After Li You took Li Mingda away, Feng Zhijun, who was on the side, hurriedly looked at Wang Xu and others on the side and said, "Wang Biega, what's wrong with Your Highness? He has always loved the people as much as his son. Why did he do something that would make the people of Guangzhou Prefecture difficult this time?"

Wang Xu also looked at Feng Zhiwan and shook his head without any idea: "Duke Lingguo, I don't know this anymore. I wonder if Your Highness wants to attract some merchants to sell grain at a high price. It is better to sell grain at a high price than to sell grain without grain."

"But have your highness ever thought that the people of Guangzhou Prefecture could not bear such a high price...!" Feng Zhijun looked at Wang Xu with a frown.

Wang Xu shook his head slightly at this time, because he didn't know what was going on. It was just that the two of them were good. Even if they didn't know what Li You thought, they would do it according to Li You's request.

Just that afternoon, high-priced rice appeared in Guangzhou Prefecture. The price of these rice was ten times the original one. According to Feng Zhiyun's guess, no one would buy it. But strangely, these high-priced rice were bought one by one, which surprised Feng Zhiyun for a while. Could it be that the wallets of the people of Guangzhou Prefecture in Lingnan were bulging? He didn't know?

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In the garden, Li Mingda leaned against Li You's arms. Li You had pushed Li Mingda out of his arms again and again, and told Li Mingda that she was already a big girl and could not be too close.

But Li Mingda replied with a smile: "What's the relationship between brother and sister if they are closer?"

Li You said, "You and I are brothers and sisters, we don't think it's related, but others are not brothers and sisters. He will treat us as women and men. In the hearts of others, it is annoying to stick together. They will stand on the commanding heights in the end and fight to attack you desperately with the most vicious and unpleasant language."

"Tsk... no matter what we do, they say whatever they like. We just need to be open and honest. You are my brother, you are my support. If I don't rely on you, who do I rely on?"

After saying that, Li Mingda happily leaned in Li You's arms.

At this time, Li You also showed a relieved smile, yes... Others' eyes are for others to see. As long as I am open-minded, what are you afraid of? Family affection is a very wonderful relationship, and Li You does not want to lose this intimate family affection.

You can't just become a monk if you have a sister... gently hold Li Mingda in your arms, Li You didn't think about anything else, he had to feel the brother-sister relationship that appeared again with his heart.

"By the way..." Li Mingda touched Li You's left hand and asked, "Fifth brother...what are you doing this time? I went to ask Lao Di... He said that those who buy high-priced rice are all attracted to you...! You were kicked by a donkey in the head, and you spent a high-priced rice to buy high-priced rice to buy high-priced rice to buy high-priced rice? "

"How do you talk..." Li You smiled and said, "You kicked my head. Are you a donkey..."

"Ah...I'm not a donkey... Then why are you so stupid?" Li Mingda looked at Li You coquettishly.

"Tell you a story..." Li You smiled.

"Okay...I like to listen to stories the most, tell them quickly...!" Li Mingda was looking forward to it.

"During the Han Dynasty, a locust plague occurred in Yuezhou (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). The locusts were covered with dark clouds, covering the sky and the sun. Wherever they went, there were no seedlings, no leaves, and a scene of slaughtering. Therefore, the crops this year were not harvested.

At this time, Zhao Bian, a new governor of Yuezhou, was facing the arduous task of rectifying the disaster.

There are many large households in Yuezhou, which have accumulated grain for years. When the people were not in the blue sky, most of them lived half-hungry and half-full, but once they were hit by disaster, they would be short of food for half a year. In the years of famine, grain was more expensive than gold and silver. For a time, the rice prices in Yuezhou soared.

Faced with this situation, the subordinates couldn't hold back and came to Zhao Bian to ask him to come up with a solution. Taking this opportunity, Zhao Bian summoned his subordinates to discuss disaster relief measures, and everyone was talking about it.

The subordinates proposed that the government issue a notice to suppress the price of rice to save the lives of the people. The subordinates argued that a nearby prefecture and county had issued a notice to suppress the price of rice. If we still don’t take action, the price of rice will rise every day, and the people will be unable to bear the suffering and may even rebel."

"Huh... that's not a bit similar to the situation in our Guangzhou Prefecture, but we are not a locust plague, but a human plague...!" Li Mingda asked quickly: "How did Zhao Bian solve it?"

Li You continued with a smile: "After listening to everyone's discussion, Zhao Bian pondered for a long time before he said slowly: I want to do the opposite for this disaster relief, without issuing a notice to press the price of rice, and a notice to announce that the price of rice can rise freely.

"Ah?" When all the staff heard this, they were stunned. First, they suspected that the Lord Zhizhou was joking, and then they saw that the Lord Zhizhou was very serious, and they doubted whether the Lord had taken the wrong medicine and were talking nonsense. Seeing that everyone didn't understand, Zhao Bian smiled and said confidently: "Just do it like this, draft the document!"

The official order was like a mountain, and the subordinates could only do it. However, everyone was wondering: This disaster relief will definitely fail, and Yuezhou will be everywhere! At this time, nearby prefectures and counties posted notices: It is strictly forbidden to increase the price of rice privately! If there are any violations, they will be severely punished after investigation. Those who report privately increasing the price of rice privately will be rewarded."

"Fifth brother is learning from Zhao Bian...what behind?" Li Mingda asked quickly.

"Then Yuezhou posted a notice of unlimited rice prices, so rice merchants from all directions came to hear the news. In the first few days, the rice price did increase a lot, but when rice buyers saw that too many rice were listed, they waited and watched. However, after a few days, the rice price began to fall, and it fell faster and faster every day.

Rice merchants wanted to sell them and ship them back, but one reason was that the freight was too expensive, which increased the cost; the other was that the rice price was limited elsewhere, so they had to reluctantly lower the price for sale. In this way, although the rice price in Yuezhou was slightly higher than that in other prefectures and counties, the people had money to buy rice; while the rice price in other prefectures and counties was reduced, it was difficult for the people to buy rice.

Therefore, the fewest people starved to death in Yuezhou this time. Only then did the subordinates admire Zhao Bian's plan and came to ask for the reasons.

Zhao Bian said: "The market is normal. If there are too many things, it is cheaper, and if there are too few things, it is expensive. We are so abnormal that rice merchants can raise prices at will, and rice merchants are all flocking to it. There are still so many people eating rice, how can rice prices rise?"

Ariko... Many times, when you only think about a problem from one perspective, it is very likely that when you face an unprecedented problem and think in a fixed direction, you can flexibly adjust the direction of your thinking, think from different angles, and even think about the whole thing in reverse, then you may win against the middle and get the fruit of success."

"Ah...so that's it... Then now I know. The fifth brother sent his own people to buy rice at a high price just to tell other grain merchants in the prefecture that Guangzhou Prefecture is profitable."

"Haha..." Li You laughed and nodded with satisfaction to his intelligent sister: "Yes, I asked someone to pretend to be a commoner to buy high-priced rice, just to tell the surrounding grain merchants that the people of Guangzhou Prefecture have money, and these grain merchants are all profit-oriented guys. As long as they can transport the grain over, the grain shortage in our Guangzhou Prefecture can be solved."

"Wow... Brother Fifth, you are really smart. I admire you..." Li Mingda gave Li You a thumbs up.

And things were the same as Li You thought. Those grain merchants were basically profit-oriented. When those grain merchants learned that the grain prices in Guangzhou had risen ten times and the buyers were still in a constant stream, the grain merchants could no longer sit still.

Even though I knew that Feng Ang was a ghost in the rice shop strike this time, Feng Ang is old now, and Feng Zhiyao is in charge of the company. What’s more important is that it’s a lot of money... Whoever doesn’t make money will be a fool.

So these grain merchants from other prefectures began to fry grain in Guangzhou Prefecture. Some of them were fast, and they could reach Guangzhou Prefecture in just three days, and the news was also known by the You family.

The You family is the largest rice merchant in Guangzhou Prefecture and Feng Ang’s most loyal confidant. When the You family learned that other grain merchants were rushing to Guangzhou Prefecture, the head of the You family also came to the Feng family with this news as soon as possible.

"Duke..." You Changjing bowed slightly to Feng Ang leaning on the chair.

"Why are you here..." Feng Ang asked directly without looking back.

"What happened, our plan might fail. King Qi issued a notice that the rice price could be raised at will. Now all the grain merchants in each prefecture and prefecture rushed to our Guangzhou Prefecture with food. It will not take more than five days. The food shortage in Guangzhou Prefecture will be resolved, and everything we have will become useless.

Now I wonder, can I ask the Duke of the State to give a order and not allow these grain merchants to come to Guangzhou Prefecture?"

After You Changjing finished speaking, Feng Ang sighed: "I am no longer the former Lingnan general manager. I am just a bad old man now. How could I stop those people? You must know that they know that there is ten times more money here, and they don't want to come here crazy, and no one will listen to my words."

"But... Duke, then our plan failed like this?" You Changjing looked at Feng Ang with some bitterness: "Is our child's life so wasteful?"

"Haha..." Feng Ann leaned on the chair and sneered: "Li You thought he was so smart. After reading some history, he thought he could control everything. His move was actually used by someone during the Han Dynasty. It was a trick used by Zhao Bian, but there was a reason for that move.

Because other places have lowered the rice price, grain merchants can only solve the problem of food locally. However, Guangzhou Prefecture is different. We are not in the year of disaster, and the grain prices in other places are still the same. We are not afraid of the increase in grain. Rice is something that can be stored for a long time and cannot be sold, so it is impossible to sell it back.

Ten times the price, the people of Guangzhou Prefecture had no money to buy it, and in the end there was only one result. No grain was left to Guangzhou Prefecture no matter how the grain merchants brought it or how they took it back...!"

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Chapter completed!