Jingzhou, Xiangyang.

The renovation project of the temple requires more than one or two people.

Especially the exquisite carving of the Buddha statue, the hosts are not without thought, and everyone wants to be devout for the religion they believe in.

However, during the Taiping period, labor was a valuable resource, and the rulers preferred to let them farm rather than take refuge in Buddhism.

Who knew that Liu Mang backhanded support for the repair project, which made the hosts very happy, especially since they only needed two meals a day.

For today's Xiangyang Mansion, food is in short supply, and even Liu Mang himself takes the lead in frugality.

But the temple is different, people already have land.

Even if the war spread to Jingzhou, no one bothered these monks to cultivate.

You only need to give two meals to get such a high-quality labor, with the Fajing monk Zhuyu in front, and the other Buddhist temples are all painted according to the gourd.

As long as the legs and feet are neat, and you are not a lazy person, you can eat a full meal.

"The storage capacity of the grain silo cannot keep up with the increasingly tight market supply and demand."

"Another problem arises from this, the victims cannot find work, and the imperial court is always needed to allocate funds for disaster relief."

"Now the main thing is to repair Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, so that the victims can support themselves and temporarily survive the crisis."

Liu Mang explained his thoughts to the officials in detail, letting them know that he was not addicted to Buddhism, but had a profound political purpose.

"Your Highness, some of you are old, weak, sick and disabled, and you can't go to the Buddhist temple to work."

"These people always need food from the imperial court."

"I wonder if His Highness has a way to solve their problems......"

Pang Tong took a deep breath, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.

"Obviously, all the merchants of the Central Plains have arrived in Xiangyang, but they just want to raise the price of grain, so that we can't buy grain at a low price!"

"I don't know that Bo Miao's side can talk about Sun Quan!"

When the generals heard this, a trace of worry flashed on their faces.

Once there is no food, let alone refugees, even the morale of the defenders in the city will be affected.

"Don't worry, let all the victims come over tomorrow, I want to open a warehouse to release grain!"

As soon as Liu Mang's words came out, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun dropped their jaws in shock.

Open a warehouse to release grain?

"Mang'er, are you serious? Now the granary can save and eat, and it can last for a month! ”

"If you directly open the warehouse and release grain, I'm afraid that after ten days, it will be exhausted!"

Guan Yu stroked her hair, and it was difficult to hide the worry in her eyes.

He captured the flag on the battlefield, but now he can hardly do anything about domestic affairs.

"Big nephew! If you can't do it, let me do the robbery back to the ancient city! ”

"Rob those Cao Wei merchants first!"

"A living person can't let urine suffocate to death!"

Zhang Fei scolded angrily, being controlled by others like this made him quite uncomfortable.

"Your Highness, you might as well put food tomorrow and talk about it in a few days......"

Zhao Yun wanted to persuade him, but he always felt that Liu Mang's move should have another meaning.

"No! As long as the grain is released, it will continue for a while! ”

"At least let the people not worry about food problems in the short term!"

Liu Mang saw that everyone was puzzled, but he didn't bother to explain, as long as a few uncles saw the results, they would naturally understand his hard work.

"Your Highness, are you ready?"

Pang Tong looked directly at Liu Mang, he believed that his crown prince would not act like this because he was angry.

"Sir, don't worry, I'll be responsible for all the consequences!"

Liu Mang's voice did not fall, but he saw Pang Tong, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others standing up one after another.

"I'll take care of it together!"

……

The next day.

The sky was bright, and Liu Mang ordered to open the warehouse and release grain!

With a happy smile on the faces of each victim, they were finally able to eat a full meal!

No matter how good the food in the temple is, it is also hard work, how can there be the fragrance of prostitution from the imperial court?

A group of victims began to line up to get food, such a spectacular long queue, instantly became the most beautiful scenery in Xiangyang City.

Seeing the Han army releasing grain, a group of Wei merchants couldn't sit still.

"Didn't you say that Jingzhou is short of food, and it has reached the point of running out of food?"

"I can't figure out why Liu Changqing suddenly opened a warehouse to release grain!"

"Let's go and see together, maybe this Liu Mang is bluffing!"

The merchants of the Wei State gathered in groups and went directly to the palace.

On the way to the government office, they saw many victims, filling cloth bags with grain, and happy smiles on their faces.

Even if they had relief food from the imperial court, they would still go to the temple to work, after all, the food issued by the imperial court could be stored in case of emergency.

"This brother, can you show us the relief food from the imperial court?"

"Go, go, go! You businessmen, all fat heads and big ears, don't worry about food and clothing, why do you care about my food! ”

A hint of vigilance flashed in the eyes of the victims, and they decisively rejected the requests of these merchants.

Seeing more and more people, carrying grain, praising Liu Mang's benevolence, the businessmen couldn't sit still.

"We have sent a lot of grain to Jingzhou! It took a lot of manpower and material resources! ”

"If you can't sell a grain of grain, the loss will be huge!"

"Transporting the grain back to the Central Plains as it is, we will all lose a lot!"

"That Liu Mang before, obviously he had promised to buy grain, and he blamed you for being greedy!"

Seeing that a group of colleagues were about to fight, Yan Qing, the leader of the merchants, scolded loudly.

"Shut up! I'm not waiting for this trip to make money! ”

"It's about letting the reckless lack of food and carry out His Majesty's will!"

"Have you forgotten it?"

As a pawn farmer general, Yan Qing disguised himself as the leader of the merchants, but he didn't notice the resentment that flashed in the eyes of the merchants.

Cao Pi made them profitable before, so he prepared food to go to Jingzhou, thinking that he could make a lot of money.

Now he found that Liu Mang was not short of grain, but opened a warehouse to release grain.

At this time, if businessmen want to protect their capital, they only need to sell at a low price, and I believe Liu Mang will still buy it.

It is terrible to be afraid that Cao Pi ordered the merchants, violated the laws of the market, and still hoarded grain and did not sell it.

It is true that these grains did not fall into Liu Mang's hands, but the merchants have already lost money.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I know that you and other merchants are seeking profits!"

"It's not like I'm not going to let you sell it, at least let's wait seven days, okay?"

Yan Qing bowed and saluted, this move made the merchants unable to say anything, after all, this pawn farmer Zhonglang General had already given them enough face.

"Good! I'll listen to the adults and wait for seven days! ”

"If Liu Mang still has grain in his hand, we will have to deal with the grain according to the parity!"

"Yes, if it is transported back to the Central Plains, the loss will be huge!"

Yan Qing nodded, but she didn't believe it in her heart, Liu Mang still had extra food in her hands!

"Liu Changqing, don't think I can't see it, you're bluffing!"

"Jingzhou is short of food, this is news from Tongque!"

……

Gong'an Harbor.

After a long journey, Deng Zhi successfully landed with five million stone grains!