In front of the major grain stores in Chang'an City, although there were Jinwu guards patrolling to maintain order, some people still made trouble, and as a result, they were sadly jailed.
But the people lined up in a long line, holding sacks, bamboo poles, and baskets in their hands. After waiting for half an hour, the grain seller came out and said that the grain was sold out yesterday and there was no food today.
Moreover, all private grain stores in Chang'an City no longer sell grain.
The people were immediately panicked.
What's going on here? You managed to collect enough money for one stone of food, but now you have no food?
At this time, people from the government came out to reassure everyone that the government had plenty of food and hoped that everyone would not hoard food.
But the people didn't believe it at all.
They heard that Dongxi Food was also selling food, so they ran away decisively.
All the people flocked to the east and west cities.
There are government-run food stores in the east and west cities, but food is limited. Tens of thousands of people queued up early in the morning, and it's still going on.
In one morning, all the grain stored in the east and west markets was sold for sixty cents.
Sinong Temple announced that grain will be transported from the warehouse this afternoon, and those who want to buy grain will have to wait until tomorrow.
At the same time, the Central Government used the Datang Daily to announce that starting from tomorrow, all grain stores, large and small, must sell grain. Anyone who hoards grain and speculates will be punished with a felony.
At the same time, he also issued a decree that starting from tomorrow, Taicang will be opened to release grain.
But the people don't buy it and still go their own way to buy food. Only by putting food at home can they feel at peace.
In the afternoon.
The regulatory authorities of the DPRK and China took action, and grain stores of all sizes reopened for business, otherwise they would be severely fined.
But these private grain stores are now controlled by wealthy families. They just do it half-heartedly. After selling out the grain in the store for eighty cents, they stop selling it. The government has nothing to do with them. .
The market has finally closed, and the private grain prices outside have risen to one hundred and ten cents. Although the central and eastern markets in the DPRK have announced that they will open Taicang tomorrow to release grain, the price has risen to eighty cents.
At the Li family's house in Zhaojun.
After the market closed, these oligarchs of the Tang Dynasty gathered together again, and today they must get together to advance and retreat together, otherwise they will not make money and will cause trouble.
Zhaojun's Li family, Lu family, Cui family, Wang family, Yang family, Wei family, Yuwen family...
The imperial court was about to open Taicang to store grain, but they didn't know how much grain there was in Taicang and whether they could swallow it with the appetite of more than a dozen families.
If they can capture all the grain in Taicang, they will directly have the final say on the grain price. Then, it will be the time to make big money.
If there is too much food to swallow, it will be troublesome.
Li's spokesperson stood up and said seriously: "Tomorrow, the imperial court will open the Taicang to stock up on grain."
"Everyone, please share all the useful information you have obtained and see if we can continue to collect grain."
"If we make a mistake in this matter, none of us will be able to reap the rewards."
Lu's spokesperson said: "The information given to me by my family is that the remaining grain in Taicang is up to three million kilograms, and these grain reserves are for disaster situations and border defense. I am not bragging, my family has Taicang. Official, the official rank is not low."
Hongnong Yang stood up and said: "There are people in my family who are in the Ministry of War. It is said that the DPRK actually dispatched 160,000 troops for this western expedition. You can imagine how much food and grass was transported to the northwest this time..."
"Just the day before, the King of Shu sent out twelve urgent routes of 800 miles, asking for money and food from the court. At the same time, Li Jing, the chief military officer of the Longyou Road March, and the Prince Consort Qiao Guogong Chai Shao also made the same announcement. I rushed down eight hundred miles to ask for money and food from the court. I heard that the war in the northwest may have gone to waste."
"At the court meeting the day before, His Majesty got angry and asked Liu Zhenghui, the Minister of Household Affairs, to collect food. Liu Zhenghui simply refused to do it. He said that the treasury was full of rats and asked him to collect food wherever he could. The situation was quite embarrassing."
"It is said that His Majesty and the people in the palace have started to have one meal a day, and even the Supreme Emperor has cut down on expenses. Life is going well..."
Webster stood up and said, "Yes, life in the imperial court is quite rare. A relative of mine is working in the palace. They say they don't have enough to eat. They haven't received their salary for two months. The senior officials in the imperial court have not been paid this month." No salary has been paid."
Yuwen said: "My master said that the government borrowed grain from nobles and wealthy families."
"Said it was to raise food and grass for the northwest..."
Then Yu Wenshi smiled and said: "My family has issued a message to continue to stockpile grain. Once the government issues a restriction order, we will sell it immediately. I think it is best for us to continue stocking grain tomorrow."
Yang's people also said: "As long as we work together, we will definitely be able to continue to raise the price of food. When the food in Taicang is sold out, we will slowly sell it at a high price, and we will definitely be able to sell it at a good price."
Zhao Jun Li said with a smile: "Actually, I have heard about these news, but I don't know the authenticity and reliability. After all, this is related to our life and death."
"Since everyone thinks so, let's continue to collect grain tomorrow and capture all the grain in Taicang. If you have connections, just use your connections and buy them directly from Taicang. As long as you give them enough benefits, I won't believe them. Don’t be tempted.”
"That's very good."
"Tomorrow we will continue to wait and see and continue to collect food."
At midnight.
Wang Jinzi, wearing a cloak and tattered clothes, climbed out of the sewer. He looked around and saw no one, so he quickly came to the dog cave of Prince Shu's mansion.
"Woof, woof, woof..."
"Woof woof woof!"
"The king of heaven overshadows the tigers of earth!"
"Pagoda suppresses the river demon."
"Come in……"
"Hey, shit, where did you crawl out of here?"
"Old pig, there's nothing I can do. Those idiots are staring at me. I crawled over from the smelly ditch."
"Nima, go take a bath quickly, old pig, I'll inform the princess and the others."
After a while.
Si Huaijin, Wang Yi, and Li Shuwan sat in the living room of Prince Shu's Mansion.
Wang Jinzi finished washing, changed into new clothes, and had a full meal before he came in front of everyone.
He is actually a member of the Shadows, under the jurisdiction of Haizhu, and has been engaged in grain trade. This time he can be reused by the King of Shu, and he finally feels that he has some value.
"My subordinates have met the princess and the two gentlemen."
"Give me a seat!"
Wang Jinzi waved his hands repeatedly, a little frightened, and looked at Old Zhu again. Old Zhu cursed: "I told you to sit down. That's because the princess thinks highly of you. Are you starting to be pretentious?"
"Yes Yes Yes……"
Li Shuwan imitated Li Ke's way of speaking and said with a smile: "Wang Jinzi, when you come here, you are at your own home. You are welcome. We are all part of the same family."
Wang Jinzi quickly stood up to thank him. He didn't dare to treat this place as his home.
Wang Yidao: "Wang Jinzi, tell me quickly, have you sold all the grain in your hands? How did they discuss tonight?"
Wang Jinzi said: "The 500,000 catties of grain in the hands of my subordinates were all sold to the Li family of Zhaojun at a price of sixty-five cents, and the grain of my colleagues was also taken away by the other families. "
"Tonight, based on the intelligence they spread through the DPRK, they have made plans for the next step. They will continue to collect grain tomorrow, and they will also buy grain from Taicang by bribing officials."
Li Shuwan said angrily: "They have taken the courage of a leopard..."
"Old Zhu, please report this news to His Majesty immediately."
Si Huaijin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. His Majesty finally got such a good opportunity. Princess, do you want to destroy it?
This is a hole that His Highness has dug long ago!
"Princess, please calm down. This is actually the most critical step. This is a hole dug by Your Highness and Your Majesty. They want to use corrupt officials to sell all these old grains to those people at high prices."
Li Shuwan: "..."
Aren’t the prince and your majesty too bad?
Then he glanced at Si Huaijin and Wang Yi. Neither of these two people was good.
But luckily we were all in the same group, otherwise he would have helped them happily count the money if she had been sold!
"Okay, Mr. Wang, you two make arrangements."
Biquge
