In the south of Xing'an County, there is a magnificent palace covering an extremely large area, which is the Palace of the Prince of Xiong'an County.

The entire royal palace covers an area of ​​80 acres, with no less than a hundred pavilions and rooms, which is very vast. At this moment, Song Ke was sitting in the living room, listening to a servant's report with a gloomy face.

"Prince, the young men found out that Qin Guan brought a concubine to office. He used to be a courtesan in Hangzhou, and there were ten servants, four male servants, his book boy and housekeeper, and the two strong men who rushed our convoy the day before yesterday, and six maids, who are now settled in the prefect's office."

"Chen Yichen, the magistrate of Lin'an who followed Qin Guan to take office, left yesterday and went to Lin'an to take office."

"After Qin Guan arrived at Xiongzhou City, he transferred to various yamen departments, bank treasurys, granaries and refugee camps yesterday, and issued an announcement on the sale of land this morning."

After hearing this, Song Ke showed a hideous smile: "Do you want to sell land for money to solve the problem in front of you? Haha, please continue to tell me that any merchant who has business dealings with our Prince's Mansion will know that if anyone dares to buy land, he will be an enemy of our Prince's Mansion."

After the servant withdrew, Song Ke squinted his eyes and murmured: "Dare to go against me, Qin Guan, I want to kill you."

A piece of news spread in Xiongzhou, and it became more and more widespread, and everyone knew it.

"What? The prefect Qin fought with the Prince of Xiong'an on the way to take office, but later he actually started." Jiukan Chinese website

"The Qin magistrate actually drove the prince's carriage into the ditch, and the prince was almost injured."

"Oh my God, no one dares to mess with the prince of Xiong'an in our Xiongzhou. I'm afraid it's difficult to take the position of governor of the top scholar."

"The Prince's Mansion has already handed out the words. Whoever dares to buy land is to be an enemy of him. The Prince's Mansion has been in the land for decades and has businesses spread all over Xiongzhou. Who would be willing to offend him?"

"The prefect Qin is afraid that this time the situation will be in trouble."

These news naturally also reached Qin Guan's ears. After Qin Guan heard these news, he just smiled faintly.

The door of the Scriptures is deserted. On weekdays, there may be one or two people coming to handle the business. With Song Ke's words, everyone dared not even pass by the Scriptures door, let alone buy land in order to avoid suspicion.

Xiongzhou Prefecture posted an announcement on selling land. Two days later, but no part of the land was sold.

A Dianjian sighed, "Oh, the magistrate offended the prince's mansion as soon as he took office. I'm afraid he will be unable to move in this Xiongzhou in the future."

"Yes, I thought before that if someone comes to buy land, the wages that owed us may be settled. Now it's over."

After hearing the news, Xu Tongming frowned. In his opinion, Qin Guan's plan was not reliable at all, and now it is difficult for the prince's mansion to make it even more impossible.

Xu Qing found Qin Guan and said, "Sir, I have something to report to you. The food price in Xiongzhou City has risen again."

"Oh, how much is it now?" Qin Guan asked.

"Now it's 1,630 qian per stone." Xu Qing said.

Qin Guan frowned, the price of grain is the basis of the price of hundreds.

As a necessity for human life, grain is also the most widely circulated commodity. Its price is very related to social life, affecting rural areas and cities, farmers and citizens, agriculture and handicrafts, and commerce.

Especially during famines, grain prices are not only related to life and death to the people, but also to the government, if the people cannot afford to buy food and go hungry, it will cause chaos, so the government also attaches great importance to grain prices.

Qin Guan asked: "I remember that the price of grain in Hangzhou is 6,700 yuan per stone, and the price of grain in Dayuan City is 1,000 yuan per stone. Why is the price of grain in Xiongzhou so high?"

The south produces grain, and the price of grain is lower. Dayuan City is considered a border province, with less output and higher prices. However, Xiongzhou is only 200 miles away from Dayuan City, so why is the price so much different?

"Most of the grain merchants in Xiongzhou are from the county prince's palaces. Moreover, other products in Xiongzhou have price increases to varying degrees." Xu Qing said.

Xu Qing explained the key points in one sentence.

Qin Guan narrowed his eyes, and it seemed that the Prince of Xiong'an was starting to make a move in secret.

Xu Qing looked at Qin Guan and said anxiously: "Sir, it's been two days since we haven't sold a little land. We can't expect to sell the land. I think we should find a way to ask the provincial government for help. If we really wait until the food in Xiongzhou is exhausted, there will be a big mess."

Qin Guan smiled faintly: "Wait for another day, if tomorrow does not work, I will go to the provincial government for help."

Xu Qing sighed and left the prefect's office.

Just when everyone was not optimistic about Qin Guan's behavior, and many people were even waiting to see jokes, a convoy drove from the official road and slowly entered Xiongzhou City.

Without any stop, the convoy came directly to the Jiesi Yamen.

A wealthy middle-aged man walked off the carriage, looked around, and walked into the yamen with two servants.

A rich middle-aged man walked into the Sizhengtang. A small official saw the visitor and asked casually: "What's wrong with you?"

The middle-aged man smiled faintly and said, "I'll buy land."

Just a gentle sentence attracted the attention of everyone in the main hall. People looked at this person. The little official said in a somewhat disbelief: "This gentleman is really here to buy land."

"Of course." The middle-aged man said lightly.

"I don't know how much land you want to buy." The little official asked.

“How much do you have, how much do you buy.”

This sentence shocked everyone present.

After the Si Dian Li's eyes widened, he immediately stood up when he reacted and shouted to the little official: "Hurry up and greet the guests and make tea."

He turned to look at the middle-aged man, greeted him with a smile, asked the middle-aged man after sitting down, "I don't know what he calls him, what business he does."

The middle-aged man said: "My surname is Mei, Mei Youren, who is in the jewelry business."

"The jewelry business is good, big business. Boss Mei just said he wanted to buy all the land, but it was true." Dian Li asked.

"Of course it is true. The land can settle down and pass on its descendants. With such a good opportunity, Mei naturally doesn't want to let it go." Mei Youren said.

"We sold a lot of land this time, more than 1,000 acres in Xiongzhou City, and 600,000 acres outside Xiulong Mountain, with a total price of more than 80,000 guan." Dian Li said, afraid that the other party would not know the situation.

"I naturally know these, but only tens of thousands of coins, but it's just my surplus for two months."

What a rich man. This time a rich man came, and the Dian Li smiled like a flower.

The Dian Li said attentively: "Mr. Mei wants to look at the land, measure it, and go and see Xiulong Mountain."

Mr. Mei shook his head and said, "No, I have already seen it myself."

The Dian Li was happy and saved the trouble and continued to ask: "I don't know when to trade and how to settle the transaction."

"Of course, the faster the better, the cash settlement." Mr. Mei said proudly.

Dian Li was a little unbelievable. Such a big business was done so happily.

Everyone in the Experience Department moved. Someone wrote transaction documents. Dian Li brought people out and was so happy when he saw the boxes of silver and copper coins in the car.
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