain had already been collected.

When it came time for tax refunds, Tianziqi did not sit idly by and watch the local counties and counties, and directly returned the grain collected, but converted it into money.

As for the grain that remained, it was not transported back to Chang'an, but 'quietly' left in the local counties, and was originally used to store tax grain in the official warehouses for a short time;

In the spring of this year, Liu Sheng ordered local counties to open warehouses and sell grain directly on the spot······

"Last year's tax grain ······"

"-In total, it's less than 10 million stones, right?"

"Enough son, sell for more than a month?"

A suspicious question came from the corner, but it only provoked Liu Shenghe to turn sideways with a smile, and bowed deeply to the elderly nobles beside him and not far behind him.

"Of course, tax grain alone is not enough."

"So, I also transported the grain from Aocang back to Guanzhong······"

Wow!

As soon as Liu Sheng said this, everyone in the hall was suddenly shocked, and they only hurriedly stood up;

Without waiting for everyone to step forward angrily and denounce Liu Sheng with words such as 'shaking the society', they saw that Liu Sheng was full of gratitude, straightened his clothes, and solemnly bowed to those old nobles.

"If it weren't for the fact that the princes understood the righteousness and knew that there was a shortage of grain in Guanzhong, they would have transferred grain from their respective feudal countries to Guannei, and the grain in Aocang, I would never dare to move······

"—Ladies and gentlemen, you can put your heart back in your stomach."

"The grain that you originally wanted to transport from the feudal country and sell to the people at a low price in Guanzhong has already been sent and detained in Xingyang."

"At this moment, the grain of all the princes has been stored in Aocang."

"The money for buying grain, you can find Shaofu by yourself, and reach out to ······"

As he spoke, Liu Sheng turned sideways with a smile on his face and pointed to Xiao Sheng, a young mansion not far away;

And after Liu Sheng's words, the hundred officials who originally wanted to ask Liu Shengxing for his guilt because Liu Sheng was good at moving Ao Cang, but they were all stunned in place.

After carefully recalling Liu Sheng's words, he fell into a long period of astonishment······

This is the first update of the day.

There's one more change.,It may have to be changed later.··

I'm really sorry, it's going to be updated in the middle of the night again (crying chirp)······

(End of chapter)