In the hands of the imperial court in the past, although there was a lot of money and food on hand, there were many places to use it, and compared with those big families and nobles, they did not have an advantage at all.

Many times, the imperial court gave 200,000 stone of grain to the victims, and the transportation loss along the way, coupled with the corruption of some officials, it was good that half of it could fall to the people in the end.

In fact, even if all of them are distributed, in the face of hundreds of thousands of people, or even millions of people, such a small amount of food is just a drop in the bucket.

Wang Xuanjing used more than 2 million stones of grain and grass this time, plus there were still 200,000 stones in the hands of the imperial court, all of which were smashed down, enough for the people of Guanzhong to eat for a year, and Wang Xuanjing was still not enough, so he had been transporting grain here.

This time it's not just about cleaning up those noble and wealthy families, but also about one more important thing - promoting new money.

After Wang Xuanjing opened up the sale of grain, he ordered that Kaiyuan Tongbao and Zhenguan Tongbao were needed to buy grain, and other old money needed to be exchanged for new money first.

Each person is limited to buying one bucket per day, and the price is seventy wen, and if you want to buy more grain, then you start with a thousand stones, and the price is seven hundred to one thousand wen per bucket.

Wang Xuanjing set this threshold to pit those rich people.

How is it possible for ordinary people to have the money to buy food that is not limited to purchase? These grains are for the wealthy and powerful.

The prime minister is merciful and does not pit the poor.

After Wang Xuanjing lent out those Kaiyuan Tongbao and Zhenguan Tongbao, he began to release grain the next day.

On the first day, 200,000 stone grain was released, and because of the large quantity, each bucket of grain was traded at a price of 500 Wen, and more than 100,000 Kaiyuan Tongbao was obtained.

Those wealthy families felt that the imperial court had run out of grain at one time, and it was their turn to raise the price of grain. If these wealthy families stop at this time, stop monopolizing grain, and release grain with the imperial court, although they will lose some money at this time, they will never go bankrupt.

After all, in Guanzhong, the people of Hebei are waiting for the grain.

Because the drought is getting worse and worse, when the grain is finished, the bark and grass roots will be gnawed, and when the bark and grass roots are eaten, they will eat Guanyin soil, and if they eat Guanyin soil, they will die of flatulence.

Wang Xuanjing looked at the news reported below, those wealthy families were still celebrating in Changle Fang, and even they felt that they had won, after all, they had taken away all the grain in the hands of the imperial court.

"Third brother, why is it such an obvious strategy, those people will not see clearly, since the imperial court has opened up the mouth to sell grain, it is naturally because there is grain in their hands, why should they bet that the imperial court has no grain in their hands?"

Wang Xuanjing said lightly: "Because they can't see the crisis, in their eyes, those grains are mountains of gold." ”

"They didn't think about it, how could there be such a cheap thing in the world? Some things can be done, some money can be earned, but the money related to the people's livelihood in the world also wants to be earned, that is, I don't know the importance. ”

"This kind of thing, they have done a lot in the past, those dead people, in their hearts, are not even as good as a dog like their own family, they are willing to feed the dog meat, and they will not give a mouthful of charity to those people."

"In their eyes, dogs can still tease them when they are full, and what good is it for the people to be well-fed?"

Wang Xuanjing saw very clearly that they deliberately made the people hungry, that is, the people had to rely on them.

"Third brother, will you still put grain tomorrow?" Wang Xuanhe asked with a smile.

Wang Xuanjing said with a smile: "The grain market will continue to release grain tomorrow, and add a few more grain points, so that the people can buy grain nearby, and at least 200,000 stones will be put tomorrow!" ”

"Aren't they going to eat? Then let them eat enough! ”

"Next, continue to put 200,000 the day after tomorrow, if it is not enough, then put 300,000 or 400,000 stones, and the next batch of food for the family will also arrive, so they will keep letting it go until they can't eat it!"

A trace of fierceness flashed in Wang Xuanjing's eyes, one stone of grain is ten buckets, two hundred thousand stones, that is, two million buckets, twenty-four million catties.

"If you put so much food down, it won't scare them away!" Wang Xuanhe said.

"No, they will only feel that this is the last grain in the hands of the imperial court, and they will feel that as long as they hold on, the imperial court will eventually lose!"

"In the end, they who control a large amount of grain can make conditions to the court and His Majesty at will."

In fact, the current wealthy families and noble lords have hoarded a large amount of grain, except for a part, most of the rest are purchased at high prices and monopolized. After all, their crops have also been affected by drought, and their original grain is only last year's grain.

More of the grain was bought from other grain merchants.

The price of grain in their hands will not be lower than 70 wen a dou, and they must maintain the price of grain, not lower than the price of purchase.

Wang Xuanjing: What is the cost of these grains? Although these grains were transported from overseas and the distance was long, the Wang family had the wind banner in hand, and the sailing on the water could be described as smooth sailing, a thousand miles a day.

In some overseas places, the climate is very suitable for grain growth, and even if a bucket of grain is transported to Chang'an, the cost is only 20 yuan, and the highest is only 25 yuan.

Now at the price of 500 or even 700 yuan a bucket, those people actually eat all of them.

Wang Xuanjing can already imagine that they will go bankrupt in a few days.

"I'm afraid that there are still staggered plans in Changle Fang, and I am drunk with money."

Wang Xuanjing's expectations were not bad, Changle Fang is now completely a gentle township of drunken gold fans, and the beauty and wine are enjoyed wantonly, in their opinion, they have made a lot of money today.

The surrounding warblers and swallows, the warm fragrant nephrite let them enjoy it wantonly.

"Tomorrow, the imperial court should not be able to take out grain, and even if there is still it, it won't be much, let's work harder and buy all the grain, and then we will say it!"

Yu Shuheng and Zhao Qian laughed, and the other heads of the Guanlong nobles also laughed.

The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, there was already a long line of grain trucks waiting outside the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the gate did not dare to slack off, so they hurriedly opened the city gate, and then those long convoys entered the city and began to sell grain.

When they heard that the imperial court had sent a large amount of grain, these people began to buy grain on a large scale again.

A large number of nobles and scholars began to borrow money in order to buy grain, and the copper coins prepared by Wang Xuanjing were lent out like flowing water, leaving a lot of mortgage IOUs.

These people pledged land, property, etc.

Once again, the 200,000 grains released by the imperial court were swept away, and then on the third day, 300,000 stone grains were directly added.

On the fourth day, the imperial court released grain again, and these nobles and scholars had no way to retreat, and they bought about one million stone of high-priced grain in their hands.

If food prices collapse, their fate can be imagined.

(End of chapter)