Heavenly Dao Formula

That night, there was an uproar in the lobby of the Jinxia Affairs Bureau.

In less than half an hour, officials from various departments knew about the unexplained increase in food prices in Shenzhou. Even the princess rushed to the city from the villa, and sat in the lobby to listen to the response meeting held by Xia Fan.

One of the biggest questions is whether this is a random fluctuation, or someone is really behind the scenes.

If it is the former, no doubt it only needs to issue an announcement to appease people and allocate some grain to stabilize food prices.

But if it is the latter, the situation becomes complicated and troublesome.

Among the officials present, the only one with experience was Wei Wushuang.

Facing everyone's questioning in turn, he was obviously a little overwhelmed, and he became unsure.

After all, Wei Wushuang had never experienced such a battle before. No matter what decision he made before, it would only affect the individual in the end, and at most a big bowl of grain shop would be added. But now his words will determine the decisions that affect hundreds of thousands of people. If there is a misjudgment, the reputation of Jinxia City will obviously be dealt a big blow.

At this time, it was Hong Siqi who helped him speak.

The former prefect stood up, first bowed his hands to the princess and Xia Fan, and then said loudly, "Everyone, please listen to me, I have experienced three famines, and I am considered a little experienced person. Sometimes famine is not In the real shortage, panic is the main cause of the disaster. People can't know the truth and loot the grain, while the sellers see the profit and hoard it. Under the mutual influence of the two, the final result is that the grain cannot be bought at a high price. There is still plenty of food left.”

He paused, then stretched out two fingers, "So I propose to take two steps to deal with it. It is necessary to appease people's hearts and make a confident gesture, but also to prevent someone from deliberately raising prices to seek benefits from it."

This analysis instantly lowered the discussion in the lobby by several tenths.

Xia Fan looked at Hong Siqi, "Based on Mr. Hong's experience, how to appease people's hearts?"

"Master Hui Xia, suppression is the main priority, and relief is the supplement." He said decisively, "Catch the rumormongers and rumor spreaders, and kill them in the street, so as to make an example. Relief will send a special team to distribute porridge in the center of the town water, and literally reduce the number of people who go hungry.”

"Then I'll leave this matter to you." Xia Fan nodded, "But it's not necessary to focus on suppression. You only care about relief, not about arresting people."

"My lord, rumors are the root of the trouble!"

Hong Siqi has already seen that Xia Fan has an inexplicable value for the people under his rule. He has no hesitation in dealing with the enemy, but he will always appear "fearful" when facing these grassroots people.

In his opinion, it would be difficult to suppress the limelight without killing a few troublemakers.

"Have you ever thought that this might not be a rumor?" Xia Fan asked back.

"No way... There was no sign of food shortage in Baihe and Anshen before. Even if the merchant wanted to raise the price, he would at most not sell the food. Master Xia meant..."

"If it's just a commercial activity, and someone wants to make huge profits, then naturally there won't be a real shortage of food." Xia Fan said in a deep voice, "But don't forget, our opponent may be the Privy Council, and behind them is the entire land of Kyushu .”

These words chilled the atmosphere at the scene.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what to say for a while.

It's not that no one can think of this.

But this point is too harsh, and people who think about it will refuse to think about it deeply.

Jinxia did have a surplus of food, and even without supplies, it would be no problem to consume it for a year, but for the entire Shenzhou territory, it was a drop in the bucket.

"They really dare to do this? What if it is recorded in the history books..." someone whispered.

"The massacre recorded in the history books is also a traitor, and the Privy Council may describe itself as a savior."

Eunuch Li coughed twice, broke the silence and said, "If things really develop to that point, we can only give up the towns outside Jinxia."

The idea of ​​choosing the lesser of two evils is not wrong, but it is also a helpless choice.

Xia Fan was about to speak when a notification sounded outside the lobby door.

"Come in."

A clerk walked into the lobby and dictated the latest telegram from Baihe City to Xia Fan.

"My lord, the situation has become troublesome. Just now, there was a commotion on the streets of Baihe City, and the storefront of a grain store was robbed. The branch staff who went out to publicize were also ambushed. A woman named Wei Ruoyan I was stabbed, if I don't get timely treatment, I'm afraid..." He hesitated, "I won't survive tonight."

Obviously, Baihe City has no emergency conditions.

Xia Fan immediately made a decision and said, "Transfer her back to Jinxia City for treatment. You call back and ask them to pack the wound tightly and get ready. Olina will go to pick her up."

For a journey of two to three days, one or two hours would be enough if the dragon came to drive the journey.

Moreover, it can also carry an alchemist with a heart attribute to take care of it along the way-there are quite a lot of life-saving alchemy in the dui technique, and the effect is far stronger than that of herbal medicine.

"yes!"

"What happened?" Ning Wanjun asked.

"The situation in Baihe City is deteriorating rapidly," Xia Fan roughly recounted the dangers that happened there. "I guess other places will become like this, it's just a matter of time."

"This is too...too fast." Wei Wushuang clenched his fists and said, "It seems that someone deliberately provoked a riot."

"There is no need to doubt, our opponents are not ordinary businessmen, and the Privy Council has already started to act." Xia Fan looked around the scene, "Everyone, giving up other towns can certainly keep Jinxia, ​​but it is tantamount to letting the efforts of the whole winter go to waste. And there is no Without Shenzhou, it is not much easier to win a war with one city alone than to fight famine."

"But if the whole of Shenzhou is short of food, how can you help Master Xia?" Hong Siqi said in disbelief, "That's food for millions of people!"

Eunuch Li also frowned and said, "As far as the current situation is concerned, the surplus grain in Jinxia City is enough for the main towns of Shenzhou for one to one and a half months. In summer, the winter wheat can mature, and it can be relieved for a while, followed by the high mountains in autumn. The county has a bumper harvest—but the premise of all this is normal supply and demand. Under the looting, it will be tight first and then loose. The peak consumption in the first month will be far greater than the normal value. In addition, there are people secretly playing tricks, and Jinxia City will not be able to sustain it. The time has come. Unless... there are five times this amount of grain in stock."

"Don't say five times, it's impossible to even double it."

"The amount of grain stored in Jinxia City is already sufficient, and it is too difficult to increase from this base."

There was a murmur in the venue.

Xia Fan was unmoved, "It's really not easy, but this battle Jinxia must not take a step back. It is both a crisis and an opportunity - the only way to deal with it is to face the enemy head-on. If we can face the enemy head-on It is self-evident who is in charge of Shenzhou Realm to defeat the enemy's intention! As for the concerns of Eunuch Li and Master Hong, I can understand, but you have also overlooked some things."

"The figures you refer to are the normal reserves of Jinxia City on weekdays, but you haven't seen its potential in extraordinary times. The previous changes and policies are all in response to the arrival of this day."

Although it is immature, although it still has many defects, it is already a new city beyond the times. Xia Fan also wanted to see what kind of power Jinxia could unleash when the machine called the will of the country started to operate. He spread his hands and said, "Everyone, I want to see its real power."