Qiantang, grain dock.

Dozens of ships docked at the dock in a row, and the boatmen shouting at the trumpets and the coolies carrying rice bags on their shoulders were busy with their heads while the officials were waving their heads. The flowing sweat filled the smiles on their faces, making people feel that the difficulty of life is blooming with brilliant light.

In this situation, only if you have work and sweat, you will have food to eat!

Xu You was chatting with a grain merchant from Jiangzhou and learned that he had sent three ships of jiangji this time, which could make more than one million yuan in profits according to the current market price. This man was still a small grain merchant, so he went to Qiantang instead of Wuxian. According to him, the current grain merchants in Wuxian almost filled the river. Everyone came to hear the news and almost transported the old grains from Guang, Ning, Yi, Jing and other prefectures to Yangzhou.

When I left the grain wharf and passed by the West Lake, I saw the monks of Dade Temple serving porridge along the street. An old woman was dressed in rags and gray hair. She knelt down and asked slightly, "Master, isn't the Buddha a blessing the believers? My whole family has served the Buddha respectfully for many years, but the old man died the day before yesterday, and today his grandson, who was just one month old, and his son and daughter-in-law were almost out of reach. Why? Please, if you want to take it away, take my old bones and leave your sons with your life!"

The monk proclaimed the Buddha's name, helped the old woman up, and said, "This is the evil of the previous life. The fruit of the present life is not something that the Buddha does not protect, but only by eliminating the cause and effect can they be reborn in the Pure Land. What you see is death, but in fact, the Buddha has given them new life!"

"newborn?"

"There is more troublesome in the sea of ​​suffering, and it is not a pity to leave. Old man, be more at ease, your family will be rich in the next life!"

"Is that so good? That's good..." The old woman knelt down again, kowtowed devoutly, and said, "Bless Buddha, Buddha bless!"

Xu You stood under the willow tree, looked at the scene in front of him, and sighed slightly.

Zuo Tsui asked, "Why did your husband sigh?"

"Feng Hu, do you think these principles of Buddhism are the real principles?"

Zuo Tsu shook his head and said, "I don't think so! According to Buddhism, everything that happens in this life has a cause and effect in the previous life. Then, believers must let go of their desires and seek peace and peace in the next life with all their hearts... Then what is the meaning of our existence and efforts?"

"You can think of this level, which is better than many people! Buddhism may not hold the truth between heaven and earth, but the benefit of religion lies in the ability to soothe people's hearts in despair. If it weren't for the monk's words, the old woman would not be truly happy from now on until she died. She was tortured by her relatives who were separated from life and death day and night, and she would not be able to rest. At least now, her heart that was about to die has a place to return!"

Zuo Shi said thoughtfully, "The meaning of the Langjun does not need to be concerned about the origin and original meaning of the religion. Just look at whether it can bring real benefits to the people?"

The reason why Taoism was gradually surpassed and completely suppressed by Buddhism in the war for believers is ultimately due to the difference in theoretical systems. The Buddhist theoretical system is simpler and easier to implement, and has more rigorous logic. After being concrete, it is a huge temptation and exaggeration power to fool the people.

"Yes, abandoning its divine nature and absorbing its human nature, whether it is Hu or Orthodox religion, it will become our unique sect! This is the case with the Chinese people's transformation of religions a thousand years ago or even thousands of years later!"

Xu You suddenly laughed, with his pride and respect for this great civilization, as well as his cunning and complacent towards this great civilization's extremely powerful assimilation ability.

"Take the essence, discard the dross, and then use it for my own use!"

Back at Jingyuan, Xu You went directly to see He Ru, with a slightly solemn expression and said, "Even the monks from Dade Temple have started to come out to give porridge to win people's hearts. Why is there no movement in Tianshi? "

"Dade Temple is not just about serving porridge. In the past few months, Zhu Fayan absorbed refugees who fled two meals a day and expanded the temples in various places. The cost was extremely low, but it was praised by the people." He Ru reached into his arms, rubbed the mud, then leaned his fingers out, and said lazily: "Liu Yu had hoarded so much food in advance, so he wouldn't have eaten it himself, right? Maybe Du Mingyu was still watching the situation. If Gu Yun did not make any big moves, even if he sprinkled all the food that Liu Yu had hoarded, it would be a drop in the bucket and would be useless! So, I think he is waiting for a suitable opportunity to intervene!"

Xu You felt a little relieved, but his eyebrows still did not stretch, saying, "If it is just like this, it will be just a matter of time, at least it will be beneficial to the people. But I don't know why, but I always feel uneasy..."

"Um?"

He Ru sat upright. He grew up in a temple and believed that there would be mysterious powers in the dark, especially for a genius like Xu You. His intuition is sometimes more accurate than what he sees with his eyes!

He stared at Xu You, leaned forward slightly, and said, "Where is the uneasiness coming from?"

"I don't know, I can't catch it!"

Xu You buried his head in his hand irritably, and murmured: "The people on the Winter Solstice did not find anything abnormal, nor did they find that there were signs of people on the Tianshidao's activities in Qiantang, and Meng Xingchun on Wuxian did not find any clear clues. It was as if... it was as if the Tianshidao suddenly disappeared, Du Mingyu tried his best to plan a position of sacrificial wine. As soon as he got the position, he immediately killed Yang Yi, established the power of the tiger, and then stole the treasury silver in the sky and secretly transported it to Xiaoqu Mountain. He prepared for the rainy day and stored grains. Every step was as exquisite as a chess game. He would not become silent when it was time to collect the baby, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he and He Ru were shocked at the same time. The two of them looked at each other and saw the fear in each other's eyes.

It’s not that Du Mingyu is silent, but that they have become deaf and blind!

In terms of intelligence obstruction ability, the institution in the hands of the Winter Sora that the baby just learned to walk is far worse than the Fengmen!

He Ru was about to send someone to call Dong Xie to ask in detail, but Xu You stopped him and said, "No need, Dong Xie has done its best. This is not a gap in personal abilities, but a comprehensive ambition of manpower, material resources and financial resources, which is futile!"

He finally returned to his calmness and said, "No matter what Du Mingyu wants to do, we just need to do our own things well and respond to all changes with the same change!" After saying that, he smiled again and said, "In fact, we are unreasonable in our anxiety. For Tianshidao, or to either side, we are all small people and insignificant. There is really a big change in Yangzhou, and it is not your turn to worry about you and me!"

"Let's just wait and see!"

But that's it, it's not easy to stay out of the matter when you're in the situation. After a large amount of food entered Yangzhou, the rice price remained high, and the public's resentment almost filled the world, like a bulging fish bladder, which could break at any time.

Compared with this open public grievance, the undercurrents in the underground make people really worry. From when, the prophecy that Gao Hui had passed before his death began to be secretly circulated between the heads of Guizhou, but the information hidden in the last few sentences of the prophecy was still not exposed, and it was just a pretext for inciting dissatisfaction with the current dynasty and Buddhism.

In addition, the work of the Winter Solstice is becoming increasingly difficult to carry out, and several people on the periphery have been instigated. If she hadn't been alert enough, she would have been misled by false information. Several insiders placed in Liu Yu lost contact one after another. After several months of wild growth, her eyes and tentacles began to be cut off in a planned manner and had no ability to fight back.

In order to avoid greater losses and to preserve strength in this unequal intelligence war, Xu You asked Dong Xie to order all his subordinates to lie dormant, and the frontal battlefield should be handed over to the Wohusi to fight. He has no capital to squander this hard-earned possession.

In the blink of an eye, the heat began to dissipate, but the public's resentment had accumulated to an unconcealable point. A little more would be completely out of the blue. After discussing with Xu You, Gu Yun and Xu You believed that the time was right, so the government came forward to release the rice and grain purchased from various families and gentry during this period in batches, which was far lower than the market price. Through the Wohusi Department and the County Magistrate's Office, they jointly investigated the grain merchants and wealthy merchants pretended to be disaster victims to buy grain. Once discovered, they would be imprisoned for illegal activities and confiscated their property for disaster relief.

Nine households were arrested within three days and three heads were killed. The smell of blood filled the streets of Wu County. According to the law, death row prisoners had to be re-reported and the emperor could only be executed after the execution was approved. However, there were some priorities and the matter was so important. Gu Yun had just reserved food. If he did not use the thunder method, he would quickly shock the bad guys and would be exposed after a few days. Therefore, he persuaded Meng Xingchun early and asked for a secret decree from An Zidao through the Sili School Commander Xiao Xunqi. He could make a quick decision and take action first and then report. However, this power position of arbitrary murder was more than that of the great governor who held the throne. An Zidao was worried and ordered Meng Xingchun to kill more than five, officials and gentry could not move, and Gu Yun signed it at the same time before the execution could be executed.

This is enough. Three bloody heads hung on the grain dock and the East City, which is more convincing than any words. People who really need food can buy food for their lives at low prices. The victims who have no money can also eat life-threatening porridge for free. The situation was a little calmer. However, the grain merchants were still waiting and watching and did not follow up and reduce the rice prices in time. At this time, the news released by Gu Yun made the grain merchants know that the rice and grain in the hands of the government were bought at a fair price from various clans, and the reserves were exaggerated ten times, which was enough to cope with most of the affected counties in Yangzhou to survive the drought.

As soon as the news came out, the grain merchants were restless, and finally some people couldn't help but start to open the market with the government's rice prices. In just over ten days, the rice prices caused by herd mentality collapsed, like the water of the Yellow River, pouring in, and it could not be stopped.

The quiet garden was turbulent, and outsiders didn't know it, but they knew that all the strategies to suppress rice prices were from Xu You. They seemed biased and inhumane, but they seemed to be a clever hand in creation, and they easily turned a big disaster intovisibility.

This is a miracle!

Also happy were the thousands of people struggling on the verge of life and death. They knelt down happily and prayed, thanking God and Gu Yun, calling him a saint and calling this disaster relief strategy the Divine Policy.

But no one expected that behind this peace, a crisis that swept Yangzhou suddenly broke out.

On the night of August 27, the thunderous voices strikingly harassing the Qingmeng of countless people. Xu You suddenly woke up and found that there was a sweat stain on his body. He ordered the Autumnal Equinox to hold the lights. When he was worried, Zuo Qi hurriedly pushed the door in and whispered: "Qiantang City is surrounded!"
Chapter completed!