The Three Kingdoms

A guard from outside the lobby came up.

"You make preparations immediately, half an hour later, I will set off for Runan, there must be no mistakes!" Man Chong said in a deep voice.

Several powerful family owners in Runan County had a big conflict with the local tenants, and now all of them were killed. The governor of Runan County couldn't control the situation, so he reported it to him.

At this time, Yuzhou, as Cao Wei's big granary, must remain stable.

Cao c placed his Man Chong in Yuzhou because he trusted him and believed that he could stabilize Cao Wei's big granary, so Man Chong must not let this matter continue to spread, it must be resolved as soon as possible. Stabilizing Yuzhou means stabilizing Wei Jun logistics.

Of course, at this critical moment, he also considered whether there was something tricky in it, whether Soochow was causing trouble, but after thinking about it, he didn't think so.

After all, it's not a big deal.Yuzhou can't be messed up, and these conflicts between the local powerful family and the local tenants have come from ancient times, if he is not so nervous at ordinary times.

"promise!"

Hundreds of guards escorted this pet.In the afternoon, I went south to Runan County.

After Man Chong left Xudu City, Yuzhou Governor's Mansion was like a group of dragons without a leader. A big storm began to brew in Xudu City. The cause, of course, was the chaos in food prices.

There are two large markets in Xudu City.

One is the East Market.One is the South Market.

The South Market is the economic center of Xu Capital City, and it is also a large trading market for caravans traveling from south to north. There are countless goods coming in and out here every day, and it is only second to Luoyang Market in the entire Cao Wei Dynasty.

"The price of food has been reduced!"

"The price of grain at the Yueshan Grain Store is on a big discount today. Last year's new autumn rice only costs [-] yuan per stone, and millet is [-] yuan per stone. Hurry up and grab it!"

"The Lujia Grain Store sells old rice for 220 yuan a stone. No one is limited to buying a hundred stones!"

"Hurry up and grab the food, first come first served, if you get it fast, you don't have it!"

A sudden storm of food price cuts was the first to roll up in the South Market.

As a necessity in life, food is the main consumable that every family needs to survive. Its price affects the minds of thousands of households. Whether it is raising or lowering the price, it will cause excitement among the people.

The price reduction of Yueshan Grain Store, a large grain store, was followed by the price reduction of five or six large rice grain stores in a row.This force is enough to affect the price, and many rice and grain shops in the market have become empty and no one cares about it.

Faced with this situation, several large and powerful families in Yuzhou got together overnight to discuss countermeasures.

A local tycoon is not the same as an inherited family. The aristocratic family relies on the inheritance of knowledge.The power of the court officials is the main force, and their powerful families rely on the land and control the population. The land produces food, and food is the lifeblood for them.

"What's going on with the Yueshan Grain Store?"

The Patriarch of the powerful Yue family in Xudu looked melancholy: "They are very good. Why did they suddenly sell at a reduced price? Not only did they lose money, but even our rice store had no patrons. It was only three days. We There is no choice but to hoard a large amount of grain in the granary!"

"Who said no!"

Another tyrannical Patriarch gritted his teeth and said, "My rice store doesn't even have a single fly!"

"It can't go on like this!"

"How about we also reduce the price, so that no one will come to sell the grain!"

"If food is always hoarded in our hands, if it doesn't come in or go out, there will be problems sooner or later!"

A group of local tyrants in Yuzhou were all sad, expressing their opinions.

"Everyone, my elder brother is working in the Governor's Mansion, and he seems to have overheard some news!" The head of the local powerful Du family said suddenly.

"Brother Du, what news?"

Someone hastily asked.

"I heard that the imperial court is now fighting against the army of the Eastern Wu in northern Xinjiang, and the imperial court's logistics and food are in short supply, so the imperial court intends to forcibly requisition food from our tyrants in Yuzhou!" the Patriarch of the Du family said in a low voice.

"The court wants to forcibly confiscate food?"

"It's no wonder Yueshan Grain Store sells grain at such a cost, maybe they already know the news!"

"How could the court do this?"

"This is really too much!"

When a group of local powerful family heads heard the words, they were immediately furious, and each one was filled with righteous indignation.

"Brother Du, is the news true?" A calm Patriarch asked.

"Not so sure!"

The head of the Du family said: "But this is indeed rumored from the governor's mansion, and there must be a reason for the sudden price reduction of the Yueshan grain store, so it may be true. Don't forget that Guanzhong has experienced a bloody battle and has not yet recovered. , if the court wants food, it can only get it from Yuzhou and Yanzhou!"

"That's right!"

Everyone kind of agrees with this statement.

"In this way, the grain in our hands can no longer be kept in our hands, and must be sold as soon as possible!" A family head said firmly.

"But the current food price is very low, so it's a loss!"

Some homeowners are not reconciled.

"Do you want to lose money, or do you want to lose all your money? If the imperial court issues an imperial edict at this time, we will be in trouble!" The Patriarch of the Du family asked quietly: "If you give food to the imperial court, there will be no return, no Here, that is the decree!"

"Brother Du is right!"

Many patriarchs agree with the words of the Patriarch of the Du family: "Now we must sell all the grain collected in the new season last year before the imperial court forcefully expropriates grain. Chen Mi is on a business trip!"

"Just do it!"

"Our family's grain store also sells at a reduced price!"

"We must sell the grain on hand as soon as possible!"

With the unification of the opinions of all the owners, the next day, under the all-round selling of Xudu's grain, the price began to show a straight-line decline.

"Come to buy food. Today's food price is greatly reduced!"

"Our family's best new food, 260 yuan a stone, first come, first served!"

"250 yuan a stone, last year's newly harvested grain is on the market!"

"Old old rice, only 180 yuan a stone!"

With the sharp drop in food prices.Instead, the market in Xudu became lively. From the South Market to the East Market, the entire Yuzhou, and even the grain merchants in Nanyang, Yanzhou began to join in.

Many grain merchants began to take advantage of the fire to loot. Taking advantage of the sharp drop in grain prices in Xudu, they bought grain from Xudu generously and shipped it back to various places for sale, seeking huge profits.