The Su family's drastic price reduction this time caused not only the Zhen family, but also other powerful families in Jizhou to immediately back down, as they simply could not afford to lose money.

The Zhen family and Zhao Ming remained unmoved and continued to lower their prices. As for the other powerful families, their previous investments were already tied up, so they had no choice but to lower their prices as well.

Although they suffered huge losses, the people truly benefited, and through the spread of word by those with good intentions, the people praised Liu Yan's virtuous reputation.

Liu Yan was overjoyed and then ordered his men to begin gathering large numbers of refugees and to hurry up and produce curved plows, which would then be spread to other prefectures and counties.

In a short time, the price of curved plows in Youzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Sili regions plummeted, causing heavy losses to all the local powerful families.

Everyone harbored resentment towards Liu Yan, the culprit who maliciously disrupted the market.

As his reputation grew, Liu Yan, in a moment of overconfidence, prepared to expand production once again, hoping to spread his fame throughout the entire Han Dynasty.

However, things did not go as planned. The Zhen family and the powerful clans of Jizhou, led by Zhao Ming, joined forces to gather all the refugees in Jizhou and immediately reported to the government, handing these refugees over to Tian Feng, who was in charge of the migration of refugees in Jizhou.

At the same time, Tian Feng also received many anonymous reports about Liu Yan.

Upon learning that Liu Yan had not only put refugees into workshops for production but had also misappropriated funds and grain from the official granaries, Tian Feng immediately wrote a secret letter to Liu Hong and then led his men to the governor's mansion to investigate.

On the other side, after learning of Tian Feng's movements from Li Hu, Jia Xu simply smiled and placed his chess piece down, creating a deadly trap.

He knew that Liu Yan had really messed up this time. As for killing him, Jia Xu felt that Cheng Yu was more suitable.

It seems that everyone in Ji Province has become a pawn in Jia Xu's game.