Yecheng:

During this period, Yuan Shao was in a very unhappy mood!

He squirts at people all day long, as if he had taken explosives.

In Jizhou and Youzhou areas, during this period, the prices of grain, salt and other daily necessities have skyrocketed every day.

Suddenly, Yuan Shao's money was stretched thin.

Raising an army of 500,000 people is just a matter of feeding 500,000 people a day, which is absolutely an astronomical figure.

The biggest problem is that the prices of grain, salt, etc. are rising every day, and Yuan Shao really has no money to pay for various expenses.

Feeling extremely depressed.

In response to this situation, Yuan Shao called in his advisors and various princes to work together to find a way to solve the problem.

Big bosses walked into Yuan Shao's tent one by one.

Yuan Shu, Liu Bei, Liu Biao, Yuan Yi and others walked in and saw several of Yuan Shao's advisers also sitting down.

"The prices of food, salt and other materials in our jurisdiction are getting higher and higher day by day. What is going on?"

Yuan Shaodao.

The bosses sitting here know in their hearts that the price of food and salt has increased more than ten times compared to normal conditions.

Don't say that ordinary people don't have money to buy food, salt and other supplies, even rich families can't afford it.

Throughout Jizhou, the people of Youzhou complained endlessly and lived in dire straits. Officials from all over the country wrote letters one after another, requesting that warehouses be opened to relieve the people.

Yuan Shao also has a big headache. The little money he has in hand is not enough to spend. How can he help the people?

Yuan Shao knew in his heart that Liu Biao, Yuan Shu, Yuan Yi and others living in Jizhou must have a lot of silver and five baht coins on their hands, and they must be used for emergencies.

Otherwise, Yuan Shao would not invite them to the city lord's mansion for discussion.

"My lord, this price increase of daily necessities such as grain and salt is somewhat abnormal. It has increased more than ten times in a short period of time.

It has nothing to do with the contradiction between supply and demand. Someone is definitely up to something. After thinking about it for several days, I finally felt that this matter was the work of Qin Qi from Xiakou.

Only Qin Qi hopes that if there is an economic problem under the Lord's rule, he can take advantage of it."

Guo Tudao.

Everyone despised Guo Tu.

Isn't this nonsense?

All fools understand that there are people who are causing trouble in Jizhou and Youzhou areas with the purpose of destroying the economy in Yuan Shao's jurisdiction.

Once the economy in Yuan Shao's jurisdiction is in trouble, it will cause many conflicts and even cause soldiers to mutiny.

"Gongzhi, is there any evidence?"

Yuan Shaodao.

"Lord, we can't find any evidence. The grain merchants in our jurisdiction don't seem to be involved. They only deal in grain.

I personally went to inspect the grain merchant's warehouse and found that there was indeed no excess grain. It was said that it had been purchased at a high price by foreign merchants some time ago."

Guo Tudao.

Yuan Shao was very depressed.

It was impossible to find out who did it, and everything was done without anyone noticing. By the time the merchants in Jizhou and Youzhou discovered the problem, it was already too late.

Things are so weird!

"Then where do foreign merchants purchase so much grain and salt?"

Yuan Shaodao.

"My lord, I have personally investigated this matter. Twenty days ago, businessmen from other places purchased large quantities of grain, salt and other supplies.

Then they were shipped out of the jurisdiction. At that time, there was no shortage of food and salt in our jurisdiction, and the checkpoints at the passes were not strict.

According to the soldiers at the pass, when the prices of grain and salt in Jizhou and Youzhou did not change, those foreign merchants shipped them out of the country."

Xu Youdao.

The boss sitting there looked confused when he heard this.

It's unbelievable that for such a big move and such a large amount of transportation, the local government doesn't know about it.

"Lord, it's obviously an organized and disciplined operation. This is not something that ordinary businessmen can operate.

Who in the world has such great ability and strength to control the prices of grain, salt and other commodities?

Only Xiakou Qinqi has that strength. Xiakou area implemented a new currency and abolished the five-baht coin. After a few years,

The Xiakou area received a large number of five-baht coins from people and businessmen. The five-baht coins were of little use in the Xiakou area.

When it comes to recycling waste, we arrange for people to go to Jizhou and Youzhou to purchase large quantities of things, thereby pushing up the prices of grain and salt.

Various signs indicate that this incident was carried out by Xiakou Qinqi."

Guo Tudao.

Yuan Shao was angry after hearing this!

As a descendant of the Fourth Generation and the Three Dukes, it's strange to feel happy after being hit by Qin Qi again and again.

The problem is, knowing that it was Qin Qi who did it, there is nothing that can be done.

You can't lead troops to Xiakou City!

If you had that kind of strength, would you still need to find someone to discuss countermeasures?

"My lord, you are right. This matter must have been done by Xiakou Qinqi. The purpose was to mess up the economy of Jizhou and Youzhou and prevent my lord from having a good life."

Meet Jidao.

"Businessmen from other places come to our area to purchase grain, salt and other materials. If there were no internal agents, this kind of thing would not be possible.

How could foreign businessmen successfully purchase materials? And in a short period of time, they purchased all the materials in the entire Jizhou and Youzhou markets.

That’s why prices across the two states have skyrocketed. We must strictly investigate, otherwise, what will happen if it happens again?”

Judge the way.

check!

How to check!

Many merchants in Jizhou and Youzhou have good relations with Yuan Shao and have always supported Yuan Shao and raised money and food for him.

Once these businessmen are attacked, who will deal with Yuan Shao in the future?

"This is not easy to deal with. Many merchants are on the same front as the lord. We have so many soldiers and horses.

These people are still needed to raise food and grass for the lord. Once they are brought in and cut down, how will the lord’s food and grass be dealt with?”

Xu Youdao.

The implications were so great that Yuan Shao couldn't make up his mind.

"The matter of pursuing responsibility will be discussed later. Now we are discussing how to solve the food problem of our 500,000-strong army."

Yuan Shaodao.

"Benchu, this matter is easy to solve. Arrest the grain merchants in the jurisdiction. If you want to be released, you must exchange grain."

Yuan Shudao.

He didn't like the merchant Yuan Shu at all. When he was in Yuzhou, Yuan Shu relied on robbery to obtain food and grass.

Search out the food from each merchant's house to deal with large/military supplies.

"My lord, that's not right! This is killing the goose that lays the egg, a one-shot deal. We have offended all the merchants. What will we do next?"

Xu Youdao.

snort!

Yuan Shu snorted coldly.

"Mr. Ziyuan, if we don't do this, how can we solve the problem of feeding the 500,000-strong army? Besides, when the local area is in difficulty, shouldn't a businessman provide support?"

Yuan Shudao.

"My lord, you must not kill the chicken to retrieve the egg. It is better to consider using gentle methods instead of being so drastic."

Guo Tudao.

"Gongzhi, tell us what you think and let everyone discuss it."

Yuan Shaodao.

"Lord, you can consider asking businessmen to donate some money for support. The problem now is that you can't buy food if you have money.

Even if there is no good way to force the merchants, I suggest that people go to Bingzhou to see if they can purchase some grain at a high price to meet the burden.

There is also gold and silver. I heard that if you want to purchase food in the area controlled by Qin Qi, you can buy it with gold and silver.

As long as we have a large amount of gold and silver in our hands, Qin Qi will sell it to us. The key to the problem is still the gold and silver.

Although if we do this, we will be severely beaten by Qin Qi, but do we have a choice? Many people sitting here,

You should have a lot of gold and silver on hand. As long as you use some of it, you can solve the food problem."

Guo Tudao.

After hearing this, many officials despised Guo Tu.

Isn't this trying to steal money from my subordinates?
Chapter completed!