"Old Prince, something serious has happened!"
The old housekeeper was shaking like chaff and rushed to the study room of the City Lord's Mansion.
At this moment, the old prince was still frowning and thinking. Seeing the old housekeeper in such a panic, he couldn't help but frowned.
"What happened? You are so panicked!"
"You shouldn't be at your age!"
"Old Prince, something big has really happened!"
The old housekeeper gasped and said:
"Food prices have plummeted due to the lockdown!"
"What did you say!?"
The old prince felt his vision go dark, and he fell straight to the ground.
When the old housekeeper saw this, he immediately exclaimed and shouted loudly:
"Someone, come quickly! The old prince has fainted..."
About an hour later, the old prince woke up leisurely.
At this moment, his face was as golden as paper, like a dying old man.
"Butler, ahem, where is the butler?"
"What happened in Fengcheng? Why did the price of food suddenly plummet?"
At this moment, the old housekeeper was standing by the bed, his face already full of tears.
"Old Prince, today the city was closed and a large number of merchants suddenly broke into the city."
"They seem to have premeditated it and directly set the price of food at one-tenth of the market price. And they sell it in limited quantities!"
"East City, West City, South City, North City, there are merchants selling grain everywhere."
"Yang Dong!!"
"This kid must be causing trouble in secret!!"
"I want to kill him, cough cough cough..."
The old prince was furious and had another series of violent coughs.
Upon seeing this, the maids immediately stepped forward to take care of him.
"Go and order all the private soldiers in the palace to come out and capture all these merchants!"
"Go quickly!"
The old housekeeper sighed deeply, but did not act immediately.
A trace of despair flashed across his wrinkled old face at this moment.
"Old Prince, it's too late, it's too late for everything!"
"As soon as these merchants entered Fengcheng, they took up the banner of the Changcheng branch."
"They said that all their food comes from Changcheng. The price of food in Changcheng is even cheaper than what they sell!"
As soon as these words came out, the old prince couldn't bear it any longer. He spat out a mouthful of blood, twitched his body and fell into coma again.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
"Doctor, call the doctor quickly!"
In an instant, the entire city lord's mansion was in chaos. The old housekeeper sighed deeply, pondered for a moment, and then gave instructions to the old prince's confidants:
"Now that things have happened, we can only try our best to sell these grains to recover the losses."
"You must handle this matter well."
"I hope... I can take back 10%!"
"Alas! This time, we lost..."
…
The mighty tiger army, the military camp,
Lei Qiang's face was livid, and he listened carefully to his subordinate's report.
"Vice Commander Lei, the price of food in the closed city is not even 10% of our purchase price."
"And because merchants are bringing so much food, food prices are still falling."
"Do you think we should... continue to sell the grain in our hands?"
When Lei Qiang heard this, a flash of physical pain flashed in his eyes.
"Sell, why not sell!"
"We are an army, why do we need so much food?"
"Remember me, no matter how cheap the price is, you must throw away the excess food quickly!"
…
So, during the lockdown,
Food that was priceless yesterday is now everywhere in the city.
Originally, these merchants brought a lot of food.
The City Lord's Mansion and the Huwei Army have moved out almost all their inventory at this moment.
Suddenly, the price of food during the lockdown was less than half of what it was the day before!
And even at this price, there are still few people purchasing in large quantities.
The reason is because of people's herd mentality.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is now an oversupply of food and prices will fall again!
Therefore, apart from the daily rations, the wealthy households did not purchase in large quantities.
This situation has intensified the further decline in food prices.
The price of food in the closed city now is like the housing prices in Yang Dong's previous life.
When prices rise, people flock to it and the market is bustling.
But once the price is reduced, there will be no one available. Even if it is a real need, they will choose to wait and see.
In this way, the famine in Luozhou was easily solved.
Yang Dong took this opportunity to not only make a lot of money, but also built a number of high-speed official roads for Luozhou.
What even he didn't expect was that these high-speed official roads would play an unimaginable role in the near future!
Of course, these are all things for later, let’s not mention them for now.
Three full days later, the price of food in the city has dropped to an incredible level.
And Yang Dong finally received a personal letter from the empress.
The content of the letter is very short, and with punctuation marks, it only has six characters in total.
"Youzhou is in danger, return quickly"
Yang Dong read the secret letter and burned it on the candlestick.
He sighed softly, a look of regret flashing in his eyes.
It's a pity that if we can let them dry for a few more days, there is still room for the price of food to drop.
It’s just that I don’t have time to play house with you anymore!
"Xiaojia, give me an order to exchange all the money in our hands for grain."
"When I return to Beijing this time, I want to give His Majesty a big gift!"
When Yao Jia heard this, a hint of joy flashed between her eyebrows.
These days, she has long been unhappy with Yan Bingyue, a charming girl.
On the surface, she pretends to be a pure and aloof woman, but in fact she is a complete seductress.
It is better to return to the palace as soon as possible, so that Mr. Yang will not be obsessed with that foxy girl.
Maybe when he returns to the palace, he will have a chance...
Thinking of this, Yao Jia felt that there seemed to be some greasiness between her thighs.
…
Lock down the city,
In a hidden tavern,
Yao Rui picked up the wine glass and paid tribute to his brother.
"Brother, it seems that Mr. Yang already has the advantage."
"I never expected that the old prince, who has been operating in Luozhou for many years, would end up with such a disastrous defeat. It is really disappointing!"
Yao Qi picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
There was a flash of admiration in his eyes.
"This Mr. Yang is truly a young hero!"
"At such a young age, we have set up such a chess game that hides everything from the outside world. To this day, we only realize it later, and we can see the whole story behind the scenes."
"Xiao Rui, from now on you must work seriously when you are with Mr. Yang."
"If my brother's predictions are correct, this boy will become a great person in the future."
Yao Rui nodded,
"Don't worry, brother. I have made my own decision on this matter. Besides, you have forgotten that our third sister is still serving Mr. Yang."
"How could I forget!"
A wry smile flashed across Yao Qi's face,
"Mr. Yang is so young and promising, and with Third Sister's character, he must have been secretly committed to him for a long time."
"It's a pity that the third sister is just an ordinary palace maid and cannot become Duke Yang's official wife. Speaking of which, she is not a brother-in-law."
Yao Rui shook his head and disagreed with his brother's point of view.
"Brother, this is wrong. You are not in the palace, so you don't know how Mr. Yang can gain His Majesty's trust."
"Let's put it this way, even if His Majesty betroths the eldest princess to him, it is not impossible!"
"Eldest Princess? Are you referring to His Majesty's seventh sister, Princess Qingyang?"
Yao Qi looked surprised,
"But Mr. Yang...isn't he a eunuch?"
"Doesn't this further prove that Mr. Yang is deeply favored by the Holy Spirit?"
