Chapter 59 The chess game has been set up, ready to close the net!

"Thank you for your trust, father!"

"Please wait for good news, Father."

"I will take my leave first and prepare everything."

Ying Ziye took the order, said goodbye and left, and did not even participate in the subsequent court meetings.

"Ah!"

"The food needed by millions of refugees is an astronomical amount that cannot be easily collected!"

“How are you going to deal with this?”

"If you delay, you will see what will happen if you can't come up with a solution by then!"

Chunyu Yue looked at Ying Ziye's receding back, sneered and whispered, his eyes full of mockery.

He seemed to have foreseen the tragic ending of Ying Ziye being sent to the guillotine because he was unable to solve the problem.

"The Second Prince is too impulsive!"

"There is no solution to this problem. We can only wait for the natural disaster to pass and let some refugees starve to death. The situation will improve next year."

"Indeed."

“There is no food!”

"Faced with such a natural disaster, we are helpless!"

The ministers all lamented and no one was optimistic about Ying Ziye.

They had all experienced similar droughts and knew that there was no other way to rescue the refugees except the grain reserves of the court.

"Ziye, I am sure you will not let me down!"

At this moment, in the court, perhaps only the old father Ying Zheng firmly believed that Ying Ziye could turn the tide.

After leaving the court, Ying Ziye did not return to the palace, but went straight to his fiefdom Luoyang.

suburbs.

In the vast fields, green crops are growing luxuriantly.

However, these were not ordinary rice and wheat, but potatoes and sweet potatoes that Ying Ziye obtained from the system.
Ying Ziye stepped into the green field and lifted a potato vine gently. The roots were dotted with round, oval fruits, each one so full that it seemed to hold the secret of a good harvest.

The high-yield and disease-free potatoes given by the system lived up to expectations and produced exceptionally abundant fruits.

"Great."

He chuckled, but already had an idea in mind.

"Haha, just wait and see!"

Thinking of those unscrupulous merchants who drove up grain prices, as well as the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Chu who were ready to make a move, Ying Ziye's lips curled up in a cold arc.

Potatoes will become the key to turning the tide in his hands!

These guys could never have imagined how amazing the potato production would be. A plan was quietly brewing in his mind.

As a time traveler, Ying Ziye not only possesses the powerful power of the system, but his knowledge also far exceeds that of anyone in this era.

He had studied economics in college in his previous life. Although he was not an expert, he was more than capable of dealing with these ancients who had not yet understood the principles of economics.

At this moment, the price of grain in the market had been driven up to ten times the original price of ten cents per dou, reaching as high as one hundred cents per dou.

However, when Ying Ziye intervened, he did not try to lower grain prices. Instead, he pushed them up and sold off grain in the national reserve, colluding with unscrupulous businessmen.

How respected is Ying Ziye’s status?

In the Qin Dynasty, apart from the supreme King Ying Zheng, he was the most respected person.

His actions undoubtedly emboldened the merchants below. The price of grain soared like a wild horse, from one hundred wen to one thousand wen, almost approaching one string of money per bushel, which was an astronomical figure.

There were complaints among the people, and some even cursed in secret.

Isn't this going to force the people into a desperate situation?

How can ordinary people afford one string of money for one bushel of rice?
There was a lot of discussion in the court, and memorials against Ying Ziye piled up, putting Ying Zheng under great pressure. However, his trust in Ying Ziye was as solid as a rock, and he withstood the pressure from the ministers.

He firmly believed that Ying Ziye must have a hidden purpose in doing this, and that his second son was by no means greedy and would not harm the people.

As time goes by, food prices soar.

Many grain merchants frantically purchased and hoarded grain, ready to sell it at a high price.

Merchants from the three countries of Qi, Wei and Chu rushed to buy the grain, as if they were determined to buy up all the grain in Qin!

With such a high price, even ordinary people could not resist and they all took out their family savings in exchange for cash.

All major businesses rushed to compete for food, and the entire Qin market was swept by a wave of competition for food. Even merchants from other industries got involved in an attempt to profit from it.

No one can resist the temptation of such huge benefits!

Countless merchants emptied their pockets and stockpiled huge amounts of food, hoping to get rich overnight.

Day by day, the situation becomes increasingly tense.
In the markets of the Great Qin, the surplus grain was almost entirely controlled by wealthy merchants. Even the treasury of the Qin State was cleared out by Ying Ziye. This move was jaw-dropping!

Even Ying Zheng, who had complete faith in Ying Ziye, couldn't help but feel terrified at this moment. What exactly did his second son intend to do?
Inside Zhangtai Palace.

"Your Majesty, we cannot allow the Second Prince to continue to act like this!"

"The grain market in Daqin has been firmly controlled by greedy merchants, and the common people may face the dilemma of having no food to live on."

"If this continues, it will surely arouse public resentment!"

"At that time, it will be a catastrophic blow to our Great Qin!"

"What the Second Prince has done is tantamount to pushing the Qin Empire to the brink of a cliff!"

"I beg Your Majesty to reconsider!"

Wang Wan, Wei Liao, Chunyu Yue, Feng Faji and many other ministers advised Ying Zheng that the current situation had exceeded their expectations and was simply treating the safety of the entire Qin State as a joke!
"Wait and see!"

Ying Zheng withstood the pressure, waved his hand to signal them to retreat, and fine beads of cold sweat quietly seeped out of his forehead.

Obviously, Ying Zheng also began to feel uneasy.

Ying Ziye had indeed played a very big game this time, but now the arrow was on the string and he had no choice but to continue to trust his two sons!
Hulong Villa.

The four secret agents of Tiandi Xuanhuang, Liusha Wei Zhuang, Bai Feng, Yin Yang family's Yan Fei, Xinghun, Yueshen and other elites gathered together.

"Yan Fei, have you finished digging the potatoes and sweet potatoes?" Ying Ziqiu asked Yan Fei beside him.

"Your Highness, all the potatoes and sweet potatoes in Luoyang City have been dug out!"

"The average potato yield per acre is as high as 8,000 kilograms!"

"Sweet potatoes are a little inferior, but the yield per mu is still around 7,000 kilograms!"

Yan Fei reported to Ying Ziye with a look of shock on her face.

When she saw that one acre of land produced eight thousand kilograms of grain, she was completely stunned!
How can there be such a magical thing in the world?
The total output of hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland in Luoyang is an astronomical figure!

To this day, Yan Fei still can't forget the spectacular sight of mountains of potatoes and sweet potatoes!

Her words shocked everyone present!

This is simply a gift from God!
Hearing this, Ying Ziye's lips curled up slightly, and he said slowly:

"very good!
"Now that the chess game has been set up, let's prepare to close the net!"

Following Ying Ziye's order, the people from Huolong Villa, Liusha and Yinyang Family immediately took action.

Truckload after truckload of potatoes and sweet potatoes were loaded onto trucks and shipped from Luoyang to various parts of Daqin to be sold in the markets.

The price is extremely affordable, only five cents per bucket.

It is even cheaper than the original price of food.

At first, the people knew nothing about potatoes, but with the publicity secretly arranged by Ying Ziye, this new grain was quickly accepted and loved by the people.

(End of this chapter)