I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 234 What Are You Waiting For?Do you want to go against it? !
In the huge side hall, there was a dead silence.

Except for Liu Sheng, who still raised his head in anger, everyone else lowered their heads deeply.

No one knew why he had to bow his head in front of Liu Sheng—the "prospective prince" who was only 14 years old and had not yet been formally canonized;
It's just that Liu Sheng's tone full of anger, but so gloomy that it makes people feel palpitating, made everyone subconsciously feel: lower their heads, maybe they will feel better...

"No one wants to say?"

"Dare to ask me to 'give you an explanation', but dare not tell me what the explanation is?!"

"--it is good!"

"If you don't tell me, I'll tell you for you!"

Seeing Liu Sheng let out a sigh of anger, he turned sideways and strode forward.

Walking in front of his elder brother Liu Pengzu, he picked up a pile of bamboo slips with both hands, turned around angrily, and threw the bamboo slips he was holding in his arms in front of everyone—especially Wuyanghou Fanshi people.

"2000 million stones of grain!"

"——In order to stabilize the price of grain in Guanzhong, my father is in Taicang, and prepared 2000 million shi of cheap grain for me!"

"The results of it?"

"Ok?"

As he said that, Liu Sheng raised his hand abruptly again, pointing his fingers straight in front of him. He was a native of Wuyang Hou Fan who had already been sitting on pins and needles;

Those eyes full of rage did not fall back on Wuyanghou Fanshiren even for a moment.

"A mere Marquis of Wuyang dared to buy 80 shi of cheap food from me!"

"—80 stones!!"

"—Last year during the Wu-Chu rebellion, our Han family had more than 40 troops to suppress the rebellion. It took three months from the expedition to the suppression of the rebellion;"

"The military rations consumed are only more than two million stones!"

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"What do you guys want to do?"

"The 37 princes spent all their wealth and bought a full 2000 million shi of cheap grain in Taicang. What do you want to do?"

"—Rebellion!!!"

A roar that did not suppress the anger, only made everyone look up in unison!

Anxiously wanting to say something, seeing Liu Sheng's face full of anger, he lowered his head again.

"Don't dare..."

"Don't dare..."

"--Ah!"

Everyone bowed their heads silently, saying "don't dare" repeatedly, but Liu Sheng laughed inexplicably.

"Don't you dare?"

"Under the sun, what else is there that you dare not do?"

"—I dare to make money for food, but it's just a rebellion, so why is it so difficult for you?!"

After a few more angry roars, the side hall fell into a long silence again.

The scene in the hall also made Nanpihou Dou Pengzu next to the chief seat, and Lieutenant Zhidu standing behind the chief seat, inexplicably surprised.

——A total of 37 princes came to the womb aggressively, asking Liu Sheng to give them an "account";
At this moment, the 37 people without exception lowered their heads, and were scolded bloody by Liu Sheng, who was only 14 years old and had not even been formally crowned prince.

The scene in front of him reminded Nanpihou Dou Pengzu that in the past, when Dou's nephew made a mistake, Empress Dowager Dou summoned Dou's men and severely reprimanded him.

Zhi Du lowered his head, thought carefully, and finally came to a conclusion: In the past few years, even Tianzi Qi did not seem to have made such a move.

At least in Zhidu's memory, Tianzi Qi has never been furious at dozens of descendants of meritorious lords as he is at this moment, and even wished to point his nose and scold...
"Do you really think that there are only 37 smart people in this world?"

"Do you really think that your little thoughts will not be seen through by the emperor, the emperor's grandmother, or me?"

"Ok?"

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"Haven't you ever thought about it: I, a concubine of nine sons, was selected by my father as the crown prince because I am not as stupid as you?"

"——I never thought about stabilizing food prices, which is related to the safety of the ancestral temple and the community;"

"It's also about whether you 'descendants of heroes' can continue to live a life of dreams and death, relying on the power of enfeoffment, and continue to live this life of worry-free food and clothing and luxury?"

"Haven't you ever thought that if my Han family's ancestral temple and shrine are no longer there, you 'posthumous heroes' will also be buried with my Han family?"

Following Liu Sheng's successive questioning, the heads of everyone in the hall can be said to be getting lower and lower;
In the end, everyone's chins were about to poke into their chests, and Liu Sheng still didn't intend to let it go. A few figures finally stood up from the seats, and bowed their hands to Liu Sheng full of guilt.

——Now, it is the turn of these 37 meritorious princes to give Liu Sheng an explanation...
"Young master, please calm down the anger in your heart."

"—We absolutely did not want to disrupt the young master's stabilization of food prices as the young master said;"

"I don't even hope that the ancestral temple and the community will be shaken because of our actions..."

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"It's just that the son opened a warehouse to sell cheap grain, which made us a little worried whether the 2000 million shi of grain can be sold to various places in Guanzhong smoothly."

"We were worried that you would not be able to sell these grains to the people in all parts of Guanzhong due to lack of manpower, so we bought the grains."

"—For the purpose, it is definitely not to use these grains to do anything that is not conducive to the temple and the community;"

"It's just that I want to share the matter of selling grain for my son, and I want to sell these cheap grains to the people in Guanzhong for my son..."

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"Well, of course;"

"I also want to make a 'meager' profit by the way to subsidize the family..."

Finally someone stood up, interrupted Liu Sheng's chattering reprimand, and explained it for everyone, all the people in the hall raised their heads one after another;

Except for the people from Wuyang Houfan, who still lowered their heads with a strange face, the other 35 people, without exception, began to 'struggle with reason'.

"Yes!"

"We didn't want to spoil the son's efforts to stabilize food prices!"

"—We really want to help the young master!"

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"This cheap food, if we don't buy it, it will definitely be bought by merchants!"

"At least when we buy it and sell it to the common people, we won't be as greedy as a businessman?"

"—Yeah, yeah~"

"—My lord, you really misunderstood us..."

Hearing what you and I said about ruining his family and buying the 2000 million yuan of cheap food, and whitewashing it as "good for the son" and "good for the people", Liu Sheng only sneered in his heart.

help?

——In the matter of stabilizing food prices, the dukes should stay at home honestly, don't meddle in food matters, and don't touch the idea of ​​the country's financial crisis, which is already doing Liu Sheng a big favor!

As for the phrase 'we have more conscience than businessmen', Liu Sheng scoffed even more.

——The situation that may occur with a higher probability is that compared with these princes who claim to be the "heroes", merchants with relatively low status may instead estimate their influence a little bit.

Furthermore, if these 37 dukes hadn't set an example and made the merchants think of "the sky is falling, there is a tall man to hold it up", the merchants in Guanzhong might not have the courage to eat the cheap food in Liu Sheng's hands.

Seeing in front of him, these 37 empresses, after what he said so bluntly, were still busy defending himself, Liu Sheng finally just sneered and narrowed the corners of his eyes.

Looking deeply at the few people who spoke first, he opened his mouth leisurely.

"it is good."

"Since this is the case, then I have nothing to say."

When he calmly said this sentence, everyone in the hall felt a little confused, and Liu Sheng turned around on his own.

He sat down again on the head seat, and looked up at the crowd indifferently.

"so be it."

"Since you bought the 2000 million shi of cheap grain in Taicang in order to sell the grain to the common people for me, then you princes, let's do it."

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"Oh, right;"

"Almost forgot—you don't even have a decent granary, and I'll store the grain you bought in Taicang for you."

"Let's go."

"I will take all of you to Taicang to bring out the 2000 million shi of grain."

Having said that, Liu Sheng was not too vague, Dang even got up from his seat again, as if he was really going to Taicang to pick up food.

Seeing Liu Sheng's posture, everyone looked at each other in dismay, their faces were filled with grievances, and they suddenly became depressed again.

Raise food?

Bring out the food in Taicang?
——Let’s not talk about where to put the 2000 million stones piled up together, which can submerge the entire Chang’an City, after they are taken out;

Even if everyone really sells these grains for Liu Sheng as Liu Sheng said, there is still a crucial problem.

——Nowadays, the price of food in Guanzhong is only over 60 yuan a stone...

Chang'an City, the city with the highest food price, is only 65 yuan...
And the 2000 million shi of grain was bought by these 37 princes at a price of [-] yuan per shi;

If you take into account that a considerable part of it was bought with gold at the price of "one gold for one hundred shi of grain", the average cost of buying this batch of grain may even reach [-] qian per shi. ·····
"Let's go?"

"What are you doing sitting around?"

"If you don't bring the grain out of Taicang, how can you 'for me' sell the grain to the people?"

The question was full of indifference and could not hear the slightest irony, but made everyone in the hall bow their heads again.

In the end, it was still the same as before, who were the first to interrupt Liu Sheng - those Chehous with more than [-] households in the food town, bowed to Liu Sheng again with a stiff smile.

"Young master, you are joking..."

"We bought these grains at a price of one hundred or even hundreds of dollars per stone;"

"Nowadays, the price of rice in Chang'an is only 65 yuan..."

As they said that, those people couldn't help but smile awkwardly, looked at each other for a while, and then looked at Liu Sheng again.

"When we bought these grains, we originally thought that we could earn some price difference;"

"Even if you can't make any money, at least you have to get your money back."

"But according to the current grain price, if we just sell the grain we bought, it will be a bit too much..."

"Hey, hey..."

The tone was full of embarrassment, but it only provoked Liu Sheng to sit back in his seat indifferently.

The previous sarcasm immediately returned to Liu Sheng's face.

"So, you don't want to lose money, so you ran to this womb, and you want me to give you an explanation?"

"how?"

"—I made you lose money?"

"Or did I once make a promise to you that 'I will definitely not lose money'?"

Saying so, Liu Sheng finally frowned again, and took a deep breath a little impatiently.

"Speak straight."

"What are you doing here?"

Those who were caught by Liu Sheng choked again, and the expressions on their faces were only a little more embarrassed;

Hearing Liu Sheng's words again, "Say it straight, what are you doing here", even though they were a little unhappy, they all laughed at the same time and bowed their hands to Liu Sheng again.

"These grains are all bought by us willingly, and we absolutely dare not blame the young master for this."

"It's just that the price of food has dropped too much..."

"--Have it?"

Before they finished speaking, Liu Sheng raised his head abruptly.

"Has the price of food dropped?"

"65 yuan a stone, compared to last year, it is a full ten yuan higher."

"—Everyone should know that the price of rice in Guanzhong was raised to 65 yuan per stone last time, but it was 16 years ago?"

"And I'm not even 16 years old..."

"Ok?"

The merciless rebuttal made the embarrassment even worse;

But thinking of the food they bought with their own capital, which has been piled up in Taicang until now, but whose value has plummeted several times, they can only put on a cheeky face and force a smile that is uglier than crying.

"Young master said;"

"The price of food in Guanzhong has indeed risen."

"It's just a little bit different from the increase we expected..."

When they said this with a smile, they completely forgot the words they had originally conceived when they came here and shouted, "I want to give us an explanation".

He only used all his strength to squeeze out a stiff smile that was uglier than the other;

There was a hint of pleading in the tone of voice.

"We bought these grains in the hope of helping the young master;"

"But judging from the current situation, we really can't afford this 'price'..."

"So, I hope you bought these grains for the sake of us, to help you..."

"Uh, slightly, help us?"

"Even if we lose, don't let us lose too much..."

In just a few words, the volume of the few people was still clear, but it was only visibly lowered by the naked eye.

When it comes to the end, the 'don't make us lose too much' is even fainter to the point of being almost inaudible.

And after several people said these words, everyone cast their apprehensive eyes on Liu Sheng, who was at the head.

In fact, before coming here, everyone didn't discuss it like this.

On the way to Taiwo, there were only five words in the minds of these 37 people.

—Geneva, refund your money!
But now, everyone doesn't care about blaming those people at all, and has made a concession of 'don't lose too much' for everyone...

"One gold and two hundred stones."

After a brief silence, Liu Sheng finally raised his head as if speaking, and looked at the crowd indifferently.

"I can buy back the grain you keep in Taicang at the price of one gold and two hundred stones."

"If you are willing to sell it, you can go forward and sign a pledge, and then follow me to the Shaofu for money."

"If you don't want to sell, go to Taicang and take your grain back."

With almost no thought, Liu Sheng was blunt and offered his own price.

— One gold and two hundred stones;

It was only half of the price when these 37 princes bought it before.

But what made Nanpihou Dou Pengzu, the emperor's seventh son Liu Pengzu, and even Lieutenant Zhi Zhi a little unbelievable was that after Liu Sheng made the bid, most of the people in the hall showed expressions of relief.

It is true that if you buy one hundred shi for one gold and sell for two hundred shi for one gold, you will directly lose half of the cost of buying grain.

But if you think about it from another angle, the price of two hundred stones per gold, if converted into money, is already nearly two hundred dollars per stone.

——This is no wonder Liu Sheng.

After all, when buying grain earlier, the ratio of 'one gold to ten thousand' was agreed by everyone.

At this moment, everyone was very sure: apart from Liu Sheng, there would never be another person in the world who was willing to pay this price to buy the food in everyone's hands.

Plus Liu Sheng, willing to pay in gold...

"Can you..."

"--cannot."

As soon as someone spoke, Liu Sheng interrupted him coldly.

"One gold and two hundred stones are not negotiable."

"If you sell it, go to the internal funds to get the money;"

"If you don't sell it, go to Taicang to pick up the grain."

Seeing Liu Sheng's tough attitude, everyone could only accept their fate.

Each of them stepped forward, laying down in front of the table next to Liu Sheng in sequence, signed the contract, and then gathered at the side of the hall, waiting for Liu Sheng to take the big guys to get the money.

It's not that everyone has no temper, or they don't dare to fight against Liu Sheng;

It was really this incident that made it impossible for everyone to grasp the slightest clue from Liu Sheng.

——Open a warehouse to buy grain, Liu Sheng clearly marked the price, and everyone bought it voluntarily;
As for the lack of money and goods, Liu Sheng is willing to continue to 'store' the food in Taicang for everyone, and it is indeed a big problem for everyone to solve.

As for now, food prices have not skyrocketed 'as promised', but it is indeed because of Liu Sheng.

But what can people say about this?

From the very beginning, what Liu Sheng has been doing is to stabilize food prices.

If you want to blame, you can only blame these people. They really thought that Liu Sheng was a fool, and really thought that the price of grain in Guanzhong would usher in a skyrocketing rise this year.

I have to say, there is still something to be dissatisfied with, or what is still incomprehensible...

"Uh, there is one thing, I want the young master to explain it to me..."

After signing, a big stone fell to my heart. Among the few people who stood up and negotiated with Liu Sheng on behalf of everyone, one of them stepped forward with a smile and came to Liu Sheng.

"We originally thought that if the son had no food in his hand, the price of food would definitely skyrocket;"

"But until today, the young master still seems to have food in his hands, and he is selling it out continuously?"

"Cough cough..."

"—I don't know, my lord, can you answer this question for us?"

"The 700 million shi of grain in Shanglincang is obviously not missing a shi;"

"But the young master has been selling food for more than a month in various places in Guanzhong, and it has not stopped until now."

"Where did you get this grain, my lord?"

This vaguely unwilling question came from my ear, but it didn't make Liu Sheng turn sideways.

He just looked straight ahead, still lowering his head, the three or five figures sitting in the banquet.

Wuyanghou Fanshi people stood up.

But after getting up, he didn't go to the side table to sign like everyone else;
Instead, he gave Liu Sheng a deep look, then turned around, and strode towards the outside of the hall.

With the people of Fan City as an example, the rest of the people didn't struggle too much and got up separately.

With a perfunctory bow to Liu Sheng, he also followed in the footsteps of the people of Fanshi and exited the side hall...
"From Wuyang Houfan City..."

"Hey!"

"it is good;"

"very good······"

　Sorry for the lateness.

　　I helped for half the night last night, and today my head is dizzy, and I dare not send out the things I wrote casually. I deleted, deleted, and modified them, so I was delayed until now.

　　Two updates today.

　　This chapter is the second update yesterday, and it is not included in today's two updates.

　　
　
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