A month later, in Wanping County Government Office.
In the early morning, a strong figure ran in from the gate in a panic.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, something is wrong!"
While running, he was also shouting, and everyone in the entire county could hear him!
The voice didn't quiet down until they entered Guo An's public apartment.
"Yu Bantou, what happened?"
In the public room, Guo An asked Yu Huowang who ran in.
Yu Huowang is the head of the Zhuang Squad in Wanping County Yamen. He has more than fifty Minzhuangs under his command and is responsible for guarding government offices, warehouses, prisons and other places. At the same time, more than ten Minzhuangs are also divided to patrol urban and rural streets.
However, in the Beiping Mansion, with the guards of King Yan, the army in the Beiping Mansion, the yamen servants of the Beiping Mansion, and the yamen servants of Wanping County, their daily work is very easy.
Therefore, under Guo An's instruction, Yu Huowang, the leader of the Zhuang squad, often led some people to patrol the streets.
The purpose is naturally those foreign merchants.
In this regard, Yu Huowang is naturally very positive.
Although he is the leader of the Zhuang class, he is also a citizen of Wanping County. In this place where clan and territorial concepts are extremely strong, many interests are colluded.
He will also have his share of the cultivated fields outside Wanping County.
Naturally, they hate those merchants who want to take advantage of the opportunity!
"Your Majesty, twenty large ships have just arrived at Haizi Pier, and they are all loaded with grain!
Some of the strong men who were carrying them even found some iron bars and shovels from some large wooden boxes, at least tens of thousands of them! "
Yu Huowang said solemnly.
Guo An looked happy, "What a great thing!"
"A great thing?"
Yu Huowang was stunned. He had heard about Guo An's plans for those merchants before. He had always regarded those merchants as tigers. No matter what they did, they would always have bad intentions.
Now, when Guo An said this, his mind was a little confused.
Seeing this, Guo An smiled gently. This strong leader was the typical person with strong limbs and simple mind in Guo An's mind.
They are a group of powerful people with great skills, but as for their brains, even Zhu Laosi would shake his head when he saw them!
Guo An explained: "Whether those merchants are bringing grain, iron bars, shovels, etc., they are most likely preparing to sell them to the people of Wanping County.
Now, the people of Wanping County are in shortage of these items because of the reclamation of wasteland. Isn't that a good thing? "
Yu Huowang thought hard and then said with a worried look: "But County Lord, these merchants are all cunning and cunning, and they will definitely sell to me, the people of Wanping County, at a high price!"
Guo An smiled calmly, "So what? Only when their family has food, iron bars, and shovels can they sell it at a high price.
And now, His Highness Prince Yan still exists in Beiping Mansion.
If the prices sold by these merchants are too high, I, the people of Wanping County, can borrow it from His Highness King Yan, but I don’t have to buy it from them! "
Yu Huowang suddenly opened his mouth, his face full of excitement, "The county magistrate is wise!"
Guo An said: "Okay, flattering Shangguan is not suitable for you. You go down and make arrangements. We, Wanping County, will warmly welcome those merchants.
Then, he called the clerk from the sixth room to come over. I have something to give you! "
Yu Huowang smiled coquettishly, saluted Guo An, and quickly retreated.
Soon, Ning Deyou, the clerk in the household room, Feng Fuchun, the clerk in the office room, and the clerk in the workroom and other scribes came in.
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At the same time, at the main water transport wharf and Haizi Wharf in Beiping Prefecture, hundreds of strong men, under the instructions of several stewards, laboriously carried bags of grain down from the twenty large ships next to the wharf, and returned There are large and heavy boxes.
In a luxurious restaurant nearby, a chubby wealthy businessman stood by the window, watching everything with a smile on his face.
Behind them, three wealthy businessmen also wearing commoners stood, speaking to the wealthy businessman in front of them with a flattering look on their faces.
"In addition to Mr. Wang, the people of Wanping County were so happy that they almost jumped up when they saw that we had transported 100,000 shi of grain and 60,000 pieces of iron bars and shovels."
"Now, their homes have begun to lack food, iron bars, and shovels! As long as we hoard this food, in ten days, when their food tanks bottom out, the price of our food will inevitably skyrocket!"
Wang Yuanwai, who looked like a ball, smiled faintly and said: "This matter is not discussed urgently. Let's go and find out how many acres of land the people of Wanping County have cultivated now!"
"It's the best, it's the best, it's the king's foresight!"
"It's only been less than two months. Even if the people in Wanping County don't sleep at night, they can cultivate a thousand hectares of fields. It's considered good!"
"Hahaha, after this matter is over, I will definitely thank the little magistrate of Wanping County..."
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Two days later.
In a house in Wanping County.
Besides the same king, there were three other wealthy businessmen.
However, at this moment, when these people looked at the servant in front of them, their eyes widened with disbelief. There were even beads of sweat on the foreheads of two wealthy businessmen nervously.
"Have you checked clearly? It's really 1,500 hectares?"
"Yes, how many people are there in Wanping County? How could they cultivate 1,500 hectares of land in just two months?"
"This matter must be that the magistrate of Wanping County asked the people of Wanping County to exaggerate the land reclamation in order to borrow grain from King Yan!"
"That's certainly the case. When we left, the people of Wanping County were all complaining, and they were really cursing the little magistrate of Wanping County all day long.
It is so difficult to reclaim wasteland. How could the people of Wanping County reclaim so much land in such a short period of time? "
As he said this, Wang Yuanwai's expression darkened and he looked coldly at the steward in front of him.
"That's right, that's right. You must have been cheating on me, you bastard, and you didn't investigate it properly!"
"Excuse me, I'm a villain, I'm really..." Beads of sweat suddenly appeared on the steward's forehead.
The weather was so hot now. In order to save effort, he did not go to investigate in person. Instead, he used the contacts he had made before to find several li chiefs in Wanping County.
"Hmph, I'll give you one more chance. If you cheat on me again, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Wang Yuanwai said coldly.
"Yes, yes, thank you sir!"
The steward quickly responded with a grateful face and ran out in a panic.
Seeing this, several people in the room breathed a sigh of relief, and smiles appeared on their faces again.
Isn't it that they spent so much effort to transport so much grain from the south of the Yangtze River just to make money and even their fields from the people in Wanping County?
If the people in Wanping County really cultivated enough 2,000 hectares of land, they would definitely lose all their money!
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