Zhang Zhao showed a wise smile and said:"My lord, think about it, when the flood comes, we people in Jiangdong will be displaced and need government relief. How will those Wuxi Barbarians fare better? Will Liu Biao send them food? When they worry about food, it will be easier to incite them."

Sun Quan thought it was reasonable, but still said:"There are floods everywhere now. Even if we want to implement our strategy, we have to Let's wait until the flood recedes."

Zhang Zhao nodded and said,"Of course. Maybe by that time, those Wuxi barbarians will have eaten up all their food and they will start a riot. We just need to guide them."

Sun Quan's face Finally, there was a smile.

Sun Quan has thought about this plan many times. It has great implementation value and the price is not high. But once it succeeds, all the areas south of the Yangtze River will belong to him.

Sun Quan couldn't help but be moved. Even in his dreams these days, he dreamed that the plan was successful.

"In short, let’s wait until the flood recedes. When that happens, I’ll see how Liu Jue responds. Sun Quan said with a smile on his face

……

Another seven or eight days passed. At this time, the floods in Jingzhou had basically receded.

Liu Jue could finally breathe a sigh of relief, and his mood became much more relaxed, and he began to concentrate on his official duties.

Indeed, every region of Jiangxia has been hit by disasters of different severity, so the most important thing now is to appease the victims everywhere and rebuild the destroyed villages.

Fortunately, Liu Jue now has many helpers, such as Jiang Wan, Yi Ji, Xiang Lang, and Ma Liang has grown up now and is fully able to stand alone.

Even Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, who are military advisers, are also good hands in domestic affairs.

Moreover, there is a lot of food in Jiangxia now. Whether it is attacking Zhou Yu or Cao Ren, Liu Jue has seized a lot of food, which is enough for disaster relief.

Everything is going in the right direction.

However, Liu Jue's good mood did not last long as Jiang Wan hurried in.

"Major General, people below have reported that someone is deliberately driving up food prices."Jiang Wan handed over a roll of bamboo slips, with a very ugly expression on his face.

Liu Jue frowned, took the bamboo slips, and read them quickly

"The Yang family of Shaxian, the He family of Zhu County, and more than a dozen powerful families have joined forces to drive up food prices!"Liu Jue put down the bamboo slips, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

In the past, because of Jiangdong's relationship, Jiangxia was not considered to be full of powerful people, but it was not without them.

For example, the Yang family of Shaxian and the He family of Zhu County were the two largest families.

No. Look down on these powerful people. They are very powerful with their clan as the link, and their families have rich assets and countless fertile fields.

However, Liu Jue has never had a good impression of these powerful people.

Usually these people are relatively peaceful, but when they encounter this kind of When there is a natural disaster, they start to make trouble.

Just like this time, those powerful people deliberately raised the price of food. In order to survive, the people affected by the disaster had to pay high prices to buy food.

What should they do if they can't afford it?

The people have no choice but to sell their fields. After selling their fields, They can only become tenants, or even poor farmers.

As the powerful continue to annex land, they will become richer and exploit these tenants even more.

If there is another serious natural disaster, these poor farmers will not be able to survive. If it goes down, there is no choice but to rise up.

Just like before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there were several serious natural disasters in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Liu Jue would never allow this to happen, and immediately said to Jiang Wan:"Gong Yan, you send someone Go talk to those powerful people. I will give them three days to lower the price of food back to the original price.

Jiang Wan asked in a low voice:"What if they don't lower the price after three days?""

"No price reduction? Is my knife for reading? Liu

Jue smiled lightly and said,"My words are not a discussion, but an order!" If those powerful people don't listen, I don't care about the Yang family or the Yang family, I will kill anyone who raises the price of food!"

"The subordinates understood."Jiang Wan nodded, and immediately turned around and went out.

Soon, all the powerful people in Jiangxia received Liu Jue's warning, and notices prohibiting raising food prices were posted in various counties.

Sha Xian's words In the rather luxurious village, the head of the Yang family, Yang Xun, was sitting in the living room, listening to the news reported by the servant.

Yang Xun was about forty years old, fair and fat, usually smiling, and looked harmless..

But only those who are familiar with him know that the head of the Yang family can eat people without spitting out bones.

The Yang family has been passed down for hundreds of years, and his ancestors have also been awarded titles. Although it is not as good as before, the land in his hands is There are several thousand acres, and there are more than 700 tenant households.

"Sir, the prefect Liu Jue has issued a notice asking us to calm down the price of food."The servant said in a low voice.

Yang Xun said with a smile:"Our Lord, the prefect of Jiangxia, really doesn't know how expensive oil and salt are when he is not a family member. I have such a big family to support and I don’t think of any way to make money. How can I support my family?"

"Now that the flood has just passed and food is in short supply, he asked us to calm down food prices, which was quite easy. But didn't this make us lose all our money?

The servant said with a flattering smile:"The master is absolutely right!" This natural disaster is a great opportunity. Those farmers can't afford to eat, so they have no choice but to sell their fields to us. I'm afraid that after a while, the master will have hundreds more acres of land in his hands. Yang

Xun smiled and said:"You are quite smart. After following me for so many years, you have finally learned some tricks.""

"Thank you!

The servant quickly nodded and bowed, and then said:"But Master, the notice says that if the price is not lowered within three days, you will be responsible for the consequences."

Yang Xun said leisurely:"Don't worry!" In the past, when Huang Zu was here, he couldn't do anything to us. How could Liu Jue, a young boy, still be able to eat us? So it doesn’t matter that he is Liu Biao’s son. In this three-acre land of Jiangxia, after all, our words have weight."

The servant nodded repeatedly, and immediately the flattery and saliva flew away.

Yang Xun coughed lightly, and then said:"By the way, you go to Zhu County and talk to the He family. Don't worry about Liu Jue's words. We can do whatever we want. Do"

"I found out, and the younger one went to Zhu County immediately."The servant nodded for a while, turned around and went out.

Yang Xun glanced outside and saw that the weather had become sunny. He immediately sighed and murmured:"It would be better if this heavy rain lasts for a few more days."_

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