Game of Thrones: Catastrophe

Everything in King's Landing City is going on as usual. No matter whether it is the price increase of bread or the princess' disease, it cannot stop everything from going on.

Lanley and his knight Loras held a private banquet, invited the major grain merchants in King's Landing to attend, and made a public speech at the banquet, conveying the idea of ​​hoping that everyone would give them face. However, no one Pay attention to him.

Even the grain merchants who belonged to the Tyrier family in Hewandi were just looking at it. Most of the merchants ignored Lan Li's rhetoric and indirectly expressed their unwillingness to give up their interests.

The next day, the grain in Junlin City began to tighten, and the price of bread began to double.

The rise in bread prices caused a commotion throughout the city, and the imperial meeting had to be held.

"Sir Renli, you didn't go to those grain merchants?" Palistan was confused and asked Renli about his achievements as soon as possible.

"I..." Lan Li's face looked ugly. He was already full of confidence in the banquet for the merchants, but now he realized that he had been completely fooled.

"This matter is not the focus now. Those businessmen ignore the security of the country and ask for money at will. We must give a countermeasure." Leono gave Lanli a cover, and Lanli was also trying hard, but the effect was not ideal. Forget it.

"How should we deal with it now?" Varis asked.

"How much grain is there in Red Fort?" Leono asked a question.

"There are some, but more of the wine needed for the banquet." Varis did not understand Leonor's question very much, but he still gave the answer, which was not accurate. What he had was information about personnel, not this. A trivial matter.

"Where is the food stored in Fengxi Castle?" Leono asked Lanli.

"Fengxi Castle stores the food needed for a winter year." Lan Li answered.

"Dorite, send guards back to the summer hall, and let someone transport the food we stored to Fengxi Fort, and at the same time send people to Hewandi and Dorn to buy food storage." Leonor turned to Dorite and issued a statement to Dorite. With an order, while he stroked his chest and left, he turned his head to Lan Li and said, "Fengxi Fortress will transport the existing stored food to Hong Fort."

After he finished speaking, he turned his face to everyone in front of him:

"Since those merchants want to make money, I will make them lose their pants. Varis, you send out the news and submit to the imperial meeting and take the initiative to lower the food prices. That is, those who have made contributions to the country, I will do it to them. Reward, if confronted by the imperial meeting...》

Leonor did not continue to say anything and silently conveyed the outcome of fighting against the merchants, but this made Varis relieve the breath that was hanging in his heart and answered "yes".

"Are you having any difficulties?" Leonor made arrangements on his own, and suddenly remembered that not all of them were his subordinates, especially Ren Li. Although he was a brother, Fengxi Castle belonged to his territory. Will it be unhappy for him to cross him to mobilize food?

Lan Li was stunned by her brother who decisively made many orders. She came to her senses and asked him if there was any difficulty, and quickly shook her head.

"My brother, I support you at any time." Lan Li replied, wondering what Leonor could do, but as long as he could take revenge on those businessmen who dared to ignore him.

With Renli's strong support, things went smoothly. After Leonor finished the arrangement of the imperial meeting, he made another arrangement, asked Arad to find connections, and established several strongholds in the flea nest, preparing for the Used to sell food.

Yes, yes, Leono is ready to fight a battle with merchants to defend food prices.

When Varis released the news as he asked, the grain prices in King's Landing fell into a one-day stagnation, but in the following time, all grain shops began to stop selling grain, and grain merchants and local merchants began to hoard the market, and the price of grain began. An uncontrollable increase, the price of one bushel of oats (25 kg) rose to the outrageous price of 20 silver deer in just two days.

The soaring grain prices forced Leono to order the opening of the barns in the Red Fort and start selling grain at low prices in flea nests. However, there is not much grain stored in the Red Fort, and it is really a drop in the bucket to save the huge grain market.

Almost only at the same time when Hongbao was selling grain, major grain merchants also sold grain, but their grain prices soared again during this period, and the price of one bushel of oats jumped to 26 Silver Deer.

Faced with the soaring grain prices, several violent incidents occurred in Junlin City in just one day. The grains of Fengxi Castle arrived in Junlin City one after another. Every time they were sold, they were stolen, which could not stabilize the grain prices at all.

At the table of the former president of the imperial congress in the Red Fort, sweat beads were oozing from Varis' bald head. He conveyed the latest news collected by Xiao Xiaobi to the others in the meeting. There were many stored foods delivered by Fengxi Fort when it was sold. The grain was bought by the grain traders. While the grain traders were rushing to buy Fengxi Forts to store grain, they also transported a large amount of grain from Hejian and Hewan lands. They were stocking up a large amount of grain. If they were asked to buy the current price, they would If Junlin City sells the hoarded food, then everyone in Junlin City will go bankrupt.

"Sir, we have to talk to those merchants." Varis advised Leonor.

"Where are you?" Leono turned his eyes to the others.

"I will never compromise with those businessmen." Lan Li maintained a firm stance and must not sit idly by and watch those businessmen gain power. The Baratheon family must not admit defeat to them.

"······" Balistan and Pychil were silent.

"The five of us, now Renly is the same attitude as me, Lord Balistan and Master Pychel remain neutral..." Leonor looked at Varis.

"But sir, if this continues, the entire King's Landing City will go bankrupt." Varis requested that the people in King's Landing City are no longer happy now, and many people have been squeezed out and even have to buy food according to daily needs.

"No." Leono comforted Varis, the current situation was probably within his expectations.

"This..." Seeing Leonor's unhappy look, Varis didn't know whether it was the noble's inherent arrogance or whether he was really confident, and he had nothing to say for a moment.

"Just look." Leono had a little bit of affection for Varis. This bald eunuch was not just a person who played with power, but at least he had certain considerations about the overall situation. Based on this alone, his situation was in Ba. Listan and Pycheer.

Leono had expected the soaring grain prices. If the soaring grain prices will inevitably lead to speculation and refusal. This is his opportunity. He deliberately transported the food of Fengxi Castle at a slow speed. , and without any restrictions on selling, letting those grain merchants intercept and purchase, thus regaining some of the funds.

When the grain price rose from one bushel to a sky-high price of 50 silver deer and major grain merchants hoarded tens of thousands of bushels of grain, he began to increase the grain transportation capacity of Fengxibao, and a large amount of grain poured into the market, causing the grain price to fall. The price was reduced to 20 silver deer per bushel, and then 10 silver deer and 5 silver deer.

When the major grain merchants found that the grain they had stocked could not be sold, it was too late. At this time, at Leonor's request, Golden Rooster began to find grain merchants one by one according to the clues provided by the little birds. Forced purchase of the food they stockpiled at a low price.

In just a few days, all the grain merchants in Junlin City went bankrupt. The grain market in Junlin City returned to stability, and 70,000 bushels of stored grain were stocked in the barn of Red Fort.

Leonor won a battle to defend food prices with his insight beyond this era, and Robert, who was heading north, also returned after he had accumulated the granary of King's Landing.