"Wait a minute..." Yi Kuang obviously softened, "I... why should I inform those bastards? What does it have to do with me!"
"I'm really sorry for you. Our time is precious and we don't have time to notify each family... Let me tell you in advance. Anyway, if one of the four-nine cities is not notified, we will still cause trouble for you in the end!"
"Let me go...you are being unreasonable! Your head of state is too overbearing!"
"Haha... you are right. You are so domineering. How could you be so domineering that you could kill people during a military parade in Paris? Think about it carefully..."
Yikuang was completely exasperated and lost his temper. He pointed to the sky outside the door and said, "Okay...I will send someone to inform, but I am just informing. I won't do anything if they listen to me or not." guarantee……"
"No problem, it's only his wish that the prince can inform you..."
"You go slowly first. I want to say one more thing. I can inform others. There is nothing I can do about Guiziliu and Yixuan!"
"They won't listen to me, or even to your head of state! Let Xiao Letian take care of himself!"
Shopkeeper Lao Wang smiled and said, "We have already planned this matter. You don't have to worry, Your Majesty. We have our own solutions for the two military masters!"
Shopkeeper Lao Wang, as the envoy of the Chinese clan, threatened the entire Eight Banners noble group tonight through Prince Qing's mouth. When these families heard that Xiao Letian turned the table so forcefully, all of them suddenly softened.
Although he kept scolding in his heart, no one would have trouble with money. It was obviously not cost-effective to offend Xiao Letian for a few shabby books.
Most of the princes were wilted, but Guiziliu was not that easy to bully. When he heard that Xiao Letian actually dared to send a dirty businessman to threaten the princes and nobles of the Qing Dynasty, he became furious.
"How courageous! That Dunhuang is the territory of my Qing Dynasty, and a stone dug out is also my Qing Dynasty's property. You, Xiao Letian, want to take it all for yourself?"
"No way! Send an order to Zuo Zongtang to seize all the documents from me!"
"Do you really think that I can't live without you Han people? Send an order to Zasak Tuhan. Didn't he promise to provide three thousand fine cavalry in the spring to assist in the battle?"
"The order has been changed. Let them go south in advance and surround Dunhuang!"
Yi Xuan, the brother next to Guiziliu, had a softer personality and quickly persuaded him, "Oh... don't use troops. This conflict will intensify. Don't forget that King Shangtai is in Dunhuang. Do you still want to besiege the leader of the vassal state with troops?" "
"You damn king, I don't even care about a small Ryukyu island country!"
"Hey brother, of course the small island country of Ryukyu is not important, but what is important now is that Ryukyu let Xiao Letian make it known to the whole world!"
"If you ask all the ministers and common people in Europe, almost all of them know the story of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Such a famous king of a feudal kingdom is different from the ordinary savage king!"
"After all, it's still a few books, so there's no need to fall out!"
Guiziliu was so angry. Of course he knew that King Shang Tai could not be offended. Although Ryukyu was a small country, it couldn't stand its great reputation!
If you have a conflict with such a king, it will be an important diplomatic dispute that Britain, Germany and other powerful countries will intervene in!
Who knows, someone will use the topic to their advantage!
"I just can't swallow this breath. Why is this Xiao Letian so domineering and arrogant! I don't have to use the soldiers. Give me 10,000 copies and I can let it go. Otherwise, this matter will never be over!"
Just after saying that Xiao Letian was overbearing and arrogant, he didn't expect that the personal eunuch hurriedly brought shocking news: "Your Majesty... His Majesty is not well... The capital was shocked. Someone from the Prime Minister's Office said that all the food stores in the Fourth and Nine Cities were... crazy!"
"What? What are you talking about that makes no sense? Why are you crazy!"
The basis for the stability of the ancient Chinese regime lay in food prices. Stable food prices meant stable public sentiment. As long as people had food to eat, they would never rebel.
Prices in the capital have been very stable in the past few years, and food prices have not fluctuated greatly regardless of floods or droughts. The people have lived several years of peace.
But I didn't expect Xiao Letian's warning today to be so overbearing and arrogant!
I know that you, Guiziliu, are difficult to deal with, and I also know that you have a Xishan New Army in your hand just when you are very angry. It will definitely not be easy to discuss it directly with you.
Then strike at the place that worries you the most!
In grain stores across the Forty-Nine Cities, notices were posted as soon as they opened their doors today: "Due to the ongoing ocean storm in Nanyang, most grain transport ships encountered accidents, and Nanyang rice will not be able to replenish the capital in a short time..."
"Today the price of rice in the city has increased by 30%!"
The price surged by 30%, which was a blow to the weak underbelly of the Qing Dynasty. The people in the four and nine cities were immediately furious. Grandpas, aunts, wives, young men, and even eight- or nine-year-old children ran out to rob them. Food.
"Hurry up and buy food...I heard from the rumors that the Nanyang storm lasts for three months, and the price will have to increase in the future!"
"The Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva! Don't let food shortages happen. Don't let food prices rise anymore. In the first few years of hair growth, everyone couldn't afford to eat!"
"That's right, that's right... I scolded my incompetent daughter-in-law yesterday and told him to grab a handful of rice, but he just refused to listen and was unwilling to be diligent and frugal in running the house!"
"This is not to say that we are talking about words. The food shortage is coming! You have to be prepared for danger when you are in peace. You can't live like this..."
"The rules left by our ancestors are that there are only three years of abundance in ten years, and the remaining seven years are famines. You can't just eat enough for one or two years and then hang up your tail!"
There is a long-standing memory of hunger in the genes of the Chinese people. No matter how glorious the prosperous times are, the pain of famine and hunger cannot be forgotten.
Today the Chinese have completely uncovered this scar, and they are threatening you with the political stability of the capital. To tell you the truth, Guiziliu, I, Xiao Letian, will kill you without using military force.
The Chinese are no longer willing to trust the market, and the original profiteers will use all the unique skills passed down by their ancestors. They united to control the price of food, which increased by 30% in the morning, and then increased by 20% in the afternoon.
We also need to carry out limited sales and hunger marketing. Only one door of each rice store is opened. The waiters hold sticks to maintain order outside, and only one person is allowed in to buy food at a time.
And the movements were as slow as possible. They were deliberately creating an atmosphere of panic in the whole city!
That afternoon, Admiral Jiumen, Shuntian Prefecture, and Jing Zhaoyi sent a large number of government officials to the streets to work in door-to-door grain stores.
The government posted notices to help the people and strictly ordered grain merchants to increase prices, asking the people to rest assured and not panic!
This is good. If the food store sees that you won't let me raise the price, then I will tell you that it is sold out and simply close it. I won't sell it anymore!
Once the open grain trade stagnated, the underground black market would immediately emerge. In just one day, the price of rice traded on the black market doubled the next day!
The Prime Minister's Yamen and the nine admirals were all dumbfounded, the six ministries and nine ministers also had their paws furred, and in the end the queen mothers of the two palaces were alarmed!
"What's going on? Why is the price of rice so crazy? How do you manage the country? Can't even the Four-Nine Cities stabilize the hearts of the people?"
"Your Majesty has already returned to Beijing by boat. Do you want His Majesty to see the capital of the Qing Dynasty become like this?"
"This is the country you govern?" Cixi's sharp voice made all the officials tremble.
"Before His Majesty took charge of the country, he handed over this country to you, and you have ended up like this? What about your ability? You can brag one by one, but when something happens, what about your ability?"
"I heard that some people are talking about the emperor's young age behind his back? Are they saying that the emperor is incapable of governing the country?"
"You have the ability... Hello... look at how this country has been ruined by you!"
