When Feng Xi finished telling the matter as it was, Wang Gang trembled with anger.

The arrival of the Xiongnu stimulated the rise in grain prices in Taiyuan County, coupled with the war, but some grain merchants were reluctant to transport grain to Bingzhou. Yes, the price of grain in Jinyang City has risen rapidly, and some local grain merchants have taken advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune in the country, including the Xu family in Taiyuan, which has more than 5,000 hectares of land in their hands.

What's even more infuriating is that the Deng family in Qi County, who controls more than half of Taiyuan's grain, took this opportunity to raise grain prices. Among them, the Zhou family of Yuxian County maliciously blocked the entry of foreign grain merchants into Bingzhou at Jingcheng Pass, which made the grain prices in Bingzhou even worse.

"You don't have to go to the government office first, take me to the grain store first" Wang Gang calmed down.

Feng Xi hurriedly agreed, and took Wang Gang and Chu Yu to Xishi, Wang Gang still remembered that two years ago, he and Zhang Yue'er and Red Sleeves had come here. But he was taken aback by what he saw. There are far more people in exile here than in other places, and the market is not as prosperous as it used to be, and it is full of fleeing people. Some merchants surrounded the people and pointed at them, and it was obvious that the entire West Market had become a population market.

"Go and arrest that merchant for me and ask me in detail," Wang Gang ordered Fan Chong.

Fan Chong took a few soldiers and left.

Feng Xi saw that Wang Gang's face was getting more and more ugly, and he couldn't help but feel scared in his heart. The two of them walked towards a grain not far away.

The plaque at the door says Xu's grain store, there are some people at the door queuing up to buy grain, there is a wooden sign at the door that says four hundred and ten buckets of rice, and several guys keep holding small buckets to load grain for the people.

At this moment, a housekeeper came out and took off the sign that said Doumi 410 and replaced it with a Doumi 420 sign.

The people in line suddenly shouted.

"It was four hundred and ten just now, why has it risen by ten dollars now, you guys are too dark."

"That is, there is no heavenly reason"

The butler snorted coldly and said.

"If you love to buy it or not, if you can't afford it, get out of me"

After saying that, the butler ignored the people and turned around and walked towards the store.

Wang Gang watched from afar, and wanted to rush over and kill the housekeeper with a sword, but he couldn't hold back, and killing him couldn't solve the problem.

"Let's go, don't look at it"

Feng Xi didn't know why Wang Gang chose to turn around and leave, originally thought that Wang Gang would rush over and scold a few words.

"Feng Juncheng, there are two things to bother you, the first thing is to let the government arrange to set up a hundred soup kitchens in Jinyang County, and as for the food, I will let the soldiers send it over. This matter is urgent, you go to do it immediately. Another thing is that you inform Zhou Hu, the guard of Jingcheng, and ask him to lead his soldiers back to Jinyang to resume his life. I'll arrange for someone else to garrison the Jingcheng Pass."

Feng Xi agreed and walked in the direction of the mansion.

Wang Gang glanced at the people who were already queuing up to buy food in the distance, and said secretly in his heart.

"You hold on for two more days"

After a while, Fan Chong walked up to Wang Gang and said.

"General, I have asked clearly, most of these businessmen are from the Xu family and the Deng family, they bought some young and strong laborers back to cultivate the land, and some family members came to buy some maid slaves."

"It's the Deng family and the Xu family again, I originally wanted to let them go for two days temporarily, but it seems that it won't work"

"What does the general want to do"

"Can you still do this, the price of food has risen, it is the ghosts of the two of them, and they are still buying and selling people here" Wang Gang was already on the verge of anger, and he had never been so angry when facing the Huns.

"I am going to arrest all the people of the Xu family and force them to lower the price of food"

Fan Chong pondered for a while and said.

"If the general is like this, although he can solve the temporary needs, I am afraid that it will not play a very good role in the food price of the entire state, and I hope that the general will think twice, and he may have a plan for his humble position, and he may solve the current predicament."

Wang Gang also knew that if the Xu family was solved simply and rudely, then all the families in Jinyang would be in danger, and if they didn't let the grain sell at a high price, they wouldn't be able to search it one by one.

"Mr. Fan, please say" Hearing that Fan Chong has a way, Wang Gang suddenly became interested.

"The reason why the price of grain in Jinyang City is so high is that the supply exceeds demand, and if we want to fundamentally solve this problem, we also want to start from the supply, since the local grain is unwilling to reduce the price of grain, we can bring it from other places. When the time comes, we will move the Xu family again, and a large amount of grain will be released, and the price of grain will inevitably fall."

"Then how can we attract grain merchants from other places to transport grain to Jinyang and even the entire state?"

"Raise the price of grain and buy it in large quantities," Fan Chong said coldly.

Wang Gang was speechless for a while, now he has four hundred rice, and he has to raise the price of grain, but what Fan Chong said seems to make sense. Wang Gang nodded and said.

"The method you said is feasible, then you also have to deal with the Zhou family in Jingcheng Pass, otherwise the food will not be able to be transported, I have asked Feng Xi to pass the order, let Zhou Hu take the soldiers back to Jinyang to resume his life, and let Wu Zhaoxian temporarily take over Jingcheng Pass when the time comes."

"Zhou Hu will definitely not obey the order, he discussed it with the two families"

"I know, then I have a reason to clean him up"

Wang Gang also showed a sneer, this Zhou family must move first, whether it is to make an example of chickens and monkeys, or to open up the passage between Taiyuan and Shangdang, and even Luoyang. He would certainly not allow anyone else to be stationed at Jingcheng Pass.

"The general can send General Wu Zhao to bring a thousand elite soldiers to go, Zhou Hu and Wu Zhao have a holiday again, seeing that Wu Zhao will be even more disrespectful to the order, it is also possible that the two of them will misfire, and when the time comes, the matter will be a little bigger, and the Zhou family will be uprooted"

Wang Gang nodded approvingly.

"I have just ordered Feng Xi to set up a porridge shed, since you said that you want to raise the price of grain, you will be responsible for this matter, and we brought millions of dollars and more than a hundred gold when we came. You buy food, and solve the refugees in the city first in the next few days."

Fan Chong saluted and left.

Wang Gang said to a soldier beside him again.

"You ask General Wu Zhao to go and receive Jingcheng Pass, and tell him that no matter what, before noon tomorrow, he must occupy Jingcheng Pass, and I will go over tomorrow afternoon, if I can't take it, I will go back to Yanmen Pass to guard the pass"

Feng Xi returned to the county government and told Zhang Yi what Wang Gang had ordered, Zhang Yi pondered for a while and asked a little puzzled.

"The official can still understand the intention of opening more porridge sheds, what does it mean to transfer Zhou Hu back, does he want to incorporate the army in Taiyuan" involves military power, and Zhang Yi's nerves are abnormally sensitive.

But Feng Xi shook his head and said.

"It shouldn't be, the county soldiers of Taiyuan County, General Zhenbei shouldn't ask, the subordinates suspect that General Zhenbei wants to control Jingcheng Pass"

Zhang Yi suddenly understood that Jingcheng Pass is the main road from Taiyuan to the Central Plains, and there is no calculation of business travel every day, relying on a toll alone, and earning millions of Wen every day, which is really eye-catching.

"Since General Zhenbei has taken a fancy to the toll, there is no way for the official, the Zhou family has indeed gone too far in recent years, arrange for someone to pass on the order."