Chapter 229: Disaster Relief Success (Update 2)

Originally, only the disaster relief officials did not go to their shops to buy food, and the people in the city would still go to their grain stores to buy food in order to survive.

But now, even the people do not go to the grain stores.

It turns out that the government actually sells grain directly at the gate of the government office, and the price is the same as before the disaster. Although the sales are limited according to household registration, it is only enough for one family to eat for one day.

But even so, the price is so low that the people in the city are still flocking to it. Naturally,

no one patronizes the shops of the big grain merchants in the city.

The grain merchants gathered together again, in the same restaurant and private room, with a table full of delicacies, wine and food.

However, no one was in the mood to drink and eat this time.

They all looked at Boss Hu with worry, as the current situation was completely different from what they had expected.

"Boss Hu, what should we do now? People no longer buy grain from our store! If this continues, how can we continue our business?"

Someone asked directly.

Boss Hu stroked his goatee, still looking confident, "It's only been a few days and you're already in disarray? You can't even handle this little twist, so you'd better not do business!"

Everyone was shocked, and they all looked ashamed.

In fact, these grain merchants are all local grain merchants. Before, they were basically honest merchants. Even if the grain price increased, it would not be too much.

Boss Hu is a big grain merchant from Jiangnan. If he hadn't taken the lead and united them, they would not have the courage to raise the grain price so high.

They did benefit from it.

Now that the business has some twists and turns, they are so anxious and impatient, which is indeed a bit inappropriate.

"Boss Hu is right. I was too anxious."

"But Boss Hu, you have to understand us. We are not as wealthy as yours. If there are no customers, our whole family will depend on this shop for a living! What do you think we should do now?"

Boss Hu remained calm. This little crisis was nothing to him. "You don't have to worry. You may not know that this time the second prince came to provide disaster relief, not only for our state, but also for Qingzhou next door."

"I don't need to tell you how much food is needed to supply the people of the two states. You should all know it very well. How long do you think the government's food can supply these two states?"

Everyone nodded when they heard it.

"When the relief grain runs out, won't we grain merchants be the last ones to rely on? By then, you can raise the grain price by one liter, that's fine too."

Boss Hu said confidently while stroking his beard.

The grain merchants were immediately comforted, and they all went back with a smile.

After everyone left, Boss Hu's face suddenly darkened.

"Sir, the second prince brought a large amount of grain on this trip, disrupting the grain prices in the four prefectures, arousing public anger, and causing chaos. This strategy is useless."

A man in black walked out from the shadows and said in a deep voice.

"Who said it's useless? I don't believe that the Second Prince has an endless supply of food! Go, spread the news, saying that food in the city is sold at a low price. I want to see how much food the Second Prince has!"

Boss Hu's eyes were vicious.

The man in black immediately bowed and left.

The Second Prince found that more and more people have been pouring into the city to buy food recently, and more and more people have been going to the government to receive tasks.

He was very happy.

This greatly reduced the pressure of disaster relief on other officials.

You know, the nearby villages are really far away, and there are other county towns. This little bit of food transportation consumes manpower and material resources.

Now these people come directly, which really saves a lot of effort.

Time passed day by day.

The grain merchants in the city were waiting with big bubbles in their mouths.

The carriages loaded with grains were seen coming one after another, without stopping.

The white rice was dazzling.

Half a month had passed since the disaster relief, and the city had recovered its vitality. The small merchants also came out to set up stalls, but no one was interested in the grain stores in the city.

The grain merchants finally couldn't sit still. The grain for disaster relief was clearly in an endless supply. If they waited any longer, where would they get business?

In the end, everyone lowered their prices, and the grain price in the city stabilized.

The second prince easily broke up a conspiracy.

Boss Hu took great pains to plan this, but it didn't work at all. Instead, the second prince discovered the clues and the fire burned him directly.

He had to flee in a hurry.

The food he had transported from Jiangnan with great difficulty was directly seized by the second prince. In the end, all of it was used for the victims. Boss Hu lost both his wife and his army.

The second prince's progress was smooth. Although the third prince's situation was a little more complicated, the young prince prepared enough medicinal materials when he was traveling, stopped the epidemic in time, and saved the people of a city.

Of course, disaster relief is bound to be hard.

Not to mention the fatigue of the journey, just riding a horse in this cold weather was a lot of suffering.

The two of them have been doing disaster relief for more than two months and have lost two circles of weight.

When he returned to the capital, the little prince was so frightened by the state of his two brothers that he took out the gouache and slapped it on his face.

A pale, weak, frail, and dying little prince suddenly appeared.

Seeing how exhausted his two brothers were, he couldn't bear the hardship.

It seemed that he had to make his brothers roll up!