The river rises, and hundreds of boats compete.

The people in Jiankang City have not seen such a busy scene on the river for a long time, and they can hardly see the boundary at first sight. A large amount of goods are piled up on the riverside, and the air seems to be filled with a sweet smell of rice and grain!

The shortage of supplies was long, and the entire Jiankang City seemed to have been drying riverbed for a long time, trying hard to absorb the rain that had been longed for a long time. On both sides of the river from the west of Zhoucheng, there were almost carnival figures everywhere, either carrying cloth bags, pushing carts, or carrying cages. Men, women, young and old all went on battle, transporting rice and grain to their homes one by one.

An old man in the crowd trembled his knees, and half a bag of grain on his shoulders fell down. The old man screamed strangely, bent over and pounced on him, waving his hands to prevent others from approaching. Then he carefully picked up some of the shaking rice grains, even if there was a lot of sand and dust in the rice grains, he would not waste it. He used the hem of his clothes to carry it over and carefully sieved it.

"You guys really don't know anything. With this time to sift rice, you can already transport rice to your home!"

The person who was blocked from the way next to him shouted in dissatisfaction and stepped over here.

The old man's eyes lit up when he heard this. He immediately got up and shook off the grains of sand mixed with stones, but it was a pity. He held Misai's mouth in both hands, and chewed the grains hard while spitting out the gravel. After taking a few steps, he suddenly covered his face and cried loudly: "Pity my son, if he can last a few more days, he will be able to be full of his stomach until he dies..."

From the west of the city of Zhou to the Xilimen, the waterway was filled with people who were ecstatic or crying, and each of them was carrying food in a hurry, for fear of falling behind others.

Since the first time the grain transport ship from the west appeared under the Stone City, the price of rice has begun to plummet, with a maximum of 1,000 yuan in rice. In just a few days, it has fallen to less than 300 yuan, and it is still falling!

The people in the city were trapped for a long time and were already hungry. Such a price was like a free gift than the high grain price in the previous few days! They were afraid that the beauty in front of them would be temporary and fleeting, so those who had spare energy would spend all their energy to transport food to their homes for stockpiling.

In the attic of a villa near Zhoucheng, there was a group of beautiful clothes and leisurely expressions gathered in the attic. Several beautiful dancers with graceful figures and lightly wrapped in silk shirts were dancing gracefully under the hall, with charming but not charming, accompanied by sensuous music, which comforted the audio-visual.

However, such beautiful singing and dancing were now ignored by the people in the attic, and most of the people were still focused on a young man sitting in the middle of the room.

The young man was wearing a small jade crown and wearing a double-breasted cloak. The folding fan in his hand slowly beat the rhythm with the melodious music. Occasionally, he picked up the wine glass on the table, and everyone in the table raised their glasses one after another, not daring to blink, for fear of missing any slight change in the other party's expression.

"The beautiful women danced gracefully in the hall, and they were in full beauty. But you all forced me with your eyes, which made me feel a little uncomfortable."

Shen Zhezi sipped half a glass of fruit wine, put down the wine glass and said with a smile.

Ji You smiled at another seat and said, "Who made Wei Zhou a difficult distinguished guest? I am an idle person like me who frequently disturbs the seat, so few people will wait and see."

"The prince-consort and Ji Jun are both rare distinguished guests and cannot be seen at any time. If it weren't for the invitation from Yu Cang's ministry this time, we would be eager to see it, and it would be hard to hear the elegant sound!"

The person in the dining room stood up and said, because the movement was a bit violent, the wine in the glass was sprinkled on the front, making him look a little embarrassed.

When Yu Tiao saw this scene, he pretended to be angry and said, "Mr. Xiong's appearance is that the wine is not beautiful and he can only wash his shirt?"

After hearing this, the man's expression became even more cramped and he frequently looked at others for help.

"Jun Yu is just a joke, Mr. Xiong should not take it seriously. The customs are common in the world. If you can drink with each other for a co-chair, you will be a good friend. You can let go of laughter and not be restricted."

Ji You smiled and smoothed out the situation to relieve the person's embarrassment.

After hearing this, the man laughed, pulled his clothes, raised his glass and said with a smile: "The wine is so beautiful, I dare not ask for it, please punish yourself!"

The man drank three drinks before sitting back in the table. The atmosphere was not as awkward as it was at the beginning. They began to talk and laugh.

Shen Zhezi was also very quiet and came to Xicheng to take a look at the turmoil just now. Although he made great efforts, on the surface, it seemed that the one who benefited the most was not his family, but the Yu family and the Ji family.

As early as the beginning of the launch, Shen Zhezi wrote a letter to Yu Yi, reminding him that he could take the opportunity to remove Zhao Yin, the nail that was inserted in Liyang by Director Wang. Although Yu Yi's move seemed unreasonable, Director Wang was now in trouble by the various towns and had no energy to concentrate on dealing with Yu Yi.

After occupying Liyang, the situation Yu Yi faced suddenly became clear. Although he had not been officially appointed as the governor of Yuzhou, it was only a matter of time. Moreover, after this action, the haze that had originally shrouded over his family due to the Liyang rebellion and Yu Liang's death was swept away!

Although Yu Yi has not yet reached the power of Yu Liang in charge of Yuzhou in history, his foundation has been established, and he only needs to manage steadily next.

Of course, this seemingly reckless behavior also hides a lot of trade-offs behind it. On the one hand, it is the most direct comparison of strength. Li Yang is already ruined because of Su Jun's rebellion, and Zhao Yin is only occupies a position there, but in fact he does not have too strong military support.

However, Yu Yi had more than 10,000 troops under his command, some of the refugee commanders recruited in Jingkou, and the original members of the Guards. Of course, the defeated troops of the Liyang tribe were indispensable. Yu Yi himself could not organize such a strong military force, such as Xu Mao's troops, the old subordinates of the Kuang clan, and the guards, all of whom were managed by the Shen family.

The two families have now completely merged, both politically and militaryally, not to mention the cooperation between Yu Tiao and Shen Zhezi.

Of course, the simple military strength is not enough to support Yu Yi's military operation to expel Zhao Yin. You should know that there is another Wang Shu squatting in Jiangzhou.

Because he had completely merged with the locals in Jiangzhou after taking office, Wang Shu turned a blind eye to Wang Dao's dilemma in Jiankang, so his control over Jiangzhou was smooth. The strength of the Jiangzhou army was far from being able to match Yu Yi's more than 10,000 miscellaneous troops.

If Wang Shu had a tough attitude against Yu Yi crossing the river, then even if Yu Yi drove out Zhao Yin, he would still go there and return whatever he wanted.

Therefore, when Yu Yi started, Shen Zhezi's father Shen Chong also transferred the Dongyang Army to Xin'an County, which bordered Jiangzhou Poyang County, and gave Yu Yi support.

At the same time, when Yu Yi took office, he recruited Tao Kan's son Tao Qi as the chief secretary, and maintained a harmonious relationship with each other. Of course, this was not enough to make Tao Kan fully support Yu Yi across the river, so Taicheng had to operate it and then fight for another position for Tao Kan's son.

As for Jiankang City, although the Empress Dowager had a estrangement from her mother's family, she was happy to see her brother being able to take charge of the Western Palace. In Taicheng, several Tai Assisters were condemned by Fang Zhen and were even more uncomfortable, and they could not unite and force Yu Yi to go back.

With so many conditions to cooperate, Yu Yi can only make a final decision when crossing the river.

As for the benefits gained by the Ji family, it is obvious. Originally, the Tao family, the most important thing in this chaos, was taken down in one fell swoop, and Tao Hui and his son were captured and were bound to die, leaving only some remote branches, which was difficult to carry the banner. With such a tragic example in front of them, the Danyang families had already dispersed their own birds and beasts, which was not a problem.

Nowadays, the Ji family has only achieved great success. Except for some families who have defected to it, the rest of the families have to endure the fire of cleaning that is still underway in Taichung, and the money has been greatly damaged due to a large amount of materials pouring into Jiankang.

At least no one has ever had a clear opposition to the construction of a new capital.

As for the Shen family, after this chaos, their status did not improve much, but they completely grasped the control of the construction of Xindu and passed several major resolutions one after another. The most important one was to build the market.

In Shen Zhezi's original plan, the new Jiankang City should have two major trading areas in the east and west. Since it is a trading area, it is naturally necessary to choose a prosperous area with dense population and convenient transportation. However, for such an area, it is really difficult to collect land. In order to avoid intensifying the conflict, the plan could only be temporarily put on hold.

But now, no one has opposed it on the table, so Taichung quickly made a decision and could solve several problems.

After manipulating prices for several months, the people's money and plundering were too fierce. Now the accumulated materials have opened up and flowed into the market, but Xiaominzhijia no longer has purchasing power. However, Shen Zhezi is also ready to lend money. Lead by the Shaofu Pingzhun Order, each company donated money and formed a Yimin warehouse. The people in the city are pledged by their hometowns and their homelands, and they can borrow property of varying amounts.

In this way, we can control both households and residential land, and increase the purchasing power of these people. Each company has hoarded them, and the situation can quickly stabilize. When the new residential building area is completed, the people who pledged residential land can be relocated and resettled relatively smoothly. The vacant land can be used to build the market.

These lands belong to the court in name, but the right to use has fallen into the hands of Shen Zhezi and the Wuzhong family behind him. Of course, the benefits obtained from manipulating prices earlier have disappeared.

Although Shen Zhezi can do it even if he uses force to expel the people and forcibly expropriate land, this will cause unnecessary turmoil and there is no need to invade the property that these ordinary people have few left.

He just erased the choice of these people, and in an environment where political situation and geographical relationships are extremely tense, it is not necessarily a good thing for the common people to have the choice. Just like the labor service in the Ding camp, if they had not been incited and chose to make trouble, they would not have been massacred.

Everyone is just a small note in the great era. If it cannot be integrated into a main theme, it is destined to be just a murmur that will inevitably be cleared. Similarly, if a person does not know how to defend and use his right to choose, then this right will only kill him.

The world is good or bad, most people have always been enslaved. The progress of civilization is only a means of beautifying enslavement, which makes people more emotionally acceptable. Shen Zhezi chose to tempt instead of wielding a butcher's knife to drive it away. This is a little warmth he retains for this era.
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