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Back at Wuji Courtyard, Zhao Ran was summoned by Song Zhiyuan to the prison to meet him, Song Zhiyuan handed Zhao Ran a letter, Zhao Ran looked at it, but it was a secret letter written by Zhang Yunzhao of the Xizhenwu Palace Prison Courtyard, specially written to Song Zhiyuan and Zhao Ran. The letter said that he had applied to Li Yunhe, the Xuanyuan Guan Supervision Yuan, for the transfer of 3,000 stone of grain, and at the same time, through his personal connections, he had purchased 2,000 stone of grain from Hubei, and that a total of 5,000 stone of grain would be sent north from the Fujiang River, and that the grain ships would be unloaded under Jiangyou.

Zhang Yunzhao said in the letter that he is still trying to find a way to continue to buy grain, but for the time being, I am afraid that by October, Guyang County will have to rely on this grain to stabilize the price of grain, and he knows that this task is very arduous, but he hopes that Guyang County will work together to tide over the difficulties.

5,000 stone of grain sounds like a lot, but Guyang County is an upper county, and a large area has been affected, and nearly 30,000 peasant households have eaten 5,000 stone of grain. Therefore, Song Zhiyuan felt very disappointed, and said to Zhao Ran: "It seems that Zhang Jian Yuan has done his best, you and I can't expect more." Moreover, you have also read the letter that although it is 5,000 stones, the first batch of grain will not arrive until five days at the earliest, and it is only 1,000 stones, and the remaining 4,000 stones will have to wait for more than ten days before they can be transported to Jiangyou one after another. In this way, I am afraid that this year's famine will be sad......"

There is indeed less food, no wonder Song Zhiyuan is a little discouraged, Zhao Ran looked at Song Zhiyuan's tone and demeanor, and faintly felt a little bad. Sure enough, Song Zhiyuan sighed and said to Zhao Ran: "Why don't you put aside your charity money for the time being?" Let me come forward and reconvene all the big households in the county and ask them to open warehouses and sell grain?"

If Zhang Yunzhao of the Xizhenwu Palace Supervision Institute is the general backstage of Zhao Ran's intervention in the reform of Qingmiaoqian. Then Song Zhiyuan, the supervisor of Wuji Academy, is Zhao Ran's big backer in Guyang County, if Song Zhiyuan retreats, it will undoubtedly be an extremely strict blow to Zhao Ran. Zhao Ran immediately said: "Prison Court, this discussion must not be allowed!"

Song Zhiyuan hesitated: "I know that you have invested heavily in the charity fund...... Do you think that's good? The hospital will make up half of the shortfall for you?"

"It's not about money! I don't care if I lose a lot of charity. However, if we retreat at this time, there will be no possibility for Guyang County to reform the Qingmiao Qian within 10 years, not only the Qingmiao Qian, but in the future, if anything happens, the Taoist Yuan and the county government will lose the confidence to suppress when facing these inferior gentry, and the entire Guyang County will be allowed to do whatever it wants!

"Reform is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat......" Song Zhiyuan heard this. Somewhat moved.

Zhao Ran continued to cheer up Song Zhiyuan and said: "Furthermore, this matter is promoted by the Zhang Prison Yuan, how much does the Zhang Prison Yuan expect from Guyang County? If you retreat at this moment, what kind of impact will it have in the heart of the Zhang Prison Yuan? The Prison Yuan must think twice!"

Song Zhiyuan pondered for a moment and sighed: "I think it's wrong...... Yesterday, the price of rice had reached 120 wen per bucket, and the people of the whole county were panicking. I'm afraid that something will be unstable. After speaking, he got up and paced around the room for a few times, and said fiercely: "I knew today earlier." At that time, you should agree with your construction, use thunderbolt means, and kill these dogs to rectify it properly! Hoarding Juqi, hum, although the imperial court does not have this method, but according to the old practice of this dynasty. It's okay to kill a few of them!"

Zhao Ran frowned and said: "Although Kong Xianzun has the same position as us, I am afraid it will be difficult to let him come forward and rectify it ruthlessly." I went to the county government before, so in order to discuss this matter, Kong Xianzun only agreed to pick out a few soft-footed shrimp dishes. If you think about it further, you won't be allowed to live or die. I also talked about it on the side of Jin County Lieutenant, he is even more unbearable than Kong County Zun, so he only picked one household out and prepared to fabricate some charges. But it's no wonder that since ancient times, the officials and gentry have been one, and it is not easy for us to pull the county government over, so we can't expect too much. ”

In fact, Zhao Ran really wanted to mobilize the Daomen Fangtang to patrol and dispatch to frame these stubborn and inferior gentry one by one, and directly confiscate them in the name of propagating heresies. But this idea can only be thought of, if you really want to do this, it will be equivalent to breaking the tradition of the Daomen and the imperial court performing their own duties to rule the world, once this wind opens, the subsequent impact will be extremely bad, and it will inevitably shake the country. Therefore, whether it is Zhao Ran, Song Zhiyuan, or even higher-level figures such as Zhang Yunzhao and Li Yunhe, they will never choose this path.

Seeing that Song Zhiyuan was patting his head vigorously, and his anxiety was fully revealed, Zhao Ran couldn't hold on anymore, so he simply explained his way of coping: "The prison doesn't have to worry too much, I already have a way to deal with it." ”

"Oh, tell me?"

"The soaring grain prices are not due to the lack of grain to sell, but the fact that large households are hoarding and reducing the sale of grain shops, coupled with the severe drought this year, so people are panicked and compete for food, resulting in another rise in grain prices. The high price of grain has stimulated the desire of large households to continue hoarding, thus further reducing the sale of grain. In this way, a vicious circle is formed. I think that the key lies in people's hearts, the hearts of the people are worried about the lack of food, and the hearts of large households are in the hope of higher food prices. If we want to stabilize food prices, we must start with people's hearts. The first is to convince the people that there is enough grain in Guyang County, and that they can buy it at any time, and there is no need to rush to buy it at this time; and the second is to make the big households believe that it is not of great use for them to hoard so much grain, which is not only useless, but will also lead to death. ”

After sorting out his thoughts, Zhao Ran continued: "If you want to calm people's hearts, the key is to let everyone see with their own eyes that a steady stream of grain is being transported into Guyang, as long as the people believe that the food is enough, they will naturally not rush to buy it at a high price, and the determination of the big farmers to hoard will be shaken." ”

Song Zhiyuan was puzzled: "But we only have 5,000 stone grain at most......"

Zhao Ran said categorically: "No one knows that we only have five thousand stone of grain!"

"You mean ......"

"Feed during the day, feed at night!"

"The reality of the granary is clear to others at a glance. ”

"The top is grain, the bottom is dirt, and the fish are mixed with pearls!"

Song Zhiyuan pondered for a moment, and gradually turned his worries into joy: "This plan is very good, it seems to be feasible!"

Zhao Ran pouted, this is an old routine, specially prepared for time and space travelers, if you come a few more times, you will be allowed to wear a goof.

With a way, Song Zhiyuan immediately urged Zhao Ran to do it, and at the same time repaired the Xizhenwu Palace, and asked Zhang Jian Yuan to cooperate, and never leak the amount of grain. He also reminded Zhao Ran that he must choose a credible person, and he must not leak secrets, and he can't even reveal a single thing from the county government.

Of course, Zhao Ran has his own set of people to operate this matter, and he has already made preparations to let Jinji Rice Shop operate this matter, and all the details of it have already been worked out.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival on September 15, a long convoy stretched for half a mile appeared at the foot of Wuji Mountain, and truckloads of grain were transported from Jiangyou County and sent to several large granaries newly built by Jinji Rice Shop for storage. At the same time, Jinji Rice Shop issued a notice that it would open for sale three days later, and the price of each bucket would be 100 Wen.

The price of this is twenty or thirty Wen lower than that of all the rice shops in Guyang County, as soon as the news spread, it immediately caused a sensation, and the grain of the rice shops in each county suddenly appeared unsalable, and the people watched one after another, waiting for the Jinji rice shop to sell grain three days later. At the same time, a message gradually spread among the market and villages: Zhang Yunzhao of the Xizhenwu Palace Supervision Institute and Li Yunhe of the Xuanyuan Guan Supervision Institute are vigorously transferring grain from other provinces, and the new grain in Jinji Rice Shop is the first batch, and there will be more after that!

Three days later, the Jinji Rice Shop officially began to sell grain, and the price was 100 wen per bucket. One morning, hundreds of people gathered around the Jinji rice shop, and lined up to buy food under the maintenance of the county officials.

Because the Jinji Rice Shop made a promise - the grain is enough and the sales are open, so although the shopkeeper and the guys are very slow, the people are still very patient and waiting. After an hour, less than 50 households bought grain, and the Jinji rice shop sold a total of 20 stones.

When the number of people reached nearly 1,000, a long convoy of people loaded with grain arrived, and the servants sent rice bags into the granary of the Jinji rice shop, which was piled up. A few servants accidentally dropped a grain bag while unloading, and the grain suddenly overflowed from the bag, and under the eyes of hundreds of people, the golden shopkeeper instructed a few men to hurriedly pack up the grain and put it back into the bag.

After finishing this qiē, the golden shopkeeper announced the suspension of grain sales, and after a while, he took out a sign and stood on the counter of the rice shop, with a new price written on it: 95 wen per bucket.

The people were in an uproar! (To be continued......