The Tyrant's Cannon Fodder Queen[Transmigration Book]

The prince was impressed by Xue Yao's keen judgment.

The reason why he agreed to buy the [-] shi of grain was because Xue Yao said that the purchase price of Zhejiang merchants was [-] cents more expensive than this price. Even if the grain merchants boasted, the actual situation would not be much cheaper. deficit.

The insight shown by Xue Yao now made the prince think seriously about what he said was driving up food prices.

Worried that the problem was as serious as he said, the crown prince asked Xue Yao to go to the study alone to discuss matters.

The two discussed several countermeasures regarding the upcoming food price hike.

The coping strategy is to attack each one.

Xue Yao believes that there is more than one Zhejiang merchant collecting grain, which avoids the problem of a monopoly.

There are always Zhejiang merchants whose will is relatively unstable and who are worried that grain will be thrown into their hands, and will take the initiative to make concessions.

The strategy given by the prince is to attack the heart.

When I arrived in Zhejiang, I went through all the major grain stores. If the prices were too high, I would pick one of the grain stores and walk around frequently.

To do so is to deliberately ignore other grain companies, and make other grain companies suspect that the grain company has lowered prices privately in an attempt to monopolize the business.

As long as the suspicion and competition among the grain merchants are stirred up, the prince will benefit.

Xue Yao was overwhelmed by the prince's unrestrained demeanor, and a pair of little fan's eyes were staring at the prince's tall and straight figure.

When the crown prince turned his head, a pair of unwavering sleeping phoenix eyes happened to meet Xue Yao's round eyes.

Xue Yao hurriedly lowered his eyes, his face flushed slightly with embarrassment.

The prince thought that the little companion thought the study room was too stuffy, so he walked around and pushed open the carved wooden window.

Originally planning to leave for Zhejiang immediately, but thought that if someone really revealed that they were in a hurry to buy grain and rice, they should not appear anxious, so they simply stayed in Jinling City for two days.

The next day, Xue Yao went to various grain stores alone to chat with the major owners, but he was no more lucky to meet such a farsighted shopkeeper as the first grain store. The prices offered by other grain stores were not low In 610 papers.

It seemed that he couldn't receive fragmentary and cheap food, so Xue Yao began to enjoy the scenery of Jinling with peace of mind.

Originally, he planned to go to the Qinhuai River with the sixth prince to taste the delicacies of his hometown, but the sixth prince shirked it on the grounds that he was not acclimatized and had no energy to go out.

Although this little brat pretends to be like that.

But Xue Yao is very clear.

The brat is ashamed and blaming himself for being fooled.

A total of thirty bags of grain, less than ten taels of silver, not enough for the little prince to chew for a few days, and the sixth prince blamed himself for being so ashamed.

Xue Yao also became depressed along with the sixth prince.

In the circumstances of that day, he had no choice but to expose the truth about the Sixth Prince being cheated, otherwise he would no longer have the slightest right to speak during the food collection, and would become a joke in the eyes of the eunuchs who bought it.

It is true that the flood rushed into the Dragon King Temple, and my own family beat my own family.

Who made the sixth prince hit the gun.

The prince had to discuss with his counselors about the specific implementation details of the disaster relief loan every day, and he had to sneak in to comfort his sixth brother. He was exhausted.

The reason for agreeing to bring the sixth younger brother to collect food is to let this little guy who always likes to "donate money" understand that money is hard-won.

I want the sixth prince to see with his own eyes how ordinary people are working so hard for a coin or two.

Unexpectedly, let this little guy experience the treachery of ordinary people first...

"There are good people and bad people in this world, and you must be wary of strangers." The prince comforted, "It's not a bad thing to learn a lesson from a small fortune. I have already sent someone to track down the person who sold you food." Old man, he can't escape the trial of the county government, so don't worry about it."

"I'm not hurt." The sixth prince looked up nervously at his eldest brother, "Brother, don't arrest that old man, he is so old, he came from other places, and pushed such a heavy cart, just to cheat me of ten taels of silver. There's nowhere to go."

The prince was taken aback for a moment, his eyes became helpless but softened.

This sixth brother can always touch the softest part of his heart.

The prince asked, "You don't blame that old man?"

The sixth prince shook his head.

"Then who are you getting angry with these days?"

"I'm not losing my temper, brother, I'm just not acclimatized."

The prince stared at him with insightful eyes, but did not speak.

The sixth prince had no choice but to bow his head and admit: "Say it, brother, don't laugh at me. I'm angry at myself. I always feel that I have read books for so many years for nothing, and even an old farmer can play tricks on me. Why should a fool like me be fooled by Jin Yi?" Yushi, God has cared for me too much, I am not worthy..."

"Why do you have such weird ideas?" The crown prince frowned, and taught a lesson: "Could it be that you learned the strategy of civil and martial arts, and you were arrested and sent to the government for going out to cheat a few taels of money! You kid..."

Seeing the sixth prince bowed his head in shame, Xue Yao, who was silent at the side, hurriedly stepped forward, begging the prince not to blame the sixth prince with his eyes.

"Hey!" The prince was also afraid that his words would make his younger brother uncomfortable, so he flicked his sleeves and went out with his hands behind his back.

Only the sixth prince, Xue Yao, and two serving eunuchs remained in the east chamber.

"Your Highness." Xue Yao fixedly looked at the little boy's sad face.

"I'm just not feeling well," the sixth prince lowered his head, "Ayao, go play in the street by yourself and leave me alone."

"I don't care about you." Xue Yao looked at him coldly and expressionlessly, and said, "I just can't hold back some words, can I ask you a few questions, Your Highness?"

The sixth prince was taken aback, and looked up at him suspiciously: "Tell me."

Xue Yao said indifferently: "How did you fall for such a simple deception?"

The sixth prince was stunned for a moment, his face flushed instantly.

I didn't expect Xue Yao to be so merciless.

Xue Yao continued to speak with a cold face: "You can't earn a few dongs for a carload of rice. If it is really shipped from other places, do you know how much the car and horse will cost?"

The sixth prince was extremely embarrassed, and replied in a low voice with evasive eyes: "I don't know... In the palace, no one told me this."

Xue Yao smiled disdainfully, and mocked: "Even if you don't have access to these things at all, you can't easily trust the common people. How many good things do the people of Daqi have?"

The two monitors on the side turned green with fright.

Is this little companion crazy?No matter how good-tempered the Sixth Prince is, he couldn't talk to him like that!

The sixth prince really frowned, and looked at Xue Yao sullenly: "You can't say that, there are a lot of good people in Daqi, that old man happened to be bumped into by me just by chance, and you can't deny the goodness of the whole world just because of chance. The common people behave."

Xue Yao nodded indifferently: "It means that being deceived this time was just a coincidence, and you will trust the common people in the future? What if you are deceived again? I think you should go back to the palace immediately, so as not to cause trouble to His Royal Highness. "

For the first time, the sixth prince's eyes were sharp and angry. He stood up suddenly and said angrily: "I will still trust the common people, but I don't understand it before. I came out to practice to know this. I will be more cautious in the future." , will not cause you any trouble!"

A moment of silence.

Xue Yao's indifferent face suddenly softened, and he smiled "puchi" at Nuan Baobao, and said softly, "You are finally willing to argue for yourself? Isn't that what it is? You understand the truth in your heart, and the fault is not on you." , the fault is that traitor, you suffer because of your inexperience, now that you know, isn’t it all right?”

Xue Yao took a deep breath and continued: "Why do you punish yourself with other people's mistakes? You really make people feel distressed. If a bodhisattva-hearted person like you can't get God's blessing, how can you let that swindled and abducted farmer Does being in a high position harm all sentient beings?"

A moment of silence.

The sixth prince's angry face gradually relaxed, and he stared at Xue Yao in astonishment.

Xue Yao took a step forward, looked at Nuan Baobao and said in a low voice: "Whoever makes a mistake will bear it. You can't blame others for not being good enough. Those traitors who cheat farmers should be arrested and put in prison. He is not the only hard-working person in the world, and no one else has harmed others' interests to satisfy himself like him."

"It's not your fault to meet bad people." Xue Yao stared fixedly at the sixth prince, and said in a low voice with a more determined attitude: "It's not your fault that your mother and concubine have been depressed all the year round, absolutely not. Your Highness, you have done enough alright."

Suddenly, a mist appeared in the sixth prince's eyes.

The autumn leaves outside the window were blown up by the wind, and there was a rustling sound, dancing in the air with the warm sunshine.

"Thank you, Ayao." The sixth prince laughed, but his usually bright smiling eyes were blurred by the moisture, and through a layer of fog, Xue Yao's gentle smile in his pupils was blurred by tears.

The sixth prince lived for only 15 years, as if he had been waiting for the phrase "it's not your fault".

Finally, he waited.

Xue Yao raised his hand, and was about to wipe the tears from the corners of Nuan Baobao's eyes when an alarm suddenly came to his mind: [Lu Qian's sense of security is reduced by 1. 】

"Oh!" Xue Yao hurriedly withdrew his hand.

"What's wrong with you?" The sixth prince tilted his head in doubt.

"It's okay...it's okay." Xue Yao was in distress.

What's wrong with this little fat boy!

During this period of time... Didn't the maid give milk on time?

Followed the prince to Hangzhou, but the grain boat had not yet followed.

This was also Xue Yao's idea. If the matter of rushing to collect grain had been leaked, it would be even more careless.

On the second day after landing, I officially went to the grain store to explore the way.

This time, it was still Xue Yao who was traveling with the eunuch, and the prince had to wait until the final delivery was made.

The same as the trip to Jinling, the group first picked a medium-sized grain store to inquire about the price.

Hearing that there was a big business to discuss, the guy immediately invited the shopkeeper out.

Eunuch Liu still has the usual old-fashioned attitude: "Our old family members want to transport a batch of grain to the north. After hearing local friends praise the reputation of Guiliang, they came to pay a visit, and wanted to talk about a big deal with the shopkeeper."

Xue Yao thought about many possibilities. This group of Zhejiang merchants might pretend to be indifferent and deliberately quote a high price.

But the reality was beyond his expectation.

"Big business? How much grain does the guest officer need?" The shopkeeper's attitude was very humble, and he confessed sincerely in his unproficient northern dialect: "What a coincidence, some time ago, some Beijing merchants came to our place to collect grain, and now all the grain in stock has been ordered out. , the stock is only enough to sell loose until next year, and our grain bank may not be able to negotiate other big business this year, so we can only look forward to the patronage of distinguished customers next year."

Eunuch Liu's expression changed, and he turned to look at Xue Yao in surprise.

Xue Yao also looked at him with the same surprised eyes.

"Are there other Beijing merchants buying grain?" Xue Yao asked.

The shopkeeper answered truthfully: "That's right, the villain doesn't know the specifics. The guest officer sounds like a businessman in the capital."

"How much grain did they collect?" Eunuch Liu asked anxiously.

The shopkeeper smiled, this is the privacy of the guests, so I can't disclose it, so I can only answer: "Those two Beijing merchants urgently collected a large amount of grain. They not only patronized our grain store, but also sent people to Jiangsu to collect it A batch of grain, to supply those two merchants."

Eunuch Liu turned pale all of a sudden.

The situation is completely different from what he expected!

If this group of Zhejiang merchants wanted to stockpile grain and drive up grain prices, that would be fine.

If all the food is taken away by others, it will be over!

Last year, many areas suffered from natural disasters. The harvest in Huguang area of ​​Henan Province was taken away by the household department, and only Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas had surplus. It would be terrible if they were also taken away by others!

"You just said that the food was ordered by the Beijing merchant, that is to say, the merchant has not paid you in full?" Eunuch Liu asked directly in a panic.

"Oh..." The shopkeeper smiled politely again, because the business has been negotiated and the customer has paid the deposit. He has to keep the details of the transaction secret for the merchant, so it is inconvenient to talk more, so he just said vaguely: "The handover has been made." It’s just that the cargo ship hasn’t arrived yet.”

Xue Yao felt that things were completely different from what he had imagined, and he couldn't get confused at this time, he had to go back and discuss again.

However, Eunuch Liu was impatient.

Fearing that the errand assigned by the emperor would fall into his hands, thin beads of sweat were already appearing on his forehead, Eunuch Liu gritted his teeth and said to the shopkeeper, "What cargo ship hasn't arrived yet? I think he doesn't have enough cash, so he wants to occupy it first." Goods! Our master has brought all the money to Hangzhou to collect grain, tell me, what price do you give them?"

"Oh." The shopkeeper smiled without hiding anything, and made a hand gesture: "690 a stone."

Eunuch Liu was taken aback: "Are they buying high-quality rice?"

The shopkeeper replied: "It's the middle and lower class."

"Joke!" Eunuch Liu was so angry that his mouth was twisted, and he clamored: "Buy a large amount of medium rice, and you sell it more expensive than the market price? You think our family is a fool!"

The shopkeeper also stood up and said: "Don't be angry objectively, this transaction is indeed unexpected, and our grain store's inventory is indeed not enough. If you need it next year, welcome to patronize."

"You..." Eunuch Liu wanted to taunt, but was stopped by Xue Yao.

Xue Yao whispered in his ear: "Go back first, father-in-law, this matter is by no means simple, we have to find out before we can act, especially at times like this, the more we can't mess ourselves up."

Thinking that in Jinling, he didn't even look down on middle and high-grade food that cost 570 renminbi, and now that the Zhejiang merchants actually raised the price by more than 100 renminbi, Eunuch Liu's face suddenly turned pale, and he didn't have the face to argue with Xue Yao anymore.