The female emperor fights, captures Yang Yuhuan at the beginning

What Qin Lang promised did not expect to come true, Li Ming had no choice but to withdraw his troops and stick to it, Yang Kai's border town finally calmed down.

Now there is a steady stream of grain delivered by Qin Lang. When he heard that it was grain from the Southern Six States, Yang Kai raised the price by [-]% without saying a word.

His idea is very simple, buy all the grain in the Southern Six States, and make the Southern Six States have no food to eat. Once there is a famine, it will be the day when Yang Kai counterattacks.

Although Li Ji'an and Zhao Sikai are also facing the threat of heavy troops from Yangzhou and Ningzhou, as long as there is no shortage of food, grass and other materials, they have enough confidence to hold off on the border.

The coolest thing was Cao Jie. At the beginning, a small state resisted the power of two states, which really scared her so much that she couldn't sleep for a few days.

Fortunately, his subordinates took the lead in repelling the Huizhou Army, and formed a stalemate with the Bianzhou Army.

Now the Huizhou Army and its own troops seem to be fighting lively on the border, but in fact they are all for outsiders to see. The mystery is really beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Li Ming, who was in stark contrast to Yang Kai, was now one of the top two, and the border army of one million made him a little bit hard to get off.

Although the grain reserves in the official warehouse were quite sufficient, the surplus grain on the market was already insufficient. If there was no other way, not only his Gongzhou and Hezhou, but the entire six southern states might suffer from famine.

In winter, it's not easy.

Fortunately, Qin Lang's pass control has been relaxed, and merchants from the southern region to Qinzhou are transporting grain back one after another. Although the price is ridiculously high, it's better than nothing.

Seeing that the price of food in the market continued to rise, people who thought they had made money suddenly found that they could no longer afford food.

Except for the high-ranking officials and nobles and wealthy businessmen and squires who still have enough surplus food, the entire bottom floor is full of mourning.

After Li Ming withdrew his troops, he focused all his energy on apprehending and elaborating, which turned the already miserable bottom into a bloody killing hell.

For a while, everyone was in danger, for fear of being caught and beheaded by the soldiers who wanted to complete the task. Gongzhou and the already unstable Shouzhou gradually accumulated monstrous public grievances.

There is a turbulent undercurrent that begins to lurk among the barren mountains.

According to Qin Lang's request, Xi Zhicai has done extremely well, and it can be said that he has overfulfilled the task.

But this guy is like a wild horse that has run free, and plunged into the mountains.

When Qin Lang saw the last message, Xi Zhicai said: "Zhicai has been depressed all his life, and fortunately he was appreciated by the lord, so he has a place to use his skills. I think I have a gap in my chest, so I should do my best to relieve the lord's worries. In the coming year, when the mountain flowers are in full bloom, as long as the lord raises his arms and shouts, a certain person will surely be able to go through fire and water for the lord's eternal great cause."

At that time, Qin Lang was still very surprised after reading the news. He didn't expect that Xi Zhi was not only resourceful, but also courageous and ambitious.

No need to guess, Qin Lang can already know what Xi Zhicai will do next, it must be digging up people's ancestral graves.

That's good, it's a blockbuster for Li Ming, only Xi Zhi can understand the true meaning of the guerrilla tactics that Qin Lang mentioned occasionally, the future can be expected.

Chapter 0150

Li Ming's frantic search for spies still had a lot of effect. Although it aroused public resentment, he still caught many real spies and spies.

These included spies sent by various states, as well as some Liulichang spies who had not had time to retreat.

It's a pity that these secret agents basically crushed the pills hidden in their mouths when they were arrested, and none of them were greedy for life and fear of death, so they sacrificed generously.

Originally thought that he had found a clue, and could dig out the mastermind behind the scenes step by step, but who knew it would be such a result, Li Ming was so angry that he couldn't sleep the whole night.

The information network that Xi Zhicai spent a huge amount of money to build was almost destroyed, and he hid in the deep mountains at the junction of Gongzhou and Shouzhou in collaboration with hundreds of Liulichang.

The reason why he didn't go back to Qinzhou was that Xi Zhicai had a plan in his heart. If he went back at this time, his plan would fall short.

When he first came to Gongzhou, Xi Zhicai quickly broke into the upper class of Gongzhou City as a wealthy businessman.

After a lot of work, Xi Zhicai got along with the agricultural officials in Gongzhou, promised a lot of profits, and sold him a kind of agricultural fertilizer.

In the beginning, Xi Zhicai did indeed use the agricultural fertilizer researched by Jia Sixie, and the effect was so good that anyone who knew about farming could tell the difference at a glance.

Seeing that the agricultural fertilizers were very effective and that they could reap great benefits from them, the agricultural officials in Gongzhou immediately signed up and sent some samples of the agricultural fertilizers.

At that time, Li Ming was fighting with Yang Kai, so he didn't pay close attention to the matter of agricultural affairs, so Zhu approved it directly.

In this way, Xi Zhicai successfully sold the agricultural fertilizer mixed with chronic poison to the Gongzhou agricultural government office. As you can imagine, the agricultural fertilizer was put into the field for three days, and the grain in the official field was gone.

At the same time as this step, there are also various rumors spreading, whether it is a rural nursery rhyme or a storyteller who wanders the rivers and lakes, all kinds of jokes emerge in endlessly.

In fact, accomplishing this step has already fulfilled the request Qin Lang entrusted to him. Who knew that Li Ming was going crazy, scratching and killing, making people's lives miserable.

Seeing such a good situation, Xi Zhi felt a little sorry for his serial plan if he just left.

So he took the opportunity to sneak into the mountains with people, and began to plan a bigger plan.

Beside a quiet valley, Xi Zhicai is receiving guests in a hut.

The room in the hut is not big, except for a sheepskin map hanging on the wall, a simple desk and pens, inks, papers and inkstones placed on the table, there are basically no other furnishings.

Xi Zhicai's body is slightly fat, and he changed from a wealthy businessman's brocade suit to a farmer's short suit, which is a bit awkward no matter how you look at it.

Sitting across from them were three strong men with different temperaments. The four of them chatted happily and the atmosphere was harmonious.

"Brother, the people in Gongzhou and Shouzhou are now full of complaints. I can't see how long it will be. Once the food shortage occurs in various places, we will have time to show our strength."

"That's right, big brother. I have nothing else in Huang Chao. My family has accumulated a lot of money from smuggling salt. As long as big brother gives an order, I can immediately pull out a team."

"If my elder brother hadn't revealed the news to me in advance, I would have been killed as a food and grass judge long ago. Although I don't have much family background, I have many brothers. As long as I raise my arms, hundreds of people will be settled."

Xi Zhicai's eyes were bent when he smiled, and he waved his hand at the person who spoke just now: "Brother Pang Xun is so out of touch, there is no reason to refuse to save him, besides, I just sent someone to pass a letter." , I didn’t do much, it’s my brother’s brothers who are moral, brother, I like such brothers, the more the better.”

Then Xi Zhicai looked at the burly Huang Chao again: "Brother Huang Chao's family wealth should be left to his wife and children. Brother, I have everything here except people. As long as you can pull out the team, there is enough money and food."

In the end, Xi Zhicai looked at the first person who spoke. Although he also changed into a farmer's jacket, his demeanor still revealed the aura of a businessman.

"Brother Xianzhi, I remember that your family is also a salt merchant, and you have always been doing business that cannot be revealed. This time the opportunity has come, and everyone does not need to worry. Let's wait a little longer. Now the time has not come. Let's wait a little longer. Have to lie dormant for a while."

Wang Xianzhi nodded and said: "Brother is right, the current situation is not yet imminent, and it is indeed inappropriate to act too hastily."

Xi Zhicai is also satisfied with the reaction of the three of them, they are all people who are proficient in the world, not reckless, and being able to listen to discussions is the basis for success.

Huang Chao has been in Shouzhou for many years, and he is quite familiar with him. Wang Xianzhi is well-known in Gongzhou. Although the salt smuggling business is profitable, it is not bright. There are many desperate people under his hands. For people, it is most convenient to use it at this time.

Pang Xun was originally a grain and grass judge in Bianzhou. To put it bluntly, he was a logistics officer who went to the local area to collect grain and grass.

Xi Zhicai's high-priced grain and grass had to be transported to Zhang Hao's Huizhou through Bianzhou. Only then did he find Pang Xun, lure him with high profits, and contributed a lot to transporting grain.

In addition to these three people, there are Qiu Fu and Chai Cun from Leizhou, two brothers Shangrang and Monk Junchang from Yizhou, Wang Chongyin and Chu Yanwei from Wan'an Prefecture, Bi Shiduo and Cao Shixiong from Shouzhou, Cai Wenqiu and Li Chong from Bozhou Ba, Liu Yanzhang, Liu Hanhong and others from Mingzhou are rushing to the mountainous area where Xi Zhicai is located.

For Xi Zhicai, this big game of chess is really big, so big that even he himself finds it unbelievable.

An ordinary strategist is considered powerful if he can conspire for a state, but Xi Zhicai is doing well now, and he is conspiring for the entire southern region.

Sometimes Xi Zhicai feels that what he is playing is too big, and whether he can't grasp it.

However, he still believed in what Qin Lang said, how bold a person is, how rich the land is, it is a conspiracy to seek one state, and it is also a conspiracy to seek ten states. the result of.

If he succeeds, he will do nothing for the rest of his life, and just lie on the credit book and enjoy the happiness comfortably.

Back then, Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, and Fazheng went to a place alone, and Xi Zhicai

He came to Gongzhou in the south, Guo Jia went to Liangzhou, and Fazheng went to Dingzhou.

The three drank a lot of wine together before they set off. The three young men were all first-class counselors with outstanding talents. They had made some achievements before, but they were not satisfied.

After all, taking it out is not enough to look at, but Qin Lang favors the three of them so much, maybe the three of them are still spending their lives now.

This time, the three of them were sent abroad with clear tasks. Xi Zhicai was the first to complete the task assigned by Qin Lang as quickly as possible.

Guo Jia and Fazheng haven't even made a fuss yet, there is a competition between the three of them on the surface, and they all left bold words before leaving, this time it depends on who has the most credit, and when they come back, they will be the big brother.

Even if Xi Zhicai completed the task, he was unwilling to go back. He was afraid that Guo Jia and Fazheng would keep holding back their big moves, and finally they would directly seek the land of the two states with the largest area. It's much more awesome than my own.

If you want to be the big brother, you have to play with a bigger one, so big that Fazheng and Guo Jiajia can't match their achievements together.

Without two brushes in hand, would those two arrogant guys be convinced?

Chapter 0151

Qin Palace, after listening to Xun Yu's report, Qin Lang couldn't help but patted his thigh.

"Xizhi is the only one. Even people like Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao can be found, so things in the south can finally be at ease."

Xun Yu wondered, "Are these two very powerful?"

Qin Lang nodded: "Excellent, as long as they have enough food, grass and equipment, those states in the south may not have a good life."

Xun Yu had never doubted Qin Lang's judgment. Although he didn't know Wang Xianzhi and the others, he was relieved that he had the will to play.

"Then Xi Zhicai agreed to all the requests?"

"Not only agreed, but also give him an extra [-]% so that we can buy people's hearts with more money."

"My lord is wise."

With such support from Qin Lang, Xun Yu was also happy for his ambitions. With sufficient money and food, the chances of success will be greater, and the talents he recommends will finally have a chance to stand out.

Qin Lang read the report in his hand again. This time, the people in the southern states were living in dire straits by driving up food prices, and they even made a lot of money from Yang Kai and others.

The most important thing was to mercilessly cheat those out-of-state businessmen who were cheating on their own. This incident made Qin Lang especially happy.

"How are those businessmen doing now?" Qin Lang asked.

Xun Yu smiled: "This time these people have suffered a blood loss. The grain we harvested at a high price from Qinzhou was transported all the way to Gongzhou, and there was already [-]% loss on the road. Tip, when all the grain arrives in Gongzhou, the price difference is only [-]% of the profit."

"Xi Zhicai left the market ahead of time, without the bulk of the acquisitions, local merchants in Gongzhou and other prefectures still bought at high prices at the beginning, but soon discovered that something was wrong, but it was hard to get off, no one wanted to lower the price, and there was a steady stream of food at the border. car delivery."

"Right now, merchants who fry grain cannot sell it, and merchants who collect grain try their best to stabilize the current high grain price. The public cannot afford it, and official grain dare not enter the market. They are all in an extremely embarrassing situation."

Qin Lang laughed loudly when he heard the words: "On behalf of the people of Qinzhou, I would like to thank these generous big businessmen for collecting grain at a high price, so that our farmer brothers can earn a lot of money."

Xun Yu really admired this set of fried grains. At the beginning, he thought it was extremely risky. He invested so much money in it. If he failed, so much grain and grass would just rot in the granary.

It's all right now, not only are the six southeastern states paying high prices, but they have basically evened the purchase price, and those grain merchants have followed suit, spending a large amount of cash in Qinzhou and exchanging a bunch of grain for it, but they still can't sell it.

It is estimated that these businessmen have become ants on the hot pot at this time, so they are all in a state of distress.

"The recent business atmosphere is very good. According to Mr. Fan Li's financial report, in the last month alone, the number of depositors has increased by one million, and every household has deposited surplus money from grain sales into the yamen, and the sales of goods on the market have increased significantly. The orders for big and small workshops have been taken until next year."

"Insufficient production capacity of workshops has directly affected businessmen in related industries. The current wasteland transfer in various places has increased by nearly ten times, and the enthusiasm for workshops is soaring. Both handicrafts and processing workshops have developed rapidly. If according to If this momentum continues, the first batch of workshops will be completed by the end of the year, and the autumn harvest will catch up, and there will probably be a second round of workshops.”

"However, there are indeed some problems with the two harvests of grain this year. There is too much grain, which may trigger a series of chain reactions. My lord has to guard against it."

Qin Lang smiled slightly when he heard the words: "Wen Ruo, of course I know the truth that too much is too much, but with me, I am afraid of not having enough food, but absolutely not afraid of too much food."

"Why?" Xun Yu was a little puzzled.

Qin Lang thought for a while that there was nothing important to do at the moment, and the weather outside was not bad. He hadn't gone out for several days, so he happened to go for a walk.

So he said to Dian Wei: "Go and invite Kong Ming, Lord Guan Zhong, Lord Fan Li, Lord Sun Wu, and Lord Sun Bin to go out with me and exercise your muscles."

"My lord, my lords and I have political affairs to attend to, so we can't be free..."

Before Xun Yu finished speaking, Qin Lang put his arms around Xun Yu's shoulders and walked out: "Take a rest for half a day, it's okay, I'll show you some good things..."

The sun was shining outside the hall, the sky was blue and the clouds were white, and the autumn sun shone on everyone's body, but there was still a little heat.

After staying in the palace for a long time, and going out suddenly, apart from feeling a bit glaring at first, after getting used to it, I felt transparent all over.

Under the protection of the Huben army, three carriages drove from the Qin Palace towards the workshop area in the east of Xianyang City.

Along the way, everyone didn't know why Qin Lang took everyone out of the city suddenly, they all guessed, but they didn't get the point.

It wasn't until they left the city and came to the granary workshop under a green hill that everyone was surprised to discover Qin Lang's intentions.

There are still a few miles away from the workshop, and the smell of wine in the air has hooked everyone's wine worms.

Everyone looked through the window, there was a mountain spring flowing under the green hill, the huge granary was astonishing, and several chimneys of the workshop beside it were emitting white steam at this time.

The closer you are to the workshop, the more mellow the aroma of the wine. Even if you haven't drunk alcohol, just smelling the air will give you a slightly drunk feeling.

Arriving at the square in front of the workshop, everyone got out of the car in a hurry and looked at the large workshop in front of them curiously. The signboard of Lanji was very obvious, and everyone knew it well at a glance.

All the people present were from the inner circle, and they were very familiar with Lan Ji. The firm established by Qin Lang's wives at the beginning of the year did not rely on the backing of the government at all, and became popular with their own products and business operations. .

Every household of a small rich family definitely has products from Lan Kee, especially the items used by women and children, almost all of which are produced by Lan Kee.

I just didn't expect Lanji to start brewing wine. There is a saying in the market that "a product produced by Lanji must be a high-quality product".

Immediately aroused the curiosity of all the adults, Zhuge Liang lightly shook the feather fan and said eagerly: "I have tasted countless wines, smelling the pure and sharp aroma of this wine, and it is Lanji's workshop, I can't wait any longer. "

Seeing Qin Lang's sudden arrival at the workshop, Shangguan Wan'er, who was busy, hurried up to greet her, and bowed to all the adults, "I don't know that my lord and all the lords are here, and I am far away from welcoming you. Please punish me, my lord."

Qin Lang said to lead the way, and Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly led the way, with a respectful attitude, which made it impossible for anyone to see anything strange.

After entering the living room in the workshop, Qin Lang ordered after each of them sat down, "Prepare a table of hot pot, and then give each of you adults a small pot of newly brewed wine."

Shangguan Wan'er led the order to go out to prepare. Qin Lang held the teacup and signaled everyone to feel free. After taking two sips of tea, Qin Lang said slowly, "The world is stable now, and there should be no more wars within this year. Although you are busy, you adults should also relax , Today, I would like to invite all wine sages to taste a new product of Lanji, if any adult's valuable advice can be adopted, one year's drinks will be included in Lanji."

Chapter 0152: Lan Kee Winery