"Brother Chao, you guessed it, then Cui Zheng sent someone to look for you." On a lonely peak near the Hengduan Mountains in the west of Jinzhou, Sandao entered a bamboo hut with food, looked at Lu Chao, who was reading the Book of Poetry, and smiled and laid out the food for him one by one: "Now it's messy outside." ”

"Oh?" Lu Chao took a bite of chicken and asked, "What is the specific situation?" ”

"In order to show that he is stronger than you, Cui Peng changed the rules of the Fumin Chamber of Commerce as soon as he came up, and laid off a lot of people, and our people also took the opportunity to withdraw, and then just in time to collect grain, he was smart and lowered the price a lot, and the salary of the craftsman was also suppressed, and he cut off many craftsmen, and the price has not changed, but the workmanship is much rougher than before, and now he is scolded and dare not go out." Sandao laughed.

"Also, the house is not selling now."

"Everything needs to be measured, not that it can't be good to the people, but to be reasonable, the surge in luck in the past ten years is actually the luck of the next few decades or even a hundred years." Lu Chao took a sip of wine and said: "If it is not peaceful today, this endless way of being good to the people, although it can get luck, but it infinitely reduces its ability to resist risks, a military disaster, a flood, and even a drought year can bring this seemingly prosperous world back to its original shape, the disadvantage of Confucianism is that most Confucians only know how to read, but they don't know how to open their eyes to see the world, Confucianism can maintain stability, but if those in power also believe in Confucianism, it is not a good thing." ”

"Aren't you also a Confucian?" Liu Sandao said with a smile.

"I practice Confucianism, but I will also see the world, when Confucianism was first founded, the sea is inclusive, but now, I look down on martial arts, business, Buddhism, so I lock myself in the cocoon I weave, this is Confucianism, I learn Confucianism, but I can't do Confucianism! I will not underestimate any kind of knowledge. Lu Chao shook his head and said: "Actually, Cui Zheng has begun to study the way of power and conspiracy over the years, and kicked me out, probably because he saw that my influence was getting bigger and bigger, and it had threatened his position." ”

This is also related to Lu Chao's encounter, he has been protected by Lu Xuan too well since he was a child, he was sent to the academy when he should be studying, and after the chaos in the world, he followed Lu Xuan in the chaotic army and was also the one who was protected by Lu Xuan, at that time he was like those Confucian scholars who talk big but have no practicality.

Later, under Lu Xuan's plan, he apprenticed to Li Xinian, but Li Xinian had lost power, he followed Li Xinian to learn while walking, half of the truth was seen in the book, and half was personally experienced, which also led to Lu Chao after learning is different from other readers, only seeking practicality in doing things, and will not stick to the framework in the book, and finally saw his own teacher martyrdom for the Tao in his heart, and also understood the difference between Confucianism and Confucianism, so that there is today's Lu Chao.

"What then?" Liu Sandao said worriedly.

"The general trend has been achieved, if you give him another ten years, the way of power and conspiracy will work, and maybe I can gradually reduce my influence, but now, no one will give him this time, and enjoying more than ten years of Jinzhou luck is the limit." Lu Chao shook his head and smiled: "The human heart is something that the Dao Alliance can't control, and there is no need to control it, after all, ...... I'm a member of the Xie family now. ”

"So what's next? Do you want to see that Cui Zheng? Liu Sandao asked.

"Nope." Lu Chao shook his head: "It's not messy enough now, let's add a fire to him, you go and sell all the houses we have hoarded over the years at a low price, and sell them at a price of 20% in the local housing market!" Don't take the money back, exchange it for grain, remember, buy at a high price, raise the price of grain for him, I will make the people dare not sell grain! ”

"Understood!" Liu Sandao understood and immediately left.

With the implementation of Lu Chao's plan, some people began to sell houses at low prices in the market, and the houses in the county town that were originally worth 350 taels are now sold for 5 taels.

At the beginning, many people felt crazy, but the government sensed the crisis and wanted to stop it, but in the past ten years, Kamikaze Hall has bought a large number of houses through various places, and now even if you cut it by your knees, it is actually still profitable, and the sale of a large number of houses was completed in a short period of time, and when the government reacted, most of the houses in Kamikaze's hands were sold.

The sell-off of these houses has caused a large number of panics among the people, and they have begun to make moves, like an avalanche, but in just one month, the house prices have fallen off a cliff to two percent or even lower than the original peak, and with the continuous sale of houses, this price is still decreasing, but slowing down.

A large number of people are well-deserved, lost and returned to their hometowns, Cui Zheng, who was originally praised like a god in these years, has also completely lost the hearts of the people with this incident, how high he was praised at the beginning, and how miserable it is now, and Lu Chao, who has been calling for a rational view of the house over the years, has also been raised again.

Now it seems that Lu Chao is undoubtedly really thinking about the people, and at the same time, under the promotion of people with a heart, Lu Chao used to fish for fish, helped the government to settle the people, and later established a rich people commercial bank, and many people heard of Lu Chao's reputation for the first time.

Then it was rumored that there was also a series of riotous operations after the Fumin Chamber of Commerce was taken over by Cui Peng.

Everyone doesn't understand why such a good official who is dedicated to the people not only does not reuse, but uses that Cui Peng.

Can the son of the state lord do whatever he wants?

If it was ten years ago, no one would have had this idea, but now, after more than ten years of Lu Chao's unremitting efforts, the people's living standards have improved, and the houses represent face, while also stimulating people's self-esteem, and the tolerance for injustice has also improved.

"Find Lu Chao for me and ask him to roll back for me!" In Cui's mansion, Cui Zheng finally couldn't suppress the anger in his heart and roared at his subordinates.

Cui Zheng's luck fell to less than thirty percent of its peak during this time, and it continued to fall, Cui Zheng was busy with it, but there was no improvement, and people's hearts were scattered all of a sudden.

Jinzhou is too small, just a corner of Kyushu, this sudden outbreak of public resentment If Kyushu is a complete imperial court, there is still a way to resolve it, but only the Cui family, who is in Jinzhou and self-contained, faces this kind of problem alone, that is, the sky has fallen.

However, Lu Chao still couldn't find it, and Cui Zheng wanted to try to find it through luck, but the place where Lu Chao hid was the border between Jinzhou and the Hengduan Mountains, and Jinzhou's luck was weak and he couldn't find it at all.

"I don't believe it, I can't do it without him!" Cui Zheng, who has not heard from him for a few days, directly dismissed Cui Peng from all his positions and asked him to reflect on it, and at the same time arranged for the officials who had previously been the chief official for Lu Chao to re-take office and take charge of this matter, without asking for any achievements, as long as the rules of the previous Fumin Chamber of Commerce were restored.

But in the past, in addition to the official support of Jinzhou, the most important thing was that Lu Chao brought a large amount of financial subsidies, in other words, behind this matter was Lu Xuan's financial support from the Guiyi Sect, otherwise with the current transportation conditions, it would not even be considered a small profit, and now that Lu Chao is gone, it is naturally impossible to subsidize again, and the problem will come.

And Cui Zheng ruled Jinzhou with Confucianism, and his subordinates lacked this kind of people who were proficient in business, and it was obviously not in line with the current situation to paint a gourd, and the most important thing was not here, but the yacha in charge of procurement found that the people were unwilling to sell grain.

Just when Jinzhou was in a hurry because of the housing market, Lu Chao had already sold all the money from the sale of the house into rice and grain, hoarded a large amount of grain to hide, and also raised the price of grain.

After all, the Fumin Chamber of Commerce collects grain this year, but it is dead to the death, but Lu Chao is giving a high price, so that there is no grain, and if the Fumin Chamber of Commerce wants to continue to operate, it can only allocate grain from the treasury, and it is also done when the harvest is low in previous years.

But because of this, the government's grain stock has not been much, plus the army's consumption, if the Fumin Chamber of Commerce is allocated again, then the army will have no food.

Protect the army or protect the hearts of the people?

This is actually not difficult to choose, even if the Fumin Chamber of Commerce recovers, it will be difficult to recover the lost people's hearts, in the past, the low price of the Fumin Chamber of Commerce was obtained by the Guiyi Sect, and now that Lu Chao withdraws, the high welfare will naturally disappear, and the people's hearts will not disperse for a while, but if the army is gone, the Guiyi Sect will take the opportunity to come in, and they will not even have the ability to resist.

You can only protect the army first.

But something worse happened, the grain cart carrying the military rations was robbed, and it was more than a dozen hands at the same time.

Someone is plotting against themselves!

Cui Zheng reacted, if the previous things were all coincidences, then this robbery of military rations must have been done by someone against him.

Who could it be!?

Countless thoughts flashed in Cui Zheng's heart, the Guiyi Sect, Lu Chao, who represented the Xie family, his subordinates Wenwu, and those warriors who had been suppressed!?

These people are motivated to do this.

"Lord, without food and grass, I am afraid that the armies from all walks of life will mutiny, please make a decision quickly!" Downstairs, the official in charge of the treasury said bitterly.

"Check!" Cui Zheng no longer has the gentlemanly demeanor of the past at this moment, and looked at the other party with gloomy eyes and said, "Find me this batch of robbed grain!" ”

"Yes! However, if the minister does not understand this way, can he let the local yamen and criminal departments cooperate? The official hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and agreed, this matter must not be carried by himself, he has to find someone to do it together, and everyone will be responsible for the accident.

"Well, I'll order a thorough investigation!" Cui Zheng nodded, waved his hand and said, "Let's go down." ”

"Yes!"

In the huge conference hall, only Cui Zheng was left sitting in place, looking out of the door in a daze, at this moment, he had an indescribable sense of powerlessness, just a few months, he suddenly fell from the clouds into the abyss of ten thousand battles.

As a result, it was naturally not found that Lu Chao had been operating in Jinzhou for ten years, and with the convenience of his identity, he had already legalized the identities of a large number of kamikaze hall secret sons, and the government naturally could not find these people.

It's January again, and there is no result here, but there is bad news at the border.

Army...... Mutiny!

(End of chapter)