Chapter Joke

"By the way, tomorrow morning you take people to Wanfu's farm. Today I bought 80,000 shi of wheat from her."

Hearing this, Wen Songtao was startled and asked in surprise: "Your Majesty, how much did you just say?"

"Eighty thousand stones."

"Eighty thousand?"

Wen Songtao was shocked. He couldn't understand how Lu Yaoyao had so much wheat.

"This girl is very smart. She developed steamed buns and steamed buns. When she saw that wheat was so cheap, she immediately took action and bought all the wheat around the capital."

"Three cents a pound."

Emperor Hongwen looked at Wen Songtao with his mouth wide open with a smile.

When he heard the figure of more than 100,000 shi in Zhuangzi just now, he was also extremely shocked.

"Three pennies a pound, this girl is really"

Wen Songtao knew very well how expensive food was now. Three pennies per catty, if he really followed what Emperor Hongwen said just now.

By buying food for disaster relief this time, the court can save a lot of money, and even the aristocratic family will not be able to get the money they spent.

In fact, once wheat flour, buns and steamed buns appear, they will inevitably sweep across the entire East Continent. By then, those aristocratic families will probably lose all their money.

You must know that at the beginning of the drought, the family began to hoard food. Although the price of the food at the beginning was not outrageous, as the drought broke out, the price of food also skyrocketed.

The aristocratic family has always been domineering, and they wanted to take this opportunity to blackmail the court severely, so even if the price of food later became much higher, they would not hesitate to buy it.

Even when the price is ten times higher than the normal price, they are buying it, with the purpose of leaving the outside world without food and forcing the court to buy food from them at a higher price.

Now when wheat appears, it costs three pennies per pound, and although the quantity of this thing is not large every year, the quantity consumed is not large, and this thing can be stored for several years.

There will be a lot of them on the market now. Once they are all taken, made into flour and steamed buns, the court will not be short of food for disaster relief.

Moreover, it is impossible for the common people to sell grain at this juncture. Even if they want to buy it, the court can release the excess wheat they purchased first at a slightly higher price.

Then the originally outrageous food prices will collapse in an instant.

"She's a very smart little girl. I promised to pay twice the price for her. You can bring the money with you when the time comes, as well as the flour and the method of making steamed buns. You can also arrange for someone to come over and learn."

Wen Songtao nodded repeatedly. It didn't matter if it was twice as much. It was only six cents per pound. Compared with the current outrageous food prices, it was just a drop of money.

The next day, Wen Songtao came to Lu Yaoyao's farm with his people after the morning court.

"Grandpa Wen, why do you come to my place when you have time?"

When he learned that Wen Songtao had arrived, Lu Yaoyao personally went to the door of Zhuangzi to greet him.

"You're such a powerful girl. Your Majesty asked me to come over and buy wheat from you."

"Oh, are you responsible for this?"

Wen Songtao smiled and nodded.

Follow Lu Yaoyao into the farm yard.

"Grandpa Wen, please take a seat quickly."

"Don't worry, I still have it right here."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to the person following him, and the person handed over an imperial edict.

"The Lord of Wanfu County accepted the order."

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyao was stunned for a moment, and quickly realized that this should be a land reward.

She quickly knelt down to receive the order.

Sure enough, as she had guessed, the imperial edict was to reward her with land. Not only the land, but also some gold, silver, jewelry, silk and other items.

"Grandpa Wen, please sit down quickly. I have asked Qiu Yu to prepare the shaved ice. Please cool off first. We will talk about the wheat later."

"Okay, it's been a hot day lately, and your shaved ice is a good way to relieve the heat."

Not long after, the autumn rain came.

A lot of shaved ice was brought. This time there were quite a few people following Wen Songtao. Almost everyone had a bowl, which was enough.

"Girl, I got some news yesterday."

"Huh? What's the news?"

Wen Songtao looked around and said in a low voice, "The Gao family is going to be in trouble."

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyao's eyes lit up and he asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"

"I can't tell you in detail about this for now. His Majesty won't let me talk, so just watch. Even if the Gao family doesn't die this time, they will still have to shed a layer of their skin."

"That's a good relationship. Last time they framed the Lu family, I wanted to deal with them. But they are so powerful that I can't do anything. Now I'm finally in trouble."

Seeing her like this, Wen Songtao smiled. He also knew some of her grievances with the Gao family.

He has been unhappy with the Gao family for a long time, not only because they are political opponents, but mainly because Gao Yanming is too domineering.

"The Gao family is going to be in trouble."

At the same time, King Jin also received the news. As soon as the idea appeared, a light suddenly flashed in his mind. It was so fleeting that he couldn't catch it.

He frowned quickly and thought about it, what was that just now?

"Your Majesty, the court is buying wheat everywhere now. This stuff is so unpalatable, the court wouldn't want to use it to provide disaster relief, would it?"

"Wheat? Wheat"

The moment Yan San's voice sounded, the fleeting flash of light was caught by King Jin.

Then I saw him smiling.

"Awesome, really awesome."

"What's so great? Who's so great?"

Yan San looked at his prince in bewilderment, "What the hell? Why are you laughing so suddenly?"

In response to his question, King Jin didn't answer a word, he just laughed.

The news about the court's purchase of wheat from all over the place soon spread.

Many people looked confused and had the same idea as Yan San. Could it be that His Majesty couldn't buy food and planned to use wheat to provide disaster relief?

At that moment, several ministers came to the Imperial Study Room to ask for an audience and wanted to inquire more clearly.

When Gao Yanming heard the news, he sneered.

"The truth is, we just want to see how long you can survive. Wheat disaster relief is really a big joke."

As soon as his voice fell, a servant came from outside to report that the heads of the four major families in the capital wanted to see him.

"Invite them in."

Not long after, the heads of the four major aristocratic families in the capital came in from outside.

"Gao Xiang."

The person in charge of the Han family, Han Jingcong, spoke first.

But before he could say the next words, he was interrupted by Gao Yanming raising his hand.

"Please take a seat."

The four of them walked to the edge and sat down.

"I know the truth about your coming. Don't worry, this matter will not have any impact on us."

"He can do such stupid things as wheat relief, but he will be the unlucky one and not us."

After hearing his words, the four of them also knew that he knew what he was thinking, and they were relieved a lot from their initial concerns.

You know, they spent a lot of money purchasing grain this time. If something goes wrong, they will lose a lot.

Although it cannot damage the foundation, it is enough to cause them physical pain.
Chapter completed!