Hearing the remarks of the students from the aristocratic family, Dongye Song almost fell down.
Is this the scholar from Yanzhou?
If his children say such things, they will be punished by him for a few days.
But these people are from aristocratic families.
As the dean, he couldn't even excuse himself because of his illness, otherwise once the scholars caused a big mess in the prefect's mansion, Yanzhou Academy would be finished, and he would also be implicated.
At this moment, Dongye Song suddenly admired Liang Xiao for being able to sell books for less than 200 yuan.
"After this incident, I will resign. Even if I starve to death and jump from the top floor of this dean, I will never do it again!"
After making up his mind, Dongye Song left sadly.
Yanzhou Academy has been actually controlled by Dugu Chen.
These scholars are young and energetic, and are inevitably impulsive, not to mention that their interests are tied to aristocratic families.
At night, in a military camp deep in the desert.
The Tuoba clan and Beihu generals, who had been waiting for a long time, finally received news from Yanzhou.
"Master! Liang Xiao has raised the price of food to two hundred and fifty cents per stone!"
As soon as Xi Zuo finished speaking, the camp burst into cheers!
“The collapse of Yanzhou is just around the corner!”
"Why did he raise the price to two hundred and fifty cents per stone?" Only Tuoba Jun frowned.
"I can't stand it anymore!" A Beihu general beamed with joy.
Hu Yanche stood up and said: "I have been waiting for this day! Although Yanzhou is exhausted and heavily guarded, it is still impregnable. The cavalry cannot go south to break the city!"
Tuoba Jun calculated the time and said in shock: "Then Liang Xiao must have a conspiracy. Has he notified the grain trucks from all over the place to wait and see and not to enter the city?"
"The grain truck left for Yanzhou when the price of rice reached one hundred and fifty cents per dan." Xi Zuo said.
Tuoba Jun clenched his fists and gritted his teeth: "I have an ominous feeling. This thief has raised the price too fast. It's only been less than a month, right?"
Tuobating was also surprised: "According to your estimate, shouldn't the price be raised to 150 yuan within two or three months?"
"So, Liang Xiao is cheating?" Hu Yanche said.
"All I can think of is where Liang Xiao got the food from, at least 800,000 shi! Otherwise, if he had to feed the Liang family army with only the original 400,000 shi of food, he would definitely not be able to last more than two months." Tuo Ba Jun said worriedly.
At this moment, another Pegasus came to report: "Yanzhou will pay you back carefully!"
Hu Yanche looked at the first person, Xizuo: "Why is there another one?"
The craftsman said in fear: "I encountered sand and dust blocking the road along the way, because I came too late to take a detour..."
Hu Yanche suddenly understood and stopped pursuing it.
"Oops! The second batch of detailed returns, then..."
Tuoba Jun rushed out of the camp to meet the visitor.
"Marshal! Young Master! Something bad has happened! After the grain trucks of the rice merchants from major aristocratic families entered Yanzhou, Yanzhou suddenly closed the city, and then Liang Xiao lowered the price of rice to twenty coins per stone!"
Hearing this, Tuoba Jun's eyes darkened and he fell backward.
"Stop it!"
"What's going on? Why did Liang Xiao close the city and reduce the price? From two hundred and fifty to twenty?!" Hu Yanche asked angrily.
The visitor explained: "The reason is that the Beihu cavalry has invaded south recently. In order to protect the food from being seized by the enemy, rice merchants are temporarily not allowed to leave Yanzhou..."
Hu Yanche's pupils shrank: "Some time ago, Guan Luo was killed by an unknown young general. The remaining 500 Beihu cavalry were wiped out, and the scout only escaped with his own life! I'm afraid Liang Xiao made a fuss about this matter..."
Tuoba Jun came back to his senses and lamented: "Liang Xiao sealed the city to block the escape route of the rice merchants and lowered the price to twenty cents. They must have obtained the surplus grain from somewhere. Those rice merchants may not be able to hold on..."
"Didn't you say that this plan is foolproof?" Hu Yanche said displeased.
Tuoba Jun smiled bitterly and said: "If I am in charge of the overall situation in the northern border, I will be foolproof and can deal with any emergencies. But now I am in the desert with inconvenient transportation. I am afraid that others will not be Liang Xiao's opponent..."
Hu Yanche fell into silence.
This can't be blamed on Tuoba Jun. After all, Tuoba Jun did his best.
"That Liang Xiao seems to have some guidance from an expert! I'm afraid he will break the food shortage situation easily!" Hu Yanche's eyes burned and he suddenly smiled, "But this is the fun thing, isn't it? If the son of Marquis Lanling, It’s just a piece of mud, and I’m not even interested in it!”
Tuoba Jun gritted his teeth and said: "Marshal! If Yanzhou solves the food shortage, Beihu will not be able to break the city with only cavalry!"
Hu Yanche said meaningfully: "You have been familiar with the art of war since you were a child. You also mentioned before that you planned to study a lot of siege equipment, right?"
Tuoba Jun nodded solemnly: "We must speed up the process. Once Liang Xiao has established a foothold in Yanzhou and the army and the people are united, it will be a fool's dream to break Yanzhou again!"
Hu Yanche nodded with a smile: "Just arrange and rush the production. I have people deployed by the commander in Guanlong and Liaodong. The materials can flow smoothly and will be delivered to Beihu soon."
The two sides hit it off immediately.
Tuoba Ting said with a ferocious smile: "Our Tuoba family's home has always been the desert! I want this great week to be devastated and bones everywhere!"
In the dead of night, the governor's mansion also welcomed Dongye Xuanji.
"Luoyue is young and carefree, she..."
At this moment, Dongye Xuanji's face was full of shame, as if there was a lump in his throat.
Liang Xiao comforted him: "As long as she doesn't break the law, for the sake of the Dongye family head, I can let things go. However, after tomorrow, she must sincerely repent."
Dongye Xuanji nodded silently, feeling increasingly worried.
How could she sincerely repent?
At this moment, Higashino Xuanji only hated himself for being such a doting and indulgent person, and for developing such a character for his beloved daughter.
Suddenly, he thought of Dongye Luoxi.
This child is better than Dongye Luoyue, but it's a pity...the two of them disappointed the Dongye family so much!
Qin Baili reminded: "Master Dongye, it's not a good idea for my daughter to be deceived and used by others all the time. The Dongye family should also know the intentions of those big families. It is not the best policy to blindly protect yourself."
Dongye Xuanji said with shame: "Of course it's clear! But our Dongye family has been in a state of decline after the party struggle that year... and we really don't dare to offend those big families. And Luoyue is a student of Yanzhou Academy. It's impossible not to contact them. possible."
"The head of the Dongye family didn't understand what Baili meant." Liang Xiao sighed.
Dongye Xuanji also knew that he was in the wrong and had a sincere attitude.
"Please give me some advice from Marquis Lanling!"
Liang Xiao said word by word: "After tomorrow, it will be time for the Higashino clan to decide to take sides."
Dongye Xuanji was stunned for a moment, his heart pounding.
"For those families, silence means opposition. Doesn't the Dongye family still understand?" Liang Xiao reminded.
"This..." Dongye Xuanji became more and more embarrassed.
"Isn't it possible that the Dongye family is still planning to stand in line with those families?" Liang Xiao suddenly laughed.
"No, no, no, we have no intention of taking sides!" Higashino Xuanji quickly expressed his stance.
Liang Xiao stared at Dongye's mystery and said seriously: "Right now, the Dongye family has the opportunity to make a comeback and return to the capital. Do you want to fight for it?"
"What opportunity?" Dongye Xuanji became interested.
"As long as you, the Dongye clan, firmly support the imperial power and cooperate with me, Liang Xiao, as the prefect, when our emperor overthrows these big families one by one, will there still be many vacant official positions for which the Dongye clan is qualified?"
