Mind reading, the emperor saw my fist hard

Chapter 300: Ancient Conspiracy No. 1

The greatest conspiracy of all time!

what?

Ren Changfeng and Princess Wuyang looked at Xu Jinyu and Wei An together.

Wei An raised the corner of his lips: "Sir Ren, can you deal with this Blueprint County magistrate?"

"Yes!" Ren Changfeng agreed immediately.

The new county magistrate of Lantu County was still confident that he could handle the situation, and then wait for Xu Jinyu to launch the so-called greatest conspiracy of all time.

[Let me see how many places this harvest has affected.]

[East, south, west, north, almost all of Daqian is playing out the same drama. What do they want to do? Do they want to die? Or do they not know the consequences of doing this? Are they so short of money? ]

[Such a big commotion could wipe out Daqian! Who has the guts to do that?]

Ren Changfeng couldn't help but feel shocked by Xu Jinyu's angry voice.

How is it possible that grain prices are rising in all places under Daqian's rule?

The worst incident he had seen before was when grain prices in three prefectures rose simultaneously. Not to mention how many people starved to death, two second-rank officials died in the court in the end.

From then on, even if these grain merchants wanted to reap the profits, they did not dare to do so in such a large area and did not dare to make too much noise. The emperor on the throne just did not have that much control over the court, he was not completely dead.

[There is also my reason. The seeds I took out helped farmers around the capital to make a lot of money. I heard that peppers were sold for one tael of silver per pound, tomatoes for two taels of silver, and watermelons for even more. The highest income for people in the suburbs of Beijing this year was one thousand taels of silver.]

[They would never have dared to think about this before. In addition to some novel plants, there are also cumin, pepper... These priceless spices made the grain merchants jealous. They wanted to take the land from the people and then monopolize the spice business. It was fine for them to make money, but if the people made money, they would be damned.]

【Additionally, with the emergence of high-yield grains, grain merchants can only make money by volume in the future, so they simply changed their business model and planted various new crops. If Daqian couldn't sell them, what about the other two countries? At first, one or two grain merchants took action, and then other grain merchants learned about it and started to take action, fearing that they would be too late to take advantage, which led to the current situation. 】

[Can't they just buy it? They have to keep the land in their own hands! ]

A cold light flashed in Ren Changfeng's eyes. As he said just now, money is attractive. Buying land is not as profitable as growing crops by yourself. This time, many people are selling their land and even more are selling themselves. Those who sell themselves don't have to pay for farming, they just need to have food. It is a profitable business.

Once you buy the land, it will belong to you forever.

The grain merchants are much smarter than Lord Xu.

Ren Changfeng was still somewhat uneasy in his heart. He had a deeper concern. He was worried that this incident was caused by the whole Daqian family uniting together. In one year, several families were destroyed because of Lord Xu.

But Lord Xu is prejudiced against aristocratic families, and the secret recipe of Tianji Pavilion is specifically forbidden to be sold to aristocratic families. How can aristocratic families be willing to watch others become rich while they cannot even have a sip of soup?

They probably wish there would be chaos in the world so that they could have a chance to get a piece of the pie.

[But the nationwide increase in grain prices is not for the purpose of making money, but for the people's lifeblood, the land! Will the greatest conspiracy of all time work? ]

Xu Jinyu was a little unsure and looked at Wei An.

Wei An still pretended not to know and asked Xu Jinyu in a low voice: "We are buying grain at a high price. Are those grain merchants willing to come? Do you want to..."

Wei An raised his eyebrows and wiggled his fingers.

[Yes! How could I forget that I have a golden finger? These grain merchants can refuse to make money, but can they refuse rare treasures or life-saving things? ]

[But what should I take out? Never mind, let Master Ren tell everyone in the world that he has something good that he got from me. As for what it is, we can talk about it later.]

Xu Jinyu winked at Wei An, who understood what he meant. He said to Ren Changfeng confidently, "Sir Ren, please control the county magistrate of Lantu County, and then send invitations to all the grain merchants around. Tell them that you have good things from Princess Tai'an, and ask them to exchange them for grain. The highest bidder wins. Let's lift the siege around Lantu County first."

"As for the rest, distant water cannot quench nearby fire. Let your Majesty worry about it. That is the world of his Zishu family."

Ren Changfeng's mind was still a mess, but his eyes lit up when he heard this. There was no doubt that Princess Tai'an's things were attractive. In this way, he would have food, but it would not work if he distributed the food to the people for free.

As if seeing Ren Changfeng's embarrassment, Wei An continued softly, "Work-for-relief. Blueprint County has been abused by the previous county magistrate for several years. It is definitely not all repaired in half a year. Dig canals, build roads... Just find some work."

Ren Changfeng gave a thumbs up: "As expected of you... As expected of you, Lord Wei. You are really smart."

"I will write a memorial to His Majesty now, and then go find the magistrate of Lantu County."

Ren Changfeng was busy writing memorials.

Xu Jinyu's depressed voice came again.

[What have I done with the greatest conspiracy of all time? My brain is not good enough.]

A smile slipped across Ren Changfeng's lips. Lord Xu didn't understand. No matter what the greatest conspiracy of all time was, it would be fine as long as it worked. But I will drag Wei An to the toilet with me later and ask him what the greatest conspiracy of all time was.

Fengtian Temple.

Now there are only Emperor Xuan and the Crown Prince in the Fengtian Hall.

Emperor Xuan closed his eyes and leaned back on the dragon throne, his chest rising and falling as he tried desperately to suppress his rage that was about to overwhelm him.

Zi Shuyan's hands began to tremble as he held Ren Changfeng's memorial.

"The price of grain in the entire Daqian has skyrocketed, and we, an emperor and a prince, have not received any news at all! He is indeed a loyal and important minister of Daqian!"

Zi Shuyan's anger was not much less than his father's.

Can't these people just quiet down a bit?

Finally, Emperor Xuan opened his eyes, both of which were red: "I will kill these grain merchants!!! If you dare to do this, you must be prepared to lose your head, including the people behind them."

Zi Shuyan gritted his teeth and tried to hold back his anger to dissuade Emperor Xuan: "Father! We can't kill them all. Be careful of the desperate situation. We can't guarantee that there will be no mistakes in the process of suppression."

"That was a year ago. Now, I can ensure that nothing goes wrong!" Emperor Xuan said softly.

Zi Shuyan raised his head suddenly: "Explosives!"

Emperor Xuan shook his head: "That's not the case. Wei An hasn't been here for a whole year. How could it be explosives?"

"What is that?" Zi Shuyan asked curiously.

"Eunuch Liu."

"Yes."

Eunuch Liu stepped back and came back with something after a while.

Zi Shuyan couldn't help but exclaimed: "The compound bow has been created!"