Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Chapter 771: The crackdown begins, chaos begins

In the territory of Western Shu.

After arriving by train overnight, dozens of caravans from the Daqian Hubu quickly gathered together.

The dozen or so people in each team had a thick stack of silver bills in their arms.

The person in charge of this task is Qian Cai's most respected student, named Lu Shidao, who is currently the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

To be able to sit in this position, you need both ability and luck.

After everyone gathered together and got off the train, Lu Shidao called them all together and began to explain the key points of this mission.

"Everyone, remember to be quick. No matter what kind of goods you have, try to buy out the local market within a day. After creating a gap in the market, gather the goods at the place I've prepared and throw them back into the market to lower the price."

"In addition to lowering prices, we also want to drive up the prices of some goods, such as grain."

"Such an unbalanced impact on the market will soon cause great disruption to the entire West Sichuan."

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Before leaving, Qian Cai told Lu Shidao that this was an important task specifically assigned by His Majesty.

Therefore, Lu Shidao made extremely detailed preparations and arrangements before coming.

Everyone listened to the key points he said and nodded, taking note of them.

"If you have the ability, you can also fight for their military supplies."

For example, when launching a war, the troops need a lot of military supplies.

Many of these materials also need to be purchased on the market.

If the price and quantity of these things can be reduced, the high-ranking officials of Western Shu may not even be able to gather soldiers.

"Okay, let's get ready to go."

As Lu Shidao waved his hand, the dozen or so teams present dispersed and rushed to their target city.

Soon, Lu Shidao came to the new capital of Western Shu in person.

This is the second largest city outside of their imperial capital and is extremely prosperous.

The market is also bustling and prosperous.

As soon as he arrived here, Lu Shidao called a few carriages and bought out all the cloth in a cloth shop. The owner's face was so smiling that he even gave Lu Shidao some preferential treatment.

Each piece of cloth was short of six cents.

After buying things, Lu Shidao directly arranged for the carriage he had called.

"Put the things on the train, and someone will meet you there."

He sent all the cloth to Daqian, and with the huge sea transportation power, he could consume it quickly.

As for what to do if the cloth in Xindu is sold out, that is not something he needs to think about.

Soon, Lu Shidao spent the whole morning buying out all the cloth here.

Like him, several of Lu Shidao's teammates also bought out important resources such as salt, grain, and raw silk.

Many owners of cloth and grain shops were so happy that their mouths were almost crooked with smiles as they were able to sell so many things right after opening.

They excitedly arranged for their men to go to other cities to transfer goods.

We are waiting for the God of Wealth to come again with great joy, because according to past experience.

Generally, people who buy large quantities of goods are likely to come back to buy more later.

But this time they were wrong.

After running to the next county town, his men came back in just half a day without any other men following them.

When he saw this scene, the cloth shop owner asked in surprise:

"You bastard! Didn't I tell you to go down and get the goods? Why didn't you bring anything? You came back alone?"

"Boss, I went to ask, and all the counties down there are out of stock. It seems like everything has been cleared out."

"what?"

After hearing this, the cloth shop owner's face suddenly looked a little surprised.

But soon, he noticed something was wrong.

“What’s going on…?”

"Go again and see what the other county town is like."

"Row!"

The man rode on a fast horse and headed towards several other county towns below.

The cloth shop owner had a vague feeling that something was wrong at this time, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

As long as the doubts in his heart were still there, he couldn't eat well.

I lay in bed at noon and wanted to take a nap, but I couldn't fall asleep.

Helplessly, he had to stand up, think for a while, and then ran towards the nearby streets to see what the situation was like in other houses.

As soon as I arrived at the next street, I saw the empty grain store.

The guys working inside were all squatting under the eaves to rest, as there was not much work to do.

The owner of the grain store was named Song, and he had some friendship with him.

Seeing this, the cloth shop owner immediately walked in, ran to the front of the counter and asked:

"Old Song, what's going on? Why is your grain store empty?"

"Oh, six or seven carriages came today. They made three trips and bought everything. What a big businessman..."

As he spoke, Lao Song's face was full of excitement, as if he was still savoring the beauty of the morning.

But their situation at this time seemed a little strange.

"You mean he bought out all your food in the morning, but you just got a new batch of goods last time you bid?"

"Yes, they are very generous. They are probably from the Western Regions. They are still fighting there and are short of military rations. It is normal for them to come and buy some."

Old Song thought differently from him. He just thought it was a normal transaction, but how could a war require so much cloth?

After the cloth shop owner told Lao Song about his situation, the other party immediately frowned.

"Why did you buy cloth too... I don't need it for armor, do I?"

"I feel like something's wrong. Is there someone playing tricks on the market?"

The two men, who had been in business for many years, soon realized that something was wrong.

Upon hearing this, Old Song was a little scared. He said hesitantly:

"If there really is someone behind this, it's not something we two small businessmen can do. Shouldn't we report it to the police first?"

Although they were able to open a store in Xindu, the two had already come a long way in their business.

He is also a well-known figure in the local area.

But it is precisely because they have achieved some success that they can be exposed to a bigger world.

They also know that there are countless people in the world who are stronger than them.

And those forces and existences that cannot be provoked are so terrifying that they dare not even mention them.

In this situation where calls for war have already appeared in the country.

Some people even dare to stir up trouble in the market and even affect the stability of the market.

Their purpose is definitely not simple.

But as long as they dare to do these things, it means that they are not afraid of the responsibility they will have to bear after being discovered.

"In fact, there is no need for us to take the initiative to report to the authorities. The court should soon be aware of what has happened in the past few days."

"That makes sense. Will we be affected?"

Old Song was still a little scared.

"Let's find a way to get some supplies first, otherwise the store will be out of stock."

"Ah."

After making up their minds, the two decided to run further to see if they could get some goods.

That night he arranged for his men to take a train to a distant place.