I don't want to be a saint

Chapter 170 Dangfu has a clear understanding!

Go to Kuizhou Road to rob those grain merchants, not only can you rob grain, but you can also take the opportunity to recruit young people and expand your team.

It kills two birds with one stone.

If it is placed in a normal season, as long as the family life can survive, who would like to become a thief?

Don't tell me if you don't eat your last meal, you might be beaten to death!
Those who wanted to go to the mountains to become thieves only saw the thieves eating meat, but did not see the thieves being beaten.

But now it is very different. Kuizhou Road suffered severe drought, which lasted for more than four months, causing the river to stop flowing and the lake to dry up.Not to mention the failure of harvest in the fields, life is even more unsustainable.

All of a sudden, the famine was rampant, and starvation was everywhere.

The whole family, young and old, were all eagerly waiting for the rice to be cooked.

And at this time, they are going to recruit young and strong to expand the team. They don't need much, a bag of food is enough!

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Zhen gradually beamed with joy. He turned his head and looked at Lin Zaifeng and Kong Liang, and the three of them nodded secretly.

"Okay! Since that's the case, I will decide to agree to Erlang's proposal!" Zhang Zhen said very tactfully.

The king of Chu should have been happy to see that he agreed, but he was sad for some reason.

I could only cover it up for a while, and then said to the three of them: "Everyone's deep understanding of righteousness, I will always remember it in my heart! I am here alone, thanking you for your kindness on behalf of the tens of millions of people on Kuizhou Road!"

After finishing speaking, he stood up straight and bowed to the three of Zhang Zhen to the ground.

scare!
Such a great gift from him startled the three of them, hurriedly dodged aside, cupped their hands repeatedly and said: "I can't afford such a great gift from His Highness! The grassroots are terrified! Don't dare to take it, don't dare to take it!"

Now, the three of them really felt the sincerity of the king of Chu. He was indeed not false, and he was sincerely thinking about the people on Kuizhou Road.

Guo Yi was not very polite, let alone enthusiastic, and he still had that indifferent smile: "Tomorrow at the earliest, and the day after tomorrow at the latest, there will be a fleet of ships heading for Kuizhou Road. Go back and make arrangements for a boat to take you there. "

Jinghu North Road is adjacent to Kuizhou Road, whether by water or land, there is actually not much difference.

It's just that the waterway is a little easier, which can save the pain of traveling.

Ever since, due to the tight time, the three of them did not stay too long, and after saying goodbye, they left without looking back.

They have to go back quickly and make proper arrangements for the cottage.

Seeing them leaving, the king of Chu couldn't help sighing secretly as he looked at their backs.He didn't know whether it was appropriate to do so.We can only hope that human nature is good!
Seeing this, Guo Yi could roughly guess what the King of Chu was thinking, and comforted him: "Your Highness, there is no need to blame yourself! Even as you have said, we really have no better way.

In order for the common people to get a morsel of life-saving food, even if they seek skin from a tiger, they will not hesitate!

Big deal, let's work hard to get to that position, and then discipline them properly! "

"Well, that's fine!" King Chu nodded helplessly and said, "For the time being, that's all we can do! But, before that, let them see some hope, and restrain ourselves for this!"

"Yes, I know."

Seeing him nodding, the King of Chu couldn't help but heaved a long sigh of relief, looked up at the golden rice fields in the distance, and sighed to himself, "You can rest assured on this Kuizhou Road! In this way, only Jinghu South Road is left. ..."

Jinghu South Road was also hit by drought.The people near the big rivers are better off, they can have the river water to irrigate the rice fields.

And farther away, not to mention watering the fields, even water for humans and animals cannot be guaranteed.

Guo Yi nodded after hearing the words, then pointed to the rice fields in the distance, and said comfortingly: "Your Highness, look, we are about to have a bumper harvest here! Excluding those disaster-stricken places, there are still many unreduced crops left.

Look at this rice field, it will be harvested in three to five days.

At that time, we can buy grain and sell it to Jinghu South Road at a low price! "

Ugh!
Hearing this, the King of Chu sighed, shook his head and said, "I got the news that many big grain merchants have come to our North Jingbei Road. They will buy the rice immediately after it is harvested and dried!"

We don't have much money, and we can't compete with them no matter what! "

Although he is the appeasement envoy of Jinghu North Road, he can't buy and sell by force, or forcibly stop the transaction between the two parties, only the one with the highest price will get it.

Well!
After listening to Guo Yi, he couldn't help raising his brows, and said carefully: "We have no money, and we can't stop it. But we can participate in the competition!"

Participate in the competition?

"Why?"

"You arrange manpower and secretly send out news that you want to buy grain at a high price, which is slightly higher than their price.

In addition, the singing and opera is a complete set, while releasing news, contacting the people at the same time, and making verbal agreements with them. "

Before he finished speaking, the king of Chu suddenly understood, and excitedly continued: "In this way, those grain merchants will inevitably raise the purchase price. And we will also take this opportunity to raise the price and fight with them!

If they lift again, we will continue to keep up.In the end, the price must be high.

In this way, even if we can't buy it in the end, those people who sell food can still get benefits!
Erlang is so clever! "

An opportunity like this is really rare.Cannot be copied.

Because, in the usual harvest season, your side has a good harvest, and other places have a good harvest.Food prices must be low.

You just add an extra copper plate, and no one will buy it.

But it's different now, the Xinzhou uprising, the severe drought on Kuizhou Road, and the severe drought on Jingnan South Road.These places need a lot of food.

Even if you have a bumper harvest on Jinghu North Road, it won't be enough to distribute it to those places.

And this is also a good time for those grain merchants to charge high prices and make a fortune for the country.

Even if you take the opportunity to raise the price, they will not give up easily.

Guo Yi didn't feel complacent when he heard King Chu's praise, but kept his indifferent attitude.

He grabbed a piece of foxtail and put it into his mouth, shaking back and forth, looked back at King Chu, and said, "If Your Highness really wants to rescue Jingnan South Road, I have another plan."

"Oh…?"

The King of Chu immediately became interested, and he grabbed a piece of foxtail and put it in his mouth. Like Guo Yi, he shook back and forth, and responded with some inarticulate words: "Tell me! If it is possible, I would be lonely Do it!"

Seeing his curious expression, Guo Yi couldn't help but smile: "Aren't we going to report to the imperial court that there is a severe drought on Jingbei Road and ask for a [-]% reduction in spring tax?

And right now, because I haven't seen His Excellency the Inspector, I haven't announced it to the outside world.

Therefore, we simply collected [-]% of the spring tax.Later, when the spring tax came up, it was announced that there was a severe drought on Jinghu North Road, and the imperial court would subsidize some money.

Of course, the money is paid by us.It's money to buy food! "

Good guy!
Tricks are good tricks, but this kid is so brave!

Obviously it is to buy food, but it has to be calculated according to the spring tax.Gein, farming and collecting taxes is a matter of course.

Those grain merchants have no room to intervene.You can't raise the price even if you have money!
And this [-]% of the spring tax may not seem like much, but if you add up half of Jingbei Road, it is quite a lot!

Moreover, after they bought [-]% of the grain according to the spring tax, the common people still had a lot left.

At that time, they can continue to raise prices in secret, so that those grain merchants can continue to buy grain at high prices.Let the people get benefits and have a big and fat year!

Kill three birds with one stone!
It really deserves to be Guo Erlang, who is wise and close to many monsters!
"Erlang, tall, really tall!" His Highness King Chu laughed so hard that he couldn't see his eyes.

Well, I haven't been this happy for a long time!

When floating a big white!

(End of this chapter)