Daqin: Qin Shihuang can hear my heart

Chapter 442 Announcing Li Zhao's Ascension

It is well known that Chang'an Township produces grain.At the beginning, the common people believed that the high grain yield per mu in Chang'an Township was due to the improved seeds, so they all snapped up the improved varieties. At first, the yield per mu was indeed very high, and the grain became abundant all of a sudden.

But later, I gradually discovered that with the sowing of good seeds every season, the yield became lower and lower, and in the end, the yield was scarce, which was not as good as the original grain seeds.

At that time, Li Jinong also discovered this, so he suggested to Li Zhao to expand production and stop selling the first batch of fine seeds, in order to let Chang'an Township benefit independently.

Naturally, Li Zhao would not let it go if he could make money, so he agreed with his uncle's suggestion to buy first-hand fine seeds from shops and expand production.

After these years of development, Chang'an Township and its surrounding areas have become a large granary, almost comparable to the land of Bashu.

It can be seen that the grain output of Chang'an Township is high.

It is precisely because of this that the grain market in Chang'an Township almost occupies the entire Xianyang, which means that all the rations in Xianyang are in the hands of Chang'an Township.

Naturally, the emperor also discovered this at the time. He couldn’t let Li Zhao’s family take care of him, so he allowed Bashu grain to settle in Xianyang. Let it be maintained at a balanced degree.

In order to occupy the market for grain in the six countries, Li Zhao also asked Gao Fugui to rent fields in various places to grow grain, which has occupied a large share so far.

Moreover, this trend is constantly expanding, and there is no other reason, that is, Chang'an Township has a high yield of fine varieties. With the same input, Chang'an Township has a huge advantage. It seems difficult for the land of Bashu and even other grain areas to compete with it. sleeves.

This is the advantage of good breed.

No, when Li Zhao asked the housekeeper to stop all commercial activities, the grain in the market decreased rapidly, and the price of grain naturally began to soar. Some grain merchants saw that the price of grain was rising every day. Who would sell the grain in their hands, or sell it at a high price? Either hoarding, which will cause a shortage of food in the market, and the price of food will soar faster.

That led to public resentment.

As soon as Zhi Su Nei Shi finished speaking, someone stood up. It was the lieutenant who was in charge of the Gyeonggi guards. The lieutenant had no direct relationship with food prices, but he wanted to report, which really surprised everyone.

"My lord, you must not let Li Zhao take action. According to my investigation, it is Li Zhao who caused the chaos in Xianyang this time."

When these words came out, the audience was silent, and everyone pricked up their ears to see what the lieutenant had said.

Li Zhao's disaster in Xianyang seems to be out of the question, because Li Zhao people don't know where they are, so how can there be trouble, even if there is trouble, there must be some movement!

"As far as I know from secret investigation, he secretly ordered the commercial bank to stop the supply of food, resulting in a shortage of food in the city, so merchants stockpiled grain. He is the chief culprit. I suggest that Li Zhao be arrested immediately and the commercial bank be confiscated. The crisis in Xianyang will naturally be resolved."

Oh!
When Hu Hai heard this, his eyes lit up, confiscating the firm?Good advice!The current commercial firm has become the giant of the Great Qin Dynasty. Whoever gets it will be able to stabilize the world. He is the crown prince. In order to stabilize the throne in the future, he must rely on huge financial resources. If he gets the commercial firm, why worry about being unstable?

This suggestion obviously coincides with his thinking.

And he also hated Li Zhao very much. If Li Zhao hadn't been a hindrance, how could he have colluded with Zhao Gao to tamper with the edict, and how could he have been punished by his father and confined in the palace without freedom?
During these days of confinement, he had suffered enough torture, and his hatred for Li Zhao was also deepening day by day.

Moreover, the person who helped him win the heir said that Li Zhao must be eliminated. Now it seems that the opportunity has come.

"This beast is so abominable. It's a shame that my father still loves him so much. Yes, yes, Lieutenant, order someone to capture him immediately and confiscate the firm."

"Promise!" The lieutenant immediately agreed, and was about to step out of the hall, but was stopped by a loud shout, "Wait a minute!"

The speaker was Feng Jie again, and it seemed that he was the only one who could speak for Li Zhao among so many people present.

Coming out of the queue, he cupped his hands and bowed to Hu Hai, saying: "Young master, this is absolutely impossible. If you really do this, my Great Qin will fall into a place of eternal doom."

Before Hu Hai could speak, the lieutenant turned around and questioned Feng Jie. In his eyes, there was no respect for Shang Qing from the lower officials, but anger instead.

"Doctor Yushi, what do you mean by these words? Capturing Li Zhao to solve the current food crisis is for the benefit of the people and pleading for the people. How can there be no redemption?"

Hu Hai nodded. He also felt that Feng Jie's words were too protective of Li Zhao.

"Cai, lieutenant who understands public opinion, go and do it immediately."

Hu Hai waved his hand and responded without thinking, but Feng Jie stopped him, and this time he was fighting hard.

"Please think twice! My son, I have three questions. If you can answer them, I will definitely not stop you. But if you can't answer them, I hope you will listen to me."

Hu Hai didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Feng Jie's gourd. Seeing that Zhu Qing had no objection, he waved his hands impatiently and said, "Forget it, tell me." He didn't even bother to mention the honorific title.

Feng Jie calmed down, glanced at the officials, and said in a loud voice: "First, if Li Zhao is captured, what will happen to Shanglin Court? What's more, Li Zhaoren is in Shanglin Court, and he can be captured by the lieutenant guard? You must know that there are many people in Shanglin Court. With two thousand elites, it is Li Zhao's army."

Everyone nodded slightly when they heard this, and the lieutenant immediately froze, his face changed suddenly, he was too impatient just now, and didn't think about this issue.

Not to mention two thousand elites, he is helpless with one hundred elites.

Seeing that no one responded, Feng Jie knew that everyone couldn't answer, and continued, "Secondly, if the business house is confiscated, where will the food come from in the future, and where will all the things in the business house come from? Could it be that some of you can make it?"

"This." Zhu Qing fell silent again.

Hu Hai's raised hand was even more stunned in the air, and he couldn't close his mouth that was about to open.

Indeed, everything in the firm was made by Shanglinyuan, and they were all novelties. Without Li Zhao, could these things still be made?Even if they can, will the people in Shanglinyuan obey?Impossible, as far as they know about Shanglinyuan, Li Zhao has become the god of Shanglinyuan, and no one can command them.

No one could answer the two questions, and Feng Jie didn't want to talk about the third one, because he knew that everyone had thought of the key point, and Li Zhao couldn't move.

"Please think twice, my lord. I believe that to solve the crisis of food prices, the only way to declare Li Zhao to court is the right way, and only Li Zhao can save the people."

The lieutenant didn't leave again, he was silent, Hu Hai was also silent, everyone was silent, because Feng Jie's analysis was very reasonable and Li Zhao couldn't move.

Right now, only Xuan Lizhao is in danger of food prices.

Hu Hai shook his head, his eyes lingered among the ministers, and finally fell on one person, but seeing this person nodded slightly, he said: "That's it! Tomorrow Li Zhao will be announced to the court."

(End of this chapter)