Super Mom System

Chapter 153 Food Prices
In the morning, the Suzhou government suddenly sent people to post notices at the city gates.

Lu Yuan defeated the thieves twice successively, and his prestige in Suzhou was unprecedentedly high.Therefore, after the Suzhou government posted the notice, many people gathered in front of the notice soon.

Some literate people read the notice aloud: "Suzhou government government purchased five thousand shi of rice from Ludong Group to fill the Changping warehouse. The Suzhou government office sells grain, and those who have a large quantity can increase the price at their discretion!"

The crowd of onlookers immediately exploded.

"Hey~ Prefect Lu, is the brain system locked up?" An old man said dissatisfied, "The purchase price is already five guan, and the price of food is even higher!"

"That's right! The common people can't live anymore, and the government still comes out to drive up prices?"

"Perhaps Prefect Lu had no choice but to do so."

"I have to?" A rich businessman looked around the crowd and said, "Do you know where the Lu Dong Group is? It is the property of the prefect Lu Yuan's family!"

"Wow!"

"This is pocketing!"

The wealthy businessman continued: "What do you think! The Lu family in Zhenhai is the richest man in Donghai County. The wealth of our eunuch is not simple!"

"Tsk, tsk, I thought collusion between government and businessmen could not be more abominable. What's going on with his integration of government and businessmen?"

"Hi! If his family hadn't been rich, how could he have become the prefect of Suzhou so easily?"

"Black, it's too dark. It turns out that Prefect Lu is the same kind of person, and all officials are of the same breed."

"Hush, brother, be careful what you say, and be careful of the government's ears and eyes."

Such dialogues are taking place at all eight gates of Suzhou City.Lu Yuan's reputation was greatly affected.

But Lu Yuan never came out to explain.

In the afternoon, more than a dozen grain ships of the Ludong Group sailed along the canal to the vicinity of the Changping warehouse, and under the witness of the people in the city, they transported the grain into the warehouse.

Most of the onlookers rolled their eyes.If it weren't for the many soldiers guarding it, maybe they would have rushed to rob it.

The rich merchants in Suzhou City and surrounding areas have already received the news from the Suzhou Prefect's Mansion that the Suzhou government will buy grain at a high price.They were skeptical before, but now they are mixed among the common people and have witnessed the crazy actions of the Suzhou government with their own eyes.

"So the news is true!!" Wang Yang was excited. As the largest grain merchant in Suzhou City, he was the one with the most grain in Suzhou City, plus the grain he bought from other places recently.Wang Yang's family has at least more than [-] shi of grain.The last time I went to Heaven and Earth, I was tricked into applying for a gold card, and Wang Yang is still in pain.

At this moment, he could not suppress his excitement at all.Food prices are going to take off!
What, you said to sell the grain to the Suzhou government right now?No, no, we should let food prices fly for a while.This is better than if the business is done well, you don't have to do it in this life!
For the next few days, Lu Yuan didn't bother with the grain price at all.He took the time to deal with Xiao Wang's funeral, and sent someone to escort his coffin back to his hometown.In addition, Lu Yuan also appeared in the temporary resettlement sites for refugees going south.He recruited some elites from the victims to join the Suzhou Security Branch and gave them to Gu Yigao for training.He also ordered Lu Dahai to lead the old guards to patrol the canal back and forth to ensure the smooth flow of the waterway.

The rest of the time, Lu Yuan spent time in heaven and earth, playing mahjong with the Suzhou gentry.Moreover, his poker skills are terrible and he is completely beaten by beginners.

And those wealthy businessmen who had hoarded large amounts of food gradually became unscrupulous.Food prices in Suzhou City skyrocketed.When the price of food exceeds ten guan per stone.

Grain merchants have resorted to their usual tricks again, holding back their grain and reluctant to sell it!

For a time, the people in Suzhou City were full of grievances and turmoil.If the Suzhou government hadn't organized people to distribute food to needy families, the people of Suzhou might have rebelled.

At the same time, food from all over the country continued to pour into Suzhou.Under the lure of sky-high grain prices, various grain merchants overcame all difficulties and transported grain into Suzhou for thousands of miles, just waiting for a big fight!
On the one hand, the major warehouses in Suzhou are filled to the brim with grain. On the other hand, the middle- and lower-class people simply cannot afford a hundred meters of food and can only survive on miscellaneous grains and wild vegetables every day.

Suzhou City is about to usher in a carnival day for profiteers.In the face of hunger, the people will bow their heads.They can only bow their heads in order to survive.

Voices of insulting Lu Yuan began to appear among the people.

However, on September [-]th, the Suzhou government office suddenly announced that because of the severe banditry in the north and south of Suzhou, the new Suzhou prefect Xiao Wang was killed by bandits.From now on, the Suzhou government government will start a month-long campaign to suppress bandits.

During the operation, Suzhou City entered a state of martial law.Food, medicine and other supplies are only allowed in, not out.

All the grain merchants were confused, what, what does this mean?
With panda eyes on his face, Lu Yuan was still playing mahjong in the heaven and earth, shuffling the cards and falling asleep on the table.

"Master Taishou, my lord?"

Three people at the same table looked over at the same time, including the grain tycoon Mr. Wang Yang.

But I heard Lu Yuan talking vaguely in his sleep: "Eat! Eat! Eat you to death!"

Wang Yang covered his mouth and chuckled, this prefect Lu has been playing mahjong all day and night.One of the many nicknames can also be added "Sparrow Prefect".

"Eat, eat, you idiots. Do you think farming grain is fun?" Lu Yuan waved his hand and pulled out a roll of official documents from his sleeve.

Wang Yang lowered his head and picked it up. Because of Lu Yuan's inexplicable words, Wang Yang was suddenly curious about the content of this volume of official documents.

So, at the instigation of the other two poker players, Wang Yang unfolded the document, glanced at it, and took a deep breath.

The other two immediately squeezed over, and the three of them looked together, head to head.

"The situation on the border between Daxia and Jurchen changed suddenly. In order to prevent foreign enemies, the Ministry of Household Affairs decided to collect 30 shi of military rations in the Huainan area. Among them, Suzhou should hand over 10 shi within seven days. If it cannot be completed, military law will be followed!"

"Wow, 10 stones in seven days? Why don't you grab it!"

At this time, Lu Yuan stretched his waist, continued to sleep, and continued to talk in his sleep: "It's simple, whichever has the most food, copy his home and it's over. No, there is not enough for one family, so copy more."

The faces of Wang Yang and others turned green.They excused that something happened at home and left together. Someone smoothed things over on the way and comforted everyone: "Don't be afraid, the prefect is talking in his sleep."

"I've seen the official documents, so there's nothing fake about it." Another person said, "Don't you know the prefect's reputation? What can't he do?"

Wang Yang said with a smile: "Anyway, I still don't believe it. This may be a trick of the government, we don't want to be fooled."

After saying that, he took a quick boat and hurried back to the city. He immediately ordered all the grain store managers under his banner: "Sell the rice!"

Unfortunately, other grain merchants think so too.

Now that the food price bubble is about to burst, let’s save as much as we can now!
Major grain merchants cut prices alternately, and as a result, grain prices collapsed instantly!
(End of this chapter)