Late at night - Zhen family - council hall, the lights are bright, bright as day, hundreds of family dead, wearing armor, holding sharp blades, guarding all directions, strictly prohibiting anyone from approaching, even on the roof of the lobby, there are people secretly squatting, and in the council hall, an important meeting of life and death is underway!

Sitting on the main seat of the lobby is a white-shirted scribe in his thirties, with good facial features, elegant temperament, and a bookish face, it is the eldest son of the Zhen family - Zhen Yu, and Zhen Mi's eldest brother-in-law, and their uncle Zhen An is the first chaebol in the world!

The head of the family - Zhen An is dying of old age, indifferent to fame and fortune, in recent years, he has lived in seclusion in the small courtyard, and he has no heirs in his life, so he focuses on cultivating his nephew Zhen Yu and presiding over all family affairs!

This Zhen Dagongzi - has a gentle personality, is knowledgeable, is a very kind and good person, and is also a useless person, so he has always been the 'fifth son' - Zhen Mi shows his head and controls the operation of the business empire!

But after Zhen Mi got married, she has been living in the Wushou's Mansion, staying at home, teaching her husband and children, and her control over Yecheng has gradually declined, otherwise with the character of the 'fifth son', the family will never be allowed to speculate and raise food prices!

"The Liang family is not good, and they donate grain and grass, and sell grain at a low price, let them go on like this, we are afraid that we will lose all our money, and please think of a countermeasure!"

"The Yuan family has fallen, the Zhen family is the greatest, how can our gate valve family in Jizhou be bullied by outsiders, we must use thunder means to give them a little color!"

There are more than 20 people sitting on the right side of the lobby, all of whom are the heads of the gate valve families in Jizhou, and the wealthy businessmen...... All of them have a lot of money and powerful power, and they are also the masterminds behind this 'rice tide'!

They originally planned to hoard grain, raise prices, and make a fortune in a difficult state situation, and then annex land, raise slaves, and expand the power of the Jizhou scholars!

Then use this as a bargaining chip to get more political benefits, and at that time, they will enter the imperial court, collude with the Central Plains scholars, and control the military and political power of the imperial court!

This is: the military Northern Expedition, the political Southern Expedition, the Son of Heaven is just a signboard, it would be good to worship it high, and it is still the Shi Clan Gate Valve Group that is really in charge of the country!

No one expected that just when victory was in sight, the Jixian-Liang family suddenly made a move and stabilized the price of grain in one fell swoop, which made them very angry and scared!

The Hebei Shi clan is not monolithic, and the interior is divided into two parts: one is the Ji and Qing Shi clans, they occupy a rich land, the family has a long history, and belongs to the old Shi clan, Zhen is one of the representatives!

The second is the scholars of the two states, they are remote in location, their foundation is relatively shallow, they belong to the rising stars, and they are often despised, and their leader is the Liang family!

When the Yuan clan was hegemonic, the governance office was set up in Yecheng, relying on the Ji and Qingshi clans more, and they made every effort to suppress the Youyou and Shi clans, which also deepened the contradiction between the two!

Cao Jun's Northern Expedition, Hebei changed hands, and the Liang family jumped up and down, desperately currying favor, did they have to collude with Cao Ying and reverse the situation in one fell swoop, then it would be a big deal!

"The Liang family has earned a few stinky money by selling livestock and brewing spirits, at best they are a rich man, how can they compare with our Zhen family?"

"Da Sima-Xiao Yi is the husband of the fifth sister and the son-in-law of our Zhen family, so you can't turn your elbow out and help outsiders deal with relatives, right?"

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There are also dozens of people sitting on the left side of the lobby, all of them are the side children of the Zhen family, all of them are arrogant, they are born rich and rich, they grow up in comfort, like birds in a cage, the vices of the children of the family are complete, but the wisdom of the ancestors is gone!

The descendants of the Zhen family withered, Zhen An was dying, Zhen Yu was weak and incompetent, and Zhen Mi, who was really in charge, was a female generation and was not qualified to become the head of the family!

Therefore, these children of the collateral line are restless, and have been trying to seek more rights, and even take the position of the descendants.

I didn't expect it to be self-defeating, and I almost lost all my money, so I jumped up and down, wanting to go through the back door, trust the relationship, and reverse the situation in front of me!

"Prime Minister Cao Cheng is wise and martial, eloquent and strategic, since the Northern Expedition, he has conquered the city and conquered the city, invincible, and the military discipline is strict, and the people of the people have not committed any crimes, and the hearts of the people of Hebei are all gone!

The way of a gentleman, peace is precious, you are from a famous family, your family is very rich, why bother for a little profit, offend the prime minister, and complain about the elders of Hebei, you can sell grain at a low price, help the people, and also change a good reputation......"

The eldest prince - Zhen Yu does not like money, is not greedy for power, has always been indisputable with the world, at this time he persuaded everyone hard, don't offend the troubled world for a little profit!

I have to admit that the Zhen family has five sons, and the other four are all dead, only the eldest son-Zhen Yu is still alive, which has a lot to do with his weak character, the turtle is timid and cowardly, so quiet and inactive, he shrinks his head when he encounters danger, and he looks very unproductive, but he lives longer than other animals!

"The eldest prince's words are wrong, the struggle for power, you live and die, let's take a step back, the other party will go further, don't you have to give up the power in your hands?"

The Zhen family is the first chaebol in the world, and must not lose to the Liang family, if the eldest prince is not talented, why not abdicate and make way for Xian, the Zhen family has no shortage of talented and enterprising heroes! “

As soon as Zhen Yu's words came out, they aroused strong opposition, especially the group of side disciples, waving their fists and shouting loudly, completely in a posture of 'forcing the palace'!

If it weren't for the prestige of the head of the family-Zhen An, and the shrewdness of the fifth son-Zhen Mi, they would really usurp power and seize the throne, of course, the person they fear the most is still the ghost-faced Xiao Lang!

The famous talent of the family-Zhen Fei, just because he offended Xiao Yi, he was ruined and miserable, and now he is still picking up customers in the Qinglou, and he is wearing a man every night, and he has goosebumps when he thinks about it, who is not afraid?

"If you have something to say, they are all brothers of the same clan, why are they forced to force each other, once there is an accident in this matter, who will clean up the mess?"

Zhen Yu was originally a useless person, but under the coercion of everyone, he had to reluctantly agree, and after some discussion, everyone made three countermeasures:

First, she immediately wrote to Zhen Mi to tell her about the predicament faced by the Zhen family, and asked her to blow the pillow wind, for the sake of her closest relatives, she would not sit idly by!

Zhen Yu went to negotiate with Xiao Yi as the eldest brother, lured him to benefit and moved him with affection, and let him use the power in his hands to secretly support the Zhen family and raise the price of food in Yecheng again, it is best to alienate the Liang family, as well as the You, and Shi clans!

After the matter is completed, the gate valves are willing to give up 30% of the profits and give it to Xiao Yi as a share, the two sides will conclude a political alliance, and they will advance and retreat together in the future, beauty, money, and power together, presumably he will not refuse!

Second, stealing the day, each family took out all the capital, sent people to disguise themselves as ordinary people, and secretly bought the Liang family's grain, and it was best not to leave a grain of rice!

At that time, all the grain in Yecheng fell into the hands of the Ji and Qingshi clans, and if you want to set any price, isn't it just as you like, you can get back the previous losses!

He can also use grain as a bargaining chip to threaten the Cao Ying group in exchange for some official positions with real power, because of the war, there are a lot of vacancies in official positions on the ground in Hebei, Qingdao, and the three states!

Third, the bottom of the kettle is drawn, most of the grain in the hands of the Liang family is purchased from the southern states, those places are relatively peaceful, a bucket of rice is only three or four hundred yuan, and it is still profitable to transport it to Yecheng and sell it for thousands of dollars!

The Zhen family also sent a caravan to Jingzhou, Jiangdong, and Yizhou to buy, as long as the price is set a little higher, they can grab the grain, and the Liang family can't get food, so they can't afford to set off the storm, take this opportunity to visit the southern princes!

After more than ten years of melee, the princes gradually died out, and the world gradually returned to unification, and now the remaining princes, Cao Cao is outstanding, dominating the Central Plains, Sun Quan, Liu Biao, and Liu Zhang are connected from end to end, and they are divided into the Yangtze River Basin.

Historically, there are not a few things where the weak defeat the strong and the small swallow the big, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu are the best examples!

As the saying goes: The three holes of the cunning rabbit, the Zhen family's plan is to take refuge in the Cao family on the surface, strive to be a founding hero, and maintain a good relationship with Jiangdong, Jingzhou, and Yizhou in private.

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The matter has been decided, and the next day the action began, and the major families sent people, carrying real money, to secretly purchase the grain of the Liang family, and then monopolize the grain market in Hebei!

The matter of going to the south to buy it was handed over to dozens of collateral children of the Zhen family, this is a fat difference, not to mention falsely reporting prices and taking the opportunity to embezzle, you can also taste the taste of Jiangnan women, Wu Chu Jiao'e, Shuzhong beauties...... But it's famous!

At the same time, under the persecution of everyone, Zhen Yu was unwilling and reluctant to visit Da Sima Xiao Yi, he had already heard that this brother-in-law was very domineering!

There's one more chapter, wait a minute!

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