I clearly wanted to be a tyrant, but how did I become the greatest emperor of all time?

But as soon as he walked out of the house, he heard his neighbor shouting:

"Food is arriving in Kyoto!"

"The food from Yuhang has been transported to Kyoto!"

"So much food!"

Qian Laoer quickly squeezed to the side of the road.

I saw a large number of horse-drawn carriages carrying bags of grain speeding past on the road.

There was a long line of grain carriages, and there was no end in sight!

Qian Lao Er even fainted!

There’s food!

Then I heard the officer shout:

"This is the grain that Your Majesty shipped from Yuhang by sea!"

"All food is sold at a fair price!"

"No need to loot, there is plenty of food!"

Qian Lao Er hurriedly took the bag of grain and followed the crowd to the grain sales office set up by Jingzhao Yin.

This time the speed was very fast. In a short while, Qian Laoer bought a bag of grain at 70% of the usual price.

It’s like a dream!

Horse-drawn carriages can still be seen on the streets, carrying bags of grain to where it is sold.

Of course, these were all arranged by Jia Renyi.

Jia Renyi had the grain unloaded at the railway tracks in Kyoto, and then deliberately leaked the grain and pulled it into the capital by horse-drawn carriages.

At the same time, he asked the officials to shout so that all the people in Kyoto would know that a large amount of grain had been transported to Kyoto.

Because sea transportation has much less loss than river transportation and has lower costs.

The cost of transporting these grains to Kyoto was reduced by half!

Jia Renyi asked the grain sales office to sell grain at 70% of the usual price.

This will not be a loss, the court can even make a small profit!

More importantly, the price of grain, which was cheaper than usual, instantly hit the grain merchants in Kyoto.

That night, grain merchants in Kyoto gathered again.

But at this gathering, there were no smiles on their faces.

The Sixth Sage King's housekeeper was the first to speak: "Don't be fooled by the court!"

"I have inquired about it. The grain was not unloaded from the port, but transported in by horse-drawn carriages."

"The imperial court must have mobilized local granaries!"

"The granary is where the imperial court stores grain to prepare for years of disaster."

"It's simply not enough to supply so many people in Kyoto."

"As long as we don't lower the price, the imperial court will soon be out of food."

What the old butler said sounded very reasonable.

These grain merchants stood up and said, "Let's not lower the price. Let's see how long the court can hold out!"

These grain merchants had no choice but to persevere.

They originally purchased it at an amount above the market price.

If you sell at market price you will lose money.

Not to mention it's sold at 70% off the market price.

But what they didn't expect was that horse-drawn carriages were delivering food to Kyoto.

The people of Kyoto have been buying food for almost three days, and there is still enough food!

The grain sales offices established by the imperial court were open all day long, offering large quantities and low prices, so ordinary people all went to the official grain offices to buy grain.

Now, the grain merchants in Kyoto were in a panic.

Food is different from other commodities.

First of all, food is a necessity, so when food is in short supply, its price can soar several times.

Another characteristic is that food will go bad.

The cost of storing grain is also very high.

Moreover, as long as there is a supply of low-priced quality grain, there will be no market for high-priced grain.

Some grain merchants with less financial resources could no longer hold back and secretly sell off their grain.

Only some big households are reluctant to sell at a low price!

However, officials from the Ministry of Justice had already started arresting these grain merchants one by one with investigation documents!

The food crisis in Kyoto was resolved so smoothly!

At this time in the Huaihe River region, Tian Liang also found groundbreaking evidence!

With the testimony of Chen Li, an abandoned member of the Cao Gang, Tian Liang arrested several important figures of the Cao Gang.

After interrogation, a member of the Cao Gang who was involved in the attack was finally found!

There were indeed people from the Governor of Grand Canal who participated in the attack and robbery of the grain ships!

After obtaining this testimony, Tian Liang acted quickly and had the Western Factory secretly arrest several minor officials from the department.

The governor of the grain transport system, Pan Dazhuang, colluded with Yu Yuanhui, the leader of the grain transport gang, and designed an attack on the grain transport ships and smashed the ships to create a blockage in the river.

The whole case is connected.

Tian Liang also found key evidence!

All the food originally on the boat would sink to the bottom of the river.

But the Cao Gang members were reluctant to part with the grain, so they secretly transported it all to a granary.

I plan to sell it after things calm down.

Tian Liang quickly found the granary and had this key evidence in his hands.

unambiguous evidence!

Tian Liang immediately wrote the document and sent it to the emperor who was still in Binhai.

Another copy was sent to Kyoto to report to the cabinet and the Queen who was in charge of the country!

"What? Turn a river into a sea?" Pan Dazhuang slammed the table.

The subordinate said, "Governor! All the food in Yuhang has been shipped from Huajiang to the port!"

Pan Dazhuang shouted angrily, "How could this happen? The port is still a long way from Kyoto. How can we deliver food by land?"

The subordinate immediately said, "I heard from those sea captains that the court secretly built some railroad tracks between Kyoto and the port."

“Using horses to pull carts and running on rails, a lot of food can be transported very quickly.”

"This was all supervised by Master Zhang Chai from the Jiabu Division!"

Pan Dazhuang sat limply on the chair.

Turn the river into the sea!

This is the biggest weakness of river transportation!

If the imperial court no longer needs river transportation, how can the river transportation department bargain with the emperor!

The emperor went to Yuhang to settle the score!

Pan Dazhuang panicked!

As the Governor of the Grand Canal, I am the first target!

Pan Dazhuang said tremblingly: "Change the river into the sea, the emperor really wants to manage river transportation!"

At this time, Yu Yuanhui, who had already received the message, walked quickly into the department.

"Governor, is it true that the river can be turned into a sea?"

There are tens of thousands of people in the Cao Gang, and they all make a living by river transportation.

If the river is really turned into a sea, the Cao Gang will be completely finished!

Yu Yuanhui disregarded etiquette and questioned Pan Dazhuang directly.

Pan Dazhuang nodded in despair.

At this time, Yu Yuanhui said: "Sir, I have a suggestion!"

Pan Dazhuang said weakly: "Boss Yu, no matter what you suggest, it's useless now."

Yu Yuanhui said: "No, there is still a chance."

"If the river is turned into a sea, the livelihoods of millions of canal workers will be gone!"

"The imperial court is forcing the people to rebel!"

Pan Dazhuang looked at Yu Yuanhui in horror and said, "Are you planning to rebel?"

Yu Yuanhui whispered, "The young prince is the son of the Sixth Prince, and the current emperor has no son yet."

"The young prince has promised that if the Sixth Sage King ascends the throne, he will immediately stop converting the river into the sea."

"Since Lord Pan has such great achievements, does he still need to be the governor of the Grand Canal?"

Pan Dazhuang's eyes lit up when he heard this.

This is the work of a hidden dragon!

The emperor changed the river into the sea, which triggered a civil uprising!

This is also reasonable and well-founded.

Just go north from the Huai River and reach the coast.

There were no other garrisons along the way.

It might actually succeed!

Pan Dazhuang was also a ruthless man. He immediately said, "Then let's do it!"

That night, the news that the court was going to turn the river into a sea spread throughout the Huai River.

The poor canal workers immediately clamored to go to the capital to seek an explanation!