Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

When the owners of these shops took action, Lu Shidao acted even faster and booked more than 30 train carriages in one day.

The goods he bought were transported away on a large scale.

These trucks made more than a dozen trips in a single day.

The goods purchased by Lu Shidao were distributed to many warehouses controlled by Daqian.

All these warehouses are located near the border, not far from here.

In the evening, after their team finished their work, they returned to the inn they had booked locally to rest.

"My lord, the new capital is empty."

"The other teams sent in news that Jindu, Hongdu, and Wangdu are also out of stuff."

"What about the county town down there?"

Lu Shidao nodded in satisfaction, and then began to ask about the situation in the counties below. With such a huge market demand, the shop owners would definitely transfer goods from the various counties below.

However, when they actually went down to transfer the goods, they found that all the county towns were empty.

“No more.”

As expected, Ji Ming's men spoke up and told him about the current situation. Only after hearing this did Lu Shidao feel relieved.

"The next step is to spend a lot of money. Everyone should go to the market tomorrow to prepare."

His expression became serious and he began to remind several people.

"Ah."

Everyone nodded.

The next morning, they quickly arrived at the market.

Many people heard about what happened yesterday.

Especially when they learned that some stores had run out of food, many people began to rush to grab food.

These days, except for people living in villages outside.

Most people living in the capital need to go to the grain store to buy food.

There is no more food in the grain store!

This kind of news will definitely cause panic among people.

This is why many people took to the streets.

Going to try and buy some stuff and stock up.

But when they first went out to the street, they found that many farmers from some villages outside the capital were carrying large and small bags to the market.

The prices they marked for the goods were also shocking.

Brown rice, which originally cost six cents per pound, now costs thirty cents.

"Are you guys robbing me for money?"

"Thirty cents, fair play, that's the price now. I'm sure you've heard about what's happened recently."

"The government has already announced that price gouging is prohibited. Don't you know that?"

Several angry young people immediately pointed at their noses and questioned them!

But at this time, several farmers sneered and said:

"The officials in Xindu did say this was the rule, but given the current situation, if we don't sell it, no one will have anything to eat."

"How about you report this to the authorities and have them drive us away? Then we'll see where you can buy food for the next two weeks."

They are now fearless.

There is no food in the entire market, but they have food in their hands. Even if the price goes up, the people have to bear it.

If they are unhappy, they will call officials to drive away these grain sellers.

By then, no one will have food to eat, and even silver won’t be enough to buy food.

"To tell you the truth, it's useless even if you report it to the police now."

"Just now, two officials came over to collect some bags of rice. We have already packed everything."

A few people chuckled.

The onlookers all clenched their fists and looked angry.

But there is a saying that goes, the world is big, but the most important thing is to have enough food.

In order to have food to eat.

There were still a few who couldn't help but take out a string of copper coins from their pockets.

Bought some expensive food from here.

Looting soon began in the market.

Just at this time, the grain store owner Song Shanqing and a few of his men mixed into the crowd.

"We need to buy food."

Despite their good disguise, Song Shanqing and several of his men were quickly recognized.

"Boss Song, don't you have any fish food at home? You actually ran to the market to snatch life-saving food from us."

"Of course not. My things were all bought by a mysterious rich businessman yesterday."

After being discovered, Song Shanqing stopped pretending. He had to keep his grain store going. It would not do without any food in it.

Originally, he wanted to borrow some food and fodder from several other counties.

But yesterday, the shop assistants went to more than a dozen counties, but found that no place was willing to provide food.

They said their own grain stores were also sold out.

The situation is the same as Song Shanqing's.

Faced with this situation, Song Shanqing was helpless. Fortunately, some villagers who learned the news this morning came running over with their extra grain to sell in the market.

This also gave Song Shanqing some opportunities, and he hurriedly brought his men to the market.

Prepare to buy some things to put in your own store.

But at this time the people still needed to eat, and they felt that a businessman like Song Shanqing definitely couldn't snatch the food from them first.

So everyone started arguing.

The villagers who were selling grain did not make any move, but just watched them quarreling quietly. In the end, they would definitely have no trouble selling the grain in their hands.

Just as everyone was shouting, a voice suddenly came from a distance.

"The highest bidder wins."

This sentence immediately attracted the approval of everyone around.

"I'll give you forty coins!"

"I'll give you fifty coins, give me one pound first."

After there was no way to maintain order.

The market in Xindu was in chaos.

These people who added fuel to the fire were naturally arranged by Lu Shidao.

Then the price of grain was raised to two hundred coins per catty in one go.

The key point is that they actually bought all the food. When they saw that there were really people willing to pay this price, many people were discouraged.

Even Song Shanqing took his men and left the market directly.

Because the market was extremely hot, many surrounding villages that originally did not want to participate all started to move out, with the village chief leading people from every household to take out their surplus grain.

After keeping enough food for themselves, they sent it all directly to the market in the capital.

This also made them a lot of money.

In addition to food, resources in other industries are also being exploited in this way.

They were soon wiped out by Lu Shidao and his men.

Two days passed, and the resources of the entire Xindu seemed to be exhausted.

The street was originally very prosperous.

But after these two days, every household held on to the few supplies they had at home.

This situation continues.

But that very night.

The news from the market also reached Zhuge Yuheng's ears.

"Master Zhuge, there seems to be some problems with our military supplies. Someone is causing trouble in the market."

Late at night, several of his men came to Zhuge Yuheng with letters from many surrounding cities.

"What happened?"

Zhuge Yuheng climbed up from the bed with confused eyes, took the letter in their hands and read it carefully.

Soon, something seemed wrong on his face.