Heavenly Dao Formula

"It seems that everyone knows the news about the food shortage in the city..."

Hu Shinan leaned against the window sill of the restaurant, looking down at the Shidan grain shop across the street.

Crowds crowded in front of the store have blocked the street, including both wealthy households and ordinary people. Even if these people do not know the real inside story, the rise in food prices is a fact. As long as it is not a person with a large amount of surplus food at home, they will worry about what to do if they cannot buy food.

Therefore, while there are still people selling it, even if the price is a little higher, it is the normal thinking of ordinary people to grit their teeth and buy some.

"As expected of an expert, you can see immediate results once you make a move." Another young man sitting at the table raised his glass to him and said, "Mr. Hu, I offer you a toast."

"Where is this?" Hu Shinan laughed loudly, and walked back to the table to clink glasses with the young man. Although the other party was younger than him, he didn't dare to put on airs about his age.

Just because this person is from the Privy Council.

He calls himself the Pelican, a probe.

Of course Hu Shinan knows what a pelican is—it is a bird that is often seen on the banks of Jiangnan lakes. It is shaped like a goose, but it has a huge jaw. It can swallow fish larger than its neck in one gulp. They will also catch birds such as pigeons and free-range chickens, which are ugly and greedy.

"Actually... I didn't do anything." Hu Shinan said politely, "You provided the money, and you provided the plan. I just helped to handle it and implement it."

"Mr. Hu, you are too polite." Pelican smiled disapprovingly, "There is no shortage of ideas in this world, but people who do practical things. You are the president of Liuzhou Grain Bank, and you have extraordinary knowledge, contacts, and channels. , and these are the keys to turning ideas into reality.”

Speaking of this, Hu Shinan can't help but feel a little secretly proud.

Indeed, it is necessary to coordinate the grain merchants in Liuzhou and Gyeongju to reach an agreement, and at the same time let the large and small grain stores in Shenzhou start raising prices unanimously. This is not a veteran who has been immersed in this industry for decades, absolutely impossible so smooth.

He worked for the Privy Council because of his interests.

Once the price of food in Shenzhou soars, the two neighboring states must be the first to put out the fire. In fact, twice the price now is enough to make a small profit.

But according to Pelican, the Privy Council will obviously not be satisfied with this achievement.

What they want is "the collapse of the whole of Shenzhou."

In other words, it will continue to rise until someone cannot afford food and dies.

How many times is that? ten times? twenty times?

The reason why Hu Shinan was able to become the leader of the Liuzhou Grain Bank was also due to the soaring grain prices caused by a flood more than ten years ago.

Now such an opportunity seems to be repeated again.

"However, it would be a pity to burn the bought grain directly..." Hu Shinan turned his head and looked into the distance - outside the rows of streets and alleys, gray-black smoke was billowing and rising. It was the rice noodles purchased by the Privy Council, whether it was coarse grains or flour, they threw them into the fire pit without blinking an eye.

It's all about money...

Especially after the price of food rose, Hu Shinan felt even more regretful.

"Because we don't have time to transport the grain back to Liuzhou. You should know better than me what is the key to the looting of grain." Pelican said unmoved.

There is no doubt that the answer is "supply and demand gap".

"The gap in the market is not equal to the actual gap." He picked up a piece of pork belly with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth, "Put too much food on yourself, and you will easily become a person who is guilty of the crime. If this is the case, why not just give it a try?" set fire to it?"

Because that way there would be no turning back.

Hu Shinan opened his mouth, then took the words back.

——All the businessmen want is to make money, and the Privy Council's goal on this point is not the same as theirs.

What they want to do is to pour money into the water and create a food shortage in Shenzhou by relying on the strength of a country.

I am afraid that the scale and influence of this famine will far exceed any previous natural disasters.

"Fellow folks, please don't panic! The General Office has already known about the food problem, and we will definitely not let everyone go hungry!" At this time, an uncoordinated voice came from the window into the wing room.

"Huh?" The two got up and walked to the window at the same time—several men and women squeezed into the crowd and shouted, repeating these slogans repeatedly, and this move gradually attracted the attention of the crowd.

"They are...?" President Hu frowned.

"Jinxia City Affairs Bureau in Baihe City Branch," Pelican smiled, "It's a very complicated name, right? You can understand it as an independent government set up by the third princess."

"The government can only rely on shouting?" Hu Shinan expressed puzzlement. He didn't care much about Princess Guangping's situation before, "And... Jinxia City is in the easternmost part of Shenzhou, right? How could they be aware of the situation here now?"

"I guess they should be using the name of the headquarters to boost their reputation, who told the branch office to be established not long ago." Pelican waved his hand, called a subordinate, and whispered something in his ear, "Let's do it. "

"yes."

After a while, someone mixed into the crowd and yelled at the people in the sub-bureau, "You are lying, I came from Jinxia City! There is not enough food there, and it is all because Her Royal Highness took in overseas people. Hundreds of thousands of mouths were spoken!"

"Folks, don't believe these people's nonsense! There is only so much food in total, and suddenly there are more than a hundred thousand people, how can we divide it?"

These words were immediately echoed by some of the masses.

"I seem to have heard people say that all the refugees from Leizhou were indeed taken in by Jinxia."

"The matter of foreigners...wasn't it mentioned in the weekly newspaper?"

"How many people should there be in these two waves? It won't be hundreds of thousands, right?"

The people from the affairs sub-bureau obviously didn't expect such a situation to happen, and they were a little stuck for a while, "But the head office made it clear that there is no shortage of Jinxia——"

"Of course there will be no shortage of words! Otherwise, how can we scare everyone?" Someone immediately interrupted him, "Folks, if you believe it, you will hand over your life to others!"

"I said...have the consciences of you people been eaten by dogs? I never thought that if Jinxia was really short of food, you would be killing people by doing this!"

"That's right, it's murder!"

"Get out, murderer!"

With the help of Pelican's subordinates, the situation on the scene became chaotic. Facing everyone's suspicious eyes and occasional denunciations, several people in the affairs sub-bureau showed a trace of fear. They moved back, trying to get away from the crowd.

At this moment, Hu Shinan clearly saw a man walking around behind a woman in the chaos and took out a dagger.

In the eyes of outsiders, it might just be a collision in the crowd, but the woman from the affairs branch collapsed limply while clutching her waist, her face completely pale.

"It's... a fatality!" Someone exclaimed.

There was an uproar at the scene, and the crowd quickly dispersed around, leaving a blank circle around the stabbed woman.

Many people were squeezed down during this process, and there was an endless stream of yelling, crying, and calling for help.

Chaos can no longer be contained.

The people from the affairs sub-bureau had no time to care about other things at the moment, they hurriedly carried the woman on their backs and left without even noticing that the other party's shoes had fallen off.

There was only a puddle of blood stained with muddy water on the ground.

Pelican raised the corner of its mouth slightly.

The affairs sub-bureau was assassinated, causing casualties. Who should be blamed for this? What is really terrible is not lack of food or famine, but the hostility, fear, rejection and suspicion among people.

The human heart is the source of turmoil.

He has stirred up a wildfire in the hearts of these people, and as long as it is fueled, this fire will surely burn the city.

Adapted music: Arthas, My Son