The Super Summoning System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 521 A Brewing Storm (Part [-])
"It's true. My relatives in Luoyang also told me. I didn't believe it at first, but I didn't expect it to be true."

"As soon as the city gate opened this morning, I saw the cavalry rushing into the governor's mansion. I'm afraid I was notified of this?"

Jin Yiwei, who deliberately spread rumors, made a displeased look. At this time, the members of Jin Yiwei hidden in the restaurant also helped each other. Before they knew it, the people had been guided by public opinion.

That is, the Son of Heaven will attack Jizhou. When the war comes, they will not be able to farm, and Yuan Shao will still collect grain, so take advantage of the fact that the price reduction is not high yet, hoard grain and buy grain for emergencies!

Unknowingly, the diners in the restaurant, which was full of seats, left one after another.Looking outside, there are many more people at the door of a grain shop.

No one wants to tell others the news, because the more people buy grain, the higher the price of grain will be when the supply exceeds the demand.With the spread of public opinion, even if the price of food increases, more and more people will buy food, and even if they have money, they will not be able to buy food.

And once it reaches this point, public grievances will erupt and turmoil will occur.

There are only a few people in the restaurant to go to the empty building, except for a few drunks, at this time the hotel owner also came out to chase away customers: "Several, my restaurant will not entertain you today."

A few drunks left cursing, and the boss also joined the ranks of buying grain.Food is also needed to make wine. If there is no food, there will be no wine, so he also plans to hoard more food.

The situation in the restaurant is just a microcosm of Yecheng. In other places, there are Jinyiwei who create rumors and control public opinion.The first rumor is that this thing is quite terrifying. Jin Yiwei only gave a guide, and half a day later, there was an endless stream of people going to buy food.

In Ye City, there was a huge long queue at the entrances of the major grain shops.

The store clerk didn't know why, now that the harvest has just been harvested, the grain cannot be sold originally. Although the harvest is not good, at the beginning of the harvest, every household still has some surplus grain.But in this scene, the price of grain has already reached five hundred shi, and there are still people coming to buy grain, are they crazy?
But from their point of view, this is a good thing. If the price of food is so high and people will buy it, they can make money as long as they can.There was an endless stream of people buying grain at the gates of the various grain shops in Yecheng. By ten o'clock in the evening, the grain stored in each grain shop was almost sold out.

"Sorry, it's getting late today, come back tomorrow." The clerk in front of a shop said loudly.The people who waited in the back for a long time but could not buy food were unhappy, but as night came, it was impossible not to leave.

Xun You, who was in Yecheng that night, secretly summoned several leaders of Jinyiwei, and asked about the situation. When the food is ready, we don’t leave until evening.”

Xun You nodded and said, "Very good, you don't need to make rumors in Ye City tomorrow, you go to other counties to make rumors."

"Just create rumors for half a day, what if the people don't go to buy food tomorrow?"

"The common people are the best fuel for rumors. You go to other cities and order the Jinyiwei in all counties of Jizhou to take action. What I want is that the whole Jizhou has no food to sell!"

"Promise!" A group of Jin Yiwei bowed their hands and took the order.

On the next day, all the people in Yecheng gathered at the gate of the grain store early in the morning. When the store opened, the clerk was holding a wooden sign and replacing the wooden sign that stood at the door yesterday.The wooden sign marked the price of grain, eight hundred yuan per stone!

"Yesterday it was only five hundred yuan, why is it only eight hundred yuan today?"

"You guys are clearly taking the opportunity to blackmail, and the price of food has increased by [-]% overnight!"

The guy was so ashamed and angry by the condemnation of the people around him, he couldn't help cursing: "Whether you like to buy it or not, if you don't buy it, don't blame me if you have money and can't buy it."

Apparently, the guy at the grain store also knew about the rumors, so he was confident.

"You sell it so expensive, I won't buy it, and there is more than one grain store in Yecheng." Some who disliked the high price of grain walked away and went to other grain stores to buy.

"Hmph, our house is considered cheap, and other houses are even more expensive! You just leave, it will be even more expensive when you come back later." The man sneered.But some people still left, but most of them didn't. They should know that the prices elsewhere have increased, which is more expensive than the grain shops here.

Although eight hundred stones are expensive, none of these people gave up and queued up to buy food.

But the people who think it's too expensive go to other grain shops to see that the price is clearly marked, the lowest is [-] shi, and some are even as high as [-] shi.The guy didn't lie, these people were embarrassed to go back, so they found a cheap grain shop and lined up.

In one day, the price of grain soared, and many grain stores ran out of grain, so they used the family's grain reserves.The price also rose again and again, and the price rose to an average price of [-] stone within a day.

Apart from Yecheng, other cities in Jizhou, due to the rumors of Jinyiwei, the people also went to buy grain one after another, and the various chambers of commerce were also the big ones, and they wanted to use the financial resources of the chamber of commerce to frantically buy grain in Jizhou.

And in the governor's mansion in Yecheng, Yuan Shao looked at the letter sent by the Luoyang court with a livid face. Yuan Shao's hands were shaking while holding the letter, and his beard couldn't stop beating in anger: "Crazy, Liu Bian is crazy. , this kid is so arrogant. Not long after Yuan Shu was wiped out, will I, Jizhou, be able to do the surgery? Can I be bullied when my Yuan family is weak? He has recuperated for less than a year, where can he get the money and food to compete with me?"

"My lord, I think this is a good thing!" Several counselors laughed.

"It's a good thing, tell me what it is!" Yuan Shao asked as he put down the letter.

Xu You said: "Liu Bian has only recuperated for a year, and his soldiers are tired of fighting. There is also news that he has established the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Agriculture, and Daxing Farming. He suddenly decided to attack Jizhou. He must have been defiant and arrogant after defeating Yuan Shu. But he is not stable in the rear. Although Bingzhou has many troops, he has to guard against aliens. Luoyang has only [-] troops, and his number of soldiers to fight is only [-] to [-]. Let him attack Jizhou. Can it be attacked?"

"Haha, what Ziyuan said is right. Liu Bian is indeed young, vigorous and invincible. But he is still too young now. Seeing that he is arrogant and arrogant now, I don't worry about it anymore." Yuan Shao heard the words Ha ha laughed.

"My lord is right. The Son of Heaven is still too young. It is said that he has been making great strides without ever failing. Now that he is inflated, it is my lord's opportunity to take advantage of his arrogance and defeat him!" Guo Tu suggested.

"He came from a long distance, and the rear is not stable. My lord just needs to send troops to garrison, so that he will be defeated without a fight. When he is defeated, he will have to spend several years to re-consolidate his rear, and the lord can take this opportunity to dominate the young and expand strength!"

Since Yuan Shao was defeated in Yanzhou, Youzhou, and Qingzhou successively, the advisers under Yuan Shu's command have restrained a little, and they dare not fight openly and secretly. After all, if Yuan Shao loses, they will also suffer.

Xu You raised his head, and a group of counselors expressed their opinions one after another. The general meaning was to judge Liu Bian to be arrogant and conceited, and let Yuan Shao seize the opportunity to defeat Liu Bian in one fell swoop.

Yuan Shao was also very happy, it was rare for the counselors to disagree, so he didn't have to worry about whom to listen to.He also had an opinion in his heart, and ordered: "Let Zhang Yun lead [-] troops to guard Jingjing Pass, and let Yan Liang lead [-] troops to garrison the Muye area and stand by. The Han army is treacherous and can't go to war. In time, there will be chaos behind him, and at that time our army will take advantage of the situation and pursue!"

It was rare for Yuan Shao to be wise, and the orders he let down were all correct. If Liu Bian was really eager to attack Jizhou, facing Yuan Shao's strategy, there might be nothing he could do.It's just that he misunderstood Liu Bian's idea. Liu Bian was not arrogant, nor did he want to attack Jizhou immediately.

At this moment, Shen Pei hurried in, Yuan Shao saw that Shen Pei was in a hurry, and said displeasedly: "What's wrong with Zheng Nan's hurrying, I called you to discuss business matters, why are you late?"

"My lord, the price of grain in the city is so high that the common people are scrambling to buy grain. It's so strange." The examiner said hastily.

"This year's harvest is not good, and there is news that Liu Bian is going to attack Jizhou. The people buy some grain to prevent accidents. It's normal. What's weird!" Yuan Shao said disdainfully.

Indeed, when the Yellow Turban Rebellion swept through Jizhou, this situation also occurred, and the price of food once rose to thousands of stones.It can be said that it is very unstable. In this era, there is no one deliberately manipulating it. It is normal for Yuan Shao to not take it seriously when conducting commercial wars.

And Liu Bian attracted Yuan Shao's attention at the cost of mobilizing troops, and let Jizhou put down the monitoring of the market.Yuan Shao was too lazy to manage these trivial matters that he didn't care about.

"But my lord..."

"Zhengnan, don't worry about these small things, you are making a big mistake because of a small thing. Now Liu Bian is arrogant and wants to attack my Jizhou. This is my chance for Jizhou. Once I defeat Liu Bian, my Jizhou will rise up. You are a prominent family in Jizhou, and there are still many things for you to do!" Yuan Shao waved and interrupted without waiting for the judge to finish.

"No!" The inspector nodded, but it's normal for food prices to increase, and it's just a matter of suppressing food prices.He still has to deal with Liu Bian right now, so he really doesn't have time to take care of those trivial matters.

If no one pushes it, it's really a trivial matter, but now the four major chambers of commerce are taking the lead in purchasing grain and grass. If Yuan Shao doesn't care about it, Jizhou will fall into chaos in a few days.

However, because Liu Bian deliberately bluffed and attracted Yuan Shao's attention, ignoring the changes in the Jizhou market, a storm was quietly brewing in Jizhou.After brewing enough energy, it must sweep Jizhou.

For three days in a row, the whole of Jizhou was caught up in rumors, and people flocked into the grain shops to buy grain from the county capitals on the main roads, as small as the county towns.The price of grain in Jizhou also rose three times a day. After a few days, the price of grain rose to thousands of stones.

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