Chapter 33

He intended to trample the outside grain merchants, forcing the four major grain merchants to sell their grain!

"Your subordinate will go handle it at once!"

Du Jiang, anxious, made a gesture to leave.

Gao Yang spoke again, "Wait!"

Du Jiang turned back and looked at Gao Yang, "Does my lord have any further instructions?"

Gao Yang said indifferently, "There isn't much grain in the granary. Don't sell it too quickly. Let the commoners line up to buy it, and register them household by household."

"Then release news to the outside that His Majesty has ordered disaster relief, and that one hundred thousand carts of grain are being transported to Linjiang City. My lord hates these grain merchants who profit from national disasters most in my life, so I want to make all these grain merchants who profit from national disasters go bankrupt!"

"The grain restriction order might last ten days, or it might be half a month; it all depends on my lord's mood!"

Du Jiang's scalp went numb instantly.

He said directly, "My lord, this scheme is too vicious. These grain merchants have had the worst luck in ten lifetimes to encounter my lord. I fear the grain price in Linjiang City will plummet!"

Du Jiang hurried out to carry out Gao Yang's instructions.

Shangguan Wan'er, however, asked in confusion, "I fear the outside grain merchants won't believe such rumors, will they?"

Gao Yang gave a contemptuous smile, "Official Shangguan, you are wrong."

Shangguan Wan'er gazed at Gao Yang's handsome face, filled with doubt.

Gao Yang explained: "Official Shangguan still doesn't understand human nature. These outside grain merchants traveled dozens of miles to sell grain. They lose at least one-tenth on the road, and the corvée laborers and cooks need daily wages and food money. Every extra day they are delayed, their costs rise."

"Even if they stubbornly refuse to sell, returning is an even greater cost. At this time, even the slightest disturbance will make them suspicious and fearful, seeing enemies in every bush and tree!"

"Furthermore, the truly brilliant point of this trap lies in the trampling. The first batch of grain merchants to sell can still make a profit, but those who sell later won't even get to drink the soup..."

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Wan'er's expression became complex.

Green Radish's cute little face turned pale.

She looked as if she had seen a ghost.

These past few days, Gao Yang had taken advantage of her more than once, laughing and joking.

But she hadn't expected him to be so terrifying.

"Young Master, you wouldn't sell this servant one day, and have me count the money for you, would you..." Green Radish said weakly.

Gao Yang laughed heartily, "Does this young master look like that kind of person?"

Green Radish nodded without hesitation, but then immediately shook her head.

Gao Yang: "..."

He reached out and pinched Green Radish's chubby cheeks, deliberately saying fiercely, "Massage this young master's shoulders. If it's not comfortable, you'd better be careful!"

Green Radish hurriedly brought over a chair.

"Young Master, please sit down."

Then she diligently massaged Gao Yang's shoulders.

This actually made Gao Yang find it quite amusing.

Not to mention Green Radish, even Shangguan Wan'er, looking at Gao Yang's handsome face, felt a wave of fear wash over her.

It was hard to imagine that a young master from a century-old military family could have such a dirty heart.

Yet, she felt a sense of gratification.

A remark by Wu Zhao suddenly came to her mind.

"The greed and viciousness of the corrupt officials and unscrupulous merchants in the world are unimaginable. Ordinary methods are hard to curb them. Wicked people must be dealt with by even more wicked people!"

She suddenly realized.

The top scholar Cui of Qingshui City, a pillar of talent in her eyes, was proficient in governance, but despite using all his methods, he could only curb the grain price in Qingshui City to eighty-two wen per dou, and it wouldn't fall any further!

But in Linjiang City, these grain merchants raised the grain price to two hundred and twenty wen per dou and were still not satisfied.

With all of Gao Yang's methods unleashed, how much further will it fall?

Shangguan Wan'er was not sure, but she knew it could never be eighty-two per dou! ===== CHAPTER 35 =====