City Defense Battalion—

Zhang Xianbi sat in the study in a good mood, looking like a lazy sheep, and his military uniform had long been changed into regular clothes. He said he was a general, but now he looked more like a gentleman.

He looked at the deputy general Zhang Sihai next to him with a smile, and said lightly: "Sihai, starting from tomorrow, we will hoard all the food in Changde Prefecture and continuously raise the food prices."

"Yes, General!"

It seemed that he knew Zhang Xianbi's intention and what he wanted to do. Zhang Sihai, who agreed, he hesitated for a moment and finally said slowly: "But, General, although we have nearly 70% of the food in Changde Prefecture, Huguang is a land of fish and rice. Whether it is ordinary people or local gentry, they have a lot of food in custody. If you persist for a little, you can stick to it until the summer harvest.

If you store grain at this time, you may not earn much money.

Moreover, our stockpiling of grain in this way and raising the price of grain will cause great dissatisfaction among the prefect Cao and the military officers, especially the former. Doing so is equivalent to completely offending the other party. In the future, I am afraid that... "

Although Zhang Sihai did not continue to say anything, Zhang Xianbi still had a smile on his face. Once he did this, it would cause grudges from heaven and people. I am afraid it would be difficult for him to stay in Changde Mansion in the future.

"It's okay, all over the world."

Zhang Xianbi waved his hand, showing disapproval, and said indifferently: "Anyway, after making a fortune, we will leave. Can we still care about the floods in Changde Mansion? Born in troubled times, soldiers like us, if they don't have money, will sooner or later be puppets of others.

What's more, we have not robbed or burned or killed, but just hoarded goods. The prefect Cao and the military officer should be glad that this general did this."

The last sentence with deep meaning made Zhang Sihai feel clever, but still pretended to be calm, and said: "However, general, once the grain prices rise, the grain merchants around Changde Prefecture will inevitably mobilize a large amount of grain from Changde Prefecture. With the money we have, it is difficult to control the grain prices in Changde City, which will only cause short-term fluctuations in grain prices, which will drop slightly or rise slightly."

“That’s not simple?”

Zhang Xianbi's eyes gradually became cold, and there was a flash of coldness in a flash. Before Zhang Sihai could react, he said coldly: "Send people to guard all major transportation routes. Any grain merchants who transport grain into Changde Mansion will be snatched."

"But, but, Lord Cao and the others..."

Zhang Sihai's mind was shocked and shockingly waves were terrifying. However, when he saw Zhang Xianbi's cold eyes flashing, he suddenly became clever and his words came to an abrupt end.

"It's okay, Sihai, don't pay attention to them."

At this moment, it was like talking about something irrelevant. Zhang Xianbi was dissatisfied with it. He seemed to have thought of something. He pondered for a moment and said with a slight scruple: "At worst, let the brothers pretend to be bandits and bandits and rob those grain merchants. Anyway, there are bandits everywhere everywhere, as numerous as cows.

Even if the magistrate Cao and his friends suspected that this general would be helpless if there was no evidence.

And, even if you know, what can they do? At worst, you can learn from the general! But, so what?”

As he spoke, Zhang Xianbi's face shone with pride, as if he had figured out something, and he had no idea about it. He sent Zhang Sihai away in a free and easy tone.

"Okay, Sihai, just do what I said, you don't have to worry about the rest."

"Yes, General, let's do it now!"

I have to say that Zhang Sihai's action was very fast, and Zhang Xianbi was even more decisive. Just overnight, Changde City became difficult to calm again, and the whole city was in an uproar.

"What's going on? Overnight, the food price doubled. What happened?"

"God, will this make people live? Who can afford to eat the food in Changde City?"

"Damn the grain merchant, this is maliciously raising the price of grain, and he must sue the official!"

For a moment, Changde City was in an uproar, especially the residents in the city, who were like ants on a hot pan, no longer as leisure as before.

The prefect's office—

Cao Zhijian could no longer sit still, and he was so anxious that he kept paced back and forth in the living room.

"What's going on? Without any signs, how can the grain price rise? If this continues, the whole city will be in chaos, and other things will rise, making the people even less able to eat."

Du Yinxi sat aside, but was restless, frowned, and looked extremely ugly. Although he was not as nagging as Cao Zhijian, he was also in a mess and had no idea.

"Mr. Cao, these are not the best. If the grain prices continue like this, once the family's food is eaten up and all the valuable things are sold, there will be civil war in Changde City."

"Who said no, block the military supervisor?" Cao Zhijian stopped, but was still sighing, and even said: "Even if there is a city defense battalion and a police officer, it will definitely be blood flowing and life will be damaged."

As he spoke, Cao Zhijian shook his head, looked outside, and said irritably, "What's going on with Master Feng and Captain Fan? Why haven't you come back yet?"

Almost as soon as Cao Zhijian finished speaking, a familiar voice came, accompanied by rapid footsteps and the sound of a knife and a scabbard collision.

"Sir, the younger one is back."

The captain Fan Hao broke into the L Houya panting and did not have time to adjust his breathing, and quickly said, "Sir, all the grain merchants are rude that they are sick and cannot meet the guests, and they are not here."

"Then, what about those local gentry?" asked Du Yinxi, who had a deep heart, before asking.

Although Captain Fan hesitated and glanced at Cao Zhijian, he still replied honestly: "Sir, they have also refused to see the guests for various reasons."

At this time, when Cao Zhijian was so anxious that he calmed down and said thoughtfully: "It seems that someone is really messing with the wind and rain. I want this Changde Mansion to be in chaos."

"Who will it be?" Du Yinxi pondered and agreed, his expression was particularly solemn, but instead calmed down.

At this time, Captain Fan's expression was a little strange. He secretly glanced at the thoughtful two people, hesitated for a moment, and finally hesitated a message in a low voice.

"That, two adults and young people heard that Mr. Zhang sent people to the homes of the gentry and grain merchants last night."

As if they were enlightened, Du Yinxi and Cao Zhijian suddenly realized something, and even looked at each other. While shocked, they felt a strong sense of powerlessness.

At this moment, although the two of them didn't say anything, they had a tacit consensus.

All of this was done by Zhang Xianbi.

Even the news that Captain Fan asked for was deliberately released by the other party, which was a greeting and a warning that was almost unconcealed.
Chapter completed!