"Check it out! Who has Yue met recently, and where does her food come from! ”

Returning to Beiyuan, An Yueli gave an order straightforwardly.

When Mrs. Jiang entered the door with Fuyan, she happened to bump into such an angry scene.

"What's going on?" Mrs. Jiang paused, and soon returned to her normal state, "Who made our princess unhappy?" ”

Seeing her arrival, An Yueli took a deep breath and forcibly restrained her emotions.

"Does Mother know about the Yue Clan's food collection?"

Mrs. Jiang smiled lightly, sat down and took a sip of tea.

"I know that the Yue clan can do this, so it can solve the urgent needs of the house. That's a good thing. ”

"Good what?" An Yueli pursed her lips hatefully, "I finally got An Yurou away, this is good, just because of such a trivial matter, my father was relieved." ”

"Raising food is not a trivial matter, haven't we raised it?"

"That's because the time hasn't come."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Jiang couldn't help but ask.

"Yueli, it was you who said before that you wanted to hurry up and buy food, but you were the one who didn't let me make a move. Tell your mother what you're going to do. ”

An Yueli breathed a sigh of relief, "Mother, those grain merchants knew that there was a shortage of grain in the south, and they received an order from the imperial court to donate grain, and deliberately raised the price of grain. We shot at this time, and we have already come to an end. ”

"But if it goes up like this, we'll only get more unaffordable."

"We can't afford it, not to mention the ordinary people, the eunuchs and rich businessmen who were ordered to donate grain. Therefore, in a few days at the latest, food prices will be contained. ”

As he spoke, Huansha entered the door with good news.

"The princess is like a god, and the imperial court has just issued a decree that the grain merchants in the capital must sell grain at the original price. Anyone caught raising the price of food will be killed! ”

Hearing this, the corners of An Yueli's lips were slightly hooked, and her apricot eyes also burst out with bright brilliance.

"Mother, the time has come."

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"After checking, the residual poison in your body has been completely eliminated, and you don't need to take any more medicine." An Yueli silently turned off the medical space in her brain as she spoke.

Li Jue, who was sitting opposite her, got up and made a long bow in gratitude.

"Thank you, Princess! Since the last selection in Mengdanlou, you have been sending people to bring me medicine. If it weren't for your kindness, even if I had saved my life, this body would have collapsed. ”

An Yueli smiled and accepted the other party's thanks, "Actually, I came over today, and I still have something to ask for." ”

"But it doesn't matter if the princess says it's okay, as long as I, Li Jue, can help, I will definitely not refuse."

"You said before that your father was a grain merchant, and there were several grain shops in the capital that belonged to you. Now there is a severe drought in the south, and the grain harvest is not in place. We, the Anguo Mansion, were ordered to raise food and donate it to Quzhou.

I'd like to ask you to make some rice and noodles for me, and the price will be set according to the market price. ”

Hearing her say this, Li Jue's courteous smile slowly retracted.

Huansha, who was waiting on the side, saw it and couldn't help but feel worried.

"What's wrong with Gongzi Li, but this matter is difficult to do?"

Li Jue hurriedly shook his head, while showing a confused expression.

"It's not difficult to do this, it's just that didn't the princess send someone to get food a few days ago?"

An Yueli looked at Huansha in astonishment, "When did I send someone to fetch food?" ”

"Just two days ago, an old woman came to the door, holding the waist card of the Anguo Mansion in her hand, and said that she came to ask for food on the order of the princess. The villain didn't dare to slack off, so he sent someone to bring a hundred stone of rice grain to the grandmother. ”

"What!?" An Yueli stood up in shock, "Are you sure it's from the Anguo Mansion?" ”

"Of course, the villain doesn't recognize the grandmother, but he recognizes the waist card of the Guogong Mansion."

An Yueli pursed her lips and thought about it, and a figure popped out of her mind.

"Mama Wang."

Huansha on the side suddenly realized, and then couldn't help but say.

"It's shameless! This old pious woman must have been ordered by Mrs. Yue.

I said, where did she get this ability, she actually gathered 300 stone of grain in just a few days. It turned out to be in the name of the princess to swagger and deceive! ”

Li Jue also understood, and was so nervous that she was at a loss.

"What, isn't that person from the Anguo Mansion?"

"It's from the Guogong Mansion, but it doesn't have a good relationship with me." An Yueli asked, "You gave a hundred stones?" Delivered for free? ”

"Yes!"

Ke Yue took out three hundred stones of grain in one go. Where did she get the remaining 200 stones? ”

Huansha helped think, "Could it be that I bought it from another grain merchant?" ”

"No, it won't."

Li Jue denied her conjecture in one bite, "A few days ago, food prices soared, and the people were panicking. The more expensive the food, the more people will buy it.

And those grain merchants will limit the amount of each person to buy in order to further raise the price.

I can take out a hundred stones in one go, it is completely for the sake of the princess's face, and other grain merchants will not do this. ”

"Is it possible that Mama Wang ran a few more grain shops and scraped together 300 stones?"

Li Jue shook his head again, "The grain store is not stupid, you need to provide your household registration identity when you sell grain." Ostensibly, it is to prevent people from maliciously stockpiling grain for resale, but in fact they want to ensure that all the grain is under their control. ”

An Yueli frowned when she heard this, and paced back and forth in the room several times. Seeing that she was so troubled, Li Jue provided another idea.

"In fact, in addition to the serious grain merchants, there is another way to get food."

An Yueli immediately stopped, "Where!?" ”

"Underground grain merchants! Those people would collect the old grain from the farmers at a low price and resell it to the poor who could not afford it. ”

"You mean, you can buy a lot of old grain from the underground grain merchants. If that's the case, it's a good idea. ”

Li Jue shook his head, his expression was unprecedentedly serious.

The princess was wrong in saying this, and the old grain collected by the underground grain merchants was often stored for several years, and even rotted and moldy. They took the grain, washed it and sold it again mixed with rice bran and the like. Poor people who eat this grain are likely to die of poisoning. ”

An Yueli's pupils shrank, "Yes, moldy and spoiled grain does poison people." ”

Huansha was furious when she heard this, "Isn't this harmful? Why didn't the government ban these underground grain traders? ”

"Because there are too many poor people in the world." Li Jue smiled bitterly, "Let's take this drought as an example, when a person is about to starve to death, and someone gives him a bowl of poisonous rice porridge, do you think he will refuse or accept?" ”

Huansha choked, and felt unprecedented suffocation in her heart.

An Yueli lowered her eyes and understood Li Jue's mood.

"If the Yue clan really bought the grain from the underground grain merchants, and when these things are delivered to the disaster area, it will definitely cause a catastrophe. Li Jue, do you know who is in control of the underground grain merchants? Give me a detailed list! ”