The Super Summoning System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 522 The Three Great Counselors of the Northern and Southern Dynasties
In the next few days, the price of food in Jizhou fell into a state of rising, rising three times a day, gradually reaching thousands of dollars.Some poor people really have no money and can't keep going. They can't afford stone by stone, so they have to buy by bucket, as much as they can buy.

And the four merchants also showed great vigor. Although the price of grain continued to rise, the four major chambers of commerce still transferred funds and arranged for people to buy grain. Under the leadership of the chamber of commerce, the people also bought grain like crazy.

Throughout the county town of Jizhou, people lined up a long queue outside the grain shops, going up to the capital of the prefecture in Yecheng, the capitals of each county, down to the county town and the market.People buying grain can be seen everywhere, even those living in rural areas outside the city.

The people in Jizhou have only one thing in mind, to buy food!

People still don't care about it, so why buy it at such a high price?Since you are willing to buy it, I am willing to buy it!Anyway, to make money, many families with big businesses took out the food hoarded at home and sold it.

There is Qinghe County in Jizhou, which is located in the south-central part of Jizhou, separated from Wei County where Yecheng is located by Yangping County.

In Qinghe County, there is a prominent family named Cui family. The Cui family is very famous. From the Western Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, they were all well-known families.Cui Yan in the Three Kingdoms period belonged to the Cui family of Qinghe, and the Cui family of Qinghe was one of the top families with five surnames and Qiwang in the Tang Dynasty.

In addition, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Cui family also had a famous person, Cui Hao!
Cui Hao, Wang Meng, Zhang Bin and others were also known as the three great counselors of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Cui Hao was outstanding in resourcefulness, foretelling things like a god, and everything he said was accurate.

Cui Hao is a descendant of Cui Lin, the state of Wei in the Three Kingdoms era. Cui Lin is Cui Yan's younger brother, and Cui Hao is also a member of the Qinghe Cui family.Cui Hao had already been born last year, and he was the member of Chen Qingzhi's lone army who went deep to destroy Yuan Shu.

As for Cui Hao, it was no accident that he also implanted the identity of the Qinghe Cui family, but his seniority has risen, he is the brother of the ancestor Cui Yan.

In Qinghe County, in the Cui family's mansion in Qinghe County, a servant hurriedly ran into the inner courtyard.

"What are you doing in such a hurry?" At this moment, a voice sounded from behind, and the servant looked back, and hurriedly said, "Second Lord, the price of grain in the city has skyrocketed, and the grain store in our family's grain store in the city has been sold out. I'm here to ask for instructions." Lord, do you want to use the food hoarded by the clan?"

This second master is Cui Hao, about seven feet tall, dressed in white, with a handsome face and no beard.Delicate like a woman.

"The price of food has increased, what's going on, didn't the clan order that the price of food should not be increased?" Cui Hao asked with a frown.

"I don't know what's going on, but people who don't know why come to buy grain, and the price of grain is going up. If we don't raise it, why shouldn't other families suppress us?" The servant asked with a puzzled face.

"The whole city is going up, when did it happen?" Cui Hao said with a serious face.

"Only these two days, now the grain has been sold for five thousand yuan per stone. Erye, you have been closed for the past two days, so I don't know. I have to ask the old man for instructions. Those people outside the shop are waiting. !" The servants ignored Cui Hao, apparently there were a lot of people buying food, if the food was not delivered, the people would cause trouble.

Cui Hao stood there, frowning and muttering: "In two days, the price of food has increased from [-] yuan to [-] yuan, an increase of ten times, and the increase is still uncontrollable. Someone must have contributed to this. No, I have to go and see!"

Speaking of this, Cui Hao left the house and walked towards the grain store in the family. The Cui family is a big family in Qinghe County, and it is no exaggeration to say that they are the number one.And Qinghe County is also the seat of Qinghe County, and its prosperity is not much worse than that of Yecheng, a big city in the world.

And the Cui family's grain shops are spread all over the city, and there are more than 20. With the Cui family's financial resources and material resources, the accumulated grain is actually sold to use the stored grain, which really surprised Cui Hao.

Cui Hao walked like flying, and came to the largest grain store in the clan. Before he arrived, he saw the streets in the city bustling with people. There was a long queue at the door of his grain store, and there was no end in sight.

Cui Hao squeezed to the door of his grain store, and the people blocked the door tightly, unable to get in at all, so Cui Hao had to let in through the back door, standing in the hall and watching the people buying grain like a tide at the door.

"Second Young Master, why are you interested in visiting the shop?" The shopkeeper in the hall joked with a smile when he saw Cui Hao's arrival.

Obviously, the shopkeeper is in a good mood when the grain is sold at such a high price, and he has made a few years' worth of money in a few days, which is a great thing.

However, Cui Hao couldn't be happy. Looking at the crowd outside the door, he asked in a deep voice, "What's going on? Why are the people flocking to buy food?"

The shopkeeper pondered and explained: "I heard that the emperor is going to attack Jizhou. The harvest in Jizhou this year will not be very good. In addition to the upcoming war, I am afraid that even the cultivation will be delayed. The people are worried that they will not be able to survive next year's harvest. , That’s why they’re crazy about buying food.”

As soon as Cui Hao heard it, he felt that something was wrong and immediately retorted: "Nonsense, the emperor just put down Yuan Shu, how can he have the ability to attack Jizhou? I have checked his information, although it is risky, but he is taking every step of the way, how could he attack Jizhou under such circumstances. Where did the rumor come from?"

How could the shopkeeper understand state affairs? Cui Hao said that he was in a cloud of fog, so he had to explain: "It's not a rumor. The emperor did indeed hold a court meeting to attack Jizhou. My family has already got the news. It's just that the second son is studying in seclusion. That’s all I know. Let’s not talk about Qinghe now, the people in the whole Jizhou are stockpiling grain.”

"It's a disaster, it's a disaster!" Cui Hao's face changed drastically, and he stood aside and muttered to himself.

"How can this be a disaster? In just two days, the money earned by my family is equivalent to last year's income. This is a great thing." The shopkeeper said in disbelief.

Cui Hao seemed to understand something, staring at the shopkeeper and asked: "How much food has been sold in the past two days, and how much food is left in the clan now."

"This year's harvest has been bought, and the food hoarded by the clan has been used up. There are still about [-]% left, and it is estimated that there are [-] shi!" The shopkeeper replied.

"Fifty thousand stones? If we can't sell them anymore, just say that the food is running out, and quickly drive these people away!" Cui Hao immediately ordered.

"How can this be done? I've sent someone to collect food before, if I don't sell it, other families will benefit, and I'm afraid they will suppress our family," the shopkeeper said with a sad face.

"Listen to me. That's right. Our family only has [-] stones left to stockpile food. If this continues, I'm afraid it will be sold out and we won't be able to stop. How will our family live then? Drive out the people quickly!" Cui Hao said seriously.

"Right now the price of food is getting more and more expensive. I'm afraid the common people won't be able to buy much. If our family doesn't have enough food, I'll raise the price." The shopkeeper said his solution.

"Stop talking too much, go!" Cui Hao turned a deaf ear, stared at him, and ordered the shopkeeper to carry out his order.

"Yes!", the shopkeeper's face was displeased, but after all, he was still a servant and could not be in charge.

Standing at the gate, the shopkeeper shouted loudly: "I'm sorry everyone, my store has run out of food, there is nothing to buy, you go back."

If you don't have to buy it, how can the people want it?
"Why don't you have to buy it? You've raised the price of food in the store, and now you've earned enough and won't sell it?"

"My uncle waited for a whole day, and you told him to wait in vain?"

"Isn't it just money? I have money and I just want food. If you raise the price, I will buy it too."

"Didn't you just ask your servants to transport grain? What do you mean by saying that you can't sell it now? You have to be honest when you open a business. In this Qinghe, your Cui family is not the only one who sells grain?"

The people were cursing, but some people left Cui's grain store and went to other houses to buy grain.But more is waiting for a day, unwilling to wait in such a long line, standing in front of the Cuijia food shop with an expression of not giving up until the food is sold.

"Second Young Master, you can't drive him away at all!" The shopkeeper looked at Cui Hao with a complaining expression.

Cui Hao's face was gloomy, he looked at the people who were making trouble at the door, he punched the table with his fist, and said in a deep voice: "What a big handwriting, this is to turn Jizhou upside down, who did it?"

Seeing Cui Hao muttering to himself, the shopkeeper couldn't find a way out, so he had to go to the gate to appease the people.At this moment, the previous servant came over with dozens of servants pushing several carriages, and shouted: "The food is here, let's make way, let's make way."

At this moment, a person among the common people shouted: "They are rich and ruthless, let's not buy it, go grab it!"

They wouldn't dare to kill them if they robbed food on weekdays, and they wouldn't dare to offend the Cui family's great cause, but now that the streets are full of people like ants, they don't care so much about robbing food.What's more, food has been sold for thousands of dollars a stone, and many people don't want to spend such a huge amount of money.

I don't know who took the lead. One by one, the people rushed towards the grain cart, like mad dogs, picked up the grain on the grain cart and ran away.However, some people couldn't grab it, so they robbed their companions who grabbed it. Suddenly, the street was in chaos, and food was scattered all over the ground in the fight.

"How courageous, my Cui family dares to grab the food?" The servant who transported the food was furious, and immediately drew a simple knife from the carriage, and slashed at the people.Servants from aristocratic families are no different from soldiers, and the Cui family has a great career and has many private soldiers.

The other servants who transported the food also took the simple knives hidden in the carriage, and they were just as good as the people, but after a long time, the people cut down several people. At this time, the people were also afraid, and retreated to the side in fear.

A group of family members collected the good grain and carried it into the shop, but the people were hesitant, but they dared not buy grain.The shopkeeper still wanted to do business, so Cui Hao stopped Cui Hao and said in a low voice: "You have seen it, the people have already started to turmoil, and then you are raising the price of food, and if there is no food to sell, the people will still be in turmoil. Time is more than just what, the people in the whole city will be like this, you take advantage of the fear of the people, scold them severely and close the shop."

(End of this chapter)