On the street, the red-blooded sword Xiahou Qingyi, as the leader, led the knights in disguise into Yanzhou, and also heard the discussions of the surrounding people.

"Marquis of Lanling, increase the price of food, do you enclose the land yourself......" The heroines were the most shocked.

Even Xiahou Liukite, who has always admired Liang Xiao, couldn't help but be surprised.

Only Xiahou Qingyi didn't say a word, and glanced at the flowing kite.

The kite understood, and immediately went to a noodle stall to find the stall owner for verification.

"Old gentleman, I heard that the Marquis of Lanling has raised the price of grain in the past two days, and then, he bought land on a large scale?"

The stall owner didn't raise his head and said: "The guest officer can look at the wall next to him by himself, there is a notice from the Marquis of Lanling on it!" ”

Xiahou Qingyi walked quickly to the announcement, and everyone followed closely behind, taking a fixed look.

"Marquis Lanling, it's really raised the grain to eighty wen and one stone...... the heroines sighed.

Xiahou Liukite hurriedly comforted: "Maybe it's because the food is really insufficient, and the Marquis of Lanling can't raise the price." ”

"However, he bought hundreds of thousands of stone of grain from those rice merchants at a price of sixty wen and one stone, which is enough for the people of the whole city to last for a while, right?" A woman is depressed.

Xiahou Liukite also had nothing to say.

Facts speak louder than words, and she has no way to defend Liang Xiao.

Xiahou Qingyi thought for a moment, took out a pen and paper to sketch.

[To blame, it is also to blame those rice merchants who evacuated Yanzhou after collecting grain. 】

Only then did everyone remember something, and it suddenly dawned on them.

"Oh! It is also said that a while ago, many rice merchants bought grain door-to-door, and the price was very low, and then it was shipped directly out of Yanzhou! Blame them! ”

Xiahou Liukite hurriedly added: "Yes, yes! And the intensity of the acquisition is unprecedented, and the people of Yanzhou don't understand so much, so if they give money, they will come out, who did it......"

"However, the Marquis of Lanling shouldn't have increased the price like this, at least it should only sell for sixty wen and one stone before ......" A male chivalrous guest expressed his dissatisfaction.

Xiahou Liukite only felt that one head was two big.

As chivalrous warriors, they have always eliminated harm for the people.

If this Marquis of Lanling also develops into a dog official of the common people in the future......

Xiahou Qingyi looked at everyone, with a little more worry in his eyes.

She saw what they were thinking.

Perhaps, they think that Liang Xiao is good to the people of Lanling, maybe it is just because Lanling is his food.

Xiahou Liukite seemed to understand her worries, and comforted: "Everyone don't be impatient, no matter what, after the Marquis of Lanling came to Yanzhou, Yanzhou is much more stable than before, isn't it?" ”

Most of the knights are reasonable people, and they all nodded silently and said no more, but they were still confused.

Liang Xiao's behavior exceeded their inherent understanding of Taishou.

At the same time, Liang Xiao was gathering many land merchants in Yanzhou.

In the compound of the Taishou Mansion, there were many people at the bottom.

A total of hundreds of large and small landlords gathered here, frowning, looking at Liang Xiao with a somewhat complicated gaze.

They didn't know whether they should resent Liang Xiao or thank him.

Soaring food prices are a sure-fire thing.

However, a series of impacts brought about by this incident will eventually lead to the loss of population in Yanzhou, and the land is vast and sparsely populated.

When the time comes, there will be no one to find tenant farmers, and the fields will only be left there and slowly abandoned.

Therefore, after receiving the news, they sold their land one after another.

But the Yanzhou Taishou in front of him seems to be suppressing the price of land.

At this time, Liang Xiao was drinking tea on the main seat, calm and relaxed.

"One or two acres of land, and it's not good land, it's all thin fields that can't go up or down, do you think the land in Yanzhou is worth this price? There is a lot of land in here, which you have circled from the people at a price of three or four hundred wen per mu, right? ”

When everyone heard Liang Xiao's question, they were displeased.

Liang Xiao was right, they did enclose the land at the beginning.

Of course, their land was not born in a vacuum, and even less land was acquired from other landlords.

Everyone is a human spirit, and of course they know that they can't make a lot of money by buying land from each other.

Take it from the poor people!

"Marquis of Lanling, the land in the area of Youzhou is all at this price! If you can't afford it, you don't have to gather so many of us at once! Duanmu Xian, the landlord who sold the land on behalf of Duanmu's family, sneered.

The bottom was echoed, and the landlords expressed their dissatisfaction.

"The soaring food price is temporary, and after this year, land prices will also fall!"

"Besides, Lord Taishou, isn't it your duty to improve people's livelihood? You can't sit idly by and watch Yanzhou's population loss, right? ”

Liang Xiao nodded and said, "Of course not." ”

His eyes swept over the joking crowd, and Liang Xiao said again: "I now have a million taels of silver in hand, which is my personal property. In addition, I also proposed to His Majesty that the land in Yanzhou be officially acquired. ”

"An official takeover?" Everyone's eyes lit up and they were excited.

In the past, they could buy and sell land from the government, and the price would always be in their favor.

The reason is that the officials of the family in various places will make it convenient for them.

For example, to release the news in advance, or to accept their bargaining on behalf of the government.

And they only need to give these officials some "filial piety money".

If it is the imperial court that is ready to buy ......

"However, there is one thing to remind you, the officials in Yanzhou have been replaced by me, and the officials who can accommodate you no longer exist."

Liang Xiao was shocked, and the audience was in an uproar.

"What did you replace?" Duanmu Xian was the first to express his dissatisfaction.

He is the official of Yanzhou who was replaced by Liang Xiao, and he was still the main bookkeeper before, which is a fat difference.

After all, Higashino Hongji didn't dare to continue to tear his face with the Duanmu family.

As soon as Liang Xiao arrived in Yanzhou, he became white.

"In addition, the purchase price I personally offered is naturally a little higher than that of the government, otherwise, wouldn't everyone sell to the government?"

Everyone looked at Liang Xiao who was smiling, and they couldn't wait to throw him in the face with a shoehorn.

Liang Xiao's words have already been clarified.

It's useless to go through the back door!

The government can't be more affordable than him, it will only be darker, after all, he represents the Yanzhou government!

"However, you only produce 800 wen per acre of fertile land, and 400 wen per thin field, which is ridiculously low, right??" Duanmu Xian gritted his teeth.

Qin Baili and the others sat behind Liang Xiao, just staring coldly at this group of landlords.

The Duanmu family's rice merchants in Yanzhou were huge, and they also participated in the collection of grain, and then evacuated Yanzhou.

So, of course, they understand that the price of land in Yanzhou will only fall and not rise for a long time, so they are in a hurry to sell it recently.

In Yanzhou County, there are 500,000 acres of farmland in their hands alone, how amazing!

Liang Xiao said categorically: "I will only offer this price at most, you can consider it yourself, don't sell it." Maybe in another month or two, the price of grain will rise again, and my purchase price will only be lower! ”

Many rice merchants said: "Give us a little more time to think about it!" ”

"Please." Liang Xiao sent off the guests with a smile on his face.

After the rice merchant left the Taishou Mansion, he found that there was a sea of people outside.

The people gathered in front of the latest announcement, and there was a lot of discussion and mourning:

"Why is the price of rice going up again! Ninety penny and one stone!! ”