Li Ye shocked all the officials.
He gave Zhao Wudi a look.
The army, which had been prepared long ago, quickly took over the scene.
The two sides have completely torn their faces apart, and there is no need to hide it anymore.
Wei Guang was extremely angry.
They had considered everything, but they never expected that Li Ye would ask to borrow grain.
Li Ye's plan became clear to him instantly.
He tricked them into buying food from other places at high prices. Maybe Li Ye had purchased these food at low prices in advance and then sold them to make huge profits.
Play them all around.
Once the disaster relief is completed, food prices will fall.
Then buy grain at a low price and return it to them.
Even if you add interest, you'll still lose at least 70% to 80%.
Even if the local grain merchants are wealthy, they cannot afford such huge losses.
Not to mention that many officials want to make more money.
He even emptied out all his family assets.
If Li Ye succeeds, everyone will lose everything.
Even Wei Guang is the same.
Pointing at Li Ye, he threatened loudly, "Your Highness, do you still respect the law by doing this?
These grains were purchased from other places by grain merchants who spent all their wealth to support the government's disaster relief efforts.
Your Highness has no right to force us to borrow grain.
If Your Highness insists on having his own way, don't blame me for submitting a memorial to the emperor.
Even if it’s the prince…”
Look, he actually wants to use the prince to pressure me.
Li Ye interrupted him directly: "You keep talking about the prince, even if he is the prince, he will definitely support saving the people affected by the disaster first.
The prince will inherit the throne in the future, and these people are his subjects.
How could we just watch people starve to death?"
Li Ye put his hands behind his back and glanced at all the officials and grain merchants.
"So much food is sold at a high price, and those who can't afford it will starve to death.
When no one can survive, do you think the people will just wait to die?
When they can no longer bear it, they will surely rise up and seize all your food.
This prince does this for your safety!
Besides, this prince is not borrowing grain by force.
I'm just putting the food here temporarily to keep it for you.
As long as you sell the grain, you can come and get it at any time.
This way you can continue to do business and ensure food security.
Isn't that killing two birds with one stone?"
Li Ye looked at their astonishment and smiled: "Of course! If you can't sell all the grain, just keep it. I will lend it to help the victims.
When you need it or after some time, I will definitely make it up to you.
I promise not to delay your business!"
Li Ye's words were well-reasoned and they could not refute them.
But they are not fools.
Li Ye used their grain to provide relief to the victims. How could he sell the grain at such a high price?
They were completely taken advantage of.
"No, our food must be returned!"
"If they forcibly withhold our food, then we will go to the capital and file a complaint with the emperor!"
"A prince actually did something so outrageous that it angered heaven and man. I don't believe that there is no place in the whole of Dayuan where he can seek justice."
All the merchants were filled with righteous indignation and strongly demanded the return of the grain.
Li Ye sneered and looked at them coldly: "This prince originally wanted to forgive you this time and let you serve your sentence.
I didn't expect that none of them would know how to appreciate my kindness.
You want to talk about the law, right? Then this prince will explain it to you.
The laws of our Dayuan Dynasty clearly prohibit arbitrarily raising food prices during disasters.
If the price exceeds twice, the offender shall be sentenced to ten years' imprisonment or exile.
If the price is more than three times, behead immediately!
How dare you collude with officials and businessmen to raise food prices to an unimaginable level?
He even wanted to confront the imperial court and monopolize the food supply.
If this prince hadn't resorted to this desperate measure, wouldn't all the disaster victims have starved to death?"
The people who came to watch then realized that asking grain merchants to raise prices significantly was the Sixth Prince's strategy to deal with corrupt officials and introductions.
Anyway, the price of food has already increased several times, and ordinary people can't afford it at all.
It would be better to simply raise the price of grain even higher to stimulate the greed of grain merchants and officials.
Let them use all their money and do their best to transport the food.
Only then did I realize that I had misunderstood Li Ye.
Seeing that Li Ye understood the laws of the court, even the governor and Wei Guang immediately became intimidated.
Knowing that they can't just deal with Li Ye.
You can only retreat in order to advance and protect yourself first.
The Governor immediately smiled and said, "We were all joking just now, Your Highness, please don't blame me.
Since Your Highness is wholeheartedly serving the people, I, on behalf of everyone, will agree to lend you the food.
It doesn’t matter when you come back! "
"Yes, yes, as long as Your Highness does not pursue the matter any further, we are willing to accept the food!"
Other officials followed suit.
Although he spoke politely, he could not hide the unwillingness in his eyes.
Li Ye doesn't care what they think, as long as he can achieve his goal.
He said happily: "That's the right thing to think about! Only by saving the people can you make more money in business in the future.
We should take a long-term view and not kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Okay, you all go back first.
This prince will make every effort to distribute disaster relief food."
In order to ensure food safety, Li Ye decided to personally supervise the distribution of relief food.
Never let local officials interfere.
The victims in front of them cheered happily.
Now they all knew that the Sixth Prince, as an imperial envoy, really cared about the people.
The spirits are even higher.
Even if there is no food, they will willingly obey Li Ye's orders.
Li Ye asked Zhao Wudi to select some strong young people and incorporate them into the team.
Let these people help maintain order and spread the news so that all the victims can come and get food first.
Also, considering that the affected area is very large, some victims cannot arrive in a short time.
Some horse-drawn carriages had been prepared long ago to transport food to the affected areas.
We must ensure that everyone has rice porridge to drink and no one will be allowed to starve to death.
The Governor and Wei Guang knew they were no match for Li Ye.
I left very unwillingly.
They all gathered together to discuss countermeasures.
"I'm so pissed off, I never thought the Sixth Prince would set a trap for us.
I put all my belongings into it, and also borrowed a lot of foreign debt.
If I can't get this grain back and sell it for double the price, I'll go bankrupt."
The largest grain merchant was so anxious that he stamped his feet.
"Who isn't? I originally wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune, but who would have thought that the Sixth Prince's methods would be so sinister.
It’s really hurting everyone!”
"Master, please think of a solution quickly! We can't go on like this!"
The Governor's face was extremely gloomy: "Why are you so anxious? Don't I have any losses?
If we have to blame someone, we should blame his acting skills which are so good that he deceived us all.
But he is a prince, and we have very few options for dealing with him!"
"If it doesn't work, let's just go all out!" Wei Guang made a cutting gesture with his hands.
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