After the Hou family's mistress was reborn, the entire Hou family suffered disaster

"Hold it in your hand?" Madam Zhou was even more puzzled, "Girl, are you worried that we have nothing to eat? Don't worry, girl, we also have food in our house, we will definitely not be hungry!"

Moreover, if it really comes to a critical moment, even if Jiang Fuyue doesn't leave, she will send him away by force.

There were things in Liangzhou city that she couldn't let go of, but that was her obsession and had nothing to do with Jiang Fuyue.

Jiang Fuyue shook her head: "Madam, you have misunderstood. You are not holding this grain in your hands for eating. What I mean is that since Mr. Liu has plans to increase prices recently, why don't we take advantage of the trend. "

"Following the trend?" Madam Zhou was even more puzzled.

Why?

"If the government releases the news and collects grain at high prices, then if the merchants outside get the news and know that the government in the city is taking the lead in driving up grain prices, will they also want to get a share of the pie?" Jiang Fuyue said, "Let's take advantage of the fact that there are many grain merchants in the city. At that time, the rice in hand was sold at a low price. They couldn't sell it, so naturally they had no choice but to lower the price. In this way, the crisis could be temporarily relieved, which would be enough to last until the imperial court sent people over."

Businessmen pursue profits and cannot let such huge profits go in vain. Even if they have a tentative attitude, they still have to come over in person with food.

Nowadays, Zhou Mansion's grain reserves are abundant enough that those outside grain merchants do not dare to delay and can only follow their wishes.

After all, if the rice has been stored for a long time and becomes stale, it may not be possible to sell it.

In short, as long as it comes, it will be a white and tender little lamb.

"But there is one thing I don't understand. Now that food prices are so expensive, why are the surrounding cities that have not been affected by the disaster so quiet, as if they don't know anything about it?"

The more Jiang Fuyue thought about it, the stranger it became.

"It's possible," Madam Zhou said. "Young lady doesn't know something. The Liu family has been rooted in Qicheng for a long time. Nowadays, in Qicheng, except for Liangzhou City, Liu Bohua is basically the only one who has the say. Calculate."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Zhou was also very emotional.

Liu Bohua was still able to control the lifeblood of four cities at the same time by himself. From this point of view, this man's scheming skills were indeed remarkable.

"Wan'er also told me just now that there are no refugees leaving the surrounding cities. The refugees we saw on the road should be from nearby villages and towns. I'm afraid those people have no idea that the price of food in the city is already so high. , that’s why the news didn’t spread.” Mrs. Zhou continued.

After all, even Liangzhou has closed its city gates, and the same is probably true for other cities.

People from outside can't get in, so they naturally don't know what's going on in the city.

"Can it still be like this?" Jiang Fuyue was shocked.

The Liu family's influence in the local area is much greater than she imagined.

After all, no one in the capital has such great energy and can completely cover the sky with one hand.

Fortunately, Liangzhou City is not restricted by him.

After all, Mrs. Zhou has lived here for a long time, and she is no longer surprised by this matter: "Girl, I will go and arrange the matter, and ask people to collect the food into the empty yard first, and then I will go find a Go to Magistrate Wu and discuss this matter with him."

She has been dealing with Magistrate Wu for many years and knows what he is like.

Jiang Fuyue nodded and didn't ask any more questions: "I'm afraid Mr. Liu is still outside. If Madam goes out now, be sure not to run into him."

"Don't worry, girl." Mrs. Zhou left a word and left in a hurry.

As soon as Mrs. Zhou left, Jingzhe Guyu walked in.

The two of them stood guard at the door and heard Jiang Fuyue and Madam Zhou's words clearly.

"Girl, is it really okay to do this?" Jingzhe was a little worried.

Jiang Fuyue nodded: "Don't worry, this matter will be handled by the government. It's just and legitimate, so there's no problem."

Jingzhe and Gu Yu looked at each other, still a little worried.

After all, strictly speaking, this matter is already involved in government affairs.

Men cannot interfere in government affairs before they become officials, let alone women like them.

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In that compartment, Madam Zhou left the mansion through the back door and went straight to the Wu Mansion.

Seeing her coming, the servants of the Wu Mansion didn't seem surprised, and they didn't report her, but directly led Madam Zhou into the mansion.

Magistrate Wu is a strong man in his early forties, wearing a green shirt and a beard, with a dignified appearance and a majestic temperament. At this time, he is pulling his hair from worry in the study.

Hearing that Madam Zhou was coming, Magistrate Wu quickly stood up and personally welcomed the person in: "Madam is finally back!"

Looking at Magistrate Wu with messy hair and damaged dignity, Mrs. Zhou could not suppress the surprise in her eyes.

Facing Madam Zhou's look, Magistrate Wu finally remembered that he was pulling his hair just now, and he might not look good now.

So he quickly raised his hand to tidy up his hair, and asked someone to serve Madam Zhou some tea: "Madam, you are laughing, the situation in the city is really not optimistic, I - alas!"

"What?" Madam Zhou frowned slightly, "Could it be that the government and the Zhou government have joined forces to release grain, and they can't last long?"

Magistrate Wu nodded with a sad look on his face: "Yes... I just took stock of the grains in the granary. If it remains like this, putting out porridge twice a day, I estimate that it will only last for more than half a month. If If the people from the imperial court don't come, then Liangzhou City will probably..."

He also thought about only putting the porridge in once a day, so that it could last longer.

But now, looking at the whole city, there is no fat man. If he only eats one meal a day, people will probably die.

The more Magistrate Wu thought about it, the more worried he became.

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhou's face also became serious: "Don't panic, magistrate, our Zhou family has received a new amount of rice, and I came here this time with an idea to tell the magistrate. If this matter is feasible, Liangzhou City The crisis will be resolved.”

"Oh?" Magistrate Wu's eyes lit up, "Don't you think that Madam is not only profound in business, but also has unique insights in government affairs?"

Madam Zhou shook her head and said, "To be honest, this idea came from Madam Huiyin's daughter, my girl."

"Ms. Huiyin's daughter has also come to our Liangzhou City?" Magistrate Wu's eyes brightened.

Madam Zhou nodded and told Jiang Fuyue's plan.

When Magistrate Wu heard this, his eyes lit up.

First attract grain merchants, and when the food is abundant, the government and the Zhou family will work together to sell the rice grains at low prices. Those grain merchants cannot sell the goods with them, and they cannot bring them back, so naturally they can only sell them at low prices here. price for sale.

With the food now available, the crisis in Liangzhou City will be completely resolved!

Wonderful!

Although as soon as this happened, he, the prefect, would be pointed at and scolded.

But just scold him, how can he lose a piece of meat?

The worst thing is, he will just think of a way to make up for the grain merchants coming from other places!

The more Magistrate Wu thought about it, the more he realized it was feasible. The sadness on his face faded away, replaced by a smile.