Long Wind Crossing

Liu Yuru gave Shen Ming an order, and Shen Ming went to investigate.

And Liu Yuru didn't have much time to delay. After she understood the situation in Yangzhou, she repeated her tricks and began to collect grain at high prices and increase the price of grain. She asked her subordinates to disguise themselves as several waves of people to ask about food prices in Yangzhou City, and then spread rumors of soaring food prices, so within a few days, food prices rose rapidly.

In the past few days when she first arrived in Yangzhou, Yinhong has been very worried, her heart has always been hanging, and when things calmed down as before, she breathed a sigh of relief, and said with Liu Yuru: "Fortunately everything went well , I was worried to death a few days ago. We originally planned to buy 300,000 shi of grain, which is not too bad. Uncle will find a way to solve it. You must take this risk, and I don’t know what you are asking for?”

"You don't think it's an adventure when I'm in other places," Liu Yuru looked up and smiled, "Why did you think it was an adventure when you came to Yangzhou?"

"Can other places be the same as Yangzhou?"

Yin Hong said confidently: "Wang Shanquan is vicious."

Hearing this, Liu Yuru smiled: "If the Jiedu envoys from other states knew what we were doing, they would not be better than Wang Shanquan."

Liu Yuru raised her hand to draw her eyebrows and said indifferently: "Every time we do, we always walk on the tip of the knife. I have already walked through Cangzhou and Qingzhou, there is no reason for this piece of fat in Yangzhou. I let it go. Besides, you thought I was just harvesting food?"

Liu Yuru looked at herself in the mirror, and said in a calm tone: "The battle seems to be compared to force, but in fact, it is not all money? If I can scratch Yangzhou Layer skin, Yangzhou will be much more stable in the future, and it will not add chaos to Youzhou."

Yin Hong was stunned for a while, she did not expect Liu Yuru to have such an idea, she cautiously said: "Madam, in fact, these are all things for those men. You don't have to worry about it. "

Hearing this, Liu Yuru was stunned.

In fact, the words of Yinhong, she used to hear often, and even occasionally said it, but now, for some reason, she hadn't had such a thought for a long time. She glanced at Yinhong, and after a while, she slowly said: "Even if it is for Langjun, you should do more. Wang Shanquan lied to Gu's family so far, and I came to Yangzhou. I can't get past this hurdle."

Yin Hong laughed when she heard it, she rubbed Liu Yuru's shoulders: "Madam is still a little girl, you have this temper since you were a child, and it is still the same now, if Madam Su knows, I am afraid that angry."

"So," Liu Yuru turned her head and glanced at Yinhong, "don't let her know, or I may trouble you."

Yin Hong hurriedly nodded, and the two laughed as if they were children. At this time, a notification sound came from outside, but it was Shen Ming who came back.

Shen Ming took a sip of tea as soon as he entered the door, and then said: "I have traveled all over Yangzhou, and finally know where this Luozi merchant came from."

When Liu Yuru heard this, she quickly turned her head and said hurriedly, "Where did you come from?"

"Actually no one knows, but I ask everywhere, the emperor pays off, I met an old man who lived in the Temple of the City God, a beggar, he told me that this Luozi merchant He looks like a little beggar who used to live in the Temple of the City God. The little beggar was picked up by an old beggar at the entrance of the temple and named Laifu."

Listening to the name, Yinhong couldn't help laughing and whispered, "Isn't this a dog's name?"

"They were all born into poor families," Shen Ming glared at Yinhong, "Do you think everyone is familiar with poetry and books? Why don't you just want to give your child a lucky name."

"What happened later?" Liu Yuru interrupted Shen Ming's words, and continued, "What happened to the little beggar?"

"The old beggar raised the child until he was six years old and died. The child lived in the Chenghuang Temple until he was twelve years old, and suddenly disappeared. The old beggar told me that now this Luozishang, She looks so much like that kid."

It's not enough to conclude. But then a beggar in the Temple of the City God was recognized, so he wanted to climb relatives and ran to recognize it, but that night, a group of killers came. The beggars in the Temple of the City God were all dead. He was not there. , and escaped."

Liu Yuru and Yin Hong were horrified. Shen Ming raised his eyebrows: "Is it cruel enough?"

"Then why did he kill these people?"

I can't understand it in red. But Liu Yuru understood: "Because Wang Shanquan thinks so highly of Luo Zishang, he heard that Luo Zishang was a noble and famous Luo family, and studied under the famous scholar Zhang Huaizi. Luo Zishang met Wang Shanquan under this name and became him. Wang Shanquan's staff. Later, he has been advising Wang Shanquan. Wang Shanquan became the Jiedu envoy four years ago, and it was just one year after he entered the Wang family. If it is said that Wang Shanquan can become the Jiedu envoy, it was this person who planned it, then he is now status is understandable.”

"Famous teachers, this is his capital. If people know that he is a beggar, even if he does not shake his foundation, it will be troublesome. It's just that they were all people who were like close friends back then. ..." Liu Yuru sighed, "To be able to make such a ruthless hand, it's really a vicious heart."

However, Liu Yuru couldn't understand: "So it seems that he has nothing to do with the Gu family, why did he target the Gu family?"

"Perhaps," Shen Ming pondered, "in fact, he is not targeting the Gu family, but the Gu family is a step he must take?"

Liu Yuru was silent, she thought about it carefully, in such a situation, it seemed necessary for Wang Shanquan to take care of his family to establish his prestige.

She let out a deep breath, and then said: "Continue to check, this information is not enough, he must have other news."

Shen Ming responded, put down the tea, and then said, "Then I'll go out and check again."

After Shen Ming went out, Liu Yuru suddenly remembered: "You said, if all those beggars died at that time, then why would this beggar tell Shen Ming about such life-threatening news?"

Yin Hong was stunned for a while, but Liu Yuru reacted abruptly, and said with Yinhong, "Tell Shen Ming not to investigate, he was discovered!"

Yin Hong heard this and ran out.

Liu Yuru pondered for a moment, and immediately ordered the others: "Except for those who are still working in the city, everyone else retreated to the pier outside the city and prepared to leave."

Everyone should be, Liu Yuru and others began to hurriedly pack up.

As she cleans up, she ponders. How was Shen Ming exposed? Who is the person who is investigating Shen Ming now? Could it be that Luo Zishang is so powerful that she has already found out when she started?

She was a little flustered, but she calmed down quickly.

She thought about it for a while, and now the most important thing is to cut off the line between herself and Shen Ming, and don't let people follow Shen Ming to find herself.

So she asked Shen Ming to find a place to stay, and don't come to her casually in the near future. Afterwards, they all separated, and each went to do their own thing.

She retired to live in a hotel outside the city, and went to the city to drink tea and listen to music every day to inquire about news.

The price of food began to rise as scheduled, Liu Yuru looked at the price of food, and began to take small steps to buy back the food. At the same time, the subordinates are also prepared for many private transactions. Everyone couldn't understand what it was to cultivate a group of people responsible for private transactions, so Liu Yuru smiled and didn't speak.

At this time, Luozishang's desk was full of Yangzhou grain price reports.

“Why are food prices rising so fast?”

Luo Zishang was drinking tea and asked the subordinates standing beside him. The subordinate said calmly: "I heard that there are many people who buy food from all over the world. The more you buy, the faster it rises."

"Suddenly there are so many people buying food?."

"Yes."

Luo Zishang frowned, threw the documents away, and said indifferently: "Check where people come from, it doesn't look normal."

"Does that need to be managed?" The subordinate glanced at Luo Zishang anxiously, and Luo Zishang thought about it, "Yangzhou has just returned to normal now, these merchants are all relatives of Lord Wang, and they are not Be active. First, order the grain sales to be restricted, foreigners are not allowed to buy grain, and locals must not buy more than five buckets of grain per person per day.”

"Does the price need to be lowered?" the subordinate asked, "Now that the price of food is high, many people are making money by buying and selling food."

Luo Zishang hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I am afraid that the low-price merchants are unwilling, so stay at this price, but it is not allowed to increase."

Subordinates should be.

On the second day, the orders reached the major merchants in Yangzhou City. Liu Yuru was still drinking tea in the teahouse when she received the news. The people she arranged to go were in a hurry and came to her and said, "Madam, the Yangzhou government is here, what should we do?"

We don’t buy grain from grain merchants anymore, we teach the common people to buy grain from grain merchants and sell them to us. We start trading with two stones and receive the goods once every ten days, so they have to form a team to do it. These. Everyone who forms a team has a reward. In this way, the people will buy more food, and the price will naturally continue to rise. When I stop it, I will clear how much food we have in our hands in one day. How much to clear out."

"But most of the grain is from the grain merchants," Uncle Zhang frowned, "We have been collecting grain from retail farmers, how long do we have to collect it?"

Liu Yuru smiled: "Are grain merchants stupid? The common people buy grain from them and sell them to us to make money. The common people can trade privately, but they can't?"

"Don't worry," Liu Yuru said indifferently, "Businessmen have a way to benefit. As long as you ensure that our channels for collecting money and food are not caught and caught."

Uncle Zhang responded and did as Liu Yuru said. Sure enough, with the private circulation of the people, the price of food has risen even higher. It didn't take long for those grain merchants to take the initiative to talk about selling the grain to them privately.

And Luo Zishang was completely unaware of all this. When he found out, Liu Yuru had already put down all the grain, and the price of grain began to drop rapidly.

At this time, several merchants in Yangzhou also realized that this was a game. But no one said it. Smart people would not talk about this opportunity to make a fortune in silence.

And Luo Zishang also realized that everything was out of control after catching a person who was cooking food. And Liu Yuru saw that the grain was at a low point, so she quickly started to collect the grain.

They were only 20,000 stone short, so Liu Yuru insisted on collecting as much as he could, and then he left after boarding the boat.

Luozishang sent people to inquire about the situation, and when the situation was clarified, Luozishang fell into contemplation, and his subordinate said: "Master, do you want to take these people out? catch up?"

Luo Zishang was silent for a long time, then he suddenly laughed: "Interesting."

He raised his eyes and looked forward, and said slowly, "It turned out that he had this intention, and I only realized it now."

"Young Master?" The people beside him were puzzled, Luo Zishang glanced at him lightly, and then said, "They are such smart masterminds, they will definitely not live in the city and make trouble for themselves. Now go out immediately, seal all the inns outside the city, leave everyone behind, and then go to the soldiers at the gate of the city and give me a list of people who have been in and out of the city frequently recently."

"Young master, the inn outside the city...isn't there too many?"

Luo Zishang thought about it and smiled: "The other party came with so much money, so he won't feel wronged, and went to seal up the best ones. If there is still more energy, more seals will be made. Several."

Subordinates respond.

At this time, Liu Yuru sent someone to decorate the goods, and Yin Hong accompanied Liu Yuru, complaining: "Madam, you can't eat well, and you can't live well, anyway, you have to live there. Good inn, you rent a shabby house, what is it?"

Liu Yuru counted the food and said indifferently: "This is why you are stupid, if the other party finds out what we have done and starts to investigate people, he must think that we are rich and want to live well. Entering and leaving the city A pair of door lists and a good inn, and we're done."

Yin Hong listened, nodded and said, "Understood, then let's stay in the worst inn."

Yin Hong said, turned her head and glanced at the thatched hut not far away.

This kind of place where the air leaks when sleeping at night is really unexpected to most people. There is a God of Wealth sleeping in it.