The food Ling Ning transferred from the military camp only lasted for four or five days.
Soon the food was sold out, and the panic of food shortage spread again, so that many people were still confused. There was even food left at home, enough to last for several months, but they were led away and panic started again.
The people's thinking is very simple. The food stored at home is enough for a few months, but what about a few months later?
Even if the autumn harvest comes then, who doesn’t know that there is little cultivated land in Yanzhou? Will it be their turn to have food then?
If you can't buy it then, how will you spend this winter?
Panic without food, this is a gene buried in the blood of the Chinese people!
The people fell into panic again.
Therefore, many people in power say that the people are ignorant, the easiest to fool, and the easiest to deceive.
The initiator of spreading panic rumors is naturally Qi Fengtang.
Ling Ning thought she would wait ten days and a half, but she didn't expect Qifengtang to be so eager to die. If so, let him do it!
So, Ling Ning sent someone to find Cai Dun and asked, "How did you do what you were asked to do?"
"This official deserves to die. I wonder what the prince is referring to?" Cai Tun deliberately pretended to be stupid.
Ling Ning said: "I want you to contact the aristocratic families in Yanzhou City, especially the Qi family, and ask them to contribute to solving the food crisis in Yanzhou."
Cai Tun nodded quickly and said: "I have already contacted everyone. The Qi family, the Sun family, the Zhao family, and the Jin family have all expressed their full support to the prince. As long as the prince gives the order, they will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
Ling Ning smiled and said with satisfaction: "Cai Biejia did not disappoint me in his work. You go and inform them that I will host a banquet tonight to entertain them, so that we must arrive."
"Your Majesty, I understand. I'll go and pass the message immediately." Cai Tun respectfully stepped back.
Ling Ning watched Cai Tun leave, the corner of her mouth slowly curved, and then suddenly asked: "Mr. Pang, do you think Qifengtang and the others will keep the appointment?"
After the words fell, a person walked out from behind the screen, it was Pang Ju.
Jia Huaiying went to the Kingdom of Chen, while Duanmu Shuang went to spread rumors. The only adviser who could advise Ling Ning was Pang Ju.
Pang Ju smiled and said: "With Qi Fengtang's arrogance, he will definitely come to the appointment. He will also humiliate the lord in front of the lord. This is something he has been looking forward to, so how can he not come."
Ling Ning nodded and asked, "Are Zhang He and Li Long ready?"
"We are ready. Ten thousand soldiers did not go to the Yanzhou camp, but were stationed in the dense forest 20 kilometers east of Yanzhou city!" Pang Ju replied.
Currently, there are only two thousand soldiers stationed in the Yanzhou camp, and the other soldiers and horses have been transferred to the four passes.
Ling Ning wanted to go on a killing spree this time, so these two thousand men were naturally not enough. Moreover, Ling Ning did not plan to use the Beiyou Army in the Yanzhou Camp. If he wanted to use it, he would use his own surrendered soldiers.
So he asked generals Zhang He and Li Long to lead their troops to come secretly.
Even Huo Zilong, Zhao Zhijing and other generals did not know their true whereabouts, lest anyone among them tip off Qifengtang.
Ling Ning nodded with satisfaction.
The fun is about to begin.
At this moment, Mr. Sun came to report: "Your Majesty, the young master of the Qi family, Qi Yun, asks to see you again."
The day before yesterday, Qi Yun wanted to see Ling Ning, but Ling Ning refused. Unexpectedly, this boy persisted and came to visit again this time.
Ling Ning immediately attacked the Qi family, so she didn't bother to see him and said, "No!"
Pang Ju smiled and said: "I have long heard that Qi Fengtang's son is stable and mature, and now it seems that it is indeed the case. Qi Yun asked to see the prince, probably because he wanted to ease the grievances between the prince and the Qi family. He sees things more clearly than his father, Qin Fengtang. , it would be nice if he was the head of the Qi family, but it’s a pity..."
Ling Ning didn't smile or say anything.
There are not so many ifs in this world!
…
Qi Yun was rejected and could not see Ling Ning, so he returned to Qi's house worriedly.
"What's wrong with my son?" Qi Fengtang asked with a smile when he saw Qi Yun.
Qi Yun saw Qi Fengtang put on a gorgeous brocade robe and asked curiously: "Report to father, the child is fine. Where is father going?"
"Of course I'm going to the banquet! Now that Yanzhou is experiencing a food shortage crisis again, Ling Ning is desperate, so she holds a banquet to ask for help from her father!" Qi Fengtang said proudly.
Qi Yun's expression changed and he said, "Ling Ning is hosting a banquet and only invites father?"
"And the entire aristocratic families in Yanzhou City obviously want everyone to help him." Qifengtang replied.
Qi Yun said sternly: "Father, you can't go! I'm worried that this banquet is in danger! Because my child just went to the Beidi County Prince's Mansion and asked to see Ling Ning, but he didn't see me."
"Nonsense! Didn't I tell you? It doesn't have to be like this." Qi Fengtang scolded, and then sneered: "Danger? What danger can there be! Do you think Ling Ning dares to take action? If he pulls one hair, his whole body will be affected, unless he wants to cause chaos in Yanzhou !”
"Our Qi family has been operating in Yanzhou for many years. There are thousands of dead soldiers raised in the palace alone. It is not a problem to break into the Beidi County Prince's Palace."
"Besides, all the aristocratic families follow our lead. Does the Ling family dare to drive out all the families?"
"In addition, there are only two thousand soldiers and horses in the camp outside the city. The captains and school captains who lead them are all good friends with our Qi family. As long as they are mobilized, my father will know about it immediately."
"With just the two to three hundred people in his palace, what kind of big waves can they make?"
"So you keep your heart in your belly."
Facing Qi Feng Tang's confidence, Qi Yun still worried: "Father, don't forget, Ling Ning has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands."
"What happened to the army of hundreds of thousands? There is no food. Do you think the army of hundreds of thousands listens to him? If he needs food, he has to be controlled by his father. Okay, let's not talk about this anymore." Qi Fengtang was impatient and immediately stopped. discussed.
Qi Yun was still worried, so he retreated to see the leader of the dead soldiers and asked him to inform him and be more vigilant.
After calming down, Qi Yun also felt that maybe he was too cautious.
This is due to his character, he always likes to prepare for the worst when it comes to problems.
…
When the sun sets in the west.
The heads of the Sun family, the Zhao family, the Jin family, the Li family, and the Guang family came to the Beidi County Prince's Mansion one after another, and finally Qifeng Hall.
The Sun family, the Zhao family, the Jin family, the Li family, the Guang family, and the Qi family, these six families are the most powerful families in Yanzhou, and they follow the lead of the Qi family and advance and retreat together.
These six families control half of the land in Yanzhou, as well as 70% of the grain shops, salt shops, cloth shops, and oil shops, occupying at least 70% of Yanzhou's wealth.
The six families had one to two thousand guards and dead soldiers in their hands.
It is a formidable armed force.
This is also the basis for their arrogance.
When they arrived at the Beidi County Prince's Mansion, these people seemed not to be guests, but hosts.
Especially when Qifengtang arrived, the heads of the other five families quickly gathered around him, as if he was their backbone.
"Family heads, please come in." Mr. Sun stepped forward to greet him.
Qi Fengtang glanced at Mr. Sun and said with a smile: "How long have Mr. Sun been working in the Ling family? You are too old to take a break? I will see the little prince later, and I have to fight for you!"
Look at this, calling Ling Ning a little prince, it's obvious that he doesn't take it seriously. It is really arrogant to ridicule Mr. Sun as a junior.
Mr. Sun thought to himself: You deserve this disaster for your Qi family, you deserve it.
