Chapter 56 Return
"I followed the prince's instructions and have packed up all the gold and silver jewelry in the house. However, the land was difficult to sell at the moment, so I had to lower the price in order to sell it quickly, resulting in a big loss."

"As for this house, I have not sold it out of old friendship. Maybe after Fang Shan dies or is transferred, the young lady will come back one day."

Good night, I nodded and didn't care.

When Gao Ruyue heard this, tears began to flow down her face unconsciously.

Thinking about leaving the house where he was born and raised, and thinking about his father who had just passed away, tears suddenly poured out like a flood.

After Gao Ruyue's mood calmed down, the old man asked others to bring a carriage, load the large and small boxes of luggage, and follow Wang An out of the city.

As soon as you leave the city, you can see a large number of carts loaded with bulging bags of grain gathered at the city gate.

Many people had beads of sweat on their brows, obviously having just transported food out of the city.

The grain storekeeper gave a soldier from Jizhou to check the quantity. When he saw Wang An coming back, he laughed and walked forward, saying, "Finally, we have lived up to your trust. The five thousand dan of grain have all been collected."

Seeing the full warehouse of grain, Wang An felt relieved and his tone was filled with joy.

"Thanks to the shopkeeper's efforts, I would like to express my gratitude on behalf of the people of Jizhou!"

The shopkeeper waved his hands repeatedly and said, "As the saying goes, business is business, there's no need to say thank you or not!"

"If your Highness says so, I feel embarrassed to accept the money."

"Hahaha!"

The two men smiled at each other, and Wang An immediately called Xu Huang to check the corresponding amount from the silver that had been transported and settle the payment on the spot.

Because it was all cash, and the amount was not small, it took a lot of time just to count the money.

But Wan An was not in a hurry. He chatted with the shopkeeper while waiting for the subordinates of both parties to check clearly.

After a conversation, the two felt that they had a mutual understanding and established some initial friendship with each other.

After confirming the delivery date of the remaining 5,000 dan of grain again, Wan An said goodbye to the shopkeeper and set off.

After walking for another six or seven days, everyone finally returned to Baicheng.

Outside Baicheng, the bandits' settlements were more densely populated than when they set out, and many of their temporary shacks had become more sturdy.

The people of Baicheng who used to go in and out of the city gate would spit at the bandits when passing by the settlement, but now no one sees that.

Moreover, the hostility in the eyes of the people looking at the bandits seemed to have disappeared a lot.

Goodnight smiled slightly, this was something that was expected.

After all, among these people living in shacks, only a few are bandits, and most of them are just ordinary people who go with the flow.

As long as both sides are given some time to interact with each other, the deep hatred that cannot be said to be irreconcilable will be resolved sooner or later.

What surprised him the most was that he thought the food in the government office had been consumed long ago, and he was even prepared to see the refugees gathering together to cause trouble when he returned.

But I never thought that it was just the time for distributing porridge.

The refugees were queuing up in an orderly manner to receive food, and there was no food shortage as Wan An had expected.

Thinking back to when he left, he had instructed Chen He to buy grain from the common people at a high price.

But at that time, this was only regarded as a stopgap measure, and no one thought that the people of Baicheng, who were short of food and clothing, would have much grain to sell.

Now it seems that Chen He has gained a lot.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible for me to last so long after being gone for more than ten days.

The return of Wang An and his group quickly attracted your attention. Many of the refugees' men were selected by Wang An to join the grain transport team, and they had not seen each other for more than ten days.

Seeing their men returning safe and sound, they all surrounded him excitedly.

When they surrounded them, they discovered that the grain transport team had brought back a large amount of grain.

Moreover, the two hundred carts lined up along the light path were quite spectacular.

Especially in Jizhou where people were short of food and clothing and everyone was worried about having no food to eat, so much food was like a shot in the arm, making both the common people and the refugees cheer.

As the grain transport team entered the city, the news that a large amount of grain was transported to the treasury spread like wildfire, and the entire White City was slightly shaken.

Although the people did not think that the government would distribute this batch of grain to them for free.

But after all, the government has food in its hands, so the people have peace of mind if they encounter an emergency.

Because the people of Baicheng, or the people of the entire Jizhou, have become accustomed to the fact that foreign races will invade Jizhou after the autumn harvest every year.

With these foods, at least no one will starve to death when the city is closed and defended.

The people who were most shocked were the grain merchants in Baicheng.

Lu Guancheng was standing at the door of his own grain warehouse at this time, looking at the grain transport teams passing by in disbelief, and muttered in shock: "Where did they get all this grain from?"

"Did they buy it from Qingzhou? That's impossible. I have already sent letters to all the major grain stores in Qingzhou, asking them not to sell grain to Jizhou!"

"Who on earth dares not to give me, Lu Guancheng, face?"

"Wait... unless it is..."

Lu Guancheng suddenly thought of a possibility and his face turned extremely ugly.

In the entire Qingzhou and Jizhou, if there was any good family that dared not take Lu Guancheng seriously, it would only be the grain store opened by Prince Fu.

When he thought of this, Lu Guancheng's face became even uglier.

If from now on Wan An directly organizes people to go to Qingzhou to purchase grain, how can Lu Guancheng make money from the national crisis?
However, Lu Guancheng just snorted coldly, thinking in his heart how to cut off Wan An's only channel for purchasing food.

However, he did not realize that Wang An's move had already opened a prelude to something extremely unfavorable for him.

"Open the grain number?"

In the Jizhou government office, Wang Angao was sitting at the head of the group, tasting the unique bitter tea of ​​Jizhou.

And at the bottom, Chen He was standing there with a look of surprise on his face.

"Although Your Highness has purchased 5,000 dan of grain from Qingzhou, there are still 3,000 hungry mouths outside the city."

"If we sell the grain now, what if the stock is insufficient? I always feel that Lu Guancheng will never sit idly by and watch us buy grain from Qingzhou. He will definitely do something bad in secret."

"We never know when this channel will be cut off, so we might as well try to store food before it's cut off in case of emergency."

Wan An put down the teacup, smiled faintly and said: "This king has great confidence in this channel, and it is definitely not something that can be influenced by a rat like Lu Guancheng."

"Besides, if this thing can be accomplished, Lu Guancheng will no longer exist!"

Chen He was a little surprised and asked, "What's the matter?"

Goodnight smiled and said, "Stabilize the price of grain!"

(End of this chapter)