Lu Bu frowned when he saw Wang He's hesitation, "Wang He, since you don't want to say it, then you can go back."
Hearing these words, Wang He was startled and hurriedly handed over his hand, "Marquis Wen, the villain is just a marginal figure. The specific things are not clear, but I don't dare to talk nonsense."
Zhang Miao said hurriedly, "Wang He, tell me what you know. Marquis Wen will not blame you."
Hearing this, Wang He took a deep breath, held up his hands again, and said slowly, "I heard what they said, and it seems that I want to suspend the sale of grain."
Zhang Miao clapped his hands and said bitterly, "I said they did it, and I was right. It's really hateful."
Chen Gong frowned, "Wang He, are they just not selling food?"
Wang He shook his head, "No, they don't just sell food!"
Having said this, Wang He turned to Lu Bu and cupped his hands, "They also want to purchase grain."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone present was shocked.
Zhang Miao stamped his feet vigorously, gritted his teeth and said, "It's really hateful, they want to make us have no food!"
Everyone has managed the city, so they naturally know how important what Wang He said is.
After years of accumulation, the gentry like Xiaopei have amazing wealth. Once they unite, it will be even more unimaginable.
There is a shortage of food in the city and the people cannot afford to live, so they will naturally rise up and cause trouble. The government can only release food to alleviate the crisis.
But if the released grain is bought back and hoarded by these gentry again, there will still be less and less grain on the market.
And if things continue like this, when the government has no food to put out, it will probably be the time when the people in the city break out.
No one is sure what will happen by then, but everyone knows it will definitely be serious.
Zhang Miao's face looked a little ugly. He turned to look at Lu Bu and asked anxiously, "Marquis Wen, what should we do?"
Chen Gong frowned and said, "Marquis Wen, if we release the grain, it will be bought by them. Why don't we release the grain and instead release porridge to help everyone, so we don't have to worry about it being bought by them."
Lu Bu pondered for a moment and nodded, "Gongtai, I will do what you said in this matter. Send someone to issue a notice to explain the matter so that everyone does not panic."
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Chen family.
"master!"
The housekeeper hurried into the room and said breathlessly, "Master, the government has issued a notice saying that porridge will be provided to the people. This is bad."
Hearing this, Chen Jiang couldn't help but be surprised, and said hurriedly, "Go and invite Boss Li and others, and let them discuss it quickly."
The housekeeper responded hurriedly and ran out of the room.
Chen Jiang punched the table, "Hateful!"
If Lu Bu didn't put out the grain, but put out the porridge, wouldn't their plan be in vain?
How can you take revenge if you can't carry out your plan?
Chen Jiang would never be able to swallow his anger, and he must avenge this.
But how to repay it?
While Chen Jiang was thinking hard, Li Fu and several other distinguished gentry hurried in from the door.
"Boss Chen, ask me to come over. I have something important to do."
Chen Jiang waved his hand with a wry smile, "Boss Li, you should also know that Lu Bu does not put out food, but directly puts out porridge for everyone. Something is not good. I came to see you today just to discuss a countermeasure." , Lu Bu must not be cheapened."
Hearing these words, Li Fu nodded, "I've also heard about this news."
After reaching this point, Li Fu paused and said slowly, "I didn't expect that Lu Bu still had some brains and knew that he couldn't let go of food. It's quite unexpected!"
Chen Jiang rubbed his hands and said, "Boss Li, those things are useless. We should think about it quickly and discuss a countermeasure. Otherwise, our land may not come back."
Li Fu nodded, turned to look at the gentry next to him, and asked slowly, "Do you have any ideas?"
Hearing this, everyone shook their heads and said, "There is nothing we can do."
Chen Jiang hurriedly turned to look at Li Fu, "Boss Li, there's nothing you can do?"
Li Fu smiled slightly and said, "Boss Chen, I have an idea."
Hearing this, Chen Jiang was immediately overjoyed and said hurriedly, "Boss Li, if you have a way, tell me quickly."
After everyone heard this, they also asked, "Yes, when did this happen? Please tell me a solution quickly!"
Li Fu nodded, "The method I mentioned is a bit dangerous, but I don't know if anyone would dare to do it?"
Chen Jiang stamped his feet and said, "Boss Li, if you have anything to say, just say it quickly. If it doesn't work out, we can discuss it."
Li Fu turned his head and looked at Chen Jiang, and said slowly, "Boss Chen, Lu Bu is making porridge now, which makes it impossible to implement our plan.
Therefore, if we want to complete our plan, of course we need to make it impossible for him to put the porridge. "
Hearing this, Chen Jiang shook his head with a wry smile, "Boss Li, Lu Bu won't listen to us, what can we do to stop him?"
Li Fu suddenly sneered, "Boss Chen, if you want to stop Lu Bu from serving porridge, it's easy as long as everyone dares to do it."
Chen Jiang sighed and said, "Boss Li, now that the matter is over, if you have anything else you dare to say, you'd better speak up quickly and let's discuss a countermeasure."
Seeing everyone nodding, Li Fu said slowly, "Lu Bu gave everyone porridge so that they could eat enough, which ruined our grain collection plan.
Therefore, we have to stop him from serving the porridge, but of course it is inappropriate and impossible to succeed without our intervention. "
At this point, Li Fu paused, "But if everyone is against serving porridge, do you think Lu Bu would still serve it?"
Hearing this, Chen Jiang couldn't help but be startled, "Boss Li, it's a good thing to serve porridge for everyone. How can everyone object?"
Li Fu sneered, "Boss Chen, if you have vomiting and diarrhea every day after drinking porridge, or even die suddenly, do you think everyone will object?"
"Vomiting and diarrhea?"
Chen Jiang frowned, "But how is this possible?"
At this point, Chen Jiang suddenly realized, "Boss Li, do you mean that?"
Li Fu nodded, "Yes, it's just drugging."
Li Fu turned around and looked around at everyone, and said slowly, "As long as you add medicine to the porridge, the people will naturally vomit and have diarrhea after eating it. If they are weak, they will definitely die suddenly.
In this case, the people must be panicked, and then we will send people to spread rumors everywhere, and things will naturally fall into place. "
Hearing this method, Chen Jiang slammed the table and laughed, "Okay, this method is good. I believe it won't be long before the people will object to the porridge, and our plan can be implemented."
A gentleman said tentatively, "But even if we don't put in the porridge, if the government distributes food to the people and asks them to go home and cook for themselves, our plan will not succeed?"
Li Fu sneered, "You are right, but you have forgotten that we have a lot of money in our hands. As long as the government distributes food to the people, we will find ways to buy food from the people. We will only buy what they don't have." until."
Chen Jiang frowned, "But what if they still don't sell it?"
Li Fu snorted coldly, "Then add more money and give them a price that makes them have to sell it."
At this point, Li Fu paused and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, "Not only do we need to add more money to buy food, but we also need to tell the people that the government will soon distribute food to them. In this way, as long as they If you believe it, you will definitely sell food to us.
At that time, when they have no food in their hands and the government does not distribute food, it will be time to implement our plan. "
"Ha ha!"
Chen Jiang looked up to the sky and laughed, "It's a good plan. It's indeed a good plan. As long as Lu Bu doesn't let the porridge go, the food will be ours sooner or later."
Li Fu smiled slightly, "Boss Chen, not only the food, but also the money will return to our hands in the end.
Now, all the money we have spent is just to warm the hands of those poor men. As long as Lu Bu gets out of Xiaopei, the money will return to our hands. "
Having said this, Li Fu turned to look around at everyone and said with a smile, "And I can guarantee that the money you will get back in the future will only be more than what you spent now, not less."
Hearing this, Chen Jiang snorted, "Boss Li is right. When the time comes, the land around Xiaopei will be ours and no one can take it away."
When everyone heard this, they were immediately overjoyed and handed over their hands one after another, "In that case, we all agree."
Li Fu looked at the smiling expressions of everyone and sneered in his heart.
What a bunch of ignorant people!
However, being able to use them to drive Lu Bu away was considered a great achievement, and it lived up to the family master's instructions.
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Li Qi returned home, threw the empty bag aside, scooped up a large gourd of water, and drank it.
Li Qi's mother-in-law looked at the empty bags on the ground and asked hurriedly, "Brother Qi, is there no food?"
Li Qi shook his head, "Yesterday morning, there was one food seller in the city, but today, there is no one left. The streets are full of people who want to buy food, but there is no food to buy."
Li Qi's mother-in-law was immediately surprised, "How will everyone live if there is no food?"
"It doesn't matter to us. If we can hold on for a few more days, what will happen to the child?"
"Mom, I'm hungry!"
Li Qi's mother-in-law looked at her son who was suffering from hunger and said distressedly, "Brother Qi, we should find a way to get some food. If this continues, the child will not be able to bear it."
Li Qi sighed, "I'll go take a look on the street again and think of a solution."
Just when Li Qi was about to go out with the empty bag, suddenly, there were rapid footsteps outside the door.
Soon, a young man ran in from the door and said breathlessly.
"Brother Qi, good news, great news."
Li Qi was stunned, then said with a wry smile, "Baby, I can't even eat, what good news is there?"
Lao Liu said with a smile, "Brother Qi, what I'm talking about is the issue of eating. Why isn't it good news?"
Hearing this, Li Qi's eyes lit up, "Old man, what's going on? Can we buy food?"
Lao Ba was about to speak when suddenly, there was a sound of gongs ringing outside the door.
Boom, boom, boom!
"Everyone, listen, Xiaopei has been short of food recently. Marquis Wen thought about everyone's food and clothing, so he decided to put porridge at various intersections..."
Listening to the sounds outside, Granny Li Qi suddenly exclaimed, "Brother Qi, this is so good. Marquis Wen put some porridge for us and let us eat."
"Mom, I'm hungry, go get some porridge!"
A smile appeared on Li Qi's mother-in-law's face, "My child, mother will take you to drink porridge right now."
Li Qi also reacted, laughed and said, "Come on, let's go together."
The main intersections in Xiaopei have been surrounded by officers and soldiers. Among the people, there are many large pots surrounding them.
The cauldron was steaming hot, and the steam carried the aroma of grain wafting around.
After hearing the news, the people came to the intersection with a tentative mentality. When they saw someone actually putting porridge, they were overjoyed and hurriedly spread the news.
Not long after, the intersections of the street were already crowded with people.
There was a huge crowd of people, men, women, old and young, pushing forward one after another, and the scene was a bit chaotic.
With the help of many soldiers, the people slowly formed a long queue and went to the front one by one to receive the porridge.
At first, everyone was worried that there would not be enough porridge for the people behind, but as time went on and the big pot in front was boiling porridge water non-stop, everyone could drink porridge. Then everyone felt relieved and the order was completely settled.
Originally, the people were a little scared because of the lack of food, but they were relieved when they saw free porridge and water.
However, that night, Chen Gong and Zhang Miao came to the door in a hurry.
"I've met Marquis Wen."
Lu Bu couldn't help laughing when he saw the two of them looking nervous, "Why are you so panicked?"
Chen Gong said with a wry smile, "Marquis Wen, do you know how much grain we put out today?"
Having said this, Chen Gong sighed, "At this rate, I'm afraid it won't be long before we run out of food."
Zhang Miao cupped his hands and said, "Marquis Wen, in the past there were only those refugees, but now with these common people, we have to support them all. I'm afraid even the entire financial resources of Xuzhou won't be able to support them for long!"
Lu Bu smiled slightly, "In that case, how do you think we should solve it?"
Zhang Miao hesitated for a moment and said slowly, "This matter must have been done by those gentry. Why not, if we reconcile with them, we should be able to solve the current crisis."
Lu Bu did not answer Zhang Miao's words, but turned to look at Chen Gong.
Chen Gong sighed, "Even if it's a reconciliation now, I'm afraid the situation will be even worse."
Hearing this, Lu Bu felt the same way and nodded, "Yes, if we compromise, they will become even more aggressive. At that time, we will have no choice but to continue to compromise."
At this point, Lu Bu snorted coldly, "So, we must not compromise!"
Zhang Miao frowned, "But the food consumption is too great, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on for long!"
Lu Bu waved his hand and said, "Meng Zhuo, don't worry. I will solve the food problem. You just need to stabilize the people's hearts."
Zhang Miao's eyes lit up and he asked hurriedly, "Marquis Wen, do you still have the grain you purchased to be transported?"
Lu Bu nodded, "Yes, there is a lot of food in this quilt, enough to last for a long time."
Lu Bu was very confident when he said these words, but he didn't know that a bigger crisis was approaching him.
