Chapter 36

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As groups of grain merchants arrived, the entire Jiangdu County was filled with cursing!

Countless people looked at the ridiculously high grain prices, all feeling indignant!

Jiangdu County is a large county in Guangling Commandery!

There are over twenty thousand households in the county!

Such high grain prices have already made it unaffordable for many!

"My lord, is it really okay for us to do this?"

On the city wall, Li Gang stood beside Cheng Yu, looking at the arriving grain merchants and the sky-high cursing, feeling a bit guilty!

If it weren't for Lin Yang's order, he would never have listened to Cheng Yu's command to do this!

It would be one thing if the noble families in the city hoarded grain and sold it at high prices!

But the Jiangdu County Magistrate's office is not stabilizing the price, but selling grain at high prices!

This operation is simply unbelievable!

"What are you afraid of?"

Calmly watching the arriving grain merchants, Cheng Yu didn't care at all!

"My lord, if this continues, people will starve to death, and I'm afraid it will be detrimental!"

Li Gang didn't dare to finish his sentence!

1200 coins per shi of grain!

At this price, people will really starve to death!

Especially since they just experienced the Huang Jin siege last year!

Many people have no grain reserves at all!

If people really starve to death, this is a matter that severely damages one's virtue!

"No need to worry, didn't the lord set up porridge sheds outside the city!" Cheng Yu glanced at Li Gang and said indifferently, "Those who have no grain to eat will definitely go to the porridge sheds!"

Things like starving people to death that damage one's virtue!

Won't harm him, Zhongde!

Moreover, he had already thought of a way out for those people!

It just so happens that the flood season for the Jiangdu County river channels hasn't arrived yet, and there are too few workers!

Taking advantage of this grain price turmoil, he can recruit workers early to repair the river channels!

"By the way, how many noble grain merchants from Guangling Commandery and Xuzhou have arrived?"

Looking at the arriving grain merchants, Cheng Yu asked Li Gang beside him!

Hearing this, Li Gang's expression became increasingly strange!

He really couldn't understand what the person in front of him was trying to do!

Over a month ago, he was told to send people!

To spread the news of the soaring grain prices in Jiangdu County!

As if making money for himself wasn't enough!

He even let the major noble families in Guangling Commandery and Xuzhou make money together!

Black!

His heart is truly too black!

"Reporting to my lord, eighty percent of the noble grain merchants in Xuzhou have already entered the county!"

Li Gang said, feeling quite helpless inside!

The grain price in Jiangdu County was already expensive at 800 coins per shi!

The reason it was hyped to the current price!

Is inseparable from these grain merchants!

Buying it for a little over a hundred coins elsewhere, transporting it to Jiangdu County, and turning a tenfold profit!

How could they not go crazy!

"Hmm, let's go, it's about time!"

Saying this lightly, Cheng Yu took Li Gang and headed towards the Magistrate's office!

And at this moment, in the backyard of the Magistrate's office

"Sigh, I shouldn't have let Cheng Yu come!"

During this time, Lin Yang hasn't dared to step out of the Magistrate's office!

After following Cheng Yu's plan, the grain prices in Jiangdu County soared!

The government is even openly selling grain, selling it more expensively than anyone else!

Many people are protesting and cursing at the gates of the Jiangdu County Magistrate's office!

Lin Yang, knowing the inside story, also knew that if he went out, he would definitely suffer, so he just lay flat in the backyard of the Magistrate's office!

Until this moment, he finally understood!

Why, when Cheng Yu offered suggestions to Boss Cao!

Boss Cao would silently nod, and then turn around and not adopt them!

Good heavens!

This kind of strategy is truly hard for people to accept!