"The world's nobles don't all look up to the Yuan family, so why bother to do this?" Liu Qing was puzzled.

"My lord, I don't know. The noble family has never been one. Speaking of Yingchuan alone, the Xun family in Yin County, the Chen family in Xu County, the Zhong family in Changshe, and the Han family in Wuyang have prominent family backgrounds. They are not weaker than the Yuan family, even if they are more powerful than the central court.

, there are also noble families like the Hongnong Yang family who can compete with the Yuan family."

"Why didn't you, Mr. Guo of Yingchuan, mention it?" Liu Qing changed the subject.

Mentioning the Guo family, a hint of loneliness flashed across Guo Jia's face, "My lord, Guo Tu has surrendered to Yuan Shao. As the most promising talent of the Guo family, his actions represent the Guo family's choice."

Isn’t it normal practice for a nobleman to have two boats? Of course, Liu Qing would not say anything about such low emotional intelligence.

Even though the Xun clan placed heavy emphasis on Liu Qing, they initially sent Xun Chen to surrender to Yuan Shao.

"The bustling world is all for profit, the world is bustling, all is for profit, and all kinds of schemes and calculations are nothing more than a word of profit. The Yuan family is like this, and the Yang family is like this." Liu Qing paused and said again: "

So do I!"

"My lord actually talks about himself like that."

"What's the point? People should strive for fame and fortune throughout their lives, but this fame and fortune can be big or small, and personal profits are small. A mansion and a group of wives and concubines are enough to satisfy you for a lifetime. If you take the world as your responsibility, you need Guangsha

Tens of millions, everyone has food and clothing. Now that I am the lord of the two states, I should plan for the benefit of the people of the two states."

"My lord cares about his people, which is actually a blessing to the people. Guo Jia's plan is to add another state to my lord, and then another state."

Everyone in Liu Qing's tent looked at Guo Jia. His words were too explicit.

Liu Qing disagreed, I just like such enterprising employees!

After returning from Longshan, Liu Qing spent an hour as usual reading the intelligence sent from various places. Guo Jia was captured as a young man.

"Fengxiao, judging by the time, Zang Min's reply should have reached Chen Liu for some time. Why is there no reply? Does Zhang Miao dislike this king?"

Guo Jia closed the letter and said with a smile, "Don't worry, my lord, the time is not yet ripe. Zhang Miao didn't choose because he didn't push hard enough. When the deadlock in Yanzhou is broken, he will have to choose."

"Hey, does he think that by then, I can still offer the original conditions? Zhang Miao should really ask Yuan Shao how I did business with him!"

When he talked about Yuan Shao, Liu Qing thought of the food he owed him.

"Why haven't Yuan Shao's military rations been delivered yet?"

"The war in Yanzhou is intense and it is time to use food. Jia thought that Yuan Shao must be waiting for this year's autumn harvest."

"You're careless. You should have agreed on the time. If you can't deliver on time, you should charge more interest!" Liu Qing complained, "Is there anything important in the letter you saw?"

Guo Jia lifted the letter in his hand and said: "My lord, this is a letter from Zhongshan County."

On Tian Feng's side, Liu Qing reached out to take it and read it.

The letter was written by Tian Feng, but it mainly introduced the affairs of Han Hao. When Han Hao was ordered to go to Zhongshan to engage in business, the purpose was to attack the big businessmen represented by the Zhen family.

As for the method, it is actually very simple. Liu Qing has enough money in his hands, and he also has enough grain. Manipulating the price of grain in a county is almost like playing games.

According to Liu Qing's idea, Han Hao started to build momentum, saying that war was coming and the price of grain would rise, so he purchased grain at a price higher than the market price. In this way, big grain merchants such as Zhen would be reluctant to sell, or even look for opportunities.

Buy grain and stock it up first, then sell it when the price is high.

Grain grabbing happened every day. Zhen and other big businessmen watched the price of grain increase every day, and the daily income was actually increasing. They had real money, black and white writing, and looked at the piles of copper coins.

With the accounts, grain merchants had no choice but to believe the rumors from outside.

Yanzhou has been in chaos, Jizhou is about to be in chaos, and the Yellow Turban Army is coming to kill them again.

In the end, grain merchants changed one after another, switching from selling grain to harvesting grain. Moreover, major merchants were vaguely suspected of raising prices. The purchase price of corn actually reached 1,000 yuan per stone, and it was still rising.

After reading this, Liu Qing couldn't help but sigh, buying up and not buying down, this is indeed the case since ancient times.

Then, under Tian Feng's operation, grain prices rose further, coupled with worries about this year's drought, the price of grains, mainly corn, finally soared to 1,500 yuan per stone, and the small amount of rice was directly impacted.

Up to two thousand.

This price has more than doubled compared to usual times.

The "big grain merchant" Han Hao transported a large amount of grain from Changshan County to Zhongshan County. However, the grain merchants in Zhongshan were still going crazy for food, buying at a price that far exceeded the benchmark price of grain, and wished they could exchange all the family's assets for it.

into food.

If war breaks out, if drought comes again, just imagine how huge profits these families who monopolize food and grass will make from it. However, they don't know that all this is just a show.

When they could no longer camp, what awaited them was not the continued rise in food prices, but the news that Fu Xie had defeated the Yanzhou Yellow Turban Army.

Immediately, the "big grain merchant" Han Hao released a large amount of grain again, bringing the price of grain directly back to the average level of Jizhou, 500 yuan per stone.

All the grain merchants in Zhongshan County were dumbfounded, and so was the wife of the Zhen family.

The grain they spent 1,500 yuan to collect can now only be sold for 500 yuan? Only a fraction?

Losing one thousand yuan per stone? And Zhen, who has hoarded tens of thousands of stones, even if not all purchased for one thousand and fifty yuan, still can't escape the loss of tens of millions of dollars.

This is not just something that can be paid back in a few years, but it will take decades!

The rest of the grain merchants are similar to the Zhen family.

For a time, the people were jubilant and excited. Food prices not only returned to the normal level, but even dropped. Fu Xie suddenly became a great hero among the people of Zhongshan County once again.

The last time was when the Yellow Turban was wiped out.

Although the fate of profiteers has not yet appeared, there is no doubt that they will go bankrupt.

"Mr. Zhen and other dry grain merchants are probably like grasshoppers in the autumn, and they won't be able to jump around for a long time." Liu Qing smiled and put the letter aside. This letter must be kept well. It is a classic case.

"My lord's business war plan has won the hearts of the people. Guo Jia admires him!"

"In the final analysis, it is still the same sentence. The bustling world is all for profit. The world is bustling for profit. People's hearts are like this. In just these two months, it has suffered for the people of Zhongshan County who rely on buying grain to make a living. Fortunately, in the future

The price of food in Zhongshan will not exceed five hundred yuan."

"My lord, there is something I don't understand. If this method is so effective, doesn't it mean that you can control the public opinion and then the price? To make an inappropriate metaphor, if the lord has been creating dangerous situations, wouldn't he also be able to make huge profits from it? Why not, lord?

For that?”

"Fengxiao's words are wrong. Creating dangerous public opinion is just to speed up the process. This method works because I have inexhaustible money and grain, so I can dominate the price of grain in a county. But if

Jizhou alone, and even the whole country, is far from enough!"

Guo Jia pondered what Liu Qing said and it seemed to be the truth.

"My lord started business at the age of ten. He is truly a business genius. Guo Jia admires him!"

Liu Qing ignored Guo Jia's rainbow fart and picked up another piece of information from Luoyang to read. At first glance, he was stunned on the spot.

"Lord, what's wrong?"

Liu Qing looked at the many words about money and silk rewards on the newspaper, as well as the title of "Champion General", and finally the marriage to the daughter of Situ Wang Yun.

The first two are okay. Situ Wang Yun’s daughter is not Diao Chan, right?

Liu Qing's first reaction was not a beauty, but a honey trap.

But why did this happen? This was a marriage granted by Liu Xie. It should have been the intention of Empress Dowager Dong and Dong Zhuo. How could Wang Yun's daughter be chosen?

Dong Zhuo met Diao Chan?

Wang Yun recommends himself?

Liu Qing thought about the possibilities in his mind. What was the purpose of Wang Yun's move?

All he could think of was to drive a wedge between him and Dong Zhuo, but it couldn't be to assassinate him, right?

"Lord?"

Guo Jia called out again, pulling Liu Qing out of his trance.

"Lord, what happened?"

Liu Qing looked at Guo Jia and smiled, "I am getting married again!"

When Guo Jia heard this, he was immediately confused. Are you getting married again? He has been following his lord during this period, but he has never seen any young women.

"With whom?"

"If I said that she is the most beautiful woman in the world, she is more beautiful than Xi Shi, would you believe it?"

Guo Jia looked at Liu Qing and couldn't help but frown, becoming even more confused.

"My lord, please forgive Guo Jia's offensive words. I know that my lord likes beauty. If my lord wants to get a girl from another family, just tell Jia Zhi. Even if Jia racks his brains, he will get it for his lord, but my lord, don't do anything."

What a daydream about a beautiful beauty."

"Fengxiao, how about we make a bet? Bet on your happy time for a year."

As soon as Liu Qing started betting, Guo Jia was immediately stunned.

Countless facts have proven that when the main lord claims to bet with him, he is basically guaranteed to win, because the lord always only talks about gambling, but if there is a slight possibility that there is any other possibility, he will not talk about gambling.

Seeing that Guo Jia was speechless, Liu Qing smiled and said, "Following the filial piety can help you know the Wang family in Taiyuan, Wang Yun."

"Of course I know."

"Wang Yun had a daughter named Diao Chan, who was said to have the appearance of a closed moon. Wang Yun was the governor of Yuzhou before. She offended the ten ministers many times, and was rescued by the Yuan family. But now he is an official in Luoyang and serves as a filial piety.

Do you think Dong Zhuo would find this person trustworthy?"

"The factions in the DPRK are complex. Dong Zhuo is in charge of the military and is not good at power struggles. He recruits many celebrities. However, there are many celebrities in the world who have been protected by the Yuan family. How many of them can survive alone? Perhaps Dong Zhuo is not ignorant, but chooses
To be continued...