Being stabbed at the beginning! Summon the net to suppress the world

Soon, Ji Changan was eating the candied haws fed by Ju Jian, which were pretty good.

He was listening to the information from Liusha from Jingwei.

Buying food? Does Liusha need to help? Of course not.

It seems that Lao Si needs to buy a lot of food, and these foods are also very important, and may even cause conflicts.

For the safety of food, Wei Zhuang was asked to go.

This is very wrong, because it is autumn now, and the grain harvest season is coming soon.

The grain should be the most expensive now, and purchasing is the least cost-effective.

After a large amount of grain is harvested, the price of grain will fall to the lowest.

Of course, because of the control of the court, this fluctuation is also within a reasonable range.

The most important thing in an agricultural society is food, and people are very sensitive to the price of food.

But if we collect grain now, we must buy it at a high price. Isn't it possible that something will happen?

"Jingwei, tell me, why did the fourth brother let Liusha cooperate with those small families to purchase a large amount of grain?"

Ji Changan closed his eyes and enjoyed the bamboo sword kneading his shoulders.

This kind of treatment is not available together, combining work and rest, enjoying it.

Jingwei did not think about it, at least after Luowang got the news, she had already thought about it.

"I'm afraid there will be some changes in the autumn grain harvest this time.

And the fourth prince, as a member of the Demon Cult, probably got some news in advance.

This will make Liusha ready, want to make a fortune, or have some purpose." Jingwei said his guess.

"Yeah." Ji Changan nodded, this is indeed a good idea.

But fortunately, the fourth prince has no one available now.

And after being assassinated many times, he basically trusts Liusha and feels that Liusha is completely tied to him.

Only then will he hand this matter over to Liusha.

"Even if the grain production is reduced, if something happens, Jiangzhou, as a major grain-producing province, is the granary of the entire empire.

There should be enough official grain to control the price. It seems that there is a problem." Ji Changan said lightly, but he also knew.

According to the execution of the ancient dynasty, it is completely unknown what the so-called official warehouse will become.

You don't even know if there is any grain in the so-called warehouse.

After all, Jiangzhou is the granary of the world, and the Jinjiang River runs through it, with fertile plains on both sides.

There has been no problem for hundreds of years. The last time there was a problem, there was a gap in the Anlan Dam.

As a result, Jiangzhou has become a swamp from top to bottom. Is there really a madman who wants to take over the Anlan Dam?

"Aren't Shangguan Jinhong and the Jinqian Gang in Jiangzhou? Let Luowang notify them.

Let them pay attention to the direction of the major forces in Jiangzhou, and let Liusha connect with them.

Exchange information with each other. By the way, raise the level of Luowang's intelligence agency in Jiangzhou and send more people there."

Jiangzhou is the richest place in the world, so Ji Changan naturally chose to place the Jinqian Gang there.

As for Luowang, most of the people are in the capital. Although other states have intelligence, they don't know everything like the capital.

There are still too few people.

But at least Liusha in Jiangzhou can get intelligence.

And soon, the answer to all this appeared.

Jiangzhou Wanli's expedited documents were delivered to the throne of the Emperor of Dajin.

It also reached the hands of the princes and even all the officials.

In the autumn of the 31st year of Qianyuan in Dajin, Jiangzhou suffered a locust plague.

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Jiangzhou at this moment.

The warehouse manager of Jiangzhou and the governor of Jiangzhou stood side by side on the ridge of the field. They saw locusts covering the sky and the sun, like a surging black wave, frantically eating the crops that had not yet ripened.

The locust plague that occurs once in a thousand years came without any warning.

Fine beads of sweat oozed from the governor's forehead. He knew in his heart that this was a disaster of great magnitude.

The court would certainly order the warehouses to be opened to release grain, but where was the grain in the warehouses now?

Everything had been eaten up long ago. In previous years, the inspections could be dealt with with money, but now there was really no grain.

In the end, there was only one word: death.

Who could have expected that the wealthy Jiangzhou would fall into such a desperate situation of food shortage.

So they quickly convened the largest Changyuan Chamber of Commerce in Jiangzhou, which was composed of countless families.

And it was led by twelve large families. They almost monopolized a large number of shops in the entire Jiangzhou and were real local emperors.

In addition, they have a lot of money, which leads to many students who have completed their studies and passed the examination to become officials.

The power in the court is also very significant, belonging to the second prince's faction.

The grain of Jiangzhou also belongs toThe Ministry of Revenue is in charge...

Even the Sicang and the governor of Jiangzhou are also members of the local power. After all, they are officials in such a place with strong suzerain power.

If they don't go along with the crowd, how can they gain a firm foothold and govern smoothly?

Everyone gathered together, and the Sicang of Jiangzhou was the first to break the silence. His body trembled slightly, and his voice was a little dry: "My dear family heads, locusts have passed through Jiangzhou.

Although there is still a small amount of food in the people's homes, they will not become hungry immediately.

But now the grain in the market has soared a hundred times. If it continues for a long time, I am afraid that something will change, and then it will arouse public resentment.

The court will definitely ask us to open the granary to release grain to regulate the grain price.

But you all know the situation of the grain in the granary now.

If you can't take it out, then this head of a certain family will probably fall to the ground.

Please lend me some grain to get through this storm."

His rank is not high, not to mention that he has no right to decide all this.

After all, these things were taken away by his superiors, and they had nothing to do with him.

Now that something happened, how could they possibly take out food?

"Uh..." The family representatives of the Chamber of Commerce looked at each other. Food? It had already fallen into their pockets.

It was exchanged for silver, not to mention that this matter had nothing to do with their Chamber of Commerce.

After all, it was you who sold the food to us, and it was a normal transaction. How could they take the blame?

"Cao Sicang, what you said is not appropriate. You know, our chamber of commerce is doing legitimate business.

What the court does has nothing to do with us.

This is a natural disaster, and we can't do anything. After all, we are all ordinary people and can't help."

The governor of Jiangzhou frowned after hearing this, and snorted at the representatives of the chamber of commerce: "Hmph, don't pretend to be confused when you know the truth.

If the court investigates this incident, I'm afraid everyone will be in trouble.

Over the years, you have purchased official grain at a low price and embezzled it. When it comes to settling accounts, how many heads do you have to chop off?"

Although he is a governor, the governor of Jiangzhou is only in charge of government affairs, not military affairs.

More importantly, this place is different from the original world. The original world is worried about the expansion of local governments.

But here the emperor is not afraid of these governors being too powerful.

Because of the existence of Wu, the imperial power always holds the most violent things.

Generally, a governor, no matter how knowledgeable or how high his position is, is just an ordinary person even if he manages a state.

"Then you should find a way to do it cleanly. If it involves too many people, none of us will have a good ending."

One of the representatives of the Chamber of Commerce said in a low voice. He had grain, although many mysterious forces had come to buy grain recently.

He let him sell a lot, but he saw something wrong and felt that something big would happen.

These merchants have extremely sensitive noses, so they kept a lot.

Now that the price of grain has risen a hundred times, how could he let it go, how could he lend it to these Jiangzhou officials to make up for the leaks.

As for doing it cleanly, he didn't say it clearly, but everyone knew what he meant.

For example, a fire burned the granary.

It's better than the crime of reselling official grain. The former is just a capital crime, while the latter is a collective punishment.

But the death of 10,000 people is also a number, and the death of 1 million people is also a number.

For the governor of Jiangzhou, it is highly likely that he failed to supervise the situation, as the consequences are huge and he may die.

But there may be someone who will protect him, but someone must die.

Everyone's eyes are all on Cao Sicang, who is the lowest official and has little influence.

"Cao Sicang, don't worry, after you commit suicide out of fear of punishment, we will help you take care of your wife and daughter."