She only wants to do infrastructure construction

Chapter 6 The princess who changes her face is difficult to handle
"Huh?" The four major families were a little surprised. They only heard that they had to repay the debt, and they didn't care about the second half of Li Yewu's sentence, and then showed ecstasy.

"Don't rush to be happy yet." Li Yewu interrupted several people who were about to sing and dance.

"There is some discrepancy between the number you reported and the number in my hand. It would be better for you to check it out first."

The face of the merchant changed: "How is it possible? We have stored every IOU neatly. How can there be mistakes in black and white?"

Li Yewu shook the IOU in his hand: "In the past five years, the prince spent 436 million taels on grains, 300 million taels on minced meat, and 64 taels on other sundries. A total of 800 million taels is not bad, right?"

"Yes, the total is correct, but the money owed to each of our families is different."

The Quartet Patriarch nodded.

Li Yewu put down the IOU and looked at them indifferently.

"In the 30th year of Dachu, the Sifang family borrowed a thousand dans of grain, equivalent to 3600 taels of silver;
In the 31st year of Dachu, the Sifang family borrowed 5000 dan of grain, equivalent to [-] taels of silver;
In the 32st year of Dachu, the Sifang family borrowed 8000 dan of grain, equivalent to [-] taels of silver;
In the 33rd year of Dachu, one thousand dan of grain was borrowed, equivalent to 12000 taels of silver;
In the 35th year of Dachu, one thousand dan of grain was borrowed, equivalent to 15000 taels of silver...Is it right? "

"Uh, yes."

Patriarch Sifang didn't expect Li Yewu to be able to tell the number of IOUs in the past few years without looking at the bills, and no matter the quantity or price was exact, he was beyond shocked.

Before Patriarch Sifang opened his mouth, Li Yewu lightly curled his red lips and eyebrows contemptuously.

"Counting carefully, the grain price was 30 yuan a catty five years ago, 50 yuan a catty four years ago, 80 yuan three years ago, 120 yuan two years ago, and 150 yuan last year... It is said that the price of grain will only increase when the war is raging. A rising tide raises all boats, why did Taihe City do the opposite, when the war was extinguished, the price of rice was 30 Wen a catty, and five years later it soared to 150 Wen a catty. Those who didn’t know it thought there was a war going on here.”

The faces of the people changed, and they glanced at each other and said hesitantly: "Well...there is a reason for the fluctuation of food prices. Five years ago, after all, there was government support, and the government subsidized the difference, so the price is relatively low. It's just a return to normal market price..."

"Heh, 180 renminbi a catty is the market price of rice? The price of rice grain in the imperial capital is only 15 renminbi a catty, but Taihe City is more than ten times higher than that in the imperial capital. Do you think it is reasonable?"

"...Different places have different food prices. Although we have a lot of land in Taihe City, there are not many people willing to work. In other words, we have to blame King Shang..."

Everyone explained and their eyes became a little resentful.

When the old butler heard that others were going to burn the flames of war on his master, he immediately became unhappy.

"Nonsense, our master has dedicated himself to Taihe City. He loves the people like a son and wants to give his heart and soul to the people here. How dare you put the responsibility on him? What's wrong with him!"

For whom did his master go bankrupt?

They extorted prices to defraud the master of his money, and even said it was the fault of the master, do they have a conscience?
The old housekeeper wished he could step forward and give these people a slap in the face.

If they were in the imperial capital, these people would have moved their heads long ago!It's just that the master is merciful and allows them to be domineering and talk freely!
Although the old butler was very angry, the other party was not afraid, and still went his own way.

"It's because the lord gave so much that the refugees would rather go to the slums than work, so the price of food is getting higher and higher."

"Nonsense! Is there anything wrong with helping refugees?"

The four big families shook their heads miserably.

"Every year, a large number of people move to the slums because of generous benefits, and our fields are also abandoned in large areas. In order to keep them, we can only give higher commissions. Even so, only a small number of people are retained.

Our rice and grain shop can only buy goods from surrounding states and counties if we want to do business. However, the cost of travel is high and there are many bandits on the road. "

"Do you think we want to raise the price? Isn't this forced and helpless? The labor is high, the cost is high, and even the risk is high, so the price of rice will naturally go up."

"..." Li Yewu.

Having said that, there is really nothing to say.

Never expected that it was Xiao Jiuxi again.

Seeing that the four major families became more and more excited, in order to prevent the dominant power from falling back into their hands, Li Yewu could only slap the table with all his strength, and use his momentum to stop their chatter.

With the sound of "bang", the surrounding area was really quiet.

Li Yewu spoke at the right time.

"Don't make excuses, even so, it is impossible to estimate the price to 150 yuan a catty. As far as I know, the price you sold to others and the price on the account of King Jishang are clearly different!

You are taking advantage of the king's concern for the people to make money from the great Chu's national calamity!

Those who make the country difficult to make money deliberately deceive the king are equivalent to deceiving the emperor, and should punish the nine clans! "

As soon as Li Yewu's words fell, those merchants immediately knelt down.

"Wangfei Mingjian, how dare we do this, I hope Wangfei will see clearly, we are all good citizens!"

Seeing that they were exhausted, Li Yewu finally let go: "That's why I said, there are some discrepancies in these accounts, you'd better check for yourself first."

Li Yewu's face-changing speed was faster than turning the pages of a book. Looking at her startled appearance, even people who have been in the mall for many years would not be able to guess.

In the end, they looked at each other silently, sighed and confessed.

"What the princess said is very true. Maybe the accountant made a mistake. Please allow a few days for us to go back and check the accounts."

"That's right, please allow me a few more days..."

After all, it is the strange concubine. As the saying goes, the needle behind the hornet's tail is the most poisonous to a woman's heart. They are worried that something will happen to her, so they can only walk down the steps.

Li Yewu clenched his lips: "In this case, let's take a one-month period, and hope that we can solve these problems smoothly by then.

Don't worry, there will be no less points that should be given to you, but don't think about what should not be given to you, otherwise you will be guilty of deceiving the king..."

"Princess, don't worry, we will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."

The four major families made promises before Li Yewu finished speaking, and then hurriedly left, and left even more hurriedly. After a while, the group disappeared in the courtyard of Shangwang Mansion.

Looking at all this in front of them, all the people in Shang Palace were dumbfounded again.

Everyone didn't expect things to turn around like this, and the little lady persuaded the debt collector to leave without any effort!
But it didn't take long for everyone to be excited and fell into another melancholy. The four major families in Taihe City are not fuel-efficient lamps. What will happen to them in a month?
Although the master's reward silver is coming soon, it can cure the symptoms but not the root cause. The reward silver is used to live well, but paying off the debt is a drop in the bucket.

Furthermore, how could the four major families make a wrong count?Even if there is, it is impossible to smooth out all the numbers.

At that time, it will still be a Shura field.

Thinking of this, the old butler felt a little heartbroken.

Li Yewu couldn't help curling her lips when she looked at the sad-faced housekeeper.

"There's no need to be so worried. Anyway, after fighting for a month, there will always be a way."

(End of this chapter)