Chapter 42

Detaining many grain merchants from Xuzhou here!

This is equivalent to offending this group of people all at once!

If he had known Cheng Yu was not only targeting the noble families of Jiangdu County, but also wanted to trap all the noble families in Xuzhou!

He wouldn't have agreed so readily!

"My lord, the grain merchants have started selling grain, at a price of 500 coins per shi!"

Just then, Li Gang ran over hurriedly, looking happy!

At the same time, looking at Cheng Yu, his expression changed!

Everything was exactly as Cheng Yu said!

Those grain merchants couldn't hold on anymore and wanted to sell their grain and run!

"500 coins per shi, still too expensive, they won't be able to sell it!"

Speaking calmly, Cheng Yu wasn't in a hurry at all, instead looking at Lin Yang!

"My lord, the price of porridge is still too expensive, I think 250 coins per shi of white porridge is quite good!"

Lin Yang's mouth twitched slightly, and he immediately understood Cheng Yu's intention!

This is truly intending to cut into other people's flesh!

However, since the matter was already done!

Lin Yang was fearless!

"No need for 250 coins, let's make it 200 coins per shi!"

In Jiangdu County now, grain is piled up like a mountain!

The grain transported by the major merchants is now all in the county, and cannot be transported out!

Lin Yang simply decided to give them a hard blow!

200 coins per shi!

This is just the beginning!

He wants to suppress the grain price to the extreme!

Following Lin Yang's order, the porridge sheds on the city wall exploded!

"What? Lowered to 200 coins? Magistrate Lin is truly a great philanthropist!"

"Yes, Magistrate Lin is my second parent!"

"I wrongly blamed the Magistrate before, he is truly a good official!"

"Bah, those unscrupulous merchants, I will never buy your grain again!"

"..."

As people spoke up, the entire area around the porridge sheds erupted in cheers!

200 coins per shi, and eating such high-quality white porridge!

The commoners could accept it!

After all!

Even before, those ordinary grains cost about 100 coins!

In the Mi family courtyard in Jiangdu County

"Big brother, if we sell it like this, we won't make much money this time!"

Since returning from the city gate, Especially Mi Zhu had started selling grain on a large scale!

The price was also getting lower and lower!

This operation made Mi Fang unable to sit still!

"If we don't sell, I'm afraid we'll suffer a huge loss in the end!"

Others might not see it, but he saw it clearly!

This is all a conspiracy concocted by Jiangdu County!

How is there a grain shortage here!

The Jiangdu County Magistrate's office is fully capable of stabilizing grain prices!

But they deliberately didn't!

They even maliciously raised prices to attract many grain merchants!

This is clearly using the hands of grain merchants to strike at the local noble families!

Those local noble grain shops can hold on for a year or two!

But this group of people can't even hold on for three months!

The Mi family is large and could hold on!

But for others, hoarding grain for three months, what awaits them is definitely a plummeting grain price!

They worked hard to transport the grain here, and the cost was already high!

Selling it then will result in losing everything!

"This, this is too vicious!"

After hearing Especially Mi Zhu's analysis, Mi Fang was shocked!

This kind of strategy is truly sinister!

"Sigh, nothing else, human nature is greedy!" Especially Mi Zhu shook his head bitterly, sighed, and looked out the window!

If they weren't greedy, they wouldn't have fallen for it!

This person fully utilized the profit-seeking nature of noble merchants!

Half a month later, Jiangdu County city wall

"Today's porridge price is 60 coins per shi, everyone gets some, line up, line up, don't be chaotic!"

White porridge at 60 coins per shi, and high-quality white porridge at that, made the commoners of Jiangdu County completely excited!

"Heavens, Magistrate Lin is truly too good to us!"

"My life belongs to Magistrate Lin from now on!"

"Sob, sob, sob, without Magistrate Lin's white porridge, my family would probably starve to death this winter!"

"Yes, my family is the same, Magistrate Lin saved my whole family!"

"Magistrate Lin is as kind to us as our parents!"

"..."

Praises rang out, and the soldiers listening felt honored as well!

At this moment, only the grain merchants and noble families felt bitter!

Zhang family residence

"Master Zhang, the grain price is now 58 coins per shi, even cheaper than before!"

The heads of the Wang and Zhu families looked at Master Zhang with worry!

Now in Jiangdu County, there is more grain than people!

Since the city was sealed!

Those grain merchants from outside couldn't sit still!

Their roots aren't in Jiangdu County, so they wouldn't stand with them, and just sold everything and ran!

Making a little is better than nothing!

And this harmed them!

Much of their grain was bought from the Magistrate's office when it was 700 or 800 coins!

If they sell it now!

They will lose everything!

"Bang!"

Hearing the report, Master Zhang, sitting in the main seat, was so angry he slapped the table, and the calmness from before was gone!

"Lin Yang, you brat, I'll eat your mother!"