Phoenix Nine Heavens

"Although what the lady said is true, but the price of food is average, and food supply is the only way to ensure the survival of the people in the disaster-stricken areas. It has always been the case, and the lower officials are just a formality!" Han Yong is an old minister, and he likes to follow the rules in everything , so in his view, as long as you follow the rules, there will never be any disadvantages.

At least he felt that he was doing something for the common people, that he was doing something important to save the people, so he had a clear conscience. Even though what Su Xuan said was true, he also felt that his disaster relief strategy was not wrong.

"My lord knows that you serve the country and the people, and what you do is for the benefit of the common people. This lord has never denied it. But my lord, have you ever thought about what the people of Yuzhou City need most?" Su Xuan said. Shi Shi said to Han Yong, "It's food, real life-saving food, not an empty granary where they can see the price of food but can't get it!"

Su Xuan's words were powerful, she knew exactly what she was doing, so she said to Han Yong without seeming to be at fault.

"Could it be that the concubine raised the price of food for the benefit of the people?" Han Yong knew that he had tried his best in disaster relief, but the result he got was not what he expected, nor what the people of Yuzhou expected, but he didn't There are credits and hard work. Of course, he is unwilling to accept Su Xuan's complete veto of him, and even more does not agree that Su Xuan's way of driving up prices is not selfish, but the correct way to help the common people. He thinks this is a fallacy, created for his own selfishness. sophistry.

"I don't dare to say that this method is all for the common people and has no selfishness, but I think this is the only chance to save the food shortage in Yuzhou Prefecture!" Su Xuan also did her part, and immediately admitted that her method was to save the people in Yuzhou City. the only way.

"It's so ridiculous!" Han Yong got up from his chair angrily, stared at Su Xuan, and said, "If even raising prices is considered a disaster relief measure, I should resign from the post of disaster relief envoy right now and let the princess do it. I would rather give it to you." The concubine is the deputy!"

Han Yong's words were obviously angry, but when he was forced by Su Xuan's words and had no way out, he could only say these words against his will. After all, many things are beyond his control, especially their own. Temper.

"Master Han, please don't be angry, just listen to the officer speak slowly!" Su Xuan saw that the old man was quite angry, so she also got up, said to Han Yong comfortingly, and helped Han Yong to sit back on the chair superior.

Although Han Yong is a first-rank official and a member of the imperial court, he has never been treated like this before being supported by a princess Su Xuan to sit back on a chair. Even if he doesn't want to hear Su Xuan continue, in this case he It was not easy to refuse, so in the end, I could only reluctantly sit on the chair and listen to Su Xuan patiently.

"My lord Han, the practice of the lower officials asking grain merchants to exchange grain for contracts has indeed to a certain extent encouraged the grain merchants to ask for extravagant prices and to hoard them. However, merchants are after profit, and they feel that the grain business in Yuzhou is profitable, so it is natural. There will be a large number of grain merchants transporting grain from other places to Yuzhou Prefecture, and we will make a deal with us.

In this way, more and more grains will enter Yuzhou one after another. Those grain merchants found that the grains in Yuzhou are flooded, and they are not as easy to sell as expected before, and the large amount of grains is not conducive to preservation. The easier it is to mold and break, if it really wants to break, it will lose everything.

Next, in order to save their losses, even if they do not make money, the grain merchants will buy grain cheaply to minimize their losses.

After such an operation, are the people in Yuzhou Prefecture afraid that they will not be able to buy cheap food? "Su Xuan calculated every step to the extreme, and she was basically sure that she could control the situation, and then continued to say to Han Yong, "The increase in food prices is only temporary. After all, the lower officials suppress the price of food. There is also no food to buy for the time being, the officials are just exchanging events for space, and paying for cheap food! "

"So the concubine asked the grain merchant surnamed Qin to act as the sole agent for the exchange of the contract with the government, so as to expand the influence of the grain merchant in Yuzhou as much as possible?" Han Yong was really dumbfounded by Su Xuan's operation. He also didn't expect that there was such a big move waiting in Su Xuan's contract plan. Only now did he hear the truth in Su Xuan's plan, and he couldn't help feeling admiration and shock for this woman in his eyes.

Not to mention a little girl, even they veteran courtiers would not dare to think about such a big deal, but Su Xuan did such a big thing, and he couldn't find any reason to continue to oppose it.

"That's right!" Su Xuan didn't hide it either, since she was talking about this, she wasn't afraid that Han Yong would know all of this, so she admitted Han Yong's speculation and confirmed that Han Yong's speculation was completely correct, "It's just that no matter how low the price of food falls, ordinary people still need to spend money to buy it, but the relief money allocated by the imperial court has not been found yet. It really makes it difficult for some clever women of the lower officials to cook without rice!"

"The concubine's concubine, Hui Zhilan, thought of such a clever way to deal with the food shortage in Yuzhou. The officials admire her, but I believe that the head of the household department, Mr. Liang Jin, will find out what the concubine is worried about. We just need to wait for the result." At this moment, Han Yong got up and said, "What the official said just now is absolutely true. From today on, the Yuzhou disaster relief envoy will be handed over to the concubine, and Han Yong is willing to follow the example of the concubine!"

"Master Han, this is unavoidable. I don't have such prestige, and I can't follow this job. Besides, I came to Yuzhou Mansion just to play and have no official position. This time, I just feel that there is a food shortage here. It's too bad, the people are living too hard, so I came up with an idea to solve this problem, firstly, it can solve the food emergency of our Guards, and secondly, it can solve the food crisis in Yuzhou Mansion!" Su Xuan heard this. , Immediately stood in front of Han Yong and said humbly, "Since the emperor ordered your lord to take the emperor's order to come to the disaster relief, the lower officials will cooperate with your lord to deal with this matter. As for the disaster relief envoy, it is natural that Lord Han is more appropriate to take on the role!"

"My lord concubine said so, I am really ashamed to be an official!" Hearing what Su Xuan said, Han Yong almost slapped himself twice for what happened just now, knowing that his ignorance just now almost ruined Su Xuan's plan , causing the people in the city to be unable to eat cheap food.

"My lord, it's time to eat!" Ziqiong came in from the backyard with a bowl of food at this time, and immediately came to Su Xuan and said to Su Xuan.

The food in the backyard has been made into rice porridge, and what Ziqiong is holding in her hand is freshly brewed fragrant rice porridge.

"Princess Wangfei, I came to you without eating anything. You are the only place with food now, so you can't drive me back!" Han Yong swallowed as he looked at the bowl of fragrant porridge. He even asked Su Xuan for food.

"Give Master Han a bowl!" Su Xuan immediately understood what Han Yong meant, and said to Ziqiong immediately.