The information filtered out after that was much scattered.
For example, Jinxia City is implementing a free elementary school system, the person in charge of the Mechanism Bureau is the original Gyeonggi official, new ships are visiting the harbor, and the General Affairs Bureau is in charge of people's food, clothing, housing, transportation, life, old age, illness and death... and many of these or Everyone can have a relationship with Xia Fan.
Can a listener really bring such a huge change to Yancheng
Feinian was really doubtful about this.
He had consulted the records of the Ministry of Records and found that there had been listeners in the headquarters. In other words, in the most prosperous era of the Yong Dynasty, there would be one or two listeners every year. They might be extremely talented, might be unparalleled, or might be He mastered the astonishing secret and eventually became rich overnight, but these brilliance and changes only belong to the listener personally. No one has ever been able to bring about earth-shaking changes in the city like Xia Fan.
Is the Privy Council's judgment of its listeners... too hasty
Looking back carefully, as early as when he came into contact with Xia Fan in Qingshan Town, he already had signs that were different from ordinary people.
Feinian sighed and put these distracting thoughts behind him.
There is no point in thinking about this now. The information in front of us is very important and must be sent back to Gyeonggi as soon as possible to let His Highness and He'er know.
Whether it's the infiltration of Xiji forces or the large-scale appearance of demons, it's the last thing Qixing wants to see. This time, the second prince probably won't be able to intentionally spare the life of the third princess like he did with his eldest brother.
Fei Nian is now more fortunate that the Privy Council did not immediately launch an siege on Jinxia City after the snow period. The Xuzhou Black Cavalry led by Qingjian and an army of 20 to 30,000 people may be able to easily deal with the Shufa family, but in the face of Jinxia, who has the Double Dragons and the Nine Heavens Thunder Envoy, may not get any benefits. Once the war situation reaches a stalemate, the Tianshu regime, which is establishing a new order, will inevitably be hit head-on. Not only will the forces from various places be ready to move, but the Seven Stars will also question the ability of the Tianshu envoys.
This war must be overwhelming and decisive!
Sending spies to weaken the opponent's power is the right choice.
After all, no matter how incredible the changes in Jinxia are, the residents also need food and a stable political situation. When these no longer exist, no matter how powerful the individual alchemists are, it will not help.
And this is where the new regime is most likely to have problems.
Fei Nian put down the information and looked up in the direction of Jinxia City - the Privy Council House undoubtedly encountered a real challenge this time. As for the price to pay to overcome it, it probably depends on what was done before the war started.
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Jinxia, in the courtyard of the Secretariat.
The Ministry of Grain is preparing a new round of import plans.
Now all departments know that the visiting fleet from the Yama Kingdom has brought two million taels of silver to Jinxia City. In addition, Xia Fan has never encouraged saving money, so everyone is bolder than before in making plans. One piece.
Wei Wushuang is no exception.
Now that Shenzhou is under the command of the princess, the grain consumption plan should also be arranged by state. Since the Affairs Bureau has not yet been able to control everything like the Jinxia General Administration, and it will take some time to monopolize grain marketing, he plans to first let the branch investigate the grain reserves in each town, and the import offers will be directed to Liuzhou, Qingzhou and Yazhou. land, using food from other states to ensure Shenzhou’s supply.
According to Brother Xia, it is the natural responsibility of the Ministry of Food to devote itself to eliminating hunger.
A qualified chief of the grain department should ensure that no one starves to death in the area he manages.
Whenever he thought of these words, Wei Wushuang's heart would burst into flames.
He used to be just the second young master of an ordinary merchant. Even if he could inherit the family business, he would just continue to collect and sell grain. But now, what he is doing is helping the world. Is there anything more meaningful than this!
What's more, the funding does not need to be considered by the Ministry of Food.
While he was busy writing, Wei Yan opened the door and walked into the office study room.
"Dad, are you here?" Wei Wushuang immediately put down his pen and stood up to greet him.
Although he is the chief officer of the Food Department, and the other party is just a specially hired "staff member", who makes this staff member his biological father
"Sit down. An official must act like an official. You are not at home, but in an officialdom!" Wei Yan puffed his beard and glared.
"Oh." Wei Wushuang sat down obediently, saying in his heart that Brother Xia didn't care about this, "What are you doing here?"
"The price of food has increased." Father Wei threw a stack of orders on his desk, "And all channels are increasing. Some food stores have even closed their doors."
"What? At this time?" Wei Wushuang was stunned, "... No reason?"
He picked up the list and glanced at it. The replies above all came from the partners that Dawanliang Store had accumulated over the past decades - including both downstream peers and large upstream landowners. The price increases in Anshen and Baihe cities were also significant. The most obvious.
Food fluctuations often occur in disaster years or periods of turmoil, but the last year was smooth and the locust plague did not affect Qiguo, so there was no reason for a comprehensive price increase.
If it goes up slightly, that's it. Not only does the price on the order go up significantly, but the closure is an extremely bad omen.
That doesn't mean that the grain store has no grain in stock, but that it wants to wait until the price rises to a certain level before selling it.
This approach will definitely lead to many people being unable to afford food and falling into trouble.
"What happened to the northwest?"
"I asked someone to ask." Wei Yan picked up the teapot on the table, "Wait a minute, you don't have tea here?"
"father!"
"Yes, it's looking good." He nodded with satisfaction, "The answer is that nothing happened, but there has been a sudden increase in people buying food in the past week. I comprehensively analyzed the situation of each family, and came to the conclusion that except for Jinxia City Outside of China, grain trading in other places has entered the peak season ahead of schedule."
"This is not a natural peak season." Wei Wushuang said decisively. The reason why the peak season is prosperous is determined by people's purchasing habits and solar terms. Abnormalities mean that someone is deliberately operating. The question is who is driving all this. "Father, please ask me about the situation in Liuzhou and Qingzhou and see how foreign grain merchants react to this."
"And you?"
"Inform the Anshen and Baisha Affairs Bureaus and ask them to check where the sold grain went." Wei Wushuang replied, "This matter also needs to be notified to Brother Xia immediately."
The senior officials of the Secretariat knew that Jin Xia had completely fallen out with the Gyeonggi Privy Council, and the conflict between the two parties was almost irreconcilable. Coupled with the end of the snow period, any changes in Shenzhou at this time must not be taken lightly.
In the evening, a telegram was sent back from the White River City branch.
"Local food prices have risen to double the usual level, and rumors of a food shortage in Jinxia have emerged, claiming that it is our massive purchase of stored grains that will lead to shortages in surrounding towns. Outside the grain shops that are still open, people are already rushing to buy . The grain sold was found to be re-sold again, and the source cannot be traced."