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The first autumn rain in 1568 finally came with the actions of Wang Fang and others.

"How's the dike on the river bank doing?"

"It was all blown up, with more than a dozen holes."

"More than six hundred kilograms of gunpowder were all transported there. Except for two places that were not ignited because of rain, the others have all exploded."

The mountains in the Qingyang area belong to the Jiuhua Mountain generation. The straight-line distance from the Yangtze River is less than 60 miles. It is also a famous water town nearby, and close to the Yangtze River, there is also a lake area with a radius of 100 miles.

Once such a huge amount of water explodes, the consequences will be obvious.

As news came one after another, Wang Fang had roughly estimated the location of the flood.

A total of nearly a hundred miles of nearby uninhabited barren mountains will be flooded, and among several villages close to the county seat, more than a dozen villages will be affected by floods.

"Send the order to mobilize the second crop of 300,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes and distribute them to nearby affected villages. However, we will have to wait a month before distributing them. Now we will wait for the food price crisis to pass."

As early as when sweet potatoes began to be sold, the price of food in Qingyang County began to encounter a price crisis. However, when Wang Fang stepped up the sales, a total of 900,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes poured into the county in just fifteen days.

Qingyang County, a town with only 80,000 people, faced a supply of sweet potatoes ten times greater than its own. In just seven days, the price of food at major food stores in the county dropped by more than 30%, almost to the level of three Wen per pound before the sea ban was lifted last year. level.

"After the notice went on, the price of grain fell by 40%, so we bought and stocked grain on a large scale, as much as three cents per pound, as much as we had."

As he spoke, he turned around and asked in another direction: "How much money do we have left?"

"funds"

The lame man next to me was stunned for a moment, and then said: "There are still about 1,500 taels of silver in savings. In addition to the money for 900,000 catties of sweet potatoes, there is also some money from the previous hunting of tigers and the sale of other wild animals. "

"Okay, all of it will be used to buy grain, plus sweet potatoes for grain, so that we can stock up on eight thousand dan of grain when news of the flood comes."

As if he was frightened by the amount in his mouth, Wang Fang continued: "Tell the merchants who help us distribute that we can buy shares from them. For every ten taels of silver we borrow, we will repay him twenty taels after half a year, using sweet potatoes as collateral. "

After finishing speaking, as if he was afraid that the funds were not enough, Wang Fang continued: "If it doesn't work, just borrow it, loan sharking is also acceptable. In short, before autumn, you must save an amount of 10,000 shi."

After the instructions were issued one by one, at the same time, in the direction of the county town, the gangster who had followed Yang Jiu and was injured by Wang Fang stood respectfully in front of a middle-aged man and said: "Mr. Li, I’m afraid our food prices will have to drop.”

"What happened? Have you found out?"

"It is said that the big merchants in Jinling City have accumulated tens of thousands of kilograms of sweet potatoes and have nowhere to sell them, so they came to our Qingyang City to sell them."

While talking, a tea cup was thrown on the ground, and the man roared: "Shit can't be sold. They don't want the price of their food to drop. Otherwise, they can just sell it nearby. Why do they have to come to my territory of Qingyang City?" .”

After scolding, he seemed to have calmed down: "Where is Yang Jiu? Let him check and seal every one he catches. If anyone dares to sell, I will seal his shop."

Popi broke into a cold sweat: "It's not the shop, it's the farmers in the nearest villages, there are half-grown men, a hundred and ten people, carrying baskets on their backs every day, with ten cents a basket, it's like giving it away for free."

"In addition, Master Jiu left the city a few days ago. He said he discovered the whereabouts of the group of people half a year ago and took dozens of people out of the city."

He seemed to be angry, and he cursed several times in succession: "Where are the government officials, where are the police officers, let them go. I will also check the people carrying the baskets. I will arrest each one and throw them all to the prison."

Popi didn't dare to tell him that there were not just hundreds of people, but hundreds of people carrying baskets every day to distribute goods in the county. Otherwise, the middle-aged man in front of him would be pissed to death. He could only say helplessly:

"The government officials went to investigate the case. Within half a month, three people died in a row, and they were all related to us. The Royal Lord thought that someone was planning to attack us, so he sent the government officials to investigate the case."

The atmosphere suddenly became quiet, and the man breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Tell me, does this matter have something to do with He Laosan?"

As if he was organizing his words, Popi was silent for a moment, then whispered: "It shouldn't be related. If He Laosan came back, according to his temper, he would have taken action long ago, and it is impossible to hold back until now."

As if he was hit by a series of events, the middle-aged man waved his hand and said: "Forget it, let's lower the price. I have been saving for a year. I planned to increase the price when the economy is in recession. At the moment, it seems that I can recover as much loss as possible." What a loss.”

Autumn grain is coming soon. If we don't sell it now, it means we have to store it for another year. And with enough sweet potatoes, I don't know how low the grain price will be next year.

Without telling the other party that it was impossible to recover the loss, Pipi bowed respectfully and turned to leave.

Wang Fang, who was at the other end, after dismissing everyone, quietly meditated and began to figure out the loopholes in his plan.

This is a huge plan. It took a full year and a half to prepare since the spring of last year. From the first step of giving out sweets to the children in the village to attract people's hearts, until now, I have more than ten people around me. Available candidates.

If we include the seeds under investigation, there are already nearly a hundred candidates.

"By the way, how are Yang Jiu and the others?"

He Yongding, who was in charge of clearing the accounts, nodded and said, "I was led away by Yang Shiyi three days ago. After leaving the city, I went straight to our valley."

"The dam was blown open two days ago and they should have been drowned by the floods now."

As if he was not sure of his words, He Yongding added: "Even if they are not drowned, they will be trapped by the flood. At present, the area of ​​30 miles near the valley has been completely washed away by the flood. The most they can do is be trapped in Somewhere on the mountain, waiting for the flood to recede.”

After nodding, he seemed to agree with He Yongding's statement. As early as half a month ago, Wang Fang began to plan how to transfer Yang Jiu and others out of the city.

If the purpose of killing old clan scribes and others related to the government was to hold back the government officials, then the risk of letting Yang Shiyi show up in the county seat was to transfer Yang Jiu.

His younger brother was arrested, he was wounded, more than ten beggars were picked up, and the other party also had a musket in his hand. Yang Jiu took away most of the gangsters in the county, and the government officials took away most of the county's police officers.

If it were normal times, Wang Fang would not guarantee that his plan would succeed, but now, with the two major obstacles gone, there was no reason why it would not succeed.

After carefully thinking about the plan in his mind and finding that there were not many loopholes, Wang Fang finally relaxed, sat down on the grass beneath him, and fell asleep.

After a year and a half, he was tired and sleepy. This was the first time that he used the knowledge he knew on a large scale in ancient times, and the results were already obvious.

Some people will be killed, some will starve, some will make money, and some will suffer losses.

In addition, more than a dozen villages, including the surrounding mountains and forests, were plagued by floods, and tens of thousands of acres of fields were submerged.

It was hard to imagine what he had done, but he confirmed with absolute certainty that he had really done it. See more Weixin official account: hhxs665