Chapter 34: Greed

Zijue sat in the void and watched Wang Lin's operation. He never thought that just by virtue of some book knowledge he left behind, Wang Lin would use it to this point.

The use of economic means and the greed of human nature will hollow out the foundation of Hanguo. Wang Lin's six-dimensional attributes: 91, strategy: 95, strategy: 88, commander: 78: force: 75, charm: 90; Already top for a monarch.

Zijue watched him use the trick of power to make the alliance of Shandong princes fall apart, and the Han Kingdom became a bag, just waiting for the harvest.

With such an excellent offspring, I believe that this time will definitely bring him extraordinary luck gains.

Two years passed quickly. In the past five years, the country has continued to sell grain at low prices and purchase silkworm cocoons, weapons, bronze, and cloth at high prices, making the country very prosperous.

In the farmland of the entire Han country, only about 10% of the grain is still grown. The rest were either replanted with mulberry trees or jute.

Wang Lin looked at the information in his hand, after so many years of infiltration, the Han State had long been infiltrated into a sieve by the Huai State. Looking at the information in his hand, maybe Han Hou may not know his country better than him.

"One percent of the land grows food, and even if it continues, it can't be reduced." Wang Lin said with a smile. After all, not everyone is blinded by desire. There are always some people who are sober, and these people have not given up growing food.

But what if sober? How is it possible to meet the needs of the entire country with the yield of Yicheng farmland?

"Your Majesty, in order to make money, the nobles of Han even sold the bronze weapons stored in the country." Shang Rong said respectfully.

As the executor of the whole plan, Shang Rong can be said to have participated in the whole plan, and he watched the Han people pull out the seedlings, plant mulberry trees, and plant jute, and push themselves into the abyss little by little. Now he can be said to respect Wang Lin like a god.

"How much food is there in Han now?" Wang Lin asked.

Shang Rong said: "We still have less than two months' grain in our hands, but Hanguo still has some grain in stock, but at most we can eat it for a month." ”

"Now there are still four or five months before the grain harvest, even if the grain is harvested, Han Guo is not enough to feed everyone, order down, from today onwards, no more grain sales to Han Guo, and pay attention to Xu Guo, don't let Xu Guo sell grain to them!" Wang Lin said directly.

When they heard this, everyone rejoiced, and as the king's confidants, they had been waiting for this day for a long time.

"Order Wei Ping, lead the army south, but don't attack Hanguo, wait until they run out of food, and then do it when they collapse on their own!"

"Whoa!" A strong man next to him replied loudly.

"Order the navy to dispatch, there is no order from Lone, not a grain of grain is allowed to enter the Han country, and at the same time, if the Han people escape by boat, all of them will be arrested!"

"Whoa!"

With Wang Lin's order, Huai's war machine immediately began to operate. Wei Ping led an army of 30,000 to the south. The Huaiguo Naval Division on the banks of the Yangtze River also began to dispatch.

The suspension of grain transportation in Huaiguo soon affected the grain prices in Hanguo.

Merriam-Webster's Grain Lines.

Early in the morning, many people came to buy food, but the grain store had just opened. The price of grain, which was originally extremely low, has doubled.

The people of Hanguo, who have become accustomed to low grain prices, looked incredulous and shouted one after another: "The price of grain was only ten yuan yesterday, why has it risen to twenty yuan today?" ”

"Yes, are you deliberately raising food prices?"

"Yesterday the price of grain was only ten yuan, but today it has doubled, you must be the obstacle!"

For a time, the people on the street shouted loudly, and soon attracted the attention of others, and after hearing that the price of food had doubled, everyone could not sit still, and even if there was food in the house, they immediately gathered around.

Food is about everyone's belly, and when you hear that there is something wrong with the food, it is only a quarter of an hour that the whole street is filled with people who have come to buy it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if we don't want to raise the price, this month's grain has not been delivered, and I don't know the specific reason, and the grain price increase is not my own decision, all the grain banks in the city have risen!"

"Running out of food?" Hearing this, the people, who were still arguing, didn't care about anything else, and rushed to buy food.

At this time, everyone can no longer care about the increase in food prices.

In a very short time, the news of the food shortage spread throughout the city, and all the people ran to buy food. With so many people rushing to buy, not to mention that there is already a shortage of food, even if there is enough food, it will have serious consequences.

Originally, there was only less than two months of grain left in the city, and after the people frantically rushed to buy, the price of grain could be said to be rising steadily, but in one morning, the price of grain rose from 10 yuan all the way to 100 yuan.

What's even more shocking is that by the afternoon, the whole city has sold out of food!

There is no food to sell, which directly makes many people who have not yet bought food panic, and I don't know who shouted: "They lied to people, they must have food!" ”

"Rush in!"

"They want to starve us! Rush in! ”

They had been queuing for most of the day, and because there was no food, the spirits of these people were already tense, and they only needed a little push to detonate them.

The commotion was not long in coming, and it spread rapidly at an extremely exaggerated pace. A large number of people who did not have access to food joined in.

By the time officials reacted, the riots had spread throughout the city. There were even people who started attacking other people for food.

Seeing this situation, the king of Han and the nobles knew that they could not let things develop, and immediately dispatched troops to take control of the city.

The rioters could not have been a match for heavily armed troops, and wherever the army passed, a large number of people who were looting food were killed, and many people who had come to their senses took refuge in their homes.

Soon the army took control of the city, but even so, a large number of people were killed and wounded.

After taking control of the city, the monarch of Han hurriedly summoned the ministers to come and discuss. At this time, the monarch of Han already knew that there was a shortage of food. Although there is still a lot of grain stored in the grain depot, this grain is simply not enough for the whole country to eat.

"Zhuqing, everything already knows, now there is a shortage of food in the country, if you can't find food as soon as possible, the army will be in chaos at that time!"

"Your Majesty, your subordinates will send people to Huai to buy grain."

"Go to Huai to buy grain? Hmph, Huaiguo suddenly cut off the food supply, even if they go to Huaiguo to buy grain now, they won't buy it! ”

"Not for sale? Are you saying that Huaiguo did it on purpose! Su Mo's face changed slightly.

"Still don't you understand? Huai Guo deliberately sold grain to us at a low price, and then bought silkworm cocoons and cloth at a high price, in order to let us reduce grain planting, and then suddenly cut off grain when the green and yellow were not harvested, what a ruthless plan! What a ruthless heart! ”

"In five years, the people of my Han country have sought profits, pulled out seedlings and planted jute mulberry trees, and now ninety percent of the land has been planted with jute mulberry trees, which Huaihou is so scheming!"

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Ten years of layout, five years of implementation, once annexed, Huai State merged. - "Historical Records: Huai Shijia"