The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

"Okay... son, I will listen to you. Just tell me what to do!" After a long time, Li Changgong finally breathed a sigh of relief, looked at his son, and said with determination.

"Father, what mission did they give you?" Li Xiaozhi looked at Li Changgong and asked.

He was smart and knew that his father was getting together with those people, definitely wanting to cause trouble, but he just didn't know what those people would ask his father to do.

"They asked me to stockpile food! Buy up all the food on the market! Whether it's Kyoto or the prefectures of Dayan, wherever our Li family is, we are responsible for food!"

Li Changgong looked at his son and said, as a family with hundreds of years of history, the funds they have are still terrifying. If they are used to stir up the whole Dayan, they may not be able to do it.

But if it is to stir up the situation in one area, it is more than enough.

This is why the five surnames and seven families thought that if they united, they could force Jiang Fan to compromise. There were eight families in total, each responsible for a project, and they were eyeing eight projects in Dayan's economy.

The Li family came from a family of grain merchants. Although they did not monopolize the grain of the entire Dayan, they occupied nearly 50% of the market share.

Moreover, the Li family's land was among the best among the prominent families in Dayan, and they also cooperated with local gentry and landlords.

Therefore, their grain business is considered the best.

"Then father, collect the grain according to their wishes. The more grain is stored, the better. In addition, I will personally go to His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin to explain our intentions to him. On the issue of grain, our Li family supports him... When necessary, we will obey His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin in everything!"

Li Xiaozhi hurriedly said to his father.

Li Changgong nodded and agreed.

When Li Xiaozhi saw that his father agreed to this matter, a look of joy appeared on his face. He looked towards the direction of the imperial palace, thinking in his heart.

"Princess, Xiaozhi is willing to use the future of my entire Li family to propose marriage to you. If my Li family falls from power and Xiaozhi dies, then Xiaozhi will come to you in the next life!"

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In Jiangning Prefecture, Jiang Fan was resting in the official post in the city. One thousand newly formed white-robed cavalrymen were guarding the entire official post.

There are less than a quarter of veterans among this group of white-robed cavalry. The rest are elite soldiers selected by Jiang Fan from various armies and trained for several months.

Most of the veterans of the White Robe Army were sent to the 400,000-strong army of Dashi, and they all became generals commanding an army.

The combat effectiveness of the new White Robe Army is not weaker than the previous White Robe Army at all, and the overall combat effectiveness may even be higher than that of the old White Robe Army. After all, these were all selected by Jiang Fan from hundreds of thousands of troops, and the elimination rate was almost three hundred to one.

If calculated according to the standards of later generations, this army is definitely a special elite force, the best of the best soldiers, able to defeat a hundred with one.

The journey from Jiangning City to Yanjing is only two days. If you travel day and night, you can get back to the capital in one day. But Jiang Fan did not rush back so quickly.

Wherever he went, he would personally check to see whether the matters arranged by Chu Yan'er had been implemented. It was not that he doubted Chu Yan'er's ability, but that he was worried about the execution capabilities of various places.

Fortunately, the people Chu Yan'er selected to go to various places were serious and responsible, which also proved that the people appointed by Chu Yan'er were all very capable.

"Your Highness, someone is trying their best to buy up the food, salt, sugar, cloth, paper, cotton cloth, medicinal materials, etc. in the city. Now, the prices of these materials have been increased by nearly five times."

In front of Jiang Fan was a scholar who looked to be in his thirties, and he was reporting to Jiang Fan.

He was the head of the Huaining Chamber of Commerce sent here. Chu Yan'er founded a Huaining Chamber of Commerce in the name of Huaining County, which involved the coordination of various industries.

Every region or important city will have a branch president. The person in front of him is the branch president of Jiangning Prefecture.

"According to your instructions, we immediately stockpiled medicinal herbs. As for the remaining food, we also stockpiled some of it. As for salt, grain, cloth, paper, and cotton cloth, we increased the price fivefold to buy them from those who stockpiled supplies according to your wishes."

"Each region also prepared sufficient supplies for sale in accordance with the princess's instructions. Their big move this time consumed nearly half of our inventory. We recovered a lot of funds."

Listening to the other party's report, Jiang Fan showed a look of satisfaction on his face.

Although he had enough food, Jiang Fan would never let the other party hoard enough food to affect the price of food. Therefore, he arranged for someone to purchase a batch early.

As for medicinal materials, although Jiang Fan had made preparations in advance and even opened several workshops to produce medicines, he also stockpiled a lot of finished medicines.

But just in case, Jiang Fan still asked Chu Yan'er to stockpile as many medicinal materials as possible. Since the other party wanted to make trouble, Jiang Fan would use his powerful strength to make these people regret it.

He already had a lot of refined salt, sugar, cloth, paper, and cotton in his hands. Because of overcapacity, he had a lot of these things in his hands.

The people from the Five Surnames and Seven Families might have thought that Jiang Fan’s production capacity could not keep up and wanted to make something of these materials, but they didn’t know that Jiang Fan was eager for them to sell off the inventory in his hands.

With the business moves, the army sent by Jiang Fan is still on the way, but Jiang Fan also gave them instructions. Once the time is right, all the families involved in this incident will be eradicated with thunderous means!

Jiang Fan nodded to the branch president in front of him and sent him away.

At this time, someone brought Su Dingfang in. Seeing him, Jiang Fan smiled. His brother-in-law has become much more mature now.

Moreover, he is no longer the Su Dingfang of the past. With the help of Zhong Ling, Su Dingfang has now established an intelligence organization throughout Dayan.

Jiang Fan named this organization Jinyiwei, because Jiang Fan has not yet ascended the throne, the current Jinyiwei are mainly secret guards, responsible for gathering intelligence from all over the place.

Su Dingfang, the commander of the Jinyiwei, did not have a clear position, but the entire Jinyiwei was led by him. A large part of the intelligence personnel of the previous Xueyun Tower were incorporated into the Jinyiwei.

Only the list of some important personnel and those with hidden identities is in Zhong Ling's hands.

It’s not that Zhong Ling didn’t want to hand over these lists, but Jiang Fan asked Zhong Ling to hide these lists.

Jiang Fan was afraid that the Jinyiwei would become too powerful one day, uncontrollable, and deceiving superiors and subordinates. The intelligence network in Zhong Ling's hands would be a check and balance for the Jinyiwei.

"Your Highness, news has been sent back from various places that there are four families from five surnames participating in the operation, and the other three families are just watching. But it does not rule out the possibility that they will take action if necessary."

Hearing this, Jiang Fan looked at Su Dingfang and smiled, "Have your Jinyiwei collect the intelligence and evidence of those people's crimes. Once the troops I send arrive, we will start the action!"

Su Dingfang nodded upon hearing this.

Then, he reported some other things to Jiang Fan. Jiang Fan chatted with him for a few more words and then sent his brother-in-law out.

But just as Su Dingfang was sent away, the personal guards hurried in.

"Your Highness, Li Xiaozhi of the Li family wants to see you!"