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"very good……"

Li Jie lowered his brows and said: "To be honest, Lord Hou, since last year the Pingnan General's Mansion embraced Mrs.... after the abolition of the crown prince, people in the southwest have been in panic. Every household wants to save some food to prepare for the war. Now the price of food in the entire Shu County , has almost doubled!"

In troubled times, food prices would skyrocket. For example, in Li Xin's world, during the Anshi Rebellion, a big rat in Chang'an City could sell for [-] Wen!

"three times……"

Li Xin pondered for a while, then asked, "How much is the usual money?"

Li Jie replied honestly: "In the past, it used to cost two stones of rice, but now it is more expensive. You can only buy six or seven dou for the usual money."

"That's why the little people want to transport the food outside the city back to the city..."

Only then did Li Xin understand what these three guys came to find him for!

They want to bring food into the city, not to solve the livelihood problem for the people in the city, but now that food is expensive, they are afraid that it will not be safe outside the city!

Thinking of this, Li Xin snorted, glanced at the three people, and said in a deep voice, "Do you have any business in Mianzhu?"

"some."

Yang Zhu lowered his head and said, "The majority of the small people's business is in Mianzhu, and here in Fu County is Xiaozong..."

"very good."

Li Xin's face darkened, and he said in a muffled voice: "From tomorrow onwards, you will go to the granary outside the city to get grain, but it will not be transported into Fu County. The Marquis wants you to sell grain in Mianzhu."

"Sell it at the usual price of one stone."

The faces of Li Jie and the others changed slightly, and they lowered their heads and said, "Master Hou...now the city gate on the Mianzhu side is also closed, and the common people have nothing to do..."

Li Xin glanced at the three of them.

"Your business is so big, is there any way?"

"If you have no choice, then this Marquis will temporarily confiscate your food outside the city on behalf of the emperor. When the southwest is settled, this Marquis will ask the Ministry of Households to return it in full."

With that said, Li Xin waved his hand.

"Then let's put it this way, the three of you can go."

Where are these three squires willing to go?

Now that the Southwest is in trouble, these grain merchants can take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune. Once the situation in the Southwest stabilizes, no matter who wins, the price of grain will be suppressed again.

At that time, even if the Ministry of Households really repays them in full, they will have nothing to gain.

Besides... the food that has entered the government's house since ancient times has never been spit out!

Li Jie hesitated for a moment, and finally bowed his head and said, "Master Hou, Xiaomin has some relatives in Mianzhu, so he can try to sell grain in Mianzhu, but I heard that Mianzhu is very nervous now, and Xiaomin doesn't guarantee that he can get in... ..."

As he said that, he looked up at Li Xin, and said tremblingly: "Furthermore, Xiaomin would never plant poison in food..."

Li Xin glanced at his family, a little speechless.

The heart of the most poisonous businessman!

I just want to use the three of them to find out what is going on in Mianzhu. If possible, I can use their food team to mix some people into Mianzhu, but these three people are good, and they just want to poison the food... …

It's a femme fatale...

Lord Jing'an was silent for a long time, and finally gave Li Jie a faint look.

"This Marquis repeat, we are the royal teachers of the imperial court, not bandits and bandits. Most of the grain sold into Mianzhu will go into the mouths of the people. Why should I poison them?"

Li Jie smiled awkwardly, and then said in a trembling voice: "Master Hou doesn't know, the Pingnan Army has also been purchasing a large amount of food recently..."

……

To be honest, Li Xin was a little moved.

But in the end he still didn't choose to do this, after all, it was a bit unnatural.

"You guys are thinking too much. I asked you to go to Mianzhu to sell grain, just to know what's going on in Mianzhu."

"Starting tomorrow, you will go out of the city in batches and start selling grain to Mianzhu. When asked by the people in Mianzhu, you will say that the grain has just been harvested, and that it came from Fu County earlier."

Having said that, Li Xin paused, and then glanced at the three people.

"What's more, many people in our army have been injured, and there is an urgent need for medicinal materials and doctors. The three of you should be well-known figures in Fucheng. I would like to ask you to help me find medicinal materials and doctors."

Li Jie and the others smiled wryly, and they all cupped their hands to Li Xin and said, "Xiao Min, please follow Lord Hou's orders."

Li Xin laughed loudly.

"Don't worry, I don't need your efforts for nothing, I will give you money."

Chapter 519

Fucheng, a small city, cannot accommodate so many people under Li Xin's troops for a long time, so Li Xin must find a way to get out of Fucheng and occupy Mianzhu without intrusion from other places.

After occupying Mianzhu, all the defense lines around Jincheng will be stripped away. If the Jiange comes to rescue Mianzhu, Ye Shaobao can easily break through the Jiange. At that time, the Pingnan Army, which has been entrenched in the southwest for more than 30 years, will collapse directly.

If Li Yan's subordinates are determined to defend the Jiange, after Li Xin occupies Mianzhu, there will be no "worries" from the Jiange, and he can work with Mu Ying's Southern Shu survivors to try to break through Jincheng.

But the premise of all this is that Li Xin can win Mianzhu.

The three businessmen in Fucheng were coaxed and frightened by Li Xin, and they seemed to flee from the county government office in Fucheng.

Before leaving, this seemingly meek young Lord Hou made these three people break out in a cold sweat with a simple sentence.

"Everyone, after leaving Fucheng, this Marquis will not be able to control you, but your family members are all in Fucheng, and this Marquis does not want to leave a bad name of killing people with officials, so please don't force me."

This is clearly threatening the lives of the three of them.

But these three families have no way to do it. It is very simple, the knife is in Li Xin's hand, and Li Xin should be what Li Xin says. No one can remain indifferent in front of the steel knife.

After saying goodbye to these three people, Li Xin returned to his study in a leisurely manner.

These three people were not taken seriously by Li Xin, and their weight was not enough to make Li Xin take them seriously. The reason why they spent so much talking and talking was actually just an idle move. Naturally, it is best to make meritorious deeds. It doesn't hurt the overall situation.

Lord Jing'an has always liked playing this kind of idle chess. During the two or three years from the capital to southern Xinjiang, he often left behind such chess pieces that he didn't know were useful, most of them were useless. But some of them will be useful. Anyway, this kind of idle chess is effortless, so why not do it?

Moreover, since the three malicious gentry can monopolize the food in Fucheng, they should be very powerful in the Mianzhu area of ​​Fucheng. They might really be able to help Li Xin find out some news about Mianzhu.

After sitting in the study for a while, Zhao Jia, who was counting statistics in the army, returned to the county office. The dog-headed military adviser pushed open the door of the study, saw Li Xin who was drinking tea leisurely, and turned over a million dollars helplessly. , put a thick stack of papers on Li Xin's desk.

"Master Hou, the casualties in the attack on Fucheng this time have been carefully counted. In the past few days, people who were seriously injured have died one after another. Including the brothers who died in battle, there are more than 500 people in total."